The Goldstreifiger (''Buprestis splendens'') is a species of
beetle in the family
Buprestidae
Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some ...
.
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
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(
Italy),
Russia,
Poland, southwestern
Romania,
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Albania and
Greece.
It lives in sun-exposed ''
Pinus'' forest, and is threatened with extinction by
logging
Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport. It may include skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars.
Logging is the beginning of a supply chain ...
.
[http://discover.iucnredlist.org/species/3334] This species is listed on Appendix II of the Bern Convention and Annex II and IV of the EU Habitats Directive.
References
Buprestidae
Beetles of Europe
Beetles described in 1775
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Habitats Directive Species
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