Lesteva

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: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Staphylinidae
Subfamilia: Omaliinae
Tribus: Anthophagini
Genus: Lesteva
Subgenera: Lestevidia – Lestevina

Species overview:

L. albanica – L. alesi – L. antennata – L. aterrima – L. aureomontis – L. balearica – L. barguzinica – L. barsevskisi – L. bavarica – L. benicki – L. binotata – L. brathinoides – L. breiti – L. brevimacula – L. brevipennis – L. brondeeli – L. bucharica – L. cala – L. championi – L. chujoi – L. coiffaiti – L. concava – L. cooteri – L. cordicollis – L. coreana – L. corsica – L. crassipes – L. cribratula – L. curvipes – L. dabanensis – L. dabashanensis – L. davidiana – L. distincta – L. dubia – L. elegantula – L. elongata – L. erythra – L. fasciata – L. fenestrata – L. fikaceki – L. flavopunctata – L. fluviata – L. fontinalis – L. foveolata – L. frischi – L. gracilis – L. graeca – L. haarlovi – L. hajeki – L. hammondi – L. hanseni – L. hartmanni – L. huabeiensis – L. jaechi – L. jaegeri – L. japonica – L. juno – L. kargilensis – L. kirbii – L. kojohamana – L. latipes – L. lepontia – L. lewisi – L. lignipisces – L. longicornis – L. longoelytrata – L. luctuosa – L. lusitana – L. maculipennis – L. mariei – L. martinae – L. mateui – L. minima – L. miragricola – L. miyabi – L. miyamorii – L. mollis – L. monticola – L. morvani – L. nipponica – L. nitidicollis – L. nivalis – L. nova – L. obesa – L. obliquonotata – L. ochra – L. okiana – L. omissa – L. osellai – L. pallipes – L. persimilis – L. plagiata – L. pourtoyi – L. praeses – L. pubescens – L. pulcherrima – L. punctata – L. qinlingmontis – L. ruficollis – L. rufopunctata – L. sajanensis – L. sbordonii – L. schawalleri – L. schillhammeri – L. schoenmanni – L. schuelkei – L. shibatai – L. shikokuana – L. shimadai – L. sicula – L. smetanai – L. steeli – L. submaculata – L. szekessyi – L. taygetana – L. tonitrumontis – L. torrentum – L. tsushimae – L. turcica – L. uhligi – L. villardi – L. yunnanicola – L. zolotarevi

Invalid species names: L. cazorlana – L. fageli – L. michaeli – L. rufimarginata – L. ruzickai – L. septemmaculata
Name

Lesteva Latreille, 1797: 75

Type species: Lesteva punctulata Latreille, 1804 [= Staphylinus longoelytratus Goeze, 1777], fixed by subsequent designation by ICZN 2004: 190 (Opinion 2084).

Lesteva pubescens

Synonymy

Lesta Blackwelder, 1952: 218
Type species: Staphylinus longoelytratus Goeze, 1777
Lestevella Jeannel & Jarrige, 1949: 315
Type species: Lesteva pubescens Mannerheim, 1830
Paralesteva Casey, 1905: 164
Type species: Lesteva pallipes LeConte, 1863
Pseudolesteva Casey, 1894: 399
Type species: Lesteva pallipes LeConte, 1863
Tevales Casey, 1894: 399
Type species: Tevales cribratulus Casey, 1894

References
Primary references

Latreille, P.A. 1797. Précis des caractères génériques des insectes, disposés dans un ordre naturel. Brive: F. Bourdeaux, xiv + 201 + 7 pp. [original description: p. 75]

Additional references

Cheng, Z-F., Li, L-Z. & Peng, Z. 2019. New species and new records of Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from China. Zootaxa 4560(1): 1–39. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4560.1.1 Paywall Reference page. [key to Lesteva of China: p. 34]
Ma, W-L. & Li, Z-L. 2012. A new species of Lesteva Latreille (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Omaliinae) from Zhejiang, East China. Zootaxa 3530: 74–76. Preview Reference page.
Ma, W-L., Li, L-Z. & Zhao, M-J. 2012. Two new Lesteva Latreille (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Omaliinae) from Longwangshan Mountain, East China. ZooKeys 194: 33–40. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.194.3139 Reference page. [Modified couplets of Rougemont’s key for the identification of Chinese Lesteva: p. 39]
Shavrin, A.V. 2012: New and poorly known species of the genus Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from Nepal. Zootaxa 3547: 78–84. Preview Reference page.
Shavrin, A.V. 2013: New species and records of the genus Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from Jiangxi province, China. Zootaxa 3681(1): 93–95. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.1.8 Reference page.
Shavrin, A.V. 2014. Review of the genus Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini) of Iran and adjacent territories. Zootaxa 3884(2): 122–140. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.2.2 Reference page.
Shavrin, A.V. 2015: New data on Himalayan Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) with description of a new species from Nepal. Zootaxa 3973(3): 528–538. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3973.3.7. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Shavrin, A.V. 2015: Review of the genus Lesteva Latreille, 1797 of Central Asia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini). Zootaxa 3974(1): 29–48. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3974.1.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Shavrin, A.V. 2015. New species and subspecies of the genus Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa 4032(3): 333–338. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.3.10. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Shavrin, A.V. 2016. New taxonomic and faunistic data on the Himalayan Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae). Zootaxa 4205(2): 142–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.2.3. Reference page.
Shavrin, A.V. 2017. New species and records of Lesteva Latreille, 1797 from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini). Zootaxa 4306(1): 108–120. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4306.1.6. Reference page.
Shavrin, A.V. & Zanetti, A. 2021. Review of the genus Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae Anthophagini) of the Iberian Peninsula. Zootaxa 4966(4): 401–427. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4966.4.1 Paywall Reference page. [Key to species of Lesteva of Portugal and Spain: p. 424]

