• Title/Summary/Keyword: Alydidae

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Variation in Aggregation Pheromone Secretion of Bean Bug, Riptortus clavatus (톱다리개미허리노린재 집합페로몬의 분비변이에 관한 연구)

  • Huh, Hye-Soon;Jang, Sin-Ae;Park, Chung-Gyoo
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.48 no.1
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    • pp.73-79
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    • 2009
  • Male adults of bean bug, Riptortus clavatus Thunberg (Heteroptera: Alydidae), release aggregation pheromone (AP) which consists of (E)-2-hexenyl (Z)-3-hexenoate (E2HZ3H), (E)-2-hexenyl (E)-2-hexenoate (E2HE2H), and tetradecyl isobutyrate (TI). Variation in the pheromonal secretion were checked by the factors of age, mating status, seasons, body weight and time in a day. There were no significant differences in the amounts of AP secretion by mating, body weight, and time in a day. Higher amount of AP was detected from older males than younger ones. The amount of AP detected was higher in the males collected from April to September than in those collected during October. No AP was detected in the males of November and December. These phenomena in the AP secretion were discussed in relation to food exploitation and reproductive diapause of the bean bug.

Report on Two Egg Parasitoid Species of Riptortus clavatus (Thunberg) (Heteroptera: Alydidae) on Soybean (톱다리개미허리노린재의 난기생봉 2종에 관한 보고)

  • Paik, Chae-Hoon;Lee, Geon-Hwi;Choi, Man-Young;Seo, Hong-Yul;Kim, Doo-Ho;La, Seung-Yong;Park, Chung-Gyoo
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.281-286
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    • 2007
  • Two hymenopteran egg parasitoid species, Gryon japonicum (Ashmead) (Scelionidae) and Ooencyrtus nezarae Ishii (Encyrtidae), were emerged from eggs of bean bug, Riptortus clavatus Thunberg (Heteroptera: Alydidae). The former parasitoid is first recorded in Korea. Brief morphological and biological characteristics, and parasitism on R. clavatus eggs are described.

Novel Fungal Species Belonging to the Genus Acaulium Isolated from Riptortus clavatus (Heteroptera: Alydidae) in Korea

  • Lee, Ju-Heon;Ten, Leonid N.;Lee, Seung-Yeol;Jung, Hee-Young
    • The Korean Journal of Mycology
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    • v.49 no.4
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    • pp.477-486
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    • 2021
  • A survey of insect-associated fungi in Korea revealed a novel fungal strain isolated from the bean bug Riptortus clavatus (Heteroptera: Alydidae). Culturally and morphologically, the fungal strain designated KNUF-20-INY03, shares features with members of the genus Acaulium. Phylogenetic analyses based on the concatenated nucleotide sequences of the internal transcribed spacer regions (ITS) regions and partial sequences of the translation elongation factor 1-alpha (TEF1-α), and β-tubulin (β-TUB), and large subunit of the nuclear ribosomal RNA (LSU) genes showed that the isolate is part of a clade that includes other Acaulium species, but it occupies a distinct phylogenetic position. Based on the shape, size, and color of its conidia and conidiogenous cells, strain KNUF-20-INY03 is readily distinguishable from the closely related A. acremonium, A. albonigrescens, A. caviariformis, A. pannemaniae, and A. retardatum. The conidial length-to-width ratio (1.6) of the novel isolate is significantly lower than that of A. acremonium (1.9), A. albonigrescens (2.4), and A. pannemaniae (2.4), and KNUF-20-INY03 produces hyaline conidia and elliptical conidiogenous cells while A. caviariformis forms brown conidia and A. retardatum produces flask-shaped conidiogenous cells. Thus, both phylogenetic and morphological analyses indicate that this strain is a novel species in the genus Acaulium, and we propose the name Acaulium microspora sp. nov.