Longitarsus longipennis, Kutschera, 1863

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 : 59-60

(-) L. longipennis Kutschera, 1863

syn.: femoralis Redtenbacher, 1849

References: Lopatin 1986 (Baltic States); Gruev, Döberl 1997 (Baltic States); Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004.

Examined material: Not confirmed by the author. Earlier record of this species in Latvia – “Slītere, 17.VIII.1983 (1, leg. V.Pūtele)” [in the collection of Institute of Biology] was based on misidentification.

Host plants: Convolvus ( Convolvulaceae ).

General distributi on: C ( Austria, the Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland) and S Europe, Balkan Peninsula, Crimea, N Africa ( Morocco), Asia Minor ( Turkey), Israel, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Central Asia. [ CEM]

Note: There are not faunal data or bibliographical reports of this species for Latvia. Only in Lopatin (1986) and Gruev & Döberl (1997) it is mentioned for Baltic States. The occurrence of the species in the Latvian fauna is doubtful. Therefore it is deleted from the list of Latvian Coleoptera .