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A Turjánvidék Natura 2000 terület déli részének bogárfaunája (Coleoptera). (The beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of the southern part of the Turjánvidék Natura 2000 site.)
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A Duna-Tisza közén, Pest megyében fekvő Turjánvidék Natura 2000 terület déli részén, vagyis a Táborfalvai Lő-és Gyakorlótéren és a Dabasi Turjános Természetvédelmi Területen az 1990-es évek eleje óta gyűjtött bogáranyagból 1085 fajt határoztunk meg. A bogárfauna természetvédelmi és faunisztikai szempontból legértékesebb tagjai a nyílt és zárt homoki gyepek lakói. A területről 41 védett és 1 fokozottan védett faj került elő, köztük 4 Natura 2000 jelölőfaj, a magyar futrinka (Carabus hungaricus), a szarvas álganéjtúró (Bolbelasmus unicornis), a skarlátbogár (Cucujus cinnaberinus) és a nagy hőscincér (Cerambyx cerdo). Országos viszonylatban is kiemelkedően népes állománya él itt a következő védett fajoknak: Carabus hungaricus (Carabidae), Glaresis rufa (Glaresidae), Herpes porcellus (Curculionidae), Macrosiagon bimaculata (Ripiphoridae), Scarabaeus typhon (Scarabaeidae), Stenoria apicalis (Meloidae). A területről előkerült egy su-tabogárpéldány (Histeridae), mely a Magyarországon eddig ismeretlen Microsaprinus genuszba tartozik, de mivel nőstény, faji szinten egyelőre nem lehet azonosítani.
A total of 1085 beetle species was identified from the material collected in the southern part of
the Turjánvidék Natura 2000 site in Pest County, in the Danube–Tisza Interfluve, more precisely
within the Táborfalva military training area and the Dabas Turjános Nature Conservation Area.
The most valuable species both in terms of nature conservation and faunistics are inhabitants
of open and closed sandy grassland habitats. The material yielded 41 protected and 1 strictly
protected beetle species of which four are species of community interest, namely Carabus
hungaricus, Bolbelasmus unicornis, Cucujus cinnaberinus and Cerambyx cerdo. The following
protected species have populations significant at the national level: Carabus hungaricus (Carabidae),
Glaresis rufa (Glaresidae), Herpes porcellus (Curculionidae), Macrosiagon bimaculata
(Ripiphoridae), Scarabaeus typhon (Scarabaeidae), Stenoria apicalis (Meloidae). Furthermore, a
specimen belonging to the genus Microsaprinus (Histeridae) has also been identified. This genus
was previously unknown from Hungary, but the specimen is a female, therefore identification at
the species level is impossible.
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The distribution of Bolbelasmus unicornis (Schrank, 1789) is critically reviewed throughout its range with emphasis on the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The species has been reliably recorded from 377 localities in 19 countries. New records are given from 152 localities of Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey, and Ukraine. For Germany, the species is recorded for the first time in 54 years. The occurrence of the species in Switzerland is confirmed by two historical specimens from Zürich. The only known historical specimen labelled “Kaukasus” is given, which could originate from Russia, where this species has not been recorded before (however, confusion of the locality label cannot be ruled out). All published faunistic data from across the range are presented here in full, in several cases supplemented by details subsequently obtained by the author. Distribution maps are compiled separately for the Czech Republic and Slovakia, and for the entire range. A separate map is also available for Hungary, where approximately one-third of the known localities are located. Statistical data concerning the flight activity of adults, seasonal dynamics for part of the distribution area, details of records and notes on the bionomy and ethology of the species are provided. Possible feeding strategies for adults and larvae of B. unicornis are discussed, as well as current knowledge of the natural history of various representatives of the subfamily Bolboceratinae. A monitoring method for the species is proposed.
An extensive monitoring programme has been launched by the Duna–Ipoly National Park Directorate in order to study the ecology of Carabus hungaricus populations and to provide a solid foundation for effective conservation measures in Táborfalva.
