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'Times New Roman --_34c7673b-e6fb-4d9e-9231-e7a3fefeb95d_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Thank you Chris: =20 There is an exact match for Calligrapha alnicola Brown - on Alnus (alder). = When compared to my photo the markings on the back are identical. If it i= s of any use I have GPS NAD 83 cordinates as to where it was found. Let me= know if you would like to have them. All the best and very much appreciat= ed. =20 Sincerely=2C =20 James =20 From: c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Beetle - Keji National Park Date: Sun=2C 9 Sep 2012 09:24:59 -0300 Hi James=2C On 8-Sep-12=2C at 10:19 PM=2C James Hirtle wrote: Thank you to Bev Wigley for the suggestion on the genus for the sp. It def= initely 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 ar= e poor=2C but the one is perfect. =20 Calligrapha (in the family Chrysomelidae) is a complicated and species-rich= genus of leaf beetles (they are not lady beetles which are members of anot= her family=2C the Coccinellidae). Thirteen species have been recorded in th= e Maritime Provinces. I have a key to the species found in the region as we= ll 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=2C which are typically not visi= ble in a dorsal-view photograph of a specimen. Good luck with it! Chris Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> | Halifax=2C Nova Scotia=2C Ca= nada * Research Associate: Nova Scotia Museum | http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/rese= arch-asfr.htm * Review Editor: The Coleopterists Bulletin | http://www.coleopsoc.org/ * Subject Editor: ZooKeys | http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/jour= nal/index * Review Editor: Zootaxa | http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/taxa/Coleoptera.h= tml * Associate Editor: Journal of the Acadian Entomological Society | http://w= ww.acadianes.org/journal.html * Editor: Atlantic Canada Coleoptera | http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environmen= t/NHR/PDF/index.html * Editor: Bugguide=2C Coleoptera http://bugguide.net Whenever I hear of the capture of rare beetles=2C I feel like an old war-ho= rse at the sound of a trumpet. - Charles Darwin = --_34c7673b-e6fb-4d9e-9231-e7a3fefeb95d_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <style><!-- .hmmessage P { margin:0px=3B padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt=3B font-family:Tahoma } --></style></head> <body class=3D'hmmessage'><div dir=3D'ltr'> Thank you Chris:<BR>  =3B<BR> There is an exact match for Calligrapha alnicola Brown - on Alnus (alder).&= nbsp=3B When compared to my photo the markings on the back are identical.&n= bsp=3B If it is of any use I have GPS NAD 83 cordinates as to where it was = found. =3B Let me know if you would like to have them. =3B All the = best and very much appreciated.<BR>  =3B<BR> Sincerely=2C<BR>  =3B<BR> James<BR> =3B<BR> <DIV> <DIV id=3DSkyDrivePlaceholder></DIV> <HR id=3DstopSpelling> From: c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca<BR>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR>Subject: Re= : [NatureNS] Beetle - Keji National Park<BR>Date: Sun=2C 9 Sep 2012 09:24:5= 9 -0300<BR><BR>Hi James=2C <DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On 8-Sep-12=2C at 10:19 PM=2C James Hirtle wrote:</DIV><BR class=3Decx= Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN style=3D"WIDOWS: 2=3B TEXT-TRANSFORM: none=3B TEXT-INDENT= : 0px=3B BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate=3B FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'=3B WHI= TE-SPACE: normal=3B ORPHANS: 2=3B LETTER-SPACING: normal=3B COLOR: rgb(0=2C= 0=2C0)=3B WORD-SPACING: 0px" class=3DecxApple-style-span> <DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma=3B FONT-SIZE: 10pt" class=3Decxhmmessage> <DIV dir=3Dltr><FONT size=3D3>Thank you to Bev Wigley for the suggestion on= the =3Bgenus for the sp. =3B It definitely appears to be of the Ca= lligrapha Genus. =3B I now need help to key out the species. =3B An= y takers out there I'll send photos. =3B Two of the photos are poor=2C = but the one is perfect. =3B<SPAN class=3DecxApple-converted-space> = =3B</SPAN></FONT><BR></DIV></DIV></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><I>Calligrapha</I> =3B(in the family Chrysomelidae) is a complicat= ed and species-rich genus of leaf beetles (they are not lady beetles which = are members of another family=2C 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:</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><SPAN style=3D"WHITE-SPACE: pre" class=3DecxApple-tab-span><A href=3D"= http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/Calligrapha.html" target=3D_blank= >http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/Calligrapha.html</A></SPAN></DIV= > <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Note: it may or may not be possible to identify your specimen from a p= hoto since one of the more important characters used in identifying the spe= cies is the coloration of the elytral epipleurae=2C which are typically not= visible in a dorsal-view photograph of a specimen.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Good luck with it!