Biology:Melanophila
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Short description: Genus of buprestid beetles
| Melanophila | |
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| Melanophila consputa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Tribe: | Melanophilini |
| Genus: | Melanophila Eschscholtz, 1829 |
Melanophila is a genus of buprestid beetles commonly known as fire beetles. They have extraordinary sensitivity to infrared radiation (heat), using a specialized sensor organ near their legs.[1] They seek out fires in order to mate and lay eggs in freshly burned wood.[2]
Species
The genus Melanophila consists of the following species:[3]
- Melanophila acuminata (DeGeer, 1774)
- Melanophila atra Gory, 1841
- Melanophila atropurpurea (Say, 1823)
- Melanophila caudata (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
- Melanophila consputa LeConte, 1857
- Melanophila cockerellae Wickham, 1912
- Melanophila coriacea Kerremans, 1894
- Melanophila cuspidata (Klug, 1829)
- Melanophila gestroi Obenberger, 1923
- Melanophila handlirschi Wickham, 1912
- Melanophila heeri Wickham, 1914
- Melanophila ignicola Champion, 1918
- Melanophila notata (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
- Melanophila obscurata Lewis, 1893
- Melanophila occidentalis Obenberger, 1928
- Melanophila unicolor Gory, 1841
References
- ↑ Schmitz, H; Bousack, H (2012). "Modelling a Historic Oil-Tank Fire Allows an Estimation of the Sensitivity of the Infrared Receptors in Pyrophilous Melanophila Beetles". PLOS One 7 (5): e37627. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037627. PMID 22629433. Bibcode: 2012PLoSO...737627S.
- ↑ Jones, Benji (2023-07-28). "This beetle's sex is on fire. Literally." (in en). https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/23809172/wildfire-beetle-melanophila-sex.
- ↑ Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Genus Melanophila". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. https://cerambycids.com/Buprestidae/WorldCat/Genera/Melanophila.htm.
Wikidata ☰ Q4043944 entry
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