Lebia ornata

Lebia ornata is a species of ground beetle in the genus Lebia ("colorful foliage ground beetles"), in the family Carabidae ("ground beetles").[1][2][3] It was described by American entomologist Thomas Say in 1823.[2]

Lebia ornata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Genus: Lebia
Species:
L. ornata
Binomial name
Lebia ornata
Say, 1823

It is found in a broad range across eastern North America, from Texas to South Dakota, east Nova Scotia, and south to Florida.[2][4]

References

  1. "Lebia ornata Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  2. "Lebia ornata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  3. "Lebia ornata Species Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
  4. Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys, issue 245, 1-1722.

Further reading

  • Arnett, R.H. Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). (21 December 2000) American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. ISBN 978-0-8493-1925-9
  • Bousquet, Yves, and AndrĂ© Larochelle (1993). "Catalogue of the Geadephaga (Coleoptera: Trachypachidae, Rhysodidae, Carabidae including Cicindelini) of America North of Mexico". Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, no. 167, 397.
  • Richard E. White. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
  • Ross H. Arnett. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.


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