Some Leaf-Beetles Species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Mistakenly Reported For The Latvian Fauna
Author
Bukejs, Andris
text
Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis
2010
10
1
71
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.10979655
1407-8953
10979655
Cryptocephalus pygmaeus
Fabricius, 1792
References:
Pūtele 1974
;
Telnov et al. 1997
;
Telnov 2004
;
Bukejs et al. 2007
;
Bukejs 2008a
.
Material in revised collection:
Record of this species “Misa,
06.07.1977
(
1 ex.
, leg.
V
.Pūtele)” was misidentified and relate to
C. fulvus
Goeze, 1777
.
Host plants:
various
Lamiaceae
and Compositae (
Bienkowski 2004
).
General distribution:
Europe (excl. N), NW Africa (
Morocco
), Near East,
Asia Minor
, Caucasus,
Kazakhstan
.
Note:
Occurrence of this species in Latvian fauna is doubtful, therefore it is excluded from the list of Latvian
Coleoptera
. The nearest known localities of this species are in
Ukraine
and S
Poland
(
Warchałowski 1991
; A. Warchałowski pers. comm.).