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Key to the Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) of Florida
By Trevor Randall Smith, Jason G. Froeba, and John L. Capinera
Florida Entomologist, Vol. 87, No. 4, 2004
Cite: 1954475 with citation markup [cite:1954475]
"A dichotomous key is presented to aid in the identification of the adult stage of the 71 grasshopper species known to occur in Florida. Reflecting recent research one subspecies, Schistocerca alutacea rubiginosa (Scudder), has been elevated to species status Schistocerca rubiginosa (Harris) in this key."

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This key can be quite difficu
This key can be quite difficult to use. Some couplets with hind wing color do not give the full picture. Not all species known in Florida are included.

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