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A New Discovery of Termitophilous Tribe Rhyparini Schmidt, 1910 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from the Korean Peninsula based on Rhyparus azumai azumai Nakane, 1956 (광양줄똥풍뎅이를 기반한 한반도에서의 흰개미종속인 줄똥풍뎅이족(딱정벌레목: 풍뎅이과)의 새로운 발견)

  • Choi, Ik Je;Kim, Sang Su;Lee, Bong Woo;Lim, Jongok
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.54 no.4
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    • pp.425-429
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    • 2015
  • A termitophilous tribe, Rhyparini Schmidt, 1910 of the subfamily Aphodiinae Leach, 1815 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) is newly recorded from Korea for the first time, based on Rhyparus azumai azumai Nakane, 1956. A redescription, illustrations of diagnostic characteristics including male genitalia, and a key to Korean tribe of the subfamily are provided.

First Record of Rhyparus helophoroides Fairmaire, 1893 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from Korea (미기록 작은줄똥풍뎅이(딱정벌레목: 풍뎅이과: 똥풍뎅이아과)의 한반도 보고)

  • Junhyeong, Choi;Changseob, Lim
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.61 no.4
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    • pp.601-604
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    • 2022
  • The tribe Rhyparini is one of the well-known termitophilous tribes in Aphodiinae. The genus Rhyparus has the largest number of species in the tribe Rhyparini, and only one species, Rhyparus azumai Nakane, 1956 was recorded in Korea. In this study, we report Rhyparus helophoroides Fairmaire, 1893 from Korea for the first time. Diagnosis, photographs of diagnostic characters, key to the Korean Rhyparus, and brief ecological information of the species are provided.