Longitarsus brunneus, (Duftschmid, 1825)

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. brunneus (Duftschmid, 1825)

syn.: castaneus (Duftschmid, 1825); lurida var. 1 Gyllenhal, 1813 ( Haltica )

References: Fleischer 1829 ( Altica lurida Gyl. ); Seidlitz 1872 -1875; Rathlef 1905; Pūtele 1974 (misidentification), 1980, 1981a, 1881b; Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004.

Examined material: 3 exx: Daugavpils d.: Butišķi, 26.V.2008 (1, valley of the Daugava River , leg. A.Bukejs) , 9.IX.2007 (2, valley of the Daugava River , leg. A.Bukejs, M.Balalaikins). Earlier records of this species in Latvia – “ Jelgava d.: Tetele, 22.VII.1972 (1, leg. V.Pūtele)” ( Pūtele 1974) and “ Slītere, 23.VIII.1983 (2, leg. V.Pūtele)” [in the collection of Institute of Biology] were based on misidentifications .

Host plants: Ranunculaceae .

Phenology: V, IX.

General distribution: Europe, Caucasus, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Central Asia (Kyrghyzia), Russian Far East, Korean Peninsula. [ ASE]

Note: Authentically this species is known from single locality in SE Latvia.