Longitarsus quadriguttatus, (Pontoppidan, 1763)

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 : 62-63

(-) L. quadriguttatus (Pontoppidan, 1763)

syn.: quadripustulatus (Fabricius, 1775)

References: Seidlitz 1872 -1875 (quadripustulatus F.), 1887-1891; Rathlef 1905; Palij 1958; Pūtele 1965, 1970a, 1970b, 1971; Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004.

Examined material: Not confirmed by the author.

Host plants: Cynoglossum , Nonea (Boraginaceae) , Digitalis (Scrophulariaceae) .

General distribution: Europe (northwards to S England and S Sweden), Caucasus, Asia Minor ( Turkey). [ EUR]

Note: There are not actual faunal data on this species for Latvia. Only in Seidlitz (1872 -1875) it is mentioned for “Livland”. Therefore it is deleted from the list of Latvian Coleoptera .