Hermaeophaga mercurialis, (Fabricius, 1792)

Bukejs, Andris, 2009, New data on little-known flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) in the fauna of Latvia, Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 9 (2), pp. 161-175 : 163

H. mercurialis (Fabricius, 1792)

References: Bukejs 2008b.

Examined material: 6 specimens: Daugavpils d.: Naujene , 27.IV.2007 (6, Jezufova park, leg. K.Aksjuta, M.Murd) .

Host plants: Mercurialis perennis . Monophagous species.

General distribution: Europe, Asia Minor, Caucasus. [EUR]

Note: Very rare and insufficiently known species in Latvia, known from single locality in SE Latvia.

BATOPHILA FOUDRAS, 1860

12 species of the genus Batophila are known in the Palaearctic. Larvae develop on roots of host plants ( Bieńkowski 2004). In Latvia, single sylvicol species is known.