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Checklist of the Fauna of Hungary Volume 3. Macrolepidoptera Varga, Z., Ronkay, L, Bálint, Zs., László, Gy. M. & Peregovits, L. This is the third volume of the series Checklist of the fauna of Hungary launched in 2001 published by the Hungarian Natural History Museum. The present volume follows the Microlepidoptera (Vol. 2) making complete the checklist of the Lepidoptera fauna of Hungary. The volume divided into three chapters: introduction, checklist and index of scientific names and their authors. The annotated checklist contains, besides the taxonomic list of the Macrolepidoptera taxa recorded from Hungary, a double biogeographical categorisation of each species. The major part of the extensive Introduction list, shortly explain and illustrate by examples the biogeographic and ecological categories used. The faunal type defined as an assemblage or aggregation of groups of species-group level taxa (or in certain cases subspecies) which can be attributed to given core areas, while the faunal element defined as a species-group level taxon belonging to the given faunal type, indicating their type of distribution in a finer scale. Ten faunal types (number of faunal elements in parentheses) are represented in the Hungarian Macrolepidoptera fauna: Extra-Palaearctic (10), Transpalaearctic (4), Boreo-continental Siberian (4), Southern continental (6), Western Palaearctic (11), Pannonian endemic (1), Carpathian (4), Alpine (5), Xeromontane (2), Eremic (2). Altogether 106 faunal component categories describingthe ecological demands of the species based mostly on the bionomy and habitat requirement of the given species. In the Checklist chapterthe following information given for all the 1259 species (552 genera) listed: the generic name with the author and the year of publication; the valid name of the species-group name with the author and the year of publication in the current generic combination; the faunal type and faunal element categorization of the given species, completed with the faunal component category; and when necessary, a concluding remark is given providing brief details of taxonomic and/or nomenclatural information concerning with thetaxon under discussion. Lepidopterans play an important role in ecosystems and are equally favoured by professionals and non-professionals. Based on the information provided in this volume readers can characterise not only a given species but will be able to evaluate a given area through the qualification of the composition of its lepidopteran fauna. We presume that beside basic sciences it will have a wide and successful application in the practice of agriculture, forestry and nature conservation as well. ISBN 963 7093 88 5 [first edition in Hungarian, 2004] ISBN 963 7093 89 3 [second edition in English, 2005] Soft bound, 114 pages Orders should be sent to The Library, Hungarian Natural History Museum H-1083 Budapest, Ludovika tér 2, Hungary Fax: (36-1) 3172320, E-mail: angela@libr.nhmus.hu