Melanchiton

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