Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico Author Bousquet, Yves Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada bousquety1@yahoo.com text ZooKeys 2012 2012-11-28 245 1 1722 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.245.3416 1313-2970-245-1 FFFF52503A0AFF882450FFB66D45FF8E 578462 Lebia pulchella Dejean, 1826 Lebia pulchella Dejean, 1826: 457. Type locality: "Amerique 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