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Merkl, O. ; Kondorosy, E.: Benibotarus taygetanus (Pic, 1905) in Hungary (Coleoptera: Lycidae)

ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI Volume 96 Budapest, 2004 pp. 97-102. Benibotarus taygetanus (Pic, 1905) in Hungary (Coleoptera: Lycidae) O. MERKL

1 & E. KONDOROSY

2 'Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H1088 Budapest, Baross u. 13, Hungary. E-mail: merkl@zoo.zoo.nhmus.hu 2

University of Veszprém, Georgikon Faculty of Agriculture, H-8360 Keszthely, Deák F. u. 16, Hungary. E-mail: h5575kon@ella.hu Abstract - The net-winged beetle Benibotarus taygetanus (Pic, 1905) is reported for the first time from Hungary. It was collected in five localities: Ipolytarnóc (Nógrád county, northern Hungary), Cserszegtomaj, Keszthely, Rezi (Zala county, western Hungary) and Vigántpetend (Veszprém county, western Hungary). A check-list of the Hungarian species of Lycidae and Omalisidae is given. With 2 figures. Key words - Benibotarus taygetanus, Lycidae, Hungary, Ipolytarnóc. HISTORY OF BENIBOTARUS TAYGETANUS (PIC) IN HUNGARY Benibotarus taygetanus (PIC, 1905) (Fig. 1) was mentioned from the Carpathian Basin by KASZAB (1955: 19) under the name "Dictyopterus Fieclleri REITT." He wrote the following: "Előfordul Délkelet-Európában és Közép-Európa keleti felében. Faunaterületünkön eddig csak a Kárpátokból ismerjük (Herkulesfürdőtől a Nyugati-Beszkidekig). Nagyon ritka. Magyarországi előfordulása várható." [Distributed in Southeast Europe and in the eastern part of Central Europe. So far it is known in our faunal region from the Carpathians only (from Bade Herculane to Western Beskydy Mts). Very rare. Its occurrence in Hungary is expected.] The species was unknown from the present-day Hungary until 1996, when specimens were found in Ipolytarnóc. The Ipolytarnóc Fossils Nature Conservation Area (Ipolytarnóci Ősmaradványok Természetvédelmi Terület) is a well-known paleontological site situated in Nógrád county (northern Hungary) near the Slovakian border. It ranks among the richest findings of preserved traces of the Tertiary fauna all over the world. It received protected status in 1944 and in 1995 the Council of Europe awarded it the European Diploma.