Apenes is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. They have a distribution across the New world however they mostly live in the southern and neotropical regions with only two northern species.

There are at least 80 described species in Apenes.

Species: These 86 species that belong to the genus Apenes:

• Apenes aenea (Dejean, 1831)
• Apenes aeneipennis (Chaudoir, 1852)
• Apenes aerea Steinheil, 1875
• Apenes amplicollis Bates, 1891
• Apenes angustata Schwarz, 1878
• Apenes apiceguttata Chaudoir, 1875
• Apenes aptera Darlington, 1936
• Apenes bonariensis Liebke, 1939
• Apenes brevivittis Chaudoir, 1875
• Apenes calligramma Bates, 1884
• Apenes cayennensis (Buquet, 1835)
• Apenes chalumeaui Ball & Shpeley, 1992
• Apenes circumcincta Chaudoir, 1875
• Apenes comis Bates, 1878
• Apenes coriacea (Chevrolat, 1863)
• Apenes cuprascens Chaudoir, 1875
• Apenes darlingtoni Ball & Shpeley, 1992
• Apenes davidsoni Ball & Shpeley, 2009
• Apenes delicata Darlington, 1934
• Apenes dilutiventris Chaudoir, 1875
• Apenes dominica Ball & Shpeley, 1992
• Apenes ehrhardti (Liebke, 1939)
• Apenes erythrodera Chaudoir, 1875
• Apenes faber Ball & Shpeley, 2009
• Apenes farri Ball & Shpeley, 1992
• Apenes fasciata Chaudoir, 1875
• Apenes hamigera (Chaudoir, 1875)
• Apenes hilariola Bates, 1891
• Apenes iviei Ball & Shpeley, 1992
• Apenes kathleenae Ball & Shpeley, 1992
• Apenes lachauxi Ball & Shpeley, 2009
• Apenes laevicincta Darlington, 1934
• Apenes laevis Liebke, 1939
• Apenes lata Darlington, 1934
• Apenes lepidula Darlington, 1934
• Apenes limbata G. Horn, 1895
• Apenes lucia Ball & Shpeley, 2009
• Apenes lucidula (Dejean, 1831)
• Apenes lunigera Chaudoir, 1875
• Apenes lunulata Chaudoir, 1875
• Apenes maculata (Gory, 1833)
• Apenes marginalis (Dejean, 1831)
• Apenes mazoreoides Chaudoir, 1875
• Apenes morio (Dejean, 1825)
• Apenes nebulosa LeConte, 1867
• Apenes nevermanni Liebke, 1939
• Apenes obscura Chaudoir, 1875
• Apenes octoguttulata Motschulsky, 1864
• Apenes omostigma (Motschulsky, 1864)
• Apenes opaca LeConte, 1851
• Apenes ovalis Darlington, 1936
• Apenes ovipennis Liebke, 1936
• Apenes pallidipes (Chevrolat, 1836)
• Apenes pallipes (Fabricius, 1792)
• Apenes parallela (Dejean, 1825)
• Apenes parvula (Chaudoir, 1875)
• Apenes pauliana Liebke, 1939
• Apenes pecki Ball & Shpeley, 2009
• Apenes peryphoides Bates, 1883
• Apenes philipi Ball & Shpeley, 2009
• Apenes plaumanni (Liebke, 1939)
• Apenes portoricensis Darlington, 1939
• Apenes postica (Dejean, 1831)
• Apenes prasina Ball & Shpeley, 1992
• Apenes purpurata Fleutiaux & Sallé, 1890
• Apenes purpuripennis Chaudoir, 1875
• Apenes quadripennis (Chaudoir, 1875)
• Apenes quadripunctata (Reiche, 1842)
• Apenes rawlinsi Ball & Shpeley, 2009
• Apenes sallei (Chaudoir, 1875)
• Apenes scobifer Darlington, 1934
• Apenes sculpticeps Ball & Shpeley, 2009
• Apenes seriata (Motschulsky, 1864)
• Apenes simoni Liebke, 1935
• Apenes sinuata (Say, 1823)
• Apenes steinheili Ball & Shpeley, 1992
• Apenes stigmata Liebke, 1939
• Apenes strandi Liebke, 1939
• Apenes sulcicollis (Jacquelin du Val, 1857)
• Apenes thomasi Ball & Shpeley, 2009
• Apenes toussainti Ball & Shpeley, 2009
• Apenes umbrosa Csiki, 1932
• Apenes variegata (Dejean, 1825)
• Apenes vianai Liebke, 1939
• Apenes xanthopleura Chaudoir, 1875
• Apenes youngi Ball & Shpeley, 2009