Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok V. - Natura Somogyiensis 17. (Kaposvár, 2010)

ROZNER, I.: Kiegészítő adatok Törökország sutabogár faunájához (Coleoptera: Histeridae)

Natura Somogyiensis 17 171-176 Kaposvár, 2010 Additional data to the hister beetle fauna of Turkey (Coleoptera: Histeridae) ISTVÁN ROZNER H-1116 Budapest, XI. Tétényi-út 129,. Hungary, e-mail: irozner@gmail.com ROZNER, I.: Additional data to the hister beetle (Coleoptera: Histeridae) fauna of Turkey. Abstract: Between 1977 and 2001 the Hungarian Entomological Society organised 9 collecting trips to Turkey. During these trips 56 species of 14 genera in 5 sub-families were collected. Beside several rare species Hypocaccus rugiceps (Duft,) was also captured and it proved to be a new record for Turkey. Keywords: Histeridae, faunistics, Turkey Introduction Already in the middle of 19th century Hungarian entomologists directed their attention to Turkey. The first significant Hungarian entomologist Imre Frivaldszky (1799-1870) organised five collecting expeditions to Asia Minor between 1833 and 1870. His relative János Frivaldszky (1822-1895) participated in two such trips undertaken in West Anatolia and in the Olympia Mountains (Ulu Dag) in 1843 and in 1846. Researchers of the Hungarian Entomological Society organised 9 collecting trips to European Turkey and to Asia Minor between 1977 and 2001. Apart of these trips other collecting activities were also carried out by Hungarian entomologists transiting Turkey on their way to Iran and Syria. The hister beetle (Histeridae) collections and the collectors' names are listed below. Researching the collected material and results of the collections According to the latest researches (PESCHEL 2010) the hister beetle fauna of Turkey contains 204 species. Researchers of the Hungarian Entomological Society collected 56 species from 14 genera in 5 sub-families. The collectors visited European Turkey, the mountains and steppes of West and Central Anatolia, the southern Taurus Mountains (Toros Daglar), the Pontus Taurus and the Lower Caucasus Mountains, all the way to the borders of Iran and Gruzia. They collected several species rare in Turkey, namely: Saprinus aeneolus Mars., Saprinus concinnus (Gebl.), Saprinus externus (Fisch.), Saprinus niger Mötsch., Saprinus subnitescens (Mén.), Chalcionellus libanicola (Mars.), Hypocacculus palestinensis (Schm.), Hypocaccus brasiliensis (Payk.), Gnathoncus communis Mars., Margarinotus ignobilis (Mars.), Platysoma elongatum (Thunb,). Hypocaccus rugiceps (Duft.) proved to be a new record for Turkey.