• Mycobiology
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• v.45 no.4
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• pp.338-343
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• 2017

Cryptothecia austrocoreana is a new lichen species from South Korea. The species is characterized by the presence of a heteromerous thallus and faveolate ascigerous area (ascomata) immersed in a slightly raised thallus. The species has muriform ascospores, (4)6-8-spored $8-11{\times}3-4$ septate, $(34)36-48(51){\times}(17)19-23(25){\mu}m$. Atranorin, chloroatranorin, and barbatic acid are present. In the phylogenetic tree, C. austrocoreana belongs to the arthonioid clade in Arthoniaceae.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.63-71
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• 2004

The clustering analysis and comparison of male genitalia of Silpha perforata complex were carried out to decide the taxonomic status of the population from Jejudo Is., Korea. One hundred and five individuals from Korea, Japan, and China were examined for the present study. Based on the result, the population of Jejudo Is. was treated as intraspecies of Silpha perforata with a morphological variation.

• The Korean Journal of Soil Zoology
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• v.7 no.1_2
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• pp.35-44
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• 2002

This paper deals with Korean Staphylinids fauna investigated in Korea by G. Lafer during 1994, 1995 and 1998. 38 species of rove beetles were recognized and among them, four species (Atheta weisei, Bolitobius setiger, Lesteva plagiata, and Sepedophilus germanus) are reported herein from Korea for the first time.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.274-275
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• 2020

Recently, the new genus Parkiana (Lecithoceridae) and its two new species, Parkiana matutinalis and Parkiana andasibensis, were described by the authors from Andasibe, Madagascar. Although the morphological descriptions and figures fully characterized the new genus with two new species in that paper, the journal issue in which the description appeared was published online-only, and the ZooBank LSID, required for validation of new names in electronic-only publications, was not included. Therefore, the present note serves to validate the names of the new genus and species, Parkiana, Parkiana matutinalis and Parkiana andasibensis, by fulfilling Code conditions for nomenclatural availability.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.36 no.3
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• pp.236-239
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• 2020

Pelagic tunicate, Thetys vagina Tilesius, 1802, is newly reported from Korean waters. The genus Thetys Tilesius, 1802 is also first recorded as Korean fauna. Thetys vagina is the only valid species in the genus Thetys. It is distinct from other genera by having at least 16 body muscles widely interrupted, no anterior proboscis, bent alimentary canal in the solitary oozooid, and five narrow body muscles, no ventral peduncle, an almost compact loop alimentary canal in the aggregate blastozooids. The specimens of T. vagina examined in this study were collected at the subtidal zone of Ulleung-do Island by scuba diving. In this paper, the detailed descriptions and photographs of both the solitary and aggregate living forms of T. vagina are provided.

• Entomological Research
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• v.48 no.5
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• pp.348-353
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• 2018

A new whitefly species, Pealius yunnanensissp. nov., collected from Mengzi, Caoba village (Yunnan, China) on Ficus microcarpa Linn. f. (Urticales: Moraceae), is described with morphology, line illustrations, photographs and scanning electron microscope images. In addition, a checklist of Chinese species of Pealius is provided and all Pealius species recorded from Ficus around the world are listed. Specimens have been deposited in the Insect Collection of Zhejiang Agriculture & Forestry University (ZAFU), Lin'an, China.

• The Korean Journal of Zoology
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.99-115
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• 1981

A systematic study of Korean holaxonians was done with specimens from 15 localities in the coastal seas of Korea for the period of 1965 though 1978. The holaxonians identified in the present study turned out to be 15 species representing seven genera in three familes. They were all new to the Korean gorgonarian fauna: Anthoplexaura dimorpha; Euplexaura anastomosans; E. abietina; E. crassa; E. recta; Ellisella maculata; E. rubra; E. limbaughi; Verrucella umbraculum; v. stellata; Primnoa reseda pacifica; Callogorgia pseudoflabellum; Plumarella spinosa; P. rigida; P. adhaerens.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• no.nspc2
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• pp.25-36
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• 1988

The Korean scleractinians examined in the present study are seven species in five families . They have six kinds of cnidae ; atrichous isorhizas, basitrichous isorhizas, holotrichous isorhizas, microbasis p-mastigophores, microbasic b-mastigophores and spirocysts, of which the holotrichous isorhizas, microbasic p-mastigophores and spirocysts are distributed in all species. The atrichous and basitrichous isorhizas are present very rare in Korean scleractinians. Especially the microbasic p-mastigophores are common in most parts of all species.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.33 no.2
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• pp.100-111
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• 2017

The species of the genus Athalia Leach from South Korea are reviewed. Six species are listed, one of which is a new record from South Korea (Athalia tanaoserrula Chu and Wang). In South Korean Athalia, we were not able to find any specimens of A. kashmirensis Benson, while many specimens identified as such were a misidentifications of A. tanaoserrula. Therefore, we think that A. kashmirensis should be excluded from the faunal list of South Korea. A key to the species of South Korean Athalia, diagnosis, photographs of the diagnostic characters, distribution and recorded hosts for each species are also provided.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.358-361
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• 2021

The genus Rhopalaea Philippi, 1843 is firstly recorded as a Korean fauna. It is distinct from other genera of Diazonidae in order Aplousobranchia by having solitary individuals or at most two embedded in a common test. Solitary ascidian, Rhopalaea crassa (Herdman, 1880), is also newly reported from Korean waters. Rhopalaea crassa has a club-shaped body, developed thorax, a vertical gut loop and yellow patches in transparent test. Specimens of R. crassa examined in this study were collected from the subtidal zone of Jeju-do Island by scuba diving. In this paper, detailed descriptions and photographs of specimens and living forms of R. crassa are provided.