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