Longitarsus fulgens, (Foudras, 1860)

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 : 64

L. fulgens (Foudras, 1860)

References: Pūtele 1965, 1968, 1970a, 1970b, 1971; Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004.

Examined material: 1 ex.: Jēkabpils d.: Vandāni, 16.VIII.2008 (1, bank of the Daugava River , leg. M.Balalaikins) .

Earlier record of this species in Latvia – “Slītere, 23.VIII.1983 (2, leg. V.Pūtele)” [in the collection of Institute of Biology ] was based on misidentification and relate to L. luridus .

Host plants: unknown.

Phenology: VIII, IX.

General distribution: Europe, Caucasus. [ EUR]

Note: In Latvia this species known from 6 localities. According to the catalogue of Silfverberg (2004), the species is mentioned for Finland and Latvia. It is known also from Belarus ( Lopatin, Nesterova 2005).