{{Short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Leptacinus.formicetorum.jpg |image_caption = ''Leptacinus formicetorum'' |taxon = Leptacinus |authority = Erichson, 1839 | synonyms = ''Leptacinodes'' <small>Casey, 1906</small> }}
'''''Leptacinus''''' is a genus of beetles belonging to the family Staphylinidae.<ref name ="BioLib.cz"/><ref name="GBIF">{{GBIF |title=''Leptacinus'' Erichson, 1839 |id=1041710 |access-date=3 January 2025 }}</ref> The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.<ref name="GBIF" />
==Species== There are about 46 recognized species:<ref name ="BioLib.cz"/> {{columns-list|colwidth=25em|1= * ''Leptacinus afghanus'' <small>Bordoni, 2016</small> * ''Leptacinus ajax'' <small>Tottenham, 1949</small> * ''Leptacinus apicipennis'' <small>Fairmaire & Germain, 1861</small> * ''Leptacinus armeniacus'' <small>Coiffait, 1966</small> * ''Leptacinus astrakhanicus'' <small>K.A. Grebennikov, 2001</small> * ''Leptacinus batychrus'' <small>(Gyllenhal, 1827)</small> * ''Leptacinus curicanus'' <small>Coiffait & Sáiz, 1964</small> * ''Leptacinus dieganus'' <small>Fauvel, 1905</small> * ''Leptacinus dubius'' <small>Bordoni, 1975</small> * ''Leptacinus faunus'' <small>Coiffait, 1956</small> * ''Leptacinus ferrugineus'' <small>Bernhauer, 1927</small> * ''Leptacinus formicetorum'' <small>Märkel, 1841</small> * ''Leptacinus germaini'' <small>Coiffait & Sáiz, 1964</small> * ''Leptacinus guadarramus'' <small>Outerelo, 1975</small> * ''Leptacinus harbinensis'' <small>Bordoni, 2000</small> * ''Leptacinus intermedius'' <small>Donisthorpe, 1936</small> * ''Leptacinus karakorus'' <small>Coiffait, 1975</small> * ''Leptacinus khachikovi'' <small>Bordoni, 2011</small> * ''Leptacinus klapperichi'' <small>Coiffait, 1981</small> * ''Leptacinus lecontei'' <small>Blackwelder, 1944</small> * ''Leptacinus longipennis'' <small>Cameron, 1951</small> * ''Leptacinus magniceps'' <small>Bernhauer, 1922</small> * ''Leptacinus malayanus'' <small>Y. Watanabe & Y. Shibata, 1976</small> * ''Leptacinus marocanus'' <small>Coiffait, 1969</small> * ''Leptacinus merkli'' <small>Ádám, 1987</small> * ''Leptacinus microphthalmus'' <small>Fauvel, 1905</small> * ''Leptacinus mirus'' <small>Assing, 2011</small> * ''Leptacinus nigerrimus'' <small>Coiffait, 1971</small> * ''Leptacinus oscillans'' <small>Sharp, 1885</small> * ''Leptacinus othioides'' <small>Baudi di Selve, 1869</small> * ''Leptacinus pauliani'' <small>Jarrige, 1978</small> * ''Leptacinus politus'' <small>Fauvel, 1905</small> * ''Leptacinus priapus'' <small>Coiffait, 1956</small> * ''Leptacinus pusillus'' <small>(Stephens, 1833)</small> * ''Leptacinus quadrisulciceps'' <small>Lea, 1925</small> * ''Leptacinus rufonitens'' <small>Coiffait, 1966</small> * ''Leptacinus secretus'' <small>Cameron, 1933</small> * ''Leptacinus simeki'' <small>Bordoni, 1975</small> * ''Leptacinus stradomskyi'' <small>Khachikov, 2019</small> * ''Leptacinus sulcifrons'' <small>(Stephens, 1833)</small> * ''Leptacinus unicolor'' <small>Cameron, 1937</small> * ''Leptacinus yemeniticus'' <small>Bordoni, 2010</small> }}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name ="BioLib.cz">{{cite web |url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id6369/ |work=BioLib.cz |title=''Leptacinus'' Erichson, 1839 |access-date=3 January 2025}}</ref> }}
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Category:Staphylininae Category:Staphylinidae genera Category:Taxa named by Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson