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Buprestis splendens
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 (Wikipedia)
Spotted on Apr 18, 2011
Submitted on May 29, 2011
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