Contact Us

Scott Schell

Room #9, Agriculture Bldg.

Phone: (307) 766-2508

Email: insectid@uwyo.edu

Find us on Instagram (Link opens a new window)Find us on Facebook (Link opens a new window)Find us on Twitter (Link opens a new window)Find us on LinkedIn (Link opens a new window)Find us on YouTube (Link opens a new window)

Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West

Entomology

Key to the Melanoplus Species

Previous Step (C')

D Furculae diverging; subgenital plate without apical tubercle; hind tibiae tan; southwestern Colorado.
 

Furculae

Top view of subgenital plate

Cercus

Melanoplus tristis Bruner


D' Furculae parallel; subgenital plate with apical tubercle; hind tibiae red; light bands on tegmina form faint "V" when folded; widespread in foothills and mountains.

 

Furculae

Top view of subgenital plate

Cercus

Melanoplus dodgei (Thomas)

[If the hind tibiae are not red the specimen may be Phoetaliotes nebrascencis. P. nebrascencis lacks the light band on tegmina, and the base of the cerci are expanded slightly dorsally and ventrally.]


 

Grasshoppers of Colorado Contents

Contact Us

Scott Schell

Room #9, Agriculture Bldg.

Phone: (307) 766-2508

Email: insectid@uwyo.edu

Find us on Instagram (Link opens a new window)Find us on Facebook (Link opens a new window)Find us on Twitter (Link opens a new window)Find us on LinkedIn (Link opens a new window)Find us on YouTube (Link opens a new window)