Arboridia(두점박이애매미충) 속(노린재목: 매미아목: 매미충과: 매미충아과)의 국내 미기록 2종인 Arboridia lunula Song & Li, 2013 와 Arboridia agrillacea (Anufriev, 1969)을 기록한다. 성충의 사진과 함께 수컷의 생식기와 복부, 날개의 그림과 채집기록을 기재한다. 또한 국내 Arboridia 속의 검색표를 제공한다.

Nature conservation in the Republic of Korea (ROK), in addition the effects of global warming has increasingly changed Korea’s weather to a subtropical climate has resulted in increased populations of wild animals in association with their ectoparasites. Increased numbers of animal and bird hosts and warmer climate has resulted in higher populations of members of the Family Ixodidae (hard ticks), in addition to habitat and geographical distributions resulting from reforestation. There are; 6 Genera (Amblyomma, Boophilus, Dermacentor, Haemaphysalis, Ixodes, Rhipcephalus) in the Family Ixodidae, and with 35 species. Studies in the ROK over the past 10 years has resulted in the recognition of 3 Genera of Ixodidae (Haemaphysalis, Ixodes, Amblyomma) and 14 species (H. longicornis, H. flava, H. japonica, H. phasiana, H. ornithophila, H. formosensis, Ixodes nipponensis, I. persulcatus, I. turdus, I. pomerantzevi, I. granulatus, I. vespertilionis, I. simplex, Amblyomma testudinarium). A number of tick-borne pathogens, including severe fever with thrombocytopenia (SFTS) virus, tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus, Borrelia, Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia, Bartonella, Theileria and Babesia species, have been detected in ticks collected from the ROK. In addition to detecting these pathogens in zoonotic hosts, they have also been detected from pets, domestic animals, and humans. These pathogens often demonstrate vector and host-specificity, while affecting veterinary and medical health. The analysis of vector and pathogen distributions is crucial for the development of diseased mitigation strategies, requiring additional studies to determine the distributions of animal and bird hosts and vectors and associated pathogens.

Vector-borne diseases, including those transmitted by ticks, pose serious public health threats to US military populations, as well as military and civilian populations in the Republic of Korea. (1) From 2004-2010, a total of 54,495 ticks belonging to three genera and eight species [Haemaphysalis longicornis (33,242; 61.0%), H. flava (18,525; 34.0%), Ixodes nipponensis (2,420; 4.4%), H. phasiana (216, 0.4%), H. japonica (33; <0.1%), Amblyomma testudinarium (26; <0.1%), I. turdus (17; <0.1%), and I. persulcatus(16; <0.1%)] were collected by tick drag. (2) As part of the rodent-borne disease surveillance program, a total of 6,773 ticks belonging to two genera and four species were collected from small mammals at US military installations and training sites in Korea from 2004-2009. (3) In collaboration with Seoul National University, a total of 920 ticks, belonging to two genera and six species were collected from small-large mammals. (4) In addition, a total of 250 ticks belonging to two genera and five species were collected from migratory birds. (5) I. simplex and I. vespertilionis also were collected from limited numbers of bats. Additional collections from small-large mammals, migratory birds, bats, and other animals are needed to identify the geographical and host range of ticks and the associated pathogens they harbor. Furthermore, these data can be used to provide predictive emergence and distributions of ticks and their associated pathogens.

New record of family of arhynchobdellid leeches (Hirudiniformes: Haemadipsidae) from Korea is presented. We have surveyed for land leeches in Korea from July to September in 2011 and found 1 species. This is Haemadipsa rjukjuana Oka, 1910, reported for the first time in Korean Peninsula. This species is terrestrial blood-feeding leech which attacks medium or large sized mammals primarily, including human and originally distributed in East and South East Asia, including Indochinese Peninsula, Malay Peninsula, Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan. In Japan, the number and areas of habitats of land leech have been rapidly expanded since 1970s and many leeches attack forest workers, hikers and resident during May to September. As a result of climate change, same situation can be reproduced in Korean Peninsula. We firstly report the occurrence of blood-feeding land leech, the behavior on human being and distributions in Korea. Also, we obtained the sequence of the mitochondrial gene (COI) and additional biology is discussed for this species according to collection data.