Melanotus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are close to 800 described species in Melanotus, found worldwide. Many of the better studied species are from Western Eurasia or North America
Species
The following are among the nearly 800 described Melanotus species:
- Melanotus acuminatus <small>Reitter, 1891</small>
- Melanotus admirabilis <small>Gurjeva, 1994</small>
- Melanotus aemulus <small>(Erichson, 1841)</small>
- Melanotus amamiensis <small>Ohira, 1967</small>
- Melanotus americanus <small>(Herbst, 1806)</small>
- Melanotus amianus <small>Kishii, 1992</small>
- Melanotus annosus <small>Candeze, 1865</small>
- Melanotus atayal <small>Kishii & Platia, 1991</small>
- Melanotus babai <small>Kishii, 1989</small>
- Melanotus bajulus <small>(Erichson, 1841)</small>
- Melanotus brignolii <small>Guglielmi & Platia, 1985</small>
- Melanotus brunniopacus <small>Kishii, 1989</small>
- Melanotus brunnipes <small>(Germar, 1824)</small>
- Melanotus castanipes <small>(Paykull, 1800)</small>
- Melanotus cete <small>Candeze, 1860</small>
- Melanotus chengi <small>Kishii, 1994</small>
- Melanotus chiricahuae <small>Knull, 1962</small>
- Melanotus cinerascens <small>(Kuster, 1852)</small>
- Melanotus clandestinus <small>(Erichson, 1842)</small>
- Melanotus communis <small>(Gyllenhal, 1817)</small>
- Melanotus concisus <small>Knull 1959</small>
- Melanotus concisus <small>Knull 1959</small>
- Melanotus correctus <small>Candeze, 1865</small>
- Melanotus corticinus <small>(Say, 1823)</small>
- Melanotus crassicollis <small>(Erichson, 1841)</small>
- Melanotus cribricollis <small>Candeze, 1860</small>
- Melanotus cribriventris <small>Blatchley 1910</small>
- Melanotus cuneiformis <small>(Baudi, 1871)</small>
- Melanotus decumanus <small>(Erichson, 1841)</small>
- Melanotus depressus <small>(Melsheimer, 1844)</small>
- Melanotus desbrochersi <small>Candeze, 1881</small>
- Melanotus dichroides <small>Platia & Gudenzi, 1999</small>
- Melanotus dichrous <small>(Erichson, 1841)</small>
- Melanotus dietrichi <small>Quate 1967</small>
- Melanotus difficilis <small>Blatchley 1910</small>
- Melanotus erythropygus <small>Candeze, 1873</small>
- Melanotus ferrugineus <small>Schwarz, 1891</small>
- Melanotus fortnumi <small>Candeze, 1878</small>
- Melanotus fraseri <small>Platia & Schimmel, 1993</small>
- Melanotus frequens <small>(Miwa, 1930)</small>
- Melanotus fulvus <small>Reitter, 1891</small>
- Melanotus fusciceps <small>(Gyllenhal, 1817)</small>
- Melanotus gracilipennis <small>Kishii & Platia, 1993</small>
- Melanotus gradatus <small>LeConte 1866</small>
- Melanotus graecus <small>Platia & Schimmel, 1993</small>
- Melanotus horishanus <small>(Miwa, 1927)</small>
- Melanotus hourai <small>Kishii, 1989</small>
- Melanotus housaii <small>Kishii, 1991</small>
- Melanotus hyslopi <small>Van Zwaluwenburg, 1921</small>
- Melanotus ignobilis <small>Melsheimer, 1844</small>
- Melanotus indistinctus <small>Quate 1967</small>
- Melanotus insignitus <small>Platia, 2011</small>
- Melanotus insipiens <small>(Say 1839)</small>
- Melanotus iranicus <small>Platia & Gudenzi, 1999</small>
- Melanotus japonicus <small>Ohira, 1974</small>
- Melanotus juhaszae <small>Platia & Schimmel, 2007</small>
- Melanotus kalabzai <small>Platia & Gudenzi, 2006</small>
- Melanotus karajensis <small>Platia, 2013</small>
- Melanotus kawakatsui <small>Kishii, 1990</small>
- Melanotus kintaroui <small>Kishii, 1989</small>
- Melanotus kishii <small>Platia, 2005</small>
- Melanotus klimenkoi <small>Platia, 2012</small>
