Acta Biol. Univ. Daugavp. 12 (3) 2012 ISSN 1407 - 8953 LEAF BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: CHRYSOMELIDAE S. L.) IN THE COLLECTION OF INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA Andris Bukejs Bukejs A. 2012. Leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae s. l.) in the collection of Institute of Biology, University of Latvia. Acta Biol. Univ. Daugavp., 12 (3): 35 – 44. During the revision of leaf-beetle material in the collection of Institute of Biology, University of Latvia more than 630 specimens were reviewed belonging to 124 species (Megalopodidae – 2, Orsodacnidae – 1, and Chrysomelidae – 121). This data complement our knowledge of the fauna, distribution and phenology of Latvian Chrysomelidae s. l. Key words: Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae, Latvia, fauna. Andris Bukejs, Institute of Systematic Biology, Daugavpils University, Vienības 13, Daugavpils, LV-5401, Latvia,
[email protected] INTRODUCTION of Chrysomelidae s. l. are known. The number of registered species of Chrysomelidae s. l. The leaf-beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae in adjacent territories slightly varies: Belarus s. l.) are one of the largest families of the – 350 species (Alexandrovitch et al. 1996, order Coleoptera. There are 30000–50000 Barševskis 2001, Lopatin & Nesterova 2005), species known in the world fauna (Bieńkowski Estonia – 267 species (Silfverberg 2010, Bukejs 2004, Brovdij 1985, Jolivet 1988). They are 2012), Lithuania – 315 species (Tamutis et al. phytophagous: imagines mostly occur on leaves 2011, Bukejs et al. in press), Kaliningrad region and flowers, larvae mostly feed on leaves and (Western Russia) – 280 (Alekseev 2003, Bukejs roots, occasionally larvae are saprophagous or & Alekseev 2009, 2012, Alekseev & Bukejs carpophagous. Some species of leaf-beetles are 2010, 2011, Alekseev et al.