Grasshoppers of Wyoming and the West

Entomology

KEY TO WYOMING GRASSHOPPERS: Melanoplinae and Cyrtacanthacridinae

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78a Mesosternal lobes longer than broad, expanding in width posteriorly. Subgenital plate of male deeply notched. Large species.

 
Ventral view of thorax (note mesosternal lobes).
Subgenital plate (note deep notch).
Ventral view of thorax (note mesosternal lobes).
Subgenital plate (note deep notch).
Adult female.
  
Adult female.
  

Schistocerca alutacea Scudder (Subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae)

78b Mesosternal lobes as wide, or wider, than long. go to 79

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