Melonycteris

{{Short description|Genus of bats}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = MelonycterisMelanopsSmit.jpg

| image_caption = Black-bellied fruit bat (Melonycteris melanops)

| taxon = Melonycteris

| authority = Dobson, 1877

| type_species = Melonycteris melanops

| type_species_authority = Dobson, 1877

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

}}

Melonycteris (dark blossom bat) is a genus of megabat in the family Pteropodidae.{{MSW3|id=13800160}} Members are found in the Solomon Islands or in the case of the black-bellied fruit bat, in Papua New Guinea.

It contains the following species:

• Fardoulis's blossom bat, Melonycteris fardoulisi
• Black-bellied fruit bat, Melonycteris melanops
• Woodford's fruit bat, Melonycteris woodfordi

{{Pteropodidae|M.}}

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