title: Lymnastis
text: # 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)
  