Mecistes
Mecistes is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed in central and eastern Africa, from the Uele region and Kenya to Namibia, Botswana and the Eastern provinces of the Republic of South Africa, and in Saudi Arabia. It closely resembles the Oriental genus Apolepis.
Species include:Mecistes audisioi Zoia, 2009 – South Africa: TransvaalMecistes chapuisi Jacoby, 1900 – DR Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, ZimbabweMecistes flavipes – Mozambique, Zimbabwe, BotswanaMecistes grobbelaarae Zoia, 2009 – South Africa: TransvaalMecistes lineatus – central and northern TanzaniaMecistes seriatus Lefèvre, 1885 – Saudi Arabia, Mozambique, Eswatini, South AfricaMecistes tarsalis Chapuis, 1874 – DR Congo, Namibia, Botswana, South AfricaMecistes thompsoni Zoia, 2009 – Malawi, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South AfricaMecistes ziliolii Zoia, 2009 – Namibia, Botswana, South AfricaMecistes zimbabweensis Zoia, 2009 – Zimbabwe