Longitarsus pratensis, (Panzer, 1794)

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 : 60

L. pratensis (Panzer, 1794)

syn.: medicaginis Allard, 1860; obsoletus Mulsant et Rey, 1874; pusillus (Gyllenhal, 1813)

References: Seidlitz 1872 -1875 (pusillus Gyll.), 1887-1891 (pussilus Gyll.); Rathlef 1905; Palij 1965; Pūtele 1965, 1970a, 1970b, 1971, 1974, 1980, 1981a, 1981b; Barševskis 1993; Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004; Kalniņš et al. 2007.

Examined material: 24 exx: Dobele d.: Dobele, 27.VII.1977 (2, leg. V.Pūtele); Krāslava d.: Robežnieki, 27.VII.1990 (1, leg. A.Barševskis); Šķeltova, 14.VIII.2006 (16, leg. A.Barševskis); Madona d.: Lubāna territory, Ezernieki house, 21.VIII.2008 (1, leg. A.Barševskis); Rīga: Vecdaugava, 29.VIII.1977 (2, leg. anonymous); Talsi d.: Slītere, 23.VIII.1983 (1, leg. V.Pūtele), 28.VIII.1983 (1, leg. V.Pūtele).

Host plants: Plantago ( Plantaginaceae ).

Phenology: V, VI, VII, VIII, IX (2).

General distribution: Europe, N Africa ( Algeria, Morocco), Asia Minor, Near East ( Israel), Caucasus, Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia. [ CEM]