Uherkovich Ákos: A Villányi-hegység botanikai és zoológiai alapfelmérése (Dunántúli Dolgozatok Természettudományi Sorozat 10., 2000)

Ábrahám Levente: Alderfly (Megaloptera) and lacewing (Neuroptera) fauna of the Villány Hills, South Hungary. - A Villányi-hegység nagyszárnyú (Megaloptera) és recésszárnyú (Neuroptera) faunája.

260 DUNÁNTÚLI DOLGOZATOK (A) TERMÉSZETTUDOMÁNYI SOROZAT 10. (2000) Aleuropteryx umbrata Zeleny, 1964 - It is considered to be a Ponto-Mediterranean faunái element and is likely to reach the north-western edge of its distribution in Hungary. It is the second time for this species to be recorded in Hungary; the first specimen was collected in Tihany Peninsula near Lake Balaton, in an area with subMediterranean influence (SZIRÁKI et al. 1992). In the Villány Hills it was caught by netting on elm bushes in an extremely dry habitat at the foot Of Szársomlyó hill. Based on data collected in Hungary and abroad it seems to be a very rare species. It may have two generations, the first flying in May and the second one in September-October in Hungary. According to the cited literature (ASPÖCK et al. 1980) it is associated with both deciduous and coniferous trees. This species is important from a zoogeographical point of view because it also shows that the fauna of the Villány Hills is subject to a strong Ponto-Mediter-ranean influence. It is not protected in Hungary yet, but both populations live in strictly protected areas. Helicoconis pseudolutea Ohm, 1965 - It is also a Holo-Mediterranean faunal element (ASPÖCK et al. 1980). As its distribution data show, it seems to live in thermophiluos dry oak forests. Coniopteryx haematica McLachlan, 1868 - It is supposed to be an expansive HoloMediterranean faunal element. It was found mainly in dry deciduous woodlands but lives in open sand steppe oak woodlands at Lake Baláta near Somogyszob, and in the Dráva region in south Transdanubia (ÁBRAHÁM 1998). Coniopteryx renate Rausch et Aspöck, 1977 - It is considered to be an AdriatoMediterranean faunal element (ASPÖCK et al. 1980). This species is only known in Italy and Hungary (MEINANDER 1990). Its first record at Kővágóőrs was published by ÚJHELYI (1978), shortly after the description of the species. It seems to be an extremely rare species and its population is only known sporadically. It is associated with closed or semi-closed, thermophilous oak woodlands and white oak scrub woodlands. Only about a dozen populations of the species are known in Europe, of which ten are in Hungary, thus this one is the most important species from the points of view of conservation. As collection data show, it is a bivoltine species. Nineta guadarramensis (Pictet, 1865). - It is a Holo-Mediterranean faunal element, but its distribution extends as far as Germany in the north. The first specimen (in coll: JPM, Pécs) was collected at Cserkút in Hungary (ÁBRAHÁM 1994), but the first published individuals came from Nyírád and Visegrád (SZIRÁKI et al. 1992). The present field work shows that this species is strictly associated with Quercus cerris and Qercus pubescens woodlands in the Villány Hills. In Hungary it was rather frequent on the slope of Világos Hill in the Mátra Mountains (ÁBRAHÁM 1995b), at Zamárdi in Outer Somogy, on the north-western part of Tenkes Hill at Bisse, and at the summit of Csukma Hill in Siklós. Chrysopa walked (McLachlan, 1893) - The correct zoogeographical status of this species is still uncertain; its distribution pattern in Hungary suggests that it is rather frequent, but it has low density populations and on the other hand the old records should be re-confirmed. The frequency distribution of the species based on records from the 1980s and the 1990s show that it has become rarer and has occurred sporadically. The density of its populations is likely to be influenced by some biological and environmental factors as well. Its life history has been studied recently. Chrysoperla mediterranea (Hölzel, 1972) - It is supposed to be an AtlantoMediterranean faunal element (ASPÖCK et al 1980). Adults have been found in plant associations with pines in Hungary and abroad as well. On the basis of its occurrences it seems to be strictly associated with Pinus nigra in Hungary. I have never recorded large