Haris Attila: Hymenoptera Research in the Carpathian Basin - Natura Somogyiensis 29. (Kaposvár, 2016)
History of the Aculeata research in Hungary from 1920
Haris, A.: Hymenoptera Research in the Carpathian Basin 87 b, c, 1998a, b, 2000a, b, 2001a, b, 2009), Drynidae (Móczár 1965c, 1967e) and Bethylidae (Móczár 1966a,b, 1969, 1970a,b, d, 1971a, b, 1974d, 1975a, 1977a, 1983a, 1986b). Special field of his life-work was the research of pollination ecology of alfalfa. This results is very important basis to compare the pollinator-fauna of the pre-chemical and the chemicalized period of agriculture (Móczár 1954b, 1956b, 1959e, f, 1960d, 1961b, c, e, 1962b, c, Móczár and Bojtos 1957, Benedek and Móczár 1970), the title of his DSc thesis was "Role of wild bees in the Hungarian alfalfa cultures" (Móczár 1959e). László Móczár published high number of papers on ethology. Most of his ethological papers discuss the nesting habits and larva-rearing behavior of Paragymnomerus spiri- cornis (Spinola, 1808), Stilbum cyanurum (Forster, 1771) and Sceliphron destillatorium (Illiger, 1807) and many other species (Móczár 1939c, 1960b, c, 1961a, 1962e, 1967a, 1938i, 1943c, 1947b, 1952a, 1954a, 1961d, 1966c, 1970c, 1972a, 1973, 1961 f, 1977b, 1974b, c, Móczár and Gallé 1983). In ecological aspect, Móczár studied some species in Apoidea (1938h), Sphecoidea (1943b), and Pompilidae (1944c) and also had one paper on zoosociology (Móczár 1960a). We have to mention his work on hymenoptera anatomy (Benedeczky et al. 1990) and hymenoptera pathology: gynandromorphy (Móczár 1944b) and abnormal development in Chrysididae (Móczár 1963b). He was the first, who defined the zoogeographical regions of the Carpathian Basin mainly based on Hymenoptera research (Móczár 1948, 1967f, 1972b). László Móczár was also exceptionally active in popular science as well (Móczár 1950a, b, 1951a, 1953a, 1957b, 1963a, 1967b, 1975b, 1984, 1987b, 1990c, 1995a, Móczár and Bajári, 1962, Móczár and Csépe 1974). During his life, he took more than 500 public presentations. His most important work is the 2 volumes Állathatározó /-//. {Identification Books of the Hungarian Fauna /-//.) and published numerous richly illustrated popular books for amateur naturalists, middle school and university students, he also published 2 CDs, one of them is titled World of Insects {Rovarvilág) including hundreds of his own photography and one other CD on the biographies of Hungarian entomologists. Very important part of his scientific career the insect photography, his large collection of his own photos is deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum. Sándor Bognár (25th January 1921 Budapest - 30th March 2011 Budapest). Sándor Bognár was bom in a catholic family in Budapest, only 2 boys of the 9 children of his parents grown up. After the early death of his parents, he moved to Gyöngyös with his uncle. Finishing his primary and secondary schools in Gyöngyös, he graduated at the Faculty of Agriculture of Palatine József Habsburg-Lothringen University of Technology and Economy in Budapest. In 1944, he was called for military service. After the world war, he got job at the Plant Protection Department, and later at the Zoological Department of University of Agriculture. From 1961, Sándor Bognár was appointed head of Department of Entomology of University of Horticulture in Budapest. Due to his heart problems, he retired in 1981. Sándor Bognár observed Vespula germanica praying caterpillars of Codling moths. (Bognár 1962). He also recorded Pristocera depressa as natural enemy of wireworms (Bognár 1957). Alfréd Taupert (sometimes his name is written Taubert, 1879 Oravicabánya (now Oravica) - 1945 Szabadka (now Subotica). Teacher of Szabadka high school and martyr of Yugoslav partisans. He spent the summer of 1912 in Fonyód and July of 1911 in Herkulesfürdő from where Taupert collected high amount of Aculeata species (smaller amount of Aculeata, he collected from other places of Hungary). He planned to published them but his and his family's cruel execution made it impossible. The Taubert
