For reviewing Korean species of Denticollinae and reconstructing phylogenetic relationships between subfamilies in Elateridae, three kinds of studies were conducted: 1) taxonomic review based on morphology; 2) DNA barcode for Denticollinae; 3) molecular phylogenetic study of Elateridae using 12 genetic markers. In taxonomic study, a total of 54 species were reviewed including 13 new species and then unrecorded species. In DNA barcoding, six cryptic and/or pseudocryptic species were confirmed by their sympatric or allopatric distribution. We propose a conservative threshold of 3.6% for convenient molecular operational taxonomic unit identification in Denticollinae. From this study, we confirmed that COI sequence is useful for reassessing species diversity for polymorphic and polytypic species occurring in sympatric and allopatric distributions. In molecular phylogenetic study, the phylogenetic inference constructed robust phylogeny with almost very strongly supported nodal values(>90%) and showed that Hypnoidinae, Oxynopterinae and Denticollinae are monophyletic; Elaterinae, Hemiopinae and Melanotinae are a monophyletic group; and two tribes in Denticollinae are paraphyletic, it is needed to reclassify their systematic accounts.

The subfamily Prostemmatinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha: Nabidae) is known as one of the predatory groups in true bugs, containing 5 genera and approximately 33 species in the Palaearctic region. All Prostemmatinae are ground-inhabiting (in litter layer, under stones, etc.), whereas most Nabinae are herbicolous and arboricolous. In Nabidae, most species are predators on various stages of insects (e.g., aphids, leafhoppers and lepidopteran eggs and young caterpillars), but several genera within the subfamily Prostemmatinae (e.g., Prostemma, Alloeorhynchus and Pagasa) are specialized predators of true bugs, especially of the family Lygaeidae. In this study the subfamily Prostemmatinae is revised from Korea. Among the four species recognized in this study, one species is a new record to Korean fauna, and Alloeorhynchus sp. nov. is described from the Chungcheongnam-do Province, South Korea. The morphological information such as description and diagnoses, and biological information for each species are provided.

The genus Mesocallis Matsumura, 1919 is reviewed from the Korean peninsula. Total of five species are recognized by adding two new and one new unrecorded species to current two recorded species. In this study, diagnosis and illustrations for all five species are presented.

This paper provides keys to tribes, genera and species and synonymic lists for the 14 butterfly species belonging to eight genera of Nymphalinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from Myanmar: Junonia hierta (Fabricius), Junonia orithya (Linnaeus), Linnaeus),Junonia lemonias (Linnaeus), (Linnaeus), iphitaCramer), Vanessa indica (Herbst), Symbrenthia lilaea (Hewitson), Yoma sabina (Cramer), Polygonia c-aureum (Linnaeus), Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus), Hypolimnas bolina (Linnaeus), Kallima limborgi (Moore), Kaniska canace (Linnaeus). Species accounts include taxonomic description, distributional ranges and adult illustration are briefly described.

한국산 깨알물방개속(Laccophilus Leach)의 분류학적 재검토를 수행하였다. 한국에서 기록된 5종 중에서 L. hyalinus (De Geer), L. lewisius Sharp (줄깨알물방개), L. minutus (Linné) (대륙깨알물방개)는 각각 L. vagelineatus Zimmermann (얼룩깨알물방개), L. lewisioides Brancucci (줄무늬깨알물방개)(신칭) and L. difficilis Sharp (깨알물방개)의 오동정이다. 각 종에 대한 외형 사진, 주사전자현미경 사진, 검색표 및 식별형질을 제시한다.

Genus Tautoneura Anufriev, 1969 (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Typlocybinae) were recorded 59 species in the world. Among them, only 1 species: Tautoneura mori has been recorded so far in the Korean Peninsula. Tautoneura mori is known as a major pest of Mulberry in China and Japan, and we also confirmed that it appears on Mulberry in Korea. In this talk, we confirmed two new records: Tautoneura japonica, Tautoneura tricolor to the Korean typhlocybinae fauna, and we also discovered one new species to science. Additionally, we provide biological information such as host plants and distributional records, with a key to the Korean Tautoneura species. We also discuss potential status of each species as an agricultural pest concerning its biological traits.

