Stenidia Explained

Stenidia is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 20 described species in Stenidia, found in Africa.

Species

These 21 species belong to the genus Stenidia:

• Stenidia abdominalis Chaudoir, 1862 (South Africa)
• Stenidia angulata Liebke, 1933 (DR Congo, Kenya, Zambia)
• Stenidia angusta Péringuey, 1896 (DR Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
• Stenidia approximans Barker, 1919 (South Africa)
• Stenidia bicolor Alluaud, 1936 (Madagascar)
• Stenidia blanda LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849 (Senegal/Gambia, Guinea)
• Stenidia corrusca LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849 (Senegal/Gambia, Sudan)
• Stenidia edwardsii Laporte, 1843 (Mauretania, Senegal/Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso)
• Stenidia elegantula Péringuey, 1896 (DR Congo, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa)
• Stenidia fraterna Péringuey, 1896 (Mozambique)
• Stenidia hovana Fairmaire, 1884 (Madagascar)
• Stenidia jucunda Péringuey, 1896 (Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa)
• Stenidia lenta Liebke, 1938 (Cameroon, Congo)
• Stenidia mareei Basilewsky, 1949 (DR Congo)
• Stenidia metallica Burgeon, 1937 (Cameroon, DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi)
• Stenidia nigricollis Basilewsky, 1970 (Cameroon)
• Stenidia quadricollis Chaudoir, 1872 (Botswana)
• Stenidia rugicollis (Fairmaire, 1897) (Madagascar)
• Stenidia spinipennis Putzeys, 1880 (Ivory Coast, Angola, Zambia)
• Stenidia unicolor Brullé, 1834 (Mauretania, Senegal/Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Sudan, DR Congo)
• Stenidia viridis Liebke, 1933 (Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe)