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Gyurkovics H. - Haris A.: Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) from Szeged and its surroundings (SE Hungary)
Natura Somogyiensis 22 163-182 Kaposvár, 2012 Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) from Szeged and its surroundings (SE Hungary) Henrik Gyurkovics1 & Attila Haris2 biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences H-6726 Szeged Temesvári krt. 62., Hungary, email: henrik@brc.hu 2H-8142 Úrhida Petőfi u. 103., Hungary, email: attilaharis@yahoo.com Gyurkovics, H. & Haws, A.: Sawflies (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) from Szeged and its surroundings (SE Hungary). Abstract: 101 sawfly species are reported from Szeged, Bácsborista and Ásotthalom. Acantholyda (Acantholyda) flaviceps (Retzius, 1783) is new record for Hungary. Rare species are: Xyela menelaus Benson, 1960, Xyela nigroabscondita Haris and Gyurkovics, 2011, Tremex alchymista Mocsáry, 1886, Arge beckeri (Toumier, 1889), Arge frivaldszkyi (Tischbein, 1852), Cephas runcator (Konow, 1896), Cephus infuscatus (C. G. Thomson, 1871), Cephalcia arvensis Panzer, 1804, Dolerus quadrinotatus (Bíró, 1884), Dolerus stygius (Forster, 1860), Athalia rufoscutellata Mocsáry, 1879, Macrophya teutona (Linnaeus, 1767), Rhogogaster chambersi (Benson, 1947), Rhogogaster genistae (Benson, 1947) and Pachynematus moerens Förster, 1854. Keywords: Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Szeged, Hungary, new record Introduction Szeged is situated near the southern border of Hungary, in the Southern Hungarian Great Plain on both banks of the River Theis (River Tisza), 169 km South-East of Budapest. Szeged's climate is transitional between oceanic and continental with cold winters, hot summers, and low precipitation. The yearly mean temperature is 11.2 °C, higher than that of Hungary (10 °C). The yearly mean moisture is only 520 mm. The altitude is at Szeged between 77-80 m and at Asotthalom 108-116 m above the sea level. Szeged and its area have been inhabited since the Neolitics (5000 B. Ch.). Ptolemaeus (Ptolemy) mentions the oldest known name of the city: Partiscum. The present name of the city was first mentioned in 1183. For now, it is the 3rd largest city of Hungary with a population of 170 000 people. The sawfly fauna of Szeged and its environment is hardly known and only a limited number of investigations were carried out in this area. The first checklist of sawflies was published by Vellay (1899). This list contains 37 species, namely Arge enodis (Linnaeus, 1767), Arge ochropus (Gmelin, 1790), Abia sericea (Linnaeus, 1758), Cimbex femoratus (Linnaeus, 1758), Cimbex luteus (Linnaeus, 1758), Cimbex quadrimaculatus (O.F. Müller, 1766), Acantholyda posticalis pinivora Enslin, 1918, Dolerus anticus (Klug, 1818), Dolerus gonager (Fabricius, 1781), Dolerus haematodes (Schrank, 1781), Dolerus niger (Linnaeus, 1767), Allantus cinctus (Linnaeus, 1758), Allantus didymus (Klug, 1818), Athalia glabricollis C. G. Thomson, 1870, Athalia rosae (Linnaeus, 1758),
