Longitarsus obliteratus, (Rosenhauer, 1847)

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 : 66

(-) L. obliteratus (Rosenhauer, 1847)

References: Barševskis 1993 (misidentification); Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004.

Examined material: Not confirmed by the author. Earlier report of this species in Latvia – “Krāslava d.: Šķeltova, 23.IX.1990 (1, leg. A.Barševskis)” ( Barševskis 1993) was based on misidentification.

Host plants: Labiatae ( Salvia, Thymus, Origanum, Melisa ).

General distribution: W, C and S Europe (northwards to S England and N Poland), NW Africa, Asia Minor, Near East, Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan, south part of W Siberia, Kazakhstan. [ CEM]

Note: There are not faunal data or bibliographical reports of this species for Latvia. Therefore it is deleted from the list of Latvian Coleoptera .