Lymnastis
# 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). 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 (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)
