Longitarsus melanocephalus, (DeGeer, 1775)

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 : 58-59

L. melanocephalus (DeGeer, 1775)

syn.: atricilla Fabricius, 1775 ( Altica ); melanocephala Gyllenhal 1813 ( Altica ); piciceps Stephens, 1831

References: Fleischer 1829 ( Altica ); Seidlitz 1872 - 1875, 1887-1891 ( melanocephalus Gyll. ); Rathlef 1905; Trauberga 1957; Palij 1958; Pūtele 1965, 1970b, 1971, 1974, 1980, 1981a, 1981b; Priedītis, Pūtele 1976; Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004; Kalniņš et al. 2007.

Examined material: 46 exx: Aizkraukle d.: Aizkraukle env., Aizkraukles purvs (bog), 4.V.1995 (1, clearing, leg. A.Barševskis), 1.VII.2008 (2, forest edge, on Plantago , leg. A.Bukejs); Cēsis d.: Cēsis, 28.VII.2007 (1, park, leg.A.Barševskis); Daugavpils d.: Bebrene, 4.V.2006 (1, leg. E.Rudāns), 23.VI.2006 (1, leg. E.Rudāns); Butišķi, 9.IX.2007 (1, valley of the Daugava River, leg. A.Bukejs, M.Balalaikins); Daugavpils, Esplanāde, 1.V.2006 (1, leg. K.Barševska); Ilgas, 18.VI.1994 (2, leg.A.Barševskis), 2.VI.1994 (1, leg. A.Barševskis), 18.VI.1994 (1, leg.A.Barševskis), 21-24.IV.1995 (1, leg. A.Baršvskis), 18.V.2005 (1, leg. A.Barševskis); Līksna, 19.IV.1996 (1, leg. R.Cibuļskis), 25.X.1996 (1, leg. R.Cibuļskis), 4.IV.1997 (1, leg. R.Cibuļskis); Naujene, 27.IV.2007 (2, Jezufova park, leg. K.Aksjuta, M.Murd); Šarlote, 11.V.2008 (1, leg. K.Aksjuta), 1.VI.2008 (1, leg. K.Aksjuta), 4.V.2009 (1, leg. K.Aksjuta); Šedere, Straumēni house, 1-3.V.2008 (1, leg. M.Janovska); Jēkabpils d.: Dunava, 29.VIII.2006 (1, leg. A.Barševskis), 13.V.2007 (1, leg. K.Barševska, A.Barševskis); Rubene, 21.II. 1998 (1, in hibernation place, leg. I.Leiskina), 21.IV.2000 (1, leg. I.Leiskina); Krāslava d.: Piedruja, 19.IV.1991 (1, leg. A.Barševskis); Šķeltova, 4.IV.1993 (1, leg. A.Barševskis); Preiļi d.: Jersika, Kurpnieki house, 4.V.2006 (2, leg. K.Barševska), 1-10.V.2009 (3, leg. K.Barševska); Rīga d.: Saulkrasti S env., Inčupe train station, 27.VIII.1974 (3, leg. anonymous), 16.IX.1974 (2, leg. anonymous); Talsi d.: Slītere, 20.VIII.1983 (1, leg. V.Pūtele), 22.VIII.1983 (4, leg. V.Pūtele); Slītere National Park, Zilie kalni (hills), 22.VIII.2008 (2, leg. A.Barševskis); Venspils d.: Moricsala Isl., Moricsala Nature Reserve, V.2002 (1, window trap, leg. U.Valainis), 25.VI.2004 (1, leg. A.Barševskis, U.Valainis).

Host plants: Plantago , mostly on Plantago lanceolata ( Plantaginaceae ).

Phenology: IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X (1).

General distribution: Europe, N Africa, Asia Minor, Near East ( Israel), Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Mongolia. [ PAL]

Note: One of most common species of the genus in Latvia.