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