Naratettix Matsumura, 1931 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) have been recorded 3 species such as Naratettix zini, N. koreanus, and N. rubrovittatus in Korea. In this study, Naratettix ibukianus Matsumura, 1931 is recognized as new to Korea. The male specimes is redescribed and illustrated and a key to the species of Naratettix is provided for the Korean species.

The genus Eurystylus Stål (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae) comprises to date 32 species in the world. This group is generally known as phytophagy, and some of the species are known as major insect pests of crops in various regions such as E. oldi Poppius, 1912, reducing grain mass and quality of sorghum crops by feeding and by ovipositing in Africa. Although these species are easily found and widely distributed, there are few taxonomic studies on this group in detail. In Korea, 2 species are known so far: E. coelestialium (Kirkaldy, 1902), E. luteus Hsiao, 1941. In this talk, the genus Eurystylus from the Korean Peninsula is reviewed for the first time. Biological information such as additional host plants of each species, and morphological characters of Eurystylus sp. nov. with other congeners from Korea are presented. Photographs of the Korean specimens, illustrations of the male genitalia, and diagnoses based on main characters with a key to the Korean species are also provided.

Pogonini Laporte, 1834 is one of the tribes in Trechinae Bonelli, 1810 (Coleoptera: Carabidae). This tribe is morphologically similar to Trechini, Benbidiini, Zolini and Patrobini of the subfamily. However, Pogonini can be distinguished from the other tribes by having a combination of the following characters: apical maxillary palpomere fusiform; umbilical series of setae on elytron more or less contiguous (though sparse in middle); each tarsomeres with a median sulcus on dorsal side. Pogonini includes about 85 species of 12 genera worldwide and is found in all zoogeographical regions of the world. Many species inhabit along the sea coasts or near salt lakes, and are recognized as halobiont. In Korea, Paik (1998) reported Pogonus (Pogonus) itoshimaensis Habu, 1954. However, he added only the species name in the checklist without description or illustration although few specimens were examined. After Paik’s study, any studies on taxonomic status and distribution of Korean Pogonini have not been carried out. The genus Pogonus Dejean is the largest group in Pogonini with two subgenera: P. (Pogonoidius Carret, 1903) and P. (Pogonus Dejean, 1821). These two subgenera share very similar external morphological characters; Pogonoidius has setae on anterior angles of pronotum and setae at 7th interval of elytra while Pogonus does not have them. In the present study, two species, Pogonus (Pogonus) japonicus Putzeys, 1875 and P. (Pogonoidius) punctulatus Dejean, 1828, are newly recognized from Korea. A key to the Korean Pogonini species, redescription, distribution, photos of diagnostic characters, and illustrations of male and female genitalia are provided.

To date there have been only two species in genus Pogonus and subgenus Europhilus of genus Agonum recognized from Korean insect fauna: Pogonus itoshimaensis Habu, 1954 and Agonum (Europhilus) bellicum Lutshnik, 1934. In the present study one additional species for each genus is newly recognized from Korea: Pogonus (Pogonus) japonicus Putzeys, 1875 and Agonum (Europhilus) gratiosum nipponicum Habu, 1972. A key to adults, redescription, diagnostic photos of adult and male and female genitalia are provided.

Nitidulid beetles of the genus Aethina Erichson, 1843 are a well-known group as harmful to agricultural and apicultural industry, especially including A. tumida, an American small hive beetle, which is a beekeeping pest. The world-widespread genus Aethina, within subfamily Nitidulinae and family Nitidulidae, is presented 5 subgenera and 28 species in Palaearctic region. Until now, 2 subgenera, Aethina s. str. and Aethina (Circopes), and 3 species, A. (A.) flavicollis, A. (A.) inconspicua and A. (C.) suturallis, have been recorded in Korea, and we added one more species, A. (A.) maculicollis as a newly recorded species. The larvae of A. (A.) maculicollis have been reported as pests of mulberry fruits in Japan. In this study, we report the taxonomic key to the genus Aethina of Korea, and morphological description of A. (A.) maculicollis.

