Melanophila unicolor Gory, 1841 (Buprestidae), the furnace beetle, in southern Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Scholtz, Clarke H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | MacRae, T.C. | |
| dc.contributor.email | chscholtz@zoology.up.ac.za | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-12T12:49:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Recently, large numbers of Melanophila unicolor Gory, 1841 were attracted to furnaces and cooling copper at a smelter at Tsumeb, Namibia, where the beetles are colloquiallyknownas ‘furnace-beetles’. The smelter is surrounded by indigenous savanna woodland. The beetles were alleged by workers to inflict a painful bite. Specimens were sent to us for identification; the results are reported in this communication. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.department | Zoology and Entomology | en_ZA |
| dc.description.embargo | 2018-03-30 | |
| dc.description.librarian | am2016 | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://reference.sabinet.co.za/sa_epublication/ento | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.entsocsa.co.za/Publications.htm | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Scholtz, CH & MacRAe, TC 2016, 'Melanophila unicolor Gory, 1841 (Buprestidae), the furnace beetle, in southern Africa', African Entomology, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 241-244. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1021-3589 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2224-8854 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.other | 10.4001/003.024.0241 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52607 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Entomological Society of Southern Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.rights | © Entomological Society of Southern Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Melanophila unicolor Gory 1841 | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Tsumeb, Namibia | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Beetles | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Painful bite | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Melanophila unicolor Gory, 1841 (Buprestidae), the furnace beetle, in southern Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |