• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.52 no.2
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• pp.75-77
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• 2013

The tribe Leiochrinini of Diaperinae (Tenebrionidae) is presented for the first time from Korea. One unrecorded species, Ades masidai Nakane, 1963 are reported. Morphological photographs of adult, redescription and illustrations of diagnostic characteristics are provided.

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.227-237
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• 2000

Fourteen species of the genus Gonocephalum and one species of the genus Opatrum (Tenebrionidae, Opatrini) from Korea have been previously recorded. They are taxonomically reviewed based on many faunistic reports and research papers. We also examined many specimens including voucher materials of the previous studies. Among the recorded species, G. sabulosum is excluded because it was misidentified for the individual variation of Opatrum subaratum. We couldn’t find any Korean materials of four species (G. japanum, G. bilinearum, G. outreyi, G. malayanum), and used the materials determined from other countries. Key to 13 species of the genus Gonocephalum, illustrations of adults and male aedeagus are provided.

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.51 no.3
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• pp.265-269
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• 2012

The Korean Boletoxenus known as fungivorous are taxonomically reviewed as two species including a new recorded species, Boletoxenus incurvatus (Lewis, 1894). And the host fungus of B. incurvatus is revealed through this study. Therefore, we provide the taxonomical information as well as the ecological information on the host fungi of the Korean Boletoxenus species.

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.56 no.2
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• pp.223-227
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• 2017

The larger black flour beetle, Cynaeus angustus (LeConte) (Diaperinae: Tenebrionidae) is reported for the first time in Korea. C. angustus is economically important as an insect pest in stored products in the Nearctic region, and has been identified in several rice mills in Korea. Taxonomic diagnosis and photographs presenting the morphology of adults and larvae are provided, along with a pictorial identification key to 17 tenebrionid pests detected during quarantine in stored products in Korea.

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.54 no.3
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• pp.211-215
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• 2015

Two species of the genus Palorus Mulsant of Palorini (Tenebrionidae) are reported for the first time from Korea, P. ratzeburgii (Wissman, 1848) and P. subdepressus (Wollaston, 1864). These species are economically importance as stored product insect pests in the tropical and subtropical countries, and occur in low densities in the rice mills of southern Korea. Adult morphology, taxonomic diagnosis, illustrations of diagnostic characteristics of these species, and a taxonomic key to the 6 species related to plant quarantine inspections in Korea are provided.

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.49 no.2
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• pp.167-169
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• 2010

The species, Pycnomerus vilis Sharp, 1885 (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Zopherinae) is identified for the first time in Korea. Brief informations on the species are provided with the photos of adults and genitalia.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Applied Entomolohy Conference
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• 2001.11a
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• pp.47-47
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• 2001

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.61 no.3
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• pp.513-517
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• 2022

An investigation of the severe destruction of wood ear mushroom (Auricularia auricula-judae), which were commercially cultivated in a plastic house in Hwabuk-myeon, Jeju-si, South Korea from April to August 2021, revealed a tenebrionid beetle subsequently identified as Platydema takeii Nakane, 1956 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Diaperinae). To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a tenebrionid species infesting commercially cultivated mushrooms in South Korea. The damage symptoms and diagnosable characteristics of adults and larvae of P. takeii are provided in this study.

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.58 no.3
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• pp.189-196
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• 2019

While the darkling beetle, Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) is considered a pest of stored products, it does not pose a significant economic threat to this industry. The grains these beetles feeding on are often already damaged. However, the beetle is now being treated as the foremost premise pest in the poultry industry in many countries of the world. Recently, the darkling beetle has also infested in broiler chicken houses of Korea. The problems caused by this pest destroy the insulate facilities of poultry houses, reduce chick's overall performance, transmit pathogenic organisms, and have been leading to substantial economic losses for poultry producers. Therefore, we conducted surveys on the status of infestation and damage of this pest in broiler chicken houses. Because there is no simple one step process that will completely eliminate darkling beetle populations from broiler facilities, we would like to outline further studies on the proper control measures.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.49 no.4
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• pp.444-452
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• 2017

This study aims to investigate the physicochemical properties of the extruded rice snack with added the containing mealworm. Adding the mealworm addition enhanced protein and unsaturated fatty acid contents, which are insufficient in rice. As the extrusion process variables, the death temperatures and moisture content were set to at respective 130 and $140^{\circ}C$, and 20 and 25%, respectively. The expansion ratio increased as with death temperature, whereas the increased moisture content decreased. The nitrogen solubility index and protein digestibility index increased with the added mealworm content of mealworm increased. As mealworm content and death temperature, and moisture content increased, DPPH radical scavenging activity significantly increased but the rancidity decreased. As the result of this study, confirmed that the addition of mealworm to the extruded rice snack was the confirmed as the effective process to improve nutrition, and antioxidation. Also, death temperature and moisture content have an effect on softened the texture of extruded rice snack.