# Microlestes

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***Microlestes*** is a genus of [ground beetle](/source/Ground_beetle) native to the [Afro-tropical](/source/Afro-tropical) region, the [Palearctic](/source/Palearctic) (including [Europe](/source/Europe)), the [Near East](/source/Near_East), [North Africa](/source/North_Africa), and the [Oriental](/source/Oriental) region.[1][2]

## Species

These 127 species belong to the genus *Microlestes*:[1][2]

- *[Microlestes abeillei](/source/Microlestes_abeillei)* (Brisout de Barneville, 1885)
- *[Microlestes aditi](/source/Microlestes_aditi)* Mateu, 1979
- *[Microlestes aenigmaticus](/source/Microlestes_aenigmaticus)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes afer](/source/Microlestes_afer)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes africanus](/source/Microlestes_africanus)* Mateu, 1959
- *[Microlestes aljezurensis](/source/Microlestes_aljezurensis)* Ortuño & Oliveira, 2012[3]
- *[Microlestes andrewesi](/source/Microlestes_andrewesi)* Mateu, 1979
- *[Microlestes angusteforcipatus](/source/Microlestes_angusteforcipatus)* Antoine, 1941
- *[Microlestes ankaratrae](/source/Microlestes_ankaratrae)* Jeannel, 1949
- *[Microlestes annamensis](/source/Microlestes_annamensis)* (Bates, 1889)
- *[Microlestes apterus](/source/Microlestes_apterus)* Holdhaus, 1904
- *[Microlestes asiaticus](/source/Microlestes_asiaticus)* Mateu, 1971
- *[Microlestes australis](/source/Microlestes_australis)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes bacchusi](/source/Microlestes_bacchusi)* Mateu, 1979
- *[Microlestes badulini](/source/Microlestes_badulini)* Komarov, 1989
- *[Microlestes balli](/source/Microlestes_balli)* Mateu, 1974
- *[Microlestes basilewskyi](/source/Microlestes_basilewskyi)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes baudii](/source/Microlestes_baudii)* (Fairmaire, 1892)
- *[Microlestes bipunctatus](/source/Microlestes_bipunctatus)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes birmanicus](/source/Microlestes_birmanicus)* Mateu, 1959
- *[Microlestes bomansi](/source/Microlestes_bomansi)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes brahma](/source/Microlestes_brahma)* Mateu, 1960
- *[Microlestes brevilobus](/source/Microlestes_brevilobus)* Lindroth, 1969
- *[Microlestes brunneus](/source/Microlestes_brunneus)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes capensis](/source/Microlestes_capensis)* Motschulsky, 1864
- *[Microlestes castaneus](/source/Microlestes_castaneus)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes celebensis](/source/Microlestes_celebensis)* Mateu, 1959
- *[Microlestes coiffaiti](/source/Microlestes_coiffaiti)* Mateu, 1956
- *[Microlestes collarti](/source/Microlestes_collarti)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes conspicuus](/source/Microlestes_conspicuus)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes corticalis](/source/Microlestes_corticalis)* (L.Dufour, 1820)
- *[Microlestes creticus](/source/Microlestes_creticus)* Holdhaus, 1912
- *[Microlestes curtatus](/source/Microlestes_curtatus)* Darlington, 1968
- *[Microlestes curtipennis](/source/Microlestes_curtipennis)* (Casey, 1920)
- *[Microlestes decellei](/source/Microlestes_decellei)* Mateu, 1968
- *[Microlestes demessus](/source/Microlestes_demessus)* Andrewes, 1923
- *[Microlestes dentatus](/source/Microlestes_dentatus)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes discoidalis](/source/Microlestes_discoidalis)* (Fairmaire, 1892)
- *[Microlestes espanoli](/source/Microlestes_espanoli)* Jeanne, 1985
