Title: Remarkable development of jewel beetle Eurythyrea quercus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in wooden statues
Abstract: It was only in 2011 that a small isolated population of the critically endangered Eurythyrea quercus (Herbst, 1780) was discovered in the Chateau Park in Veselí nad Moravou.In 2022, 201 emergency holes of E. quercus were found in five statues carved out of wood of large oaks.The statues were created in 2014 and 2020 and have been treated with a double protective coating.The wood from which the sculptures were created comes from fallen trees in the park.In 2022, 4 emergency holes of E. quercus were found in a wooden oak statue in the ZOO Zlín.The wood for the statue was imported from Lednice (south Moravia), where E. quercus has been known for a long time.Most likely, the wood was brought to the zoo already with larvae, and the imago hatched only after the statue was carved.Development in wood statues has been documented for the first time for E. quercus.There is the possibility of targeted creation of conditions suitable for the development of larvae, whether in the form of wooden statues or other wooden elements or installations of debarked oak trunks.Such measures can, in some locations, help populations to overcome a possible lack of natural suitable habitats caused by the interruption of the continuity of the existence of old oaks, which are the natural place of development of E. quercus. ÚvOd