Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae: Polychalca

[Stuart Fullerton]

Fellow netters:

Recently our small, but growing and  very regional collection, recieved
a victorian broach made of beetles.  Edward G Riley of the Department of
Entomology, Texas A&M has seen the broach and has identified the beetles
as Chrysomelidae - Polychalca punctatissima (Wolf)  from Brazil. I would
like now to acquire a recent pinned specimen, with data, of this species
so I may put both the pinned specimen and the broach in a tray in our
even smaller, but growing "Oh My" collection. (any additions to our "Oh My"
material would be most welcome) If you can help me out with a specimen of
this species, or direct me to a source, it would be most welcome.

Thank you very much.

Cheers!!!  rof

Stuart M Fullerton ROF, Research Associate in charge of Arthropod
Collections (UCFC), Biology Dept. University of Central Florida, Orlando,
Florida, 32816, USA. stuartf at pegasus.cc.ucf.edu