Lesteva is a genus of ocellate rove beetles in the family Staphylinidae. There are at least 60 described species in Lesteva.[1][2][3][4]
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Species

These 69 species belong to the genus Lesteva:

Lesteva albanica Bernhauer, 1936 g
Lesteva angusticollis Mannerheim, 1830 g
Lesteva aterrima Lohse, 1967 g
Lesteva aureomontis Rougemont, 2000 c g
Lesteva balearica Lohse, 1967 g
Lesteva barguzinica Shavrin, Shilenkov & Anistschenko g
Lesteva bavarica Lohse, 1956 g
Lesteva benicki Lohse, 1958 g
Lesteva brathinoides Zerche, 2000 g
Lesteva breiti Lohse, 1956 g
Lesteva brondeeli Lohse & Steel, 1961 g
Lesteva cazorlana Lohse, 1987 g
Lesteva chujoi Watanabe, 2005 g
Lesteva coiffaiti Jarrige, 1963 g
Lesteva cooteri Rougemont, 2000 c g
Lesteva corsica Perris, 1869 g
Lesteva curvipes Mulsant & Rey, 1880 g
Lesteva dabanensis Shavrin, Shilenkov & Anistschenko g
Lesteva dabashanensis Rougemont, 2000 c g
Lesteva davidiana Rougemont, 2000 c g
Lesteva dubia Lacordaire, 1835 g
Lesteva elegantula Rougemont, 2000 c g
Lesteva fageli Lohse, 1960 g
Lesteva flavopunctata Rougemont, 2000 c g
Lesteva fontinalis Kiesenwetter, 1850 g
Lesteva foveolata Luze, 1903 g
Lesteva graeca Scheerpeltz, 1931 g
Lesteva hanseni Lohse, 1953 g
Lesteva huabeiensis Rougemont, 2000 c g
Lesteva ihsseni Lohse, 1956 g
Lesteva jaechi Shavrin, 2017 g
Lesteva kargilensis Cameron,1934 c g
Lesteva kirbii Stephens, 1834 g
Lesteva latipes Lohse & Steel, 1961 g
Lesteva lepontia Baudi, 1870 g
Lesteva lewisi Cameron,1930 c g
Lesteva longicornis Bernhauer, 1929 g
Lesteva longoelytrata (Goeze, 1777) g
Lesteva luctuosa Fauvel, 1871 g
Lesteva lusitana Lohse, 1955 g
Lesteva mariei Jarrige, 1963 g
Lesteva mateui Jarrige, 1954 g
Lesteva mollis Rougemont, 2000 c g
Lesteva monticola Kiesenwetter, 1847 g
Lesteva nitidicollis Lohse & Steel, 1961 g
Lesteva nivalis Rougemont, 2000 c g
Lesteva ochra Li et al., 2005 c g
Lesteva omissa Mulsant & Rey, 1880 g
Lesteva pallipes LeConte, 1863 g b
Lesteva pourtoyi Jarrige, 1972 g
Lesteva praeses Fauvel, 1900 g
Lesteva pubescens Mannerheim, 1830 g
Lesteva pulcherrima Rougemont, −2000 c g
Lesteva punctata Erichson, 1839 g
Lesteva punctulata Latreille, 1804 g
Lesteva rufimarginata Rougemont, 2000 c g
Lesteva rufopunctata Rougemont, 2000 c g
Lesteva sajanensis Zerche, 2000 g
Lesteva sbordonii Bordoni, 1973 g
Lesteva schoenmanni Shavrin, 2017 g
Lesteva septemmaculata Rougemont, 2000 c g
Lesteva sicula Erichson, 1840 g
Lesteva steeli Lohse, 1982 g
Lesteva submaculata Rougemont, 2000 c g
Lesteva szekessyi Lohse & Steel, 1961 g
Lesteva taygetana Lohse, 1955 g
Lesteva uhligi Zanetti, 1984 g
Lesteva villardi Mulsant & Rey, 1880 g
Lesteva yunnanicola Rougemont, 2000 c g

Data sources: i = ITIS,[5] c = Catalogue of Life,[1] g = GBIF,[2] b = Bugguide.net[3]
References

"Browse Lesteva". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
"Lesteva". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
"Lesteva Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
"Lesteva Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-05.

"ITIS, Integrated Taxonomic Information System". Retrieved 2018-04-05.

Further reading

Blatchley, W.S. (1910). An illustrated descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera, beetles (exclusive of the Rhynchophora) known to occur in Indiana. Nature Pub.
Brunke, A.; Marshall, S. (2011). "Contributions to the faunistics and bionomics of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) in northeastern North America: discoveries made through study of the University of Guelph Insect Collection, Ontario, Canada". ZooKeys (75): 29–68. doi:10.3897/zookeys.75.767. PMC 3088045. PMID 21594139.
Newton, A. F. Jr.; Thayer, M.K. (1995). Pakaluk, James; Slipinski, Stanislaw Adam (eds.). Protopselaphinae new subfamily for Protopselaphus new genus from Malaysia, with a phylogenetic analysis and review of the Omaliine Group of Staphylinidae including Pselaphidae (Coleoptera). Biology, Phylogeny, and Classification of Coleoptera: Papers Celebrating the 80th Birthday of Roy A. Crowson. Vol. 1. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN. pp. 219–320. ISBN 83-85192-34-4.