Melanogryllus

Melanogryllus is a genus of crickets in the family Gryllidae and tribe Gryllini, erected by Lucien Chopard in 1961. Species appear to be widely distributed (but records are probably incomplete) including: North Africa, mainland Europe (not Scandinavia or the British Isles) and Asia (India, Mongolia and Taiwan).

Species
The Orthoptera Species File lists:
 * 1) Melanogryllus afghan Chopard, 1968
 * 2) Melanogryllus bilineatus Yang & Yang, 1994
 * 3) Melanogryllus carmichaeli (Chopard, 1928)
 * 4) Melanogryllus chopardi Bey-Bienko, 1968
 * 5) Melanogryllus conscitus (Walker, 1869)
 * 6) Melanogryllus desertus (Pallas, 1771) - type species (as Gryllus desertus Pallas )