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The North Pacific distribution of coastal aleocharines has been explained as the result of either dispersal or vicariance. The rove beetle genus Psammostiba is a marine littoral group that occurs on the Pacific coasts of the Northern Hemisphere. We performed phylogenetic analysis of Psammostiba using molecular characters (4685 bp) to investigate th...
A taxonomic study of Korean Mantodea using morphological and molecular characters (COI) is presented. Eight species [Amantis nawai (Shiraki, 1908), Acromantis japonica Westwood, 1889, Mantis religiosa sinica Bazyluk, 1960, Statilia maculata (Thunberg, 1784), Tenodera angustipennis Saussure, 1869, T. sinensis Saussure, 1871, Hierodula chinensis Wern...
The genus Aphaenomurus Yosii, 1956 includes one species and one subspecies, with a limited distribution in Korea and Japan. The phylogenetic relationships between Aphaenomurus and other genera of the subfamily Tomocerinae have not been resolved. In Korea, Aphaenomurus is generally observed in caves. In this study, specimens collected from the twili...
We introduce a method for preserving yellow mealworm (Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus) larvae for an extended period and show that a high percentage of larvae can survive in good health under low-temperature storage conditions combined with specific diapause termination conditions. Our study revealed that we can regulate important development stages such...
The North Pacific distribution of coastal staphylinids may be explained as the result of either dispersal or vicariance. The intertidal rove beetle genus Diaulota is a submarine group that occurs on the Pacific coasts of the Northern Hemisphere. We performed a phylogenetic analysis of Diaulota using molecular characters (3241 bp) to investigate the...
The insect industry in Korea is currently undergoing steady expansion. Among the various insects kept as pets or for educational purposes, four mantis species, including Hierodula patellifera (Audinet-Serville), Tenodera angustipennis Saussure, Tenodera sinensis Saussure, and Statilia maculata (Thunberg), are becoming increasingly popular, leading...
One of the necessary conditions for the mass production of the edible insect, the white-spotted flower chafer Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis (Kolbe), is to breed a strain with excellent egg-laying ability. To identify external morphological traits related to egg-laying ability, we investigated the effects of the weight, length, and width of female...
Rearing density experiments were performed in order to investigate the optimal rearing density of the third instar larvae of Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis (Kolbe) with a long developmental period. For this study, 20, 30, and 40 third-instar larvae were reared in the same size rearing boxes (3L), respectively, and developmental periods (from third...
In this study, we investigated the developmental characteristics and genetic diversity of seven populations of two-spotted crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus De Geer, 1773 (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)) raised in South Korea. Regarding the developmental characteristics of the species, we observed no statistically significant difference in the weight of the ny...
To verify the nutritional superiority and safety of Protaetia brevitarsis larvae fed a food source containing soybean curd cake, the nutrients and harmful substances of larvae reared only with fermented oak sawdust and a food source containing soybean curd cake were comparatively analyzed. The crude protein content was 50.0% in the larvae fed with...
Larvae of Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus are edible insects and are approved as a food ingredient in Korea. They are typically yellow; however, rare black larvae have been found in breeding boxes at insect farms. It is not clear whether black larvae represent a different species that invaded and hybridized with the yellow larvae of T. molitor or whether...
The study aimed to investigate the psychological effect of the emotional insect-assisted healing program on the stress experienced by 43 children in a community child center. Silkworm (Bombyx mori [Linnaeus]) was used in the healing programs, and the stress was measured using salivary alpha-amylase levels. Saliva samples and a survey on insect pref...
The purpose of this study is to organize research trends by analyzing healing studies using emotional insects, and to suggest future research directions. As a result, only six emotional insect species were used for healing purposes, and most of the age groups of the test subjects were elementary school students and the elderly. As for the type of r...
In accordance with Article 6 of the ｢Insect Industry Promotion and Support Act｣, the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences conducted a fact-finding investigation in the insect industry for related workers in 2020. Most commonly, insect industry workers were involved in production (98.5%), the male ratio was high (80.4%), while those in their...
