O. Merkl szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 66. (Budapest, 2005)

Distributional notes and a checklist of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Hungary O. MERKL

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* & J. MERTLIK

2 'Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungary. E-mail: merkl@zoo.zoo.nhmus.hu 2

Na kotli 1174, CZ-500 09 Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. E-mail: mertlik@elateridae.com Abstract - First records of Ampedus hjorti (RYE, 1905), Ampedus quercicola (BUYSSON, 1887), Athous apfelbecki REITTER, 1905, Athous zebei BACH, 1854, Brachygonus ruficeps (MULSANT et GUILLEBEAU, 1855), Cidnopusplatiai MERTLIK, 1996, Cidnopus ruzenae (LAIBNER, \ 911),Ectinus aterrimus (LINNAEUS, 1761), Limoniscus violaceus (P. W. J. MÜLLER, 1821), Megapenthes lugens (REDTENBACHER, 1842), Oedostethus quadripustulatus (FABRICIUS, 1792), Reitterelater bouyoni (CHASSAIN, 1992), Reitterelater dubius PLATIA et GATE, 1990, Zorochros flavipes (AUBÉ, 1850), Zorochros meridionalis (LAPORTE DE CASTELNAU, 1840) and Zorochros stibicki LESEIGNEUR, 1970 for the fauna of Hungary are given. Twelve species are deleted from the Hungarian faunal list. A checklist of the Elateridae of Hungary (131 species) is presented. Key words - Coleoptera, Elateridae, checklist, Hungary. INTRODUCTION Since KUTHY's (1897) volume on Coleoptera in the Fauna Regni Hungáriáé no complete list of the Elateridae of Hungary has been published. KUTHY mentioned 148 species (including Drapetes cinctus (PANZER, 1796) in the family Eucnemidae) known to occur in Hungary, but many of his records refer to former Hungarian regions now belonging to Slovakia, the Ukraine, Romania, Serbia and Croatia. A number of species listed by him are not expected to occur in present-day Hungary, either because they belong to the fauna of the higher regions of the Carpathian Mountains or because they are species with a more southern distribu* Corresponding author.