Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Coleoptera > Suborder Polyphaga > Infraorder Elateriformia > Superfamily Elateroidea > Family Elateridae > Genus Melanotus

Melanotus (Melanotus) Eschscholtz, 1829

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Melanotus*	Eschscholtz, 1829	accepted genus name

Subgenus group names

*Melanotus (Kensakulus)*	Chujo & Ohira, 1965	subjective synonym
*Melanotus (Natomelus)*	Dolin, 1979	subjective synonym

Children

Melanotus (Melanotus) aemulus (Erichson, 1841)
Melanotus (Melanotus) brignolii Guglielmi & Platia, 1985
Melanotus (Melanotus) brunnipes (Germar, 1824)
Melanotus (Melanotus) castanipes (Paykull, 1800)
Melanotus (Melanotus) cinerascens (Kuster, 1852)
Melanotus (Melanotus) crassicollis (Erichson, 1841)
Melanotus (Melanotus) desbrochersi Candèze, 1881
Melanotus (Melanotus) dichrous (Erichson, 1841)
Melanotus (Melanotus) ferrugineus Schwarz, 1891
Melanotus (Melanotus) fusciceps (Gyllenhal, 1817)
Melanotus (Melanotus) graecus Platia & Schimmel, 1993
Melanotus (Melanotus) kraatzi Schwarz, 1892
Melanotus (Melanotus) monticola (Ménétriés, 1832)
Melanotus (Melanotus) punctolineatus (Pelerin, 1829)
Melanotus (Melanotus) tauricola Dolin, 1980
Melanotus (Melanotus) tenebrosus (Erichson, 1841)
Melanotus (Melanotus) villosus (Fourcroy, 1785)