[NatureNS] Beetle - Keji National Park

From: Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2012 09:24:59 -0300
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Hi James,

On 8-Sep-12, at 10:19 PM, James Hirtle wrote:

> Thank you to Bev Wigley for the suggestion on the genus for the sp.   
> It definitely appears to be of the Calligrapha Genus.  I now need  
> help to key out the species.  Any takers out there I'll send  
> photos.  Two of the photos are poor, but the one is perfect.

Calligrapha (in the family Chrysomelidae) is a complicated and species- 
rich genus of leaf beetles (they are not lady beetles which are  
members of another family, the Coccinellidae). Thirteen species have  
been recorded in the Maritime Provinces. I have a key to the species  
found in the region as well as links to photographs of all of the  
species on the following page:

	http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/Calligrapha.html

Note: it may or may not be possible to identify your specimen from a  
photo since one of the more important characters used in identifying  
the species is the coloration of the elytral epipleurae, which are  
typically not visible in a dorsal-view photograph of a specimen.

Good luck with it!

Chris


Christopher Majka  <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> | Halifax, Nova Scotia,  
Canada

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