Phyllobius (Metaphyllobius) jacobsoni, Smirnov, 1913

Balalaikins, Maksims, 2012, Latvian Entiminae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): 4. Tribe Phyllobiini Schönherr, 1826, Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis 12 (1), pp. 24-38 : 30

Ph.(Metaphyllobius) jacobsoni Smirnov, 1913

Examined material: 8 specimens: Daugavpils d.: Daugavpils, Jaunforštate , 2.06.2009 (1, leg. A. Bukejs) , Daugavpils, Ruģeļi 06.2006. (1, leg. V. Kokina) , Ilgas, Silene NPT, 29.04. – 10.07.2000 (1, leg. L. Nikitina) ; Jēkabpils d.: Dunava , 1.06.2002 (2, leg. A. Barševskis) , 3.06.2007 (2, leg A. Barševskis) ; Rīga d.: Saulkrasti 28.06.1969 (1 ex. Dunes, forest) .

Host plants: Polyphagous.

Phenology: VI.

General distribution: Europe, W Kazakhstan [TUE].

Note: A new species for the Latvian fauna. This species was mistakenly reduced to a synonym of Phyllobius maculatus Tournier, 1880 in Yunakov and Korotyaev (2007) (N.N. Yunakov pers. comm.). Ph. jacobsoni also is known in Lithuania and Poland as Ph. fessus Boheman, 1843 ( Wanat 2005) (N.N. Yunakov pers. comm.).