Eco-faunistic study on the Collembola fauna in the Vasvár-Nagymákfa area (Őrség, Western Hungary)

Abstract

In the course of the 6th Hungarian Biodiversity Day in 2010 the Collembola fauna was studied in the region of Vasvár-Nagymákfa in four different habitats (forests and meadows). During the survey a total of 5557 specimens belonging to 67 species were collected, 49 of them are new to the fauna of Őrség peaking now a total of 103 Collembola species in this region of Western Hungary. Two species, namely Tetracanthella pericarpatica Kaprus & Tsalan, 2009 and Arrhopalites acanthophthalmus Gisin, 1958 proved to be new to the Hungarian fauna. A particular Pseudosinella species (P. cf. horaki) is also described and illustrated.