TABLE 3 in Three new grasshopper species in the Florida Melanoplus Puer group (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae)

TABLE 3. Average comparisons of anatomical components of interest between the three new Melanoplus species. *Indicates the components of two species are similar. SexBody RegionComponent(s)M. amphora sp. nov (53 specimens)M. spiracor sp. nov (99 specimens)M. ferrarius sp. nov. (38 specimens)MaleExternalaverage body length and other measured componentslarger* (all components very similar in length to M. ferrarius sp. nov.); average body length 12.13 ± 0.80 mmsmaller; average body length 10.88 ± 1.0 mmlarger* (all components very similar in length to M. amphora sp. nov.); average body length 12.13 ± 0.76 mmgeneral body colorationoften light brown-yellowish*often light brown-yellowish*often light to medium brownlateral pronotal stripeoften stops at posterior edge of mesozona*often stops at posterior edge of mesozona*often extends beyond mesozonategminadoes not extend as far onto abdomenoften extends farther onto abdomen*often extends farther onto abdomen*hind femora medial areasometimes with black coloration*rarely with black colorationsometimes with black coloration*hind tibiae ventral colorationusually yellow, sometimes faintly lavender*usually yellow, sometimes faintly lavender*usually lavender, sometimes yellowcercisometimes extend to apex of supra-anal plate or beyond*not known to extend to apex of supra-anal plate or beyondsometimes extend to apex of supra-anal plate or beyond*Internallobes of sheath of aedeagus sizemediumsmalllargedorsal valves of aedeagus lengthlong*shortlong*dorsal valves of aedeagus apicesflare upwards fairly stronglyoften ephemeral and very difficult to seeobvious and bluntventral valves of aedeagus lengthlongshortmediumventral valves of aedeagus corkscrewnot presentpresent, tightpresent, stretched-outventral valves of aedeagus shape (dorsal view)classic vase, sideways fish (as drawn by a child), or open-top hourglasstriangle with rounded base or Hershey’s Kiss chocolateforceps commonly used by the village blacksmith/dentist to extract teeth in the 17th and 18th centuries .....continued on the next page