Levente Abraham

• Rippl-Rónai Museum

The collection of the Entomologisches Forschungsmuseum Eyjolf AISTLEITNER (EFMEA) contains faunistic data on antlions, which have been collected during 40 years. This collection includes 293 specimens of 13 species. From a faunistic point of view, the most interesting species are Myrmeleon gerlindae H ÖLZEL, 1974, Neuroleon distichus (NAVÁS, 1903)...

Distribution data on the lacewing fauna of the data-deficient Transcarpathian Lowland (West Ukraine) were provided. The attractivity of phenylacetaldehyde-(FLO) and isoamyl alcohol-based (SBL) lures designed for trapping lepidopteran pests to lacewings was also studied and compared to the efficiency of light traps traditionally used in studies on n...

Expertise in biodiversity research (taxonomy, faunistics, conservation with taxonomic background) appears to decline worldwide. While the “taxonomic impediment” is discussed extensively in the literature, much fewer papers focus on the identification crisis, i.e., the decreasing number of experts who can identify species, and the decline of species...

Two species used to be included in the African genus Nadus: Nadus overlaeti (Navás, 1931) and Nadus sudanensis Navás, 1935. Following our revision of the genus, we propose that Nadus sudanensis Navás, 1935 (syn.nov.) should be a new junior synonym of Nadus overlaeti (Navás, 1931). The monobasic genus and species are redescribed. Several photographs...

Species of the owlfly genus Glyptobasis McLachlan, 1873 from India and its adjacent countries are revised. Two species, Glyptobasis dentifera (Westwood, 1847) and Glyptobasis nigrifrons Kimmins, 1949 are redescribed based on freshly collected specimens from Kerala, India. The status of all Glyptobasis species reported from the Oriental region is re...

Six species of Creoleon Tillyard 1918 reported from India and reexamined the taxonomic status of the Creoleon species described from India and Sri Lanka. Creoleon parallelus syn. nov. Creoleon littoreus syn. nov. and Creoleon fulvinervis Navás, 1932 syn. nov. are proposed as junior synonyms of Creoleon griseus. The lectotypes of Creoleon littoreus,...

The genus Pseudoformicaleo van der Weele, 1909 with the species Pseudoformicaleo nubecula (Gerstaecker, 1885) is recorded for the first time from India and Thailand is redescribed. Additionally, morphological variability of P. nubecula is studied and illustrated based on the type specimen from Australia, and other specimens collected from Asia. Fin...

Glyptobasis sonjae sp. n. is described from India and compared to Glyptobasis dentifera (Westwood, 1847), Glyptobasis nugax (Walker, 1853), Glyptobasis nigrifrons Kimmins, 1949, Glyptobasis weelei Kimmins, 1949, and Glyptobasis spinicornis van der Weele, 1909 from India and Sri Lanka.

In this paper, the authors publish the faunistic data of the antlion material of the EFMEA collection from Central and Southern Europe. This collection is one of the largest private collections in Austria. The most important species of the collection from a faunistic and nature conservation point of view are: Neuroleon arenarius (Navás, 1904), Neur...

In this study, the authors describe the occurrence of a rare and representative antlion species, namely Dendroleon longicruris (C.-k. Yang, 1986), in northern and central Vietnam. This is the first time that this species has been found in the fauna of Vietnam. The most important distinguishing, phenological and distribution features are given.

The endemic species Stiphroneura inclusa (Walker, 1853) and Vellassa maunieri Navás, 1924 occurring in the Oriental realm were compared. We identified that the original designation and monotypic genus Vellassa Navás, 1924 syn. n. is a junior synonym of Stiphroneura Gerstaecker, 1885, so Stiphroneura maunieri (Navás, 1924) comb. n. is a new combinat...

In this paper, the authors publish the faunistic data of the owlfly (ascalaphid) material of the EFMEA collection. This collection is one of the largest private collections in Austria. Collecting owlflies started more than 60 years ago. In 2023 the collection comprises a total of nearly 13,000 owlflies specimens (especially genus Libelloides TJEDER...

