Haris Attila: Hymenoptera Research in the Carpathian Basin - Natura Somogyiensis 29. (Kaposvár, 2016)
Aculeata collections in and around the Carpathian Basin
Haris, A.: Hymenoptera Research in the Carpathian Basin 175 Dvorak, J. Macek, I. Okáli, J. Palásek, K. Pospísil, J. Strejcek and B. Tkalcú. The Hymenoptera collection comprises in total 1 600 species, dominantly Aculeata, the majority from the Czech Republic and about 20% from Slovakia. Banská Bystrica, Stredoslovenské Múzeum (established in 1889) The Aculeata collection consist of 2530 specimens and contains the following collections: Hymenoptera collection of Miroslav Kocourek - 2347 specimens of Aculeata (Andrenidae, Apidae, Colletidae, Halictidae, Megachilidae, Melittidae, Ampucilidae, Crabronidae, Sphecidae, Chrysididae, Mutilidae, Sapygidae, Scoliidae, Tiphiidae, Vespidae); Hymenoptera collection of Peter Bitusík, Mikulás Púra, Tomás Kizek, Anna Kupcová - 83 specimens of Aculeata (Apidae, Sphecidae, Mutillidae, Pompilidae, Vespidae, Formicidae) Hymenoptera collection of Josef Procházka - 60 specimens of Aculeata (Apidae, Megachilidae, Sphecidae, Chrysididae, Scoliidae, Vespidae) Hymenoptera collection of Róbert Lacik — 40 specimens of non-identified hymenoptera (leg. R. Lacik in 1956), without labels, without localities The M. Kocourek collection consists of insects collected mainly from the Czech Republic (Czech and Moravian parts), Slovakia, Bulgaria, marginally from Austria, Finland, Russia, Tajikistan, Japan, Egypt. Insects were collected between 1929 and 1984. The P. Bitusík, M. Púra, T. Kizek and A. Kupcová collections: 1 specimen from Austria, the rest from central Slovakia. They were collected between 1984 and 1990. The entomological collection of J. Procházka is from the territory of Fil’akovo, collected between 1954 and 1956. No type material is deposited in the museum. The hymenoptera collection was established by first of all Miroslav Kocourek (Czech Republic, Vyskov), Peter Bitusík, Mikulás Púra, Tomás Kizek, Anna Kupcová (Slovak Republic, Banská Bystrica) and Josef Procházka (Czech Republic, Rokycany). Bardejov, Sarisské múzeum (established in 1903) and Liptovsky Mikulás, Múzeum jaskyniarstva a ochrany prirody (established in 1904). There are small Aculeata collections in these museums, not more than few thousand specimens. Hlohovec, Vlastivedné múzeum (established in 1950) This Aculeata collection consists of 1200 specimens (aprox.), half of the collection are Bumblebees (Bombini). Nearly all of them are collected from Slovakia, only few dozens of specimens are from the Czech Republic (Czech and Moravian parts) and from Austria. About half of the collection was collected in the region of Dőlné Povazie (surroundings of Hlohovec (mainly Soros)). Remaining specimens come mainly from Malá Fatra (Rozsutec), Súfovské vrchy, Vel’ká Fatra and from the southernmost parts of Slovakia. Majority of the specimens were collected by Mikulás Valencik (in 2007, his private collection was purchased by the museum). Specimens from south Slovakia and from abroad were collected by M. Kocourek. Few dozens of exemplares were collected by Adela Beláková, from Hlohovec - Soros. Levice, Tekovské múzeum (established in 1927) This collection contains about 9500 specimens of the following structure: Vespinae 800 specimens, Polistinae 580 specimens, Eumeninae 300 specimens,
