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Genus Microlestes

Microlestes curtipennis Casey - Microlestes curtipennis Microlestes Small slender carabid? - Microlestes Small slender carabid? - Microlestes Unknown Ground Beetle  - Microlestes linearis Microlestes sp. - Microlestes Microlestes sp. - Microlestes Microlestes sp. - Microlestes
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Carabidae (Ground Beetles)
Subfamily Harpalinae
Supertribe Harpalitae
Tribe Lebiini
Subtribe Dromiusina
Genus Microlestes
Explanation of Names
Microlestes Schmidt-Goebel 1846
Numbers
8 spp. in our area, 130 total(1)
Range
NA to n. Mexico & Cuba; across Eurasia & Africa(1)
Habitat
open areas with sparse vegetation(2)
Life Cycle
Adults are diurnal(2)
Works Cited
1.Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico
Bousquet Y. 2012. ZooKeys 245: 1–1722.
2.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.