Eighteen species of the genus Melanotus (Elateridae: Melanotinae) have been analyzed cladistically on the basis of their apomorphies. Cladogram has been constructed to illustrate the closest relationship of currently included species. The relationship of these species has been discussed in the light of apomorphies found in the eighteen species. A key to the species of the genus Melanotus has also been given.
Muhammad Atique Akhter, Syed Anser Rizvi, Zubair Ahmed, Saima Naz. (2011) CLADISTIC ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIES OF THE GENUS MELANOTUS ESCHSCHOLTZ (ELATERIDAE: MELANOTINAE), FROM PAKISTAN, , Volume 08, Issue 4.
