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The Cypress Jewel Beetle Lamprodila festiva (Linnaeus, 1767) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)—A Real Threat to the Relict Juniper Forests of the Black Sea Coast of the Caucasus

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There are presented new materials on the distribution of the Cypress Jewel Beetle Lamprodila (Palmar) festiva, first discovered in natural stands оf relict juniper forests in the vicinity of the villages Sukko and Bolshoi Utrish in the Abrau Peninsula of the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus.

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The authors are sincerely grateful to Dr. Mark G. Volkovitsh (Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia) for the help and consultation.

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The work was prepared as part of the implementation of the state assignment of the Southern Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, no. 122020100332-8 (S.V. Poushkova).

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    E. A. Khachikov & K. Sh. Kazeev

  2. Federal Research Center Southern Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Sciences, 344006, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

    S. V. Poushkova

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Khachikov, E.A., Kazeev, K.S. & Poushkova, S.V. The Cypress Jewel Beetle Lamprodila festiva (Linnaeus, 1767) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)—A Real Threat to the Relict Juniper Forests of the Black Sea Coast of the Caucasus. Russ J Biol Invasions 14, 93–96 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075111723010058

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