Along the Örkény–Tatárszentgyörgy road, two live trapping quadrats were sampled 100 metres apart of each other. The quadrats had 64 pitfall traps each, one of them designed in a 4-by-4, the other in an 8-by-8-metre grid.
This paper presents the results of a 4-year-study (2013–2016) including the most important population parameters and the key factors. The difference in the experimental design (4-by-4 versus 8-by-8) did not affect the estimated parameters and thus population size estimates were also equal. The estimated population size of Carabus hungaricus ranged between 3000 and 8000 individuals. Even though there were significant fluctuations both in the activity and the population size during the study period, the population can be regarded as stable. Based on our results, one could conclude that the number of individuals changes a lot between years in insect communities living in open grasslands but collating the results with those of other similar studies suggests that this
phenomenon is mostly characteristic of certain habitat types, not of species. The estimated proportion of the population that survives to reproduce in the following year has been published in case of several carabid species. Based on our results, a mere 0.5–14% of the Táborfalva population consisted of old individuals, while in another study area (in Pócsmegyer, Szentendre Island) this proportion was as high as 32–42%. In our experience, the proportion of old individuals is not a species-specific characteristic but is greatly influenced by habitat type or predation pressure. In summary, our knowledge on population dynamics can be significantly enhanced by repeating the same monitoring protocols across different time scales and habitat types even if they focus on one species only.
(Data to the longhorn beetle fauna of Budapest and Pest county (Coleoptera:
Cerambycidae).) In this paper the authors summarised the data of the longhorn beetle from Pest county are
known from the literature and compared with the unpublished data of some collections. As a result of this
work 192 species have been proved from the most researched sites of Hungary: Budai-hegység, Pilis,
Börzsöny, Cserhát, Gödöllői-dombság and north-west part of the Alföld.
[Foodplants of Hungarian longhorn beetles (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae).] The authors summarize
foodplant data published in earlier literature (135 species of longhorn beetles from 97 species of foodplants)
together with their own unpublished data (116 species of longhorn beetles from 69 species of foodplants).
These combined sources cover 150 species of longhorn beetles from 116 species of foodplants.
A large-scale phylogenetic study is presented for Cucujoidea (Coleoptera), a diverse superfamily of beetles that historically has been taxonomically difficult. This study is the most comprehensive analysis of cucujoid taxa to date, with DNA sequence data sampled from eight genes (four nuclear, four mitochondrial) for 384 coleopteran taxa, including exemplars of 35 (of 37) families and 289 genera of Cucujoidea.
Maximum-likelihood analyses of these data present many significant relationships, some proposed previously and some novel. Tenebrionoidea and Lymexyloidea are recovered together and Cleroidea forms the sister group to this clade. Chrysomeloidea and Curculionoidea are recovered as sister taxa and this clade (Phytophaga) forms the sister group to the core Cucujoidea (Cucujoidea s.n.). The nitidulid series is recovered as the earliest-diverging core cucujoid lineage, although the earliest divergences among
core Cucujoidea are only weakly supported. The cerylonid series (CS) is recovered as monophyletic and is supported as a major Cucujiform clade, sister group to the remaining superfamilies of Cucujiformia. Currently recognized taxa that were not recovered as monophyletic include Cucujoidea, Endomychidae, Cerylonidae and Bothrideridae. Biphyllidae and Byturidae were recovered in Cleroidea. The remaining Cucujoidea were recovered in two disparate major clades: one comprising the nitidulid series+erotylid
series+Boganiidae and Hobartiidae+cucujid series, and the other comprising the cerylonid series. Propalticidae are recovered within Laemophloeidae. The cerylonid series includes two major clades, the bothriderid group and the coccinellid group. Akalyptoischiidae are recovered as a separate clade from Latridiidae. Eupsilobiinae are recovered as the sister taxon to Coccinellidae. In light of these findings, many formal changes to cucujiform beetle classification are proposed. Biphyllidae and Byturidae are transferred
to Cleroidea. The cerylonid series is formally recognized as a new superfamily, Coccinelloidea stat.n. Current subfamilies elevated (or re-elevated) to family status include: Murmidiidae stat.n., Teredidae stat.n., Euxestidae stat.n., Anamorphidae stat.rev., Eupsilobiidae stat.n., and Mycetaeidae stat.n. The following taxa are redefined and characterized: Cleroidea s.n., Cucujoidea s.n., Cerylonidae s.n., Bothrideridae
s.n., Endomychidae s.n. A new subfamily, Cyclotominae stat.n., is described. Stenotarsinae syn.n. is formally subsumed within a new concept of Endomychinae s.n.
