Haris Attila: Hymenoptera Research in the Carpathian Basin - Natura Somogyiensis 29. (Kaposvár, 2016)
Early History of the Aculeata research in Hungary from the 16th till the 19th century (1560–1800)
62 Natura Somogyiensis rare and sporadic species from Hungary, issued for the celebration of 1000 years of Hungary from it's foundation. In this monograph, he listed in total 1071 Aculeata species (excluding ants), dominantly from the Carpathian Basin (some places of capture were from Dalmatia) in the following distribution: Chrysididae: 105 species, Heterogynidae: 39 species, Pompilidae: 57 species, Sphecidae: 565 species, Vespidae: 71 species and Apidae: 565 species. (Mocsáry 1897d). Lajos Abafi-Aigner (11th February 1840 Nagyjécsa - 19th June 1909 Budapest) Member of the Petőfi Society, editor of the Journal of Entomology (Rovartani Lapok), Lepidoptera specialist. In his paper, he offers the juice of freshly cut onion onto the skin for the toxins of wasps (Abafi-Aigner 1904). Emil Malesevics (1858 Székesfehérvár - 1911 Losonc (now Lucenec), graduated at the Budapest University of Technology. Emil Malesevics was a geography and natural history teacher in Székesfehérvár high school. Later he moved to Losonc, where he continued his teacher career. Few years later, he was employed by the meteorological Station at Losonc where, after few years, he became director. His interest in zoology was expanded to ornithology and herpetology as well. From Losonc, Malesevics reported numerous Aculeata species in his monograph titled "Losoncz faunája" (Fauna of Losonc) (Malesevics 1892). Adolph Ducke (19th October 1876 Triest- 5th January 1959 Fortaleza) Hymenoptera specialist and botanist of Museu Paraense where he was invited by Emilio Goeldi in 1899. Ducke initiated the foundation of the National Institute for Research of Amazon Forests in 1954. He published few indefinite Hungarian records in his monograph on Osmia bees (Ducke 1900). Imre Vellay (11th October 1850 Nagybecskerek - 6th August 1898, Budapest) abstractor of Szeged Town Council, later scientific assistant at Budapest Entomological Institute). Since he wasn't come from a wealthy family, he had many difficulties to live on and to finish school. Finally, he graduated at "Ludovika", the Military College of the Monarchy. For a short period, he worked as an active army officer, later he joined to public servants of Szeged town where he became notary of the town council. With coauthorship of József Vánky, who was teacher of the local secondary school, he listed the insect fauna of Szeged and its ssurroundings based on their collection from 1886 till 1893. They completed a book titled "Fauna of Szeged and it's surroundings” (VÁNKY and Vellay 1894). Vellay also published a series on the fauna of the environment of Szeged. In the second part of these papers, he discussed the Hymenoptera including 163 Aculeata species (Vellay 1899). In 1895, just before few years of his death, he was appointed to the assistant of József Jablonowski in the Hungarian Royal Entomological station. In the early 20th century, the most important event in the entomological history was the establishment of the Hungarian Entomological Society (Magyar Rovartani Társaság) in 1910. In this time, numerous museums were founded in the countryside, for instance in Pécs, Kaposvár, Bártfa (Bardejov) and in Liptószentmiklós (Liptovsky Mikulás). The cultural and scientific life (including Aculeata research) was still active and very vivid till the tragic events of the First World War. Tivadar Ortvay (originally Tivadar Orthmayr) (19th November 1843 Csíklovabánya (now Ciclova Montana, Transylvania) - 8th July 1916 Budapest) catholic priest, historian, archeologist, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Ortvay graduated at
