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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Elateriformia » Buprestoidea » Metallic Wood-boring Beetles (Buprestidae) » Buprestinae » Melanophilini » Melanophila » Black Fire Beetle (Melanophila acuminata)

Species Melanophila acuminata - Black Fire Beetle

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Life Cycle · Print References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Elateriformia)
Superfamily Buprestoidea
Family Buprestidae (Metallic Wood-boring Beetles)
Subfamily Buprestinae
Tribe Melanophilini
Genus Melanophila
Species acuminata (Black Fire Beetle)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Melanophila acuminata (DeGeer)
Orig. Comb: Buprestis acuminata DeGeer 1774
Range
throughout Can. (AK to NF), w. US to C. Amer., W. Indies, Old World - Map (1)(2)
Life Cycle
larvae host in var. conifers (1)
Print References
Schmitz H, Bleckmann H (1998) The photomechanic infrared receptor for the detection of forest fires in the beetle Melanophila acuminata (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). J Comp Physiol A. 182: 647-657. (3).
Works Cited
1.A catalog and bibliography of the Buprestoidea of America north of Mexico.
Nelson et al. 2008. The Coleopterists Society, Special Publication No. 4. 274 pp.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.The photomechanic infrared receptor for the detection of forest fires in the beetle Melanophila acuminata ...
H. Schmitz and H. Bleckmann. 1998. J. Comp. Physiol. A 182: 647-657.
Contributed by v belov on 23 September, 2010 - 11:55am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Edward Ruden
Last updated 11 February, 2020 - 4:59pm

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