Longitarsus scutellaris, (Mulsant et Rey, 1874)

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 : 60

(-) L. scutellaris (Mulsant et Rey, 1874)

References: Pūtele 1965, 1968, 1970a, 1970b, 1971; Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004.

Examined material: Not confirmed by the author.

Host plants: Plantago ( Plantaginaceae ).

General distribution: S and SE Europe, Asia Minor ( Turkey), Caucasus, Siberia, Russian Far East, Mongolia, China, Japan, Korean Peninsula. The precise distribution of this species must be defined more exactly because of the former confusion with L. pratensis (Pz.) or L. lewisii (Baly) . [ ASE]

Note: Pūtele (1965) mentioned the species from single locality in Dobele d., Vecauce. All reports after the review of L. pratensis -group by Leonardi & Doguet (1990) needs in verification because t his species has been confused with L. pratensis (Pz.) or L. lewisii (Baly) . I have not found specimen of L. scutellaris in the collection of Pūtele [in the collection of Institute of Biology]. Actual records of this species in Latvia are absent, therefore it is deleted from list of Latvian Coleoptera .