Some Leaf-Beetles Species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Mistakenly Reported For The Latvian Fauna
Author
Bukejs, Andris
text
Acta Biologica Universitatis Daugavpiliensis
2010
2010-12-15
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.10979655
1407-8953
10979655
Cryptocephalus chrysopus
(Gmelin, 1788)
References:
Pūtele 1974
,
1984
;
Telnov et al. 1997
;
Telnov 2004
;
Valainis 2007
b;
Bukejs et al. 2007
;
Bukejs 2008a
.
Material in revised collection:
Report of this species “Tetele,
12.08.1973
(
1 ex.
, leg.
V
.Pūtele)” (
Pūtele 1974
) was misidentified and relate to
C.
pusillus
Fabricius, 1777
.
Host plants:
Salix
,
Quercus, Rosa
(Lopatin, Nesterova 2005).
General distribution:
Europe (excl. N), Caucasus, Sayans, Kazakhstan.
Note:
Probably, other report of this species by
V
. Pūtele (
Pūtele 1984
) from Slītere National Park were based also on misidentification. 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
Poland
(
Warchałowski 1991
; A. Warchałowski pers. comm.) and southern
Belarus
(
Lopatin, Nesterova 2005
)