• Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.687-706
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• 2018

Organic agriculture is well known to be not only affecting the physical and chemical status of the soil but also closely connected to the biodiversity through complex community structure and ecological interactions. Current study monitored and analyzed the invertebrate biodiversity of organic and conventional paddy fields and upland fields from April, 2017 to August, 2017. Total of 680 species (with 14,371 individuals) were confirmed - more number of species were identified at the organic agriculture practicing fields. According to the various indices analysis, organic paddy field showed about 40% higher diversity index, while organic upland field showed about 10% higher diversity index. Richness index at organic paddy field was 60% higher compared to conventional paddy field, while organic upland field showed 40% higher value. Dominance and evenness index at conventional agriculture practicing fields were low, which possibly indicate at least partial dominance phenomenon. Hemipteran, dipteran and aranean species showed highest diversity in all fields, while dipteran, hemipteran, aranean and coleopteran species had highest diversity in conventional agriculture practicing fields.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.12-14
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• 1988

1986년 3월부터 12월까지가야산 일대에서 채집된 검정파리과 가운데 한국 미기록종 Calliphora subalpina 15개체가 채집되었기에 재기재하여 보고한다. 이 1 종이 추가됨에 따라 우리나라 검정파리과는 15속 25종이 기록된다.

• Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy
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• v.44 no.4
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• pp.281-287
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• 2014

The present study was conducted to understand the growth pattern, pollinators and their frequency of visits of Euphorbia helioscopia population which is located at Tongyoung areas in Korea. The vegetative parts of the species grow early in March, and flowering begins in the middle of the month, and pollination was completed at the mid of April. As a typical form of early spring type, the fruits of E. helioscopia were matured between early in April and May, and the upper parts of plants were disappeared between May and June. During the blooming season about 11 insects species which belong to Diptera, Hymenoptera, Coleoptera and Heteroptera were the most common groups found on this plants. Among them the species of Diptera are the most dominant pollinators for E. helioscopia which is concordant to previous reports in Euphorbia species. Despite of significant numbers of insect visitors in Euphorbia species being reported, E. helioscopia attracts only 11 insect species in study areas, and the paucity of species probably associates with the insect fauna in Tongyoung areas or typical patterns of early spring bloomer of Euphorbias. We observed majority of Diptera species to visit in the morning, and the frequency of visit decreased in the afternoon. Thus, it suggests that the visiting activity of Diptera species is not associated with the temperature increase which was reported in Euphorbia species. However, the number of the cyathium during the blooming season is likely to be related to the frequency of visit of pollinators in E. helioscopia.

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.198-208
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• 2023

This study collected samples of Korean dark sleepers (Odontobutis interrupta) in the Keumdang Stream from March to November 2021 to investigate their feeding habits. The sizes were classified by age (1 year and 2 years old, and 3 years or older). The food organisms of O. interrupta included Isopoda, Amphipoda, and Decapoda of the Malacostraca, Ephemeroptera, Odonata, Hemiptera, Plecoptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, and Trichoptera belonging to the aquatic insect of Arthropoda (accounting for 86.6% of the population), Tubificida, Haplotaxida, and Rhynchobdellida belonging to the Clitellata of Annelida (accounting for 7.3%), Systellommatophora and Mesogastropoda belonging to the Gastropodo of Mollusca (accounting for 2.8%), fish (accounting for 3.3%), and fish eggs. Korean dark sleepers fed mostly on aquatic insects, fish, crustaceans, and annelids. Aquatic insects were the most important food source, with 70.1% of the population, 31.7% in biomass, and 72.6% in the index of relative importance. Korean dark sleepers were carnivorous in diet and belonged to the stalker in food intake characteristics and forms. A food migration was observed since less Diptera was found, and more fish, Decapoda, Trichoptera, and Odonata were found in the biomass of the feed consumed by larger species. Diptera (65.3%), Haplotaxida (14.5%), Ephemeroptera (7.0%), Diptera (58.6%), Ephemeroptera (24.5%), fish (4.8%) Diptera (30.1%), Ephemeroptera (20.4%), Isopoda (13.3%) were mainly fed in the autumn.

