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Habitus drawings lack legs and antennae for several 



reasons. First, the legs are of little use in determining 

 species. The antennae need to be illustrated side-by-side 

 for close comparisons. Adding these structures doubles or 

 triples the time to do an illustration. Lastly, by 

 omitting these structures, the habitus drawings can be 

 placed closer together, requiring less space and fewer 

 pages . 



In plotting distribution maps, many specific 

 localities were not found because of poor label data. If 

 the information was adequate enough find the general area, 

 an open symbol was placed on the map in the general area. 

 Specific localities are shown with solid symbols. If label 

 data were vague and there was already a plotted locality in 

 the general area, an additional symbol was not added. 

 Questionable records are plotted with a question mark "?". 

 Color Pattern Problems 



Species level decisions have historically been based 

 simply on color and color patterns. Museum specimens vary 

 in the shades of orange because of age, killing agent, and 

 preservation technique. Because of this, the exact color 

 is of little use in species determination. 



The color pattern is most important in determining 

 species, but care must be taken in analyzing differences. 

 The specimen (s) in question must first be placed within the 

 proper section of the genus. This was done by using 

 morphological and genitalic characters. Many recently 



