Melanotus

Melanotus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are at least 30 described species in Melanotus.[1][2]

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

Melanotus
Melanotus castanipes
Scientific classification
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
  1. "Melanotus Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. "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.
  • 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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