Mesolestes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Harpalinae
Supertribus: Lebiitae
Tribus: Lebiini
Subtribus: Dromiina
Genus: Mesolestes

Subgenera: M. (Mesolestes) – M. (Mesolestinus) – M. (Neomesolestes) – M. (Paramesolestes) – M. (Pseudomesolestes)

Overview of species: M. accentifer – M. affinis – M. ambiguus – M. apterus – M. basilewskyi – M. flavescens – M. fraterculus – M. fusculus – M. fuscus – M. humeralis – M. machadoi – M. maculatus – M. meridionalis – M. nigrocephalus – M. scapularis – M. sellatus – M. senegalensis – M. striatus – M. ankaratrae – M. brunneipes – M. descarpentriesi – M. flavosignatus – M. katanganus – M. kilimanus – M. leleupi – M. madecassus – M. orinodromus – M. orophilus – M. rufus – M. silvaticus – M. caecus – M. pueli – M. relictus – M. sermeti – M. sicardi – M. laevis – M. mirus – M. promontorii – M. bilineatus – M. brincki – M. brittoni – M. innoshimae – M. quadriguttatus – M. virgatus – M. vittatus
Name

Mesolestes Schatzmayr, 1943: 132
Synonyms

Mesolestinus Mateu, 1960
Neomesolestes Mateu, 1956
Paramesolestes Mateu, 1965
Pseudomesolestes Mateu, 1956
Syntomidius Jeannel, 1949

References
Primary references

Schatzmayr, A. 1943. Appunti coleotterologici X. Natura, Rivista di Scienze Naturali 34: 132–139.

Links

Mesolestes – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Mesolestes – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Mesolestes is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:[1]

Mesolestes accentifer (Raffray, 1873)
Mesolestes affinis (Peringuey, 1896)
Mesolestes ambiguus Mateu, 1980
Mesolestes ankaratrae (Mateu, 1975)
Mesolestes apterus Mateu, 1962
Mesolestes basilewskyi Mateu, 1962
Mesolestes bilineatus (Basilewsky, 1949)
Mesolestes brincki (Mateu, 1965)
Mesolestes brittoni (Mateu, 1956)
Mesolestes brunneipes (Mateu, 1980)
Mesolestes caecus (Antoine, 1941)
Mesolestes descarpentriesi (Mateu, 1975)
Mesolestes flavescens (Chaudoir, 1876)
Mesolestes flavosignatus (Boheman, 1848)
Mesolestes fraterculus (Chaudoir, 1876)
Mesolestes fusculus (Peringuey, 1896)
Mesolestes fuscus Mateu, 1956
Mesolestes humeralis (Jeannel, 1949)
Mesolestes innoshimae (Habu, 1974)
Mesolestes katanganus (Mateu, 1967)
Mesolestes kilimanus (Alluaud, 1917)
Mesolestes laevis (Mateu, 1980)
Mesolestes leleupi (Mateu, 1962)
Mesolestes machadoi Mateu, 1965
Mesolestes maculatus Mateu, 1960
Mesolestes madecassus (Mateu, 1960)
Mesolestes meridionalis Mateu, 1965
Mesolestes mirus (Mateu, 1980)
Mesolestes nigrocephalus Mateu, 1962
Mesolestes orinodromus (Alluaud, 1907)
Mesolestes orophilus (Mateu, 1960)
Mesolestes promontorii (Peringuey, 1899)
Mesolestes pueli (Antoine, 1923)
Mesolestes quadriguttatus Mateu, 1979
Mesolestes relictus (Jeanne, 1985)
Mesolestes rufus (Mateu, 1967)
Mesolestes scapularis (Dejean, 1830)
Mesolestes sellatus (Motschulsky, 1855)
Mesolestes senegalensis Mateu, 1969
Mesolestes sermeti (Mateu & Colas, 1954)
Mesolestes sicardi (Bedel, 1918)
Mesolestes silvaticus (Mateu, 1967)
Mesolestes striatus Mateu, 1972
Mesolestes virgatus (Mateu, 1984)
Mesolestes vittatus (Mateu, 1979)

References

"Mesolestes Schatzmayr, 1943a: 132". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 7 Jul 2011.