First record of family Cerophytidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) from Korea

Jinbae Seung; Min Hyeuk Lee; Seunghyun Lee; Seunghwan Lee

Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity (Sep 2019)

First record of family Cerophytidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) from Korea

Jinbae Seung,
Min Hyeuk Lee,
Seunghyun Lee,
Seunghwan Lee

Affiliations

Jinbae Seung: Insect Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Republic of Korea
Min Hyeuk Lee: Insect Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Republic of Korea
Seunghyun Lee: Insect Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Republic of Korea
Seunghwan Lee: Insect Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Republic of Korea; Research Institute for Agricultural and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-921, Republic of Korea; Corresponding author. Insect Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-921, Republic of Korea. Tel.: +82 2 880 4703; fax: +82 2 873 2319.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 3
pp. 470 – 472

Abstract

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The family Cerophytidae Latreille, 1834 is first recognized from Korea based on a male individual of Cerophytum japonicum Sasaji, 1999 collected using a flight interception trap from Gangwon-do. Morphological comments and figures including the first description of male genitalia are provided. Keywords: Cerophytidae, Cerophytum japonicum, Korea, New record

Published in Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity

ISSN: 2287-884X (Print); 2287-9544 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General): Ecology
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