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

Phylum Arthropoda 127 ture of this fauna in the Kőszeg Hills differs strongly from the one GYŐRFI published. In the first part, 101 species from the region were introduced (PAPP 1988). While researching Hungary's braconid fauna, he also noted the occurrence of other species (PAPP 1994, 1996, 1997 and 1998). A second compendium of Hungary's braconid wasps came from PAPP ten years later, treating the Helconinae, Calyptinae, Meteorinae, Microgasterinae, Cheloninae and Orgilinae subfamilies and containing occurrence data for a total of 142 species (PAPP 1999). A study of the Bracon ssp. in neighbouring Burgenland also appeared.

46 The Hymenoptera material collected during the Natural History of the Őrség research programme yielded a new species, Entedon marusiki, that was described (GUMOVSKY 1999). Although the holotype comes from near Kiev in Ukraine, two specimens from the West Hungarian border region feature among the paratypes (Apátistvánfalva, June 30, 1994, leg: V. FURSOV; Szakonyfalu, July 19, 1961, leg: J. ERDŐS). The standard account of the Aculeata fauna of the Őrség was written by ZSOLT JÓZAN (2002a). Altogether 377 species have been shown to occur. Among the interesting species are Isodontia mexicana (Sphecoidea) and Nomada opaca (Apoidea), both of which are new to the Hungarian fauna. The rarer species, found characteristically in cooler, damper habitats, are Dipogon variegatus (Popiloidea), Symmorphus connexus, S. debilitatus (Vespoidea), Dolichurus corniculus, Psenulus concolor, Passaloe46 FISCHER, M. 1965. Die Bracon-Arten Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten aus dem Burgenland 32:12. eus insignis, Spilomena mocsaryi, Rhopalum clavipes, Crossocerus binotatus, C. megacephalus, C. varius, Gorytes procrustes (Sphecoidea), Andrena clarkella, A. conguens, A. fulva, A. pallitarsis, A. nana, A. strohmella, Lasioglossum euboeense, Sphecodes alternatus, S. scabricollis, Anthidium septemspinosum, Stelis minuta, S. signata, Chelostoma distinctum, Osmia pilicornis, Nomada atroscutellaris, N. emarginata, N. castellana, N. intégra, Biastes emarginatus, Epeoloides coecutiens and Anthophora aestivalis (Apoidea). There were fewer than expected of the species found in montane conditions, which were represented by Dufourea vulgaris and Trachusa byssina (Apoidea). Mediterranean species that deserve noting are the bees Amegilla garrula and its nest-parasite Thyreus histrionicus. The wall surfaces and boards of traditional building materials and methods produce the species communities of 'wall ecosystems', in which nest parasites form a high proportion. Representatives of these were found in the Őrség in large numbers among the Chrysis, Chrysidea (Chrysidoidea), Auplopus, Agenioideus (Pompiloidea), Antepipona, Ancistrocerus, Euodynerus (Vespoidea), Pison, Trypoxylon (Sphecoidea), Hylaeus, Colletés, Anthidium, Stelis, Coelioxys, Anthophora, Melecta and Thyreus species (Apoidea). The digger wasps Astata boops, Miscophus bicolor, Tachysphex nitidus, Diodontus minutus and Diodontus tristis, which otherwise prefer looser soils, add to the species community by nesting in the crumbling mortar of the bare brick walls. The wasps and the summer-flying Andrena and Hylaeus species have been found to visit umbellifers most frequently: ground elder des Burgenlandes (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). -41.