(-) L. obliteratus (Rosenhauer, 1847)

References: Barševskis 1993 (misidentification); Telnov et al. 1997; Telnov 2004.

Examined material: Not confirmed by the author. Earlier report of this species in Latvia – “Krāslava d.: Šķeltova, 23.IX.1990 (1, leg. A.Barševskis)” (Barševskis 1993) was based on misidentification.

Host plants: Labiatae ( Salvia, Thymus, Origanum, Melisa).

General distribution: W, C and S Europe (northwards to S England and N Poland), NW Africa, Asia Minor, Near East, Caucasus, Iran, Afghanistan, south part of W Siberia, Kazakhstan. [CEM]

Note: There are not faunal data or bibliographical reports of this species for Latvia. Therefore it is deleted from the list of Latvian Coleoptera .