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kochi L. Benick, 1940 , see: currax Sharp, 1874 .

kodadai Puthz, 1998 h: 132 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Malaysia: Sarawak: 25 km E. Kapit).

- DISTRIBUTION: Malaysia.

koebelei Puthz, 1973 h: 204 ( Stenus ; Type locality: USA: California: Siskiyou Co. Also cited from Oregon, British Columbia).

— Puthz, 1980k: 33 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Campbell and Davies, 1991: 111 ( Stenus ; Canada).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

raniermontis Puthz, 1973 h: 207 ( Stenus ; subspecies of koebelei ; Type locality: USA: Washington: Mount Ranier National Park, Misqually River, 4000 feet).

— Puthz, 1980k: 33 ( Stenus ; synonym of koebelei ).

koinobori Hromádka, 1980: 115 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Japan: Hokkaido: Nakayama-Pass südl. Sapporo).

— Naomi, 1988h: 65, 71 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters; Japan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

kolbei Gerhardt, 1893: 359 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Liegnitz).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 600 ( Stenus ; subgenus Mesostenus ; characters; Germany).

— Fauvel, 1895a: 102 ( Stenus ; synonym of pallipes ).

— Ganglbauer, 1896: 174 ( Stenus ; characters; notes; Romania).

— Penecke, 1898: 251 ( Stenus ; ecological note; Austria).

— Reitter, 1909: 161 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters; Germany).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 182 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 61 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1191 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Wüsthoff, 1934a: Tafel III ( Stenus ; illustration of aedeagus).

— Szujecki, 1961: 56 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters; Poland).

— Horion, 1963: 397 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Germany; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Austria; Romania).

— Lohse, 1964: 126 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters; central Europe).

— Smetana, 1964c: 165 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Czechoslovakia).

— Szujecki, 1969a: 253 ( Stenus ; notes; Poland).

— Puthz, 1972s: 281 ( Stenus ; Yugoslavia).

— Haberman, 1983: 101 ( Stenus ; Estonia).

— Lucht, 1987: 98 ( Stenus ; checklist; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria).

— Hromádka, 1993: 45 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Czech Republic; Slovakia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe.

kolweziensis Puthz, 1971 , see: peringueyi L. Benick, 1933 .

kongsbergensis Münster, 1911: 282 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Kongsberg).

— L. Benick, 1923a: 223 ( Stenus ; notes).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 47 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1158 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog; Norway; Finland).

— Palm, 1961a: 93 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Norway; Finland).

— Lundberg, 1972: 173 ( Stenus ; Sweden).

— Puthz, 1973c: 50 ( Stenus ; notes).

- DISTRIBUTION: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia.

bergrothi L. Benick, 1921d: 145 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Jenissejsk; Nikulina).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1148 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1966e: 299 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1973c: 50 ( Stenus ; synonym of kongsbergensis ).

koreanus Puthz, 1992c: 105 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Korea: Chagang Province, Mts. Myohayang-san).

korgei Puthz, 1979 j: 320 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Türkei: Yeniköy , Toros. Also cited from Armenia).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 152 ( Stenus ; notes).

- DISTRIBUTION: Armenia, Turkey.

kraatzi Bernhauer, 1911: 59 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Simla Hills: Phagu, 9000′).

— Cameron, 1930: 322 ( Stenus ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1158 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1960: 3 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Pakistan).

— Abdullah and Qadri, 1968a: 304 ( Stenus ; characters; Pakistan).

— Puthz, 1980a: 35 ( Stenus ; characters; India; Pakistan).

— Puthz, 1986k: 958 ( Stenus ; Pakistan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan, India.

bidentatus Champion, 1920: 170 ( Stenus ; Type locality: W. Almora, Kumaon).

— Champion, 1923: 80 ( Stenus ; probably synonym of kraatzi ).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1158 ( Stenus ; synonym of kraatzi ).

— Puthz, 1980a: 35 ( Stenus ; synonym of kraatzi ).

krali Hromádka, 1979 , see: trisulcatus L. Benick, 1913 .

krasai Puthz, 1965, see: mercator Sharp, 1889 .

kraussei L. Benick, 1913 , see: mendicus Erichson, 1840 .

kryzhanovskii Puthz, 1977c: 207 ( Stenus ; subgenus “ Hemistenus ”; Type locality: Jakutsk).

— Campbell and Davies, 1991: 109 ( Stenus ; Canada).

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia, Canada.

kuatunensis L. Benick, 1942a: 63 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Fukien: Kuatun, 27,40° n. Br. 117,40° ö Lg.).

