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subgenus Lebia

ground beetle - Lebia viridipennis Nice colors - Lebia vittata Lebia fuscata Dejean - Lebia fuscata Colorful Foliage Ground Beetle  - Lebia fuscata Lebia miranda? - Lebia miranda Beetle - Lebia sp. - Lebia solea Lebia - Lebia viridis Unknown beetle - Lebia solea
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
Numbers
38 spp. in our area(1), ~540 total(2)
not yet in the guide:
Lebia perpallida Madge 1967 [fuscata group] AZ
Lebia lecta Horn 1885 [lecta group] FL
Lebia nigricapitata Madge 1967 [vittata group] AZ
Range
worldwide and throughout NA(3)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
2.Catalogue of Life
3.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.