neotropical tortoise beetle, Chrisomelidae, Peru

[Ken Kinman]

     From your description, it sounds like it could be _Nuzonia
nigropunctata_.  Are the black spots very small?  Any possibility of
scanning a picture of it?
     Probably the best way to be sure would be L. Borowiec's 1999 "A World
Catalogue of the Cassidinae", or try to get his e-mail address and contact
him directly.
                          ------Ken
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>From: Prirodoslovni muzej Split <primust at ST.TEL.HR>
>Reply-To: Prirodoslovni muzej Split <primust at ST.TEL.HR>
>To: TAXACOM at USOBI.ORG
>Subject: neotropical tortoise beetle, Chrisomelidae, Peru
>Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 21:51:18 +0100
>
>Dear friends, I need a latin name for
>neotropical tortoise beetle, Chrisomelidae, Peru
>
>The beetle is with yellow and green patterns on elitrae with black spots.
>
>Please help!
>
>Bo¾e Kokan
>Prirodoslovni muzej i zoolo¹ki vrt Split
>p.p.376
>21 000 Split
>Croatia
>Europe
>primust at st.tel.hr
>tel/fax: ++385/21/460-989
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