O. Merkl szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 67. (Budapest, 2006)

REMARKS ON SOME SPECIES FROM HUNGARY According to KASZAB (1967), Bruchela concolor (FÀHRAEUS, 1839) is not uncommon in the sandy areas of the Great Hungarian Plain, and on steppe grasslands of the hilly regions of Hungary. However, this species does not occur in Middle Europe; all records are based on misidentified specimens of Bruchela schusteri (SCHILSKY, 1912). The species is herewith deleted from the Hungarian faunal lists. KASZAB (1967) mentioned Bruchela conformis (SUFFRIAN, 1845) from Hungarian localities (Szeged, Horgos, Dorozsma), based on KUTHY (1897), but admitted that these data were erroneous, and no reliably labelled and identified specimens were seen. Deletion of this species from the Hungarian faunal lists seems thus reasonable. KASZAB (1967) mentioned Bruchela muscula (K. DANIEL et J. DANIEL, 1902) as a rare species known from Budapest and Deliblat (= the Deliblat sandy region in Vojvodina, Serbia). No material is available from Budapest, and the Deliblat specimen was identified as Bruchela anatolica (PlC, 1904) by B. KOROTYAEV (Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint-Petersburg, Russia) in 2004. The species is therefore deleted from the Hungarian faunal lists. ENDRŐDI (1961) and PODLUSSANY (1996) listed Gonotwpis dorsalis (THUNBERG, 1796), in the combination of Tropideres dorsalis as a member of the Hungarian fauna. However, a revision of the material deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum revealed that this species does not occur in Hungary. All specimens belong to Gonotwpis gibbosa LECONTE, 1876 (Fig. 1, which is now regarded as new to the country. Consequently, Gonotwpis dorsalis is deleted from the Hungarian list. The specimens are labelled as follows. Hungária, no closer locality, leg. E. FRIVALDSZKY (2 specimens); Budapest, 8. IX. 1909, unknown collector (1 specimen); Budapest, 22. XL 1911, leg. E. CSIKI (1 specimen); Budapest, 26. IV. 1912, unknown collector (1 specimen); Pilis Mountains, 23. V. 1909, leg. H. DIENER (1 specimen); Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county: Aggtelek National Park, Bódvaszilas [= in fact, Komjáti], Alsó-hegy, 12. IX. 1990, leg. GY. SZIRÁKI (1 specimen). Data of the last specimen were published by PODLUSSANY (1999) under Tropideres dorsalis. Another record is provided by J. KRÁTKY: Vas county, Farkasfa, Fekete-tó, 10. VI. 2006, leg. J. PELIKÁN (in coll. JAN PELIKÁN, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic). One datum proves the occurrence of Gonotwpis gibbosa in Romania, too: Mehadia, leg. E. FRIVALDSZKY (1 specimen). Rhaphitropis oxyacanthae (CH. BRISOUT, 1863) was put in square brackets by PODLUSSANY (1996), indicating that the species does not occur in present-day Hungary. However, this is a member of our fauna, because there are reliably labelled specimens with Hungarian localities, and the species was formerly mentioned by ENDRŐDÍ (1961).