Boros István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 51. (Budapest 1959)

Mihályi, F.: A revision of the Trypetids of the Carpathian Basin (Diptera)

A Revision of the Trypetids of the Carpathian Basin (Diptera) By F. MIHÁLYI, Budapest J. Thalhammer (8) enumerated 68 Trypetid species from Hungary in 1899. Subsequently to the publication of his work, a long row of Hungarian workers collected in the same territory. By the activities of Győrffy, Kertész, Kristen, Kuthy, Méhely Pillich, Ruff, Szilád y, Thalhammer, — to mention but the most significant names — a considerable material was amassed the data of which were, in their majority, unpublished up to now. In between the two world wars, collecting activities languished, but the working out and the publication of the materials by the pen of A. S o ó s (6, 7) began. On the other hand, M. A c z é 1 (1, 2, 3), commenced his investigations on the home foodplants of the Trypetids. Following World War II, the entomologists of our Museum started a systematic collecting in the whole area of the country. As a result, our Trypetid material became wellnigh doubled. At the same time, G. B a 1 á s (4) and his fellow-workers on the staff of the Horti- and Vinicultural College, the same as V. Martinovi c h (5) of the Horticultural Research Institute, did considerable work concerning the study of foodplants and the breeding of the flies. I began the working out of the aggregated materials in 1957. In this century, the number of Trypetid species collected in the area discussed by Thalhammer increased from 68 to 117. Of these, we have representatives of 110 species in the collection of the Museum. In my list, 19 species (marked by asterisks) are new for the Area ; 16 of them were found also in Hungary. Three more were new for this country, found formerly only in the adjacent territories. My work deals only with the materials deposited in the Dipterological Collection of the Zoological Department of the Natural History Museum. I list all data given on the labels, but of the foodplants those only which were unpublished in the above mentioned papers. I designate the several district areas by the numbers I

—VIII, in accordance with the work of Thaihammer. For the information of research workers in adjacent countries. I list aiso the recent names of formerly Hungarian localities. Due to the lack of comparative materials, I occasionally had severe doubts concerning some of my identifications. I owe therefore a debt of gratitude to. Prof. E. M. Hering (Berlin) for his kind revision of the doubtful determinations. In my enumeration, I give the district, locality, collector (in spaced print), date, — if given on the labels —, and the number and sex of specimens. Abbreviations : e. = wood, forest ; f. = baths ; h. = hill ; hg. = mountains ; szg. = island ; v. = valley. Hypenidium novaki Stróbl. — I. Budapest (Sashegy : Bálás, 3 —17. VIII. 1957 2 /5 9). Eurihia affiuis Frfld.-I. Budafok (U hi, 1 çf, S z i 1 á d y, 20. VIII. Içf), Budapest (Bartkó, 19. VII. 1903 1 rf ; Budatétény rMartinovich, 1. IX. 1958, 1 9; Farkasvölgy: Győrffy, 4. VIL 1915 1 9; Gellérthegy: Bálás, 6—16. VIII. 1953 4 r/, 4 Ç •; Szépvölgy : Győrffy, 9. VIL 1915 1 rf), Bükk hg. (Bélkő: Mihályi, 11-17. VII. 1955 4 /2 9), Debrecen (Bálás & Joó, 10. VII. 1956 1 çf, 1 9), Gyulaháza (G. Tót h, 16. VIII. 1957 1 çf), Kalocsa (Thalhammer, 1 çf), Kecskemét (M a d a r a s s y, 1 çf), Orszentmiklós (S a j ó, VI. 1 çf), Vácduka (Sajó, V. lçf,YI. 1 /, 5 Ç).