Mesolestes

''Mesolestes'' is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 40 described species in ''Mesolestes''.

Species

These 47 species belong to the genus ''Mesolestes'':

* '' Mesolestes accentifer'' (Raffray, 1873) (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia)
* '' Mesolestes affinis'' (Péringuey, 1896) (Africa)
* '' Mesolestes ambiguus'' Mateu, 1980 (South Africa)
* ''Mesolestes ankaratrae'' (Mateu, 1975) (Madagascar)
* ''Mesolestes apterus'' Mateu, 1962 (Tanzania)
* '' Mesolestes basilewskyi'' Mateu, 1962 (Africa)
* ''Mesolestes bilineatus'' (Basilewsky, 1949) (Somalia)
* '' Mesolestes brincki'' (Mateu, 1965) (Namibia)
* ''Mesolestes brittoni'' Mateu, 1956 (Saudi Arabia and Yemen)
* ''Mesolestes brunneipes'' (Mateu, 1980) (South Africa)
* '' Mesolestes caecus'' (Antoine, 1941) (Morocco)
* '' Mesolestes descarpentriesi'' (Mateu, 1975) (Madagascar)
* ''Mesolestes figuratus'' (Chaudoir, 1876) (Ethiopia)
* ''Mesolestes flavescens'' (Chaudoir, 1876) (Chad)
* ''Mesolestes flavosignatus'' (Boheman, 1848) (Africa)
* ''Mesolestes fraterculus'' (Chaudoir, 1876) (Ethiopia)
* ''Mesolestes fusculus'' (Péringuey, 1896) (Angola and South Africa)
* '' Mesolestes fuscus'' Mateu, 1956 (Libya and Lebanon)
* '' Mesolestes humeralis'' (Jeannel, 1949) (Madagascar)
* ''Mesolestes innoshimae'' (Habu, 1974) (China and Japan)
* ''Mesolestes katanganus'' (Mateu, 1967) (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
* ''Mesolestes kilimanus'' (Alluaud, 1917) (Tanzania)
* ''Mesolestes laevis'' (Mateu, 1980) (South Africa)
* ''Mesolestes leleupi'' (Mateu, 1962) (Tanzania)
* ''Mesolestes machadoi'' Mateu, 1965 (Angola, Namibia, and South Africa)
* ''Mesolestes maculatus'' Mateu, 1960 (Kenya and Tanzania)
* ''Mesolestes madecassus'' (Mateu, 1960) (Madagascar)
* ''Mesolestes meridionalis'' Mateu, 1965 (Namibia)
* ''Mesolestes mirus'' (Mateu, 1980) (South Africa)
* ''Mesolestes niger'' Felix, 2017 (Yemen and Soqotra)
* '' Mesolestes nigrocephalus'' Mateu, 1962 (Tanzania)
* ''Mesolestes orinodromus'' (Alluaud, 1917) (Kenya)
* ''Mesolestes orophilus'' (Mateu, 1960) (Cameroon)
* ''Mesolestes promontorii'' (Péringuey, 1898) (South Africa)
* ''Mesolestes pueli'' (Antoine, 1923) (Morocco)
* ''Mesolestes quadriguttatus'' (Mateu, 1979) (Saudi Arabia)
* ''Mesolestes relictus'' (Jeanne, 1985) (Spain)
* ''Mesolestes rufus'' (Mateu, 1967) (South Africa)
* ''Mesolestes scapularis'' (Dejean, 1830) (Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia)
* ''Mesolestes sellatus'' (Motschulsky, 1855) (Tunisia, Egypt, Israel, and Chad)
* '' Mesolestes senegalensis'' Mateu, 1969 (Senegal/Gambia)
* '' Mesolestes sermeti'' (Mateu & Colas, 1954) (Spain)
* ''Mesolestes sicardi'' (Bedel, 1918) (Morocco)
* '' Mesolestes silvaticus'' (Mateu, 1967) (Tanzania)
* '' Mesolestes striatus'' Mateu, 1972 (Kenya)
* ''Mesolestes virgatus'' (Mateu, 1984) (Kenya)
* '' Mesolestes vittatus'' (Mateu, 1979) (India)

References

Lebiinae
Carabidae genera

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