Melanophila acuminata
Melanophila acuminata, known generally as the black fire beetle or fire bug, is a species of metallic wood-boring beetle in the family Buprestidae. It is found in the Caribbean, Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China), Central America, North America, and Southern Asia. They get their common name due to the fact that they swarm freshly burned conifer trees, which they find using sensors on their thorax. Adults are black and 7-11 mm in length.

It has been suggested that that fly is the pyrotocon, an insect said to be born from fire, of the Natural history by Pliny the Elder.

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Buprestidae
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Beetles described in 1774
Taxa named by Charles De Geer