한국에서 Macropogon sibiricus Motschulsky 옛방아벌레(신칭)를 근거로 하여 옛방아벌레과(Artematopodidae) (신칭)가 분포함을 보고 한다. 이 과 및 속, 종에 대한 진단형질과 사진을 포함하여 분류학적 정보를 제공한다.

The earwig Proreus simulans (Stål, 1860) is newly reported from southern parts of Korean Peninsula. The natural photos were taken from Gwangyang for the first time in 2013, at last the voucher specimens are collected by light trap from Suncheon in 2018. The species widely distributes throughout the Oriental Region, prefers to live in lowland paddy fields, frequently hides inside grass leaves, so regarded as an important predator of leaf folders on rice, or natural enemy of corn borer. The earwig belongs to Chelisochidae which is also newly recognized family in Korea. The order Dermaptera diversity of Korea is estimated that about 24 species 14 genera 6 families until now.