Juhász Magdolna (szerk.): A kaposvári Rippl-Rónai Múzeum közleményei 7. (Kaposvár, 2020)
Ábrahám Levente: The Börzsöny lacewing collection I.
A Kaposvári Rippl-Rónai Múzeum Közleményei 07: 35-54 ISSN 2064-1966 (Print); ISSN 2631-0376 (Online) Kaposvár, 2020 DÓI: 10.26080/krrmkozl.2020.7.35 http://www.smmi.hu/kiadvanyok/KRRMK.htm The Börzsöny lacewing collection I. (Neuroptera: Osmylidae, Mantispidae, Hemerobiidae, Chrysopidae, Nemopteridae, Myrmeleontidae: Ascalaphinae) LEVENTE ÁBRAHÁM H-7400 Kaposvár, P.O. Box 70, Hungary, e-mail: labraham@smmi.hu Abstract: The entomological collection of László Börzsöny was donated to the Rippl-Rónai Museum (Kaposvár) in 2019. Osmylidae 2 exx. - 2 sp., Mantispidae 1 ex. -1 sp., Hemerobiidae 2 exx. -1 sp., Chrysopidae 28 exx. -12 sp., Nemopteridae 100 exx. - 6 sp., Myrmeleontidae: Ascalaphinae 444 exx. - 68 sp. were identified in this collection. During the identification, 3 new synonyms were revealed namely Palparidius fascipennis (Banks, 1911) (syn. n.) a new junior synonym of Palparidius capicola Péringuey, 1910, Ululodes sinuatus Banks, 1924 (syn. n.) a new junior synonym of Cordulecerus praecellens (Gerstaecker, 1885), Agrionosoma pendleburyi Fraser, 1927 (syn. n.) is a new junior synonym of Agrionosoma dohrni van der Weele, 1909. The lectotype of Suphalomitus buyssoni van der Weele, 1909 and the lectotype of Suhpalacsa donckieri Navás, 1913 were designated. Several species were found as new records for the local faunas: Dielocroce chobauti (Mdachlan, 1898) for Jordan; Ameropterus selysi (van der Weele, 1909) for Peru and French Guiana; Cordulecerus praecellens (Gerstaecker, 1885), Amoea arenosa (Walker, 1853) Haploglenius cuboides Jones si. and Ululodes venezolensis van der Weele, 1909 (stat. n.) for Peru; Allocormodes junodi van der Weele, 1909 for Tanzania; Ascalobyas microcerus (Rambur, 1842) for Belize; Protidricerus elwesii (McLachlan, 1891) for Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam; Tmesibasis rothschildi van der Weele, 1907 for Ethiopia; Agrionosoma dohmi van der Weele, 1909 and Agrionosoma swinhoei van der Weele, 1909 for Myanmar; Encyoposis seydeli (Navás, 1929) for Zambia; Glyptobasis cornuta Kimmins, 1949 for Nepal; Libelioides sibiricus (Eversmann, 1850) for Mongolia; Maezous tomijankae Ábrahám, 2008 for China and Vietnam; Malesianus harisi (Ábrahám, 2008) for Indonesia; Nephoneura costalis van der Weele, 1909 for Zambia, Ghana, Cameroon; Phalascusa vassei van der Weele, 1909 for Kenya. Zambia, Namibia and Suphalomitus formosanus Esben-Petersen, 1913 for Vietnam. Keywords: Börzsöny lacewing collection, new synonym, faunistic data Introduction The insect collection of Mr. László Börzsöny, who passed away in 2017, was donated by his widow to the Rippl-Rónai Museum (Kaposvár) in 2019. The collection of approximately 8,000 specimens consists mainly of dragonflies and damselflies, but also includes a smaller number of other groups of insects (lacewings, butterflies, beetles, etc. The collection also includes a large number (1,057 specimens) of antiions and owlflies from Europe, Asia, Africa and South America. László Börzsöny (Fig. 1) was born in Pécs in 1942. He spent his childhood in Dunaszekcső and Érd (Hungary). Already at a young age, he came very close to nature. His initial beetle collecting trips were supported by his nature lover grandfather. Fig. 1. László Börzsöny (1942-2017) During his pupil’s years, his family moved to Budapest, where he completed his primary and secondary schools and graduated at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics at Budapest University of Technology and Economics. From 1970, he lived in Germany and then moved to South Africa with his family. In South Africa, he initially worked at the National Institute of Metallurgy and later he worked as a research adviser assistant, at the Chamber of Mines. After five years, they returned back to Germany from South Africa. Wherever he worked or traveled in the world, he always collected his favorite and admired insects with great enthusiasm. His unquenchable interest in entomology remained throughout for all his life. During his retirement years, he returned to Hungary, again. In his retirement years, he devoted almost all of his energy to researching dragonflies and damselflies, which resulted in the establishment of a huge and valuable collection of these insects. He was also interested in aquaristics, propagating special plants, collecting cacti and nature photography. Unfortunately, he was attacked by a fatal disease in 2016 and died in 2017.
