First record of the genus Synchita Hellwig, 1792 (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Colydiinae) in Korea

Seung-Gyu Lee; Sang Woo Jung; Yoon-Ho Kim

Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity (Jun 2020)

First record of the genus Synchita Hellwig, 1792 (Coleoptera: Zopheridae: Colydiinae) in Korea

Seung-Gyu Lee,
Sang Woo Jung,
Yoon-Ho Kim

Affiliations

Seung-Gyu Lee: Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum, Pocheon 11186, Republic of Korea
Sang Woo Jung: DASARI Research Institute of BioResources, Daejeon 34116, Republic of Korea; Korean Entomological Institute, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul 02841, Republic of Korea
Yoon-Ho Kim: DASARI Research Institute of BioResources, Daejeon 34116, Republic of Korea; Corresponding author. Tel.: +82 70 7353 2547.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 2
pp. 229 – 233

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A taxonomic study of the genus Synchita Hellwig in Korea is presented. Two species, Synchita hayashii (Sasaji) and S. ussuriensis (Iablokoff-Khnzorian), are newly added to the Korean fauna. A key to species in East Asia, descriptions, habitus photographs, and illustrations of diagnostic characters of the Korean species are provided.

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
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-asia-pacific-biodiversity/

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