Sitona waterhousei Walton, 1846

Balalaikins, Maksims, 2012, Latvian Entiminae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): 3. Tribe Sitonini Gistel, 1856, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 12 (1), pp. 6-23 : 19

Sitona waterhousei Walton, 1846

Examined material: 3 specimens: Jelgava d.: Zaļenieki , 22 May 1973 (1, meadow, leg. M. Šternbergs); Ludza d.: Kopči, 29 September 2010 (1, leg. M. Balalaikins) ; Rīga d.: Sigulda , 27 August 1969 (1 ex.) .

Phenology: V, VIII-IX.

Host plants: Lotus , Coronilla ( Fabaceae ).

General distribution: Europe (excl. N), NAfrica [ WPA].

Note: New species for the Latvian fauna. In Fenoscandia and Baltic states it is know from Danmark ( Silfverberg 2010) and Lithuania ( Ferenca et al. 2011) , known also from Belarus (Alexandrovich et al. 1996). Very rare species in Latvia.