Annales Musei historico-naturalis hungarici

Author(s): Korsós, Z., Hornung, E., Szlávecz, K. & Kontschán, J.
Title: Isopoda and Diplopoda of urban habitats: new data to the fauna of Budapest
Year: 2002
Publication date: 2002-11-30
Volume: 94
Pages: 193-208.

Abstract: We surveyed 25 urban and suburban habitats in Budapest and its surroundings under different human impact ranging from hothouses to rural forests. A total of 18 species of terrestrial isopods and 26 species of millipedes were encountered. This diversity is surprisingly high, representing 38% and 25% of the known Hungarian Oniscidea and Diplopoda fauna, respectively. One isopod ( Trichorhina tomentosa ) and three millipede species ( Amphitomeus attemsii , Cynedesmus formicola , and Poratia aff. digitata ) are recorded for the first time in Hungary. One of the latter ( Poratia aff. digitata ) may even prove to be new for science by future studies. With 4 figures and 3 tables.
Keywords: Isopoda, Oniscidea, Diplopoda, urban and suburban habitats, Hungarian fauna
Subject: zoology

Journal: Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici
Journal abbreviation: Annls hist.-nat. Mus. nat. hung.
ISSN: 0521-4726
Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
Editor(s): Matskási, I. & Merkl, O.