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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Cucujiformia » Longhorn and Leaf Beetles (Chrysomeloidea) » Leaf Beetles (Chrysomelidae) » Criocerinae » Lemini » Oulema » subgenus Hapsidolemoides (Oulema subgenus Hapsidolemoides) » Oulema maculicollis
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Leaf Beetle - Oulema maculicollis
Copyright © 2006 Lynette Elliott

Leaf Beetle - Oulema maculicollis
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
May 21, 2006
Red and Black Beetle. ID based on other image in the guide. Please correct if wrong.
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 21 May, 2006 - 1:28pm
Last updated 22 May, 2011 - 6:42pm

Moved
Moved from Say's Oulema Leaf Beetle.
… Lynette Elliott, 4 July, 2008 - 9:43am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Oulema.
… Lynette Elliott, 3 July, 2008 - 9:16am login or register to post comments

The ventral color would help
The ventral color would help to narrow it down more but I would guess it is O. sayi.
… John Randall Watts, 3 July, 2008 - 8:55am login or register to post comments

 
John
great to have you aboard and see your notes.
On this photo; what makes you think of sayi and not maculicolis?
… Rob Westerduijn, 3 July, 2008 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

 
Your right! I skipped a coupl
Your right! I skipped a couplet while identifying it. This specimen definitely has a elongated pronotum and I'm guessing it is black below. Mia culpa!
… John Randall Watts, 4 July, 2008 - 8:06am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Oulema cornuta.
… Lynette Elliott, 30 December, 2006 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

Oulema maculicollis
Well it defenitely is Oulema, but the species in this genus look very much alike and identifying them should be done very carefully. I think this one is Oulema maculicollis based on the identification characters from this link:
http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/chrysomelidae/oulema_maculicollis.htm
It has the blackish legs and punctures on the pronotum which distinguish this species.
Maybe it would be better to have all pictures of Oulema at genus level however.
… Rob Westerduijn, 30 December, 2006 - 11:05am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for the input, I've moved it back to the genus level.
… Lynette Elliott, 30 December, 2006 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

 
probably O. sayi
Ed Riley writes:

"Probably O. sayi - note that the black markings on pronotum are not always well developed."
… Mike Quinn, 4 January, 2007 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

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