Supermealworm, Zophobas atratus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) is a tropical species used for human consumption and as an ingredient in animal feed. We investigated the hatching characteristics of Z. atratus eggs under varying conditions to optimize artificial rearing conditions. Overall, the average egg weight, width, and length decreased by 42.3%, 3...
Leptaulax koreanus is an endemic species inhabiting the Gwagneung Forest in Pocheon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea. However, its developmental characteristics have not been well studied. Thus, the aim of this study was to establish data on the developmental characteristics of L. koreanus via indoor rearing. Developmental characteristics were examined under...
The drywood termite Kalotermitidae Froggatt, represented by Glyptotermes nakajimai Morimoto, is identified for the first time in Korea. They were collected in Yeoseo-do Island, the southern part of the Korean peninsula. A key to the termite species in Korea, habitus photographs of all castes, ecological information, and illustrations of diagnostic...
The establishment of efficient and sustainable production of industrially important insects necessitates the detailed knowledge of the optimal mixture of macronutrients required for maximising their performance and fitness. The white spotted flower chafer, Protaetia brevitarsis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), is one of the most important ed...
The marine littoral rove beetle genus Cafius Stephens and related genera have been known to be an extraordinarily heterogeneous group and are taxonomically dispersed among several lineages of coastal Staphylininae. A phylogenetic analysis of this Cafius complex is performed based on morphological and molecular characters in order to classify them i...
An integrative taxonomic analysis of Hierodula patellifera (Audinet-Serville) is presented based on morphological and molecular characters (COI, 28S rDNA). During repeated trips to the Korean peninsula, we collected unusual specimens from Wanju-gun. They were similar to H. patellifera, but can be distinguished by a larger body size, the number and...
It is important to understand the factors that affect the business performance of insect farm for continuous insect farm management. The purpose of this study is to investigate factors influencing the business performance of insect farm. For this study, 1,577 questionnaires were collected through a telephone survey targeting insect farm owner. As a...
The giant Asian mantis Hierodula chinensis Werner, 1929 is discovered for the first time from Korea. Photographs of habitus, habitats, and diagnostic characters are provided.
A taxonomic review of the marine littoral genus Iotarphia Cameron is presented. Three species are recognized, one of which is described as a new species (I. magna Song & Ahn, sp. n.) based on morphological and molecular characters. Genetic divergence of COI using uncorrected p-distance among Iotarphia species ranged from 10% to 11.6%, while intrasp...
The greater wax moth, Galleria mellonella Linnaeus, is well known as a pest of honey bees and for the biodegradation of wax and polyethylene by their larvae. The genus Galleria has long been considered monotypic and found worldwide. A taxonomic study of the genus Galleria is presented based on morphological and molecular characters (COI, CAD, wg)....
We developed an evaluation index for selecting pet insect species. As an expert opinion survey, the Delphi method was used to establish evaluation items. Using AHP (analytic hierarchy process), evaluation criteria for selecting pet insects were proposed. And then based on application testing, we established a scoring system.
Staphylinidae, or rove beetles, are a megadiverse family known for their typically very short elytra exposing most of the abdomen, but the putatively early-derived subfamily Omaliinae and its relatives have been known to include multiple taxa with unusually long elytra. The ancestral elytral length of the family and of this subfamily have long been...
Yellow mealworms (Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus) are very promising insects for the food and feed industry. Because mealworms are in the spotlight as an alternative protein source in the future, it is necessary to develop efficient rearing techniques for mass production. To evaluate the effects of brewer's yeast (BY) on the growth of mealworms, Tenebri...
Less than 1% of Staphylinidae are known to be confined to coastal habitats. To explore the origins of coastal colonization within the tribe Athetini Casey, we present a revised molecular phylogeny. The dataset comprised partial mitochondrial COI, COII, 16S rDNA, NADH1, partial nuclear 18S rDNA and 28S rDNA. We chose a total of 95 species in 51 gene...
