Phoretic mites were collected from Copris ochus and C. tripartitus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). These beetles were collected from Holoce Ecosystem Conservation Research Institution, Gangwon-do. Five unrecorded species of Eviphis hastatellus Berlese, 1910 (Eviphididae), Holostaspella scatophila Takaku, 1994 (Macrochelidae), Macrocheles japonicus Evans & Hyatt, 1963 (Macrochelidae), Pachylaelaps siculus Berlese, 1921 (Pachylaelapidae) and Parasitus consanguineus Oudemans & Voigts, 1904 (Parasitidae) were recorded from Korea for the first time. However, Parasitus consanguineus Oudemans & Voigts (Parasitidae) was already recorded by Oudemans & Voigts in 1904 but since then no one has recorded. We have rerecorded this species in Korea.

We provide the first report on Stigmaeopsis miscanthi Saito, which was identified from Chinese silver grass Miscanthus sinensis on Ulleung Island in Korea. This species is one of the S. celarius complex, which involves several cryptic species. S. miscanthi has longer second dorsal propodosomal setae (P2), which is an important characteristic for species identification in the genus Stigmaeopsis. We determined nucleotide sequences of the internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) of S. miscanthi. The COI sequence differed by 0.6% between Korean and Japanese strains. The comparison between S. miscanthi and S. celarius showed that ITS2 and COI differed by 7.2% and 7.9%, respectively. In addition, species-specific primer sets of both species were designed to show the species classification within the genus.

Tetranychus piercei McGregor, T. truncatus Ehara, and T. bambusae Wang and Ma are considered as major pests of many agricultural crops in Bangladesh. T. piercei and T. truncatus has a diverse host plants although T. bambusae infest only bamboo leaves. We compared the development, survivorship, and life table parameters of T. piercei and T. truncatus on bean leaves and T. bambusae on bamboo leaves at 25ºC, 60-70% RH, and a photoperiod of 16: 8 h (light: dark). The development time from egg to adult female of T. piercei and T. truncatus was 10.2 and 8.8 days when feeding on bean leaves, respectively, whereas it takes 9.5 days for female T. bambusae when feeding on Bambusa sp. leaves. Mated females of T. piercei, T. truncatus, and T. bambusae laid on average 186.9, 132.5, and 46.3 eggs for the oviposition period of 22.3, 13.5, and 20.2 days, respectively. The intrinsic rate of increase (rm) was 0.268 for T. piercei, 0.295 for T. truncatus, and 0.178 for T. bambusae. The finite rate of increase (λ) was 1.31, 1.34, and 1.20 individuals/female/day for T. piercei, T. truncatus, and T. bambusae, respectively. The doubling time (Dt) was lowest in T. truncatus (2.4 days) compare to T. piercei (2.6 days) and T. bambusae (3.9 days). The two polyphagous Tetranychus mites collected in Bangladesh are found to have similar life table parameters fall within the parametric range of other Tetranychus mites found in various regions irrespective of food sources. This is the first report of life table parameters of monophagous T. bambusae.

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.

귤녹응애(Aculops pelekassi (Keifer))는 제주감귤의 중요한 해충이다. 본 연구는 귤녹응애의 연간 발생소장을 구명하고자 수행하였으며, 습도와 잎의 연령이 밀도증식에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 상대습도는 통계적으로 유의하게 귤녹응애 성충의 수명 및 산란에 영향을 주었다. 상대습도 33, 75, 84%에서 수명은 각각 7.5, 14.5, 14.6일 이었고, 산란수는 5.4, 21.5, 27.1개 이었다. 감귤 잎의 연령에 따라 귤녹응애의 증식정도는 유의하게 차이가 있었다. 연령이 40일된 잎에서는 귤녹응애 밀도증식이 가장 높았으며, 4주 후에는 10일된 잎에서 증식된 것과 비교하여 3배 이상 높았다. 눈 인편 틈에서 월동한 귤녹응애 성충은 4월 하순부터 활동을 시작하여 5월 중순경부터 봄에 발아하여 전개되는 잎(봄 잎)에서 발생하기 시작하였고, 6월 중순에는 과실에서 발생이 시작되었다. 잎에서 발생소장은 6월 하순에서 7월 발생최성기를 보였고, 과실에서는 8월 상순 발생 최성기를 보였다. 본 연구결과는 감귤원에서 귤녹응애 방제에 유용하게 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대되었다.

