''Stenidia'' is a genus in the ground beetle family

Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal ...

. 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 South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

) * '' Stenidia angulata'' Liebke, 1933 (

DR Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...

Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous country in the world and the 7th most populous in Africa. ...

Zambia Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central Africa, Central, Southern Africa, Southern and East Africa. It is typically referred to being in South-Central Africa or Southern Africa. It is bor ...

) * '' Stenidia angusta'' Péringuey, 1896 (DR Congo, Zambia,

Zimbabwe file:Zimbabwe, relief map.jpg, upright=1.22, Zimbabwe, relief map Zimbabwe, officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Bots ...

) * '' Stenidia approximans'' Barker, 1919 (South Africa) * '' Stenidia bicolor'' Alluaud, 1936 (

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

) * '' Stenidia blanda'' LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849 ( Senegal/Gambia,

Guinea Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...

) * '' Stenidia corrusca'' LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849 (Senegal/Gambia,

Sudan Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan, is a country in Northeast Africa. It borders the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west, Libya to the northwest, Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Eritrea and Ethiopi ...

) * '' Stenidia edwardsii'' Laporte, 1843 (

Mauretania Mauretania (; ) is the Latin name for a region in the ancient Maghreb. It extended from central present-day Algeria to the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, encompassing northern present-day Morocco, and from the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean in the ...

, Senegal/Gambia,

Mali Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the List of African countries by area, eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over . The country is bordered to the north by Algeria, to the east b ...

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...

) * '' Stenidia elegantula'' Péringuey, 1896 (DR Congo,

Mozambique Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country located in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Afr ...

, 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 Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

, Congo) * ''

Stenidia mareei ''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 (Sou ...

'' Basilewsky, 1949 (DR Congo) * '' Stenidia metallica'' Burgeon, 1937 (Cameroon, DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi) * '' Stenidia nigricollis'' Basilewsky, 1970 (Cameroon) * '' Stenidia quadricollis'' Chaudoir, 1872 (

Botswana Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ...

) * '' Stenidia rugicollis'' (Fairmaire, 1897) (Madagascar) * '' Stenidia spinipennis'' Putzeys, 1880 (

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire and officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital city of Yamoussoukro is located in the centre of the country, while its largest List of ci ...

Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...

, Zambia) * '' Stenidia unicolor'' Brullé, 1834 (Mauretania, Senegal/Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Sudan, DR Congo) * '' Stenidia viridis'' Liebke, 1933 (Sudan, Kenya,

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

, Zambia,

Malawi Malawi, officially the Republic of Malawi, is a landlocked country in Southeastern Africa. It is bordered by Zambia to the west, Tanzania to the north and northeast, and Mozambique to the east, south, and southwest. Malawi spans over and ...

, Zimbabwe)

References

External links

* * Lebiinae Carabidae genera {{Lebiinae-stub