New data on little-known flea beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae) in the fauna of Latvia

There are faunistical, ecological and bibliographical information on 11 genera (Hermaeophaga, Batophila, Lythraria, Ochrosis, Derocrepis, Hippuriphila, Epitrix, Mantura, Dibolia, Sphaeroderma and Argopus) of Alticinae is summarized and presented in the article. A total 439 specimens of these genera were processed, representing 12 species. The bibliographical information on Latvian flea beetles are summarized for the first time. General information on the distribution and host plants of species are given. Two species, namely Batophila fallax Weise, 1888 and Dibolia timida (Illiger, 1807), are herewith excluded from the list of the leafbeetles of Latvia.