이리응애 1 신종인 Typhlodromips geumgangensis n. sp. (금강이리응애)를 기재하였고, 1 한국 미기록종인 Typhlodromips paraki (Ehara, 1967) (명아주이리응애)를 한국산 표본으로 재 기재하였으며, 비단이리응애속의 종 검색표를 제시하였다.

Yellow tea thrip (Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) is anthophilous pests of many crops worldwide including five flavor berry. And the mealy bug (Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (Cooley) (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)) is one of the hardest pests to control. Its body is covered with white waxy threads, which often make a chemical pest control useless. Five flavor berry (Schisandra chinensis Baill) is used in traditional Chinese medicine. So, the development of biological control against the major pest on five flavor berry is of great interest. In this work, a treatment of Chrysoperla nipponensis (Okamoto) was applied to five flavor berry fields infested by P. cockerelli and a treatment of Amblyseius swirskii Athias-Henriot was applied to two types of five flavor berry fields infested by S. dorsalis. Even though our tests found significant differences between the two culturing method(sod culture, nonwoven type mulching), the treatment of biological control agents decreased or a little increased the fruit damage, which was comparable to the chemical insecticide treatment. In the sod culture experiment, thrip population was significantly low and increased at a lower rate than in the nonwoven type mulching. It may be suggested from these results that A. swirskii and C. nipponensis as IPM program and sod culture could be incorporated into the integrated pest management system on five flavor berry.

The genus Panonychus has been reported only two species, P. ulmi and P. citri, in Korea. Two new species, P. mori Yokoyama, 1929 and P. caglei Mellot, 1968 were firstly identified from jujube orchards in Gyeongsan and kudzu vine in Byunsan peninsula in Korea. Morphological differences among four species have been described especially in aedeagus shape. Comparison of nucleotide sequences of both the internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) region of nuclear ribosomal RNA gene and the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) gene were compared between four species. Phylogenetic analysis of ITS2 and COI sequences using neighbor-joining method showed that P. mori and P. caglei were most similar to each other and more closely related to P. ulmi than P. citri. In addition, species-specific primer sets of each species were designed based on ITS2 sequencesand can be used to diagnose species in this genus.

We investigated the prevalence of severe fever with thrombocytopenia- syndrome virus (SFTSV) and geographical distribution of ixodid ticks from 25 regions of the Korea during 2011-2012. We collected 25,940 ixodid ticks with 3 genera and 7 species using dry ice bait trap and flagging. Among them, Genus Haemaphysalis, Ixodes and Amblyomma counted 25,821 (99.5%), 118 (0.5%) and 1 (<0.0%). Genus Haemaphysalis consisted of 4 species, H. longicornis (90.4%), H. flava (9.2%), H. formosensis and H. hystricis (<0.1%). Genus Ixodes consisted of 2 species, I. nippoenesis (0.4%) and I. persulcatus (0.1%). Only one Amblyomma testudinarium was collected. The highly infested sites were grassland (50.1%) and mixed stand forest (20.3%). Minimum infection rate (MIR) of SFTSV in H. longicornis was 0.5% in Korea and this rate was similar to that in China (0.46%). Our results showed that H. longicornis is a major vector of SFTSV and its surveillance will be needed at high risk area.

울릉도 성인봉의 토양 시료에서 발견한 육각사다리응애 (신칭, Punctoribates hexagonus Brelese, 1908)를 국내에서 처음으로 보고한다. 이종의 형태적 특징을 기재하고 지리적 분포 정보를 제시한다.

The genus Peloribates is comparatively species rich, and world-wide, more than eighty species are assigned to this genus (Bayartogtokh, 2000). In Korea, four species of Peloribates were recorded. In this study, Peloribates barbatus Aoki is reported from Korea for the first time. This species was collected from rice straw mat of Cherry tree in Andong National University. We present the morphology of this species relative to body size, length, shape of sensillus, position of seta, and feeding comparing with previously recorded four species of Peloribates. A diagnostic description of this species with detailed illustration.

