Microlestes
Encyclopedia
Microlestes is a genus of ground beetle
native to the Afro-tropical region, the Palearctic
(including Europe
), the Near East
, North Africa
, and the Oriental region. It contains the following species:
Ground beetle
Ground beetles are a large, cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae, with more than 40,000 species worldwide, approximately 2,000 of which are found in North America and 2,700 in Europe.-Description and ecology:...
native to the Afro-tropical region, the Palearctic
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight ecozones dividing the Earth's surface.Physically, the Palearctic is the largest ecozone...
(including Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
), the Near East
Near East
The Near East is a geographical term that covers different countries for geographers, archeologists, and historians, on the one hand, and for political scientists, economists, and journalists, on the other...
, North Africa
North Africa
North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...
, and the Oriental region. It contains the following species:
- Microlestes abeillei (Brisout, 1885)
- Microlestes abellei Brisout Da Barneville, 1885
- Microlestes aditi Mateu, 1979
- Microlestes aenigmaticus Mateu, 1963
- Microlestes afer Mateu, 1963
- Microlestes africanus Mateu, 1959
- Microlestes andrewesi Mateu, 1979
- Microlestes angusteforcipatus Antoine, 1941
- Microlestes ankaratrae Jeannel, 1949
- Microlestes annamensis (Bates, 1889)
- Microlestes apterus Holdhaus, 1904
- Microlestes asiaticus Mateu, 1971
- Microlestes australis Mateu, 1963
- Microlestes bacchusi Mateu, 1979
- Microlestes badulini Komarov, 1989
- Microlestes balli Mateu, 1974
- Microlestes basilewskyi Mateu, 1963
- Microlestes baudii Fairmaire, 1892
- Microlestes bipunctatus Mateu, 1963
- Microlestes birmanicus Mateu, 1959
- Microlestes bomansi Mateu, 1963
- Microlestes brahma Mateu, 1960
- Microlestes brevilobus Lindroth, 1969
- Microlestes brunneus Mateu, 1963
- Microlestes capensis (Motschulsky, 1864)
- Microlestes castaneus Mateu, 1963
- Microlestes celebensis Mateu, 1959
- Microlestes coiffaiti Mateu, 1956
- Microlestes collarti Mateu, 1963
- Microlestes conspicuus Mateu, 1963
- Microlestes corticalis L. Dufour, 1820
- Microlestes creticus Holdhaus, 1912
- Microlestes curtatus Darlington, 1968
- Microlestes curtipennis (Casey, 1920)
- Microlestes decellei Mateu, 1968
- Microlestes demessus Andrewes, 1923
- Microlestes dentatus Mateu, 1963
- Microlestes discoidalis Fairmaire, 1892
- Microlestes espanoli Jeanne, 1985
- Microlestes exilis Schmidt-Goebel, 1846
- Microlestes fissuralis Reitter, 1901
- Microlestes flavipes Motschulsky, 1859
- Microlestes freyi Mateu, 1963
- Microlestes fulvibasis Reitter, 1901
- Microlestes fulvus Alfieri, 1976
- Microlestes gallicus Holdhaus, 1912
- Microlestes gharuhanus Mateu, 1976
- Microlestes glabrellus Reitter, 1901
- Microlestes golvani Mateu, 1961
- Microlestes gomerensis Harold Lindberg, 1953
- Microlestes gracilicornis Holdhaus, 1912
- Microlestes grandis Mateu, 1963
- Microlestes halffteri Mateu, 1974
- Microlestes haranti Verdien, Quezel & Rioux, 1951
- Microlestes holdhausi Gridelli, 1930
- Microlestes ibericus Holdhaus, 1912
- Microlestes ignotus Mateu, 1971
- Microlestes imaii Habu, 1972
- Microlestes inconspicuus Schmidt-Goebel, 1846
- Microlestes indicus Mateu, 1959
- Microlestes infuscatus Motschulsky, 1859
- Microlestes iranicus Mateu, 1984
- Microlestes irregularis Mateu, 1963
- Microlestes kali Mateu, 1960
- Microlestes kochi Mateu, 1963
- Microlestes leleupi Mateu, 1963
- Microlestes levipennis Lucas, 1846
- Microlestes lindrothi Mateu, 1995
- Microlestes linearis (Leconte, 1851)
- Microlestes lucidus (Leconte, 1851)
- Microlestes luctuosus Holdhaus, 1904
- Microlestes luridus Mateu, 1959
- Microlestes madecassus Alluaud, 1935
- Microlestes maindroni Mateu, 1959
- Microlestes major Lindroth, 1969
- Microlestes maruta Mateu, 1979
- Microlestes mauritanicus Lucas, 1846
- Microlestes maurus Sturm, 1827
- Microlestes mayidiensis Mateu, 1963
- Microlestes mena Mateu, 1979
- Microlestes minor Mateu, 1960
- Microlestes minutulus (Goeze, 1777)
- Microlestes mirei Mateu, 1953
- Microlestes monodi Mateu, 1963
- Microlestes monstruosus Mateu, 1963
- Microlestes montanellus Mateu, 1971
- Microlestes naini Jedlicka, 1964
- Microlestes nanus Mateu, 1953
- Microlestes negrei Mateu, 1959
- Microlestes negrita Wollaston, 1854
- Microlestes nigrinus (Mannerheim, 1843)
- Microlestes nilgiricus Mateu, 1979
- Microlestes notabilis Mateu, 1963
- Microlestes numidicus Normand, 1941
- Microlestes oberthueri Mateu, 1959
- Microlestes orientalis Mateu, 1956
- Microlestes parvati Mateu, 1971
- Microlestes pauliani Mateu, 1963
- Microlestes persicus Holdhaus, 1912
- Microlestes phenax Antoine, 1941
- Microlestes plagiatus Duftschmid, 1812
- Microlestes poeyi Jacquelin Du Val, 1857
- Microlestes politulus Reitter, 1901
- Microlestes pusio (Leconte, 1863)
- Microlestes rama Mateu, 1971
- Microlestes reitteri Holdhaus, 1912
- Microlestes repandus Mateu, 1960
- Microlestes royi Mateu, 1963
- Microlestes rudebecki Mateu, 1963
- Microlestes sahelianus Mateu, 1959
- Microlestes sahlbergi Holdhaus, 1912
- Microlestes saigonicus Mateu, 1959
- Microlestes schroederi Holdhaus, 1912
- Microlestes seladon Holdhaus, 1912
- Microlestes sinaiticus Alfieri, 1976
- Microlestes siva Mateu, 1959
- Microlestes solidus Mateu, 1960
- Microlestes syriacus Brisout De Baneville, 1885
- Microlestes tehuantepec Mateu, 1974
- Microlestes tenuis Mateu, 1984
- Microlestes testaceus Mateu, 1959
- Microlestes theodoridesi Mateu, 1961
- Microlestes villiersi Mateu, 1959
- Microlestes vittatus Motschulsky, 1859
- Microlestes vittipennis J.R. Sahlberg, 1908
- Microlestes xanthopus (Bates, 1886)
- Microlestes yunnanicus Mateu, 1961
- Microlestes zambezianus Mateu, 1960