Melasis buprestoides is a species of false click beetles native to Europe.[1] [2]
The species name buprestoides (from the beetle genus Buprestis, and Ancient Greek ειδής eidēs, "like") refers to the species' body shape.[3] 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.[4]
The cylindrical beetle is between six and nine millimeters long. The body's greatest width occurs on the leading edge of the scutum.