— Puthz, 1970b: 31 ( Stenus ; aedeagus; note).

— Puthz, 1972e: 104 ( Stenus ; aedeagus).

- DISTRIBUTION: China.

kubera Puthz, 1986 h: 4 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Nepal: Parbat District, Ridge E. Ghoropani Pass, 3100 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Nepal.

kuborensis Last, 1970: 352 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: New Guinea:

Garua, Kubor Range, Kup, 6500 ft.).

— Puthz, 1972r: 478, 479, 500 ( Stenus ; characters; New Guinea).

— Puthz, 1982a: 133 ( Stenus ; New Guinea).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

kuennemanni L. Benick, 1917: 182 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Ligurische Alpen an der Porta Sestrera am Fusse der Cima Marguareis in ca. 2000 m Höhe; bei der Certosa di

Pesio in ca. 900 m Höhe).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 83 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1191 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1967d: 144 ( Stenus ; synonymic notes).

— Puthz, 1968l: 91 ( Stenus ; characters; notes).

— Puthz, 1994: 847 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters; Italy).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 18 ( Stenus ; Italy).

- DISTRIBUTION: Italy, France.

vernaculus L. Benick, 1929b: 95, 98 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Seealpen: Ellerotal).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 83 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1198 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1967d: 144 ( Stenus ; synonym of kuennemanni ).

— Puthz, 1968l: 91 ( Stenus ; synonym of kuennemanni ).

— Puthz, 1994: 847 ( Stenus ; synonym of kuennemanni ).

kumoma Naomi, 1987: 7 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Japan: Iwate Pref.: Kawarabo, Mt. Hayachine).

— Naomi, 1988h: 70 ( Stenus ; characters; Japan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

kurnakovianus Fagel, 1967a: 361 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Caucasus Swanetien).

— Puthz, 1973i: 293 ( Stenus ; aedeagus).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 187 ( Stenus ; notes).

- DISTRIBUTION: Georgia.

kurseonginus Bernhauer, 1911: 58 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Ost-Himalaya: Kurseong, 5000′).

— Cameron, 1930: 362 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1179 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Abdullah and Qadri, 1968a: 305 ( Stenus ; characters; Pakistan).

— Puthz, 1970: 13 ( Stenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan, India.

kwaiensis Schubert, 1906: 376 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Kwai, Usambara).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 175 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Eichelbaum, 1913: 123 ( Stenus ; Tanzania).

— Puthz, 1965: 519 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1967i: 212 ( Stenus ; characters; Kivu ; Tanzania) .

— Puthz, 1967k: 1 ( Stenus ; characters; Zaire).

— Puthz, 1971: 235 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Tanzania).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo, Tanzania.

kwantungensis Cameron, 1949, see: virgula Fauvel, 1895 .

labilis Erichson, 1840: 697 ( Stenus ; proposed for C. Sahlberg’s misidentification of canaliculatus ; Type locality: Fennia).

— C. Sahlberg, 1832: 428 ( Stenus ; [Note: Misidentification: Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 161, cited canaliculatus Sahlberg as a synonym of labilis ; C. Sahlberg did not describe the species as new, he attributed it to Gyllenhal]; characters; Finland).

— Leprieur, 1851: 195 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Thomson, 1857: 223 ( Stenus ; characters; Lapland).

— Thomson, 1860: 223 ( Stenus ; [Note: Misidentification: Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 161, cited aemulus Thomson as a synonym of labilis ; Thomson did not describe the species as new, he attributed it to Erichson]; characters; Scandinavia).

— Fauvel, 1865a: 306 [= 1865b: 56] ( Stenus ; habitat; France).

— Poppius, 1909: 17 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Lena Valley, Siberia ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 161 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 48 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1158 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Palm, 1961a: 90 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Sweden; Norway; Finland).

— Puthz, 1967h: 293 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1967l: 49 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Ryvkin, 1987c: 159 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Campbell and Davies, 1991: 111 ( Stenus ; USA; Canada).

— Betz, 1996: 25 ( Stenus ; labial adhesion capture apparatus).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Russia, Canada, USA.

lapponicus J. Sahlberg, 1876: 56 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Lappland; Muonio Öfverby; Ounasjärvi i Tornå Lappmark ; Hattanpää vid stranden af Pyhäjärvi sjö nära Tammerfors).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 161 ( Stenus ; synonym of labilis ).

laborator Sharp, 1889: 327 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Japan; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1968g]. Also cited from Yokohama, Osaka).

— Puthz, 1968g: 216 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; lectotype designation: Japan; characters).

