''Lebia cyanocephala'', sometimes called the blue plunderer,
is a
ground beetle from a subfamily of
Harpalinae.
Description
Adult
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beetles are 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
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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.
cyanocephala
Beetles of Europe
Beetles described in 1758
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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