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Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, Állatrendszertani És Ökológiai Tanszék Biológia Doktori Iskola Iskolavezetę: Dr Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem, Állatrendszertani és Ökológiai Tanszék Biológia Doktori Iskola IskolavezetĘ: Dr. Erdei Anna akadémikus, egyetemi tanár Zootaxonómia, állatökológia, hidrobiológia Doktori Program ProgramvezetĘ: Dr. Dózsa–Farkas Klára egyetemi tanár, az MTA Doktora MAGYARORSZÁG SZÁZLÁBÚINAK (CHILOPODA) FAUNISZTIKAI ÉS TAXONÓMIAI ÁTTEKINTÉSE Doktori értekezés Dányi László Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum TémavezetĘ: Dr. Korsós Zoltán biol. tud. kand. 2008 Bevezetés, célkitĦzés.................................................................................................................................................... 5 Irodalmi áttekintés...................................................................................................................................................... 7 Az irodalmi adatok megbízhatósága.............................................................................................................. 12 IsmeretterjesztĘ munkák.................................................................................................................................... 14 A százlábúak rendszertani helyzete és viszonyai.................................................................................................... 15 A Myriapoda monofiletikus eredetét támogató elméletek, Myriapoda szünapomorfiák................................... 15 A Myriapoda rendszere ..................................................................................................................................... 16 Az Chilopoda osztályon belüli rendszer............................................................................................................ 16 Anyag és módszer...................................................................................................................................................... 21 GyĦjtés, tartósítás .............................................................................................................................................. 21 Vizsgálati módszerek......................................................................................................................................... 21 Illusztrációk....................................................................................................................................................... 23 Adatbank ........................................................................................................................................................... 24 A százlábúak morfológiája, a bélyegeik taxonómiai értékelése ............................................................................ 26 Morfológia............................................................................................................................................................. 27 Habitus............................................................................................................................................................... 27 Színezet ............................................................................................................................................................. 27 Fej...................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Törzs.................................................................................................................................................................. 31 Lábak................................................................................................................................................................. 37 Ivarszervek (genitalia)....................................................................................................................................... 40 Taxonómiai problémák........................................................................................................................................ 40 EgyedfejlĘdési sajátosságok.............................................................................................................................. 40 Egyedi variabilitás............................................................................................................................................. 42 Regeneráció....................................................................................................................................................... 42 Eredmények és megvitatásuk................................................................................................................................... 43 A magyarországi fauna részét képezĘ taxonok.................................................................................................. 43 Scutigeromorpha................................................................................................................................................ 43 Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus, 1758) ................................................................................................ 43 Lithobiomorpha ................................................................................................................................................. 44 Henicopidae.................................................................................................................................................. 44 Lamyctes emarginatus (Newport, 1844)................................................................................................ 44 Lithobiidae.................................................................................................................................................... 45 Eupolybothrus (Mesobothrus) transsylvanicus (Latzel, 1882) .............................................................. 45 Eupolybothrus (Leptopolybothrus) tridentinus (Fanzago, 1874)........................................................... 45 Harpolithobius anodus (Latzel, 1880)................................................................................................... 46 Lithobius (Monotarsobius) aeruginosus L. Koch, 1862........................................................................ 47 Lithobius (Monotarsobius) austriacus (Verhoeff, 1937)....................................................................... 47 Lithobius (Monotarsobius) biunguiculatus Loksa, 1947 ....................................................................... 48 Lithobius (Monotarsobius) crassipes L. Koch, 1862............................................................................. 48 Lithobius (Monotarsobius) curtipes C.L. Koch, 1847........................................................................... 48 Lithobius (Sigibius) burzenlandicus Verhoeff, 1931 ............................................................................. 50 Lithobius (Sigibius) microps Meinert, 1868 .......................................................................................... 50 Lithobius (Lithobius) agilis C.L. Koch, 1847........................................................................................ 51 Lithobius (Lithobius) borealis Meinert, 1868........................................................................................ 52 Lithobius (Lithobius) cyrtopus Latzel, 1880.......................................................................................... 53 Lithobius (Lithobius) dentatus C.L.Koch, 1844 .................................................................................... 54 Lithobius (Lithobius) erythrocephalus C.L. Koch, 1847....................................................................... 54 Lithobius (Lithobius) forficatus (Linnaeus, 1758) ................................................................................. 55 Lithobius (Lithobius) lapidicola Meinert, 1872..................................................................................... 56 Lithobius (Lithobius) latro Meinert, 1872 ............................................................................................. 57 2 Lithobius (Lithobius) lucifugus lucifugus L. Koch, 1862 ...................................................................... 57 Lithobius (Lithobius) lucifugus infernus Loksa, 1948 comb. nov. ....................................................... 58 Lithobius (Lithobius) luteus Loksa, 1948 .............................................................................................. 59 Lithobius (Lithobius) macilentus L. Koch, 1862 ................................................................................... 60 Lithobius (Lithobius) melanops Newport, 1845 .................................................................................... 61 Lithobius (Lithobius) mutabilis L. Koch, 1862...................................................................................... 61 Lithobius (Lithobius) muticus C.L. Koch, 1847 .................................................................................... 62 Lithobius (Lithobius) nodulipes Latzel, 1880 ........................................................................................ 63 Lithobius (Lithobius) parietum Verhoeff, 1899..................................................................................... 64 Lithobius (Lithobius) pelidnus Haase, 1880 .......................................................................................... 65 Lithobius (Lithobius) piceus L. Koch, 1862 .......................................................................................... 65 Lithobius
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