Melanchiton
Sign in to saveMelanchiton is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 50 described species in Melanchiton, found in Africa.
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- Specimen records
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- Family
- Carabidae
- Collections
- SAM, USNM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia
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Melanchiton is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are more than 50 described species in Melanchiton, found in Africa.
==Species== These 53 species belong to the genus Melanchiton: Melanchiton abacetoides (Burgeon, 1935) Melanchiton aberrans (Chaudoir, 1883) Melanchiton aethiops Straneo, 1950 Melanchiton aterrimus (LaFerté-Sénectère, 1851) 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 (Péringuey, 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, 1883) Melanchiton pinguis Straneo, 1950 Melanchiton proximoides Straneo, 1950 Melanchiton proximus (Péringuey, 1926) Melanchiton pugnator (Péringuey, 1898) Melanchiton quadraticollis Jeannel, 1948 Melanchiton rectangulus (Chaudoir, 1883) Melanchiton rhodesianus Straneo, 1950 Melanchiton rufipes Straneo, 1978 Melanchiton senegalensis (Straneo, 1943) Melanchiton sjostedti Straneo, 1950 Melanchiton somalicus (Straneo, 1943) Melanchiton transvaalensis Straneo, 1950 Melanchiton trapezicollis Straneo, 1950 Melanchiton vorax Straneo, 1968 Melanchiton zanzibaricus Straneo, 1950
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