• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.99-105
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• 2008

An ichneumonine genus, Probolus Wesmael, is first reported from Korea with P.fukuchiyamanus Uchida and P. cyanogaster Jeong. The former is new to Korea and the latter new to science. A key to the two species, and their descriptions and photographs of diagnostic characters are provided.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.1-4
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• 2009

Korean species of the genus Ophion Fabricius are reviewed. Eight species are recognized including two species new to Korea (O. ainoicus Uchida, 1928 and O. choaspese (Uchida, 1954). We provide a key to the Korean Ophion and redescriptions, photographs, distributional data and host records of the newly recorded species.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.70-73
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• 2013

Diadegma fenestrale is known as a parasitoid of the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella. The potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) is one of the most destructive pest of potatoes. Also, we found this species attacking the diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae). Ratio of parasitism is 20-30% and cocoon of lepidopteran was parasitic ichneumonid species after 3 days. This species and the genus Diadegma are recorded for the first time from Korea. In this paper, description of the parasitoid and photographs of the diagnostic characteristics are provided.

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.59 no.2
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• pp.109-112
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• 2020

Stenomacrus deletus (Thomson, 1897), belonging to Orthocentrinae of Ichneumonidae, is newly recognized in South Korea. Most Stenomacrus species are known as koinobiont endoparasitoids of dipteran, lepidopteran, and coleopteran hosts. In this study, an additional species is recorded for the first time from South Korea. Diagnoses of genus and an unrecorded species, as well as illustrations of this species are provided.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.199-204
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• 2022

Ichneumonidae are well-known parasitoids that attack the larvae or pupae of other insects. This study analyzed whether the abdominal DNA of two ichneumonid wasps, Pimpla disparis and Theronia atalantae gestator, showed the signature of the host species, Ivela auripes. Observations confirmed that these two ichneumonids were the representative parasitoid species growing in the larvae of I. auripes. In addition, sequence analysis showed that the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene of the host was amplified completely from the DNA extracted from the gut tissues of the ichneumonids. Even after 96 h of adulthood, the host's DNA traces did not disappear and were amplified in many individuals. These results suggest a constructive first step for establishing of a host information bank for ichneumonids in the future.

• Journal of Species Research
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• v.10 no.4
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• pp.412-418
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• 2021

Four species of the genus Exochus belonging to the subfamily Metopiinae, family Ichneumonidae, are reported in South Korea for the first time. The subfamily Metopiinae was recorded by Förster in 1869 based on genus Metopius and more than 870 described species have been reported worldwide. Among the genera of Metopiinae, genus Exochus is the largest, which is cosmopolitan and comprises more than 290 described species worldwide (Choi et al., 2016; Yu et al., 2016). A taxonomic study of South Korean Exochus was initiated by Choi et al. (2014), who reported four species. Until now, 10 species have been described as new species and 25 species were recorded as new records of this genus from South Korea (Choi et al., 2014, 2016). In the present study, the following four species are reported in South Korea: Exochus latiareolus Tolkanitz, 2003, E. ornatus Momoi & Kusigemati, 1970, E. pictus Holmgren, 1858, and E. yasumatsui Momoi, Kusigemati & Nakanishi, 1968. In addition, we provide the diagnoses of these four species along with diagnostic photographs.

• Journal of Species Research
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.128-131
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• 2022

A new species, Venturia tenuiabdominalis Choi sp. nov., belonging to the subfamily Campopleginae, family Ichneumonidae, is described in South Korea. The subfamily Campopleginae was recorded by Forster in 1869 based on genus Campoplex and more than 2,100 described species into 66 genera have been reported worldwide. Among the 66 genera of Campopleginae, the genus Venturia is one of the large groups, which is more than 140 species worldwide (Yu et al., 2016; Vas, 2019a; 2019b; Vas, 2020; Vas and Di Giovanni, 2020; Han et al., 2021). A taxonomic study of South Korean Venturia was initiated by Choi et al. (2012), who reported Venturia longipropodeum (Uchida, 1942). A key to species of South Korean Venturia, description of new species and diagnostic illustrations are provided.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.79-86
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• 2006

The genera Seleucus and Opheltes have been reported, each of which contains two species in the world, [S. cuneiformis (Holmgren, 1860) and S. exareolatus (Strobl, 1904) for the genus Seleucus; O. glaucopterus Linnaeus, 1758 and O. japonicus (Cushman, 1924) for the genus Opheltes]. In this study, the genus Seleucus is discovered for the first time in Korea with S. cuneiformis, and also O. japonicus is reported for the first time from Korea. We redescribed Korean Seleucus and Opheltes species, and provide keys and photographs of the Korean species.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.115-123
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• 2024

Four species, Colpotrochia bifasciata, C. munda, C. pilosa sinensis, and C. uchidai, are newly recognized in South Korea. The genus Colpotrochia Holmgren, 1856 is a large group of the subfamily Metopiinae, in Ichneumonidae, and contains 62 described species worldwide. Among them, nine species have been recorded from South Korea. The South Korean Colpotrochia was started from by Uchida in 1930. A comprehensive historical review of the faunal study of this genus in South Korea have been done by Kim and Japanese entomologists in the period of 1955-1966. In this study, diagnoses of four unrecorded species and illustrations of diagnostic characters are provided. The current total is 13 species of this genus known from South Korea.

• Proceedings of the Zoological Society Korea Conference
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• 1996.10a
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• pp.83.2-83
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• 1996

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