Vig Károly: Zoological Research in Western Hungary. A history (Szombathely, 2003)

Phylum Arthropode* 91 hard and Sárvár. In 2000, a mature male specimen was collected at Rábahídvég as well. Also new to the Hungarian fauna is Siphonoperla taurica, found at Kercaszomor on the Kerca and at Körmend, Magyarlak, Molnaszecsőd and Rábahídvég on the Rába. The reappearance of Amphinemura standfussi in the Sopron Hills is also worth mentioning (WEINZIERL et al. 2001). The still unpublished records of the stonefly collection assembled and lodged at the Mátra Museum in the last decade and those of the stonefly collection in the Hungarian Natural History Museum were covered by the same authors in another article (KOVÁCS et al 2002). That article also mentions two species found in the West Hungarian border region that are new to the Hungarian fauna. Isoperla difformis was found in the Sopron Hills (Köves Brook and Rák Brook), while Rhabdiopteryx acuminata came from the watercourses (Kerca, Kerka and Szentgyörgyvölgy Brook) on the river Kerka in the Hetes district. The latter cohabits with such rare mayflies as Baetis niger, Leptophlebia marginata and Eurylophella karelica. Two further rare species are mentioned. They repeat the occurrence record for Marthemea vitripennis on the Rába and Lapines. Brachyptera braueri features without an accurate location in an earlier list of stoneflies (TÓTH 1990). The basis is presumably a single specimen from the Kőszeg Hills in the Hungarian Natural History Museum collection. The species is omitted from the most recent checklist (ANDRIKOVICS and MURÁNYI 2001). TIBOR KOVÁCS and ANDRÁS AMBRUS (2002a) establish in a summarizing article that altogether 16 stonefly species are known from the Őrség and the Kerka district. Order Dermaptera (earwigs) Six species from the order occur in Hungary. The occurrence of the lesser earwig (Labia minor) and the two-spotted Anechura bipunctata in Sopron County was published by JÁNOS FRIVALDSZKY (1867). SÁNDOR PONGRÁCZ (1940) found the same two species and the common earwig (Forficula auricularia) in the Kőszeg Hills. Two species, the shortwinged earwig (Apterygida media) and F. auricularia are found in the Őrség (NAGY and SZÖVÉNYI 1997). All six species are found in the Fertő-Hanság National Park (NAGY and SZIRÁKI 2002). Order Mantoptera (mantises) The single species in the order native to Hungary, the praying mantis (Mantis religiosa), occurs quite frequently in the region. JÁNOS FRIVALDSZKY (1867) mentioned it in Sopron, as did SÁNDOR PONGRÁCZ (1940) in the Kőszeg Hills. It appears sporadically in the FertőHanság National Park (NAGY and SZIRÁKI 2002). Order Blattoptera (cockroaches) The earliest record from the region comes in the monograph of JÁNOS FRIVALDSZKY (1867), which published the occurrence of the dusky cockroach (Ectobius lapponicus) in Sopron County. The specimen identified as E. lividus probably belongs to the same species. The author also mentions the occurrence in the Sopron district of Phyllodromica marginata, which is native