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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Buprestidae |
| Genus: | Buprestis |
| Species: | B. splendens
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| Buprestis splendens (Fabricius, 1775)
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ http://discover.iucnredlist.org/species/3334[permanent dead link]
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