''Stenopterus'' is a genus of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

s belonging to the family Cerambycidae, subfamily Cerambycinae. Species of this genus are present in most of

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

, in the

Near East The ''Near East''; he, המזרח הקרוב; arc, ܕܢܚܐ ܩܪܒ; fa, خاور نزدیک, Xāvar-e nazdik; tr, Yakın Doğu is a geographical term which roughly encompasses a transcontinental region in Western Asia, that was once the hist ...

and in

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...

Selected species

* '' Stenopterus adlbaueri'' Sama, 1995 * '' Stenopterus ater'' (Linnaeus, 1767) * '' Stenopterus atricornis'' Pic, 1891 * '' Stenopterus creticus'' Sama, 1995 * '' Stenopterus flavicornis'' Küster, 1846 * '' Stenopterus mauritanicus'' Lucas, 1846 * '' Stenopterus rufus'' (Linnaeus, 1767) * '' Stenopterus similatus'' Holzschuh, 1979 ** ''Stenopterus similatus mehli'' Sama, 1995 ** ''Stenopterus similatus similatus'' Holzschuh, 1979

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Fauna Europaea

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Stenopterini Beetles of Europe {{Cerambycinae-stub