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FOLIA ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA ROVARTANI KÖZLEMÉNYEK LVII 1996 pp. 5-64 A check-list of the Hungarian caraboid beetles (Coleoptera) L. Ádám A check-list of the Hungarian caraboid beetles (Coleoptera) — A list of the species of Rhysodidae, Cicindelidae, Carabidae, Haliplidae, Dytiscidae, Laccophilidae, Noteridae, Hydroporidae and Gyrinidae occurring in Hungary is given. Brychiini trib. n., Rhiacodytes gen. n., Schizoporus gen. n., Calliporus gen. n. and Platynomemis subgen. n. are described. A new name, Carabus irregularis praenoricus nom. n., is proposed for Carabus irregularis cephalotes Sokoláf, 1909 (nec Carabus cephalotes Linnaeus, 1758). Carabus auratus Linnaeus, 1761 is designated as the type species of Tachypus Weber, 1801. Tachypus is a senior objective synonym of Autocarabus Seidlitz, 1887. Carabus quadriguttatus Fabricius, 1775 is designated as the type species of Tachys Schönherr, 1806. Tachys is a junior objective synonym of Bembidion Latreille, 1802. Dytiscus impressus Fabricius, 1787 is designated as the type species of Cnemidotus Illiger, 1802. Cnemidotus is a junior objective synonym of Haliplus Latreille, 1802. Dyticus parvulus O. F. Müller, 1776 is designated as the type species of Bidessus Bedel, 1881. Dytiscus elegáns Panzer, 1794 is designated as the type species of Deronectes Bedel, 1881. Deronectes is a senior objective synonym of Potamodytes Zimmermann, 1919 and of Potamonectes Zimmermann, 1921. Dytiscus fusculus Schrank, 1781 is designated as the type species of Hydroporus Clairville, 1806. The Hungarian caraboid beetles were last treated systematically and taxonomically by Csiki (1946). There has been no other comprehensive treatise on this group. There are a few works on Cicindelidae and Carabidae (Horvatovich 1974; Székessy 1958), some longer or shorter lists of the species (e.g., Horvatovich 1993), and a few isolated descriptions, etc. There is no unanimity among the authors as to the treatment of some higher categories of caraboid beetles. Nevertheless, the current classification of this group is well established. Nomenclatorial problems (the questions of the priority, homonymy and synonymy; the errors in spelling, authors' names, date of publications, etc.), however, have frequently been left unsolved. In the present study only a few changes are proposed in the classification and taxonomy of the Hungarian caraboid beetles. However, owing to an extensive bibliographic work, many of the names have been recognized and indicated as junior primary homonyms. Many changes in the application of the names are proposed below. Several incorrect references to authors or to dates of publications are suggested for correction. Type species are designated for six genera, five new taxa are described, and a new, replacement name is given for a preoccupied one. (No supplementary explanation or discussion is given for the cases of clear circumstances.) The change of some names indicated in this work seems unavoidable. However, the specialists insisting on retaining the wellestablished and familiar names should seek the advice of the International Commission of the Zoological Nomenclature.