— Naomi, 1989f: 37, 40 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; characters).

— Naomi and Takeda, 1991: 12 ( Stenus ; Japan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

laccophilus Casey, 1884: 23 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Grimsby , Ontario).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 161 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1974d: 158 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1975g: 124 ( Stenus ; Quebec).

— Campbell and Davies, 1991: 111 ( Stenus ; USA; Canada).

— Downie and Arnett, 1996: 489 ( Stenus ; characters; USA).

- DISTRIBUTION: Canada, USA.

verticosus Casey, 1884: 25 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Vancouver Island; Washington Territory ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 168 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Sanderson, 1957: 265 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; British Columbia; Washington).

— Puthz, 1974d: 158 ( Stenus ; synonym of laccophilus ).

rugifer Casey, 1884: 47 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Alamosa , Colorado).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 166 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 264 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Sanderson, 1957: 265 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; British Columbia; Idaho; Oregon).

— Puthz, 1974d: 158 ( Stenus ; synonym of laccophilus ).

anastomozans Casey, 1884: 48 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Hermit Lake, Mount Washington, New Hampshire; Mount Washington, New Hampshire [valleys]).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 166 ( Stenus ; synonym of rugifer ).

— Puthz, 1974d: 158 ( Stenus ; synonym of laccophilus ).

edax Notman, 1920a: 191 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Windsor, Broome Co., N.Y.).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1153 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1974d: 158 ( Stenus ; synonym of laccophilus ).

laceratus Sharp, 1886: 658 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Mexico, Yautepec , Morelos).

— Sharp, 1887: 799 ( Stenus ; Mexico).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 175 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 272 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1973c: 53 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; notes).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico, Costa Rica.

candens L. Benick, 1938c: 271 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Costa Rica).

— L. Benick, 1939: 31 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; cited as new species; characters; Mexico: Balsas, Staat Guerrere).

— Puthz, 1973c: 53 ( Stenus ; synonym of laceratus ).

lacertoides Nietner, 1857: 382 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Ceylon: prov. occid.).

— Kraatz, 1859: 165 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 175 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1921b: 123 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Cameron, 1930: 379 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Ceylon; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1179 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Abdullah and Qadri, 1968a: 305 ( Stenus ; characters; Pakistan).

— Puthz, 1970n: 306 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1971o: 213 ( Stenus ; characters; Ceylon).

- DISTRIBUTION: Myanmar, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan.

acuminatus Kraatz, 1859: 165 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Ceylan).

— Bernhauer, 1902b: 41 ( Stenus ; Ceylon).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 171 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Cameron, 1930: 379 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Ceylon; Bihar; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1172 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1968g: 202 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; valid species; notes; Ceylon; Burma).

— Abdullah and Qadri, 1968a: 305 ( Stenus ; characters; Pakistan).

— Puthz, 1970n: 306 ( Stenus ; synonym of lacertoides ).

lacertosus L. Benick, 1917 , see: gestroi Fauvel, 1895 .

lacrimulus L. Benick, 1942a: 69 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: China: Fukien: Kuatun, 27,4° n. Br., 117,4° ö Lg., 2300 m).

— Puthz, 1983c: 168 ( Stenus ; characters; China).

- DISTRIBUTION: China.

lacustris Cameron, 1950 , see: trepidus C. Waterhouse, 1877 .

laertes Puthz, 1991d: 26 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: New Guinea: Papua: Kokoda trail, Iora Creek 17 km S. Kokoda, 1400 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

laetificus Ryvkin, 1990: 165 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Krasnodarskii kr., pos. Guzeripl’).

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia.

laetipes Sharp, 1886: 658 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Mexico, Mirador ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 175 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico.

laetulus Casey, 1884: 192 ( Areus ; Type locality: California, S. Buenaventura).

— Fall, 1901: 71 ( Stenus ; California).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 175 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 271 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1974d: 166 ( Stenus ; notes).

- DISTRIBUTION: USA, Mexico.

armillatus L. Benick, 1938c: 272 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Mexico) .

— L. Benick, 1939: 33 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; cited as new species; characters; Mexico: Tabasco; Yantepec).

— Puthz, 1974d: 166 ( Stenus ; synonym of laetulus ).

laevifrons Puthz, 1967 g: 539 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Peña Santa,

Picos de Europa, 1950 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Spain.

laevigatus Mulsant and Rey, 1861: 152 [= 1862: 136] ( Stenus ; Type locality: Corse).

— Fauvel, 1873: 76 [= 1873a: 234] ( Stenus ; characters; Italy; Corsica; Sardinia).

