O. Merkl szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 69. (Budapest, 2008)

FOLIA ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA ROVARTANI KÖZLEMÉNYEK Volume 69 2008 pp. 165-172. Notes on and further new species of the beetles in the Hungarian fauna (Coleoptera) O. MERKL & T. NÉMETH Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungary. E-mails: merkl@nhmus.hu, haesito@gmail.com Abstract - Twenty-two species of Coleoptera belonging to nine families are recorded from Hungary for the first time. Lectotype is designated for Astenus laticeps MERKL, 1991. Key words - Anobiidae, Bostrichidae, Bothrideridae, Elateridae, Mordellidae, Ptiliidae, Scraptiidae, Silvanidae, Staphylinidae, Tenebrionidae, Hungary, new records, lectotype designation. INTRODUCTION The present paper is a continuation of MERKL (2006), and lists first Hungarian records of 22 beetle species, which will be incorporated in the checklist of Coleoptera of Hungary, under preparation by the senior author. The families and the species are arranged in alphabetical order. The localities - also listed in alphabetical order - are grouped according to the Hungarian counties (county = megye, is abbreviated by m.), including the metropolitan area of Budapest. Translation of Hungarian words written on the specimen labels and comments are in brackets. The number of specimens studied and the abbreviation of the depository collections are in parentheses. Abbreviations - CDS = collection of DEZSŐ SZALÓKY, Budapest; HNHM = Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest (curator: OTTÓ MERKL); KFM = Kazinczy Ferenc Museum, Sátoraljaújhely (curator: GÁBOR HEGYESSY), NHMZ = Natural History Museum of Bakony Mountains, Zirc (curator: CSABA KUTASl).