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Common name: KENNICOTT'S SPUR-THROAT.
Size: 17-21 mm.
General distribution: Alaska to Saskatchewan, Canada; S. to New Mexico.
Distribution in New Mexico: Rio Arriba.
Habitat: Grasslands, mountains.
Host: Unknown.
Adults Present: ?
Notes: Male cerci broad, with no projections; furculae small; subgenital plate with distal margin elevated; color gray-green; hind tibiae blue, buff, or red; tegmina long. Not economically important.
Reference: Helfer 1953.
M. kennicotti fact sheet from the Field Guide
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