— Rey, 1884: 197 [= 1884a: 45] ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 559 ( Stenus ; characters; Piemont; Corsica; Sardinia).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1906: 80 ( Stenus ; Corsica).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 161 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 17 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters in key; Italy; Corsica; Sardinia; Mallorca).

— Portevin, 1929: 395 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1158 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Coiffait, 1955e: 426 ( Stenus ; cave collection; Lebanon; [Note: May be misidentified according to Puthz (personal communication)]).

— Puthz, 1973b: 27 ( Stenus ; Corsica).

— Poggi, 1976: 617 ( Stenus ; Italy).

— Dauphin, 1991: 280 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; France).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 18 ( Stenus ; Italy).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe.

laevior Stephens, 1833 , see: pubescens Stephens, 1833 .

laevis Stephens, 1833 , see: pubescens Stephens, 1833 .

lagopodis Ryvkin, 1987d: 137 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Bol’shezemel’skaia Tundra).

miserandus Ryvkin, 1987b: 269 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: USSR: Magadan Region, Kolyma River, near Debin).

— Puthz, 1991c: 105 ( Stenus ; synonym of lagopodis ).

— Ryabukhin, 1999: 45 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; catalog; habitat; distribution; northeastern Russia).

lampros L. Benick, 1929: 255 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Mt. Polis, Luzon).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1179 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Philippines.

lancearius Puthz, 2000: 178 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Venezuela:

T. P. Amazonas, 40 km S. Puerto Ayacucho at Tobagan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Venezuela.

lanceatus Puthz, 2000: 180 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Brasilien:

Prov. “Matto Grosso”).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

lanceolatus Naomi, 1997b: 135 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Japan: Okayama Pref.: Shinsho-mura, Kenashizen).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

lanceolifer Puthz, 1995e: 215 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Brasilien: Brasilia-DF, BR 251, Córrego Capao Comgrido).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

lancifer Puthz, 1968 i: 453 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Brasilien: Tapurucuara am Rio Negro/Amazonas).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

languidus Erichson, 1840: 725 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Sicilia; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1967h]).

— Leprieur, 1851: 198 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 591 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 779 ( Stenus ).

— Kraatz, 1858b: 123 ( Stenus ; Greece).

— Kraatz, 1858b: 124 ( Stenus ; Corfu; Greece).

— Fauvel, 1873: 118 [= 1873a: 276] ( Stenus ; characters; Sicily; Corsica; Greece; Corfu; Algeria). — Fauvel, 1876a: 64 [= 1876: 249] ( Stenus ; Spain; Malta).

— Fauvel, 1878: 103 [= 1878a: 23] ( Stenus ; Algeria).

— Rey, 1884: 377 [= 1884a: 225] ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; France).

— Fauvel, 1886: 30 [= 1886a: 22] ( Stenus ; Morocco; Algeria).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 591 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; France; Spain; Algeria; Corsica; Sardinia; Sicily; Corfu; Greece).

— Fauvel, 1902b: 78 ( Stenus ; Barbary).

— Sainte-Claire Deville, 1906: 83 ( Stenus ; Corsica).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 182 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 87, 88 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters in key).

— Portevin, 1929: 402 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— L. Benick, 1932b: 3 ( Stenus ; Morocco, Spain).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1191 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Normand, 1935: 364 ( Stenus ; Tunisia).

— Scheerpeltz, 1960d: 134 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Portugal).

— Szujecki, 1961: 54 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; Poland).

— Horion, 1963: 379 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Spain; France; Corsica; Sardinia; Sicily; Italy; Dalmatia; Corfu; Greece; Crete; Balkans; Hungary; Austria).

— Lohse, 1964: 124 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; central Europe).

— Focarile, 1964: 62 ( Stenus ; Italy).

— Puthz, 1967: 8 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Portugal). — Puthz, 1971v: 106 ( Stenus ; notes; Austria; Hungary).

— Puthz, 1972s: 266 ( Stenus ; Greece).

— Puthz, 1972d: 89 ( Stenus ; subgenus “ Hemistenus ”; characters).

— Puthz, 1994g: 412 ( Stenus ; notes; aedeagus).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 18 ( Stenus ; Italy).

- DISTRIBUTION: Europe, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Europe.

languor L. Benick, 1926: 275 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Chakrata Distr., Kanasar, 7050 Fuss).

— Cameron, 1930: 393 ( Stenus ; subgenus Mesostenus ; characters; India).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1192 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1975: 199 ( Stenus ; Bhutan).

— Puthz, 1976: 5 ( Stenus ; Nepal).

