Lymnastis
| Lymnastis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Trechinae |
| 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.
It contains the following species:[2]
- Lymnastis adventitius (Peringuey, 1896)
- Lymnastis americanus Darlington, 1934
- Lymnastis atricapillus Bates, 1892
- Lymnastis barbieri Straneo, 1953
- Lymnastis coomani Jeannel, 1932
- Lymnastis decorsei Jeannel, 1932
- Lymnastis dieneri Szekessy, 1938
- Lymnastis foveicollis G.Muller, 1941
- Lymnastis galilaeus Piochard de la Brullerie, 1876
- Lymnastis gaudini Jeannel, 1929
- Lymnastis gomerae Franz, 1965
- Lymnastis herlanti Basilewsky, 1951
- Lymnastis indicus (Motschulsky, 1851)
- Lymnastis inops Darlington, 1962
- Lymnastis jeanneli Basilewsky, 1951
- Lymnastis leleupi Basilewsky, 1949
- Lymnastis lesnei Jeannel, 1932
- Lymnastis luigionii Dodero, 1899
- Lymnastis macrops Jeannel, 1932
- Lymnastis meersmanae Basilewsky, 1951
- Lymnastis minutus Basilewsky, 1953
- Lymnastis niloticus Motschulsky, 1862
- Lymnastis pilosus Bates, 1892
- Lymnastis pullulus Motschulsky, 1862
- Lymnastis remyi Jeannel, 1949
- Lymnastis rugegeiensis Basilewsky, 1953
- Lymnastis sanctaehelenae Basilewsky, 1972
- Lymnastis scaritides Bruneau De Mire, 1965
- Lymnastis schachti Baehr, 2003
- Lymnastis schoutedeni Jeannel, 1937
- Lymnastis subovatus Machado, 1992
- Lymnastis sugimotoi Habu, 1975
- Lymnastis swaluwenbergi Jeannel, 1932
- Lymnastis tescorum Arnoldi & Kryzhanovskij, 1964
- Lymnastis thoracicus Machado, 1992
- Lymnastis tibesticus Bruneau De Mire, 1990
- Lymnastis villiersi Bruneau De Mire, 1965
- Lymnastis yanoi Nakane, 1963
References
- 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).
- ↑ "Distribution and taxonomy". «Carabidae of the World» (carabidae.pro). Retrieved 2012-01-22.
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