- *[Microlestes exilis](/source/Microlestes_exilis)* Schmidt-Goebel, 1846
- *[Microlestes fissuralis](/source/Microlestes_fissuralis)* (Reitter, 1901)
- *[Microlestes flavipes](/source/Microlestes_flavipes)* Motschulsky, 1860
- *[Microlestes freyi](/source/Microlestes_freyi)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes fulvibasis](/source/Microlestes_fulvibasis)* (Reitter, 1901)
- *[Microlestes fulvus](/source/Microlestes_fulvus)* Alfieri, 1976
- *[Microlestes gallicus](/source/Microlestes_gallicus)* Holdhaus, 1912
- *[Microlestes gharuhanus](/source/Microlestes_gharuhanus)* Mateu, 1976
- *[Microlestes glabrellus](/source/Microlestes_glabrellus)* (Reitter, 1901)
- *[Microlestes golvani](/source/Microlestes_golvani)* Mateu, 1961
- *[Microlestes gomerensis](/source/Microlestes_gomerensis)* Lindberg, 1953
- *[Microlestes gracilicornis](/source/Microlestes_gracilicornis)* Holdhaus, 1912
- *[Microlestes grandis](/source/Microlestes_grandis)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes halffteri](/source/Microlestes_halffteri)* Mateu, 1974
- *[Microlestes holdhausi](/source/Microlestes_holdhausi)* Gridelli, 1930
- *[Microlestes ibericus](/source/Microlestes_ibericus)* Holdhaus, 1912
- *[Microlestes ignotus](/source/Microlestes_ignotus)* Mateu, 1971
- *[Microlestes inconspicuus](/source/Microlestes_inconspicuus)* Schmidt-Goebel, 1846
- *[Microlestes indicus](/source/Microlestes_indicus)* Mateu, 1959
- *[Microlestes infuscatus](/source/Microlestes_infuscatus)* Motschulsky, 1860
- *[Microlestes iranicus](/source/Microlestes_iranicus)* Mateu, 1984
- *[Microlestes irregularis](/source/Microlestes_irregularis)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes kali](/source/Microlestes_kali)* Mateu, 1960
- *[Microlestes kochi](/source/Microlestes_kochi)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes leleupi](/source/Microlestes_leleupi)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes levipennis](/source/Microlestes_levipennis)* (Lucas, 1846)
- *[Microlestes lindrothi](/source/Microlestes_lindrothi)* Mateu, 1995
- *[Microlestes linearis](/source/Microlestes_linearis)* (LeConte, 1851)
- *[Microlestes lucidus](/source/Microlestes_lucidus)* (LeConte, 1851)
- *[Microlestes luctuosus](/source/Microlestes_luctuosus)* Holdhaus in Apfelbeck, 1904
- *[Microlestes luridus](/source/Microlestes_luridus)* Mateu, 1959
- *[Microlestes madecassus](/source/Microlestes_madecassus)* Alluaud, 1935
- *[Microlestes maindroni](/source/Microlestes_maindroni)* Mateu, 1959
- *[Microlestes major](/source/Microlestes_major)* Lindroth, 1969
- *[Microlestes maruta](/source/Microlestes_maruta)* Mateu, 1979
- *[Microlestes mauritanicus](/source/Microlestes_mauritanicus)* (Lucas, 1846)
- *[Microlestes maurus](/source/Microlestes_maurus)* (Sturm, 1827)
- *[Microlestes mayidiensis](/source/Microlestes_mayidiensis)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes mena](/source/Microlestes_mena)* Mateu, 1979
- *[Microlestes minor](/source/Microlestes_minor)* Mateu, 1960
- *[Microlestes minutulus](/source/Microlestes_minutulus)* (Goeze, 1777)
- *[Microlestes mirei](/source/Microlestes_mirei)* Mateu, 1953
- *[Microlestes monodi](/source/Microlestes_monodi)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes monstruosus](/source/Microlestes_monstruosus)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes montanellus](/source/Microlestes_montanellus)* Mateu, 1971
- *[Microlestes naini](/source/Microlestes_naini)* Jedlicka, 1964
- *[Microlestes nanus](/source/Microlestes_nanus)* Mateu, 1953
- *[Microlestes negrei](/source/Microlestes_negrei)* Mateu, 1959
