Lionychus

Lionychus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Carabidae
Subfamily:	Lebiinae
Tribe:	Lebiini
Subtribe:	Lionychina
Genus:	; Wissmann, 1846
Subgenera
	Lionychus Wissmann, 1846; Paralionychus Jeannel, 1949;
Synonyms
	Lyonichus Desmarest, 1851-22 ; Paralionychus Jeannel, 1949 ;

Lionychus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are at least 20 described species in Lionychus.^[1]^[2]

Species

These 20 species belong to the genus Lionychus:

Lionychus albivittis Bates, 1886 (Sri Lanka)
Lionychus albonotatus (Dejean, 1825) (Europe, North Africa, Israel)
Lionychus anamalai Jedlicka, 1969 (India)
Lionychus basalis Péringuey, 1896 (Zimbabwe)
Lionychus beccarii Gestro, 1889 (Saudi Arabia)
Lionychus bivittatus Fairmaire, 1899 (Madagascar)
Lionychus chujoi Jedlicka, 1966 (Thailand)
Lionychus cinctus Chaudoir, 1848 (Africa)
Lionychus damarensis Kuntzen, 1919 (Namibia)
Lionychus fleischeri Reitter, 1908 (Italy, Greece, Russia)
Lionychus himalayicus Andrewes, 1931 (Nepal, India)
Lionychus horni Dupuis, 1913 (Sri Lanka)
Lionychus laetulus Péringuey, 1904 (South Africa)
Lionychus laosensis Jedlicka, 1966 (Laos)
Lionychus marginellus Schmidt-Goebel, 1846 (China, Myanmar)
Lionychus maritimus Fairmaire, 1862 (France, Spain, Italy, Albania)
Lionychus orientalis K.Daniel, 1900 (Sicily, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Iran, Azerbaijan)
Lionychus planus Mateu, 1978 (India)
Lionychus quadrillum (Duftschmid, 1812) (Palearctic)
Lionychus sturmii (Gené, 1836) (France, Italy)