Melaenus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Carabidae
Subfamilia: Melaeninae
Tribus: Melaenini
Genus: Melaenus

Species: M. elegans – M. piger
Name

Melaenus Dejean, 1831: 481

Type species: Melaenus elegans Dejean, 1831 (monotypy)
References
Primary references

Dejean P.F.M.A. 1831. Species général des coléoptères, de la collection de M. le Comte Dejean, 5 [Tome cinquième], Méquignon-Marvis, Paris, viii + 883 pp. BHL Reference page.

Links

Melaenus – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Melaenus – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).