Buprestis splendens is a species of beetle in the family Buprestidae.[1] It has a wide but scattered distribution from Western Europe to Russia; it is now extinct in Germany, Austria and probably Ukraine; it survives at three localities in Spain, two localities in Basilicata (Italy), Russia, Poland, southwestern Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania and Greece.[1] It lives in sun-exposed Pinus forest, and is threatened with extinction by logging.[1][2] This species is listed on Appendix II of the Bern Convention and Annex II and IV of the EU Habitats Directive.[1]

Buprestis splendens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Buprestis
Species:
B. splendens
Binomial name
Buprestis splendens
(Fabricius, 1775)

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  1. ^ a b c d e Mason, F.; Campanaro, A.; Horák, J.; Istrate, P.; Munteanu, N.; Büche, B.; Tezcan, S.; Méndez, M.; Dodelin, B. (2020). "Buprestis splendens". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T3334A166538784. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T3334A166538784.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ http://discover.iucnredlist.org/species/3334[permanent dead link]