Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok IV. - Natura Somogyiensis 15. / Miscellanea 4. (Kaposvár, 2009)
Rozner István - Rozner György: Adatok a Makedon Köztársaság lemezescsápú bogár-faunájához (Coleoptera: Lamellicornia)
Natura Somogyiensis 15 69-100 Kaposvár, 2009 Additional Data to the Lamellicomia Fauna of Turkey (Coleoptera: Lamellicomia) István Rozner1 & György Rozner2 1H-1116 Budapest, XI. Tétényi-út 129., Hungary, e-mail: irozner@gmail.com 2H-8693 Kisberény Petőfi utca 1., Hungary, e-mail: roznergyuri@freemail.com Rozner I., Rozner Gy.: Additional Data to the Lamellicomia Fauna of Turkey (Coleoptera: Lamellicomia). Abstract: Between 1977 and 2006 researchers of the Hungarian Entomological Society conducted 9 collecting trips to Turkey. In this paper the authors provide a list of the Lamellicomia species with collecting data, collected on these trips. 12 families, 64 genera, 270 species and subspecies are listed. The records of 20 species are new as previous published records of these don't exist. The newly recorded species are: Aphodius gagatinus Mén., A. planicollis (Reitt.), A. equinus (Fald.), A. pustulifer Reitt., A. abchasicus Reitt., A. citellorum Sem. et Medv., A. nanoides (Balth.), A. lucidus Klug, Oxyomus silvestris (Scop.), Pleurophorus apicipennis Reitt., Rhyssemus algiricus meridionalis Reitt., Bubas bison (L.), Onthophagus similis (Scriba), Onthophagus tesquorum Sem. et Medv., Eulasia arctos arctos (Pall.), Eulasia korbi (Petr.), Homaloplia ruricola (Fahr.), Hoplia caucasica Kol., Hoplia cylindrica Reitt., Hopliapollinosa Kryn. Keywords: faunistics, biodiversity, beetle, Turkey Introduction Since 1970 Hungarian entomologists, benefiting from a newly introduced passport policy, organised several collecting trips to the countries of the Balcan and to Asia Minor. In 1988 the introduction of the so-called "World Passport" in Hungary made further travels possible. Entomologists of the Hungarian Entomological Society brought home large collections of insects from abroad for the Hungarian Natural History Museum, several other museums and for private collections. Overwiev of the collecting expeditions conducted by Hungarian entomologists in Turkey Hungarian entomological research in Turkey already started in the first third of the 19th century. Imre Frivaldszky (1799-1876) was the first notable entomologist, who between 1833 and 1845 conducted zoological expeditions there. In 1846 he undertook another collecting expedition to Asia-Minor, with his nefew and understudy János Frivaldszky (1822-1895). In 1870 he worked in Smyrna (Izmir), Bursa and int he Olympus Mountains (Ulu Dag) with his preparator János Pável, who was also an excellent lepidopterist. In 1844 János Frivaldszky travelled to Crete, where he stayed for 10 months, collecting insects. From Crete he sailed to Asia-Minor where he continued his entomological