In this paper, the authors publish the faunistic data of the nemopterid material of the EFMEA (Entomologisches Forschungsmuseum Eyjolf AISTLEITNER) collection. The collecting work began in 1975. Specimens of the collection are from 3 continents (Europe, Asia, Africa). The entire material consists of 1646 specimens, which include 18 species (without...

Pseudopalpares parvopunctatus sp. n. from Botswana and Namibia is described and compared to Pseudopalpares sparsus (McLachlan, 1867), Pseudopalpares sobrinus (Navás, 1912) (comb. n.), and Pseudopalpares nyicanus (Kolbe, 1897) (comb. n.) which are moved to a new combination. The lectotype of Pseudopalpares sparsus (McLachlan, 1867) is designated fro...

The Nemoleontid genus, Nemoleon Navás, 1909 from the Oriental realm, with two new species namely Nemoleon ghoshi sp. nov. and Nemoleon madayiensis sp. nov. are described from Kerala, India. Also, a species key of Nemoleon from India based on the adult characters is provided, and compered to African species.

To the knowledge of owlfly and antlion fauna of Cape Verde (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). Abstract: The authors publish new faunistic surveys carried out in Cape Verde. An annotated checklist of the Myrmeleontidae fauna was compiled. The general and local distribution of the species is described. Creoleon cinerascens (Navás, 1912) is a new species i...

In September, 2022, the first Mecoptera specimens of the Arabian Peninsula were collected in Oman (Dhofar province). The collected male and female specimens are conspecific with Bittacus chevalieri (Navás, 1908), which is widely distributed in the African Sub-Saharan grass savannahs and ranges from Senegal in West Africa to India. The occurrence of...

The ascalaphid, Bubopsis zarudnyi Martynova, 1926 is recorded for the first time from India. Bubopsis rubrapunctata Ghosh, 1981 was the only owlfly species previously described from India from the genera. The two species are revised from a taxonomic point of view and Bubopsis zarudnyi is redescribed. The habitat and flight activity of the species i...

The second specimen of Distoleon ornatus (Needham, 1913), an endemic species from the Seychelles, has become known. As a result of the morphological examination, it is moved into a new genus Paraglenurus ornatus (Needham, 1913) (comb.n.), and a redescription is given.

After the description of Ascalaphus (Haploglenius) obscurus Westwood, 1847, the type specimen was lost. Thus, the genus and subfamily classification of the species became uncertain. Later taxonomists (Hagen 1866, McLachlan 1873, van der Weele 1909) could not clarify the correct combination of the genus (Haploglenius, Idricerus). Tauber et al. (2019...

This publication contains a description of the genus Bellulula (gen. n.) separated from the genus Dicolpus Gerstaecker, 1884. The new genus was compared with Phalascusa Kolbe, 1897, Dicolpus Gerstaecker, 1884 and Proctarrelabris Lefébvre, 1842. Among the type specimens kept in different collections, the lectotype specimen of the species (present de...

This is the first of a series of papers dealing with the results of light trapping research in Ropolypuszta, Zselic Hills, Hungary. In this paper, the authors publish the basic faunistic results of two-year sampling taken between 2019-2020. Altogether 24,499 specimens of 375 macromoth species were collected. The circumstances of the whole survey, t...

The ascalaphid, Bubopsis zarudnyi Martynova, 1926 is recorded for the first time from India. Bubopsis rubrapunctata Ghosh, 1981 was the only owlfly species previously described from India from the genera. The two species are revised from a taxonomic point of view and Bubopsis zarudnyi is redescribed. The habitat and flight activity of the species i...

Nógrádi Sára (1942–2023), 1982-2001-ig a Janus Pannonius természettudományi muzeológusaként dolgozott. Rovartani szakterületen belül a hazai és közép-európai tegzesekre (Trichoptera) specializálódott. Főműve társszerzőségben, Dr. Uherkovich Ákossal a „Magyarország tegzesei (Trichoptera)” című monográfia. Munkásságának egyik eredménye, hogy a Janus...

