Ph.(Metaphyllobius) jacobsoni Smirnov, 1913

Examined material: 8 specimens: Daugavpils d.: Daugavpils, Jaunforštate, 2.06.2009 (1, leg. A. Bukejs) , Daugavpils, Ruģeļi 06.2006. (1, leg. V. Kokina) , Ilgas, Silene NPT, 29.04. – 10.07.2000 (1, leg. L. Nikitina) ; Jēkabpils d.: Dunava, 1.06.2002 (2, leg. A. Barševskis) , 3.06.2007 (2, leg A. Barševskis); Rīga d.: Saulkrasti 28.06.1969 (1 ex. Dunes, forest) .

Host plants: Polyphagous.

Phenology: VI.

General distribution: Europe, W Kazakhstan [TUE].

Note: A new species for the Latvian fauna. This species was mistakenly reduced to a synonym of Phyllobius maculatus Tournier, 1880 in Yunakov and Korotyaev (2007) (N.N. Yunakov pers. comm.). Ph. jacobsoni also is known in Lithuania and Poland as Ph. fessus Boheman, 1843 (Wanat 2005) (N.N. Yunakov pers. comm.).