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

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

with a few faunistically valuable comments, hence including a number of species with uncertain status or doubtful and uncontrollable occurrences in Hungary. Myriapodological investigations of the last two decades in Hungary mainly include ecological researches. Works of Ilosvay, Hornung, Pobozsny and Szlávecz should be mentioned here, who are successful followers of Gere, making pioneer investigations about the production biology of millipedes in the '50s. These experiments usually combine the two arthropod groups, millipedes and woodlice (Isopoda), which are close to each other regarding their habitats, as well as their detritophagous role in the soil-litter ecosystems. Publications of another research group in Hungary deal with the microbial flora of the gut systems of millipedes. Since these results are less relevant to the subject of the present paper (and to millipede zoology in the sense of the author), only reference to a comprehensive paper is made here (Dózsa-Farkas et al. 1991). Apart from these Hungarian students of myriapodology, the activity of the well-known giants of this science such as K. W. Verhoeff or C. Attems refers to Hungary (or territories formerly belonging to Hungary) as well, as it is illustrated by a series of their articles. There is no place here to enumerate all these papers (for a complete list of their works, see Mauermayer 1962, and Strouhal 1961, respectively), those, however, which are especially outstanding are included in the bibliography. Species list order Polyxenida Polyxenidae 1. Polyxenus lagurus (Linnaeus, 1758) Scolopendra lagura Linnaeus, 1758 Pollyxenus lagurus: Latreille 1802/1803 Polyxenus lagurus: Latzel 1884 Widespread in the entire Palaearctic Region. There are some records (possibly introductions) from the Sahara, Africa, and North America as well. The species tends to be synanthropic, hence it is common, sometimes very abundant in the habitats under anthropogenic influence, e.g. in city parks. order Glomerida Glomeridellidae 2. Glomeridella minima (Latzel, 1884) Glomeris minima Latzel, 1884 Latzelia minima: Bollmann 1893 Glomeridella minima: Brölemann 1895 Glomeridella germanica Verhoeff, 1912 Several specimens are known from the Kőszegi Mts, near to the western border of Hungary (Jermy 1942). There is no material in the HNHM.