Leistus fulvibarbis
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Leistus
- Leistophorus
- Leistus fulvibarbis
Leistus spinibarbis
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Leistus
- Pogonophorus
- Leistus spinibarbis
Description
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Lebia cyanocephala
UKBAP Species
Yes
Size
5-7.5mm
Basic colour
Head and elytra bright metallic blue, pronotum orange.
Leg colour
Black with paler middle of tibiae and and base of femora.
Lebia cruxminor
RDB Category
Endangered
Size
5-7mm
Basic colour
Orange and black.
Pattern colour
Head black, pronotum orange-red, elytra yellow with black markings forming an approximate cross.
Leg colour
Pale with femoral apices and tarsi blackened.
Leistus ferrugineus
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Leistus
- Leistus
- Leistus ferrugineus
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Lebia scapularis
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Lebia
- Lebia
- Lebia scapularis
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Lebia marginata
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Lebia
- Lebia
- Lebia marginata
Description
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Lebia cruxminor
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Lebia
- Lebia
- Lebia cruxminor
Description
Size: 5-7mm
Basic colour: Orange and black.
Pattern colour: Head black, pronotum orange-red, elytra yellow with black markings forming an approximate cross.
Pronotoum: Orange-red, almost unpunctured.
Leg colour: Pale with femoral apices and tarsi blackened.
Basic colour: Orange and black.
Pattern colour: Head black, pronotum orange-red, elytra yellow with black markings forming an approximate cross.
Pronotoum: Orange-red, almost unpunctured.
Leg colour: Pale with femoral apices and tarsi blackened.
Biology
Status: Scarce. Local with scattered recent records from Cornwall and Sussex in England and Fermanagh, Clare and Kerry in Ireland.
RDB Category: Endangered
Habitat: Grasslands, probably associated with Galeruca tanaceti.
Other notes: Elytra extemely wide and convex, sides rounded, widest near apex; intervals finely punctured.
RDB Category: Endangered
Habitat: Grasslands, probably associated with Galeruca tanaceti.
Other notes: Elytra extemely wide and convex, sides rounded, widest near apex; intervals finely punctured.
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Lebia cyanocephala
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Lebia
- Lamprias
- Lebia cyanocephala
Common name
Blue Plunderer
Description
Size: 5-7.5mm
Basic colour: Head and elytra bright metallic blue, pronotum orange.
Leg colour: Black with paler middle of tibiae and and base of femora.
Confusion species: Lebia chlorocephala
Basic colour: Head and elytra bright metallic blue, pronotum orange.
Leg colour: Black with paler middle of tibiae and and base of femora.
Confusion species: Lebia chlorocephala
Biology
Status: Very scarce. Local in southern England. Only recent records from Surrey.
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Dry sandy grasslands and heaths.
Host plant: Hypericum perforatum. This species parasitises the beetle Chrysolina hypericae which feeds on Hypericum perforatum (St. John's Wort).
Other notes: Elytra with straight sides, diverging to near apices; intervals punctured more strongly than the fine striae; outer intervals pubescent, partly obscuring the marginal pores.
UKBAP Species: Yes
Habitat: Dry sandy grasslands and heaths.
Host plant: Hypericum perforatum. This species parasitises the beetle Chrysolina hypericae which feeds on Hypericum perforatum (St. John's Wort).
Other notes: Elytra with straight sides, diverging to near apices; intervals punctured more strongly than the fine striae; outer intervals pubescent, partly obscuring the marginal pores.
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Laemostenus terricola
Taxonomy
- Adephaga
- Carabidae
- Laemostenus
- Pristonychus
- Laemostenus terricola