Microlestes 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:
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 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 
