Psylliodes laticollis Kutschera, 1864

Aslan, Ebru Gül & Alkan, Kübra, 2015, The Alticini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) fauna of Davraz Mountain (Isparta): comments on host plant and altitude preferences with two new records for Turkish fauna, Turkish Journal of Zoology 39 (3), pp. 488-493 : 492

Psylliodes laticollis Kutschera, 1864

Material examined: Davraz Mountain-Savköy district , 1200 m, 01.vi.2013, 1♂, 1♀ .

General distribution: Middle, West, and South Europe, Northwest Africa, Macaronesia. It is treated as a European SW Palearctic element ( Gruev, 2006; Löbl and Smetana, 2010).

Habitat information: The two specimens were collected by sweep-net from a moist area near a streamside. Nasturtium officinale R.Br. ( Brassicaceae ) is mentioned as its host plant in the literature ( Čížek and Doguet, 2008).

Remarks: It is dark-blue with yellowish legs and darkened hind femora. Specimens are about 2.8 mm in length; they are morphologically similar to Ps. napi , but can be distinguished easily by the shape of the female spermatheca ( Figure 4).

Longitarsus brunneus (Duftschmidt, 1825)

Material examined: Davraz Mountain , 1435 m, 20.v.2012, 34♂♂, 15♀♀ , 1430 m, 27.v.2012, 2♀♀ , Büyükhacılar-Savköy district , 1000 m, 27.iv.2013, 2♀♀ .

General distribution: Europe, Palearctic Asia (excluding Japan). It is treated as a Euro-Asiatic Palearctic element ( Gruev, 2006; Löbl and Smetana, 2010).

Habitat information: Samples were collected from open areas near a roadside and from fields that lay fallow. A host plant could not be detected, but in the literature ( Biondi, 1996; Čížek and Doguet, 2008), Thalictrum ( Ranunculaceae ) species are mentioned as host plants of L. brunneus .

Remarks: It is typically reddish-brown and about 2.0 mm in length; the elytral suture is sometimes darkened narrowly. Aedeagus and spermatheca are illustrated in Figure 5.

Figures

Figure 5. Longitarsus brunneus (Duftschmidt): a) aedeagus ventral view, b) aedeagus lateral view, c) spermatheca. Scale bar = 0.2 mm.