TABLE 5 in Three new grasshopper species in the Florida Melanoplus Puer group (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae)

TABLE 5. Average comparisons of the key components of male internal genitalia of two species that strongly resemble each other at first glance, but have so far not been collected in geographic proximity to each other (Fig. 1B): Melanoplus ferrarius sp. nov. and M. kissimmee Otte, 2012 (“2011”) (Table 1 and see Fig. 17 for visual comparisons). Component(s)M. ferrarius sp. novM. kissimmee Otte, 2012 (“2011”)lobes of sheath of aedeagus size and shapelarger, apices more bulboussmaller, apices less bulbouslobes of sheath of aedeagus length (lateral view)longer, extend beyond dorsum of ventral valves of aedeagusshorter, do not extend beyond dorsum of ventral valves of aedeagusventral valves of aedeagus bow out (dorsal view)more narrowly (usually)more broadly (usually)ventral valves of aedeagus (lateral view)curve downwards about 45°extend straight out (more or less)ventral valves of aedeagus corkscrewmore obviousless obviousventral valves of aedeagus apicesoften crossing or about to, resembling pair of garden shearsnot crossing, but occasionally starting to slightly overlap