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

122 Phylum Arthropoda the West Hungarian border region as well: Phyllotreta tetrastigma, Gonioctena flavicornis, G. intermedia, Cryptocephalus quinquepunctatus and Chrysolina rufa crassicollis. The first specimen of Sermylassa halensis found in Hungary was collected at Tömörd in Vas County (VIG 1991). The leaf-beetle material from the Őrség was identified by KÁROLY VIG and ISTVÁN ROZNER, whose study was preceded only by sporadic records (CSIKI 1953; KASZAB 1962a and 1962b; ROZNER 1987; VIG 1991). They found 223 species in the district. Parallel with that, KÁROLY VIG (1996) prepared an account of the leaf-beetle fauna of the whole West Hungarian border region, with a critical analysis of the literature and a revision of the leaf-beetle material in various public and private collections nationwide. Altogether 352 species were demonstrated or quoted, including three species new to the Hungarian fauna: Cryptocephalus querceti from the Kőszeg Hills and Chrysolina eurina and Oulema duftschmidi, both from the Őrség. (See VIG and ROZNER 1996). KÁROLY VIG (2002a) also processed the leaf-beetle material from the FertőHanság National Park. Two of the 148 species, Aphthona flaviceps and Longitarsus callidus, proved to be new to the Hungarian fauna. Also worth noting were further specimens of Chrysolina eurina and Sermylassa halensis from the Hanság. In 1995, the Savaria Museum purchased the leaf-beetle collection of ATTILA PODLUSSÁNY. Data on the specimens from Northern, Central and South-Eastern Europe were published by KÁROLY VIG (2002b). A high proportion were collected in the West Hungarian border region. ATTILA PODLUSSÁNY stands out among amateur entomologists in the region. He specializes in the curculionoids (Curculionoidea). His shorter papers concern several species new to the fauna of the district: Dyschirius digitatus, Aphodius nemoralis, Otiorhynchus pinastri, Barypeithes monatus, Phyllobius artemisiae, Apion subulatum, A. fallens and A. pseudocerdo (PODLUSSÁNY 1980). The specimen identified as Barypeithes monatus proved later to be misidentified.

39 After some taxonomic clarification, it was found that the previously known Apion cerdo and A. afer also occur in Hungary, having been found in the West Hungarian border region on the first and second occasions (PODLUSSÁNY 1981). He summarized his findings in 1987, showing the occurrence of 575 curculionoid species, partly from literary sources. The species count had risen to 578 species by 1998.

40 The following were new to the Hungarian fauna: Pselaphorhynchites longiceps, Doydirhynchus austriacus, Magdalis opaca (PODLUSSÁNY 1987a), M. linearis, Ceutorhynchus pervicax, Pityophthorus carniolicus, Pityogenes bidentatus (CZETŐ et al. 1985), Placusa atrata, Ocela rivularis, Rhopalocerina clavigera, Altheta britanniae, Chiloporata longitarsis, Pityophthorus exculptus and Otiorhynchus lasius (PODLUSSÁNY 1987b). The beetle material from the Őrség produced 435 specimesn, of which the following were 39 Personal communication from ATTILA PODLUSSÁNY. 40 PODLUSSÁNY, А. 1998. A Duna-Dráva Nemzeti Park Dráva-mente Curculionoidea faunájának alapvetése (Compendium of the Curculionoidea of the Dráva district in the Danube-Dráva National Park). Folia entomologica hungariaca 59:274-305.