Folia Historico-Naturalia Musei Matraensis - A Mátra Múzeum Természetrajzi Közleményei 19. (1994)

Levente Ábrahám–Zoltán Papp: Mantispids species in the Hungarian fauna with some taxonomical remarks (Neuroptera: Mantispidae)

FOLIA HISTORICO NATURALIA MUSEI MATRAENSIS 1994 19: 69-75 Mantispids species in the Hungarian fauna with some taxonomical remarks (Neuroptera: Mantispidae) LEVENTE ÁBRAHÁM - ZOLTÁN PAPP ABSTRACT: Mantispa icterica PICTET, 1865 was recorded first in the Neuroptera fauna in Hungary. So, the collection of Mantis flies of Hungarian museums was reexamened by authors again. Nomeclature problems are summarized in the European Mantispid fauna as well Mantispa lobata NAVAS, 1912 is a new junior synonim. Introduction There are two species from the Hungarian Mantispids fauna (Mantispa styriaca, Mantispa perla) mentioned in literature (STEINMANN 1967, SZIRÁKI-ÁBRAHÁM-SZENTKXRÁLYI-PAPP 1991.) Not far from the Hungarian border, from about 300-400 km there's a third Mantis flies species on two areas, the Mantispa icterica PICTET, 1865 (=Mantispa mandarina Navas, 1914). This species lives nearest to our borders in Croatia and in Slovania (DEVETAK 1992), as well as in the Southern Carpathians in Rumania (KIS et al 1970), so we can consider this species to turn up here. It seemed most likely that it lives on the strongly submediterranean southern slopes of Mecsek or Villányi mountains, so L. Ábrahám searched it several times but hasn't found it yet. Z. Papp got Neuroptera material from lepidopterologists from the Somlyó hill at Fót and among them the Mantispa icterica PICTET, 1865 was identified by authors in autumn 1992, so it can be regarded as a new species in the Hungarian fauna. Taxonomic notes The Mantispidae family's European species need revision in taxonomic respect. There are 5 Mantispidae species in Europe (ASPÖCK et al 1980) the identification of three of them doens't seem to be difficult (Mantispa styriaca (PODA, 1761), Mantispa scabricollis McLACHLAN 1875, Nampista auriventris (GUERTN, 1838)). Only the Mantispa styriaca lives in Hungary among the easily identifiable species. There are taxonomic, nomeclature problems around the other two living species in Europe (Mantispa perla (PALLAS, 1772), Mantispa icterica PICTET, 1865) which we sum up briefly. After the European faunawork (ASPÖCK et al 1980) a new species is mentioned by the name of Poivre Mantispa hauseri from Rovinj, Croatia (POIVRE 1982). ASPÖCK (1992) questions its presence and therefore suggests its taxonomic revision. DEVETAK synonymizes it: Mantispa hauseri POrVRE, 1982 (=Mantispa styriaca (PODA, 1761)). ASPÖCK (1992) doesn't deal with the raisings of Zakorenko's nomenclature theory. Zakorenko writes the following at the examination of the Russian Matnispidae fauna. There are two types of Mantispa perla described by Navas: Mantispa perla var. lobata NAVAS, 1912 Mantispa perla var. adelungi NAVAS, 1912 69