— Puthz, 1981b: 153 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1983b: 144 ( Stenus ; characters; Pakistan; India; Nepal).

— Puthz, 1986k: 961 ( Stenus ; Pakistan).

— Ryvkin, 1992: 42 ( Stenus ; notes; Vietnam).

— Puthz, 1998: 388 ( Stenus ; coniform paraglossae).

- DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Vietnam.

laniger Puthz, 1968, see: idoneus Sharp, 1887 .

lanuginosus L. Benick, 1929 , see: flavovittatus Champion, 1920 .

laoticus Puthz, 1983: 2 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Laos: Ban Saleun).

- DISTRIBUTION: Laos.

lapponicus J. Sahlberg, 1876 , see: labilis Erichson, 1840 .

lasti Puthz, 1972 r: 518 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: NE: Moife, 2100 m).

— Puthz, 1982a: 142 ( Stenus ; New Guinea).

- DISTRIBUTION: New Guinea.

latebricola Puthz, 1968 k: 201 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Kenya: Mt. Elgon, ö. sid. Koitobboss, 4150 m).

— Puthz, 1971: 331 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kenya.

latefasciatus L. Benick, 1942a: 72 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Fukien: Shaowu, 500 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: China.

lateralis Motschulsky, 1857a: 510 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Colombie).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 161 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1968g: 198 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1969: 12 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1969j: 57 ( Stenus ; aedeagus).

- DISTRIBUTION: Colombia, Venezuela.

gutta Fauvel, 1891: 93 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Colonie Tovar; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz , 1968g]. Also cited from Caracas; Nouvelle Grenade).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 159 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1938c: 260 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1968: 6 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1968g: 198 ( Stenus ; lectotype designation: Colonie Tovar; synonym of lateralis ).

— Puthz, 1969: 8 ( Stenus ; synonym of lateralis ; notes).

laticeps Sharp, 1876: 372 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Para).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 175 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Brazil.

laticollis Thomson, 1851 , see: brunnipes Stephens, 1833 .

latifrons Erichson, 1839a: 572 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Germany; [Note: See lectotype designation by Puthz, 1967h]. Originally cited from Mark Brandenburg).

— Erichson, 1840: 743 ( Stenus ; characters; Europe).

— Redtenbacher, 1849: 731 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Leprieur, 1851: 199 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Hardy, 1851: 49 ( Stenus ; synonym of brunnipes ).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 596 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Thomson, 1857: 234 ( Stenus ; characters; Sweden).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 225 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 797 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Thomson, 1860: 230 ( Stenus ; characters; Scandinavia).

— Rye, 1864: 112 ( Stenus ; characters; England).

— Fauvel, 1873: 107 [= 1873a: 265] ( Stenus ; characters; France; Europe).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 245 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Seidlitz, 1875: 258 ( Stenus ; characters; Baltic region).

— Rey, 1884: 404 [= 1884a: 252] ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; France).

— Fowler, 1888: 359 ( Stenus ; characters; Britain).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 583 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Europe).

— Poppius, 1905: 10 ( Stenus ; Orkney Islands; Shetland Islands).

— Montandon, 1908: 78 ( Stenus ; Romania).

— Reitter, 1909: 162 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Germany).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 175 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Johansen, 1914: 525 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Denmark).

— Fiori, 1915: 8 ( Stenus ; Italy).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 58 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters in key).

— Portevin, 1929: 406 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1179 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Wüsthoff, 1934a: Tafel III ( Stenus ; illustration of aedeagus).

— Renkonen, 1941: 104 ( Stenus ; notes; Finland).

— Jenkins, 1960 ( Stenus ; method of returning to banks of a pool; Britain).

— Smetana, 1961b: 149 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Czechoslovakia).

— Szujecki, 1961: 46 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Poland).

— Palm, 1961a: 103 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Sweden; Denmark; Norway; Finland).

— Horion, 1963: 365 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Russia; Finland; Sweden; Norway; Britain; Denmark; France to Baltic States, Poland, Russia, and Romania; Spain; Sardinia; Italy; Germany; Austria).

— Lohse, 1964: 122 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; central Europe).

— Smetana, 1964d: 62 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Czechoslovakia).

— Puthz, 1967h: 297 ( Stenus ; lectotype designation: Germ.).

— Szujecki, 1968a: 721 ( Stenus ; Poland).

— Bordoni, 1970: 24 ( Stenus ; ecological notes; Italy).

— Puthz, 1972s: 263 ( Stenus ; Yugoslavia).

— Pope, 1977: 26 ( Stenus ; Britain).