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Chris</DIV><BR><BR> <DIV><SPAN style=3D"WIDOWS: 2=3B TEXT-TRANSFORM: none=3B TEXT-INDENT: 0px= =3B BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate=3B FONT: medium 'Times New Roman'=3B WHITE-SP= ACE: normal=3B ORPHANS: 2=3B LETTER-SPACING: normal=3B COLOR: rgb(0=2C0=2C0= )=3B WORD-SPACING: 0px" class=3DecxApple-style-span> <DIV style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word"><SPAN style=3D"WIDOWS: 2=3B TEXT-TRANS= FORM: none=3B TEXT-INDENT: 0px=3B BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate=3B FONT: medium= 'Times New Roman'=3B WHITE-SPACE: normal=3B ORPHANS: 2=3B LETTER-SPACING: = normal=3B COLOR: rgb(0=2C0=2C0)=3B WORD-SPACING: 0px" class=3DecxApple-styl= e-span> <DIV style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word"><SPAN style=3D"WIDOWS: 2=3B TEXT-TRANS= FORM: none=3B TEXT-INDENT: 0px=3B BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate=3B FONT: medium= 'Times New Roman'=3B WHITE-SPACE: normal=3B ORPHANS: 2=3B LETTER-SPACING: = normal=3B COLOR: rgb(0=2C0=2C0)=3B WORD-SPACING: 0px" class=3DecxApple-styl= e-span> <DIV style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word"><SPAN style=3D"WIDOWS: 2=3B TEXT-TRANS= FORM: none=3B TEXT-INDENT: 0px=3B BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate=3B FONT: medium= 'Times New Roman'=3B WHITE-SPACE: normal=3B ORPHANS: 2=3B LETTER-SPACING: = normal=3B COLOR: rgb(0=2C0=2C0)=3B WORD-SPACING: 0px" class=3DecxApple-styl= e-span> <DIV style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word"><SPAN style=3D"WIDOWS: 2=3B TEXT-TRANS= FORM: none=3B TEXT-INDENT: 0px=3B BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate=3B FONT: medium= 'Times New Roman'=3B WHITE-SPACE: normal=3B ORPHANS: 2=3B LETTER-SPACING: = normal=3B COLOR: rgb(0=2C0=2C0)=3B WORD-SPACING: 0px" class=3DecxApple-styl= e-span> <DIV style=3D"WORD-WRAP: break-word"> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 1= 2px" class=3DecxApple-style-span>Christopher Majka  =3B<=3B<A href=3D= "mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</A>>=3B | = =3BHalifax=2C Nova Scotia=2C Canada</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 1= 2px" class=3DecxApple-style-span><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 1= 2px" class=3DecxApple-style-span>* Research Associate: Nova Scotia Museum |=  =3B<A href=3D"http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/research-asfr.htm" target=3D= _blank>http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnh/research-asfr.htm</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV= > <DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 1= 2px" class=3DecxApple-style-span>* Review Editor: The Coleopterists Bulleti= n | =3B<A href=3D"http://www.coleopsoc.org/" target=3D_blank>http://www= .coleopsoc.org/</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 1= 2px" class=3DecxApple-style-span>* Subject Editor: ZooKeys | =3B<A href= =3D"http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/index" target=3D_bla= nk>http://pensoftonline.net/zookeys/index.php/journal/index</A></SPAN></FON= T></DIV> <DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 1= 2px" class=3DecxApple-style-span>* Review Editor: Zootaxa | =3B<A href= =3D"http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/taxa/Coleoptera.html" target=3D_blank>ht= tp://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/taxa/Coleoptera.html</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 1= 2px" class=3DecxApple-style-span>* Associate Editor: Journal of the Acadian= Entomological Society | =3B<A href=3D"http://www.acadianes.org/journal= .html" target=3D_blank>http://www.acadianes.org/journal.html</A></SPAN></FO= NT></DIV> <DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 1= 2px" class=3DecxApple-style-span>* Editor: Atlantic Canada Coleoptera |&nbs= p=3B<A href=3D"http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/PDF/index.html" ta= rget=3D_blank>http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Environment/NHR/PDF/index.html</A><= /SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 1= 2px" class=3DecxApple-style-span>* Editor: Bugguide=2C Coleoptera =3B<A= href=3D"http://bugguide.net/" target=3D_blank>http://bugguide.net</A></SPA= N></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 1= 2px" class=3DecxApple-style-span><BR></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><I><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE= : 12px" class=3DecxApple-style-span>Whenever I hear of the capture of rare&= nbsp=3Bbeetles=2C I feel like an old war-horse at the sound of a trumpet.</= SPAN></FONT></I><SPAN class=3DecxApple-converted-space><FONT class=3DecxApp= le-style-span size=3D3><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12px" class=3DecxApple-sty= le-span> =3B</SPAN></FONT></SPAN><FONT class=3DecxApple-style-span size= =3D3><SPAN style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12px" class=3DecxApple-style-span>- Charles&= nbsp=3BDarwin</SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>= </DIV></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV></SPAN></DIV><BR>= </DIV> </div></body> </html>= --_34c7673b-e6fb-4d9e-9231-e7a3fefeb95d_--
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