Aleochara blackburni Bernhauer & Scheerpeltz (Aleocharinae) is a little-known coastal rove beetle, not studied since a specimen was collected from coasts in Port Lincoln, South Australia, in 1888. We report the discovery of additional specimens, which were collected at sites distributed between the central-east and south-east coasts of Tasmania, Au...
Gnypeta koreana Song and Ahn, new species, is described from South Korea. The new species is compared with a morphologically similar species of the genus, Gnypeta opaca Bernhauer, which is recorded from North Korea. A description, habitus photograph, and other illustrations of the diagnostic characters are provided.
Diaulota hokkaidona Ahn and Ôhara, sp. n. and Diaulota oharai Ahn and Yoo, sp. n. are described from coastal Hokkaido, Japan. Diaulota hokkaidona Ahn and Ôhara, sp. n. is very similar to D. aokii Sawada and cannot be distinguished by the external morphological characters but they are separated by the structures of median lobe of aedeagus and molecu...
The genus Haploglossa Kraatz is recorded for the first time in Korea with a description of Haploglossa koreana Song & Ahn, sp. nov. and a redescription of H. villosula (Stephens). A key, habitus photographs and illustrations of the diagnostic characters of the known Korean species are provided.
We investigated the species trees, temporal divergence and historical biogeography of Emplenota Casey and Triochara Bern-hauer (ET clade hereafter), subgenera of the Aleochara coastal staphylinid beetles, to determine their place of origin. We explored a multilocus dataset to infer gene trees and species trees based on traditional concatenated and...
Aleochara (Emplenota) hayamai Yamamoto & Maruyama and Tetrasticta brevipennis (Bernhauer) are recorded for the first time in Korea. Photographs of habitus and diagnoses are provided.
The beetle family Clambidae, represented by Clambus formosanus japonicus Endrödy-Younga, is reported for the first time in Korea. A habitus photograph, diagnosis, and illustrations of diagnostic characters of the species are provided.
To assess the accuracy of species delimitation and phylogenetic relationships of the Aleochara fucicola species complex, we performed molecular phylogenetic analyses. Detailed micromorphological characters were also examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The molecular data set included two mitochondrial (COI and COII) and three nuclear...
Blepharhymenus koreanus Paśnik and Tachyusa wei Pace are recorded for the first time in South Korea. Habitus photographs, redescriptions and illustrations of diagnostic characters are provided.
Arevised molecular phylogeny of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst is presented. The dataset comprised partial
mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) (1373 bp), COII (577 bp), and the complete sequences of tRNA leucine (71 bp) between them, for 56 Aleochara species and 8 outgroups. We added 15 populations of 8 coastal species: A. fucicola Sharp, A...
The coastal staphylinids are introduced for the first time from Dokdo Island. Three coastal species, Aleochara (Emplenota) fucicola Sharp, Atheta (Badura) tokiokai (Sawada) and Cafius histrio (Sharp), were identified and are reported newly from Dokdo island. Their habitus and information about species distribution are provided.
Jeon, M.-J., Song, J.-H. & Ahn, K.-J. (2012). Molecular phylogeny of the marine littoral genus Cafius (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) and implications for classification. —Zoologica Scripta, 41, 150–159.
A phylogenetic analysis of the marine littoral genus Cafius Stephens is presented based on molecular characters. The data set comprised...
A preliminary phylogenetic analysis of the subfamily Aleocharinae Fleming is presented based on molecular characters. The data set comprised partial mitochondrial COI (925 bp), COII(372 bp), 12S rDNA (325–330 bp), and nearly complete sequences of 18S rDNA (1705–1771 bp) for 66 group taxa in fifteen tribes and four outgroup taxa. The sequences were...
Henoticonus triphylloides Reitter is identified for the first time in Korea. A habitus photo, description, and illustrations of the diagnostic characters are provided.
