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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Ground Beetles (Carabidae) » Harpalinae » Harpalitae » Lebiini » Lebiina » Colorful Foliage Ground Beetles (Lebia)

Genus Lebia - Colorful Foliage Ground Beetles

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited

Lebia bitaeniata Chevrolat - Lebia bitaeniata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)

Subfamily Harpalinae

Supertribe Harpalitae

Tribe Lebiini

Subtribe Lebiina

Genus Lebia (Colorful Foliage Ground Beetles)

Other Common Names

Flat Ground Beetles

Explanation of Names

Lebia Latreille 1802

'shallow, thin'

Numbers

>700 spp. in 17 subgenera worldwide, ~50 spp. in 5 subgenera in our area, as follows:(1)(BG data)

subg. Chelonodema: 1 sp. (BG data)

subg. Loxopeza: 8 spp.

subg. Polycheloma: 1 sp. (L. lecontei, TX & AZ)

subg. Lamprias: 1 sp. (L. divisa, Great Plains: KS & CO to so. Canada & IN)

subg. Lebia s. str.: 38 spp.

Size

2.5-14 mm(2)

Identification

Medium-sized/small, often vividly colored carabids with wide, flattened elytra

Revision of NA fauna in(2)

Adults of 14 spp. shown in(3)

Range

worldwide and throughout NA (north to YT & n. PQ)(1)

Habitat

Found on foliage and on ground

Season

Typically late spring to mid-summer + fall; adults overwinter; two generations per year in south

Food

Predatory on small insects; some parasitize leaf beetle larvae

Life Cycle

In summer, adults often active on foliage during the day, unusual for ground beetles

Print References

(4) (Note errata, including part of key for this genus)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.

2.	A revision of the genus Lebia Latreille in America North of México (Coleoptera, Carabidae) Madge R.B. 1967. Quaest. Entomol. 3: 139-242.

3.	The Ground Beetles of Canada

4.	Ground Beetles and Wrinkled Bark Beetles of South Carolina Janet Ciegler. 2000. Clemson University.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 8 March, 2005 - 2:45am
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov
Last updated 24 July, 2023 - 7:17pm

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