Melanotus {genus} - Arthropoda; Insecta; Coleoptera; Elateridae; Elaterinae; Melanotini;

Sub-taxa

Species (80)
  1. Melanotus amamiensis [3]
  2. Melanotus americanus [1]
  3. Melanotus annosus [8]
  4. Melanotus brunnipes [33]
  5. Melanotus castanipes [173]
  6. Melanotus cete [14]
  7. Melanotus clandestinus [2]
  8. Melanotus communis [49]
  9. Melanotus concisus [1]
  10. Melanotus correctus [9]
  11. Melanotus crassicollis [23]
  12. Melanotus cribricollis [30]
  13. Melanotus cribriventris [5]
  14. Melanotus cribulosus [2]
  15. Melanotus decumanus [15]
  16. Melanotus depressus [18]
  17. Melanotus dichrous [3]
  18. Melanotus dietrichi [3]
  19. Melanotus erythropygus [5]
  20. Melanotus fortnumi [2]
  21. Melanotus gradatus [2]
  22. Melanotus hissaricus [1]
  23. Melanotus hyslopi [110]
  24. Melanotus ignobilis [3]
  25. Melanotus indistinctus [1]
  26. Melanotus insipiens [3]
  27. Melanotus japonicus [3]
  28. Melanotus koikei [5]
  29. Melanotus laevisAS1 [2]
  30. Melanotus laevisAS2 [3]
  31. Melanotus lanceolatus [3]
  32. Melanotus lanei [2]
  33. Melanotus legatus [26]
  34. Melanotus leonardi [4]
  35. Melanotus lewisi [4]
  36. Melanotus longulus [37]
  37. Melanotus mexicanus [2]
  38. Melanotus mikhailovi [2]
  39. Melanotus miscellus [4]
  40. Melanotus morosus [15]
  41. Melanotus niponicus [1]
  42. Melanotus ocellatopunctatus [1]
  43. Melanotus okinawensis [26]
  44. Melanotus omotoensis [2]
  45. Melanotus opacicollis [9]
  46. Melanotus parallelus [1]
  47. Melanotus pertinax [3]
  48. Melanotus pilosus [1]
  49. Melanotus prasinus [45]
  50. Melanotus punctolineatus [23]
  51. Melanotus rodrigueziAS1 [5]
  52. Melanotus rodrigueziAS2 [2]
  53. Melanotus rufipes [28]
  54. Melanotus rugulipenis [2]
  55. Melanotus sagittarius [7]
  56. Melanotus sakishimensis [19]
  57. Melanotus satoi [1]
  58. Melanotus seniculus [1]
  59. Melanotus senilis [15]
  60. Melanotus similis [95]
  61. Melanotus skopini [1]
  62. Melanotus sp. [1]
  63. Melanotus sp. 1 [1]
  64. Melanotus sp. 2 [1]
  65. Melanotus sp. BMNH 1425245 [1]
  66. Melanotus sp. DNAS-305-249989 [1]
  67. Melanotus sp. OPC-2015 [1]
  68. Melanotus spadix [8]
  69. Melanotus spernendus [1]
  70. Melanotus staudingeri [5]
  71. Melanotus sulcicollis [1]
  72. Melanotus tauricola [1]
  73. Melanotus tenebrosus [9]
  74. Melanotus testaceus [64]
  75. Melanotus trapezoideus [5]
  76. Melanotus umbilicatus [2]
  77. Melanotus verberans [2]
  78. Melanotus villosus [54]
  79. Melanotus villosus var. aspericollis [5]
  80. Melanotus yaeyamacola [2]

Taxon Description (Wikipedia)

BOLD Stats

Specimen Records: 1,208 Public Records: 989
Specimens with Sequences: 1,105 Public Species: 68
Specimens with Barcodes: 1,019 Public BINs: 119
Species: 80          
Species With Barcodes: 72          
           

Contributors (Specimens & Sequencing)

