Melanchrous is a genus in the beetle family Carabidae. There are about five described species in Melanchrous.

Species These five species belong to the genus Melanchrous: Melanchrous africanus (Straneo, 1940) (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Melanchrous celisi Straneo, 1962 (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Melanchrous flavipes (Motschulsky, 1866) (Myanmar) Melanchrous florens (Andrewes, 1929) (Indonesia) Melanchrous obesus (Andrewes, 1938) (Indonesia)

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