Melanotus Schwarz, 1892is a synonym of Subgenus Cardiophorus (Cardiophorus) Eschscholtz, 1829This may be an outdated term The Taxom listed here as synonyme is shown below Class | Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 Insects, True insects | 4179 190570 2444470 | Families Genera Species |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 | | Family | Elateridae Leach, 1815 Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjack Beetles | 1409 20501 | Genera Species | | Subfamily | Elaterinae Leach, 1815
| 244 8169 | Genera Species | | Tribe | Ampedini Gistel, 1856
| 95 3497 | Genera Species | | Subtribe | Melanotina Candeze, 1859
| 8 1165 | Genera Species | | Genus | Melanotus Schwarz, 1892 Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjacks | 940 | Species |
Subnodes of Melanotus Schwarz, 1892 | Subgenus | Melanotus (Melanotus) Schwarz, 1892 Click Beetle, Click beetles, Elaters, Skipjacks | 749 | Species | | Subgenus | Melanotus (Nishimelanotus) Ohira, 2001
| 1 | Species | | Subgenus | Melanotus (Spheniscosomus) Schwarz, 1892
| 73 | Species | | Species | Melanotus adlboueri Platia & Schimmel, 2001
| | | | Species | Melanotus amplithorax Mulsant & Guillebeau, 1855
| | | | Species | Melanotus amussitatus Candeze, 1873
| | | | Species | Melanotus anachoretus Ménétriés, 1832
| | | | Species | Melanotus aspericollis Mulsant & Guillebeau, 1855
| | | | Species | Melanotus ater Eschscholtz, 1829 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) punctolineatus
| | | | Species | Melanotus aterrimus
| | | | Species | Melanotus atripennis Eschscholtz, 1818
| | | | Species | Melanotus badachshanicus Dolin, 1988 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) indigenus
| | | | Species | Melanotus badiipennis Candeze, 1860 ⇒ Metriaulacus badiipennis
| | | | Species | Melanotus bernhardinus Stierlin, 1879 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes
| | | | Species | Melanotus bicolor Fabricius, 1801 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) dichrous
| | | | Species | Melanotus billardierii Montrouzier, 1860
| | | | Species | Melanotus bineplii
| | | | Species | Melanotus canadensis Candeze, 1860 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) decumanus
| | | | Species | Melanotus candezellus Miwa, 1934 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) seniculus
| | | | Species | Melanotus capitatus Chaudoir, 1852
| | | | Species | Melanotus chilensis Chaudoir, 1837
| | | | Species | Melanotus cinereus Weber, 1801
| | | | Species | Melanotus conformis Faldermann, 1835
| | | | Species | Melanotus corticeus Fairmaire, 1871
| | | | Species | Melanotus darvasicus Dolin, 1988 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) nitidicornis
| | | | Species | Melanotus declivis Rey, 1891 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) crassicollis
| | | | Species | Melanotus dichroicolor Buysson, 1914
| | | | Species | Melanotus discolor Gmelin, 1790
| | | | Species | Melanotus drepressus Melsheimer, 1846
| | | | Species | Melanotus egens Candeze, 1873
| | | | Species | Melanotus erabu Kishii, 1988
| | | | Species | Melanotus erro LeConte, 1854
| | | | Species | Melanotus erythropus Gmelin, 1790
| | | | Species | Melanotus exuberans Le Conte, 1853
| | | | Species | Melanotus fascicularis Kuester, 1851
| | | | Species | Melanotus fissilis Say, 1836 Common wireworm | | | | Species | Melanotus flavipes Dejean, 1831
| | | | Species | Melanotus foliatus Vats & Chauhan, 1991 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) punctosus
| | | | Species | Melanotus fougueorum Platia & Schimmel, 2004
| | | | Species | Melanotus fulvipes Gyllenhal, 1808
| | | | Species | Melanotus fuscatocollis Brullé, 1832 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) fusciceps
| | | | Species | Melanotus fuscusmajor DeGeer, 1774 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes
| | | | Species | Melanotus haganus Candeze, 1896
| | | | Species | Melanotus hidalgoi Perez Arcas, 1874
| | | | Species | Melanotus horizontalis
| | | | Species | Melanotus impressifrons Dejean, 1831
| | | | Species | Melanotus inaequalis LeConte, 1853
| | | | Species | Melanotus incertus Schwarz, 1892 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) dichrous
| | | | Species | Melanotus indosinensis Fleutiaux, 1933 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) coomani
| | | | Species | Melanotus inpolitus
| | | | Species | Melanotus insignitus Platia, 2011
| | | | Species | Melanotus insulsus Buysson, 1914 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes
| | | | Species | Melanotus issikii Miwa, 1929
