Melanogryllus is a genus of crickets in the family Gryllidae and tribe Gryllini, erected by Lucien Chopard in 1961. Species appear to be widely distributed (but records are probably incomplete) including: North Africa, mainland Europe (not Scandinavia or the British Isles) and Asia (India, Mongolia and Taiwan).
Species
The Orthoptera Species File lists:
- Melanogryllus afghan <small>Chopard, 1968</small>
- Melanogryllus bilineatus <small>Yang & Yang, 1994</small>
- Melanogryllus carmichaeli <small>(Chopard, 1928)</small>
- Melanogryllus chopardi <small>Bey-Bienko, 1968</small>
- Melanogryllus conscitus <small>(Walker, 1869)</small>
- Melanogryllus desertus <small>(Pallas, 1771)</small> - type species (as Gryllus desertus <small>Pallas</small>)
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