S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 48. (Budapest, 1987)

FOLIA ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA ROVARTANI KÖZLEMÉNYEK XLVIII 1987 p. 255-263 A report on the soil-zoological collecting trip in Tanzania, 1987 By S. MAHUNKA, T. PÓCS and A. ZICSI (Received March 20, 1987) Abstract: A report on the soil-zoological collecting trip in Tanzania, 1987. - A report on the soil-zoological collecting trip in January-February, 1987 in Tanzania is given. Besides a brief account on the trip, a list of the collecting sites with all the pertaining data is presented. Within a circumtropical research programme of Hungarian zoologists we carried out soil-zoological investigations and collections of plants and animals in Tanzania between the 29th of January and 27th of February, 1987. This trip was realized by the support of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the help and organizing work of Dr. Tamás POCS, Invited professor of Sokoine University in Morogoro (Tanzania). We also participated, which brought us direct support, in the nature conservation research organized and financially supported by the Norwegian Agency for International Development In the region of the Usambara Mountains. We also enjoyed the permission of the Tanzania National Scientific Research Council(UTAFITI) in our research, and our work was also supported by the Ministry of Forest Development and by several local authorities. Flying from Zürich we reached Dar es Salaam on the 28th of January, 1987, where after settling the official formalities, as the guests of professor PÓCS, first we became acquainted with the soil fauna of the nearby sea-shore, then the same of the environment of Morogoro. Having completed some smaller collecting trips (Mikumi National Park, Kimboza Forest Reserve) we travelled to Amani, which became, in fact, our headquarters through-out our stay. From here we made excursions to the most important areas of the East-Usambara Mts. The altruistic help of Dr. PÓCS made for us possible to travel to Moshi (a town at the foot of the Kilimanjaro) and to a sea-shore collecting trip in the neighbourhood of Tanga. Thus, we travelled some 2000 kms, and made extensive collectings in the north-eastern parts of Tanzania. List of localities and habitats of soil zoological samples Morogoro, SUA Campus: degraded mlombo (Brachystegia) woodland (forest-savanna) at 550650 m alt. Dominant trees in the canopy: Brachystegia microphylla, B. spiciformis, B. boehmii, Pterocarpus angolensis, Diplorhynchus condylaecarpon, Combretum zeyheri. Acacia spp., Sterculia quinqueloba, Julbernardia globiflora, Xeroderris stuhlmannil, Pericopsis angolensis. Soil: ferralitic (red latérite). At some places in deep gullies dry evergreen forest exists ("Secret valley") with occurrence of the endemic Grevea eggelingii (Montiniaceae)

. Along the road between Morogoro and Mikumi National Park, near Jiji. village: Miombo woodland with cultivated areas near a streamlet. Mikumi National Park (floodplains of Mkata River) : the investigated part is dominated by valley grassland (savanna) with scattered trees as Borassus aethiopum ("mikumi" or palmyra palm),