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, and in Saudi Arabia. It closely resembles the Oriental genus Apolepis.
Species
Species include:
- Mecistes audisioi <small>Zoia, 2009</small> â South Africa: Transvaal
- Mecistes chapuisi <small>Jacoby, 1900</small> â DR Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
- Mecistes flavipes <small>(Gerstaecker, 1855)</small> â Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana
- Mecistes grobbelaarae <small>Zoia, 2009</small> â South Africa: Transvaal
- Mecistes lineatus <small>(Pic, 1921)</small> â central and northern Tanzania
- Mecistes seriatus <small>Lefèvre, 1885</small> â Saudi Arabia, Mozambique, Eswatini, South Africa
- Mecistes tarsalis <small>Chapuis, 1874</small> â DR Congo, Namibia (?), Botswana, South Africa
- Mecistes thompsoni <small>Zoia, 2009</small> â Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa
- Mecistes ziliolii <small>Zoia, 2009</small> â Namibia, Botswana, South Africa
- Mecistes zimbabweensis <small>Zoia, 2009</small> â Zimbabwe
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