Abstract
In the last decades, several expeditions were organized in Europe by the researchers of the Hungarian Natural History Museum to collect snails, aquatic insects and soil animals (mites, springtails, nematodes, and earthworms). In this study, scale insect (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) specimens extracted from Hungarian Natural History Museum soil samples (2970 samples in total), all of which were collected using soil and litter sampling devices, and extracted by Berlese funnel, were examined. From these samples, 43 scale insect species (Acanthococcidae 4, Coccidae 2, Micrococcidae 1, Ortheziidae 7, Pseudococcidae 21, Putoidae 1 and Rhizoecidae 7) were found in 16 European countries. In addition, a new species belonging to the family Pseudococcidae, Brevennia larvalis Kaydan, sp. n. and a new species of Ortheziidae, Ortheziola editae Szita & Konczné Benedicty, sp. n. are described and illustrated based on the adult female stage. Revised keys to the adult females of Brevennia and Ortheziola are presented.
Highlights
Several expeditions were organized since the 1950’s mainly within mainland Europe by the Hungarian Natural History Museum to collect snails, aquatic insects and soil animals
The aim of this study was to investigate the hypogeal scale insect fauna of Europe by studying the scale insect specimens found in the soil and litter samples of the Acarology Collection of Hungarian Natural History Museum (HNHM), because hypogeal species are indicators of the ecological richness and biodiversity of the soils and provide useful information about the comparative ecologies of the regions, and about the evolution of soil animals
The specimens described and recorded in this study were all obtained from the soil samples in the Hungarian Natural History Museum (HNHM) collection (2970 samples in total)
Summary
Several expeditions were organized since the 1950’s mainly within mainland Europe by the Hungarian Natural History Museum to collect snails, aquatic insects and soil animals (mites, springtails, nematodes, and earthworms). These studies were focused on the Balkan Peninsula and the Carpathian Region (Csuzdi et al 2011; Dányi 2010; Kontschán 2010; Mahunka and Mahunka-Papp 2010; etc.). For these studies, a total of 2970 soil samples were collected from different habitats such as forest litter, moss, agricultural areas etc. Among these are many agricultural pests (Miller and Davidson 1990) and invasive species (Miller et al 2005, Ouvrard et al 2013)
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