A Debreceni Déri Múzeum Évkönyve 2000-2001 (Debrecen, 2001)

Természettudomány - Csabai Zoltán–Gidó Zsolt–Szél Győző: Aquatic Beetle Collection of Déri Museum

Csabai, Z.-Zs., Gidó-Gy., Szél AQUATIC BEETLE COLLECTION OF DÉRI MUSEUM, DEBRECEN, HUNGARY (COLEOPTERA: HALIPLIDAE, DYTISCIDAE, NOTERIDAE, GYRINIDAE, SPERCHEIDAE, HYDROCHIDAE, HELOPHORIDAE, HYDROPHILIDAE) János Ötvös in one of his latest work mention 75 species of aquatic beetles from the Coleoptera collection of Déri Museum (Debrecen). The specimens of the collection were collected from 1952 to 1975. The families of aquatic beetles have undergone major revision, so it was needed to revise the specimens. In the aquatic Coleoptera collection of Déri Museum 1296 specimens belonging to 39 genera and 111 species are deposited (Haliplidae 10, Dystiscidae 45, Noteridae 2, Gyrinidae 3, Spercheidae 1, Hydrochidae 3, Helophoridae 9, Hydrophilidae 38 spp.). This article presents 823 faunistic data of these species. More than 95 percentage of the collecting localities are in HajdúBihar county (Balmazújváros, Debrecen, Derecske, Egyek, Esztár, Haláp, Hencida, Hortobágy, Kornádi, Konyár, Mikepércs, Nyíradony, Ohat, Pocsaj, Püspökladány, Sáránd, Téglás, Tiszacsege, Újiráz) and there are some specimens from Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg (Bátorliget, Csaroda), Békés (Biharugra), Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén (Bükk, Kőkapu) and Zala county (Hévíz). Interesting faunistical results of this revision the occurrence of Haliplis maculatus MOTSCHULSKY, 1860, Helophorus liguricus ANGUS, 1970 and Hydrochara dichroma (FAIRMAIRE, 1892). 16