Lebia cruxminor (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a ground beetle)

Interactions where Lebia cruxminor is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva Chrysolina brunsvicensisQuestionable a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/Lebia cruxminor/Lebia cruxminora ground beetlelarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina brunsvicensis/Chrysolina brunsvicensisa leaf beetle?larva
larva larva is endoparasitoid of Chrysolina hyperici a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/Lebia cruxminor/Lebia cruxminora ground beetlelarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina hyperici/Chrysolina hypericia leaf beetle
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva (late instar) Chrysolina varians a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/Lebia cruxminor/Lebia cruxminora ground beetlelarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina varians/Chrysolina variansa leaf beetlelarva (late instar)
larva larva is endoparasitoid of pupa Chrysolina varians a leaf beetle Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Cox, M.L., 2007
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Carabidae/Lebia cruxminor/Lebia cruxminora ground beetlelarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Coleoptera/Chrysomelidae/Chrysolina varians/Chrysolina variansa leaf beetlepupa

Author & YearTitleSource
Cox, M.L., 2007Atlas of the Seed and Leaf Beetles of Britain and Ireland336pp, Pisces Publications

Lebia cruxminor (a ground beetle) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lebia cruxminor (a ground beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLebia cruxminor (a ground beetle)
GenusLebia (a genus of ground beetles)
FamilyCARABIDAE (ground beetles, tiger beetles)
SuborderADEPHAGA (water and ground beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lebia cruxminor (a ground beetle)

Lebia cruxminor (a ground beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lebia cruxminor (a ground beetle):

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