Millipedes (Diplopoda) of the Aggtelek National Park, Northeast Hungary

• Main Authors: Lazányi, E., Korsós, Z.
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: Eötvös Loránd University 2009-06-01
• Series: Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis
• Subjects: Diplopoda; millipedes; Aggtelek National Park; Hungary; fauna-list
• Online Access: http://opuscula.elte.hu/PDF/Tomus40/5_Lazanyi-Korsos.pdf

Twenty-two species of millipedes (Diplopoda) were recorded during a survey of the Aggtelek National Park in north-eastern Hungary, consisting of one-fifth of the total Hungarian millipede fauna. The relatively low representation may be due to the general pitfall trap collecting method, thus leaving out species with special habitat requirements such as bark-dwellers, etc. Species worth mentioning, however, could still be recorded: Glomeris tetrasticha, Polyzonium germanicum, Enantiulus tatranus, and Unciger transsilvanicus were only collected in very few occasions. Specimens of Mastigona bosniensis Verhoeff, 1897, M. bosniensis hungaricum Loksa, 1953, and M. mehelyi Verhoeff, 1897 were found so similar and geographically so closely occurring to each other, that they are considered here as synonyms. The same is true for Enantiulus tatranus evae (Loksa, 1968) which we consider identical with the nominal form.