L. Forró szerk.: Miscellanea Zoologica Hungarica 8. 1993 (Budapest, 1993)

Merkl, O.: Zoological collectings by the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Africa: a report on the Elgon Expedition, 1992

Preliminary results The following is an approximate list of the zoological collections: Coleoptera Lepidoptera Hymenoptera about about about about about about 4000 3000 1250 750 specimens Heteroptera + Homoptera other insects 300 500 15 n other invertebrates vertebrates n With an exception of a few Lepidoptera duplicates housed in amateur collections the material is deposited in the Zoological Department of the Hungarian Natural History Museum and is open for specialists. At the time of the preparation of the present paper, Dr. Gy. Sziráki (Budapest) is working on Psocoptera and Neuroptera; Dr. G. Jenser (Budapest) on Thysanoptera; Dr. H. Fürsch (Ruderting) on Coccinellidae; Dr. W. Wittmer (Basel) on "Malachiidae"; Dr. X. Vazquez (Barcelona) on Oedemeridae; Mr. Patrice Bordât (Verrières le Buisson) on Aphodiidae etc. Elgon Expedition is one of the recent Hungarian zoological trips to Africa. The report on the previous trip made by dr. A, Vojnits to Kenya in 1991 (Vojnits, in press) ends with No. 434, so the present list starts with No. 435. No. 435. Nairobi, 1600 m, 5 January 1992, leg. A. Lobmayer, O. Merkl, G. Várkonyi. - Singled in the city parks. - Orthoptera, Blattaria, Mantodea, Heteroptera, Homoptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Diplopoda, Araneae. No. 436. Longonot, 2400 m, 7 January 1992, leg. O. Merkl. - Cultivated area; pastures and Pyrethrum fields. Singled, mainly from cow-pats. - Orthoptera, Coleoptera. No. 437. Lake Nakuru National Park, 1860 m, 7 January 1992, leg. A. Lobmayer, O. Merkl, G. Várkonyi. -Acacia xanthophloea woodland. Cloudy sky, no wind. Night collecting from white sheet illuminated by blended light and singled from dead Acacia trees in the night. - Orthoptera, Dermaptera, Heteroptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera. No. 438. Lake Nakuru National Park, 1860 m, 8 January 1992, leg. O. Merkl, G. Várkonyi. - Acacia xanthophloea woodland. Swept and beaten from the vegetation. - Heteroptera, Homoptera, Hymenoptera, Coleoptera. No. 439. Lake Nakuru National Park, 1860 m, 8 January 1992, leg. O. Merkl. - Acacia xanthophloea woodland. Singled from beneath stones and logs. - Isopoda, Dermaptera, Orthoptera, Heteroptera, Coleoptera. No. 440. Lake Nakuru National Park, Lake Nakuru, 1820 m, 8 January 1992, leg. O. Merkl. - Singled tiger beetles (Cicindelidae) in the dried-out muddy bed of the lake. - Coleoptera. No. 441. Lake Baringo, 1070 m, 9 January 1992, leg. O. Merkl. -Acacia tortilis woodland. Singled in the campsite in the lakeshore. - Orthoptera, Coleoptera, Trichoptera. No. 442. Lake Baringo, 1070 m, 9 January 1992, leg. O. Merkl. - Shells (Pomatiidae) collected in the lakeshore. - Gastropoda. No. 443. Lake Baringo, 1070 m, 9 January 1992, leg. O. Merkl. - Plankton sample taken from the open water. No. 444. Kimalel, 1470 m, 9 January 1992, leg. O. Merkl. - Dry Acacia thornbush. One millipede was found beneath stones. - Diplopoda. No. 445. Elgeyo Escarpment, 1710 m, 9 January 1992, leg. A. Lobmayer, O. Merkl. - Dry Acacia woodland. Singled from beneath stones, also captured butterflies. - Coleoptera, Heteroptera, Lepidoptera, Gastropoda. List of collecting localities