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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) » subgenus Lebia (Lebia subgenus Lebia) » viridis group (Lebia viridis group) » Lebia cyanipennis
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Small ground beetle - Lebia cyanipennis
Copyright © 2010 Natalie McNear

Small ground beetle - Lebia cyanipennis
Abbotts Lagoon, Point Reyes, Marin County, California, USA
May 1, 2010
Size: 6 mm body length
Found crawling across a trail.

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Contributed by Natalie McNear on 2 May, 2010 - 9:02pm
Last updated 5 May, 2010 - 11:03am

Lebia cyanipennis -- Terry Erwin det.
[i asked him about these and that other one, and he said both are indeed L. cyanipennis. =v=]
Moved from subgenus Lebia.
… v belov, 5 May, 2010 - 11:03am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Lebia viridis.
… Natalie McNear, 4 May, 2010 - 10:55pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ground Beetles.
… Natalie McNear, 2 May, 2010 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

Lebia -- dunno which one, but looks nice
*
… v belov, 2 May, 2010 - 9:08pm login or register to post comments

 
L. viridis
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… Blaine Mathison, 2 May, 2010 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, could be L. viridis
provided specimen (under scope) reflects a convincing metallic greenish and/or bluish luster on its dorsum. If not, consider another species, possibly L. moesta which is monotonously black.
… Peter W. Messer, 2 May, 2010 - 11:05pm login or register to post comments

 
with no metallic luster on the pronotum? hmmm...
… v belov, 2 May, 2010 - 11:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Re: with no metallic luster on the pronotum? hmmm...
I was wondering about that as well, but I saw that there was another photo on there listed as L. viridis that appeared to have a black head/pronotum, so I guess it's just individual variation?
… Natalie McNear, 2 May, 2010 - 11:05pm login or register to post comments

 
BugGuide identification could of course be in error
for certain black "L. viridis"!
… Peter W. Messer, 2 May, 2010 - 11:08pm login or register to post comments

 
The other one with the black pronotum
… Natalie McNear, 2 May, 2010 - 11:15pm login or register to post comments

 
That one
is likely L. viridis because of suggested bluish tinge of elytra, contrasting with pronotum color which does not appear true black to me. Best is if such luster-ambiguous specimens are examined under scope.
… Peter W. Messer, 3 May, 2010 - 10:12am login or register to post comments

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