S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 59. (Budapest, 1998)

ROVARTANI KÖZLEMÉNYEK LIX 1998 pp. 231-233 Holoscotolemon jaqueti (Corti, 1905) (Opiliones: Laniatores, Erebomastridae), the first Laniatores recorded from Hungary R. van der Weele Holoscotolemon jaqueti (Corti, 1905) (Opiliones: Laniatores, Erebomastridae), the first Laniatores recorded from Hungary - In the beginning of October 1995 I was on a collecting trip in the Mátra Mts. In a beech-forest under a big stone, which lay deep in a thick layer of fallen leaves, I found an amber-coloured harvestman, which proved to belong to the species Holoscotolemon jaqueti, an unrecorded from Hungary. H. jaqueti is known from the Carpatians. It has been collected in Rumania, Ukraine, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. It is therefore not surprising that a specimen has been found in the Mátra Mts near Mátraháza in Hungary. The environment where I caught the animal is rather typical. The armation of the pedipalpi of the species of the suborder Laniatores is characteristic and is, therefore, an important feature in the determination of the species. Typical for all species of Holoscotolemon are the large dorsal spines on the femur of the pedipalpi (see drawing). I kept in my private collection one of its pedipalpi and chelicerae. The remaining of the animal was sent to Professor Dr. J. Martens. He keeps the specimen is his collection. As the above mentioned H. jaqueti, many other Opiliones species may yet be added to the fauna of Hungary. To help future students of the Hungarian Opiliones I made a checklist of Opiliones, which have been recorded from Hungary till now. This is far from easy, because often the claim in literature that a certain species has been collected in Hungary cannot be checked. The list is made on the basis of the work of Prof. Dr. J. Martens. Unfortunately, the key in the Fauna Hungáriáé by Mr. Szalay provids little help. After 1968 many groups have been revised, by which we have to come to the conclusion that many determinations were actually false. Therefore, some species as for example Leiobunum nigripalpis Simon, 1879 are kept out of the list. Also Paroligolophus agrestis (Meade, 1855) is removed from the list, though mentioned by Mr. Szalay as rather common in Central Europe and part of the Hungarian opiliones fauna; there is no specimen of this species, which is a well known element of the Atlantic coast region, in the Hungarian Natural History Museum to prove its occurrence in Central Europe.