THE HISTORY OF INVESTIGATIONS OF CHRYSOMELIDAE SENSU LATO (COLEOPTERA) IN LATVIAN FAUNA

The leaf-beetles are one of the biggest beetle family in the world fauna (30000 – 50000 species are known) (Bieńkowski 2004; Brovdij 1985; Jolivet 1988; Mohr 1966) and also in the Latvian fauna. However, the special investigation of the history of leaf-beetles in Latvia was not made till now. The analogous works were made abou