Mesolestes is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 40 described species in Mesolestes.

Species
These 47 species belong to the genus Mesolestes:

 Mesolestes accentifer (Raffray, 1873)  (Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia)
 Mesolestes affinis (Péringuey, 1896)  (Africa)
 Mesolestes ambiguus Mateu, 1980  (South Africa)
 Mesolestes ankaratrae (Mateu, 1975)  (Madagascar)
 Mesolestes apterus Mateu, 1962  (Tanzania)
 Mesolestes basilewskyi Mateu, 1962  (Africa)
 Mesolestes bilineatus (Basilewsky, 1949)  (Somalia)
 Mesolestes brincki (Mateu, 1965)  (Namibia)
 Mesolestes brittoni Mateu, 1956  (Saudi Arabia and Yemen)
 Mesolestes brunneipes (Mateu, 1980)  (South Africa)
 Mesolestes caecus (Antoine, 1941)  (Morocco)
 Mesolestes descarpentriesi (Mateu, 1975)  (Madagascar)
 Mesolestes figuratus (Chaudoir, 1876)  (Ethiopia)
 Mesolestes flavescens (Chaudoir, 1876)  (Chad)
 Mesolestes flavosignatus (Boheman, 1848)  (Africa)
 Mesolestes fraterculus (Chaudoir, 1876)  (Ethiopia)
 Mesolestes fusculus (Péringuey, 1896)  (Angola and South Africa)
 Mesolestes fuscus Mateu, 1956  (Libya and Lebanon)
 Mesolestes humeralis (Jeannel, 1949)  (Madagascar)
 Mesolestes innoshimae (Habu, 1974)  (China and Japan)
 Mesolestes katanganus (Mateu, 1967)  (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
 Mesolestes kilimanus (Alluaud, 1917)  (Tanzania)
 Mesolestes laevis (Mateu, 1980)  (South Africa)
 Mesolestes leleupi (Mateu, 1962)  (Tanzania)
 Mesolestes machadoi Mateu, 1965  (Angola, Namibia, and South Africa)
 Mesolestes maculatus Mateu, 1960  (Kenya and Tanzania)
 Mesolestes madecassus (Mateu, 1960)  (Madagascar)
 Mesolestes meridionalis Mateu, 1965  (Namibia)
 Mesolestes mirus (Mateu, 1980)  (South Africa)
 Mesolestes niger Felix, 2017  (Yemen and Soqotra)
 Mesolestes nigrocephalus Mateu, 1962  (Tanzania)
 Mesolestes orinodromus (Alluaud, 1917)  (Kenya)
 Mesolestes orophilus (Mateu, 1960)  (Cameroon)
 Mesolestes promontorii (Péringuey, 1898)  (South Africa)
 Mesolestes pueli (Antoine, 1923)  (Morocco)
 Mesolestes quadriguttatus (Mateu, 1979)  (Saudi Arabia)
 Mesolestes relictus (Jeanne, 1985)  (Spain)
 Mesolestes rufus (Mateu, 1967)  (South Africa)
 Mesolestes scapularis (Dejean, 1830)  (Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia)
 Mesolestes sellatus (Motschulsky, 1855)  (Tunisia, Egypt, Israel, and Chad)
 Mesolestes senegalensis Mateu, 1969  (Senegal/Gambia)
 Mesolestes sermeti (Mateu & Colas, 1954)  (Spain)
 Mesolestes sicardi (Bedel, 1918)  (Morocco)
 Mesolestes silvaticus (Mateu, 1967)  (Tanzania)
 Mesolestes striatus Mateu, 1972  (Kenya)
 Mesolestes virgatus (Mateu, 1984)  (Kenya)
 Mesolestes vittatus (Mateu, 1979)  (India)

References

Lebiinae
Carabidae genera