Buprestis splendens

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Subclassis: Pterygota
Divisio: Neoptera
Subdivisio: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Elateriformia
Superfamilia: Buprestoidea
Familia: Buprestidae
Subfamilia: Buprestinae
Tribus: Buprestini
Subtribus: Buprestina
Genus: Buprestis

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 possibly Greece.[1] It lives in sun-exposed Pinus forest, and is threatened with extinction by logging.[1]

References

1. ^ a b c d A. Nieto & K. Alexander (2009) Buprestis splendens In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. www.iucnredlist.org Retrieved on March 26, 2010.