Melanotus

Melanotus can also refer to a genus of mushrooms now included in Deconica .

Melanotus
Melanotus castanipes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Elateriformia
Family:	Elateridae
Subfamily:	Elaterinae
Tribe:	Ampedini
Genus:	Melanotus Eschscholtz, 1829
Synonyms [1]
Cratonychus Boisduval & Lacordaire, 1835 Cremnostethus Schwarz, 1901 Cremnosthetus Schwarz, 1902 Ctenonychus Dejean, 1833 Dodecactenus Candèze, 1889 Kensaculus Hayek, 1990 Kensakulus Chujo & Ôhira, 1965 Malanotus Ôhira, 1993 Melanotopsis Lewis, 1894 Melantus Ôhira, 1967 Melatonus Ôhira, 1973 Menalotus Eschscholtz, 1832 Natomelus Dolin, 1979 Nishimelanotus Ôhira, 2001 Perimeces Scudder, 1882 Perimecus Dillwyn, 1829 Speniscosomus Miwa, 1934 Sphenicosomus du Buysson, 1894 Spheniscosomus Schwarz, 1892 Tenalomus Fleutiaux, 1933 Terimecus Schwarz, 1906 Xanthus Gistl, 1834

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]}

Melanotus, Oklahoma

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
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  Melanotus castanipes, Canada
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  Melanotus clandestinus, Florida
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  Melanotus communis complex, Virginia
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  Melanotus crassicollis, Ukraine
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  Melanotus cribricollis, China
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  Melanotus decumanus, Canada
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  Melanotus dichrous, Italy
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  Melanotus fusciceps, Ukraine
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  Melanotus hyslopi, Canada
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  Melanotus ignobilis, Texas
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  Melanotus leonardi, Maine
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  Melanotus longulus oregonensis, Canada
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  Melanotus morosus, Canada
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  Melanotus opacicollis, Nebraska
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  Melanotus punctolineatus, Netherlands
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  Melanotus sagittarius, Canada
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  Melanotus similis, Colorado
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  Melanotus staudingeri, Costa Rica
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  Melanotus tenebrosus, Italy
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  Melanotus villosus, Sweden

References

1. "ITIS report, Melanotus" . Retrieved 28 December 2024.
2. "GBIF, Melanotus" . Retrieved 28 December 2024.
3. "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