''Melasis buprestoides'' is a species of false click beetles native to

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. The species name ''buprestoides'' (from the beetle genus Buprestis, and

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ειδής eidēs, "like") refers to the species' body shape. Linnaeus's original name for the beetle was ''Elater buprestoides''. The genus name ''Melasis'' (from Ancient Greek μέλας mélas, "black") refers to the black color of the member species' body.

Description

The cylindrical beetle is between six and nine millimeters long. The body's greatest width occurs on the leading edge of the scutum.

References

Beetles described in 1761 Beetles of Europe Elateroidea Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{Elateriformia-stub