Microlestes is een geslacht van kevers uit de familie van de loopkevers (Carabidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van het geslacht is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1846 door Schmidt-Gobel.

Soorten 
Het geslacht Microlestes omvat de volgende soorten:
 Microlestes abeillei (Brisout, 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 orophilus Mateu, 1963
 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