Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 96. (Budapest 2004)

Merkl, O. ; Kondorosy, E.: Benibotarus taygetanus (Pic, 1905) in Hungary (Coleoptera: Lycidae)

NOTES ON BENIBOTARUS TAYGETANUS (PIC) Scarcely anything has been published on this species since PIC'S (1905) and REITTER'S (1907) descriptions. REITTER (1913) published its locality in Lysá hora in "schlesischen Beskiden". MÜLLER (1926) reported it from the Paklenica Valley in the Velebit Mts, Croatia (Dalmatia). The species was redescribed and Dictyopterus fiedleri REITTER, 1907 was synonymized with Benibotarus taygetanus (PlC, 1905) by BOCÁK & BOCÁKOVÁ (1987). It can be readily identified from the key provided by KASZAB (1955). According to LADISLAV BOCÁK (e-mail message received 26 February 2003), it is distributed in Germany (Bayern), Czech Republic (SW and E Bohemia, and Beskydy Mts in Moravia), Poland (Biesczady Mts, i. e. the northern part of the Beskydy Mts), Slovakia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Romania and Greece (Taygetos Mts). Larval development and immature stages are unknown. Adults are short-lived, seldom fly, and probably do not stray far from the site of larval development. In Greece, the species was found in high mountain Abies forests, in Central Europe in the foliage of humid and shaded forest stretches between 300 and 800 m above sea level. However, the collecting circumstances of the Hungarian specimens suggest that the species can be found in a wider range of arboreal habitats. Apart from the Hungarian material, the Coleoptera Collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum has further specimens from other countries with the following data. CZECH REPUBLIC. Beskiden, Lissahorageb. [= Beskydy, Lysá hora], Tu. v. WANKA (2 specimens). ROMANIA. Brassóm., Honterus-forrás [=jud. Brasov, Hontems spring], 12. VII. 1918, J. FODOR (1 specimen); Herculesbad [= Baile Herculane] (holotype of Dictyopterus fiedleri Reitter, 1907); Herkulesfürdő [= Baile Herculane], coll. MlHÓK(l specimen); Paring havas, Izvorul-völgy [= Muntii Parîngului, Valea Izvorului], 600-800 m, fühálózva [= swept], 7. VIII. 1956, ENDRŐDY-YOUNGA (1 specimen); Udvarhely m., Homoródfürdő [= jud. Harghita, Baile Homorúd at Capîlnita], 700 m, 8-28. VII. 1943, ÉHIK & LOKSA ( 1 specimen); Hargita m., Homoródfürdő, [ = jud. Harghita, Bäile Homorúd at Capîlnita], fühálózás [= swept], 7. VII. 1995, leg. A. PODLUSSÁNY (2 specimens). LYCIDAE AND OMALISIDAE COLLECTED IN IPOLYTARNÓC Benibotarus taygetanus (PlC, 1905) - Ipolytarnóc: Gyurtyánkő-oldal, fühálózás [= swept], 9. VII. 1996, leg. OTTÓ MERKL; Ipolytarnóc: Gyurtyánkő-oldal, 24. VI. 1998, leg. ISTVÁN LANTOS; Ipolytarnóc: Felső-Hólya, Házfalról [= from house wall], 28. VI. 2000, leg. OTTÓ MERKL; Ipolytarnóc: Gyurtyánkő-oldal, fühálózás [= swept], 28. VI. 2000, leg. OTTÓ MERKL; Ipolytarnóc, Gyurtyánkő-oldal, fühálózás [= swept], 30. VI. 2004, leg. OTTÓ MERKL, ARANKA GRABANT & ZOLTÁN GYÖRGY.