| | | | Species | Melanotus karajensis Platia, 2013
| | | | Species | Melanotus kishii Platia, 2005
| | | | Species | Melanotus klimenkoi Platia, 2012
| | | | Species | Melanotus kosugi Kishii, 1975
| | | | Species | Melanotus lanatus Gurjeva, 1988 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) turkmenicus
| | | | Species | Melanotus laticollis Motschulsky, 1861
| | | | Species | Melanotus leeanus Kishii, 2002
| | | | Species | Melanotus longipennis Kuester, 1848
| | | | Species | Melanotus longuidus
| | | | Species | Melanotus longulus LeConte, 1853
| 2 | Subspecies | | Species | Melanotus mandibularis Chaudoir, 1852
| | | | Species | Melanotus marocanus Buysson, 1918 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) dichrous
| | | | Species | Melanotus masakianus Kishii, 1977
| | | | Species | Melanotus mauritanicus P. H. Lucas, 1846
| | | | Species | Melanotus maurus Gurjeva, 1979 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) carinicollis
| | | | Species | Melanotus menetriesi Faldermann, 1835
| | | | Species | Melanotus moceki Platia & Schimmel, 1991
| | | | Species | Melanotus neopunctaticollis Buysson, 1920 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes
| | | | Species | Melanotus nitidus Candeze, 1860 ⇒ Priopus miniaticollis
| | | | Species | Melanotus ogatai Kishii, 1988
| | | | Species | Melanotus okinawensis Ohira, 1982
| | | | Species | Melanotus parumpunctatus Schwarz, 1892 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) crassicollis
| | | | Species | Melanotus persicus Faldermann, 1835
| | | | Species | Melanotus phillipsii
| | | | Species | Melanotus phoenicius Platia, 2011
| | | | Species | Melanotus picipes Schrank, 1789
| | | | Species | Melanotus picticornis Heyden, 1870
| | | | Species | Melanotus pucticollis Platia & Schimmel, 2001
| | | | Species | Melanotus punctatocollis C. N. F. Brisout de Barneville, 1862
| | | | Species | Melanotus punctorotundus Vats & Chauhan, 1991 ⇒ Melanotus (Spheniscosomus) haemorrhous
| | | | Species | Melanotus raziae
| | | | Species | Melanotus restrictus Candeze, 1865 ⇒ Melanotus (Spheniscosomus) cribricollis
| | | | Species | Melanotus richterae Mardjanian, 2015
| | | | Species | Melanotus rufescens Fallen, 1802
| | | | Species | Melanotus rufipes Herbst, 1784
| | | | Species | Melanotus rugosus Marsham, 1802
| | | | Species | Melanotus rugulipenis
| | | | Species | Melanotus sado Kishii, 1994
| | | | Species | Melanotus saitorum W. Suzuki, 1984
| | | | Species | Melanotus sakishimensis Ohira, 1982
| | | | Species | Melanotus scrobicollis LeConte, 1853
| | | | Species | Melanotus secretus Le Conte, 1853
| | | | Species | Melanotus sevidi
| | | | Species | Melanotus sogdianus Dolin & Latifi, 1988 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) kryzhanovskyi
| | | | Species | Melanotus sublaevicollis Rey, 1891 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes
| | | | Species | Melanotus sublucens Abeille de Perrin, 1872 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) dichrous
| | | | Species | Melanotus subrufus Schwarz, 1892
| | | | Species | Melanotus subrugatus Rey, 1891 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) crassicollis
| | | | Species | Melanotus subtilis Schwarz, 1892 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) piceus
| | | | Species | Melanotus subvestitus Brullé, 1832 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) brunnipes
| | | | Species | Melanotus sulcatus Candeze, 1860
| | | | Species | Melanotus taishu Kishii, 1994
| | | | Species | Melanotus texanus Candeze, 1860 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes
| | | | Species | Melanotus thibetanus Platia, 1993
| | | | Species | Melanotus tokarensis Ohira, 1997
| | | | Species | Melanotus torosus Erichson, 1841
| | | | Species | Melanotus tsushimensis Kishii, 1986
| | | | Species | Melanotus ussuricus Brancsik, 1914 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes
| | | | Species | Melanotus vermiculatus Candeze, 1860 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) punctosus
| | | | Species | Melanotus vuilleti Fleutiaux, 1933 ⇒ Melanotus (Melanotus) atratus
| | | | Species | Melanotus vunum Kishii, 1991
| | | | Species | Melanotus yaeyamacola
| | | | Species | Melanotus yakuinsulanus Kishii, 1986
| | | | Species | Melanotus yambarus Kishii, 1985
| | | | Species | Melanotus yezoensis Ohira, 1992
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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 | English | Click 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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