Longitarsus ganglbaueri, Heikertinger, 1912

Bukejs, Andris, 2010, To The Knowledge Of Flea Beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) Of The Latvian Fauna. 6. Genus Longitarsus Latreille, 1829, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 10 (1), pp. 53-70 : 61

L. ganglbaueri Heikertinger, 1912

References: Pūtele 1974, 1980, 1981a (misidentification), 1981b; Priedītis, Pūtele 1976; Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004.

Examined material: Not confirmed by the author. Earlier report of this species in Latvia – “ Slītere, 28.V.1978 (1, leg. V.Pūtele), 6.VI.1978 (1, leg. V.Pūtele)” ( Pūtele 1980, 1981a, 1981b) was based on misidentification.

Host plants: Senecio (Compositae) .

Phenology: no data. In Belarus specimens were recorded in IV, VIII and X ( Lopatin, Nesterova 2005).

General distribution: Europe, N Africa ( Algeria, Morocco), Caucasus, Asia Minor, Siberia, Mongolia, Russian Far East. [ PAL]

Note: In Latvia this species is reported from two localities: Jelgava env. ( Pūtele 1974) and Jelgava d., Smedēni ( Priedītis, Pūtele 1976).