Orthoptera of the Northern Great Plains


 

Melanoplus gladstoni Scudder

Gladston grasshopper

Adults

  • Antennae orange.
  • Post-ocular band interrupted by pale spots.
  • Hind femur with lower carina flattened on basal third.
  • Outer face of hind femur with cross band on upper half.
  • Inner face and ventral survace of hind femur yellow.
  • Hind tibia carmine red to orange-red.
  • Male cercus thumb-shaped.
  • Furculae very short.
  • Subanal plate evenly rounded.
  • Ovipositor with a weak dorsal tooth.
  • Female cercus triangular with convex sides.
Nymphs
  • Face brown in frontal view.
  • Black post-ocular stripe reaches metazona.
  • White lateral crescent stops at metazona, fades to gray on gena.
  • Hind femur with cross bands.
  • Later instars show characteristic male hind femur shape.
  • Later instars show characteristic male cercus shape.

ND/SD Map

 

 

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