— Anderson, 1984: 247 ( Stenus ; collecting notes; Ireland).

— Lucht, 1987: 97 ( Stenus ; checklist; Germany; Poland; Czechoslovakia; Austria; Switzerland; France; Benelux; Denmark).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 173 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1991f: 171 ( Stenus ; Belorussia).

— Hromádka, 1993: 45 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Czech Republic; Slovakia).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 18 ( Stenus ; Italy).

— Bordoni, 1995: 81 ( Stenus ; ecological notes; Italy).

— Betz, 1996: 25 ( Stenus ; labial adhesion capture apparatus).

— Owen, 1997a: 148 ( Stenus ; collecting sites; Ireland).

— Betz, 1998 ( Stenus ; comparative predatory behavior; use of labial apparatus).

— Jelínek, 1999: 158 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; collecting note; Czech Republic).

— Ødegaard and Ligaard, 2000: 9 ( Stenus ; notes; Norway).

latinus Puthz, 1984: 103 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Bolivien: Trinidad).

- DISTRIBUTION: Bolivia.

latior Bernhauer, 1938 , see: lewisius Sharp, 1874 .

latior Rey, 1884 , see: assequens Rey, 1884 .

latipennis J. Sahlberg, 1880: 78 ( Stenus ; Type locality: insula Tschornaja; Turuchansk; Plakina; Chantaika; Dudinka).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 161 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1159 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Palm, 1961a: 98 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; characters; Finland).

— Puthz, 1965f: 27 ( Stenus ; aedeagus; note).

— Puthz, 1967l: 49 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1972e: 107 ( Stenus ; Siberia).

— Puthz, 1974b: 112 ( Stenus ; Siberia).

— Ryvkin, 1987c: 159 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Campbell and Davies, 1991: 111 ( Stenus ; USA; Canada).

- DISTRIBUTION: Finland, Russia, Canada, USA.

latiplaga Penecke, 1912, see: longipes Heer, 1839 .

latissimus Bernhauer, 1938: 29 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; Type locality: Nordwestl. China: Chinkiang).

— Puthz, 1968e: 98 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; valid species; notes).

— Puthz, 1971j: 139 ( Stenus ; subspecies of gibbicollis ; Mongolia).

— Puthz, 1972e: 107 ( Stenus ; valid species).

— Ryabukhin, 1999: 46 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; catalog; habitat; distribution; northeastern Russia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mongolia, China, Canada, USA.

hatchi Sanderson, 1957: 257 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Washington: Snoqualmie. Also cited from British Columbia).

— Puthz, 1966e: 303 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; subspecies of gibbicollis ; characters).

— L. Benick, 1925: 77 ( Stenus ; notes; cited as gibbicollis ; [Note: Misidentification of gibbicollis hatchi according to Puthz, 1966e: 301] Washington Territory).

— Puthz, 1972e: 107 ( Stenus ; subspecies of latissimus ).

— Campbell and Davies, 1991: 111 ( Stenus ; USA; Canada).

canus Puthz, 1966e: 303 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; subspecies of gibbicollis ; [Note: Published as new species in 1967 but preceded by the 1966 article]; Type locality: Mongolei: Bajanchongor aimak: Changaj Gebirge, Tujn gol, 2 km O von Bajan-chongor, Zentrum, 1930 m [Note: Taken from Puthz, 1967m: 76).

— Puthz, 1967m: 78 ( Stenus ; subspecies of gibbicollis ; [Note: Cited as new subspecies but published first in 1966]; characters; Mongolia).

— Puthz, 1967o: 232 ( Stenus ; subspecies of gibbicollis ; Mongolia).

— Puthz, 1968e: 98 ( Stenus ; synonym of latissimus ).

— Puthz, 1971j: 139 ( Stenus ; synonym of gibbicollis latissimus ).

— Puthz, 1972e: 107 ( Stenus ; synonym of latissimus ).

latitarsis Sharp, 1889: 329 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Miyanoshita).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 182 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1972d: 86 ( Stenus ; subgenus “ Hemistenus ”; characters).

— Naomi, 1988d: 28, 30 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; Japan).

— Naomi and Takeda, 1991: 12 ( Stenus ; Japan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan.

latus L. Benick, 1913 , see: providus Erichson, 1839 .

lautus L. Benick, 1932 , see: corporaali Bernhauer, 1920 .

leai Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 175 ( Stenus ; replacement name for longiventris Lea ).

— L. Benick, 1916: 241 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; notes).

— Puthz, 1969: 16 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; characters).

— Puthz, 1969e: 528 ( Stenus ; characters; Australia).

