Haris Attila: Hymenoptera Research in the Carpathian Basin - Natura Somogyiensis 29. (Kaposvár, 2016)
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5 Hymenoptera Research in the Carpathian Basin (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) Attila Haris H-1076 Budapest, Garay street 19 2/20. Hungary, e-mail: attilaharis@yahoo.com Haris, A.: Hymenoptera Research in the Carpathian Basin (Hymenoptera: Aculeata). Abstract: History of the Aculeata research in the Carpathian Basin is discussed. List of species described from the Carpathian Basin and bibliography of the research is provided from 1563 till our present days. Chrysis leachii Schuckard, 1836 is syn. n. of Chrysis hungarica Scopoli, 1770. Pompilus lateritius Mocsáry, 1879 is revocated. Vespa heeriana nom. nov. is proposed as replacement name for Vespa crabroniformis Heer, 1867. Keywords: Carpathian Basin, Hymenoptera, Aculeata, history, research, new synonyms, Vespa heeriana nom nov. Introduction This monograph is preceded by the work of Roller and Haris titled "Sawflies of the Carpathian Basin, History and Current Research" (Roller and Haris 2008). Furthermore, the following works are also preceded this paper: firstly we have to mention Sándor Mocsáry's work titled "Magyarország Hymenopterái" (Hymenoptera of Hungary) (Mocsáry 1886b) in which, he briefly summarized the history of the Hymenoptera research in Hungary till 1886. Mocsáry didn't mention - for instance - the life and works of Grossinger, Bocskay-Hoefnagel, Moeller, Földi, Mitterpacher, Frenzel and many others. So, it is good time, to revise and rediscuss again the early Hymenoptera Research in Hungary. The other is the paper of Fritz Gusenleitner:" Wildbienenforschung in Österreich". Austria always had a small territory in the Western Carpathian Basin which even grew after 1920 when Austria received Várvidék and Őrvidék which is now Burgenland therefore Gusenleitner's work is important source to elaborate the Aculeata research of the western part of the Carpathian Basin, namely Burgenland and partly Niederösterreich. Thirdly, we have to mention the "Almanach Entomologów Polskich XX. Wieku" (Bunalskiego, Lipy and Nowackiego 2001) which provides valuable data on Polish entomologists who contributed to know the wasps and bees of the Polish Tatras. The next one is the history of the wild bee research in Romania completed by Cristina Ban-Calefariu and Bogdan Tomozei (Calefariu and Tomozei 2007). In this paper, they provide overview on the Apoidea research in Romania. At last but not least, we have to mention the comprehensive work of Paula Durbesic, titled "Croatian Entomofauna - Looking Back from the Present and Future Plans" (Durbesic 2011) in which we got some sporadic data. Sporadic, since the Croatian entomological research always focused on the Dalmatian and Adriatic territories, the northern parts which belong to the Carpathian Basin weren't researched intensively.
