# Melanotus

Melanotus is a genus of click beetles in the family Elateridae. There are close to 800 described species in Melanotus, found worldwide.

## Species

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

## Gallery

* Melanotus americanus, Pennsylvania
* Melanotus castanipes, Canada
* Melanotus clandestinus, Florida
* Melanotus communis complex, Virginia
* Melanotus crassicollis, Ukraine
* Melanotus cribricollis, China
* Melanotus decumanus, Canada
* Melanotus dichrous, Italy
* Melanotus fusciceps, Ukraine
* Melanotus hyslopi, Canada
* Melanotus ignobilis, Texas
* Melanotus leonardi, Maine
* Melanotus longulus oregonensis, Canada
* Melanotus morosus, Canada
* Melanotus opacicollis, Nebraska
* Melanotus punctolineatus, Netherlands
* Melanotus sagittarius, Canada
* Melanotus similis, Colorado
* Melanotus staudingeri, Costa Rica
* Melanotus tenebrosus, Italy
* Melanotus villosus, Sweden