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http://dx.doi.org/10.5656/KSAE.2015.10.0.045

A New Discovery of Termitophilous Tribe Rhyparini Schmidt, 1910 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from the Korean Peninsula based on Rhyparus azumai azumai Nakane, 1956

Choi, Ik Je (Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum)
Kim, Sang Su (Department of Plant Medicine, Sunchon National University)
Lee, Bong Woo (Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum)
Lim, Jongok (Division of Forest Biodiversity, Korea National Arboretum)

Publication Information

Korean journal of applied entomology / v.54, no.4, 2015 , pp. 425-429 More about this Journal

Abstract

A termitophilous tribe, Rhyparini Schmidt, 1910 of the subfamily Aphodiinae Leach, 1815 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) is newly recorded from Korea for the first time, based on Rhyparus azumai azumai Nakane, 1956. A redescription, illustrations of diagnostic characteristics including male genitalia, and a key to Korean tribe of the subfamily are provided.

Keywords

Taxonomy; Rhyparini; Rhyparus; new record; Korea;

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