Lebia ornata explained

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]

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]}

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.
• Bousquet, Yves, and André 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.

External links

• NCBI Taxonomy Browser, Lebia ornata

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lebia ornata Species Information. BugGuide.net. 2018-01-18.
2. Web site: Lebia ornata Report. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). 2018-01-18.
3. Web site: Lebia ornata Species Overview. Encyclopedia of Life. 2018-01-18.
4. Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys, issue 245, 1-1722.