— Puthz, 1970e: 62 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; characters; Australia).

— Reid, 1997: 122 ( Stenus ; Australia).

- DISTRIBUTION: Australia.

longiventris Lea, 1899: 542 ( Stenus ; [preoccupied]; Type locality: Behn River, E. Kimberley, W.A.).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1171 ( Stenus ; synonym of leai ).

— Puthz, 1970e: 62 ( Stenus ; synonym of leai ).

lederi Eppelsheim, 1878: 117 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Mamudly 4500′ hoch und am obereen Terek bei Kobi).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 179 ( Stenus ; synonym of clavulus ).

— Puthz, 1977d: 162, 163 ( Stenus ; valid species).

— Puthz, 1983e: 360 ( Stenus ; Azerbaidzan; Georgia).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 179 ( Stenus ; notes; Russia; Georgia; Azerbaijan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan.

lederianus Fagel, 1967, see: lineola Eppelsheim, 1889 .

leechi Puthz, 1974 g: 208 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Mexico: Jalisco,

15 mi. N.E. of Atenquique).

- DISTRIBUTION: Mexico.

legionarius Ryvkin, 1990: 188 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Abkhaziia,

Zg. Gudauta, Miusserskii zapovednik).

- DISTRIBUTION: Georgia.

leileri Puthz, 1982: 73 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Malaysia: Kampong, 1450 m).

— Puthz, 1998: 388 ( Stenus ; coniform paraglossae).

- DISTRIBUTION: Malaysia.

leilerianus Puthz, 1986 j: 301 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Kenya: Swam River, Adrukoit, 1360 m).

— Janák, 1998: 93 ( Stenus ; Uganda).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kenya, Uganda.

leileriellus Puthz, 1986 j: 303 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Kenya: Mt. Elgon, Kaptega, 1980 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Kenya.

leleupi Puthz, 1965: 536 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Kivu, Mont Kahuzi, 3300 m).

— Puthz, 1967i: 218 ( Stenus ; characters; Kivu) .

— Puthz, 1971: 226 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Zaire).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

salticola Puthz, 1967 i: 219 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; subspecies of leleupi ; Type locality: Kivu: Uvira, Haute Sange 2900 m, Itombwe).

— Puthz, 1971: 227 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; subspecies of leleupis; characters; Zaire). leleupianus Puthz, 1976 , see: afer L. Benick, 1951 .

lemur Puthz, 1972: 24 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Madagaskar: Perinet ).

- DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar.

lemurellus Puthz, 1996a: 2 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; Type locality: Madagaskar: Umgebung von Perinet, ca. 800 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar.

lenaensis Puthz, 1968 g: 207, 211 ( Stenus ; subgenus Tesnus ; Type locality: Sowjetunion: Fluminus Lena: Ust-Aldan).

lenicyaneus Puthz, 1992a: 2 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Madagaskar: Sambiranotal).

- DISTRIBUTION: Madagascar.

lenkoranus Puthz, 1970 l: 211 ( Stenus ; subgenus Nestus ; subspecies of nanus ; Type locality: Lenkoran).

— Ryvkin, 1990: 158 ( Stenus ; valid species; notes; Azerbaijan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Azerbaijan.

lentus Sharp, 1889: 326 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Nikko).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 161 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1924: 253 ( Stenus ; characters; Siberia).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1159 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1971c: 14 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; synonymic notes).

— Naomi, 1988g: 61 ( Stenus ; subgenus Stenus ; characters; Japan).

- DISTRIBUTION: Japan, Russia.

indagator Eppelsheim, 1887: 428 ( Stenus ; [Note: This name is older than lentus ]; Type locality: Wladiwostok).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 160 ( Stenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1971c: 14 ( Stenus ; synonym of lentus ).

leonensis Cameron, 1949 , see: matumbiensis Bernhauer, 1915 .

leonhardi Bernhauer, 1914d: 2 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Sizilien bei Misilmeri ).

— Bernhauer, 1923d: 177 ( Stenus ; characters; Sizilien).

— L. Benick, 1927: 24 ( Stenus ; characters; Algeria).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 75 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1192 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Fagel, 1957e: 327 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; notes; Algeria).

— Puthz, 1974l: 491 ( Stenus ; aedeagus; note).

— Sparacio, 1995: 148 ( Stenus ; characters; notes; Sicily).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 18 ( Stenus ; Italy).

- DISTRIBUTION: Italy, Algeria.

leontopolitanus Cameron, 1929b: 450 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Singapore: Mandai, Bukit Timah).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1179 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Singapore.

leopoldi Puthz, 1971: 133 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Congo: Katanga , Kolwezi, Musonoie).

