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    Melanophila acuminata, known generally as the black fire beetle or fire bug, is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It...
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    wood. The genus Melanophila consists of the following species: Melanophila acuminata (DeGeer, 1774) Melanophila atra Gory, 1841 Melanophila atropurpurea...
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  • if it went away from the fire. Janssens identifies it with the Melanophila acuminata. Salamanders in folklore Dragons in Greek mythology The Natural...
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    Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus), a variety of jewel beetles (Melanophila acuminata), darkly pigmented butterflies (Pachliopta aristolochiae and Troides...
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    infrared receptor for the detection of forest fires in the beetle Melanophila acuminata (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)". J Comp Physiol A. 182: 647–657. Rose...
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  • with specialized heat detectors are forest fire seeking beetles (Melanophila acuminata), which lay their eggs in conifers freshly killed by forest fires...
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    well-described pryophilic insects. Others include buprestid beetles in the genus Melanophila, ground beetles in the genus Sericoda, and some species of flat bugs...
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    genera and 20 described species in Melanophilini. Juniperella Knull, 1947 Melanophila Eschscholtz, 1829 Phaenops Dejean, 1833 Xenomelanophila Sloop, 1937 "Melanophilini...
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  • emarginatus Aphanisticus pusillus Bupretis aurulenta – golden buprestid Melanophila acuminata Trachys minutus Trachys scrobiculatus Trachys troglodytes Family...
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  • species †MelanophilaMelanophila cockerellae – type locality for species †Melanophila handlirschi – type locality for species †Melanophila heeri – type...
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