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Lebia cruxminor

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Lebia cruxminor
Lebia cruxminor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Superfamily: Caraboidea
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Lebiinae
Tribe: Lebiini
Genus: Lebia
Species:
L. cruxminor
Binomial name
Lebia cruxminor
Synonyms
  • Carabus cruxminor Linnaeus, 1758
  • Lebia nigripes Dejean, 1825

Lebia cruxminor is a species of ground beetle in the Harpalinae subfamily.

Description

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Adult beetles length is 6 millimetres (0.24 in). Their color is orange and black. They were first photographed on 30 March 2002, by a Russian entomologist Oleg Berlov, in Irkutsk, Russia.[1]

Distribution

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Eurasia, North Africa.[2] The species can be found in Irkutsk, Russia, and various German towns such as: Kulbach district of Bavaria, and Upper Franconia.[3]

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