Lymnastis

Lymnastis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Carabidae
Subfamily: Trechinae
Genus: Lymnastis

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. 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. ↑ "Distribution and taxonomy". «Carabidae of the World» (carabidae.pro). Retrieved 2012-01-22.


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