• The Korean Journal of Soil Zoology
• /
• v.2 no.2
• /
• pp.65-75
• /
• 1997

This study includes the taxanomy, description and a key to species of mites in the family Bdellidae from Korea. Specimens were collected at 60 localities in Korea from January, 1994 to June, 1997. As a result of this study, the following 7 species were identified : Bdella longicornis ( Linnaeus, 1758), Bdella muscorum Ewing, 1909, Cyta latirostris (Hermann, 1804), Biscirus thori Womersley, 1933, Spinibdella tenurostris (Ewing, 1914). Six species excluding Bdella muscorum of them are newly recorded from Korea.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
• /
• v.36 no.4
• /
• pp.363-371
• /
• 2020

A taxonomic study on bdelloid rotifers collected from mosses and/or leaf litter at four different locations in Korea resulted in five new Korean records and a new species, Philodina wonkimi n. sp. Philodina wonkimi n. sp. is easily distinguished from its congeners by the very long antenna which is much longer than the height of the pseudosegment carrying a dorsal antenna in creeping. Among the five new Korean records, two species- and two subspecies-level taxa are new to Asia as well. Adineta rhomboidea Bērzinš, 1950 has been reported from only three European countries including the type locality, and is recorded outside Europe for the first time. Present study is the fourth record for Philodina eurystephana Schulte, 1954. In addition, a partial sequence of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene (mtCOX1) for P. wonkimi n. sp. is provided here.

• Journal of Species Research
• /
• v.12 no.2
• /
• pp.115-121
• /
• 2023

We conducted a taxonomic study of bdelloid rotifers found from terrestrial habitats such as mosses, leaf litter and soil at four different locations in Korea. The study resulted in four new Korean records belonging to two genera in two families, Habrotrochidae and Philodinidae, of bdelloid rotifers: Habrotrocha soror Donner, 1950; H. thienemanni rubella Donner, 1951; H. valida Milne, 1916 and Philodina nitida nitida Milne, 1916. These new Korean records are rare and have very limited distributions. Habrotrocha thienemanni rubella and H. valida were not found again after their original descriptions until the present study. The present study is the third record for both H. soror and P. nitida nitida. All these four new Korean records are new to Asian fauna as well. Here, diagnostic characteristics and photomicrographs are provided for each new Korean record. In addition, a partial sequence of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene (mtCOX1) for P. nitida nitida is presented.