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Common name: BRUNER'S SPUR-THROAT.
Size: 19-28 mm.
General distribution: Alaska, SE to Arizona, New Mexico, and Iowa.
Distribution in New Mexico: Colfax, Rio Arriba, San Miguel.
Habitat: Mountains.
Host: Range grasses.
Adults Present: Unknown.
Notes: Male cerci thick; furculae very large, usually reaching middle of supra-anal plate; tegmina as long as abdomen; hind tibiae reddish to greenish-yellow; general color brown to black. Can be a rangeland pest.
Reference: Helfer 1953.
M. bruneri fact sheet from the Field Guide
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