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TAXSYNDISISLFRMPIC
Melanotus Schwarz, 1892
is a synonym of Subgenus Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) Eschscholtz, 1829
This may be an outdated term
The Taxom listed here as synonyme is shown below

Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
4179
190570
2444470
Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
3816
189502
2439455
Families
Genera
Species

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
3399
186457
2415487
Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
1891
142849
2048615
Families
Genera
Species

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
592
62779
813516
Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
274
54416
687671
Families
Genera
Species

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
52
4609
79150
Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 
Elateroidea
Leach, 1815
Click Beetles, Firefly Beetles, Skipjack Beetles
23
2729
37099
Families
Genera
Species
FamilyElateridae
Leach, 1815
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles
1409
20501
Genera
Species
SubfamilyElaterinae
Leach, 1815
244
8169
Genera
Species
TribeAmpedini
Gistel, 1856
95
3497
Genera
Species
SubtribeMelanotina
Candeze, 1859
8
1165
Genera
Species
GenusMelanotus
Schwarz, 1892
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjacks
940Species
Subnodes of Melanotus Schwarz, 1892
SubgenusMelanotus (Melanotus)
Schwarz, 1892
Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjacks
749Species
SubgenusMelanotus (Nishimelanotus)
Ohira, 2001
1Species
SubgenusMelanotus (Spheniscosomus)
Schwarz, 1892
73Species
SpeciesMelanotus adlboueri Platia & Schimmel, 2001
SpeciesMelanotus amplithorax Mulsant & Guillebeau, 1855
SpeciesMelanotus amussitatus Candeze, 1873
SpeciesMelanotus anachoretus Ménétriés, 1832
SpeciesMelanotus aspericollis Mulsant & Guillebeau, 1855
SpeciesMelanotus ater Eschscholtz, 1829  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) punctolineatus
SpeciesMelanotus aterrimus
SpeciesMelanotus atripennis Eschscholtz, 1818
SpeciesMelanotus badachshanicus Dolin, 1988  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) indigenus
SpeciesMelanotus badiipennis Candeze, 1860  ⇒ Metriaulacus badiipennis
SpeciesMelanotus bernhardinus Stierlin, 1879  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes
SpeciesMelanotus bicolor Fabricius, 1801  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) dichrous
SpeciesMelanotus billardierii Montrouzier, 1860
SpeciesMelanotus bineplii
SpeciesMelanotus canadensis Candeze, 1860  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) decumanus
SpeciesMelanotus candezellus Miwa, 1934  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) seniculus
SpeciesMelanotus capitatus Chaudoir, 1852
SpeciesMelanotus chilensis Chaudoir, 1837
SpeciesMelanotus cinereus Weber, 1801
SpeciesMelanotus conformis Faldermann, 1835
SpeciesMelanotus corticeus Fairmaire, 1871
SpeciesMelanotus darvasicus Dolin, 1988  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) nitidicornis
SpeciesMelanotus declivis Rey, 1891  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) crassicollis
SpeciesMelanotus dichroicolor Buysson, 1914
SpeciesMelanotus discolor Gmelin, 1790
SpeciesMelanotus drepressus Melsheimer, 1846
SpeciesMelanotus egens Candeze, 1873
SpeciesMelanotus erabu Kishii, 1988
SpeciesMelanotus erro LeConte, 1854
SpeciesMelanotus erythropus Gmelin, 1790
SpeciesMelanotus exuberans Le Conte, 1853
SpeciesMelanotus fascicularis Kuester, 1851
SpeciesMelanotus fissilis Say, 1836
Common wireworm
SpeciesMelanotus flavipes Dejean, 1831
SpeciesMelanotus foliatus Vats & Chauhan, 1991  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) punctosus
SpeciesMelanotus fougueorum Platia & Schimmel, 2004
SpeciesMelanotus fulvipes Gyllenhal, 1808
SpeciesMelanotus fuscatocollis Brullé, 1832  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) fusciceps
SpeciesMelanotus fuscusmajor DeGeer, 1774  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes
SpeciesMelanotus haganus Candeze, 1896
SpeciesMelanotus hidalgoi Perez Arcas, 1874
SpeciesMelanotus horizontalis
SpeciesMelanotus impressifrons Dejean, 1831
SpeciesMelanotus inaequalis LeConte, 1853
SpeciesMelanotus incertus Schwarz, 1892  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) dichrous
SpeciesMelanotus indosinensis Fleutiaux, 1933  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) coomani
SpeciesMelanotus inpolitus
SpeciesMelanotus insignitus Platia, 2011
SpeciesMelanotus insulsus Buysson, 1914  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes
