Melanotus niger (Fabricius, 1792) Dataset GBIF Backbone Taxonomy Rank SPECIES Classification kingdom Animalia phylum Arthropoda class Insecta order Coleoptera family Elateridae genus Melanotus species Melanotus punctolineatus Name Homonyms Melanotus niger (Linnaeus, 1758) Melanotus niger (Fabricius, 1792)