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

ty, ecotechnological control, endoparasites, larval development, food choice and food consumption. Professor Sáringer is author of 9 books, 16 book-chapters and 334 scientific papers. Kálmán Szeőke (Lepidoptera specialist, Plant Protection and Soil Conservation Service of County Fejér) studied the life history and control of Cephus pygmaeus and the resistances of wheat varieties against the wheat stem sawfly (SZEŐKE 1984, 2002, SZEŐKE arid TÍMÁR 1986, SZEŐKE et al. 1986). Else Jahn (1913 Klagenfurt - ) studied the distribution and biology of Acantholyda erythrocephala Chr. in Niederösterreich (JAHN 1967). Gyula Kadocsa (1880 Magyarkimle - 1962 Budapest, director of the Plant Protection Institute of the Hungarian academy of Sciences) studied the biology of Athalia rosae L. (KADOCSA 1923) and Arge ochropus Gmel. (KADOCSA 1946). Béla Husz (1892 Poprádfelka - 1954 Budapest, phytopathologist) published two papers on the control of plumb sawflies (Hoplocampa minuta Christ.) (Husz 1937, 1938). Barnabás Nagy (Orthoptera specialist, Plant Protection Institute of Hungarian Academy of Sciences) studied the life history, ecology, distribution and control of fruit sawflies {Hoplocampa spp.) (NAGY 1952, 1953, 1954a, b, c, 1959a, b, c, 1960, 1965, JOSEPOVITS and NAGY 1953). In 1960, he published a monographic work on the four Hoplocampa pests of European fruit trees. With coauthorship of Gyula Sáringer and Lajos Zombori he compilled the Hymenoptera part of the Handbook of Plant Protection Zoology (A növényvédelmi állattan kézikönyve) (NAGY 1994). György Csóka (1961 Baja -, Forest Research Institute) in his richly illustrated bookseries on the insect pests of wooden plants, discussed the gall making, the leaf mining sawflies and the woodwasps (CSÓKA 1997, 1999, 2003). Twenty-nine sawfly pests or potential pests of the Hungarian forests were listed and discussed by József Tóth (Forest Research Institute), namely Acantholyda nemoralis Ths., A. erythrocephala L., A. hieroglyphica Christoph, Cephalcia abietis L., Xyphidria longicollis Geoffr., Sirex (Urocerus) gigas L., S. noctilio F, S. juvencus L., Tremex fuscicornis F, Janus femoratus Curtis, J. luteipes Lep., Arge rustica L., A. melanochroa Gmel., Cimbex femorata L., Pseudocavellaria amerinae L., Neodiprion sertifer Geoff., Diprion pini L., Gilpina hercynae Htg., Pristiphora abietina Christoph, P. laricis Htg., Caliroa cinxia Kl., Hoplocampa brevis Kl. Blennocampa pusilla (phyllocolpa Vit.) Kl., Croesus (Craesus) septentrionalis L., Kaliofenusa ulmi Sund., Profenusa pygmaea Kl. Messa nana KL, M. hortulana Kl. and Pontania proxima Lep. (TÓTH 1999). Marcin Jachym (Forest Research Institute, Cracow) studied the biology and economic importance of Cephalcia spp. (JACHYM 2003, JACHYM and KOSIBOWITZ 1998, JACHYM et al. 2005). János Kocsis and József Molnár published two papers on control of Athalia rosae L. (KOCSIS 1977, MOLNÁR 1976). Gábor Jenser (Plant Prot. Inst, of Hung. Acad. Sci.) studied the sensitivity of Hoplocampa brevis Kl. for colour traps (JENSER 1971); István Berend (Plant Prot. Inst. Hung. Acad. Sci.) and J. Claus published two papers on the control of fruit sawflies (Hoplocampa spp.) (BEREND 1938, CLAUS 1939). I. Szűcs, L. Magi, A. Savescu and G. Isac studied the life history and bionomics of Hoplocampa minuta Christ. (Szűcs 1963, MAGI 1939, SAVESCU and ISAC 1960). József Jártás, Balázs Magyar and Ferenc Gém reported firstly the outbreak of wheat sawflies in 1970 in Hungary (MAGYAR and GÉM 1970, JÁRFÁS 1970). Later, Károly Biber (Ministry of Agriculture) and Margit Aichorn published 2 papers on the biology of these sawflies species (Dolerus, Pachynematus spp.) (BIBER 1972, AICHORN 1978).