Mesolestes is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 40 described species in Mesolestes.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Carabidae |
| Subfamily: | Lebiinae |
| Tribe: | Lebiini |
| Subtribe: | Dromiusina |
| Genus: | Mesolestes Schatzmayr, 1943 |
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Species
editThese 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
edit- ^ "Mesolestes Schatzmayr, 1943". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
- ^ Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi:10.48580/dfqf-3dk. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
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