A new species and three new records of tribe Platysomatini (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Histerinae) from Korea

Jinbae Seung; Seunghwan Lee

Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity (Jun 2019)

A new species and three new records of tribe Platysomatini (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Histerinae) from Korea

Jinbae Seung,
Seunghwan Lee

Affiliations

Jinbae Seung: 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. 2
pp. 240 – 248

Abstract

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Previously, a total of seven species belonging to tribe Platysomatini Bickhardt, 1914 have been recorded from Korea. In this study, a new species, Platylister (Platylister) yongamensis sp. nov., is described. Also, three species are newly reported: Kanaarister celatus (Lewis, 1884), Niposoma vagans (Lewis, 1884), and Platysoma (Platysoma) takehikoi, Ôhara, 1986. We present a key to species and genera of Korean Platysomatini, diagnoses for genera, descriptions, and photographs for newly reported species. Keywords: Histeridae, Korea, New record, Platysomatini, Taxonomy

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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