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New report of Calopodinae (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) in South Korea, with description of a new species of the genus Sparedrus Dejean, 1821

Authors/Creators

  • 1. National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Wanju, Republic of Korea|Insect Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
  • 2. Department of Applied Biology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea
  • 3. Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom|Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, United Kingdom
  • 4. Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy

Description

Oedemeridae in Korea are represented by 25 species, all of which belong to the subfamily Oedemerinae Latreille, 1810. The other two subfamilies, Calopodinae Costa, 1852 and Polypriinae Lawrence, 2005, have not yet been documented in the region.

We here report the first record of the subfamily Calopodinae in Korea with the discovery of Sparedrus koreanus sp. nov. This study provides external and genital photographs, a detailed description of the new species and a key to the Sparedrus species of East Asia.

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