Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West

Entomology

Key to Wyoming Grasshoppers: Gomphocerinae

Previous Step (19a)

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20a Hind margin of disk of pronotum obtusely rounded. Tegmen of male showing more widely spaced longitudinal venation with 2 longitudinal veins between R and Cu2 at mid length. Male with lateral lobes of pronotum black dorsally, brown ventrally.

 

Dorsal view of head.	Male tegmen (note location of 2 longitudinal veins).
Lateral view of pronotum (black dorsally grading to brown ventrally).

Chloealtis abdominalis (Thomas)

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20b Hind margin of disk of pronotum squarely truncate. Tegmen of male showing close longitudinal venation with at least 4 to 5 longitudinal veins between R and Cu2 at mid length. Male with lateral lobes of pronotum entirely black.

 

Male tegmen (note location of 4-5 longitudinal veins).	Adult male (note entirely black lateral lobes of pronotum).
Adult female.

Chloealtis conspersa (Harris)

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