The genus Dominikon Dobosz, Krivokhatsky & Ábrahám gen. nov. is separated from the genus Nedroledon Navás, 1914, along with two previously described species: Dominikon lagopus (Gerstaecker, 1894) and Dominikon iranensis (Hölzel, 1972) comb. nov. A new species, Dominikon aspoecki Dobosz, Ábrahám & Krivokhatsky sp. nov. is described from Iran and Tur...

The male and female of Banyutus cubitalis (Navás, 1914), a poorly known nemoleontid species from India was redescribed and illustrated based on the specimens collected for the first time from Southern Western Ghats (new faunistic records). Also, a key to the antlion genera in Nemoleontini tribe from India were provided.

The genus Iranoidricerus Ábrahám & Mészáros, 2002 was created for Iranoidricerus iranensis (Kimmins, 1938) described earlier in the genus Ptyngidricerus Van der Weele, 1908. A second species of the genus Iranoidricerus jordaniensis sp. n. is described from Jordan. The new species has similar habitus to I. iranensis but has many distinctive features...

Author reports the first occurrence of Nohoveus zigan (H. Aspöck et al., 1980) in Greece. Distribution, habitat, and major morphological features of the species are given.

The authors publish faunistic data on 48 owlfly specimens from Jordan, where only two species were known in the past. Four species ( Ascalaphus festivus , Deleproctophylla variegata , Iranoidricerus cf. iranensis, Stylascalaphus krueperi ) are new records for Jordan and the two previously recorded species ( Bubopsis andromache , Bubopsis hamata ) a...

Abstract: During five entomological field expeditions between 2008 and 2019, butterfly specimens were collected in Oman, and a total of 492 specimens of 46 species were documented. Faunistic and distribution data for each species is presented, along a short overview of the physical geography of Oman and biogeographical notes of the butterfly fauna....

Cymothales annisancti Navás, 1926, formerly kept as a synonym. On the basis of a Cymothales specimen from Republic of Guinea we concluded, it is conspecific with the type of Cymothales annisancti Navás, 1926. The valid taxon is compared to Cymothales liberiensis van der Weele, 1904. With 8 figures.

Creoleon prolongaveruntus sp. nov. is described, figured from the island of Socotra (Yemen) and compared to Creoleon aegyptiacus (Rambur, 1842), Creoleon elegans Hölzel, 1968 and Creoleon mortifer (Walker, 1853).

The authors examined antlion types in several collections and, as a result, 44 new synonymous names were found and 8 new combinations were established. Label data of the type specimens, distribution and some taxonomical comments were published. Acanthaclisis aurora Klapálek, 1912 n. syn. of Phanoclisis longicollis (Rambur, 1842); Creoleon pallida F...

The entomological collection of László börzsöny was donated to the rippl-rónai museum (Kaposvár) in 2019. Osmylidae 2 exx. - 2 sp., mantispidae 1 ex. - 1 sp., hemerobii-dae 2 exx. - 1 sp., Chrysopidae 28 exx. - 12 sp., nemopteridae 100 exx. - 6 sp., myrmeleontidae: ascalaphinae 444 exx. - 68 sp. were identified in this collection. During the identi...

The authors examined antlion types in several collections and, as a result, numerous synonymous nameswere detected. Palpares infimus (Walker, 1853), n. syn. of Palpares zebratus Rambur, 1842; Palpares nobilisNavás, 1931, n. syn. of Palpares zebratus Rambur, 1842; Palpares schrammi Navás, 1914, n. syn. of Palparesamitinus Kolbe, 1906; Palpares decar...

A new genus, Afroasca gen. n. (type species: Suphalomitus buyssoni Weele, 1909), and a new species, Afroasca doboszi sp. n. are described from Kenya and compared to Afroasca buyssoni (Weele, 1909) comb. n. With 13 figures.

Myrmeleon wangxinlii sp. n. (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) from Sichuan, China. Myrmeleon wangxinlii sp. n. is described from China and compared with other Asian Myrmeleon species: Myrmeleon formicarius Linnaeus, 1767, Myrmeleon trivialis Gerstaecker, 1885, Myrmeleon oberthuri navÁs, 1923, Myrmeleon ferrugineipennis bao, 2009. Myrmeleon montanus navÁ...

