Haris Attila: Hymenoptera Research in the Carpathian Basin - Natura Somogyiensis 29. (Kaposvár, 2016)
Early History of the Aculeata research in Hungary from the 16th till the 19th century (1560–1800)
Haris, A.: Hymenoptera Research in the Carpathian Basin 53 Podhoranszky. p. 311. (not checked). Andreas Kralowansky (29 December 1759 Kralova - 14th November 1809 Sopron, professor of Késmárk Lutheran High School, professor and rector of Eperjes High School and finally high school professor in Sopron). Lajos Mitterpacher (25th August 1734 Bellye - 27th May 1814 Pest) Jesuit friar, professor of theology, Latin and agriculture of the Theresianum in Vienna, later professor of natural history and agriculture of Nagyszombat University (now University of Sciences Budapest). Member of the Bologna Academy of Sciences and author of 25 books mainly on Agriculture. In 1799, he published a University textbook, titled: "Compendium Históriáé Naturális" in the hymenoptera part of this book he listed the following Aculeata species from Hungary. Trypoxylon figulus (Linné, 1758) as Sphex figulus Ammophila sabulosa (Linné, 1758) as Spheges sabulosa Anoplius viaticus (Linné, 1758) as Spheges viatica which is synonym of the above Apis mellifica Linné, 1758 Megachile centuncularis (Linné, 1758) as Apis centuncularis Colletes cunicularius (Linné, 1758) as Apis cunicularia Bombus terrestris Linné, 1758 as Apis terrestris In the last decades of the 18th century, Tóbiás Koy (1757 Wien- 3rd July 1829 Buda, officer of the Hungarian Royal Financial Chamber) took regular collecting trips in the hills of Buda (now Budapest, in that time, the 2 cities: Buda and Pest existed separately). In 1800, he published the checklist of his insects titled: Alphabetisches Verzeichniss meiner Insectensammlung (Koy 1800). In this small, 65 pages booklet, he listed 92 Aculeata species. The following species were listed (according to his original spelling): Andrena aena, A. atra, A. bicolor, A. coerula, A. flavipes, A. hirta, A. plumipes, A. spinipes, Apis agrorum, A. centuncularis, A. cornigera, A. farfarisequa, A. flavipes, A. fronticornis, A. furcata, A. hispanica, A. hortorum, A. lagopoda, A. lapidaria, A. mani- cata, A. maculata, A. mellifica, A. muscorum, A. pacifica, A. pilipes, A punctata, A. 4 maculata, A. ruderata, A. rufa, A. rupestris, A. terrestis, A. violacea, A. vulpina, Bembex glauca, B. rostrata, Chrysis aenea, Ch. aurata, Ch. carnea, Ch. cyanea, Ch. fulgida, Ch. ignita, Ch. lucida, Ch. splendida, Crabro alatus, C. clypeatus, C. cribarius, C. 4 macu- latus, C. subterraneus, C. unicolor, C. uniglumis, C. vagabundus, C. vexillatus, C. zona- tus, C. glechomae, C. rosae, Eucera linguaria, E. longicornis, Hylaeus arbustorum, H. cylindricus, H. florisomnis, H. maxillosus, H. morio, Mutilla halensis, M. hungarica, M. pedemontana, Philantus arenarius, Ph. laetus, Ph. pictus, Ph. 5 cinctus, Pompilus tropicus, P. viaticus, Scolia bicincta, S. flavifrons, S. hortorum, S. prisma, S. 4- punctata, S. signata, Sphex annulata, S. arenaria, S. lutearia, S. sabulosa, S. signata, Tiphia femo- rata, Vespa coarctata, V. crabro, V. gallica, V. germanica, V. parietina, V. pedunculata, V. quadrata, V. rufa and V vulgaris. "He was in correspondence and exchanged insects with the leading naturalists of his age like Esper, Hoffrnansegg, Illiger, Panzer and Schreber."
