Uherkovich Ákos: A Dráva mente állatvilága II. (Dunántúli Dolgozatok Természettudományi Sorozat 9., 1998)

Vig K.: A Duna-Dráva Nemzeti Park levélbogár faunája (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae sensu lato). - Leaf beetle fauna (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae sensu lato) of the Duna-Dráva National Park (Southern Hungary)

268 DUNÁNTÚU DOLGOZATOK (A) TERMÉSZETTUDOMÁNYI SOROZAT 9. (1998) VÍG, K. & ROZNER, I. (1996): Leaf beetle fauna of VÍG, К. (in press): Leaf beetle fauna of the Aggtelek őrség (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae sensu lato). In: National Park In: MAHUNKA, S. (ed.): The fauna VlO K. (szerk.): Az órségi Tájvédelmi Körzet of the Aggtelek National Park. - The Natural természeti képe II. Natural History of órség History of Hungarian National Parks, Akadémiai. Landscape Conservation Area II. - Savaria, a Vas Kiadó, Budapest, megyei Múzeumok Értesítője, 23/2 (1996): 163202. Leaf beetle fauna (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae sensu lato) of the Duna (Danube)-Dráva National Park (Southern Hungary) Károly VÍG The Duna (Danube)-Dráva National Park, founded in 1996, is a ribbon-like combination of protected areas including large regions under the direct influence of the rivers Duna (Danube) and Dráva. Its total size is 49 479 hectares, out of which 265 hectares belong to "Ramsar territories". The national park connects those areas of patchy distribution which are influenced by water inundation and had been legally protected at certain levels (Gemenc landscape protection area, Béda-Karapancsa landscape protection area, Bares Juniper Woodland landscape protection area, Lankóci forest, Basa-Garden at Babócsa, Zákány-ortilos areas, Cún-Szaporca Old Dráva-Bed, etc.). A total of 156 leaf beetle taxa were found in the investigated areas. In comparison with the number of leaf beetle species reported from other protected areas in Hungary, this value is relatively low. However, if it is considered that the National Park contains, apart from the Bares Juniper Woodland, similar areas in their character, this number reflects greater significance. Most of the species found prefer wet habitats, though the number of species generally found in mountains or hilly regions was also high. The latter species fmd here there favourable environments in valleys of streams and on the northern slopes of nearby elevations. In the area of the Bares Juniper Woodland, species preferring warm and arid habitats and south-facing, grassy slopes were found (Cryptocephalus elegantulus Gravenhorst, 1807; Cryptocephalus /M/VHĴ Goeze, 1777; CryptocephalusstrigosusGermar, 1823; AphtonanigriscutisFoudr&s, 1860; Cassida margaritacea Schaller, 1783). An outstanding piece of faunistic data is the occurrence of two specimens of Chrysolina eurina (Frivaldsky, 1883), which species had been shown to exist in Hungary only in the Őrség region. The presence of several rare or seldom encountered species (Donacia antiqua Kunze, 1818; Donacia cinerea Herbst, 1783; Donacia impressa Paykull, 1799; Smaragdina ßavicollis (Charpentier, 1825); Pachybrachis sinuatus Mulsant, 1859; Cryptocephalus decemmaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758); Chrysomela saliceti (Weise, 1884); Phyllotreta astrachanica Lopatin, 1977; Phyllotreta tetrastigma (Comolli, 1837); Altica lythri Aube, 1843; Chaetocnema major (Duval, 1825); Chaetocnema semicoerulea (Koch, 1803); Mantura obtusata (Gyllenhal, 1813); Psylliodes cupreata (Duftschmidt, 1825)) contributes to making valuable the leaf beetle fauna found here. Author's address: Dr. Károly Vic Natural History Department Savaria Museum P. O. Box 14 H-970I Szombathely