Interesting lacewings (Neuroptera: Berothidae, Nemopteridae, Myrmeleontidae) from the United Arab Emirates. This paper presents the species of lacewings (Neuroptera: Berothidae, Chrysopidae, Myrmeleontidae, Nemopteridae) collected in two locations in Jebel Hafeet, a mountain located south to the city of Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates. New fauna...

Between 2008-2010 the author six times three-week-long collecting trips were carried out in Morocco. During this survey, total of 2369 specimens (Nemopteridae: 52, Myrmeleontidae: 2089, Ascalaphidae: 228) were collected by net, light and portable light trap methods. 6 nemopterid, 53 myrmeleontid and 8 ascalaphid species were found. A total of 41% (...

Between 1986-1997, large butterfly and moth fau-na was examined in the Lake Baláta Nature Reserve (So-mogy county). In 1987, a light trap was operated for a year in Kanizsaberek, the closest settlement to the protected area, and the further faunistic investigation was carried out by light-ing in the other three points of the protected area. The but...

Maezous maezousi sp.n. is a new species from the Philippines namely Palawan Island compared to Maezous princeps (Gerstaecker, 1894), Maezous lugubris (Gerstaecker, 1894) comb.n., Maezous jianfanglingana (Yang & Wang 2002) comb.n., Maezous tomijankae Ábrahám, 2008 and Malesianus harisi (Ábrahám, 2008) comb. n. Malesianus gen. n. is a new genus from...

Neuroleon tarimensis sp. n. is described from China and compared to Asiatic Neuroleon species: Neuroleon erato Hölzel, 1972, Neuroleon zakharenkoi Krivokhatsky, 1996, Neuroleon marcopolo Hölzel, 1970, Neuroleon fanaticus (McLachlan, 1875), Neuroleon nemausiensis (Borkhausen, 1791), Neuroleon nigriventris (Navás, 1913), Neuroleon dianae Hölzel, 1972...

Libelloides macaronius (Scopoli, 1763) on the Great Hungarian Plain: Libelloides macaronius is a strictly protected species in Hungary. The occurrence of the species has already known from Alpokalja (W Hungary) and Hungarian Mountains including in Mecsek. The new population was detected in the Great Hungarian Plain (SE Hungary) in atypical habitats...

The species Libelloides cunii (Sélys-Longchamps, 1880) is newly recorded from Africa and Morocco.

The Danube Clouded Yellow (Colias myrmidone) is one of the most endangered butterflies in Europe. Its distribution range shrank dramatically in the last few decades due to the extinction of populations in Western and Central Europe. Ecological studies were commenced when populations were already at the verge of extinction, thus our knowledge on the...

A poorly known species of antlions, Omoleon jeanneli Navás, 1936 is redescribed and illustrated with five photos and genitalia drawings. A key for African Dendroleontini is given. This is the first record of O. jeanneli from Kenya.

This paper summarizes all information on the genus Halter living in South Western Palearctic and West Oriental regions. The type and non type materials are preserved in different collections, they were reidentified and seven taxa were checked. Halter halteratus (Forskål, 1775) is a widespread species in North Africa and South West Asia. Halter libr...

Effects of habitat diversification through ground cover management on green apple aphids (Aphis spp.) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), woolly apple aphid (Eriosoma lanigerum [Haussmann]) (Hemiptera: Aphididae), their insect natural enemies and the most abundant canopy insects (in the Neuroptera, Fulgoromorpha, Cicadomorpha, Heteroptera, Coleoptera and Formi...

Haploglenius decorus sp. n. is described from French Guiana and Ecuador and compared to other Haploglenius species known from South America. Haploglenius latoreticulatus van der Weele, 1909 (stat. n.) is moved to new status, the species is compared to Haploglenius luteus (Walker, 1853) and Haploglenius handlirschi van der Weele, 1909. Haploglenius...

