Longitarsus nanus, (Foudras, 1860)

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 : 58

(-) L. nanus (Foudras, 1860)

syn.: vitreus Kutschera, 1863

References: Pūtele 1965, 1968, 1970a, 1970b, 1971, 1974, 1980, 1981a, 1981b; Barševskis 1993; Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004; Kalniņš et al. 2007.

Examined material: Not confirmed by the author. Some earlier records of this species in Latvia – “Talsi d.: Slītere, 20.VIII.1983 (1, leg. V.Pūtele)” [in the collection of Institute of Biology] and “ Daugavpils, Mežciems, 19.VII.1992 (1, leg. A.Barševskis)” ( Barševskis 1993) were based on misidentification.

Host plants: Labiatae.

General distribution: Europe (excl. N), N Africa ( Algeria), Asia Minor ( Turkey), Near East ( Israel), Caucasus. [ EUM]

Note: The occurrence of the species in the Latvian fauna is doubtful. The nearest localities of this species are in S Poland (A. Warchałowski pers. comm.) and Ukraine. Probably, other few reports of this species in Latvia by Pūtele (1965, 1974, 1981a) were based on misidentification. Therefore it is deleted from the list of Latvian Coleoptera .