Melanactes

Melanactes
Melanactes piceus, Oklahoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Elateridae
Tribe:	Oxynopterini
Genus:	Melanactes LeConte, 1854

Melanactes

Melanactes is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are about six described species in Melanactes, found in North America. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These six species belong to the genus Melanactes:

• Melanactes cockerelli Wickham, 1908
• Melanactes consors LeConte, 1853
• Melanactes densus LeConte, 1853
• Melanactes morio (Fabricius, 1798)
• Melanactes piceus (DeGeer, 1774)
• Melanactes puncticollis (LeConte, 1852)

References

1. "GBIF, Melanactes" . Retrieved 2025-10-26.
2. "BugGuide.net, Melanactes genus Information" . Retrieved 2025-10-26.
3. "Catalogue of Life, Melanactes Leconte, 1854" . Retrieved 2025-10-26.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Melanactes at iNaturalist
• Media related to Melanactes at Wikimedia Commons