Poole, Karen E.
Lebia
Sign in to saveLebia is a genus of predatory ground beetles. Common names include colorful foliage ground beetles and flat ground beetles. They are found worldwide and there over 700 species in 17 subgenera.
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It sits within the topics Lebia, Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille and Taxonbars with 20–24 taxon IDs.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
KINGDOM
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCyprinodontiformes
- FamilyCyprinodontidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 5,017
- With media
- 6,288
- Family
- Carabidae
- Collections
- MHNCA, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS (UAM)
- Recorded in
- Mexico, United States
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- Colorful Foliage Ground Beetles
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Lebia is a genus of predatory ground beetles. Common names include colorful foliage ground beetles and flat ground beetles. They are found worldwide and there over 700 species in 17 subgenera.
==Description== Small or medium-sized beetles, often iridescent or vividly coloured with wide, flattened elytra. They are often found on foliage and flowers. They eat small insects and some species are parasitic on leaf beetle larvae. thumb|Lebia grandis trapped in pitcher plant thumb|Lebia viridis on lesser celandine thumb|thumbtime=4|Lebia tricolor, genus [[Legia, in the family of ground beetles, searching for prey.]]
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