title: Laemostenus
text: # Laemostenus
  
  Laemostenus is a genus of ground beetles present on all continents on Earth, except Antarctica.
  
  There are nearly 200 species in the genus, divided into several subgenera. Beetles of the genus are about 8 to 28 millimeters long. Many are dark in color with a blue or purple sheen. Others, especially subterranean and cave-dwelling species, are depigmented, much lighter in color, with reduced eyes.
  
  ## Selected subgenera and species
  
  * Laemostenus (Actenipus)
     * Laemostenus acutangulus
     * Laemostenus angustatus
     * Laemostenus carinatus
     * Laemostenus caussolensis
     * Laemostenus dubaulti
     * Laemostenus elegans
     * Laemostenus ginellae
     * Laemostenus gobbii
     * Laemostenus krueperi
     * Laemostenus latialis
     * Laemostenus macropus
     * Laemostenus meaillensis
     * Laemostenus oblongus
     * Laemostenus obtusus
     * Laemostenus peloponnesiacus
     * Laemostenus pippiai
     * Laemostenus plasoni
     * Laemostenus thessalicus
  * Laemostenus (Antisphodrus)
     * Laemostenus andalusiacus
     * Laemostenus barrancoi
     * Laemostenus bermejae
     * Laemostenus beroni
     * Laemostenus casalei
     * Laemostenus cavicola
     * Laemostenus cazorlensis
     * Laemostenus elongatus
     * Laemostenus giachinoi
     * Laemostenus insubricus
     * Laemostenus jailensis
     * Laemostenus lassallei
     * Laemostenus ledereri
     * Laemostenus leonhardi
     * Laemostenus levantinus
     * Laemostenus monguzzii
     * Laemostenus navaricus
     * Laemostenus peleus
     * Laemostenus reissi
     * Laemostenus schreibersii
     * Laemostenus seguranus
  * Laemostenus (Ceuthosthenes)
     * Laemostenus mauritanicus
  * Laemostenus (Eucryptotrichus)
     * Laemostenus pinicola
  * Laemostenus (Laemostenus)
     * Laemostenus alpinus
     * Laemostenus barbarus
     * Laemostenus complanatus
     * Laemostenus dalmatinus
     * Laemostenus janthinus
     * Laemostenus magellensis
     * Laemostenus quadricollis
     * Laemostenus venustus
  * Laemostenus (Pristonychus)
     * Laemostenus algerinus
     * Laemostenus andreevi
     * Laemostenus baeticus
     * Laemostenus cimmerius
     * Laemostenus conspicuus
     * Laemostenus euxinicus
     * Laemostenus sericeus
     * Laemostenus stussineri
     * Laemostenus terricola
     * Laemostenus tichyi
  * Laemostenus (Sphodroides)
     * Laemostenus cordicollis
     * Laemostenus picicornis
  