Az Alpokalja természeti képe közlemények 8. (Praenorica - Folia historico-naturalia. Szombathely, 2005)

György, Zoltán–Merkl, Ottó: Seed beetles preserved in the Savaria Museum, Hungary, with a national checklist of the family (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)

Praenorica Folia historiconaturalia, VIII (2005) The senior author of this paper revised the whole seed beetle material housed in the Hungarian Natural History Museum (Budapest), which served as the basis of KASZAB'S (1967) work. As a result, the following three species need some remarks. Bruchidius lividimanus (Gyllenhal, 1833) — KASZAB (1967) mentioned several localities of this species from Hungary, but the specimens on which these records were based, actually belong to B. seminarius (Linnaeus, 1767) and B. mulsanti (Brisout de Barneville, 1863). KASZAB listed three infrasubspecific names (aberrations) of this species, and 19 of the specimens determined as 'ab. retamae Vogel' proved to be true B. lividimanus. Further specimens were found in the material of the Savaria Museum (see above). Bruchidius 'species prope varius

' — MERKL (1991) and BOROWIEC & MERKL (1993) first reported this species under the name Bruchidius martinezi (Allard, 1868), based on specimens determined by Lech BOROWIEC in 1990. However, according to ANTON (2001), B. martinezi is a species of southwestern Mediterranean distribution, which does not occur in Hungary. The closely related species found in our country is still unidentified. ANTON (2001) tentatively used the name Bruchidius species prope varius. Bruchidius pauper (Boheman, 1829) — KASZAB (1967) reported this species from Budapest and Pécs, based on a male and a female specimen, respectively. However, these are misidentified specimens of Bruchidius olivaceus (Germar, 1824). Nevertheless, Bruchidius pauper cannot be deleted from our faunal list, because it does occur in present-day Hungary (JERMY & SZENTESI 2003). Two specimens are deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum, which were reared from pods of Coronilla coronata collected in Nagykovácsi (3.IX. 1983, leg. Árpád SZENTESI, det. Klaus-Werner ANTON; 17.VIII.2004, leg. and det. Tibor JERMY). After checking the original specimens, the following eight species should be deleted from the faunal list of Hungary. Bruchidius astragali (Boheman, 1829) was mentioned by BOROWIEC & ANTON (1993) and KASZAB (1967), but no exact locality was given, and original specimens are not available. Occurrence of this East-Mediterranean-Pontian species in Hungary is quite unlikely. Bruchidius foveolatus (Gyllenhal, 1833) was mentioned by KASZAB (1967) from Pécs, Simontornya and Siófok. Original specimens from the first two localities are unavailable, and the reliability of the specimen from Siófok is highly doubtful. Bruchidius longulus Schilsky, 1905 was mentioned by KASZAB (1967) under the synonymous name Bruchidius longus Pic, 1913 from Budapest, but no original specimen is available. Occurrence of this Mediterranean species in Hungary is pretty unlikely. Bruchidius murinus Boheman, 1829 was mentioned by KASZAB (1967) from the Mecsek Hills, but no original specimen is available. Bruchidius pygmaeus (Boheman, 1833) was mentioned by (KASZAB 1967) under the name Bruchidius perparvulus (Boheman, 1833) as 'fairly rare in the drier steppic slopes of Transdanubia'. However, all specimens proved to be Bruchidius villosus (Fabricius, 1792) (checked by L. BOROWIEC in 1983). ' " Bruchidius tibialis Boheman, 1929 was mentioned by WENDT & MERKL (1999) from the Aggtelek National Park (Jósvafő: Nagy-oldal), but the record is 73