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Checklist for Subtribe Melanotina Candeze, 1859
and region Caribbean (America)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
657
12365
38331
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
653
12348
38295
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
627
12188
37884
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
383
9584
30287
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
105
3249
10843
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
97
2978
9806
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
24
310
1332
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
10
199
991
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyElateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles
116
599
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyElaterinae
Leach, 1815
39
197
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
TribeAmpedini
Gistel, 1856
16
119
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubtribeMelanotina
Candeze, 1859
2
32
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Caribbean
2 Genera with 32 Species
Melanotus Schwarz, 1785Click Beetle31SpeciesTaxom
Priopus Laporte, 18971SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Caribbean
32 Species
Melanotus (Melanotus) acuminatus Reitter, 1891
Melanotus (Melanotus) americanus Herbst, 1806
Melanotus (Melanotus) avitus Candeze, 1886
Melanotus (Melanotus) brunnipes Germar, 1824
Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes Paykull, 1800
Melanotus (Melanotus) clandestinus Erichson, 1842
Melanotus (Melanotus) communis Gyllenhal, 1817Common wireworm
Melanotus (Melanotus) crassicollis Erichson, 1841
Melanotus (Melanotus) cribriventris Blatchley, 1910
Melanotus (Melanotus) decumanus Erichson, 1842
Melanotus (Melanotus) depressus Melsheimer, 1846
Melanotus (Melanotus) difficilis Blatchley, 1910
Melanotus (Melanotus) fusciceps Gyllenhal, 1817
Melanotus (Melanotus) heydeni Schwarz, 1892
Melanotus (Melanotus) hyslopi Van Zwaluwen..., 1921
Melanotus (Melanotus) ignobilis Melsheimer, 1844
Melanotus (Melanotus) imitator Dolin, 1997
Melanotus (Melanotus) indistinctus Quate & Quate, 1967
Melanotus (Melanotus) macer LeConte, 1853
Melanotus (Melanotus) miscellus Quate & Quate, 1967
Melanotus (Melanotus) monticola Ménétriés, 1832
Melanotus (Melanotus) morbosus Candeze, 1886
Melanotus (Melanotus) morosus Candeze, 1860
Melanotus (Melanotus) opacicollis LeConte, 1866
Melanotus (Melanotus) sagittarius LeConte, 1853
Melanotus (Melanotus) similis Kirby, 1837
Melanotus (Melanotus) sobrinus Ménétriés, 1832
Melanotus (Melanotus) tenebrosus Erichson, 1841
Melanotus (Melanotus) trapezoideus LeConte, 1853
Melanotus (Melanotus) verberans LeConte, 1853
Melanotus (Melanotus) villosus (Geoffroy, 1785)⇒ Melanotus fusciceps Gyllenhal, 1817
Priopus elateropsis Candeze, 1897