Mesolestes

<i>Mesolestes</i>

Mesolestes

Genus of beetles

Mesolestes is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 40 described species in Mesolestes.[1][2]

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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

  1. [1]
    "Mesolestes Schatzmayr, 1943". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  2. [2]
    Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). "Carabcat Database". doi:10.48580/dfqf-3dk. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
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