Mesolestes

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 (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)