Longitarsus tabidus, (Fabricius, 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 : 57

L. tabidus (Fabricius, 1775)

syn.: verbasci (Panzer, 1794)

References: Rathlef 1905; Palij 1958; Pūtele 1965, 1970a, 1970b, 1971; Barševskis 1993, 2002; Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004.

Examined material: 29exx: Daugavpils d.: Butišķi, 25.VII.2008 (1, valley of the Daugava River , dry meadow, on Verbascum , leg. A.Bukejs) ; Ilgas, Silene Nature Park , 2.IX.1993 (1, leg. A.Barševskis) ; Jēkabpils d.: Vandāni, 16.VIII.2008 (1, bank of the Daugava River , leg. M.Balalaikins) ; Kuldīga d.: Kuldīga, 15.VII.2005 (2, leg. A.Barševskis) , 28.VII.2005 (15, leg. A.Barševskis, A.Bukejs, U.Valainis) ; Limbaži d.: Kuiķule , 27.VII.2007 (3, leg. A.Barševskis) ; Rīga d.: Saulkalne , 06.VIII.2007 (1, leg. A.Barševskis) .

Host plants: Verbascum , Scrophularia , Veronica ( Scrophulariaceae ).

Phenology: VII, VIII, IX (1).

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