Lebia cyanocephala
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Family:
Carabidae
Subfamily:
Harpalinae
Genus:
Lebia
Species:
L. cyanocephala
Binomial name
Lebia cyanocephala

Lebia cyanocephala, sometimes called the blue plunderer,[1] is a ground beetle from a subfamily of Harpalinae.

Description

Adult beetles are 7.5 millimetres (0.30 in) long. The head and elytra are metallic blue.The pronotum is orange.

Distribution

Widespread in Europe but rare. The northern boundary of the distribution area goes through southern England , southern Norway , southern Sweden and southern Finland . The southern limit of the range runs through western North Africa and reaches Israel in Asia Minor . Of the Mediterranean islands, the beetle is only known from Sicily and Cyprus . The species occurs across the Palearctic to the east as far as Siberia and northern China.

References

Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at de:Lebia cyanocephala; see its history for attribution.

  1. ↑ "Lebia cyanocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)". Retrieved 20 May 2018.


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