SpeciesMelanotus issikii Miwa, 1929
SpeciesMelanotus karajensis Platia, 2013
SpeciesMelanotus kishii Platia, 2005
SpeciesMelanotus klimenkoi Platia, 2012
SpeciesMelanotus kosugi Kishii, 1975
SpeciesMelanotus lanatus Gurjeva, 1988  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) turkmenicus
SpeciesMelanotus laticollis Motschulsky, 1861
SpeciesMelanotus leeanus Kishii, 2002
SpeciesMelanotus longipennis Kuester, 1848
SpeciesMelanotus longuidus
SpeciesMelanotus longulus LeConte, 1853
2Subspecies
SpeciesMelanotus mandibularis Chaudoir, 1852
SpeciesMelanotus marocanus Buysson, 1918  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) dichrous
SpeciesMelanotus masakianus Kishii, 1977
SpeciesMelanotus mauritanicus P. H. Lucas, 1846
SpeciesMelanotus maurus Gurjeva, 1979  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) carinicollis
SpeciesMelanotus menetriesi Faldermann, 1835
SpeciesMelanotus moceki Platia & Schimmel, 1991
SpeciesMelanotus neopunctaticollis Buysson, 1920  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes
SpeciesMelanotus nitidus Candeze, 1860  ⇒ Priopus miniaticollis
SpeciesMelanotus ogatai Kishii, 1988
SpeciesMelanotus okinawensis Ohira, 1982
SpeciesMelanotus parumpunctatus Schwarz, 1892  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) crassicollis
SpeciesMelanotus persicus Faldermann, 1835
SpeciesMelanotus phillipsii
SpeciesMelanotus phoenicius Platia, 2011
SpeciesMelanotus picipes Schrank, 1789
SpeciesMelanotus picticornis Heyden, 1870
SpeciesMelanotus pucticollis Platia & Schimmel, 2001
SpeciesMelanotus punctatocollis C. N. F. Brisout de Barneville, 1862
SpeciesMelanotus punctorotundus Vats & Chauhan, 1991  ⇒ Melanotus (Spheniscosomus) haemorrhous
SpeciesMelanotus raziae
SpeciesMelanotus restrictus Candeze, 1865  ⇒ Melanotus (Spheniscosomus) cribricollis
SpeciesMelanotus richterae Mardjanian, 2015
SpeciesMelanotus rufescens Fallen, 1802
SpeciesMelanotus rufipes Herbst, 1784
SpeciesMelanotus rugosus Marsham, 1802
SpeciesMelanotus rugulipenis
SpeciesMelanotus sado Kishii, 1994
SpeciesMelanotus saitorum W. Suzuki, 1984
SpeciesMelanotus sakishimensis Ohira, 1982
SpeciesMelanotus scrobicollis LeConte, 1853
SpeciesMelanotus secretus Le Conte, 1853
SpeciesMelanotus sevidi
SpeciesMelanotus sogdianus Dolin & Latifi, 1988  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) kryzhanovskyi
SpeciesMelanotus sublaevicollis Rey, 1891  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes
SpeciesMelanotus sublucens Abeille de Perrin, 1872  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) dichrous
SpeciesMelanotus subrufus Schwarz, 1892
SpeciesMelanotus subrugatus Rey, 1891  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) crassicollis
SpeciesMelanotus subtilis Schwarz, 1892  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) piceus
SpeciesMelanotus subvestitus Brullé, 1832  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) brunnipes
SpeciesMelanotus sulcatus Candeze, 1860
SpeciesMelanotus taishu Kishii, 1994
SpeciesMelanotus texanus Candeze, 1860  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes
SpeciesMelanotus thibetanus Platia, 1993
SpeciesMelanotus tokarensis Ohira, 1997
SpeciesMelanotus torosus Erichson, 1841
SpeciesMelanotus tsushimensis Kishii, 1986
SpeciesMelanotus ussuricus Brancsik, 1914  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes
SpeciesMelanotus vermiculatus Candeze, 1860  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) punctosus
SpeciesMelanotus vuilleti Fleutiaux, 1933  ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) atratus
SpeciesMelanotus vunum Kishii, 1991
SpeciesMelanotus yaeyamacola
SpeciesMelanotus yakuinsulanus Kishii, 1986
SpeciesMelanotus yambarus Kishii, 1985
SpeciesMelanotus yezoensis Ohira, 1992

Synonyms
Cratonychus (Dejean, 1833)
Cremnostethus (Schwarz, 1902)
Ctenonychus (Stephens, 1830)
Dodecactenus (Candeze, 1889)
Kensaculus (Chujo & Ohira, 1965)
Natomelus (Dolin, 1979)
Perimectus (Dillwyn, 1829)
Perimecus (Stephens, 1830)
Spheniscosomus (Schwarz, 1892)
Tenalomus (Fleutiaux, 1933)
Xanthus (Gistl, 1834)
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Melanotus
EnglishClick Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjacks, Snapping beetles, Spring beetles


Distribution of Melanotus Schwarz, 1892
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, East Timor, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Gabon, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic South Africa, Romania, Russia, Saint Lucia, Samoa, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Zimbabwe


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