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)
60 Natura Somogyiensis Beregszász (now Ukraine, earlier Hungary) but he also processed in this paper the collected material and faunistic data of Sándor Mihalovics, Kornél Chyzer and Géza Horváth. In this paper, Bíró reported various Aculeata species grouped in different types of habitats from Újhely, Tokaj, Szomotor, Páczin, Szöllőske and Czéke (Bíró 1885a, b). He had several short papers: one on the night activity of Smicromyrme rufipes F. (Bíró 1885a), and in other paper, he listed the high number of wild be species which slept in summer nights on dry Centaurea arenaria fixing themselves with their mandibles. He also observed that all of these specimen of various wild be species were exclusively male (Bíró 1885b), finally, he described the Steatoda castanea Clerck parasitism by Glypta bifoveolata Grav. (Bíró 1884). Bíró, after more than 20 years of work in various places as teacher (Budaörs, Sátoraljaújhely, Rákospalota, Kecskemét), and in Budapest as teacher and later phy- loxera inspector and laboratory assistant, in 1895, he went for a longer expedition. He was 7 years in New Guinea and he visited Java, Singapore and Australia either. He collected approximately 200 000 specimen zoological material which resulted descriptions of approximately 2400 new animal and 130 plant species and resulted more than 150 scientific papers and monographs by different authors. Nearly 250 species and 17 genera were dedicated to his honor. After his returning, the King Franz Josef University donated him doctor honoris causa title. He spent his last years with zoological expeditions to Malta, Tunis, Crete, Transylvania and Balkan Mts. Miksa Kertész (?) High school teacher of the Norbertine order in Nagyvárad and member of the Natural Science Division of the Transylvanian Museum Association. In 1890, he published his monograph titled Nagyváradnak és vidékének állatvilága (Fauna of Nagyvárad and its surroundings) published in Vince Bunyitay: Nagyvárad természetrajza (Nature history of Nagyvárad) (Kertész 1879). The following rare species he discussed (according to the original zoological nomenclature of this paper): Pompilius spissus Dhlb., Didineis pannonica Handl, Odynerus rossii Lep., Andrena decipiens Schck and Eucera algira Lep. Most of his data are recorded from Püspök-fürdő, Fácános, Rhédey-kert around Nagyvárad (now Oradea). The same rare species, he repeated, in his other short paper, titled "Bihar vármegye faunája" (Fauna of Bihar county) (Kertész 1901). Artúr Petrogalli (5th January 1850 Fehérkő, now Podbrezová-Vajsková in Slovakia - 14th February 1894 Trencsén (Trencin), high school teacher). Artúr Petrogalli studied at the University of Budapest and then in Vienna where he successfully graduated in 1871. He worked nearly 3 years as secondary school teacher of natural science, mathematics and physics at high school in Besztercebánya than in Arad finally in Trencsén. During his time in Trencsén, he was active member of almost all societies that operated here including the post of Secretary of Natural History Club of Trencin. Arthur Petrogalli died young in 1894 at the age of 44. In his work, he reported several Aculeata species from Szitnya (now Sitno) (Petrogalli 1890). Jenő Petricskó (3rd August 1851 Csércs, now Circ - 1921 Besztercebánya, high school teacher at Besztercebánya, (now Banská Bystrica). He was educated at Eperjes (now Presov) high school and graduated at Budapest University, where he obtained his teacher degree. Petricskó started his career at Budapest University, as assistant professor than he moved to Zombor (now Sombor) to teach in the local high school. Finally, he became professor of natural history, mathematics and geography at the catholic high school of Besztercebánya (now Banská Bystrica). In his paper, published by the
