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Species Lebia viridipennis - Green-winged Lebia

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Lebia viridipennis? - Lebia viridipennis Beetle - Lebia viridipennis Ground Beetle - Lebia viridipennis for Virginia? - Lebia viridipennis Black and red ground beetle - Lebia viridipennis beetle - Lebia viridipennis Beetle - Lebia viridipennis Pennsylvania Beetle for ID - Lebia viridipennis Pennsylvania Beetle for ID - Lebia viridipennis

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)
No Taxon (subgenus Lebia)
Species viridipennis (Green-winged Lebia)

Explanation of Names

Lebia viridipennis Dejean 1826
viridipennis 'green-winged'

Size

5‒6 mm

Range

e NA (QC‒FL to SD‒TX) - Map (1)(2)

Habitat

low vegetation and on flowers of herbaceous plants

Remarks

the only member of viridipennis group in our fauna(1)

See Also

L. tricolor, a member of another subgenus
- Range: e. NA

Works Cited

1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 19 June, 2005 - 5:24pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 2 August, 2025 - 12:21pm

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