Melanotus
| Melanotus | |
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| Melanotus castanipes | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Elateridae |
| Subfamily: | Elaterinae |
| Genus: | Melanotus Erichson, 1829 |
Melanotus leonardi
Melanotus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are at least 30 described species in Melanotus.[1][2]
Species[]
- (Herbst, 1806)
- Melanotus brunniopacus Kishii, 1989
- Melanotus castanipes (Paykull, 1800)
- (Erichson, 1842)
- Melanotus communis E. Horak, 1977
- (Say, 1823)
- Candeze, 1860
- Melanotus cribriventris Blatchley, 1910
- (Erichson, 1842)
- (Melsheimer, 1844)
- (Erichson, 1841)
- Quate, 1967
- LeConte, 1866
- Van Zwaluwenburg, 1921
- Melsheimer, 1844
- Quate, 1967
- (Say, 1825)
- Quate & Quate, 1967
- Quate, 1967
- (LeConte, 1853)
- Melanotus longulus (LeConte, 1853)
- Candèze, 1860
- LeConte, 1866
- Blatchley, 1920
- (Say, 1839)
- (LeConte, 1853)
- (Kirby, 1837)
- (Erichson, 1842)
- (LeConte, 1853)
- (Say, 1839)
- (Melsheimer, 1846)
- (LeConte, 1853)
- (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.
- 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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