Key to Subfamily Catantopinae {Melanoplinae}
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E Cerci of male variable
but not as described below for Oedaloenotus; prozona not swollen;
many common species.
Melanoplus spp.
[See key to this large genus]
E' Cerci of male
broad in basal two-thirds and distinctly pointed in apical one-third; prozona
when viewed from side appearing swollen; tegmina variable but usually short;
hind femora with three dark bands on upper face, sometimes extending to
outer face; hind tibiae blue-grey; not recorded in Colorado but may occur
in the northwest.
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Side view of pronotum |
Oedaloenotus enigma (Scudder)
See O. enigma fact sheet from Dr. Pfadt's
Field Guide to Common Western Grasshoppers
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