Black Fire Beetle

Melanophila acuminata

General Status Rank: 
Secure
Common Name: 
Black Fire Beetle
Scientific Name: 
Melanophila acuminata
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Taxonomy
Group: 
Beetle
Kingdom: 
Animalia
Phylum: 
Arthropoda
Class: 
Insecta
Order: 
Coleoptera
Family: 
Buprestidae
Habitat
habit of flocking to freshly burned and sometimes still smoldering pine trees to mate and oviposit
References: 
W054
Distribution

Distribution

Nt: known from 15 sites (Bright 1987): Paulatuk, Tuk, Reindeer st, Arctic Red, Norman Wells, east of GBL, south of Tulita, YK, Ft Simpson, Jean Marie River, Trout Lake, Hay River, Ft Res, Ft Smith (also in Coppermine NU)
Score: 
G
References: 
B184

Number of Occurrences

Nt: known from 15 sites (Bright 1987): Paulatuk, Tuk, Reindeer st, Arctic Red, Norman Wells, east of GBL, south of Tulita, YK, Ft Simpson, Jean Marie River, Trout Lake, Hay River, Ft Res, Ft Smith (also in Coppermine NU)
Score: 
BE
References: 
B184

Area of Occupancy

Score: 
-
General Status Rank
Rank: 
Secure
Status Rank Description: 
Nt: known from 15 sites (Bright 1987)
S Rank: 
S4S5
Decision Process Description: 
Draft ranks by Chandra Venables (2012) under contract for northern beetles assessment with Environment Canada (National General Status Assessment).; Reviewed ranks by Chandra Venables (2012-2014) under contract for northern beetles assessment with Environment Canada (National General Status Assessment) – no change; Reviewed in 2020 by Charlene Wood, no change
Last Updated: 
July 24, 2020

References

Habitat

  • U of Alberta (2012) Entomology Collection (webpage). http://www.entomology.ualberta.ca/searching_species_details.php?b=Coleoptera&c=7&s=5430 - W054 Return

Number of Occurrences

  • Bright, DE. (1978) The Metallic Wood-boring Beetles of Canada and Alaska, Part 15.. In The Insect and Arachnids of Canada, Part 2. Department of Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ont. 335 pp. - B184 Return

Range Extent

  • Bright, DE. (1978) The Metallic Wood-boring Beetles of Canada and Alaska, Part 15.. In The Insect and Arachnids of Canada, Part 2. Department of Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ont. 335 pp. - B184 Return