Ladislav Roller - Attila Haris - Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Sawflies of the Carpathian Basin, History and Current Research - Natura Somogyiensis 11. (Kaposvár, 2008)

History of the Symphyta research in the Carpathian Basin

quent Symphyta species from his native town, Kiskunfélegyháza (MÓCZÁR 1911). Ferenc Pillich (1876 Szombathely 1948 Simotornya, chemist of Simontornya town, Fig. 14) did really great contribution to the knowledge of the Hungarian sawfly-fauna by his busy and exceptionally lucky collections mainly around his hometown, Simontornya. His sawfly collection was partly identified by Eduard Enslin. Since Enslin rejected to publish the checklist of the Pillich collection, Pillich published these results himslef in 1918. His daughter, Lujza Pillich (1914 Simontornya - , Fig. 15) continued his work with one paper mentioning further sawfly species around her native town. She published her single paper on her Symphyta research titled: "Mein erster Versuch" (PILLICH 1930). Now, the Fig. 13: Miklós Móczár Pillich collection is one of the most significant part of the Hymenoptera collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum. Arnold Müller (Szászrégen, 1884 - 1934) published a paper on the Transylvanian Hymenoptera fauna mentioning few rather common Symphyta species (MÜLLER 1920). Polish Symphyta research in East Galícia (Halics, Lodoméria and Beskid Mts.) between 1864-1918 Maximilian Sila Nowiczki (1826 Jablonow -1890 Krakow, professor of Zoology at the Jagelló University, Krakow) initiated the investigation of sawflies (and also other groups of insects) of Galicia (and the Krakow area as well) and published 2 papers (NOWICKI 1864 and 1865) based on the collection of the Dzieduszyckic Museum at Lwow (Lemberg, Lviv). Fourty-one sawfly species of the total 94 reported species were captured in the Carpathian Basin (Galicia had territories out of the Carpathian Basin either). The sawflies were divided into two families and 12 genera, namely: family Tenthredinidae: genera: Cimbex, Hylotoma, Lophyrus, Cladius, Nematus, Dineura, Dolerus, Emphytus and Tenthredo; family Uroceridae: genera: Cephus, Xiphydria Fig. 14: Ferenc Pillich ^^tt^irex.