''Stenidia'' is a genus in the ground beetle family
Carabidae
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. There are more than 20 described species in ''Stenidia'', found in Africa.
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Species
These 21 species belong to the genus ''Stenidia'':
* '' Stenidia abdominalis'' Chaudoir, 1862 (South Africa
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)
* '' Stenidia angulata'' Liebke, 1933 (DR Congo
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, Kenya
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, Zambia)
* ''Stenidia angusta'' Péringuey, 1896 (DR Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
* ''Stenidia approximans'' Barker, 1919 (South Africa)
* ''Stenidia bicolor'' Alluaud, 1936 (Madagascar)
* ''Stenidia blanda'' LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849 (Senegal, Senegal/Gambia, Guinea)
* ''Stenidia corrusca'' LaFerté-Sénectère, 1849 (Senegal/Gambia, Sudan)
* ''Stenidia edwardsii'' Laporte, 1843 (Mauretania, Senegal/Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso)
* ''Stenidia elegantula'' Péringuey, 1896 (DR Congo, Mozambique, 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, Republic of the Congo, Congo)
* ''Stenidia mareei'' Basilewsky, 1949 (DR Congo)
* ''Stenidia metallica'' Burgeon, 1937 (Cameroon, DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi)
* ''Stenidia nigricollis'' Basilewsky, 1970 (Cameroon)
* ''Stenidia quadricollis'' Chaudoir, 1872 (Botswana)
* ''Stenidia rugicollis'' (Fairmaire, 1897) (Madagascar)
* ''Stenidia spinipennis'' Putzeys, 1880 (Ivory Coast, Angola, Zambia)
* ''Stenidia unicolor'' Brullé, 1834 (Mauretania, Senegal/Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Sudan, DR Congo)
* ''Stenidia viridis'' Liebke, 1933 (Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe)
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Lebiinae
Carabidae genera
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