Prasocuris junci (Brahm, 1790)

Bukejs, Andris & Alekseev, Vitaly I., 2009, Eight new and little-known leaf-beetles species (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae & Chrysomelidae) for the Kaliningrad region, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 9 (1), pp. 45-50 : 49

Prasocuris junci (Brahm, 1790)

Material: On the territory of the former East Prussia it was registered in Königsberg [Kaliningrad], Rauschen [Svetlogorsk] and in Rominten [Krasnolesye] ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979). In research period it was recorded twice: Zelenogradsky district , Pereslavskoe environs, 54°49´32.6´´N 20°17´16.4´´E, 16.VI.2001 (3 exx, bank of a rivulet, leg. V. Alekseev ) and Svetlogorsk environs, 54°56´26.2´´N 20°8´27.1´´E, 06.VI.2004 (1 ex., the Baltic Sea shore, leg. V. Alekseev) .

Comment: the species feeds on Veronica beccabunga and distributed in Europe, north Africa, Caucasus, Asia Minor. In the Baltic States and Fennoscandia it is known from Denmark, Latvia and Sweden ( Silfverberg 2004) and also from Belarus ( Lopatin, Nesterova 2005).

ALTICINAE NEWMAN, 1834

Phyllotreta dilatata Thomson, 1866 *

Material: At present the species is known only from one locality in the Kaliningrad region: Zelenogradsk environs, 54°57´41.6´´N 20°30´16´´E, 09.V.1998 (1 ex., the Baltic Sea shore, leg. V. Alekseev) .

Comment: The species feeds on Cruciferae and is distributed in western and central Europe, central Siberia (the Krasnoyarsk district). In the Baltic States and Fennoscandia it is known from Latvia ( Bukejs 2008b), Denmark and Sweden ( Silfverberg 2004) and also from Belarus ( Lopatin, Nesterova 2005).