''Mecistes'' is a
genus of
leaf beetles in the subfamily
Eumolpinae.
It is distributed in central and eastern
Africa, from the
Uele region and
Kenya to
Namibia,
Botswana and the Eastern provinces of the
Republic of South Africa
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, and in
Saudi Arabia. It closely resembles the
Oriental
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genus ''
Apolepis''.
Species
Species include:
* ''
Mecistes audisioi''
Zoia, 2009 – South Africa:
Transvaal
* ''
Mecistes chapuisi''
Jacoby, 1900 – DR Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
* ''
Mecistes flavipes''
( Gerstaecker, 1855) – Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana
* ''
Mecistes grobbelaarae''
Zoia, 2009 – South Africa: Transvaal
* ''
Mecistes lineatus''
( Pic, 1921) – central and northern Tanzania
* ''
Mecistes seriatus''
Lefèvre, 1885 – Saudi Arabia, Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa
* ''
Mecistes tarsalis''
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, 1874 – DR Congo, Namibia (?), Botswana, South Africa
* ''
Mecistes thompsoni''
Zoia, 2009 – Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa
* ''
Mecistes ziliolii''
Zoia, 2009 – Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
* ''
Mecistes zimbabweensis
''Mecistes'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in central and eastern Africa, from the Uélé Province, Uele region and Kenya to Namibia, Botswana and the Eastern provinces of the Republic of South Africa, ...
''
Zoia, 2009 – Zimbabwe
References
Eumolpinae
Chrysomelidae genera
Taxa named by Félicien Chapuis
Beetles of Africa
Beetles of Asia
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