• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.230-233
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• 2016

In the family Hydroptilidae, Trichoptera, 11 species in 3 genera, Hydroptila Dalman, 1819, Oxyethira Eaton, 1873 and Stactobia McLachlan, 1880, have been recorded from the Korean Peninsula but, until now, no species in the genus Orthotrichia Eaton, 1873. In this paper, we describe a new Korean species, Orthotrichia coreana sp. nov., based on adult specimens from the middle reaches of rivers in the southern region of the peninsula. This species is similar to O. iriomotensis Ito, 2013 from the southernmost region of Japan, but is clearly discriminated from the latter by features of the male and female genitalia.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.101-109
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• 2018

In the microcaddisfly family Hydroptilidae, only 12 species belonging to four genera are known currently from the Korean Peninsula. Yet, worldwide this family is one of the biggest of the Trichoptera families. Collection from 2015 to 2017 by aerial sweeping and light-trapping in the southeastern part of Korean Peninsula (Gyeongsangbuk-do and Gyeongsangnam-do) included species not recorded previously from the Korean Peninsula. We provide re-descriptions of the six species(Hydroptila dampfi Ulmer, 1929, H. introspinata Zhou and Sun, 2009, Orthotrichia costalis(Curtis, 1834), O. tragetti Mosely, 1930, Oxyethira miea $Ol{\acute{a}}h$ and Ito, 2013, and Stactobia nishimotoi Botosaneanu and Nozaki, 1996) to improve comprehension of Korean hydroptilids.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.9 no.2
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• pp.176-181
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• 1999

In order to understand molecular phylogenetics of silkworm (Bombyx mori), we analyzed the sequences of BmoMAR isolated from Bomhyx mori that is partial coding gene of transposase of mariner-like element(MLE). By pairwise comparing nucleotide sequences of BmoMAR with ten previously reported insect MLEs accessed in GeneBank, the average genetic distance was estimated to be 0.4840. The phylogenetics tree constructed from nine insect species except for human MLE(Hsmarl) by UPGMA method indicated that MLEs are divided into three clusters, and Drosophila mariutiana was independently subgrouped. Bombyx mori(BmoMAR) was subgrouped with microcaddishfly (Orthotrichia cristata), webworm(Atteva punctella), almond moth(Ephestia cautella), Hyalopora cecropia which we lepidoptera. Phylogenetics tree according to UPGMA principle, on the basis of informative nucleotide sequences of nine insect MLEs, indicated that Bombyx mori was more closely related to microcaddishfly(Orthotrichia cristata) and webworm (Atteva punctella) of lepidoptera. We suggest that insect MLEs are a useful key for studying molecular phylogenetics among intra species of insects.