Microlestes

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

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

Species: M. abeillei – M. aditi – M. aenigmaticus – M. afer – M. africanus – M. aljezurensis – M. andrewesi – M. angusteforcipatus – M. ankaratrae – M. annamensis – M. apterus – M. asiaticus – M. australis – M. bacchusi – M. badulini – M. balli – M. basilewskyi – M. baudii – M. bipunctatus – M. birmanicus – M. bomansi – M. brahma – M. brevilobus – M. brunneus – M. capensis – M. castaneus – M. celebensis – M. coiffaiti – M. collarti – M. conspicuus – M. corticalis – M. creticus – M. curtatus – M. curtipennis – M. decellei – M. demessus – M. dentatus – M. discoidalis – M. espanoli – M. exilis – M. fissuralis – M. flavipes – M. freyi – M. fulvibasis – M. fulvus – M. gallicus – M. gharuhanus – M. glabrellus – M. golvani – M. gomerensis – M. gracilicornis – M. grandis – M. halffteri – M. haranti – M. holdhausi – M. ibericus – M. ignotus – M. imaii – M. inconspicuus – M. indicus – M. infuscatus – M. iranicus – M. irregularis – M. kali – M. kochi – M. leleupi – M. levipennis – M. lindrothi – M. linearis – M. lucidus – M. luctuosus – M. luridus – M. madecassus – M. maindroni – M. major – M. maruta – M. mauritanicus – M. maurus – M. mayidiensis – M. mena – M. minor – M. minutulus – M. mirei – M. monodi – M. monstruosus – M. montanellus – M. naini – M. nanus – M. negrei – M. negrita – M. nigrinus – M. nilgiricus – M. notabilis – M. numidicus – M. oberthueri – M. orientalis – M. orophilus – M. parvati – M. pauliani – M. persicus – M. phenax – M. plagiatus – M. poeyi – M. politulus – M. pusio – M. rama – M. reitteri – M. repandus – M. royi – M. rudebecki – M. sahelianus – M. sahlbergi – M. saigonicus – M. schroederi – M. seladon – M. sinaiticus – M. siva – M. solidus – M. syriacus – M. tehuantepec – M. tenuis – M. testaceus – M. theodoridesi – M. villiersi – M. vittatus – M. vittipennis – M. xanthopus – M. yunnanicus – M. zambezianus
Name

Microlestes Schmidt-Göbel, 1846: 41

Type species: Microlestes inconspicuus Schmidt-Göbel, 1846 (designated by Andrewes, 1934: 201)
Synonyms

Blechrus Motschulsky, 1847: 219
Type species: Lebia glabrata Duftschmid, 1812 (= Carabus minutulus Goeze, 1777) (designated by Desmarest, 1851: 70).
Bomius LeConte, 1851: 177
Type species: Bomius linearis LeConte, 1851 (designated by Lindroth, 1969a: 1048).

References
Primary references

Schmidt-Göbel, H.M. 1846. Faunula Coleopterum Birmaniae. 94 pp, pl. 1–3. Prag: Gottlieb Haase Söhne. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Ortuño, V.M.; Oliveira, A.E. 2012: A new species of Microlestes Schmidt-Gobel, 1846 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) southwest of the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal) with illustrated keys for the identification of the Iberian-Balearic species. Zootaxa 3570: 56–68. Preview Reference page.

Links

Microlestes – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Microlestes – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Nomenclator Zoologicus

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:[1]

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 aljezurensis Ortuño & Oliveira, 2012[2]
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

References

"Microlestes Schmidt-Gobel, 1846: 41". Carabidae of the World. 2011. Retrieved 7 Jul 2011.
Ortuño & Oliveira (2012). "A new species of Microlestes Schmidt-Gobel, 1846 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Southwest of the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal) with illustrated keys for the identification of the Iberian-Balearic species" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3570: 56–68.