- *[Microlestes negrita](/source/Microlestes_negrita)* (Wollaston, 1854)
- *[Microlestes nigrinus](/source/Microlestes_nigrinus)* (Mannerheim, 1843)
- *[Microlestes nilgiricus](/source/Microlestes_nilgiricus)* Mateu, 1979
- *[Microlestes notabilis](/source/Microlestes_notabilis)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes numidicus](/source/Microlestes_numidicus)* Normand, 1941
- *[Microlestes oberthuri](/source/Microlestes_oberthuri)* Mateu, 1959
- *[Microlestes orientalis](/source/Microlestes_orientalis)* Mateu, 1956
- *[Microlestes orophilus](/source/Microlestes_orophilus)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes parvati](/source/Microlestes_parvati)* Mateu, 1971
- *[Microlestes pauliani](/source/Microlestes_pauliani)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes persicus](/source/Microlestes_persicus)* Holdhaus, 1912
- *[Microlestes phenax](/source/Microlestes_phenax)* Antoine, 1941
- *[Microlestes plagiatus](/source/Microlestes_plagiatus)* (Duftschmid, 1812)
- *[Microlestes poeyi](/source/Microlestes_poeyi)* Jacquelin du Val, 1857
- *[Microlestes politulus](/source/Microlestes_politulus)* (Reitter, 1901)
- *[Microlestes pusio](/source/Microlestes_pusio)* (LeConte, 1863)
- *[Microlestes rama](/source/Microlestes_rama)* Mateu, 1971
- *[Microlestes reitteri](/source/Microlestes_reitteri)* Holdhaus, 1912
- *[Microlestes repandus](/source/Microlestes_repandus)* Mateu, 1960
- *[Microlestes royi](/source/Microlestes_royi)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes rudebecki](/source/Microlestes_rudebecki)* Mateu, 1963
- *[Microlestes sahelianus](/source/Microlestes_sahelianus)* Mateu, 1959
- *[Microlestes sahlbergi](/source/Microlestes_sahlbergi)* Holdhaus, 1912
- *[Microlestes saigonicus](/source/Microlestes_saigonicus)* Mateu, 1959
- *[Microlestes schroederi](/source/Microlestes_schroederi)* Holdhaus, 1912
- *[Microlestes seladon](/source/Microlestes_seladon)* Holdhaus, 1912
- *[Microlestes sinaiticus](/source/Microlestes_sinaiticus)* Alfieri, 1976
- *[Microlestes siva](/source/Microlestes_siva)* Mateu, 1959
- *[Microlestes solidus](/source/Microlestes_solidus)* Mateu, 1960
- *[Microlestes syriacus](/source/Microlestes_syriacus)* (Brisout de Barneville, 1885)
- *[Microlestes tehuantepec](/source/Microlestes_tehuantepec)* Mateu, 1974
- *[Microlestes tenuis](/source/Microlestes_tenuis)* Mateu, 1984
- *[Microlestes testaceus](/source/Microlestes_testaceus)* Mateu, 1959
- *[Microlestes theodoridesi](/source/Microlestes_theodoridesi)* Mateu, 1961
- *[Microlestes villiersi](/source/Microlestes_villiersi)* Mateu, 1959
- *[Microlestes vittatus](/source/Microlestes_vittatus)* (Motschulsky, 1860)
- *[Microlestes vittipennis](/source/Microlestes_vittipennis)* J.Sahlberg, 1908
- *[Microlestes xanthopus](/source/Microlestes_xanthopus)* (Bates, 1886)
- *[Microlestes yunnanicus](/source/Microlestes_yunnanicus)* Mateu, 1961
- *[Microlestes zambezianus](/source/Microlestes_zambezianus)* Mateu, 1960

## References

1. ["*Microlestes* Schmidt-Goebel, 1846"](https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8KVVM). *Catalogue of Life*. Retrieved 2023-04-17.

1. Lorenz, Wolfgang (2021). ["Carabcat Database"](http://www.carabidfauna2.net/). Vol. 5, no. 2. [doi:10.48580/dfqf-3dk](https://doi.org/10.48580/dfqf-3dk). Retrieved 2023-04-13.

1. 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"](http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03570p068f.pdf). *[Zootaxa](/source/Zootaxa)*. **3570**: 56–68.

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