Author(s): Árnyas, E., Szabó, S., Tóthmérész, B. & Varga, Z.S.
Title: Light-trap surveys of the Macrolepidoptera fauna at the Aggtelek National Park
Year: 2005
Volume: 66
Pages: 195-206.
Abstract: The paper presents the results of a two-year (2000-2001 ) light-trap survey carried out in the Aggtelek karst area, north of the village Jósvafő, North Hungary. There were regular trappings by mercury-vapour bulbs throughout the entire vegetation period. Altogether, 24,352 Macrolepidoptera specimens belonging to 448 species were collected. Further 55 species were collected by personal collectings at light. In the collected material the species of the families Geometridae and Noctuidae were represented by the largest species richness and numbers of individuals, however also species of Sphingidae, Lasiocampidae and Arctiidae were frequent. There were 123 species represented by single individuals. There was no difference in diversity between the assemblages of the two subsequent years. The similarity of the species composition was 80% by the Jaccard index, but there were considerable differences between the two years in the abundances (60% by the Bray-Curtis index). In the collected material the species living on herbaceous plants predominated, and also a considerably large proportion of species living on trees and shrubs were observed. A relatively large number of individuals of lichenophagous species were found. In the zoogeographical composition of the Macrolepidoptera fauna, the widely distributed Euro-Siberian and Holo-Mediterranean species predominate, with a significant proportion of southern continental, Ponto-Mediterranean and xeromontane species. With 1 figure and 3 tables.Keywords: Macrolepidoptera fauna, light-trap, Aggtelek National Park, faunistic composition, diversity.
Journal: Folia entomologica hungaricaJournal abbreviation: Folia ent. hung.ISSN: 0373-9465Publisher: , Editor(s): Merkl, O.