Melanotus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are close to 800 described species in Melanotus, found worldwide.[1][2][3]
Species
The following are among the nearly 800 described Melanotus species:
- Melanotus acuminatus Reitter, 1891
- Melanotus admirabilis Gurjeva, 1994
- Melanotus aemulus (Erichson, 1841)
- Melanotus amamiensis Ohira, 1967
- Melanotus americanus (Herbst, 1806)
- Melanotus amianus Kishii, 1992
- Melanotus annosus Candeze, 1865
- Melanotus atayal Kishii & Platia, 1991
- Melanotus babai Kishii, 1989
- Melanotus bajulus (Erichson, 1841)
- Melanotus brignolii Guglielmi & Platia, 1985
- Melanotus brunniopacus Kishii, 1989
- Melanotus brunnipes (Germar, 1824)
- Melanotus castanipes (Paykull, 1800)
- Melanotus cete Candeze, 1860
- Melanotus chengi Kishii, 1994
- Melanotus chiricahuae Knull, 1962
- Melanotus cinerascens (Kuster, 1852)
- Melanotus clandestinus (Erichson, 1842)
- Melanotus communis (Gyllenhal, 1817)
- Melanotus concisus Knull 1959
- Melanotus concisus Knull 1959
- Melanotus correctus Candeze, 1865
- Melanotus corticinus (Say, 1823)
- Melanotus crassicollis (Erichson, 1841)
- Melanotus cribricollis Candeze, 1860
- Melanotus cribriventris Blatchley 1910
- Melanotus cuneiformis (Baudi, 1871)
- Melanotus decumanus (Erichson, 1841)
- Melanotus depressus (Melsheimer, 1844)
- Melanotus desbrochersi Candeze, 1881
- Melanotus dichroides Platia & Gudenzi, 1999
- Melanotus dichrous (Erichson, 1841)
- 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 (Miwa, 1930)
- Melanotus fulvus Reitter, 1891
- Melanotus fusciceps (Gyllenhal, 1817)
- Melanotus gracilipennis Kishii & Platia, 1993
- Melanotus gradatus LeConte 1866
- Melanotus graecus Platia & Schimmel, 1993
- Melanotus horishanus (Miwa, 1927)
- 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 (Say 1839)
- 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 (LeConte, 1853)
- Melanotus lewisi Schenkling, 1927
- Melanotus liukueiensis Kishii, 1989
- Melanotus longulus (LeConte 1853)
- Melanotus loudai Platia & Gudenzi, 2005
- Melanotus lutaoanus Kishii, 1994
- Melanotus macer (LeConte 1853)
- Melanotus melanotoides (Miwa, 1930)
- Melanotus miscellus Quate, 1967
- Melanotus monticola (Menetries, 1832)
- 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 (Say, 1839)
- Melanotus phoenicius Platia, 2011
- Melanotus pieli Platia & Schimmel, 2001
- Melanotus pilosulus (Miwa, 1927)
- Melanotus pilosus Blatchley, 1910
- Melanotus pishanensis Kishii, 1989
- Melanotus prasinus Blatchley, 1910
- Melanotus punctolineatus (Pelerin, 1829)
- Melanotus punctosinus Cate, Platia & Schimmel, 2002
- Melanotus punctosus (Walker, 1858)
- Melanotus raziae Akhter, 2011
- Melanotus richterae Mardjanian, 2015
- Melanotus rufiventris Miwa, 1930
- Melanotus rugulipenis Champion, 1895
- Melanotus sagittarius (LeConte, 1853)
- Melanotus satoi Ohira, 1967
- Melanotus seniculus Candeze, 1873
- Melanotus senilis Candeze, 1865
- Melanotus shinoharai Kishii & Platia, 1993
- Melanotus similis (Kirby, 1837)
- Melanotus sobrinus (Ménétriés, 1832) Menetries, 1832
- Melanotus spadix (Erichson, 1841)
- Melanotus spernendus Candeze, 1873
- Melanotus staudingeri (Candèze, 1889)
- Melanotus sulcicollis (Mulsant & Guillebeau, 1855)
- 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 (Say 1839)
- Melanotus tenebrosus (Erichson, 1841)
- Melanotus testaceus (Melsheimer, 1845)
- Melanotus trapezoideus (LeConte, 1853)
- Melanotus turkestanicus Schwarz, 1892
- Melanotus verberans (LeConte 1853)
- Melanotus villosus (Geoffroy, 1785)
- Melanotus vunum Kishii, 1991
- Melanotus yaeyamacola Kishii, 1974
- Melanotus yagianus Kishii, 1990
Gallery
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Melanotus americanus, Pennsylvania -
Melanotus castanipes, Canada -
Melanotus clandestinus, Florida -
Melanotus communis complex, Virginia -
Melanotus crassicollis, Ukraine -
Melanotus cribricollis, China -
Melanotus decumanus, Canada -
Melanotus dichrous, Italy -
Melanotus fusciceps, Ukraine -
Melanotus hyslopi, Canada -
Melanotus ignobilis, Texas -
Melanotus leonardi, Maine -
Melanotus longulus oregonensis, Canada -
Melanotus morosus, Canada -
Melanotus opacicollis, Nebraska -
Melanotus punctolineatus, Netherlands -
Melanotus sagittarius, Canada -
Melanotus similis, Colorado -
Melanotus staudingeri, Costa Rica -
Melanotus tenebrosus, Italy -
Melanotus villosus, Sweden
References
- ^ a b "ITIS report, Melanotus". Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "GBIF, Melanotus". Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ^ "BugGuide.net, Melanotus genus Information". Retrieved 29 December 2024.
External links
- Citizen science observations for Melanotus at iNaturalist
Media related to Melanotus at Wikimedia Commons
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