Author(s): Papp, L. & Ádám, L.
Title: High insect diversity in a poor habitat (dry sheep-runs in Hungary)
Year: 1996
Volume: 57
Pages: 171-196.
Abstract: Pan trapping was performed in two Transdanubian and one Kiskunság NP dry sheep-runs in order to survey aerial plankton as source of the elements of coleopteran and dipteran assemblages. The species diversity of the insects landed on given points of sheep-runs from the aerial plankton is surprisingly high (30 sample series, 4x4x0.1 m2 samples each with more than 23 thousand insects, mainly flies). Altogether nearly 500 species of insects were recorded. Among the species collected Homalometopus platycephalus (Becker) represents a genus new to the Hungarian fauna. Coprophagous species, autochthonous species of the grassland and also species developing in other ecosystems were trapped. Although the species in the last group are not members of the coprophaous or pasture assemblages, sheep-runs serve as stepping stones or buffer zones for numerous insect populations in mosaic landscapes.Journal: Folia entomologica hungaricaJournal abbreviation: Folia ent. hung.ISSN: 0373-9465Publisher: , Editor(s): Mahunka, S.