L. Forró szerk.: Miscellanea Zoologica Hungarica 9. 1994 (Budapest, 1994)

Korsós, Z.: Checklist, preliminary distribution maps, and bibliography of millipedes in Hungary (Diplopoda)

MISCELLANEA ZOOLOGICA HUNGARICA Tomus 9. 1994 p. 29-82 Checklist, preliminary distribution maps, and bibliography of millipedes in Hungary (Diplopoda) by Z. Korsos (Received June 10, 1994) Abstract: An updated account of 86 diplopod species of Hungary is presented. A preliminary map using UTM grid is given for each species, and comments on their status and distribution are made. A complete bibliography of the myriapodological literature with respect to Hungary is also given. Key words: Diplopoda, Hungary, mapping, bibliography Introduction The zoology of millipedes in Hungary has been studied for more than a century, although never being really in the focus of interest. As a result of this, no updated account has been produced since Daday's monograph (1889a, 1896). Those data, not only because the territory of Hungary has been reduced considerably, but mainly because the taxonomy of the species has been changed, cannot serve as a starting point to introduce students to Hungarian diplopodology. The aim of this paper is to give a modern list of the Diplopoda species occurring in present-day Hungary, with comments on their status, distribution and intraspecific categorisation. As the science of diplopodology has not stopped, the data presented here may change in the future. Revisions concerning several species-groups are needed, especially in the order Chordeumatida, and distribution ranges may considerably extend as a result of the increasing collecting activity. It is hoped that this paper will stimulate not only Hungarian zoologists, but also foreign experts to work on the interesting millipede fauna of our country. In the first part of the paper, species list of Hungarian millipedes as known at present is given. The numbers correspond to the maps presented in the second half of the paper. Every species name is accompanied by the name of the author and the year of description; and followed by a short name history, showing the most important changes in the name of the species in question. References are usually not given for the original descriptions, only for the important changes. It should be mentioned here, that references throughout the whole paper can be resolved in the two final parts: all literature referring to the Hungarian millipede fauna are to be found in the complete "Bibliography", whereas those of general interests are listed separately ("References"). The checklist section is completed by individual remarks concerning either taxonomy or distribution at most of the species. Apart from compiling a checklist, distribution maps are usually considered as basic information sources when studying faunas of certain areas (Barber & Keay 1988, Biernaux 1971, Enghoff 1974, Jeekel 1978, Kime 1990, Loksina & Golovatch 1979, Pedroli-Christen 1993). Such works, however, could almost never be completed, as details of the species ranges