Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity

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A New Record of Aphid Parasitoid Wasp Ephedrus lacertosus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) from South Korea

  • Kim, Sangjin (Animal Systematics Lab., Department of Biological Science, Kunsan National University) ;
  • Kim, Yeongmo (Animal Systematics Lab., Department of Biological Science, Kunsan National University) ;
  • Kim, Hyojoong (Animal Systematics Lab., Department of Biological Science, Kunsan National University)
  • Received : 2022.10.19
  • Accepted : 2022.10.28
  • Published : 2022.10.31
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Abstract

The genus Ephedrus Haliday, 1833 is a large taxon of Aphidiinae, consisting of 48 valid species in the world. This genus is considered to be important as a biological control agency, which includes solitary koinobiont parasitoids on aphids. One of its interesting characteristics is both male and female have 11-segmented antennae. In previous study, this genus was subdivided into three subgenus, Breviephedrus, Ephedrus and Fovephedrus, based on molecular and morphological characters. In this study, one Ephedrus species is firstly recorded from South Korea. Since it has been collected from Geumsan-gun in 2005 and deposited as dried specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Netherland, we recently confirmed it. Description and illustrations of the E. lacertosus are provided.

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Acknowledgement

This work was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR), funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea (NIBR 202231206), by a grant from the National Institute of Biological Resources(NIBR), funded by the Ministry of Environment (MOE) of the Republic of Korea (NIBR202203201), and by a grant from the Korea Environment Industry & Technology Institute (KEITI) through Exotic Invasive Species Management Program (2018002270005) funded by Korea Ministry of Environment (MOE). This research was also supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education (2022R1A2C1091308).

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