Eight new and little-known leaf-beetles species (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae & Chrysomelidae) for the Kaliningrad region Author Bukejs, Andris Author Alekseev, Vitaly I. text Baltic Journal of Coleopterology 2009 9 1 45 50 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.13204576 1407-8619 13204576 Prasocuris junci (Brahm, 1790) Material : On the territory of the former East Prussia it was registered in Königsberg [ Kaliningrad ], Rauschen [Svetlogorsk] and in Rominten [Krasnolesye] ( Bercio & Folwaczny 1979 ). In research period it was recorded twice: Zelenogradsky district , Pereslavskoe environs, 54°49´32.6´´N 20°17´16.4´´E , 16.VI.2001 (3 exx, bank of a rivulet, leg. V . Alekseev ) and Svetlogorsk environs, 54°56´26.2´´N 20°8´27.1´´E , 06.VI.2004 ( 1 ex. , the Baltic Sea shore, leg. V . Alekseev) . Comment: the species feeds on Veronica beccabunga and distributed in Europe, north Africa, Caucasus, Asia Minor . In the Baltic States and Fennoscandia it is known from Denmark , Latvia and Sweden ( Silfverberg 2004 ) and also from Belarus ( Lopatin, Nesterova 2005 ). ALTICINAE NEWMAN , 1834 Phyllotreta dilatata Thomson, 1866 * Material : At present the species is known only from one locality in the Kaliningrad region : Zelenogradsk environs, 54°57´41.6´´N 20°30´16´´E , 09.V.1998 ( 1 ex. , the Baltic Sea shore, leg. V . Alekseev) . Comment: The species feeds on Cruciferae and is distributed in western and central Europe, central Siberia (the Krasnoyarsk district). In the Baltic States and Fennoscandia it is known from Latvia ( Bukejs 2008b ), Denmark and Sweden ( Silfverberg 2004 ) and also from Belarus ( Lopatin, Nesterova 2005 ).