Carrion beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae) provide a valuable ecosystem service by promoting nutrient cycling and controlling pests like noxious flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae). Our main goal was to examine the relationship between the occurrence of carrion beetles and soil type. We used pitfall traps to collect 43,856 specimens of 15 species of carrion beetles in the Czech Republic during 2009. We found that the abundance of seven of the carrion beetles – Nicrophorus antennatus (Reitter), N. germanicus (Linnaeus), N. humator (Gleditsch), N. interruptus (Stephens), N. sepultor (Charpentier), Silpha obscura obscura (Herbst) and T. sinuatus (Fabricius) – was significantly higher either in areas with chernozem or fluvisol soils. These findings support our hypothesis that soil type could be an important factor determining the occurrence of necrophagous European carrion beetles. Our findings could be helpful when selecting important nature conservation sites (particularly inasmuch as N. antennatus, N. germanicus and N. sepultor are listed as endangered species on the Czech Red List of Invertebrates) as in this respect localities where there are chernozem soils are potentially valuable.
(Food-plants and locality data of Hungarian longhorn beetles III. (Coleoptera:
Cerambycidae).) In this work including 221 collecting sites of 78 foodplants of 121 Cerambycid species. Up
to the present the foodplants of the Cortodera flavimana and Dorcadion decipiens have been unknown.
Genera and subgenera of the subfamily Saprininae from the Palaearctic Region are reviewed. Thirty-three genera and subgenera are recognized as native to the Palaearctic Region. Historical background of the Saprininae subfamily, updated generic checklist of the subfamily and review of the adult external morphology is provided. New terminology regarding mouthparts and legs is introduced. Genera and subgenera of the Palaearctic Saprininae are diagnosed and the type species of each genus and subgenus are redescribed. Male genitalia of the type species of each genus and/or subgenus are illustrated. Genitalia of three type species of Palaearctic genera: Axelinus ghilarovi (Kryzhanovskij, 1976), Paravolvulus ovillum (Solskij, 1876), and Ammostyphrus cerberus Reichardt, 1924 are illustrated for the first time. Mouthparts and antennal club (with emphasis on its sensory structures) of most of the species are illustrated for the first time. Microsaprinus Kryzhanovskij, 1976, stat. nov., formerly a subgenus of Saprinus Erichson, 1834, is raised to generic rank, and four resulting new combinations are proposed: M. bonairii (Fairmaire, 1884) comb. nov., M. gomyi (Secq & Secq, 1995) comb. nov., M. pastoralis (Jacquelin-Duval, 1852) comb. nov. and M. therondianus (Dahlgren, 1973) comb. nov. A key to the genera of Saprininae is provided. Neotypes for Styphrus corpulentus Motschulsky, 1845 and Xenonychus tridens (Jacquelin-Duval, 1852) are designated. Reichardtiolus duriculus (Reitter, 1904) is for the first time recorded from Jordan, Microsaprinus therondianus (Dahlgren, 1972) from Iran, and Euspilotus (Neosaprinus) perrisi (Marseul, 1872) from Tajikistan.
Protapalochrus flavolimbatus (MULSANT et REY, 1853) is recorded from Hungary for the first time. A checklist of Malachiidae of Hungary (33 species) is given. With 2 figures.