Haris Attila: Hymenoptera Research in the Carpathian Basin - Natura Somogyiensis 29. (Kaposvár, 2016)
History of the Aculeata research in Czechoslovaki, in Slvoakia and int he Czech part of the Carpathian Basin from 1920
120 Natura Somogyiensis Jan Macek (1953 - ), since 1978, curator of the Hymenoptera collection in the Entomological Department of the National Museum in Prague, Czech Republic. His main research fields: European Symphyta (taxonomy, larval ecology and morphology, faunistics); recent and fossil Diapriidae (taxonomy) and Dryinidae (faunistics). In (Macek, StrejCek and Straka 2007) the checklist of Bethylidae of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, 37 species are presented from the Czech Republic (27 from Bohemia, 26 from Moravia), and 29 from Slovakia. Codorcas cursor (Kieffer, 1906), Heterocoelia halidayella (Westwood, 1874), Rhabdepyris fuscipes, and R. pallidinervis were new for Slovakia. In the checklist of Dryinidae and Embolemidae of the Czech Republic and Slovakia (Macek 2007), 38 species are listed from the Czech Republic (33 from Bohemia, 34 from Moravia), and 32 from Slovakia. Anteon faciale (Thomson, 1860), A. fl avicorne, A. scapulare, Echthrodelphax tauricus Ponomarenko, 1970, and Dryinus niger Kieffer, 1904 were new for Slovakia. In the following faunistic projects he participated: Borská nizina (Smetana et al. 2010), Hády Hill (Dvorák et al. 2008), Moravian and Silezian border (Dvorák et al. 2010), Lőcse (Levoca) and Körmöcbánya (Kremnica) (Smetana et al. 2015). Pavol Berec (1958 Trencin - , entomologist). In Berec, 1997, he listed the results of his collecting trips in 1995, to Nature Reserve Krasin: he recorded firstly Crossocerus congener (Dahlbom, 1844) for Slovakia. In his other work (Berec 1998), he listed the Pompilidae species of Devinska Kobyla Nature Reserve. Pavel Déván (14th September, 1954 Myjava - 6th June 2009 Trencin (Trencsén). Pavel graduated at Faculty of Natural Sciences of Comenius University in Bratislava "After graduation at the Faculty of Natural Scientists in Bratislava he worked in the State Nature Conservancy, during the last 22 years as a zoologist at the Administration of Protected Landscape Area Biele Karpaty. He studied various groups of invertebrates like Ephemeroptera, Lumbricina, numerous groups of Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera. His activities for conservation of grasslands were especially important. By mobilization ofyoung people, Pavel established the tradition of summer camps and weekend voluntary works which were devoted to maintenance of species-rich grasslands in the Biele Karpaty Mts. He devoted much time to maintain the species-rich meadows. In June 2009, aged 54, he left his beloved Carpaths and grasslands forever." (from the brochure of the 7th European Dry Grassland Meeting). In Aculeata, he intensively studied and collected Sphecoidea (digger wasps), Chrysididae (cuckoo wasps) and Pompilidae (spider wasps) and the following areas he investigated: Nature Monument Tomásovica (Déván 2004b), Censková Nature Reserve (Majzlan et al. 1999), Biele Karpaty (Fehér Kárpátok) (Déván 1999a, b, 2002b), Slovak lowlands (Déván 2000), Krasin Nature Reserve Area (Déván 2001a), Nővé Mesto nad Váhom (Vágújhely) (Déván 2001b, 2002c), Prírodná pamiatka Mitická slatina (Déván 2001c) Skalka pri Trencíne (Déván 2002), Nature Reserve Mohra (Déván and Majzlan 2002), Pekelnej doline (Déván 2002d), Omsenská dolina (Déván 2003a), Krivoklátská Valley (Déván 2003b), Lúka: Knázi vrch (Vágluka) (Déván 2004a), Záhorie (Majzlan and Déván 2004), NPR Parízske swamps (Déván 2005), Tematínske vrchy (Déván 2006a), Drietomica (Déván 2006b), Vrsatské bradla (Déván 2006c), PP Pavúkov járok (Déván 2006d), PR Nad Senkárkou (Déván 2006e), PR Beckovské Skalice (Déván 2006Í), Brehové porasty Dubovej (Déván 2008). Pável Déván also studied the fauna of old orchards (Déván and Bukov an 2007, Déván 2002a) and ethology and biology of Pompilidae and Chrysididae (Déván 200Id, 2005). He collected data to complete the studies on the present distribution of the paper wasp Polistes bischoffi Weyrauch, 1937 (Dvorák et al. 2006) and Dolichovespula media (Retzius, 1783) (Smetana et al. 2006) in Slovakia.