- DISTRIBUTION: Congo.

lepidus Weise, 1875 , see: brunnipes Stephens, 1833 .

leprieuri Cussac, 1851 : XXIX ( Stenus ; Type locality: environs de Lille).

— Leprieur, 1851: 198 ( Stenus ; [Note: Cited without an author and as leprieurii but it probably referred to the species described in the same year by Cussac with whom Leprieur consulted for his article]; characters).

— Fairmaire and Laboulbène, 1856: 588 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Redtenbacher, 1857: 989 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria).

— Kraatz, 1857d: 783 ( Stenus ; characters; Germany).

— Fauvel, 1873: 116 [= 1873a: 274] ( Stenus ; characters; France; Scandinavia; Britain; Germany; Switzerland; Austria; Italy; Greece).

— Redtenbacher, 1874: 246 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Rey, 1884: 386 [= 1884a: 234] ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; France).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 589 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; Germany; France).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 182 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 85 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters in key).

— Portevin, 1929: 401 ( Stenus ; characters; France).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1192 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Horion, 1963: 381 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Spain; Portugal; France; Holland; Germany; Austria; Switzerland?; Italy; Poland).

— Lohse, 1964: 124 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; characters; central Europe).

— Puthz, 1967: 8 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Portugal).

— Puthz, 1967f: 274 ( Stenus ; characters; Morocco).

— Puthz, 1971v: 106 ( Stenus ; Switzerland) .

— Puthz, 1972d: 88 ( Stenus ; subgenus “ Hemistenus ”; characters; Europe; Morocco).

— Puthz, 1972s: 265 ( Stenus ; notes).

— Lucht, 1987: 98 ( Stenus ; checklist; Germany; Austria; France; Benelux).

— Lohse and Lucht, 1989: 146 ( Stenus ; characters; Austria; Switzerland).

— Puthz and Zanetti, 1995: 18, 59 ( Stenus ; Italy?).

- DISTRIBUTION: Morocco, Europe.

sculptus Rey, 1884: 388 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; variety of leprieuri ; Type locality: Not cited).

— Ganglbauer, 1895: 589 ( Stenus ; synonym of leprieuri ).

— Bernhauer and Schubert, 1911: 182 ( Stenus ; synonym of leprieuri ).

— Puthz, 1972d: 90 ( Stenus ; synonym of leprieuri ).

— Puthz, 1973b: 29 ( Stenus ; synonym of leprieuri ).

atlantis Peyerimhoff, 1921: 25 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; Type locality: Aïn-Leuth, Moyen-Atlas, vers 1800 m).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1185 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1967f: 274 ( Stenus ; synonym of leprieuri ).

— Puthz, 1972d: 90 ( Stenus ; synonym of leprieuri ).

linkei L. Benick, 1929a: 85 , 96 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; variety of leprieuri ; Type locality: Rhön, Kl. Moor).

— L. Benick, 1929a: 85 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; variety of leprieuri ; characters in key).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1192 ( Stenus ; synonym of leprieuri ).

— Szujecki, 1961: 10 ( Stenus ; variety of leprieuri ).

— Puthz, 1972d: 90 ( Stenus ; variety of leprieuri ).

leptocerus Bernhauer, 1911a: 405 ( Stenus ; Type locality: Argentinien, Prov. Buenos Aires).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1179 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

— Puthz, 1974a: 61 ( Stenus ; characters).

— Puthz, 2000: 187 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; characters; Brazil; Paraguay).

- DISTRIBUTION: Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil.

leptodomus Puthz, 1977b: 156 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Costa Rica: Tapanti).

- DISTRIBUTION: Costa Rica.

leptopus L. Benick, 1929: 257 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Catbalogan, Samar; Basilan; Kolambugan, Mindanao).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1179 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Philippines.

leptosoma Puthz, 1977b: 154 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Costa Rica:

Vara Blanca, 2000 m).

- DISTRIBUTION: Costa Rica.

leucadiae Scheerpeltz, 1931: 407 ( Stenus ; subgenus Parastenus ; Type locality: Umgebung Levkas).

— Scheerpeltz, 1933: 1192 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hemistenus ; catalog).

- DISTRIBUTION: Greece.

leucopus Sharp, 1886 , see: vestigialis Erichson, 1840 .

levasseuri Puthz, 1967 j: 24 ( Stenus ; subgenus Hypostenus ; Type locality: Katanga:

Rég. Kolwezi, rives de la Musonoie).

— Puthz, 1967i: 195 ( Stenus ; characters; Congo) .