Key to the Adults of the Short-Horned Grasshopper Families
and Subfamilies
Previous Step (2a)
3a Large, with tegmina
usually over 30 mm. Lobes of mesosternum longer than wide, with inner margin
straight...
Subfamily CYRTACANTHACRIDINAE (BIRD GRASSHOPPERS)
3b
Small to large, usually with tegmina less than 30 mm. Lobes of mesosternum
not longer than wide, with inner margin usually rounded...
Subfamily MELANOPLINAE (SPUR-THROATED GRASSHOPPERS)
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