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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Longhorn, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Long-horned and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Criocerinae » Oulema » Say's Oulema Leaf Beetle (Oulema sayi)
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small beetles - Oulema sayi - male - female
Copyright © 2005 Bill DuPree

small beetles - Oulema sayi - Male Female
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
July 3, 2005
Size: about 5 mm
Male on the right, female on the left. They were mating a few seconds after this shot.
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Contributed by Bill DuPree on 5 July, 2005 - 10:30pm
Last updated 4 January, 2007 - 9:42am

This is the typical color for
This is the typical color form. Nice that you had a shot of the underside as the color is important for separating the many closely related black and red-orange Oulema.
… John R. Watts, 3 July, 2008 - 9:08am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Oulema cornuta.
… Mike Quinn, 4 January, 2007 - 9:42am login or register to post comments

Oulema cf sayi
Interesting genus Oulema with several very similar looking species. These beetles look very similar to Oulema sayi described here: http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/chrysomelidae/oulema_sayi.htm
They have the blackish legs and reddish venter and I also note the black spots on the pronotum which I don´t see on other pictures of Oulema in the guide.
Could the leaf they are sitting on be Commelina?
… Rob Westerduijn, 30 December, 2006 - 11:29am login or register to post comments

 
Oulema cf sayi
Thanks for the information. It looks like a good match.

The leaf is Commelina (day flower). It is very common around here.
… Bill DuPree, 30 December, 2006 - 1:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Oulema sayi
Ed Riley confirmed that this is *Oulema sayi*. Am moving.
… Mike Quinn, 4 January, 2007 - 9:37am login or register to post comments

Chrysomelidae.
Definitely leaf beetles, probably in the genus Lema. Nice image, as usual:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 July, 2005 - 1:37pm login or register to post comments

 
Oulema sp.?
Possibly a sister genus to Lema. Will check references later, for now will move in with its morpho-match... Mike

Criocerinae » Oulema » Oulema cornuta
… Mike Quinn, 28 June, 2006 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Chrysomelidae
Thanks a lot, Eric.
… Bill DuPree, 6 July, 2005 - 5:21pm login or register to post comments

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