Mesolestes
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''Mesolestes'' is a genus in the
beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
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Carabidae Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, the Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, around 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe. As of 2015, it is one of the 10 most species-rich animal ...
. 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 {{lebiinae-stub