Lebia (Lamprias), Bonelli, 1810

Bousquet, Yves, 2012, Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico, ZooKeys 245, pp. 1-1722 : 815

Subgenus Lamprias Bonelli, 1810

Lamprias Bonelli, 1810: Tabula Synoptica. Type species: Carabus cyanocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent monotypy in Panzer (1813: 71). Etymology. From the Greek lampros (bright, brilliant) and the suffix - ios (pertaining to), possibly alluding to the vivid coloration of the adults in the hands of Bonelli [masculine].

Echimuthus Leach, 1815: 81. Type species: Carabus cyanocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 by monotypy.

Lamprus Billberg, 1820: 26. Unjustified emendation of Lamprias Bonelli, 1810.

Omalomorpha Motschulsky, 1844: 13[table], 42 [junior homonym of Omalomorpha Brullé, 1835]. Type species: Lebia punctata Gebler, 1843 designated by Lorenz (1998: 129). Synonymy established by Chaudoir (1871a: 129). Etymology. From the Greek homalos (even, equal) and morphe (form) [feminine].

Homalops Motschulsky, 1850a: viii, 42. Replacement name for Omalomorpha Motschulsky, 1844.

Rhopalostyla Chaudoir, 1850b: 96. Replacement name for Omalomorpha Motschulsky, 1844. Etymology (original). From the Greek rhopalon (club) and stylos (pillar, base) [feminine].

Lebida Motschulsky, 1862b: 51. Type species: Lebida pilosella Motschulsky, 1862 (= Carabus cyanocephalus Linnaeus, 1758) designated by Lorenz (1998: 104).

Diversity.

Fourteen species in the Nearctic (one species) and Palaearctic (13 species) Regions.