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Melanophila

 
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2016
2016
Melanophila unicolor Gory, 1841 (Buprestidae), the Furnace Beetle, in Southern Africa
Recently, large numbers of Melanophila unicolor Gory, 1841 were attracted to furnaces and cooling copper at a smelter at Tsumeb… Expand
2015
2015
Reproductive Effects of Melanophila picta(Coleoptera:Buprestidae) on Three Kinds of Bethyloideas
Three kinds of Bethyloideas Sclerodermus sp. Sclerodermus pupariae and Schlerodrmus guani were reproduced by the larvae of… Expand
2012
2012
Modelling a Historic Oil-Tank Fire Allows an Estimation of the Sensitivity of the Infrared Receptors in Pyrophilous Melanophila Beetles
Pyrophilous jewel beetles of the genus Melanophila approach forest fires and there is considerable evidence that these beetles… Expand
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2012
2012
Material properties of photomechanical infrared receptors in pyrophilous Melanophila beetles and Aradus bugs.
Jewel beetles of the genus Melanophila and some pyrophilous species of the flat bugs genus Aradus show a pyrophilous behaviour… Expand
2009
2009
The infrared sensilla in the beetle Melanophila acuminata as model for new infrared sensors
For the detection of forest fires the "fire-loving" (pyrophilous) jewel beetle Melanophila acuminata uses a pair of sensor arrays… Expand
2003
2003
Electrophysiological characterization of the multipolar thermoreceptors in the "fire-beetle" Merimna atrata and comparison with the infrared sensilla of Melanophila acuminata (both Coleoptera…
A thermosensitive multipolar neuron innervates each of the four abdominal receptors of the Australian buprestid beetle Merimna… Expand
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Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Insect antenna as a smoke detector
The larvae of jewel beetles of the genus Melanophila (Buprestidae) can develop only in the wood of trees freshly killed by fire… Expand
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1999
1999
Afferent projections of infrared-sensitive sensilla in the beetle Melanophila acuminata (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
Abstract Beetles of the genus Melanophila are able to detect infrared radiation by using specialized sensilla in their… Expand
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1987
1987
Ensayo monográfico sobre las Melanophila Eschscholtz sensu lato (Coleoptera, Buprestidae):1 Parte: Melanophila Eschs., Sensu novo; Trachypteris Kirby ; Xenomelanophila Sloop
 
1961
1961
Türkiye'de Melanophila degastigma (Picta pall.) ve Gypsonoma (Semasia ) Dealbana froel. (Incarnana hw.)
Turkiye'de Melanophila degastigma (Picta pall.) ve Gypsonoma (Semasia ) Dealbana froel. (Incarnana hw.) 
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