Elater 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 Elater niger Linnaeus, 1758 Elater niger Fabricius, 1792 Elater niger Houttuyn