TABLE 4 in Three new grasshopper species in the Florida Melanoplus Puer group (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae)

TABLE 4. Average comparisons of the key components of male internal genitalia of two species that are in close geographic proximity (Fig. 1B) and strongly resemble each other otherwise: Melanoplus spiracor sp. nov. and M. seminole Hubbell, 1932 (Table 1 and see Fig. 16 for visual comparisons). Component(s)M. spiracor sp. novM. seminole (Hubbell, 1932)ventral valves of aedeagus lengthlongershorterventral valves of aedeagus bow out (dorsal view)oncetwiceventral valves of aedeagus (lateral view)curve downwards about 45° (just beyond the corkscrew)extend straight out (more or less)ventral valves of aedeagus corkscrewtight and near base of apical 2/3stretched-out along entire apical 2/3, but tighter basally