Melanchrous is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following species: \n* Melanchrous africanus (Straneo, 1940) \n* Melanchrous celisi Straneo, 1962 \n* Melanchrous flavipes (Motschulsky, 1866) \n* Melanchrous florens (Andrewes, 1929) \n* Melanchrous obesus (Andrewes, 1938) \n* Melanchrous schoutedeni (Straneo, 1943)