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.7-9
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• 1992

As the third series of the systematic survey on the Korea Pipunculidae, a new species, Nephrocerus paektusanensis. nov., from North Korea is described here.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.338-344
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• 2015

In an effort to restore the amphibians in urban freshwater system the characteristics of feeding activity of Rana rugosa living in Gyeonggi-provinces (Yangpyeong-gun and Namyangju-si) was analyzed from 2013 to 2014. The stomach contents of R. rugosa was analyzed non-invasively and compared to organisms captured by sweeping and trapping in their habitat. As a result, Hymenoptera and Cleoptera were primarily preyed by R. rugosa. Particularly, the proportion of Formicidae was more than 98% among the preyed Hymenoptera. Trapped insects in the habitat of R. rugosa's in Namyangju were Hymenoptera (58%, Formicidae 99%), Collembola (17%), Orthoptera (10%) and Diptera (9%) in order in order. In Yangpyeong, trapped insects were Collembola (49%), Orthoptera (14%), Arachnida (9%), Diptera (9%), Cleoptera (7%) and Hymenoptera (3%). Even though Hemiptera and Diptera species are abundant in the streamside zones, R. rugosa could easily hunt Formicidae or Coleoptera on rocks or grassland at streamside. R. rugosa consume small sized ground-insects that are easily found rather than searching for the specific prey. Prey resource of urban stream may be not a limiting factor of R. rugosa inhabitation.

• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.278-287
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• 2011

Habitat environment, age and feeding ecology of Gobiobotia macrocephala were investigated to provide baseline data for ecological characteristics and recovery in the Seom River at Heungho- ri, Buron-myeon, Wonju-si, Gangwon-do, Korea from 2010 to 2011. G. macrocephala inhabited 10~40 cm in water depth, 8~20 cm bottom size and 40~120 cm/sec in current velocity, and pebble floor were factors to be important for inhabit density. Age group of G. macrocephala in May estimated from the standard length indicated that the 28~42 mm group is 1 year old, the 43~58 mm group is 2 years old, the 59~69 mm group is 3 years old and the 69~85 mm group is more than 4 years old, and the female was 4~10 mm larger than the male. G. macrocephala did mainly feeding with nocturnal fishes between 00 h to 06 h, and they fed mainly Trichoptera (57.7%), Diptera (26.0%) and Ephemeroptera (16.3%). And their small juvenile fed mainly Ephemeroptera and Diptera, however, they ate mainly Trichoptera while growing to adult fish.

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.1-7
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• 1998

34 species of Chloropidae are recorded from South Korea, 22 (Aphanotrigonum occultivirgatum, Calamoncosis duinensis, Conioscinellu gallarum, Dicraeus stackelbergi, Elachiptera biculiminata, Elachiptera tuberculifera, Gampsocem sp., Meijerella inaequalis, Psilacrum sp., Rhodesiella nitidifrons, Rhopalopreruin anthracinum, Scoliophthalmus japonensis, Siphunculina sharmani, Speccafrons pallidiventris, Togeciphus katoi, Chloropsina sp., Cryptonevra diadema, Cryptonevra inquilina, Lasiosina orientalis, Meromyza sororcula, Pseudop(4chychaeta sp. and Steleocerellus ensifer) for the first time, bringing the total to 45 in Korea.

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.44 no.1 s.138
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• pp.1-4
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• 2005

The immature stages of Nephrotoma virgata Coquillett (Diptera, Tipulidae) are described. Detailed illustrations of the immature stages are provided. It is the first to deal the immature stages of the genus Nephrotoma in Korea.

• Journal of Wetlands Research
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.337-346
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• 2014

This study was carried out to investigate the terrestrial diurnal insects in the Donggang river neighborhood. A total of 455 species belonging to 117 families of 16 orders were identified from 3,001 collected terrestrial insects around the Donggang river. Species richness showed as follows; Coleoptera (166 species, 34.48%), Hemiptera (11 species, 24.0%), Lepidoptera (68 species, 14.95%), Diptera (40 species, 8.79%), Hymenoptera (28 species, 6.15%), Orthoptera (18 species, 3.96%), Odonata (7 species, 1.54%), and others (3.74%). The Coleoptera consisted of the most number of individuals (33.2%), followed by 951 Hemiptera (31.7%), 662 Lepidoptera (20.7%), 155 Orthoptera (5.2%), 100 Diptera (3.3%), 87 Hymenoptera (2.9%), 30 Odonata (1.0%) and others (2.0%). Among them, 1 endangered species of Ministry of Environment, 1 Critically Endangered Korean species, 7 Vulnerable Korean species (VU), and also 2 Near Threatened Korean species were surveyed in the Donggang river neighborhood.