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

Phylum Arthropoda 117 1 Spercheidae, 3 Hydrochidae, 5 Helophoridae, 40 Hydrophilidae and 5 Hydraenidae species (SZÉL 2002). There is further detail in ANDRIKOVICS (1980a), VARGA (2002) and MERKL (2002). LÁSZLÓ ÁDÁM (1994C) discovered a rove-beetle species new to science: Dinaraea hungarica (Staphylinidae). The holotype, collected by SÁNDOR HORVATOVICH in a pitfall trap at Csepreg on June 20, 1973, is held by the Natural History Department at the Janus Pannonius Museum in Pécs. He also processed the department's rove-beetle collection (ÁDÁM 1995, 1996e and 1998). This includes numerous Western Hungarian specimens, some new to the Hungarian fauna at the time: Paederus hrevipennis at Magyarszombatfa (April 4, 1978, leg: S. HORVATOVICH) and near Szakonyfalu (April 6, 1978, leg: S. HORVATOVICH), Rugilus mixtus also from near Szakonyfalu (April 6, 1978, leg: S. HORVATOVICH

—ÁDÁM 1995). The second half of the paper contains occurrence records of Euryporus picipes at Szőce (April 7, 1978, leg: S. HORVATOVICH) and Tachyporus corpulentus at Szakonyfalu (April 6, 1978, leg: S. HORVATOVICH

— ÁDÁM 1996e). The third part includes a species new to the fauna of Western Hungary: Gyrophaena williamsi (Szakonyfalu, August 9 and 10, 1977, and July 13, 1978, leg: S. HORVATOVICH S. and J. SÁR—ÁDÁM 1998). Processing of rove beetles (Staphylinidae) from the Őrség was also done by LÁSZLÓ ÁDÁM (1996b). Previously, there had only been sporadic reports of rove beetles occurring there, apart from the records of Őrség specimens in the Janus Pannonius Museum in Pécs (ÁDÁM 1995). Altogether there are about 1200 species from the family native to Hungary, of which 334 have been shown to occur in the Őrség. The following are typical: Micropeplus longipennis, Olophrum austriacum, Hesperophilus cribricollis, H. defensus, H. pallipes, Nestus phyllobates, Tesnus eumerus, Paederus hrevipennis, Bisnius cyanipennis, Paragabrius nigrita, Euryporus picipes, Schinomosa lepida, Tachyporus corpulentus and Gyrophaena williamsi. Most occur only occasionally, in cool, damp woodland areas of Hungary, or along watercourses flowing from the Alps or the Carpathians. Several species are known only in the Őrség, where 16 have been found to be new to the Hungarian fauna: Micropeplus longipennis, Geodromicus kunzei, Ochthephilus omalinus, Hesperophilus defensus, H. pallipes, Nestus phyllobates, Tesnus eumerus, Ocypus hrevipennis, Sepedophilus constans, Gyrophaena poweri, Placusa depressa, Cathyusa scitula, Dasygnypeta velata, Amischa soror, Hydrosmecta longula and Dimetrota cadaverina. With Geodromicus kunzei, the district provided the single specimen found so far. It is a typical Alpine species usually found at altitudes above 1500 metres, so that its occurrence in the Őrség needs confirmation. Much of the PODLUSSÁNY beetle collection, now in the possession of the Mátra Museum in Gyöngyös, came from the West Hungarian border region. Again, LÁSZLÓ ÁDÁM identified the rove beetles (1997b). The list contains many species with Western Hungarian occurrence data. Altogether 11 Scydmaenidae and 29 Pselaphinae species were known from the Fertő-Hanság National Park and its environs from literary sources, before the staff of the Hungarian Natural History Museum began collecting. Recent