Checklist for Subtribe Melanotina Candeze, 1859
and region Seychelles (Indian Ocean islands)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 319
2025
3758 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 317
2021
3753 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 309
1997
3712 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 198
1539
2917 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans | 57
479
888 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags | 53
443
836 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
| 7
71
175 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles | 2
59
165 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Elateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles | 57
163 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Elaterinae
Leach, 1815
| 23
72 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Ampedini
Gistel, 1856
| 13
47 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subtribe | Melanotina
Candeze, 1859
| 1
16 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Seychelles
1 Genera with 16 Species
Species list for Seychelles
16 Species and 2 Subspecies | Melanotus (Melanotus) americanus Herbst, 1806 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) clandestinus Erichson, 1842 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) communis Gyllenhal, 1817 | Common wireworm | | Melanotus (Melanotus) decumanus Erichson, 1842 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) ignobilis Melsheimer, 1844 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) insipiens Say, 1825 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) kakusatoi Kishii, 1998 | | | Melanotus legatus leeanus Kishii, 2002 | | | Melanotus legatus legatus erabu Kishii, 1988 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) morosus Candeze, 1860 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) pertinax Say, 1839 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) piceatus Blatchley, 1927 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) piger Motschulsky, 1854 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) similis Kirby, 1837 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) spadix Erichson, 1842 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) tenax Say, 1839 | | | Melanotus (Melanotus) verberans LeConte, 1853 | |
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