벌목 개미과 시베리아개미아과(Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae)의 Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868) (신칭 민개미)가 국내에서 처음 발견되었다. 진단학적 형질, 분포 범위, 해충으로서의 잠재적 가능성에 대하여 논의되었다.

Invasive exotic insects are rapidly increasing and spreading in a short period of time, threatening the ecosystem. Now, we need technology to monitor the dispersal of exotic insects and to strengthen the ecosystem risk assessment. The United States, Europe, and other countries are fully equipped with a biological control system for threats to biodiversity through systematic investigation and database construction, but Korea is not. Risk assessment and development of a dispersal/change prediction model are essential to maintain a safe ecosystem from invasive exotic species. This research group is carrying out a study to minimize the ecological damage by developing a prediction model of dispersal/change for invading alien insect species, a risk assessment technology and a response manual for management. I would like to look into the current state of exotic insect invasion through this small group meeting, and look for directions to study in the future.

전 세계적으로 생물다양성 감소가 가속화 되고 있으며, 특히 외래생물의 유입은 생물다양성을 위협하는 가장 심각한 요인 중 하나이다. 우리나라 또한 외래생물의 유입이 증가하고 있는데, 환경부 기준 외래생물 은 2011년 1,109종에서 2013년 2,167종으로 두 배 가까이 증가되었다. 2,167종 중 곤충류는 136종으로 많은 외래곤충의 유입이 확인되었고, 이외에 공식적으로 집계되지 않은 종을 포함하면 그 수는 훨씬 늘어날 것이다. 2014년부터 국립생태원의 외래생물 안전관리 연구는 위해우려종 발굴, 외래생물 전국 서식실태조사, 외래생물 정밀조사, 생태계 위해성 평가, 생태계교란 생물 모니터링 등 크게 5가지로 구분된다. 위해우려종 발굴 및 지정건의를 통해 유입 전 단계부터 생태계교란 생물의 지정 건의 및 모니터링을 통해 유입 후 관리까지 5가지의 과제가 톱니바퀴처럼 물려가며 수행되고 있다. 국립생태원 외래곤충 분야의 주요 연구 성과는 260여종의 위해우려종 후보종 발굴, 5종의 외래생물 정밀조사, 8종의 생태계 위해성평가를 수행하였다. 그 중 4종을 생태계교란 생물로 지정 건의하여 1종(붉은불개미)이 생태계교란 생물로 지정되었다. 또한, 꽃매미를 포함한 2종의 생태계교란 생물을 모니터링 하고 있으며, 국내 유입될 경우 생물다양성에 미치는 영향을 널리 알리고자 ’위해우려 외래곤충 100종’ 책자를 발간하여 배포하기도 하였다.

Until recently, there have been many researches about the freezing methods and several methods of cryopreservation. Hypothermic preservation has been used to complement the embryo freezing technology. There is a study to show the successful results for long-term hypothermic preservation. For that reason, FBS and BSA are commonly added to the culture medium to support embryo development. We investigated the effectiveness of hypothermic preservation method at 4℃ according to embryonic developmental stages for Hanwoo embryos and evaluated the effect of FBS and BSA on Hanwoo embryos as a supplemental reagent in hypothermic preservation medium after recovering preserved embryos from hypothermic preservation. The present study reported that survival and hatching rates of embryos at morula stage following storage at 4℃ is Day 7 group was significantly higher (p < 0.05) compared than those of other groups (p < 0.05). As a result, the survival and hatching rates of embryos at the blastocyst stage following storage at 4℃ result is showed that significantly higher (p < 0.05) survival rates than those of other groups an Day 6. The result showed that hatching rate at Day 6 and 7 were significantly lower (p < 0.05) compared with other groups. The result regarding the survival and hatching rates of bovine embryos following storage at 4℃ for 72 h in various concentrations of BSA are shown The results showed that survival rate of 1% BSA group was not significantly different (p < 0.05) compare with control (FBS) group. Also, the results showed that hatching rate of control (FBS) and 1% BSA were significantly different (p < 0.05) compared with other groups. In conclusion, our result demonstrated that the hypothermic preservation did not effect on the survival and hatching rates of embryos after recovering. In addition, the supplementation of BSA in preservation medium showed no difference in the embryo developmental competence after hypothermic preservation compared to FBS treatment. With that, BSA can be an alternative reagent for the hypothermic preservation medium as an energy source and pH buffer.