Lebia

Lebia is a genus of predatory ground beetles. Common names include colorful foliage ground beetles and flat ground beetles. They are found worldwide and there over 700 species in 17 subgenera.

Description

Small or medium-sized beetles, often iridescent or vividly coloured with wide, flattened elytra. They are often found on foliage and flowers. They eat small insects and some species are parasitic on leaf beetle larvae.
File:Lebia tricolor.webm|thumb|thumbtime=4|Lebia tricolor, genus Legia, in the family of ground beetles, searching for prey.

Species

These 791 species belong to the genus Lebia.
; Subgenus Chelonodema Laporte, 1834
; Subgenus Cymatographa Chaudoir, 1871
; Subgenus Glyciolebia Kryzhanovskij, 1987
; Subgenus Grammica Chaudoir, 1871
; Subgenus Lamprias Bonelli, 1810
; Subgenus Lebia Latreille, 1802
; Subgenus Liopeza Chaudoir, 1871
; Subgenus Loxopeza Chaudoir, 1871
; Subgenus Metalebia Jeannel, 1949
; Subgenus Nematopeza Chaudoir, 1871
; Subgenus Nipponolebia Habu, 1983
; Subgenus Odontopeza Felix, 2014
; Subgenus Poecilostola Chaudoir, 1871
; Subgenus Poecilothais Maindron, 1905
; Subgenus Polycheloma Madge, 1967
; Subgenus Promecochila Chaudoir, 1871
; Subgenus Rhytidopeza Jeannel, 1949
; Subgenus Stephana Chaudoir, 1871
; Not assigned to a subgenus