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

Fig. 23: Jozef Lukas Nature Reserve Devinska Kobyla or National Park Low Tatras. Based on Malaise trap collections I analyzed the seasonal flight activities of selected Symphyta species in 12 various natural sites in Slovakia. Results of my studies on Symphyta are published in my 30 scientific papers. In this book, my published data are summarized and enriched with numerous unpublished records from the collection of Institute of Zoology. Important events: The 9

th International Workshop on Symphyta was held in Liptovsky Ján between 17 and 22 of June 2005. About 20 sawfly specialists from Europe and China remarkably contributed to the knowledge of the Slovak Symphyta fauna. From the Low Tatras Mts. the participants recorded 200 species, 15 of them were firstly reported from Slovakia (ROLLER et al. 2006). Moreover Andrew Liston (1963 Edinburgh - , entomologist at Deutsches Entomologisches Institut, Müncheberg, Germany) described a new species: Phyllocolpa rolleri associated with Salix hastata from Krakova hol'a Mt. (LISTON 2005). With Tommi Nymann and Alexandra Kehl he described a new type of host plant damage (gall-induction) caused by Empria testaceipes Knw. (LISTON, NYMAN and KEHL 2007). Sawfly research in Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, Slovenia and in the former Yugoslavia from 1920 Jonce Dimka Cingovskij (1926-1983) reported few Symphyta species from the Carpathian Basin part of the former Yugoslavia elaborating the sawfly collection of the Beograd Plant Protection Institute (CINGOVSKIJ 1967).