Melanotus
Melanotus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are close to 800 described species in Melanotus, found worldwide.
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Species
The following are among the nearly 800 described Melanotus species:- Melanotus acuminatus Reitter, 1891
- Melanotus admirabilis Gurjeva, 1994
- Melanotus aemulus
- Melanotus amamiensis Ohira, 1967
- Melanotus americanus
- Melanotus amianus Kishii, 1992
- Melanotus annosus Candeze, 1865
- Melanotus atayal Kishii & Platia, 1991
- Melanotus babai Kishii, 1989
- Melanotus bajulus
- Melanotus brignolii Guglielmi & Platia, 1985
- Melanotus brunniopacus Kishii, 1989
- Melanotus brunnipes
- Melanotus castanipes
- Melanotus cete Candeze, 1860
- Melanotus chengi Kishii, 1994
- Melanotus chiricahuae Knull, 1962
- Melanotus cinerascens
- Melanotus clandestinus
- Melanotus communis
- Melanotus concisus Knull 1959
- Melanotus concisus Knull 1959
- Melanotus correctus Candeze, 1865
- Melanotus corticinus
- Melanotus crassicollis
- Melanotus cribricollis Candeze, 1860
- Melanotus cribriventris Blatchley 1910
- Melanotus cuneiformis
- Melanotus decumanus
- Melanotus depressus
- Melanotus desbrochersi Candeze, 1881
- Melanotus dichroides Platia & Gudenzi, 1999
- Melanotus dichrous
- Melanotus dietrichi Quate 1967
- Melanotus difficilis Blatchley 1910
- Melanotus erythropygus Candeze, 1873
- Melanotus ferrugineus Schwarz, 1891
- Melanotus fortnumi Candeze, 1878
- Melanotus fraseri Platia & Schimmel, 1993
- Melanotus frequens
- Melanotus fulvus Reitter, 1891
- Melanotus fusciceps
- Melanotus gracilipennis Kishii & Platia, 1993
- Melanotus gradatus LeConte 1866
- Melanotus graecus Platia & Schimmel, 1993
- Melanotus horishanus
- Melanotus hourai Kishii, 1989
- Melanotus housaii Kishii, 1991
- Melanotus hyslopi Van Zwaluwenburg, 1921
- Melanotus ignobilis Melsheimer, 1844
- Melanotus indistinctus Quate 1967
- Melanotus insignitus Platia, 2011
- Melanotus insipiens
- Melanotus iranicus Platia & Gudenzi, 1999
- Melanotus japonicus Ohira, 1974
- Melanotus juhaszae Platia & Schimmel, 2007
- Melanotus kalabzai Platia & Gudenzi, 2006
- Melanotus karajensis Platia, 2013
- Melanotus kawakatsui Kishii, 1990
- Melanotus kintaroui Kishii, 1989
- Melanotus kishii Platia, 2005
- Melanotus klimenkoi Platia, 2012
- Melanotus kliri Cate, Platia & Schimmel, 2002
- Melanotus koikei Kishii & Ohira, 1956
- Melanotus kraatzi Schwarz, 1892
- Melanotus krali Platia & Schimmel, 2001
- Melanotus lameyi Fleutiaux, 1918
- Melanotus lanceatus Quate 1967
- Melanotus lanei Quate 1967
- Melanotus legatus Candeze, 1860
- Melanotus leonardi
- Melanotus lewisi Schenkling, 1927
- Melanotus liukueiensis Kishii, 1989
- Melanotus longulus
- Melanotus loudai Platia & Gudenzi, 2005
- Melanotus lutaoanus Kishii, 1994
- Melanotus macer
- Melanotus melanotoides
- Melanotus miscellus Quate, 1967
- Melanotus monticola
- Melanotus morosus Candèze, 1860
- Melanotus niponicus Ohira, 1964
- Melanotus oblongulus Kishii, 1989
- Melanotus ocellatopunctatus Lewis, 1894
- Melanotus okinawensis Ohira, 1982
- Melanotus opacicollis LeConte 1866
- Melanotus parallelus Blatchley 1920
- Melanotus pertinax
- Melanotus phoenicius Platia, 2011
- Melanotus pieli Platia & Schimmel, 2001
- Melanotus pilosulus
- Melanotus pilosus Blatchley, 1910
- Melanotus pishanensis Kishii, 1989
- Melanotus prasinus Blatchley, 1910
- Melanotus punctolineatus
- Melanotus punctosinus Cate, Platia & Schimmel, 2002
- Melanotus punctosus
- Melanotus raziae Akhter, 2011
- Melanotus richterae Mardjanian, 2015
- Melanotus rufiventris Miwa, 1930
- Melanotus rugulipenis Champion, 1895
- Melanotus sagittarius
- Melanotus satoi Ohira, 1967
- Melanotus seniculus Candeze, 1873
- Melanotus senilis Candeze, 1865
- Melanotus shinoharai Kishii & Platia, 1993
- Melanotus similis
- Melanotus sobrinus Menetries, 1832
- Melanotus spadix
- Melanotus spernendus Candeze, 1873
- Melanotus staudingeri
- Melanotus sulcicollis
- Melanotus suzukii Platia & Schimmel, 2007
- Melanotus taiwanus Kishii, 1989
- Melanotus takaoanus Kishii, 1989
- Melanotus takasago Kishii, 1989
- Melanotus tamsuyensis Bates, 1866
- Melanotus tauricola Dolin, 1980
- Melanotus tenax
- Melanotus tenebrosus
- Melanotus testaceus
- Melanotus trapezoideus
- Melanotus turkestanicus Schwarz, 1892
- Melanotus verberans
- Melanotus villosus
- Melanotus vunum Kishii, 1991
- Melanotus yaeyamacola Kishii, 1974
- Melanotus yagianus Kishii, 1990