Lymnastis Explained

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

The body length of the adult is 2–.^[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:

• 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)

Notes and References

1. Book: Apple-Hnzoryan SM . part: 1 . Fauna of Armenian SSR. Insects beetles. Ground beetles (Carabidae). . Yerevan . Academy of Sciences of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic . 1976 . 55 (of 296) .