The Ministry of Environment in Korea published 'The Compilation of National List of Indigenous Insect Species ofthe Korean Peninsula' in 1996 including 11,853 species. The National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR) originallycompiled the national species list of insects to establish a national inventory of endemic biological assets with the joinedefforts from all distinguished Korean taxonomists since 2008. For the convenience of taxonomists participating in theproject concurrently, the NIBR has developed the NIBR inventory description method and inventory system from 2008to 2017. Until September 2017 in this study, the NIBR has established the national insect inventory of 17,493 speciesincluding Collembola. The insect fauna of the Korean Peninsula comprises 579 families from 30 orders. The largest ordersare Coleoptera (114 families, 4,489 species), Lepidoptera (72 families, 3,868 species), Hymenoptera (63 families, 3,581species), Hemiptera (88 families, 2,102 species) and Diptera (79 families, 2,128 species). The fractions of the main insectorders in the fauna of the Korean peninsula correspond to those in the Holarctic temperate zone.
The Ministry of Environment in Korea published 'The Compilation of National List of Indigenous Insect Species of the Korean Peninsula' in 1996 including 11,853 species. The National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR) originally compiled the national species list of insects to establish a national inventory of endemic biological assets with the joined efforts from all distinguished Korean taxonomists since 2008. For the convenience of scores of professional taxonomic groups participating in the project concurrently, the NIBR has developed the NIBR inventory description method and inventory system from 2008 to 2016. For nine years in this study, the NIBR has established the national insect inventory of 16,558 species including Collembola. The insect fauna of the Korean Peninsula comprises 565 families from 30 orders. The largest orders are Coleoptera (110 families, 4,318 species), Lepidoptera (67 families, 3,733 species), Hymenoptera (61 families, 3,151 species), Hemiptera (88 families, 2,013 species) and Diptera (79 families, 1,944 species). The fractions of the main insect orders in the fauna of the Korean peninsula correspond to those in the Holarctic temperate zone. And totally 13 volumes of national list of insect species in Korea were published.
The genus of Cinara (Aphididae: Lachninae) live on the roots, trunk, branches, twigs, shoots or foliage of Coniferae and can be easily distinguished in having the very big body, apterae up to 5-6 ㎜ in length and short antennae which are shorter than half the body length. Most of species are monoecious without host alternation and attended by ants. Based on body appearance and COI gene sequence, we report Cinara cuneomaculata (Del Guercio) on Larix kaempferi, C. largirostris Zhang G. & W. Zhang on Pinus thunbergii and P. dnesiflora, C. smaragdina (Pashtshenko) on Abies holophylla and C. piceae on Juniperus rigida, for the first time in Korea.
The genus of Stomaphis (Aphididae: Lachninae) is stem or root feeding aphid on trees and can be easily distinguished in having the very long rostrum which extends beyond the length of body. Most of species are monoecious holocyclic without host alternation and attended by ants. Based on body appearance and COI gene sequence, we report a Stomaphis betulidahuricae Zhang and Qio, 1999 (Aphididae: Lachninae) for the first time in Korea, on Carpinus cordata Bl., C. laxiflora Bl., and Acer palmatum Thunb.