Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West

Entomology

Key to the Melanoplus Species

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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)

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C' Cerci not as described above.

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