Folia Historico-Naturalia Musei Matraensis - A Mátra Múzeum Természetrajzi Közleményei 19. (1994)

Levente Ábrahám–Zoltán Papp: Mantispids species in the Hungarian fauna with some taxonomical remarks (Neuroptera: Mantispidae)

Mantispa icterica PICTET, 1865 Material: Fót, Somlyó hill 25/07/1992. l<j? Magasházi P.-Tugyi L. Holomediterranean faunaelement (ASPÖCK et al 1980). It occurs in the Mediterraneum and in the similar habitats of Mantispa styriaca in Hungary. Its record of occurance and catching conditions are specified as follows. The Somolyó hill at Fót village - a popular collecting place for lepidopterologists of Budapest for about a century - can be found about 20 km from Budapest, to the northeast. There's a very rich insect fauna here, and it's one of the fewest places which are protected because of its entomological values. The hill is a limestone soil under a very strong submediterranean influence. The characteristic plant association of its southern part is: CerasoQuercetum pubescentis, Corno-Quercetum pubescentis and the Aceri tatarici-Quercetum-pubescentis-roboris. There are Fescuta sulcata limestone rock-lawns on the hill's plateau. Active large moths were collected at night several times on the hill by Peter Magasvári and Lajos Tugyi in June-Juli 1992. Besides the rich lepidopterological material some Neuroptera species were also found among them this species as well. The most northern record of the occurence of this species in Europe is the Somlyó hill at Fót. Its occurence is extremely remarkable in the respect of zoogeography and nature conservation. Its only living population in Hungary should be surveyed. Fig. 1.: Activity graph of Mantispa styriaca {PODA, 1761) in Hungary - A Mantispa styriaca (PODA, 1761) rajzási diagramja Magyarországon 71