Scholtz, Clarke H.MacRae, T.C.2016-05-122016-03Scholtz, CH & MacRAe, TC 2016, 'Melanophila unicolor Gory, 1841 (Buprestidae), the furnace beetle, in southern Africa', African Entomology, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 241-244.1021-3589 (print)2224-8854 (online)10.4001/003.024.0241http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52607Recently, 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© Entomological Society of Southern AfricaMelanophila unicolor Gory 1841Tsumeb, NamibiaBeetlesPainful biteArticle