Haris Attila: Hymenoptera Research in the Carpathian Basin - Natura Somogyiensis 29. (Kaposvár, 2016)
Aculeata collections in and around the Carpathian Basin
Haris, A.: Hymenoptera Research in the Carpathian Basin 177 Romania Bucharest, “Grigore Antipa” Natural History Museum The Museum was established on 3rd of November 1834, by prince Mihalache Ghica. The present Hymenoptera collection was created after the Second World War, at the initiative of Dr. Victoria Iuga-Raica, with the support of Dr. Xenia Scobiola-Palade. In 1953 a part of the Eugen Worell Hymenoptera collection was acquired (758 species/8552 specimens), most of them collected in Transylvania and Dobruja. The Hymenoptera collection of “Grigore Antipa” Museum presently includes a number of 92 200 specimens and it is mainly formed of specimens collected in Romania (app. 90 000 specimens). Experts Alin Constantinescu and Ioana Matache contributed to the enlargement and the organization of this collection. In 2009, the Hymenoptera collection was enriched with 5500 specimens from the donation made by Dr. Cornelia Ceianu, daughter of forestry engineer Igor Ceianu, who collected an impressive number of insects. Nagyszeben (Sibiu), Brukenthal Museum, Natural History The natural history collection of the Brukenthal Museum was organized by the members of the Transylvanian Society of Natural Sciences (Siebenbürgischer Verein für Naturwissenschaften: Muller, Henrich, Worell, Deubel, Kimakovicz, etc). In total, the whole Hymenoptera collection counts over 18 500 specimens and only the Apoidea collection is about 5528 exemplares of 728 species. The Aculeata collection is approximately 10 000 specimens, collected by the members of the Society since 1894. The collection was partly published by Mariana Pascu. Main collectors are: Carl Riess, M. v. Kimakovicz, D. Czekelius, C. Heinrich, A. Mocsáry, A. Müller and M. Pascu. Nagyenyed (Aiud, Strassburg am Miresh) Natural History Museum of Gábor Bethlen College The museum is founded in 1796 by Ferenc Benkő as Raritatum et Rerum Naturalium Museum. The present Hymenopterological collection is founded by Zoltán Szilády who collected insects between 1900 and 1919 but further insects are survived from Pávay and Merkl collections either. From the 80's, Dr. László L. Magor ( neurobiologist) collected specimens. Now, in the collection, there are 54 specimens of 17 Vespidae species, 90 specimens of 35 Sphecidae species and 96 specimens of 23 Apidae species. Kolozsvár (Cluj-Napoca) Babes-Bolyai University, Zoological Museum The Zoological Museum was established in 1859 as one of the institutes of the Transylvanian Museum Society. The Arthropode collection contains the collected material of Ottó Hermann, Joseph von Franzenau and René Jeannel. The Hymenoptera collection from Transylvania is also significant. The most important collector is Zoltán Szilády. Published output on Chrysididae: Negru, 1960. Museul de Stinte Naturale Piaira Neamt The museum was founded in 1965. Vasile Ionescu established the entomological collection by the donation of his private insect collection including 3000 Symphyta specimens. However, the Aculeata maybe only 1000 specimens collected from the mountainous localities of Neamt County. Curator Maria Apetrei is in charge for the entomological collection. Bacau, "Ion Borcea " Natural Sciences Museum Complex The collection founded in 1970 and counts over 21 000 specimens with nearly 700
