Haris Attila: Hymenoptera Research in the Carpathian Basin - Natura Somogyiensis 29. (Kaposvár, 2016)
Aculeata collections in and around the Carpathian Basin
174 Natura Somogyiensis Carpathian Basin: types of Mocsáry, Friese, Frivaldszky, Kieffer, Zilahi-Kiss, Alfken, Szelényi, Bajári, Benedek and Móczár. Zirc, Bakony Museum of Natural History The museum was founded in 1972; previously it was the Natural History Department of the Veszprém County Museum. The hymenoptera collection amounts approximately 46 000 specimens including circa 25 000 Aculeata. All species were collected in the Bakony Mountains. The Hymenoptera collection was established by Jenő Papp and Sándor Tóth. Kaposvár, Rippl-Rónai Museum (Somogy County Museum) The museum was founded in 1909 and the natural history department was re-established by Levente Ábrahám in 1985. The Aculeata collection contains 105 000 specimens, mainly from various parts of Hungary. The Józan collection was purchased in 2012, this is the main part of the collection including 60 000 specimens dominantly from Hungary and smaller part from Croatia. It contains one paratype, namely Nomada platy- thorax Schwarz, 1981. Further specimens were collected by Levente Ábrahám from Morocco and Turkey and Attila Haris from Libya and Sicily. The other valuable part of the collection is the Béla Kuthy collection which was acquired by the museum in 2013. It contains only Chrysididae (65 species of 534 specimens) collected between 1920 and 1946 identified by László Móczár an re-identified by Zsolt Józan. Gyöngyös, Mátra Museum The museum was founded in 1857. It has large Hungarian and exotic natural history collections, the Hymenoptera collection contains approximetly 35 600 specimens including 1 500 Aculeata. Pécs, Janus Pannonius Museum It is established in 1951 by integration of several smaller private museums. It has natural history department containing large and valuable collections. The entomological collection contains 290 000 specimens, the hymenoptera part is small: 10 boxes mainly unidentified Hymenoptera. Sátoraljaújhely, Ferenc Kazinczy Museum The Museum was established by Gyula Dókus in 1928. The entomological collection contains 110 000 specimens. The Hymenoptera collection is small, only 65 species of Chrysididea and and Mutillidae are known identified by József Muskovits and László Móczár. Slovakia Bratislava, Institute of Zoology, Slovak Academy of Sciences There is a large amount of insects collected from several parts of Slovakia by Malaise traps, but Aculeata collection doesn't exist. Insects are stored in ethanol. Only few specimens, mainly Vespidae, are identified in species level by Ondrej Kameniar and Libor Dvorák. Bratislava, Slovak National Museum - Natural History Museum (established in 1924) Large collection from the former Czechoslovakia was mainly collected and identified by Dr. Zdenék Pádr and also Miroslav Kocourek. Other specimens were collected by M.