Specimen Depositories: Sequencing Labs:
Sequencing Labs

Imagery

images representing subtaxa of Melanotus
(Melanotus amamiensis - Mamaa1) @12 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified Specimen depository of the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University (Melanotus americanus - CNC COLEO 00158567) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) CNC/CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Melanotus annosus - Mann1) @12 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified Specimen depository of the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University
(Melanotus brunnipes - BFB_Col_FK_4181) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen (Melanotus castanipes - 09BBECO-0160) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) Unspecified Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Melanotus cete - Mcetc2) @13 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified Specimen depository of the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University
(Melanotus clandestinus - CNC COLEO 00158512) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) CNC/CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Melanotus communis - 09BBCOL-0378) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2009) Unspecified Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Melanotus concisus - 09BBCOL-0358) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2009) Unspecified Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
(Melanotus correctus - Mcorc3) @13 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified Specimen depository of the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University (Melanotus crassicollis - BC-PNEF-PSFOR0641) @13 [ ] Copyright (2013) Thierry Noblecourt Laboratoire National d'Entomologie Forestière, Quillan, France (Melanotus cribricollis - Mcrir1) @13 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified Specimen depository of the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University
(Melanotus cribriventris - CNC COLEO 00158336) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) CNC/CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Melanotus decumanus - 09BBCOL-0388) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2009) Unspecified Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Melanotus depressus - CNC COLEO 00158762) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) CNC/CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
(Melanotus dichrous - BC-PNEF-PSFOR0936) @11 [ ] Copyright (2017) Rodolphe Rougerie Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Melanotus dietrichi - CNC COLEO 00158765) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) CNC/CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Melanotus erythropygus - Merye5) @14 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified Specimen depository of the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University
(Melanotus fortnumi - Mforf1) @13 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified Specimen depository of the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University (Melanotus gradatus - CNC COLEO 00158766) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) CNC/CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Melanotus hissaricus - BGE_00900_A09) @11 [ ] Copyright (c) (2025) Zinenko Oleksandr Museum of Nature of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
(Melanotus hyslopi - BIOUG02756-B02) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Melanotus ignobilis - CNC COLEO 00158774) @12 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) CNC/CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Melanotus insipiens - CNC COLEO 00158568) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) CNC/CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
(Melanotus japonicus - Mjap2) @13 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified Specimen depository of the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University (Melanotus koikei - Mkoi1) @13 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified Specimen depository of the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University (Melanotus laevisAS1 - INB0003231445) @12 [ ] Copyright (2012) Angel Solis Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
(Melanotus laevisAS2 - INB0003607323) @12 [ ] Copyright (2012) Angel Solis Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Melanotus lanceolatus - CNC COLEO 00158566) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) CNC/CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Melanotus lanei - 10BBCOL-0589) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
(Melanotus legatus - Mlegl14) @15 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified Specimen depository of the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University (Melanotus leonardi - CNC COLEO 00158398) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) CNC/CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Melanotus lewisi - Mlewl3) @14 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified Specimen depository of the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University
(Melanotus longulus - HLC-17293) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2008) Unspecified Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Melanotus mexicanus - ELAT007) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Melanotus mikhailovi - BGE_00900_G08) @11 [ ] Copyright (c) (2025) Zinenko Oleksandr Museum of Nature of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
(Melanotus miscellus - BIOUG24351-H04) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2016) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Melanotus morosus - 09BBCOL-0392) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2009) Unspecified Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Melanotus niponicus - Mnipo1) @13 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified Specimen depository of the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University
(Melanotus ocellatopunctatus - Moce1) @12 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified Specimen depository of the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University (Melanotus okinawensis - Moki2) @13 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified Specimen depository of the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University (Melanotus omotoensis - Momo1) @13 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified Specimen depository of the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University
(Melanotus opacicollis - 10BBCOL-0594) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2010) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Melanotus parallelus - CCDB-29984-D04) @11 [ ] by-nc-nd (2023) Hume Douglas Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Melanotus pertinax - CCDB-28931-D10) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2015) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
(Melanotus prasinus - BIOUG03375-G08) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Melanotus punctolineatus - BFB_Col_FK_10807) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) Unspecified SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen (Melanotus rodrigueziAS1 - INB0003615456) @14 [ ] Copyright (2012) Angel Solis Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad
(Melanotus rodrigueziAS2 - INB0003616580) @12 [ ] Copyright (2012) Angel Solis Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Melanotus rufipes - BC ZSM COLA 00060) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2010) Unspecified SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen (Melanotus rugulipenis - ELAT093) @14 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified
(Melanotus sagittarius - CNC COLEO 00158785) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) CNC/CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Melanotus satoi - Msat1) @14 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified Specimen depository of the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University (Melanotus seniculus - Msnc1) @14 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified Specimen depository of the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University
(Melanotus senilis - Msen9) @13 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified Specimen depository of the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University (Melanotus similis - 09BBCOL-0383) @15 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2009) Unspecified Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Melanotus skopini - BGE_00900_B09) @11 [ ] Copyright (c) (2025) Zinenko Oleksandr Museum of Nature of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
(Melanotus sp - BC-PNEF-PSFOR0907) @12 [ ] Copyright (2017) Rodolphe Rougerie Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Melanotus spadix - CNC COLEO 00158621) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) CNC/CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Melanotus spernendus - Mspes1) @13 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified Specimen depository of the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University
(Melanotus staudingeri - INB0003220615) @14 [ ] Copyright (2012) Angel Solis Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Melanotus sulcicollis - BC-PNEF-PSFOR0935) @13 [ ] Copyright (2017) Rodolphe Rougerie Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Melanotus tauricola - BGE_00900_D09) @11 [ ] Copyright (c) (2025) Zinenko Oleksandr Museum of Nature of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
(Melanotus tenebrosus - GBOL_Col_FK_6745) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike (2015) Unspecified SNSB, Zoologische Staatssammlung Muenchen (Melanotus testaceus - CNC COLEO 00158792) @14 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2012) CNC/CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Melanotus trapezoideus - BIOUG31199-C10) @13 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2017) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics
(Melanotus umbilicatus - NMK-ENTO 2350) @11 [ ] Unspecified (default): All Rights Reserved Unspecified Unspecified (Melanotus verberans - CCDB-22965-D11) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons - Attribution (2015) CBG Photography Group Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (Melanotus villosus - BC-LNEF-2022-022) @11 [ ] CreativeCommons Attribution (2022) Thomas Barnouin Unspecified
(Melanotus villosus var. aspericollis - BC-PNEF-PSFOR0909) @14 [ ] Copyright (2017) Rodolphe Rougerie Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Melanotus yaeyamacola - Myae2) @14 [ ] Copyright (2013) Unspecified Specimen depository of the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University
(Melanotus yaeyamacola)
  Sample ID:
Myae2
  License:
Copyright (2013)
  License Holder:
Unspecified, Specimen depository of the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Nagoya City University

Collection Sites




Collected from 21 countries.
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Canada405United Kingdom10Finland2
United States224Norway5Philippines2
Germany120Mexico4Kenya2
Japan84China3Bulgaria2
Costa Rica50Czechia3Lebanon1
France45Croatia3Russia1
Austria22South Korea2

Taxon Occurrence (GBIF)