Four species of Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from Jeju Island in Korea associated with the bracket fungus, Inonotus mikadoi (Basidiomycetes: Hymenochaetaceae)

Abstract

Four ciid species associated with the bracket fungus, Inonotus mikadoi (Gilb. & Ryvarden) Lloyd are recognized from Jeju Island, Korea: Acanthocis inonoti Miyatake, 1955, Ceracis japonus (Reitter 1878), Euxestocis bicornutus Miyatake, 1954, and Nipponapterocis brevis Miyatake, 1954. Among them, three genera that comprise above three species, Ceracis Mellié, 1848, Euxestocis Miyatake, 1954, and Nipponapterocis Miyatake, 1954, are first recorded from Korea. Diagnoses for the newly recorded species and genera, photographs of adults, line drawings of male genitalia, and the ecological information on host fungus are provided.

Keywords

• Ciidae
• host fungus
• Korea
• mycobiont
• new record