Ábrahám Levente: Szünbiológiai tanulmányok - Natura Somogyoensis 10. (Kaposvár, 2007)

Bleicher Krisztina, Markó Viktor & Orosz András: Species composition of Cicada (Auchenorrhyncha) communities on the surrounding vegetation of apple orchards in Hungary - Kabóca közösségek hazai almásokban

Natura Somogyiensis 10 135-142 Kaposvár, 2007 Species composition of Cicada (Auchenorrhyncha) communities on the surrounding vegetation of apple orchards in Hungary 1 KRISZTINA BLEICHER, ! VIKTOR MARKO & 2 ANDRÁS OROSZ 1 Corvinus University of Budapest, Faculty of Horticultural Science, Department of Entomology, H-1118 Budapest Ménesi út 44. Hungary, e-amil: tripszi@hotmail.hu 2 Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1088 Budapest Baross út 13. Hungary BLEICHER К., MARKO V. & OROSZ A.: Species composition of Cicada (Auchenorrhyncha) communities on the surrounding vegetation of apple orchards in Hungary. Abstract: Species richness and composition of cicada (Auchenorrhyncha) assemblages were investigated in differently treated (conventional, IPM, organic and abandoned) apple orchards and their surroundings in Hungary in years 1999 and 2000. In the present paper - as part of a larger survey - data on cicada species found on the surrounding vegetation of the investigated apple orchards are given. In two investigated areas (Nyírtura and Szigetcsép) three Malaise traps were placed. One inside of the apple orchard, one in the adjacent woodland and one between the apple orchard and the woodland (named edge). In Vámosmikola two Malaise traps were placed inside of the apple orchard, one in the adjacent woodland and two in the edge. Altogether 10 146 individuals had been collected in the open, bushy edges and woodlands adjacent to apple orchards, belonging to 109 species. The species richness of cicadas varied between 47 and 67. The species occurring with high relative abundance, in decreasing order, were the following: Eupteryx calcarata, Kybos virgator, Empoasca decipiens, Eupteryx cyclops, Eupteryx atropunctata, Ribautiana tenerrima, Edwardsiana rosae, Eupteryx stachydearum, Kybos populi, Edwardsiana crataegi and Edwardsiana lamellaris. Keywords: cicada, Auchenorrhyncha, apple, edge, surrounding vegetation, species richness, composition Introduction Species richness and composition of cicada (Auchenorrhyncha) assemblages were investigated in differently treated (conventional, IPM, organic and abandoned) apple orchards in Hungary in years 1999 and 2000 (BLEICHER et al 2006). In the present paper - as part of this survey - data of cicada species found on the surrounding vegetation of the investigated apple orchards are given. Number of species collected during faunal surveys of Hungarian natural ecosystems varied between 67 and 226 (OROSZ 1981, 1983, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002). GYÖRFFY (1980, 1987, 1993), GYÖRFFY and KINCSEK (1987-1988), GYÖRFFY and SZŐNYI (1989), and GYÖRFFY and ABDÁI (1996) reported between 38 and 183 species from different grassland areas. As a result of nearly ten year long complex ecological studies in grasslands by GALLÉ and others (1985) almost 200 cicada species had been found. The cicada assemblages in the semi-natural vegetation adjacent to agricultural fields have not been studied until now in Hungary. The results of the present investigation give additional data to the knowledge of the Hungarian Auchenorrhyncha fauna.