Leistus

{{Short description|Genus of beetles}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Leistus rufomarginatus - inat 64823801.jpg

| image_caption = Leistus rufomarginatus, UK

| taxon = Leistus

| authority = Frölich, 1799

| display_parents = 2

| diversity = at least 250 species

| subdivision_ranks = Subgenera

| subdivision =

  • Evanoleistus Jedlicka, 1965
  • Leistus Frölich, 1799
  • Nebrileistus Bänninger, 1925
  • Pogonophorus Latreille, 1802
  • Sardoleistus Perrault, 1980

}}

File:Leistus rufomarginatus up.jpg]]

Leistus is a genus of ground beetles in the family Carabidae. There are more than 250 described species in Leistus, found in the Holarctic.

Species

These 255 species belong to Leistus:

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References

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{{Cite web| title=Leistus Frölich, 1799

| url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/8KVTP

| website=Catalogue of Life

| access-date=2023-03-13

}}

{{Cite web

| access-date = 2023-03-04

| title = Carabcat Database

| date = 2021

| last1 = Lorenz | first1 = Wolfgang

| volume = 5| issue = 2

| url = http://www.carabidfauna2.net/

| doi = 10.48580/dfqf-3dk| doi-access = free

}}

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