Derocrepis rufipes, (Linnaeus, 1758)

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D. rufipes (Linnaeus, 1758)

= ruficornis Fabricius, 1775

References: Fleischer 1829 ( Altica ruficornis F.); Seidlitz 1872-1875, 1887-1891; Rathlef 1905; Lindberg 1932; Palij 1958; Pūtele 1970, 1970c, 1971a, 1971c; Barševskis 1993, 2002; Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004.

Examined material: 39 specimens: Daugavpils d.: Ilgas, Silene Nature Park, 25.V.1997 (3, leg. A.Barševskis), 14-20.VI.2002 (1, leg. A.Barševskis), 06-15.VI.2004 (1, leg. A.Barševskis), 10.V.2006 (14, leg. A.Barševskis); Kalkūni, 03.VI.1997 (1, leg. I.Leiskina); Naujene, 17.VI.1989 (1, leg. A.Barševskis); Pilskalne, 29.V.1993 (3, leg. A.Barševskis); Tabore, VI.1993 (14, valley of the Daugava River , leg. A.Barševskis); Talsi d.: Slītere, 06.VII.1972 (1, leg. V.Pūtele) .

Host plants: Fabaceae ( Vicia cracca , Lathyrus vernus ). The species has been collected also from Melilotus albus ( Pūtele 1971a) .

General distribution: Europe, Asia Minor, Caucasus, Siberia. [SIE]

HIPPURIPHILA FOUDRAS, 1859

This genus is presented by single holarctic species. Larvae develop within internodes of horsetails ( Bieńkowski 2004). Monophagous species well connected with wet habitats.