Buprestidae

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Family: Buprestidae

Group: Terrestrial Invertebrate, Species

Scientific NameCommon NameSummary
Melanophila acuminataBlack Fire BeetleApparently three scattered in space and time reports from Juneau (1954), Sitka (2013), and Fox Point (<1900 - Harriman Expedition). Seems to mostly associated with forest fires for reproduction, so occurrence in the region may be due to vagrancy?