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

Lionychus quadrillum, France

Lionychus is a genus in the ground beetle family Carabidae. There are at least 20 described species in Lionychus.

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)