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First Record of Rhyparus helophoroides Fairmaire, 1893 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from Korea

미기록 작은줄똥풍뎅이(딱정벌레목: 풍뎅이과: 똥풍뎅이아과)의 한반도 보고

  • Junhyeong, Choi (Division of Life Science, Korea University) ;
  • Changseob, Lim (Institute of Life Science and Natural Resources, Korea University)
  • 최준형 (고려대학교 생명과학부) ;
  • 임창섭 (고려대학교 생명자원연구소)
  • Received : 2022.09.18
  • Accepted : 2022.11.07
  • Published : 2022.12.01
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Abstract

The tribe Rhyparini is one of the well-known termitophilous tribes in Aphodiinae. The genus Rhyparus has the largest number of species in the tribe Rhyparini, and only one species, Rhyparus azumai Nakane, 1956 was recorded in Korea. In this study, we report Rhyparus helophoroides Fairmaire, 1893 from Korea for the first time. Diagnosis, photographs of diagnostic characters, key to the Korean Rhyparus, and brief ecological information of the species are provided.

줄똥풍뎅이속은 호흰개미성인 줄똥풍뎅이족에서 가장 많은 종수를 보유하고 있다. 국내에는 광양줄똥풍뎅이 한 종만이 기록되었으나 또 다른 종인 Rhyparus helophoroides Fairmaire, 1893를 새로이 발견하여 보고한다. 본 종의 진단형질과 그 사진, 한국산 줄똥풍뎅이속의 검색표의 제시와 함께 생태에 대한 간략한 정보를 제공한다.

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Acknowledgement

We are grateful to Min Kim who provides specimens for the study. Also, we are grateful to Dr. Sang Woo Jung, Dr. Yoon-Ho Kim and Dr. Dae-Hyun Lee (DASARI Research Institute of BioResources) for providing valuable specimens of Rhyparus azuami, and we thank Bin-Hong Ho (National Sun Yat-sen University) for providing information of Rhyparus loebli. This work was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR), which is funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea (NIBR202203201).

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