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Species Lebia lobulata

Representative Images

Lebia lobulata LeConte - Lebia lobulata Lebia lobulata LeConte - Lebia lobulata Lebia lobulata LeConte - Lebia lobulata Beetle on elm leaf - Lebia lobulata Lebia at porchlight - lobulata? - Lebia lobulata Lebia at porchlight - lobulata? - Lebia lobulata Lebia lobulata Lebia lobulata LeConte - Lebia lobulata

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 (fuscata group)
Species lobulata (Lebia lobulata)

Other Common Names

Square-lobed Lebia

Explanation of Names

Lebia lobulata LeConte 1863

Size

4 mm

Identification

Typical pattern as in fig. 42 (1), dark pronotum, and pale areas of elytra are tan vs. pale orange
- Fig. 42
Det. E. G. Riley, 2000

Range

e US (ME-FL to ND-TX) - Map (2)(3)

See Also

Resembles at first sight L. ornata (=axillaris), but the humeral spot, instead of being simply triangular as in that species, is lobed, with the inner and posterior outlines emarginate [pointed], resembling some of the varieties of L. fuscata. (4)

Fig. 44. Lebia ornata, pale southern form (1)
- pale southern form of L. ornata mostly se. US

Fig. 39. Lebia fuscata - typical form. (Fig. 40. Lebia subrugosa) (1)
- L. fuscata mostly e. NA

Print References

LeConte, J.L. (1863). Descriptions of new species. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 6 (4): 1-66.

Internet References

Type - MCZ, Harvard

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)
4.Descriptions of new species.
LeConte, J.L. 1863. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 6 (4): 1-66.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 16 November, 2011 - 3:24pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, v belov
Last updated 25 August, 2025 - 10:12am

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