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Goldstreifiger

(Buprestis splendens)

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Description

The Goldstreifiger (Buprestis splendens) is a species of beetle in the family Buprestidae.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 possibly Greece.It lives in sun-exposed Pinus forest,and is threatened with extinction by logging.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Coleoptera
Family:Buprestidae
Genus:Buprestis
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