Grapevines are cultivated globally, and are also damaged by a large number of insect pests especially including leafhoppers. Leafhoppers are one of the important insect pests on various crops including grape. Among them, the genus Arboridia Zachvatkin (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) was known as insect pests against grape farming. Eighty species were described in the genus in the world, and eight species were recorded in the Korean Peninsula so far, which are: Arboridia apicalis, A. kakogawana, A. koreacola, A. maculifrons, A. nigrigena, A. okamotonis, A. silvarum, A. suzukii. Among them, A. apicalis, A. kakogawana, A. maculifrons, A. nigrigena, A. suzukii have been known as important insect pests on grapes. In this talk, we propose a new species from the Korean Peninsula, and confirmed two new records: A. agrillacea and A. lunula. Additionally we present differential diagnoses of the Arboridia species damaging on grapevines for the field of applied biology.

The genus Capsus Fabricius (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Mirinae) from the Korean Peninsula is reviewed. Biological information such as host plants and distributions, and important morphological characters for each species are presented. Photographs of the Korean specimens and illustrations of male genitalia, and diagnoses based on main characters with a key to the Palaearctic species are provided.

Coastal Bryothinusa Casey, the most species rich genus among all the coastal aleocharine genera, contains 30 species worldwide. Members of Bryothinusa occur along the coasts of the Pacific and Indian Oceans including their neighboring seas. In Korea, four species were recorded from the western and southern coasts of the Korean Peninsula by Ahn and Jeon and most species are found mainly under stones, seaweeds, and debris on mud flats and sandy beaches. While studying the Korean coastal Staphylinidae, we have accumulated sufficient specimens of Bryothinusa species that look different with the known species previously. After examining the specimens thoroughly, we identified them as two new species including one species new to the Korean fauna. They correspond well to the diagnostic characters of Bryothinusa: body parallel-sided; labrum as long as wide; mandible elongate; lacinia with setae interdigitating with spinose scales; lacinia and galea remarkably elongate; ligula short, not divided; anterior angles of mentum prolonged into spinose processes, two long medial setae present on mentum; mesocoxal cavities very closed, not margined posteriorly; mesoventral process sharply pointed; tarsal formula 4-4-5; apical lobe of paramere long. A total of seven species including two new species and one species newly recorded in Korea are recognized. Here, we describe two new species (B. brevipennis and B. littoralis) with illustrations of diagnostic characters, compare the new species with related species, and report B. algarum Sawada for the first time in Korea.

The Gyrinidae are water beetles with very unique lifestyle - adult rapidly gyrate and whirl on surface of water hunting for prey. They are found in stagnant or slowly running water and prefer clean oxygen-rich habitats. Members of the family are characterized by the following characters: compound eyes divided completely with one pair on the dorsal surface of the head (above the water line) and another on the ventral surface of the head (below the water line); antenna short with a broad, cup-shaped scape, subtriangular pedicel and elongate but compact flagellum; meso –and metathoracic legs broadly expanded and fringed with setae for swimming. In this paper, a taxonomic review of the Korean Gyrinidae Latreille is presented. Seven species in three genera are recognized, one of which (Gyrinus pullatus Zaitzev) is reported for the first time in South Korea. We also discovered that G. curtus Motschulsky previously recorded in Korea was misidentification of G. japonicus Sharp. Habitus photographs, keys, redescriptions, and diagnostic characters with illustrations of the species are provided. The specimens used in this study are deposited in Chungnam National University Insect Collection (CNUIC), Daejeon, Korea.

A taxonomic review on the Korean Lymantria Hübner, 1819 was conducted. In a result, a total of nine species under four subgenera including two new recorded species were detected as followings: L. dispar asiatica Vnukovskij, 1926, L. xylina Swinhoe, 1903, L. monacha (Linnaeus, 1758), L. minomonis Matsumura, 1933, L. sugii Kishida, 1986, L. lucescens (Butler, 1881), L. mathura Moore, 1865, L. fumida Butler, 1877, and L. bantaizana Matsumura, 1933. Of the two unrecorded species, L. minomonis was found only in Is. Bogildo of Jeollanam-do, the southern part of Korea, and the other one, L. sugii was collected in the middle part of Korea. On the two species, L. xylina and L. fumida, the Korean specimens could not be examined through this study. Therefore, we considered that the two species might be excluded from the Korean Lymantria fauna. Each species was identified on the basis of wing pattern and genitalia of male/female adult. We provided diagnosis, male/female adult habitus photos, male genitalia photos, and female ovipositor photos.

