Haris Attila: Hymenoptera Research in the Carpathian Basin - Natura Somogyiensis 29. (Kaposvár, 2016)
Aculeata collections in and around the Carpathian Basin
176 Natura Somogyiensis Pompilidae 240 specimens, Spheciformes 1 000 specimens, Bombini 2 800 specimens other Apoidea 3 560 specimens and Chrysididae, Mutillidae, Scoliidae 220 specimens. They are collected form the whole territory of Slovakia. Only small part is from other countries, mainly from the Czech Republic. Majority, 97,5 % of the collection was collected by Dr. Vladimir Smetana. Martin, Turcianske múzeum Andreja Kmet’a (established in 1964) The museum has specimens from different parts of Slovakia collected by M. Kocourek (5 163 specimens of Sphecidae) and Z. Pádr (300 specimens of Chrysididae, and 50 specimens of Scoliidae). Additionally, there are approximately 3 000 Aculeata specimens from various collectors. half of the 5845 specimens of Hymenoptera collection belongs to Aculeata. One para- type of Andrena combaella Wamcke, 1966 (Kamenica, Slovakia) deposited in the museum from Kocourek’s collection Trnava, Západoslovenské múzeum (established in 1954) Currently this museum has not entomologist, but Okáli (1984) noted approx. 3 000 Hymenoptera specimens. At moment, access to the collection in Trnava is not possible. Podunajské múzeum v Komámé The museum is established in 1886 and reorganised in 1900. Although the collection is significant and contains 84 000 plant and animal exemplares, the Aculeata collection is very small. There are only few Ammophila, Sceliphron, Vespa, Xylocopa and Bombus species collected mainly by Pál Binder and József Csütörtöky. Private collection in Slovakia: Very important is the Hymenoptera collection of Pavel Devan. This collection is in the hands of his family in Adamovské Kochanovce, a village situated between the Nővé Mesto nad Váhom and Trencin. Devan’s collection consist of hymenopteran insects preserved in ethanol or formaldehyde, almost nothing is pinned/dried. These hymenop- terans come mainly from his study area, Trencin and the vicinity of this town. Publications refering to this materials are available in his bibliography. Czech Republic Praha, Národní Museum A group of Czech aristocrats, leaded by Count Kaspar Maria Sternberg (1761 - 1838), paleontologist, initiated the foundation of the museum. On 15th April 1818, they established it. The basic Hymenoptera collection includes about 550 000 specimens. The collection consists of donations and purchases from various collectors, the most important are Oldrich Sustera, Vilém Zavadil, Frantisek Gregor and Ján Macek who is the present curator of the collection. The type collection is also important, these are the types of Zavadil, Gregor, Sustera, Snoflák, Balthasar, Strejcek and Hoffer. Moravské Zemské Muzeum, Brno The Moravian Museum, the second largest museum of the Czech Republic, was founded in July 1817 by a decree of Emperor Francis II. More than 1 million dried insect are deposited in the entomological collection. Significant Hymenoptera collection exists from the Moravian region including the parts of the Moravian Carpaths. The type of Bocchus lautereri Olmi, 1998 from Hungary is deposited in this museum.
