• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.62 no.4
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• pp.255-259
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• 2023

The genus Brachydeutera Loew, 1862 comprises a small group of Acalyptratae flies belonging to the subfamily Ephydrinae of the family Ephydridae. So far, 16 described species have been recorded worldwide, and although the genus occurs in all fauna regions, it is most diverse in the subtropics and tropics, particularly in Africa and Asia. This genus has been recorded for the first time in the Korean fauna based on the discovery of a nominated species, B. meridionalis (Rondani, 1856). This paper provides the diagnosis, the morphological features, and an ecological photograph of the first recorded species.

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.62 no.1
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• pp.9-13
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• 2023

The genus Phaedrotoma Foerster, 1862 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Opiinae) parasitize in larvae of flies, Tephritidae, Agromyzidae, Ephydridae, Anthomyiidae, Scathophagidae, and Drosophilidae, of which 12 species are recorded in South Korea. As results of our survey, Phaedrotoma rugulifera Li et al. (2013) and Phaedrotoma vermiculifera Li et al. (2013) are reported for the first time in South Korea. Those specimens were collected by sweeping. Descriptions, and diagnostic illustrations of P. rugulifera and P. vermiculifera are provided.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.687-698
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• 2012

This study was conducted to monitor and prevent outbreak of insect pestsin dredged soil dumping area after completion of dredging construction in Masan City. Monitoring was carried out using tent trap, colored sticky trap, and CDC light trap. A total of 217,073 individuals belonging to 23 species from 10 families in 3 orders were collected. In overwintering survey using tent trap, 3 species were collected. 2 species (Leptocera fuscipennis (Haliday) and Ephydra japonica Miyagi) of them were outbreak species. In color sticky trap, more than 96% of total individuals were comprised of five species: Urolepis maritima Walker (43%), E. japonica (19%), Fucellia sp. 1 (13%), Philotelma sp. 1 (10%), and Homalometopus sp. 1 (9%). In CDC light trap, three dominant species were Homalometopus sp. 1 (91%), Glyptotendipes tokunagai Sasa (6%), and L. fuscipennis (1%), representing about 98% of the total. To prevent damage caused by outbreak of insect pests, we carried out ecological control methods such as covering the fresh soil in outbreak area, using light trap, pumping up water and so on, minimizing use of thermal fogging and insect growth regulatorwhen the insect pest population was rapidly increasing.