A new species of the genus Dendroleon (Dendroleon falcatus Zhan & Wang sp. nov.) is described from China. This new species can be distinguished from other Dendroleon species by the following characters: the significantly larger size, the long abdomen in males, and the particular wing shape and markings. Dendroleon javanus Banks, 1914 was previously...

Visca silvaticus sp. n. is described from Madagascar and compared to other Malgassan endemic Visca Navás, 1927 species. A key for Visca species is also given. With 7 figs.

Nohoveus vanharteni sp. n. from Oman is described and compared to Nohoveus palparis Klapálek, 1914, Nohoveus implexus (Walker, 1853) and Aspoeckiana caudata (Navás, 1913). With 11 figures.

This paper summarizes the history of Palpares libelloides (Linnaeus, 1764) and related taxa described from the Mediterranean in the neuropterological literature. Based on these results Palpares assyriorum sp. n. from Syria, Jordan, Turkey and Israel is described. Libellula turcica Petiver & Empson, 1767 is a new homonym of Libellula Linnaeus 1758 (...

Dendroleon fukoeki sp. n. is described from Laos and compared to other SE Asian Dendroleon Brauer, 1866, Gatzara Navás, 1915, Layahima Navás, 1912 species and Nepsales calopterus Navás, 1914.

A new record species, Myrmelem trivialis Gerstaecker, 1885 is reported from China. Myrmeleon 'langanus Yang, 1987 is proposed as a new synonym of M . trivialis. The specimens examined are deposited in Insect Collection o f the China Agricultural University (ICCAU), Somogy County Museum , Hungary (SCM) and Emst-Moritz-Arndt Universität G reifsw ald,...

Neuroleon fuscus sp. n. from Socotra Island is described and figured. Myrmeleon hyalinus isolatus Ábrahám, 2010 is a new junior synonym of Myrmeleon pellucidus Hölzel, 1988. New distribution data, notes on further 6 ant-lion species and zoogeographical remarks are also given.

In this paper the authors listed 27 ant-lion (Myrmeleontidae) and 7 owl-fly (Ascalaphidae) species from Madagascar preserved in both museum collections: SCMK (Kaposvár, Hungary) and USMB (Bytom, Poland). Palpares germaini Navás, 1919 is a junior synonym of Palpares martini van der Weele, 1907, its type locality was confused in the original descript...

Palpares alexanderi sp. n. is described from Oman and compared to Palpares dispar Navás, 1912, Palpares venustus Hölzel, 1988.

Cirrops berbericus sp. n. is described from Morocco and compared to Cirrops kumari Tjeder, 1980 from Gambia and Ghana. Bubopsis costai Navas, 1913 (syn. n.) is a junior synonym of Bubopsis agrionoides (Rambur, 1838).

In 2009, seven ant-lion and one owl-fly species and subspecies were collected in Socotra Islands (Yemen). Half of the collected species are endemic. Myrmeleon saldaitisi sp. n. is described and compared to Myrmeleon fasciatus (Navás, 1912) and Myrmeleon sanaanus (Navás, 1929). Description of Myrmeleon hyalinus isolatus ssp. n. is given and its loca...

According to the Catalog of the World Antlions by Stange (2004), six species of the genus Euroleon Esben-Petersen are reported worldwide, distributed mainly in the Palaearctic Region. Bao and Wang (2006) confirmed that Euroleon coreanus (Okamoto), 1926, Euroleon parvus Hölzel, 1972 and Euroleon polyspilus (Gerstaecker), 1885 occur in China. Euroleo...

Bankisus antiatlasensis sp. n. is described from Morocco and compared to other African Bankisus species.

In their study, the authors publish the data of nemopterid species collected in Turkey and the material preserved in both natural history museums in Poland (USMB, Bytom) and in Hungary (SCM, Kaposvár). New faunistical data are reported for 1 Croce, 3 Dielocroce, 2 Nemoptera, 6 Lertha species, earlier only 11 species in the Turkish nemopterid fauna...

In the course of 2006-2008 Biodiversity Days were organized at Gyűrűfű (SW Hungary) from the purpose of the survey of local fauna. Altogether 32 lacewings were recorded by lamp, portable light traps and sweeping the foliage in the sampling site (1 km2) covered different habitats. The most interesting species are Mantispa styriaca (Poda, 1761) and D...

