Haris Attila: Hymenoptera Research in the Carpathian Basin - Natura Somogyiensis 29. (Kaposvár, 2016)
History of the Aculeata research in Czechoslovaki, in Slvoakia and int he Czech part of the Carpathian Basin from 1920
Haris, A.: Hymenoptera Research in the Carpathian Basin 109 History of Aculeata research in Czechoslovakia, in Slovakia and in the Czech part of the Carpathian Basin from 1920 In the first Czechoslovak republic (1918-1938), several Czech entomologists studied the Aculeata fauna of Slovakia and eastern Moravia. Only, 2 papers are knwon from this region before 1918: Jan (Johann) Slavicek (28th March 1856 Mikulov - 2nd October 1938 Litovel), Moravian entomologist. He published occurenc of 136 wild bee species around Mikulov (Slavicek, 1895). They were collected between 1888 and 1892. He also provided faunistic data of Bombus species of Moravia (Slavicek, 1901). Carlo Menozzi (7th April 1892 Spilamberto - 4th March 1943 Spilamberto) Italian hymenopterologist, specialized mainly for ants. After his graduation, he worked for several places ie.: Padua, Geological Institute; Laboratory of Agricultural Entomology in Portici; Modena Agricultural Department and in the Phytopathology Laboratory in Chiavary. His last place of work was the National Consortium of Sugar Production where he was employed as entomologist. In 1924, he described Pseudisobrachium rou- bali Menozzi, 1924 from Léva (now Levice) which proved to be a synonym of Pristocera depressa (Fabricius, 1805). Karol Mergl (27th April 1876 Bratislava -30th October 1953 Bratislava) teacher and researcher. Karol Mergl was the youngest child of Johan Mergl, descendant of an old family of Pozsony. He was teacher and taught in several schools of Pozsony (now Bratislava), for example Saint Martin Roman Catholic school or at a vocational school Vazovova street where he was the director as well. From his early age he interested in natural sciences (especially zoology and botany), which was the influence of his older cousin, the town physician Edmund Mergl. Karol was active member of the Bratislava- medical science association, he was elected librarian of the association and filled its chairman position between 1914 and 1922. This association was an important center of natural sciences, unfortunately in the Czechoslovak period, the association were slowly declining and after the second world war didn't exist any longer. Karol Mergl's main work remained in manuscript. This is a 6000 pages illustrated series of monographs on the flora and ffauna of Bratislava. In the 7th book of Fauna Posoniensis, he discusses Hymenoptera and Diptera (Mergl 1943). "Fauna Posoniensis" is derived from the original name of Bratislava: Pressburg or Pozsony, the present name: Bratislava occurs firstly in 1919. Vladimir Balthasar (21st June 1897, Prague - 10th November 1978, Prague) was important Czech naturalist, ornithologist, Doctor of Science, an entomologist dealing with orders Coleoptera and Hymenoptera. In the years 1933 - 1939, he served as curator of zoological and botanical department of the Slovak National Museum in Bratislava. In ornithology, Balthasar completed a monograph of birds of the Slovak Danube. He took part in nature conservation projects in the following regions: Samorin (Somorja), Dunajska Streda (Dunaszerdahely), Komamo (Komárom), Stúrovo (Párkány). His collection of insects is stored in the National Museum (major part). He was one of the founders of the Czechoslovakian Entomological Society and one of its presidents. In Balthasar, 1945,20 Sphecoidea and Chrysididae species are reported from various places of South-West Moravia dominantly from the Carpathian Basin like Bzenec, Kobyli, Cejc, Vizovice, Zlamanec, Muténice and Kyjov. In the field works, Eva Balthazarová helped Vladimir. He described 7 species from the Carpathian Basin (Balthasar 1943, 1946, 1949, 1954, 1956 and 1957), namely Cerceris dacica slovaca Balthasar, 1954; Cerceris somotorensis
