Pictorial keys and molecular analysis of the two newly recorded species of genus Tribolium (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) in Korea

Abstract

Two stored grain pests of the genus Tribolium Macleay, 1825 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) are newly recognized in Korea: T. freemani Hinton, 1948, and T. madens (Charpentier, 1825). Their morphological diagnosis, adult and larval pictorial identification keys, and the mitochondrial COI barcode sequences of genus Tribolium are provided.

Keywords

• Korea
• New record
• Stored grain pest
• Tribolium
• Tenebrionidae