In this paper the authors summarized the results of research work carried out at Gyűrűfű in the framework of the Hungarian Biodiversity Days (2006-2008). In 1 km2 area covered with several different types of habitats altogether 273 butterfly and larger moth species were detected by netting, lighting, portable light trapping and sugaring. The most i...

A new genus, Maezous gen. n. and two new species Maezous tomijankae sp. n. from Laos and Maezous harisi sp. n. from Borneo are described. The new genus is separated from genus Suhpalacsa. Their distribution and morphological differences are discussed. With 10 figures.

Ascalaphid fauna of Formosa is presented and as a result of species revision, four new synonym names are established. Glyptobasis brunnea Esben-Petersen, 1913 syn n. is junior synonym of Ascalohybris subjacens (Walker, 1853), Ascalohybris kolthoffi (Navás, 1927) (original combination Hybris kolthoffi Navás, 1927) syn n. is junior synonym of Acheron...

As part of the results of zoological studies performed along river Drava in Croatia in 2007, a new species of the country's neuropteran fauna, Myrmeleon bore (Tjeder, 1941) was found. This locally frequent species is typical of the northern plain regions of Croatia, i.e. to its subpannonian region.

Macronemurus farsensis sp. n. of appendiculatus group from Iran is described and compared to Macronemurus appendiculatus (Latreille, 1807) and Macronemurus bilineatus Brauer, 1868. With 5 figures.

In their study, the authors publish the data of ascalaphid species collected in Turkey and preserved in a Polish (Byton) and a Hungarian (Kaposvár) natural history museum. New faunistical data are reported for 9 species out of the 15 already known species in the Turkish ascalaphid fauna. The daily activity types are described and the habitats are l...

Faunistic data and characterization of some rare species of the Keszthelyi Mountains are published. Faunistic surveys were carried out in three different periods; the first period took fTom the early twentieth century till 1968. At the beginning, only scattered faunistic samples, later (between 1952 andl967) data from light trap network of plant- a...

Further locality of this strictly protected noctuid moth was discovered. Two specimens were captured by light. This is the third locality in South Transdanubian region and it proved to be a new in the Zselic hills as well.

In this paper the redescription of the genus of Nousera and its type species, Nousera gibba Navás, 1923 can be found. Besides Nousera herczigi, a new species from Pakistan is also described. With altogether 23 figures. In the end the species of Nousera were revised and found that Nousera furcifer (Van der Weele, 1909) does not belong to the genus o...

Using laboratory experiments, the daily activity patterns of 16 Neuroptera species (6 Chrysopidae, 2 Coniopterygidae, 3 Hemerobiidae, 3 Myrmeleontidae, 1 Mantispidae, 1 Ascalaphidae) were studied by the authors. The results of the experiments were described by activity diagram and were categorized into Duelli-type flight activity pattern. During th...

BRAHÁM, L: Pit building ant-lion larvae effect to the distribution of the substrate particles in their microhabitats. Abstract: The distribution of the size of the substrate particles in and around the pits of the pit-building ant-lion larvae was examined at two different types of microhabitats (open and protected). Samples of substrate were taken...

[ÁBRAHÁM L. (2006): The lacewing fauna of the Mecsek Moutains and its new faunistical data (Neuropterida: Megaloptera, Raphidioptera, Neuroptera). – Folia comloensis 15: 201–218.] – For the book called ‘The fauna of the Mecsek,’ all the available data on the Neuropterida fauna of the area were collected and completed with new faunistical data recor...

The majority of ascalaphid species fly at dusk of the day and at night therefore the ascalaphid collectors, who mainly use grass and canopy netting, rarely encounter them in abundance and can only collect few specimens. However, many of the lepidopterologists who are in search of the nocturnal fauna often come across the crepuscular and the noc- tu...