Cave-dwelling springtail studies in Korea initiated during 1960s by the Japanese Collembola researcher, R. Yosii, and comprehensive taxonomic studies on Korean Collembola were conducted by B. H. Lee during 1970-1990s wherein the new family Gulgastruridae was established using the type species Gulgastrura reticulosa from the Gossidonggul cave in Gangwon-do, South Korea. Eight families of cave-dwelling Collembola are known in Korea, and the family Tomoceridae is the most abundant and diverse group of cave-dwelling Collembola with 11 known species belonging to 4 genera in Korea. In this study, 12 species of Korean Tomoceridae are reviewed, and 1 new species from the genus Plutomurus and 2 new species from the genus Tomocerus are described.

We reviewed the Korean species belonging to the genus Hemicrepidius. Of the previously recorded five species, the specimens known as H. (s. str.) secessus secessus (Candèze, 1873) are confirmed as the misidentification of H. oblongus (Solsky, 1870). The status of H. (s. str.) secessus hallaensis Kishii 2002 is suggested to be raised to species level. We also propose three new species, H. (s. str.) sp1 nov., H. (s. str.) sp2 nov., H. (Miwacrepidius) sp1 nov. from Korea. In Hemicrepidius sensu strito, molecular approaches based on the species recognized from Korea, Russia, and Japan using COI and 16S rRNA genes strongly support that all Korean species and the Russian specimens of H. oblongus are clustered into a monophyletic group, whereas Japanese species might be early and independently divided from the former.

Mycetophagids, the family of primitive tenebrionoid beetles, are commonly fugivorous. They mainly feed and inhabit in the fruiting bodies of higher fungi, fungus-grown bark, and moldy vegetative materials. Some species are associated with a large variety of moldy substances and are found both outdoors in natural environments and indoors in association with a variety of stored products. They are not serious pests, and their presence is usually indicative of poor storage conditions and moldy produce. There are only five Mycetophagidae species previously recorded for Korea, Mycetophagus antennatus (Reitter 1879), M. ater (Reitter, 1879), M. hillerianus Reitter, 1874, Typhaea pallidula Reitter, 1874, and T. stercorea (Linnaeus 1758). In the course of this study, 60 specimens from 12 sites of Korean Mycetophagidae were examined. We reviewed taxonomically four genera and nine species in Korea. Among them, four species including Eulagius ussuriensis Nikitsky, 1988, Litargus japonicus Reitter, 1877, Mycetophagus irroratus (Reitter,1879), and Mycetophagus pustulosus (Reitter,1889) are newly recorded in Korea. We also obtained additional bionomic data for the seven species including their host fungi and habitat based on field observations and laboratoryrearing data in part.

For the taxonomic studies of the subfamily Rhyssinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), specimens were collected from March of 2001 to June of 2012 in the south Korean. For the present work, 400 specimens which collected form various laboratories in Korea and in other countries. As a result of taxonomic study, a total of 5 genera, 13 species was confirmed in Korea Rhyssinae. Additionnal discriptions, collection sites, korean records, distribution, host, keys are provided for all 13 species. The Korean of species Rhyssinae and host are listed as followes. Subfamily Rhyssinae Morley, 1913 Genus Epirhyssa Cresson, 1865 Epirhyssa nitobei Uchida, 1928 Genus Megarhyssa Ashmead, 1900 Megarhyssa gloriosa (Matsumura, 1912) Megarhyssa jezoensis (Matsumura, 1912) Megarhyssa praecellens (Tosquinet, 1889) Megarhyssa n.sp 1 Megarhyssa n.sp 2 Megarhyssa n.sp 3 Megarhyssa n.sp 4 Megarhyssa n.sp 5 Genus Rhyssa Gravenhorst, 1829 Rhyssa persuasoria (Linnaeus, 1758) Genus Rhyssella Rohwer, 1920 Rhyssella furanna (Matsumura,1912) Genus Triacyra Baltazar, 1961 Triancyra galloisi (Uchida, 1928) Triancyra hirashimai Momoi, 1970