Miscellanea Zoologica Hungarica 11. 1997 (Budapest, 1997)

Meisch, C.; Forró, L.: Checklist of Recent Ostracoda (Crustacea) from Hungary

The present list, which reflects investigations carried out since about 1850, comprises 89 Recent freshwater ostracod species. The list may be compared with those of Austria and Slovakia, which at present comprise 81 and 70 species respectively (Meisch in prep.). The list of Hungarian Ostracoda is most certainly not complete, as can be seen from the following: although not finished, the study of collections made from 1985 to 1996 by one of us (L.F.) yielded already seven species new to Hungary. Furthermore, at least several species expected to occur in Hungary remain so far unknown there, e.g. llyocypris decipiens Masi, 1905, Psychodromus fontinalis (Wolf, 1920), Potamocypris fallax Fox, 1967, Cavernocypris subterranea (Wolf, 1920). Moreover, future investigations of the Hungarian hypogean ostracods, which remain poorly known, will most certainly expand the list. Abbreviations: Ref. = reference(s); Loc. = locality(ies); Syn. = synonym(s); Distr. = general distribution; L.F. - László Forró; CM. = Claude Meisch. Checklist of Recent Hungarian Ostracoda Family Darwinulidae Brady & Norman, 1889 Darwinula stevensoni (Brady & Robertson, 1870) Distr. Cosmopolitan. R e f. Daday 1900, 1903, Berinkey & Farkas 1956, Farkas 1958b, Entz et al. 1963, Bérezik 1966, Ponyi 1965, 1966, 1969, 1971, Ponyi et al. 1971, 1972, 1973, Ponyi 1992, 1995. Family Candonidae Kaufmann, 1900 Subfamily Candoninae Kaufmann, 1900 Candona Candida (O.F Müller, 1776) Distr. Holarctic. Ref. Daday 1900, 1903, Ábrahám et al. 1957, Farkas 1958b. Candona improvisa Ostermeyer, 1937 Distr. Europe. Ref. Megyeri 1950, Farkas 1958b. Candona muelleri Hartwig, 1899 Distr. Eurasia. Ref. Daday 1903, Farkas 1958b, Ponyi & Zánkai 1996: as C. cf. muelleri. Candona negleeta Sars, 1887 Distr. Holarctic. Ref. Daday 1903, Gebhardt 1933, 1934, Ponyi & Dvihally 1954, Berinkey & Farkas 1956, Dvihally & Ponyi 1957a, b, Farkas 1958b, Megyeri 1959a, 1961, Bérezik 1966. Candona sanociensis Sywula, 1971 S y n. C. dancaui Danielopol, 1978 Distr. Europe. New to Hungary. Loc. (1) Bátorliget, nature reserve: relict mire, 21. El. 1989; (2) Penészlek, roadside pool, 21. m. 1991. (Leg. L. F, det. CM.) Candona weltneri Hartwig, 1899 Distr. Palaearctic. Ref. Ponyi & Dvihally 1954, Dvihally & Ponyi 1957a, b, Ponyi & Zánkai 1996. Candonopsis kingsleii (Brady & Robertson, 1870) Distr. Holarctic. Ref. Dvihally & Ponyi 1956, 1957a, b, Farkas 1958b, Megyeri 1961, Ponyi 1962. Candonopsis scourfieldi Brady, 1910 Distr. Europe. New to Hungary. Loc. Duna-Dráva National Park, Bélavár, dead arm of the river Dráva, littoral vegetation, 7. Vu. 1995. (Leg. L. E, det. C. M.)