Biomonitoring of the butterfly fauna in the Drava region (Lepidoptera: Diurna). Abstract: At the beginning of 2000 a biomonitoring research work started along the River Drava in Hungary. The aim of this investigation is to give information on the Hungarian biomonitoring network and up-to-date information on those environmental impacts that will als...

In this paper a morphological description is given on a rare, little known own-fly species, Deleproctophylla gelini (Navás, 1919) from Morocco. With 4 figures.

The present study gives a description of two new genus belonging to Ascalaphini tribus according to the classification of Ascalaphinae Lefébvre, 1842 [=Schizophthalminae Weele (1908)]: the Horischema gen. n. and Perissoschema gen. n. It also describes some of their species, Horischema ronkayorum sp. n. and Perissoschema evae sp. n. from the area of...

This study focuses on the nocturnal and diurnal temperature relations inside and around the pits of Myrmeleon bore pit-building ant-lion larvae living in unsheltered microhabitat and Euroleon nostras living in sheltered microhabitat. The larvae's potential hunting activity and prey handling phase of predation in relation to the temperature conditio...

To compare the efficiency of collecting methods by structural characterisation of a neuropteroid community the authors carried out an investigation in a commercial apple orchard at Szigetcsép by using three different trapping techniques. Malaise trap, suction trap and light trap. Considering of the individuals of this community, the suction trap se...

In 1999 and 2001, the author carried out faunistical samplings in 6 different habitats of the protected area. Samplings were collected by light, portable light traps at night and by netting technique during the day. Altogether 434 specimens belonging to 1 Mcgaloptara, 1 Raphidioptera and 35 Neuroptera species were collected. The fauna of the xcroph...

Between 1999-2001, the author carried out an investigation of the butterfly and larger moth fauna in the Látrányi Puszta Nature Conservation Area. For the faunistical and nature conservation survey, netting technique was used during the day and at night larger moths were collected by lamp and portable light traps. As a result 451 species were recor...

In this study the Ptyngidricerus Van der Weele, 1908 genus has been revised and in the course of this 2 new genera and 4 new species are described. The description of the new genus was made possible apart from the male samples, the females (P. albardanus) which were recorded and supplement of the description based on damaged specimens (P. iranensis...

The same Neuropteroidea community was collected and studied in Hungary in the years 1991 and 1992 by using different trapping techniques: a) Malaise trap, b) suction trap, c) yellow pan trap and d) light trap. The studies aimed to compare the different sampling methods for individual species, families and for the whole Neuropteroidea community. In...

Neuropteroidea communities were studied near Budapest (Nagykovácsi) in an abandoned, mixed orchard and its neighbouring environment: a shrub community without a closed canopy; a shrub level of the canopied oak forest by using Malaise traps. In the open shrub verge of the orchard larger and in the oak forest more diverse Neuropteroidea community dev...

Eighty-six neuropteroid species (3 Megaloptera, 6 Raphidioptera, 77 Neuroptera) are known to occur in Somogy county; which is 65 percentage of the number of neuropteroids recorded in Hungary. The first faunistical records were published in 1900. However, no important research on the neuropteroid fauna was done until the mid-1980s. Intensive fieldwo...

Based on the literature of butterfly and larger moth fauna, the authors comply the checklist of the fauna of Somogy county and present the short history of the investigations carried out in this field. In 46 papers, they found data proving the occurrence of 973 species of Bombycioidea, Sphingoidea, Papilionoidea, Geometroidea, Noctuidea taxa. A com...

No faunistical data to the scorpion fly fauna of Somogy county have been published yet. However, several undetenninated speciemens can be found in the insect collection of the Natural History Department of Somogy County Museum, Kaposvár.

Eighty-six neuropteroid species (3 Megaloptera, 6 Raphidioptera, 77 Neuroptera) are known to occur in Somogy county; which is 65 percentage of the number of neuropteroids recorded in Hungary. The first faunistical records were published in 1900. However, no important research on the neuropteroid fauna was done until the mid-1980s. Intensive fieldwo...

From the Mantoptera only one species, Mantis religiosa can be found in Somogy county. It is widespread and protected by laws in Hungary. It prefers dry habitats. The species is illustrated with a colour picture.