Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West
Entomology
Key to the Melanoplus Species
Previous Step (F)G Lateral lobes of prozona with dark band on the upper part; center of tegmina often
                                 with dark and light flecks along midline; hind tibiae blue; as viewed from side, aedeagus
                                 without cup-shaped depression at tip but folded; widespread. 
 
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| Aedeagus | Cercus | Furculae | 
G' Lateral lobes of prozona without a distinct band; tegmina without midline flecks; hind tibiae blue; as viewed from side, aedeagus with cup-shaped depression at tip; widespread in eastern Colorado.
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| Aedeagus | Cercus | 





