Lebia pulchella Dejean, 1826

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Lebia pulchella Dejean, 1826

Lebia pulchella Dejean, 1826: 457. Type locality: «Amérique septentrionale" (original citation), restricted to «Texas» by Lindroth (1969a: 1023), herein to Brownsville, Cameron County (see Madge 1967: 169). One syntype in MHNP (Lindroth 1955b: 22).

Metabola rufopyga Chaudoir, 1871a: 160 [nomen dubium]. Type locality: «Mexique» (original citation). Holotype [by monotypy] (♂) in MHNP. Synonymy established with doubt by Lindroth (1969a: 1023). Note. Lindroth (1969a: 1023) stated that Madge (1967) synonymized Lebia rufopyga (Chaudoir) with Lebia pulchella though with a question mark. In fact Madge (1967: 167) simply wrote that "at least one [ Metabola vivida Bates] and probably both species of Metabola are variants of Lebia pulchella ." However, he did not list Metabola rufopyga Chaudoir in synonymy with Lebia pulchella .

Metabola vivida Bates, 1884: 298. Type locality: "Arizona; northern Sonora, Mexico" (original citation). Syntype(s) in BMNH and ANSP. Synonymy established by Madge (1967: 167).

Lebia tahoensis Casey, 1920: 252. Type locality: "Lake Tahoe [Placer County], California" (original citation). Three syntypes [3 originally cited] in USNM [# 47623]. Synonymy established by Madge (1967: 167).

Distribution.

This species is found from northern New Hampshire to central Alberta, south to central California, the state of Hidalgo in Mexico (Ball and Shpeley 1992a: 64), and southern Florida [see Madge 1967: Fig. 123].

Records.

CAN: AB, MB, ON, SK USA: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV, WY - Mexico