Melanophila
| Melanophila | |
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| Melanophila consputa | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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]
Species[]
The genus Melanophila consists of the following species:[2]
- Melanophila acuminata (DeGeer, 1774)
- Gory, 1841
- Melanophila atropurpurea (Say, 1823)
- (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
- Melanophila consputa LeConte, 1857
- Wickham, 1912
- Kerremans, 1894
- (Klug, 1829)
- Obenberger, 1923
- Wickham, 1912
- Wickham, 1914
- Champion, 1918
- Melanophila notata (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
- Lewis, 1893
- Melanophila occidentalis Obenberger, 1928
- 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. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...737627S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037627. PMC 3357417. PMID 22629433.
- ^ Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Genus Melanophila". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 7 Sep 2021.
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