Vig Károly: Zoological Research in Western Hungary. A history (Szombathely, 2003)

Phylum Arthropoda 9 5 He did important research mainly into 'Orthoptera'.

14 The earliest faunistic records of the district were published in 1867 in a monograph by JÁNOS FRIVALDSZKY (1867), which frequently cites OCSKAY'S records. Several hitherto unknown species from the Fertő district were demonstrated by HEINRICH H. KARNY, who made a collecting tour in 1907. The list here (KARNY 1908) contains the species newly discovered by him, with current scientific names in square brackets (if different) and localities. Conocephalus nitidulus [Homorocaryphus nitidulus] (between Boz [Fertőboz] and Bali), Gampsocleis glabra (Védeny [Weiden am See], Pátfalu [Podesdorf], Mexikó [Mekszikópuszta] and Hidegség), Platycleis affinis (Védeny, Pátfalu, Bánfalu [Apetlon], Pomogy [Pamhagen], Mexikó and Hidegség), P. montana (Védeny, Pátfalu), Oedipoda caerulescens var. marginata (Védeny, Pátfalu, Ilmic [Illmitz]), Sphingonotus coerulans (Védeny, Pátfalu), Ailoqus strepens (Védeny to Balf), A. tergestinus var. pannonicus [Epacromius coerulipes pannonicus] (Védeny, Pátfalu, Ilmic, Bánfalu, Pomogy, Mexikó, Hidegség), Chorthippus albomarginatus var. maxima (Pártfalu, Mexikó), Omocestus nigromaculatus (Mexikó, Hidegség). The author also mentioned Pachytylus migratorius [Locusta migratoria], as a species that had not been collected again recently. In his view, the drainage work had caused its extinction. More recent data on orthopteroids were published by MÁTYÁS PÁL ARADI (1955), who found 27 species in the Hanság and analysed the ecological features at the localities. A compilation of the 'Orthoptera' fauna of the Fertő district

—based on data from PUNGUR (1900) and ARADI—appears in ANDRIKOVICS and BERCZIK (1975). So far, 51 'Orthoptera' species have been found in the Fertő-Hanság National Park

—a relatively low count for such a diversity of habitats. However, the xerotherm and mesotherm habitats of the Fertőrákos Hills support an orthopteroid assemblage that includes such mesotherm and xerotherm species as Stenobothrus crassipes, S. nigromaculatus, Calliptamus italicus and Oedipoda caerulescens, differing from that of the extensive wetlands of the plain (NAGY and SZIRÁKI 2002). The 'Orthoptera' on the Austrian side of Fertő (in the Leitha Hills, Parndorf Plateau and Seewinkel) have been investigated more intensively. The wider range of habitats (wetlands round Fertő, xerotherm slopes in the Leitha Hills, the Parndorf Plateau, and the sodic plain of the Zicklacke district) kindled interest from several specialists (KARNY 1908; EBNER 1910, 1914, 1951, 1955 and 1958; FRANZ 1931; WERNER 1932; FRANZ et al. 1937; KALTENBACH 1962 and 1963; SCHMIDT and SCHACH 1978; SCHMIDT 1987). The list by ALFONZ FREH (1878), monograph by ADOLF KUNCZ (1880), Vas County monograph (JABLONOWSKI 1898), 14 OCSKAY (de OCSKÓ), F. 1826. Gryllorum Hungáriáé indigenerorum species aliquot. Acta nova Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae curiosorum 13:407; idem. 1833. Orthoptera nova. Ibid. 16:959; idem. 1863. Fiume vidékén felfedezett új sáskafajról (Barbitistes ocskayi) (New species of locust discovered in the Fiume [Rijeka] district). In HALÁSZ, G. ed. A Magyar Orvosok és Természetvizsgálók 1847. augusztus 11-17. Sopronban tartott VIII. nagygyűlésének történeti vázlata és munkálatai (Historical Outline and Lectures of the 8th Great Assembly of Hungarian Physicians and Natural Scientists held on August 11-17, 1847 in Sopron), 332-3. Pest: Emich Gusztáv M. Akad. nyomdász.