Melanchiton
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Melanchiton is a genus of beetle
s in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
s in the family Carabidae, containing the following species:
- Melanchiton abacetoides (Burgeon, 1935)
- Melanchiton aberrans (Chaudoir In Oberthur, 1883)
- Melanchiton aethiops Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton aterrimus (Laferte-Senectere, 1853)
- Melanchiton atratus (Klug, 1833)
- Melanchiton basilewskyi Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton brevipennis Jeannel, 1948
- Melanchiton burgeoni Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton camerunus Straneo, 1978
- Melanchiton carbonatus Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton clarkei Straneo, 1978
- Melanchiton congoensis Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton decorsei (Alluaud, 1916)
- Melanchiton ebeninus (Erichson, 1843)
- Melanchiton elongatus Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton guineensis Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton hulstaerti (Burgeon, 1935)
- Melanchiton impressifrons Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton intermedius (Peringuey, 1896)
- Melanchiton iridescens (Chaudoir, 1876)
- Melanchiton kenyensis Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton kivuensis (Burgeon, 1935)
- Melanchiton laevisulcis Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton latithorax Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton leleupi Straneo, 1978
- Melanchiton longelytratus Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton longulus Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton lucidulus (Boheman, 1848)
- Melanchiton mandibularis (Burgeon, 1935)
- Melanchiton marginatus Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton mecynonotus (Alluaud, 1916)
- Melanchiton meridionalis Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton motoensis (Burgeon, 1935)
- Melanchiton nairobianus Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton niloticus Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton opacus Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton orientalis Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton parallelus (Chaudoir In Oberthur, 1883)
- Melanchiton pinguis Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton proximoides Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton proximus (Peringuey, 1926)
- Melanchiton pugnator (Peringuey, 1899)
- Melanchiton quadraticollis Jeannel, 1948
- Melanchiton rectangulus (Chaudoir In Oberthur, 1883)
- Melanchiton rhodesianus Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton rufipes Straneo, 1978
- Melanchiton senegalensis (Straneo, 1943)
- Melanchiton sjoestedti Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton somalicus (Straneo, 1943)
- Melanchiton transvaalensis Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton trapezicollis Straneo, 1950
- Melanchiton vorax Straneo, 1968
- Melanchiton zanzibaricus Straneo, 1950