Biology:Melanotus
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Short description: Genus of beetles
| Melanotus | |
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| Melanotus castanipes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Arthropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Insecta |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Coleoptera |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Elateridae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Elaterinae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Melanotus Erichson, 1829 |
Melanotus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are at least 30 described species in Melanotus.[1][2]
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". https://bugguide.net/node/view/88194. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
- ↑ "Melanotus Report". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=113906. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
Further reading
- American Beetles, Volume II: Polyphaga: Scarabaeoidea through Curculionoidea. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida. 21 June 2002.
- 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q1650125 entry
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