Longitarsus niger, (Koch, 1803)

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 : 65

L. niger (Koch, 1803)

References: Pūtele 1965, 1968, 1970a, 1970b, 1971; Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004; Kalniņš et al. 2007; Bukejs, Telnov 2007 (misidentification).

Examined material: Not confirmed by the author. Earlier record of this species in Latvia – “ Daugavpils d.: Stropi, 25.V.2007 (1, old clearing, leg. A.Bukejs)” ( Bukejs, Telnov 2007) was based on misidentification.

Host plants: Boraginaceae , mostly on Anchusa , Echium .

Phenology: VI.

General distribution: Europe, Asia Minor ( Turkey), Caucasus. [ EUR]

Note: In Latvia, this species is known from single locality in Sigulda ( Pūtele 1965).