Species Lebia miranda

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited

ref photo for peter Messer - Lebia miranda

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)

No Taxon (vittata group)

Species miranda (Lebia miranda)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dianchomena miranda Horn 1872

Explanation of Names

Lebia miranda (Horn)

miranda 'miraculous'

Identification

Only one other species, L. solea, has a strongly constricted neck and wide pronotal margins; L. miranda can be distinguished from it by elytral pattern and completely striated frons(1)

Range

AZ, w.TX; nw. Mexico ─map(2)(3)

Internet References

Type specimen

Works Cited

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

2.	Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

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