Vig Károly: Zoological Research in Western Hungary. A history (Szombathely, 2003)
118 Phylum Arthropoda investigations have found 16 Scydmaenidae and 43 Pselaphinae (Staphylinidae) taxa in the park territory, of which the pselaphid Euplectus bonvouloiri narentimus was a new record for Hungary (RUDNER 2002). The staphylinid subfamily Habrocerinae is represented in the Hungarian fauna by only one species, collected in the Fertő-Hanság National Park in company with 21 Tachyporinae species (FÜLÖP 2002). Locality and collection data for 15 Oxytelinae from the Fertő-Hanság National Park were given by GYÖRGY MAKRANCY (2002). A list of 30 Stetinae species was presented by VOLKER PUTHZ and OTTÓ MERKL (2002). Two species found in the park area —Stenus glabellus and S. latifrons —were reported as new to the Hungarian fauna by JOHANNES FRISCH (1992). The occurrence of 11 Xantholinini and one Othiini species (both Staphylinidae) has been recorded from Fertő-Hanság National Park. Interestingly, four xantholinin species were only found by 'the netting with car method', performed by OTTO MERKL (JANÁK and SZÉL 2002). LÁSZLÓ ÁDÁM (1997a) was again the one who identified the scarabaeoid beetles (Scarabaeoidea) collected in the Őrség. Of the 63 species found, Trichius fasciatus, Mimela aurata and Amphimallon burmeisteri deserve mentioning as characteristic of the Őrség fauna. Their distribution in Hungary is confined to areas under Alpine climatic influence. The jewel beetles (Buprestidae) collected in the Őrség and found in private collections were processed by JÓZSEF MUSKOVITS (1997). He established that 29 of the almost 120 species native to Hungary had been confirmed in the Őrség, although others will certainly be found. Of those discovered already, 18 live on deciduous trees, 7 on conifers and 4 on herbaceous plants, while 13 are Euro-Siberian, 9 European and 7 Mediterranean in their distribution. Agrilus betuleti, A. subauratus, Anthaxia helvetica, A. similis and Scintillatrix dive are notably rare. Two decades earlier, the first Hungarian specimen of the jewel beetle Anthaxia morio was found in the West Hungarian border region (SOMORJAI 1980). Carrion-beetle (Silphidae) and steelbeetle (Histeridae) species collected in the Őrség were identified by ISTVÁN ROZNER (1996). Only 33 Silphidae are known nationally, so that an Őrség species count of 13 is remarkable. Of the earlier monographs, Fauna Regni Hungáriáé (KUTHY 1896) gave only 5 Silphidae species for all the West Hungarian border region, of which Blitophaga undata and Agyrtes castaneus have yet to be found in the Őrség. The same source gave 12 Histeridae species for the West Hungarian border region, mainly from Sopron and Kőszeg. During this research, the author demonstrated the occurrence of 22 species in the Őrség, of which Platysoma filiforme was new to the Hungarian fauna. However, the species count is still very low and likely to reach 40-50. There is a conspicuous absence of Saprinus species that live on carrion, but several species living in manure or nests or under bark have yet to be collected. The Omalisidae, Lycidae, Lampyridae, Cantharidae, Trogossitidae, Cleridae, Melyridae, Lymexylidae, Tenebrionidae, Colydiidae, Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Meloidae, Anthicidae, Aderidae, Pyrochroidae, Salpingidae and Oedemeridae families of beetles were
