Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West
Entomology
Key to the Melanoplus Species
Previous Step (B)C Cerci swollen from base, with finger-like projection directed upward and inward; ridge extends along posterior portion of cerci but not on projection; hind tibiae blue; plains of eastern Colorado.
Cercus
Melanoplus lakinus (Scudder)
C' Cerci not as described above.
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