{{Short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Carabidae - Laemostenus janthinus.JPG | image_caption = ''Laemostenus janthinus'' | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Laemostenus | authority = Bonelli, 1810 | subdivision_ranks = Subgenera and species | subdivision = See text }}
'''''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.<ref>Lohaj, R. and A. Casale. (2011). [http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/ActaEntSlov_19_0043-0050.pdf ''Laemostenus'' (''Iranosphodrus'') ''rudichae'', new subgenus and new species of sphodrine beetle from Iran (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Sphodrini).] ''Acta Entomologica Slovenica'' 19(1) 43-50.</ref>
==Selected subgenera and species== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *''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'' {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons}} {{Wikispecies}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110604033544/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=105338 ''Laemostenus'' at Fauna Europaea]
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Category:Laemostenus Category:Taxa named by Franco Andrea Bonelli
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