Uherkovich Ákos: A Villányi-hegység botanikai és zoológiai alapfelmérése (Dunántúli Dolgozatok Természettudományi Sorozat 10., 2000)
Ábrahám Levenete: Adatok a Villányi-hegység csőrősrovar faunájához (Mecoptera) - Data to the scorpionflies fauna (Mecoptera) of the Villány Hills, South Hungary.
DUNÁNTÚLI DOLGOZATOK (A) TERMÉSZETTUDOMÁNYI SOROZAT 10. (2000) Data to the scorpionfly fauna (Mecoptera) of the Villány Hills, South Hungary Levenete ÁBRAHÁM In the course of 1999-2000, a faunistical and nature conservational investigation of the scorpionfly fauna, organised by the Natural History Department of Janus Pannonius Museum (Pécs, Hungary), was carried out in the Villány Hills, South Hungary. Mecopterous species were collected by netting of grasslands and foliage, and by light trapping as well. A total of 97 individuals belonging to 4 species are reported, namely: Bittacus italicus, Bittacus hageni, Panorpa communis, Panorpa germanica. Bittacus hageni proved to be a new species in the Hungarian scorpionfly fauna. Comparing the recording sites of Bittacus species, Bittacus italicus seems to live in hygrophilous habitats like wet meadows, while Bittacus hageni is associated with thermophilous, dry habitats in the Villány Hills. It is very important that the populations of both of these rare species are preserved in Hungary. Panorpa germanica was dominant among the species of Mecoptera. In each and every of its habitat in the Villányi Hills it occurred in high relative frequencies. Panorpa communis was also common, but it occurred mainly in the hygrophilous habitats. The author gives a map of the recording sites and drawings of the male genitalia of Bittacus species. Author's address: Dr. Levente ÁBRAHÁM Natural History Department Somogy County Museum H-7401 Kaposvár P. O. Box 70 E-mail: "Abraham Levente" levi@smmi.hu " V
