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The first record of the winter stonefly genus Mesyatsia Ricker & Ross, 1975 (Plecoptera: Taeniopterygidae) from Korea

  • Hwang, Jeong Mi (Korean Entomological Institute, Korea University) ;
  • Hur, Jun Mi (Animal Resources Division, National Institute of Biological Resources) ;
  • Kang, Ji Hyoun (Korean Entomological Institute, Korea University) ;
  • Bae, Yeon Jae (Korean Entomological Institute, Korea University) ;
  • Muranyi, David (Department of Zoology, Eszterhazy Karoly Catholic University)
  • Received : 2021.10.06
  • Accepted : 2021.10.19
  • Published : 2021.11.30
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Abstract

The genus Mesyatsia Ricker & Ross, 1975 is a small genus of the family Taeniopterygidae with only six species worldwide. This genus is mainly distributed in Asia, but has never been reported in Korea. In this paper, we report Mesyatsia makartchenkoi Teslenko & Zhiltzova, 1992 for the first time from the Korean Peninsula. The specimens were collected from Odaesan National Park, Bangtaesan Natural Recreation Forest, and Gariwangsan Natural Recreation Forest in Gangwon-do, South Korea by mainly Malaise traps and a few by sweep net. Some pharate larvae and adults crawling on the snow were also collected by handpicking. This species is characterized by the following features: pterostigma with dark spots; abdominal sternum 9 with vesicle; abdominal tergum 10 medially divided into two; subgenital plate strongly elongated, scoop-shaped, upcurved with tongue-shaped apex; cercus blunt. We provide materials, diagnosis for newly recorded species, and distributions. Additionally, we include a provisional key to the genera of Taeniopterygidae from Korea based on males.

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Acknowledgement

We are grateful to Mr. Sunghwan Park and Mr. Jisoo Kim(Korea University) for providing us with their photographs on the habitat and habitus and Miss Dasel Ham (National Institute of Biological Resources) for providing specimens for this study. We also thank the Korea National Park Service (KNPS) for permitting to collect insects at Odaesan National Park, and the National Gariwangsan Natural Recreation Forest. This work was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR), funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea (NIBR202102106).

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