A Taxonomic Review of the Genus Myzia (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellinae) from Korea

Abstract

The taxonomic study of the genus Myzia Mulsant, 1846 in Korea is presented. The genus Myzia contains five species worldwide and two species currently recognized in Palaearctic region. Until now, only M. oblongoguttata (Linnaeus, 1758) has been known in Korea, but we found M. gebleri (Crotch, 1874) for the first time in Korea. We redescribed these two Korean species of the genus Myzia with photographs of the habitus and detailed illustrations of their aedeagus and other appendages. A taxonomic key to the species of Korean Myzia beetles are also provided.

Keywords

• Coleoptera
• Coccinellidae
• Myzia
• M. gebleri
• M. oblongoguttata