• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.173-177
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• 2008

The family Proctotrupidae Latreille, 1802 is recorded for the first time in Korea. As a result of a taxonomic study of the Korean Proctotrupidae, two species Disogmus areolator and Phaneroserphus calcar are reported. A key to the species, redescriptions, and photographs for diagnostic characters are provided.

• Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.39-51
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• 2021

The South Korean species of family Proctotrupidae Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea) are studied. Here, seven proctotrupid species are newly added in the South Korean fauna: Cryptoserphus aculeator (Haliday), Disogmus basalis (Thomson), Mischoserphus arcuator (Stelfox), M. samurai (Pschorn-Walcher), Nothoserphus scymni (Ashmead), Proctotrupes gravidator (Linnaeus), and Tretoserphus laricis (Haliday). Which of them, four genera belonging to the tribes Cryptoserphini and Proctotrupini (Cryptoserphus, Mischoserphus, Proctotrupes, and Tretoserphus) are also newly recorded from South Korea. A key to genera of South Korean Proctotrupidae, diagnosis, photographs, distribution, and recorded hosts for each species are presented. All proctotrupid specimens were kept in the collections of the Geolim Entomological Institute, Daegu, South Korea.