Ábrahám Levente (szerk.): Válogatott tanulmányok III. - Natura Somogyiensis 12. (Kaposvár, 2008)
Ábrahám Levente: Ascalaphid Studies VII. On the ascalaphid fauna of Taiwan (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae)
Formosan-Taiwanese fauna has Palaearctic and Oriental elements, the latest is related to the fauna of Philippines, and Indo-Australia. The Neuropteran fauna of Taiwan is only partly described. Few monographs are published in the last decades (STANGE & WANG 1997, 1998; NEW 2003 and SZIRÁKI 2000) presenting data on the Neuroptera fauna. Hungarian zoologists has important role in surveying the Formosan fauna: more than 20 collecting Hungarian expeditions were done in this region. The neuropteran material studied below is deposited in the collection of Somogy County Museum, Kaposvár, Hungary. Material and methods This material was collected by Hungarian zoologists in the late 1990s. Beyond the taxon-specific collecting methods, lamp and portable light traps were applied. For light traps, HMLI lamps and black light fluorescent tubes were used. Their emitted light spectrum is rich in UV rays. The collected material was conserved in the field, and it was transferred to the collection of the Somogy County Museum. Results and discussion The Neuroptera collection of the Somogy County Museum contains 98 Formosan Ascalaphidae specimens mostly from the end of the 1990s including 1 Haplogeniinae, and 4 Ascalaphinae species. The most frequent species is Acheron trux (Walker, 1853), that amounts more than 50% of the total collected material. The species list is completed with faunistic data, brief description of morphological features, fly periods and distribution area (in and also out of Taiwan). Abbrevations: Mon - Monograph, Dist - Distribution, Odescr - Original description, Chlist - Checklist List of species: Haplogleniinae Protidricerus elwesi (McLachlan, 1891) Protidricerus sp. - Stange & Wang H. 1997 (Chlist), 1998 (Mon); Material examined: 10 Prov. Taoyuan; 16 km E of Fusing 870m 22.08.1996. 121°24'E;24°50'N leg. T. Csővári & L. Mikus; lO" 2Q Prov. Taitung; 3 km W of Hungyeh village 120°52'E;22°28' N 550m 05.11.1996. leg. Cs. Szabóky; 10 Prov. Nantou; Huisun Forest Area 500m 15 km N of Puli 07-08.06.1997. leg. B. Herczig & L. Ronkay; lO" Prov. Taipei; Pi Hu 500m 122°45'61"E;24 0 54'97"N 02.08.1999. leg. A. Kun & O. Juhász; 20 Prov. Yilan; Fushau 12r24'E;24°45'N 700m 09.09.1999. leg. G. Csorba & B. Herczig; 20 Prov. Yilan; Ming Chyr Forest Recreation Area 121°28'E;24 0 39'N 1150m 11-12.09.1999. leg. G. Csorba & B. Herczig Taiwanese specimens exactly look alike those which collected in China. Fly period: from June to mid of November. It occurs in the SE part of Palaearctic region and in the Oriental region as well. Known from India, China and Pakistan (GHOSH 1985, 1988, SZIRÁKI 2000, WEELE 1909, YANG 1999).