- Melanotus kliri <small>Cate, Platia & Schimmel, 2002</small>
- Melanotus koikei <small>Kishii & Ohira, 1956</small>
- Melanotus kraatzi <small>Schwarz, 1892</small>
- Melanotus krali <small>Platia & Schimmel, 2001</small>
- Melanotus lameyi <small>Fleutiaux, 1918</small>
- Melanotus lanceatus <small>Quate 1967</small>
- Melanotus lanei <small>Quate 1967</small>
- Melanotus legatus <small>Candeze, 1860</small>
- Melanotus leonardi <small>(LeConte, 1853)</small>
- Melanotus lewisi <small>Schenkling, 1927</small>
- Melanotus liukueiensis <small>Kishii, 1989</small>
- Melanotus longulus <small>(LeConte 1853)</small>
- Melanotus loudai <small>Platia & Gudenzi, 2005</small>
- Melanotus lutaoanus <small>Kishii, 1994</small>
- Melanotus macer <small>(LeConte 1853)</small>
- Melanotus melanotoides <small>(Miwa, 1930)</small>
- Melanotus miscellus <small>Quate, 1967</small>
- Melanotus monticola <small>(Menetries, 1832)</small>
- Melanotus morosus <small>Candèze, 1860</small>
- Melanotus niponicus <small>Ohira, 1964</small>
- Melanotus oblongulus <small>Kishii, 1989</small>
- Melanotus ocellatopunctatus <small>Lewis, 1894</small>
- Melanotus okinawensis <small>Ohira, 1982</small>
- Melanotus opacicollis <small>LeConte 1866</small>
- Melanotus parallelus <small>Blatchley 1920</small>
- Melanotus pertinax <small>(Say, 1839)</small>
- Melanotus phoenicius <small>Platia, 2011</small>
- Melanotus pieli <small>Platia & Schimmel, 2001</small>
- Melanotus pilosulus <small>(Miwa, 1927)</small>
- Melanotus pilosus <small>Blatchley, 1910</small>
- Melanotus pishanensis <small>Kishii, 1989</small>
- Melanotus prasinus <small>Blatchley, 1910</small>
- Melanotus punctolineatus <small>(Pelerin, 1829)</small>
- Melanotus punctosinus <small>Cate, Platia & Schimmel, 2002</small>
- Melanotus punctosus <small>(Walker, 1858)</small>
- Melanotus raziae <small>Akhter, 2011</small>
- Melanotus richterae <small>Mardjanian, 2015</small>
- Melanotus rufiventris <small>Miwa, 1930</small>
- Melanotus rugulipenis <small>Champion, 1895</small>
- Melanotus sagittarius <small>(LeConte, 1853)</small>
- Melanotus satoi <small>Ohira, 1967</small>
- Melanotus seniculus <small>Candeze, 1873</small>
- Melanotus senilis <small>Candeze, 1865</small>
- Melanotus shinoharai <small>Kishii & Platia, 1993</small>
- Melanotus similis <small>(Kirby, 1837)</small>
- Melanotus sobrinus <small>(Ménétriés, 1832) Menetries, 1832</small>
- Melanotus spadix <small>(Erichson, 1841)</small>
- Melanotus spernendus <small>Candeze, 1873</small>
- Melanotus staudingeri <small>(Candèze, 1889)</small>
- Melanotus sulcicollis <small>(Mulsant & Guillebeau, 1855)</small>
- Melanotus suzukii <small>Platia & Schimmel, 2007</small>
- Melanotus taiwanus <small>Kishii, 1989</small>
- Melanotus takaoanus <small>Kishii, 1989</small>
- Melanotus takasago <small>Kishii, 1989</small>
- Melanotus tamsuyensis <small>Bates, 1866</small>
- Melanotus tauricola <small>Dolin, 1980</small>
- Melanotus tenax <small>(Say 1839)</small>
- Melanotus tenebrosus <small>(Erichson, 1841)</small>
- Melanotus testaceus <small>(Melsheimer, 1845)</small>
- Melanotus trapezoideus <small>(LeConte, 1853)</small>
- Melanotus turkestanicus <small>Schwarz, 1892</small>
- Melanotus verberans <small>(LeConte 1853)</small>
- Melanotus villosus <small>(Geoffroy, 1785)</small>
- Melanotus vunum <small>Kishii, 1991</small>
- Melanotus yaeyamacola <small>Kishii, 1974</small>
- Melanotus yagianus <small>Kishii, 1990</small>
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