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A Taxonomic Study of the Larvae of the Genus Chrysomela Linnaeus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) from Korea

  • Cho, Hee-Wook;Park, Jin-Young;Lee, Jong-Eun
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.45-49
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    • 2007
  • Last instar larvae of Chrysomela cuprea Fabricius, 1775 and C. tremula Fabricius, 1787 are described in detail for the first time. A key to known larvae of Korean Chrysomela, their illustrations and host plants are also given.

First Report of Snapping Shrimp Synalpheus neomeris (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae) from Korea (한국미기록 큰발톱세이마뿔딱총새우(십각목: 생이절: 딱총새우과)의 보고)

  • Hyeyoung Koo;Won Kim
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.19 no.2
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    • pp.245-250
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    • 2003
  • As a result of taxonomic study on shrimps collected from Korean waters, one species of the snapping shrimp turned out to be new to Korean fauna. Synalpheus neomeris is redescribed and reported for the first time from Korea.

A New Species and a Newly Reported Korean Species of the Genus Tiphia (Tiphiidae, Hymenoptera) from Korea and Japan

  • Kim, Jeong-Kyu;Han, Seung-Pil
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.319-322
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    • 2008
  • A new species, Tiphia fuscopterum Kim and Han, is described based on two specimens collected in Korea and Japan. We also report Tiphia antigenata Allen et Jaynes for the first time in Korea. Tiphia ogurai Tsuneki is synonymized with T. antigenata. Detailed descriptions and digital images of these species are provided.

Report on Four Species of Crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Korea

  • Lee, Sang-Kyu;Kim, Sa-Heung;Kim, Won
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.291-297
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    • 2008
  • One pilumnoid, Neoactumnus convexus Sakai, 1965, and three xanthoids, Lybia caestifera (Alcock, 1898), Atergatopsis germaini A. Milne-Edwards, 1865, and Platypodia tomentosa (De Man, 1902), are newly recorded in Korean fauna. Korean pilumnoids and xanthoids now consist of fifteen species and twenty species, respectively.

Two Brackish Cyclopoid Copepods from Southern Coast of Korea

  • Yoon, Hong-Ju;Chang, Cheon-Young
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.241-250
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    • 2008
  • Two brackish cyclopoid species are reported mostly from the estuaries and salt marshes in the southern coast of Korea: Limnoithona sinensis (Burckhardt, 1913) and Apocyclops borneoensis Lindberg, 1954. The two species as well as the genera are newly added to Korean fauna. Herein, the redescription is provided with the systematic accounts and detailed illustrations of them.

A New Species of the Genus Iotrochota (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida: Iotrochotidae) from Korea

  • Kim, Mi-Jeong;Sim, Chung-Ja
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.79-82
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    • 2010
  • new species Iotrochota rutzleri n. sp. (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida: Iotrochotidae) was collected from intertidal zone, Sinyangri, Seongsanpo, Jejudo Island, Korea during 2008-2009. Iotrochota rutzleri n. sp. is similar to I. baculifera Ridley, 1884 in composition of spicules and skeletal structure. However, it is different in size of spicules, growth form and colour. All spicules of this new species are smaller than those of the latter.

Taxonomic Review of the Genus Trigonospila Pokorny (Diptera: Tachinidae: Blondeliini) in Korea

  • Byun, Hye-Woo;Han, Ho-Yeon
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.243-249
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    • 2010
  • As a result of a taxonomic review of the tachinid genus Trigonospila Porkorny in Korea, we recognized two species: T. ludio (Zetterstedt) and T. transvittata (Pandell$\acute{e}$). The former species is reported for the first time in Korea. We here provide a key to the Korean species, redescriptions, photographs and illustrations.

First Record of Terrestrial Talitrid Amphipod (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitridae) from Korea

  • Kim, Min-Seop;Min, Gi-Sik
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.93-98
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    • 2010
  • A terrestrial talitrid amphipod, Platorchestia japonica (Tattersall, 1922), has been recorded for the first time from Korea. This species was collected from riversides (Han River, Bukhan River and Hantan River) in Korea. Descriptions of diagnostic characters of the species are provided in the text. A key to the four species of Korean Platorchestia is also provided.