Melanotus
Melanotus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are at least 30 described species in Melanotus.[1][2]
| Melanotus | |
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| Melanotus castanipes | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Subfamily: | Elaterinae |
| Genus: | Melanotus Erichson, 1829 |
Melanotus leonardi
Species
- Melanotus americanus (Herbst, 1806)
- Melanotus brunniopacus Kishii, 1989
- Melanotus castanipes (Paykull, 1800)
- Melanotus clandestinus (Erichson, 1842)
- Melanotus communis E. Horak, 1977
- Melanotus communis-complex
- Melanotus corticinus (Say, 1823)
- Melanotus cribricollis Candeze, 1860
- Melanotus cribriventris Blatchley, 1910
- Melanotus decumanus (Erichson, 1842)
- Melanotus depressus (Melsheimer, 1844)
- Melanotus dichrous (Erichson, 1841)
- Melanotus dietrichi Quate, 1967
- Melanotus gradatus LeConte, 1866
- Melanotus hyslopi Van Zwaluwenburg, 1921
- Melanotus ignobilis Melsheimer, 1844
- Melanotus indistinctus Quate, 1967
- Melanotus insipiens (Say, 1825)
- Melanotus lanceatus Quate & Quate, 1967
- Melanotus lanei Quate, 1967
- Melanotus leonardi (LeConte, 1853)
- Melanotus longulus (LeConte, 1853)
- Melanotus morosus Candèze, 1860
- Melanotus opacicollis LeConte, 1866
- Melanotus parallelus Blatchley, 1920
- Melanotus pertinax (Say, 1839)
- Melanotus sagittarius (LeConte, 1853)
- Melanotus similis (Kirby, 1837)
- Melanotus spadix (Erichson, 1842)
- Melanotus taenicollis (LeConte, 1853)
- Melanotus tenax (Say, 1839)
- Melanotus testaceus (Melsheimer, 1846)
- Melanotus trapezoideus (LeConte, 1853)
- Melanotus verberans (LeConte, 1853)
References
- "Melanotus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- "Melanotus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
Further reading
- Arnett, R. H., Jr.; Thomas, M. C.; Skelley, P. E.; Frank, J. H., eds. (21 June 2002). American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link) - Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
- White, Richard E. (1983). Peterson Field Guides: Beetles. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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