Longitarsus parvulus, (Paykull, 1799)

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 : 65

L. parvulus (Paykull, 1799)

syn.: ater Leesberg, 1882

References: Fleischer 1829 ( Altica parvula Gyll ); Seidlitz 1872 -1875, 1887-1891; Rathlef 1905; Lindberg 1932; Trauberga 1957; Palij 1958; Pūtele 1959, 1965, 1970a, 1970b, 1971, 1974, 1982; Ozols 1963; Spuris 1974; Priedītis, Pūtele 1976; Barševskis 1993; Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004; Petrova et al. 2006; Kalniņš et al. 2007.

Examined material: 25 exx: Daugavpils d.:Ambeļi, 9.V.1993 (3, leg. A.Barševskis); Daugavpils , 2.V.1993 (1, leg. A.Barševskis), Daugavpils, near Mežciems, 1.VI.2008 (1, edge of pine forest, leg. A.Bukejs); Ilgas , Silene Nature Park , 11.VI.2007 (1, leg. U.Valainis); Vabole, 21.II.1997 (2, in hibernation place, leg. R.Cibuļskis), 22.II.1997 (2, in hibernation place, leg. R.Cibuļskis); Vecstropi, 3.V.2008 (2, leg. R.Cibuļskis); Krāslava d.: Piedruja, V.1993 (1, leg. A.Barševskis); Šķeltova , 13.IV.1990 (1, leg. A.Barševskis), 23.IX.1990 (1, leg. A.Barševskis), 22.VIII.1992 (1, leg.A.Barševskis), 9.V.1993 (1, leg. A.Barševskis); Liepāja d.: Pape , 18-25.VII.1995 (1, leg. N.Savenkovs); Rīga: Vecdaugava , 11.VI.1974 (1, leg. anonymous), 17.VI.1974 (2, leg. anonymous), 18.VII.1974 (3, leg. anonymous), 29.VII.1974 (1, leg. anonymous).

Host plants: Boraginaceae ( Linum ). Pest of flax ( Palij 1958; Pūtele 1958, 1970c; Ozols 1963; Spuris 1974).

Phenology: IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X (1).

General distribution: Europe, N Africa, Asia Minor ( Turkey), Near East ( Israel), Caucasus, Siberia. [ PAL]

Note: One of most common species of the genus in Latvia.