Melanchiton

***Melanchiton***  er en underfamilie av løpebiller.

## Utseende
Middelsstore (ca. 10 millimeter), avlange, svarte løpebiller. Hodet er bredere enn langt med litt utstående fasettøyne. Antennene er tynne, omtrent så lange som hode + pronotum. Pronotum er avrundet firkantet med to litt skrå lengdefurer ved roten og en fin midtfure. Dekkvingene er litt rundede og har fine punktstriper.

## Utbredelse
Slekten er utbredt i Afrika.

## Systematisk inndeling

* Ordenen biller,** Coleoptera** Linnaeus, 1758
** Underordenen Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806
*** Overfamilien løpebiller og vannkalver, **[[Caraboidea]]** Latreille, 1802
**** Familien **[[løpebiller]]**, Carabidae Latreille, 1802
***** Underfamilien **[[Licininae]]** Bonelli, 1810  
****** Stammen Melanchitonini  Jeannel, 1948 
******* Slekten ***Melanchiton*** Andrewes, 1940
******** *[[Melanchiton abacetoides]]* (Burgeon, 1935) 
******** *[[Melanchiton aberrans]]* (Chaudoir In Oberthur, 1883) 
******** *[[Melanchiton aethiops]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton aterrimus]]* (Laferte-Senectere, 1853) 
******** *[[Melanchiton atratus]]* (Klug, 1833) 
******** *[[Melanchiton basilewskyi]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton brevipennis]]* Jeannel, 1948 
******** *[[Melanchiton burgeoni]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton camerunus]]* Straneo, 1978 
******** *[[Melanchiton carbonatus]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton clarkei]]* Straneo, 1978 
******** *[[Melanchiton congoensis]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton decorsei]]* (Alluaud, 1916) 
******** *[[Melanchiton ebeninus]]* (Erichson, 1843) 
******** *[[Melanchiton elongatus]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton guineensis]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton hulstaerti]]* (Burgeon, 1935) 
******** *[[Melanchiton impressifrons]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton intermedius]]* (Peringuey, 1896) 
******** *[[Melanchiton iridescens]]* (Chaudoir, 1876) 
******** *[[Melanchiton kenyensis]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton kivuensis]]* (Burgeon, 1935) 
******** *[[Melanchiton laevisulcis]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton latithorax]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton leleupi]]* Straneo, 1978 
******** *[[Melanchiton longelytratus]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton longulus]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton lucidulus]]* (Boheman, 1848) 
******** *[[Melanchiton mandibularis]]* (Burgeon, 1935) 
******** *[[Melanchiton marginatus]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton mecynonotus]]* (Alluaud, 1916) 
******** *[[Melanchiton meridionalis]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton motoensis]]* (Burgeon, 1935) 
******** *[[Melanchiton nairobianus]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton niloticus]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton opacus]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton orientalis]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton parallelus]]* (Chaudoir In Oberthur, 1883) 
******** *[[Melanchiton pinguis]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton proximoides]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton proximus]]* (Peringuey, 1926) 
******** *[[Melanchiton pugnator]]* (Peringuey, 1899) 
******** *[[Melanchiton quadraticollis]]* Jeannel, 1948 
******** *[[Melanchiton rectangulus]]* (Chaudoir In Oberthur, 1883) 
******** *[[Melanchiton rhodesianus]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton rufipes]]* Straneo, 1978 
******** *[[Melanchiton senegalensis]]* (Straneo, 1943) 
******** *[[Melanchiton sjoestedti]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton somalicus]]* (Straneo, 1943) 
******** *[[Melanchiton transvaalensis]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton trapezicollis]]* Straneo, 1950 
******** *[[Melanchiton vorax]]* Straneo, 1968 
******** *[[Melanchiton zanzibaricus]]* Straneo, 1950

## Eksterne lenker
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