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