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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 Loxopeza (Lebia subgenus Loxopeza) » tricolor group (Lebia tricolor group) » Large Foliage Ground Beetle (Lebia grandis)
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Large Foliage Ground Beetle - Lebia grandis
Copyright © 2012 tom murray

Large Foliage Ground Beetle - Lebia grandis
New Salem, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA
July 25, 2012
Size: 8mm
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Contributed by tom murray on 26 July, 2012 - 8:59am

size
8 mm is about the mid-range between L. grandis and L. atriventris, so this could be either one
… Brad Barnd, 26 July, 2012 - 11:39am login or register to post comments

 
I was thinking L. grandis because the grooves in the elytrae seem to be more pronounced inn that species. Maybe that's not a good distinction.
… tom murray, 26 July, 2012 - 5:45pm login or register to post comments

 
It may be a good character
I haven't seen it used in keys though. But I think you are right about this being L. grandis.

Another thing to look for, from Ciegler (1), is that L. atriventris has dark palpi and darker antennae, compared to L. grandis which should have light-colored palps and antennae (though I wouldn't say the antennal distinction is always reliable)
… Brad Barnd, 26 July, 2012 - 5:56pm login or register to post comments

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