Melanchrous
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Melanchrous 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:
- Melanchrous africanus (Straneo, 1940)
- Melanchrous celisi Straneo, 1962
- Melanchrous flavipes (Motschulsky, 1866)
- Melanchrous florens (Andrewes, 1929)
- Melanchrous obesus (Andrewes, 1938)
- Melanchrous schoutedeni (Straneo, 1943)