Lymnastis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Trechinae
Tribe: Bembidiini
Subtribe: Tachyina
Genus: Lymnastis
Motschulsky, 1862

Lymnastis is a genus of ground beetles of the subfamily Trechinae.

The body length of the adult is 2.0–2.2 millimetres (0.079–0.087 in).[1] Body-color is yellow and flat.[1] Representatives of this genus are characterized by the following features:[1]

  • Head is small and narrow;
  • Compound eyes are usually large and are made up of about ten of the facet cells;
  • Frontal supraorbital notch is reduced;
  • Prischitkovaya groove on top is not bent;
  • The elytron have fine hairs and have no return grooves;
  • Vertex of the Abdomen appears from the elytron;
  • The upper body is covered in soft hairs.

Species

These 46 species belong to the genus Lymnastis:[2][3]

  • Lymnastis adventitius (Péringuey, 1896) (South Africa)
  • Lymnastis americanus Darlington, 1934 (Cuba)
  • Lymnastis angelinii Magrini, 2010 (Italy)
  • Lymnastis assmanni Magrini & Wrase, 2013 (Israel)
  • Lymnastis atricapillus Bates, 1892 (Myanmar, Oceania)
  • Lymnastis barbieri Straneo, 1953 (Vietnam)
  • Lymnastis brooksi Baehr, 2008 (Australia)
  • Lymnastis coomani Jeannel, 1932 (Thailand and Vietnam)
  • Lymnastis decorsei Jeannel, 1932 (worldwide)
  • Lymnastis dieneri Szekessy, 1938 (Slovakia, Hungary, and Croatia)
  • Lymnastis foveicollis G.Müller, 1941 (Ethiopia)
  • Lymnastis galilaeus Piochard de la Brûlerie, 1876 (worldwide)
  • Lymnastis gaudini Jeannel, 1929 (Canary Islands)
  • Lymnastis gomerae Franz, 1965 (Canary Islands)
  • Lymnastis herlanti Basilewsky, 1951 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Lymnastis indicus (Motschulsky, 1851) (India and Myanmar)
  • Lymnastis inops Darlington, 1962 (New Guinea and Papua)
  • Lymnastis jeanneli Basilewsky, 1951 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Lymnastis leleupi Basilewsky, 1949 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Lymnastis lesnei Jeannel, 1932 (D.R. Congo, Rwanda, and Mozambique)
  • Lymnastis luigionii Dodero, 1899 (Italy)
  • Lymnastis macrops Jeannel, 1932 (worldwide)
  • Lymnastis meersmanae Basilewsky, 1951 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Lymnastis minutus Basilewsky, 1953 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Lymnastis niloticus Motschulsky, 1862 (worldwide)
  • Lymnastis novikovi Mikhailov, 1998 (Ukraine)
  • Lymnastis paladinii Magrini, 2010 (Italy)
  • Lymnastis pilosus Bates, 1892 (worldwide)
  • Lymnastis poggii Magrini, 2010 (Romania)
  • Lymnastis pullulus Motschulsky, 1862 (India)
  • Lymnastis remyi Jeannel, 1949 (Madagascar)
  • Lymnastis rugegeiensis Basilewsky, 1953 (Rwanda and Burundi)
  • Lymnastis sanctaehelenae Basilewsky, 1972 (St. Helena)
  • Lymnastis scaritides Bruneau de Miré, 1965 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Lymnastis schachti Baehr, 2003 (Senegal/ Gambia)
  • Lymnastis schoutedeni Jeannel, 1937 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Lymnastis schuelkei Magrini & Wrase, 2012 (Albania)
  • Lymnastis sinaiticus Schatzmayr, 1936 (Egypt)
  • Lymnastis subovatus Machado, 1992 (Canary Islands)
  • Lymnastis sugimotoi Habu, 1975 (Japan)
  • Lymnastis swaluwenbergi Jeannel, 1932 (Hawaii)
  • Lymnastis tesquorum Arnoldi & Kryzhanovskij, 1964 (Kazakhstan and Russia)
  • Lymnastis thoracicus Machado, 1992 (Canary Islands)
  • Lymnastis tibesticus Bruneau de Miré, 1990 (Chad)
  • Lymnastis villiersi Bruneau de Miré, 1965 (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
  • Lymnastis yanoi Nakane, 1963 (Japan)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Apple-Hnzoryan SM (1976). "part: 1". Fauna of Armenian SSR. Insects beetles. Ground beetles (Carabidae). Yerevan: Academy of Sciences of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic. p. 55 (of 296).
  2. "Lymnastis Motschulsky, 1862". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  3. "Lymnastis". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-11-10.


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