포도녹응애는(Calepitrimerus vitis (Nalepa) (Acari: Eriophyidae)) 포도를 재배 하는 미국의 북서부, 유럽, 남아프리카 등에서 잎 말림 현상 및 잎과 가지의 생육지 연을 유발하여 문제시되는 해충으로 알려져 있다. 국내에서는 2011년 경기도 화성 시에서 처음으로 발생이 보고되었으나, 발생 소장 및 분포에 대한 정밀한 조사는 이 루어진 바 없다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 경기도 화성시 서신면 2지역(Site1, Site2)과 송산면 1지역(Site3)에 위치한 시설 포도원에서 포도녹응애의 월동 여부 및 분포 조사를 실시하였다. 농가의 면적을 5구획으로 나누고, 각 구획에서 6개의 가지를 무작위로 채집하였다. 가지에서 겨울눈을 절단한 후 실체현미경을 통해 월동 여부 를 확인하였으며, 개체수 계수를 위해‘washing and sieving’방법을 이용하였다. 그 결과 Site1, Site2 두 농가에서 포도녹응애가 발견되었으며, 겨울눈의 껍질 밑에 무 리 지어 있는 것을 관찰하였다. ‘washing and sieving’ 분석 결과 Site1 포도원에서 평균 7871±635(No. of individuals/6 winter buds)개체로 다른 발생 농가에 비해 상 대적으로 높은 밀도를 나타내었다. 또한 주지로부터 눈의 거리와 포도녹응애의 밀 도는 비례하는 경향성을 보였다(y=1311.3x + 3659.3, R2= 0.6931). 이 해충은 이른 봄에 활동을 시작하여 생육 초기에 피해를 입히는 것으로 알려져 있으므로, 월동시 기 발생소장 조사를 통해 포도녹응애의 봄철 초기 발생을 예측하고 피해를 방제하 는데 있어 유용한 정보를 제공할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

Predatory gamasid mite (Acari: Mesostigmata) is living in soil and litter. They feed on nematode, collembolan and insect larvae. This research compared diversity of gamasid mite in organic and conventional apple orchards. Soil samples were collected in spring season of 2011 to 2012 (5 for each orchard system). Fifteen families, 54 species and 15 families, 50 species were collected from organic and conventional orchards, respectively. In total 18 families and 77 species of gamasid mite were collected. Shannon Diversity was average 2.5 in organic orchard and 2.3 in conventional orchard. Major dominant species was Eugamasus fujisanus (Parasitidae) in organic orchard and Uropoda hokkaidoensis (Uropodidae) in conventional orchard. Parasitidae and Uropodidae were preferred in soil surface, large soil pores and decaying organic material litter. Future, more research on composition of gamasid mite, biotic and abiotic factors in orchard system are demanded.

Soil biodiversity is important for proper functioning of soil ecosystem. Soil microarthropods play roles in cycling of nutrients and decomposition of organic matter. We compared the diversity of oribatid mites in organically and conventionally managed apple orchards. Sampling were done from 10 orchards; 5 from organic and 5 from conventional, in spring season of 2011 and 2012. Species richness and abundance were higher in conventional (25, 4,222/m2) than organic orchard (21, 1,906/m2). Diversity index was higher in conventional than organic orchard. Common dominant species present in orchards were Perglumna duplicata nipponica and Scheloribates latipes. Only observed in apple orchards were Pilogalumna tenuiclava, Protoribates agricola, Hypochthonius luteus, Punctoribates manzanoensis, Punctoribates sphaericus, and Scheloribates corpusculum. In organic orchard, Suctobelbella naginata and Tectocepheus cuspidentatus were only present. Pergalumna altera, Galumna longiporosa, and Protoribates lophotrichus, Galumna sp. were found only in conventionally managed apple orchard. Further study on the functional aspects and association with other soil biotic and abiotic factors are demanding.

본 연구는 토마토의 주요해충인 토마토녹응애(Aculops lycopersici Massee)의 조기 예찰을 위한 새로운 예찰법 개발에 관한 것이다. 토마토 녹응애는 4월경 최초 발생하여 토마토의 아래 줄기부터 감염시키며 엽병을 타고 잎으로 이동한다. 발생이 심할 경우 줄기는 다소 광택이 나면서 녹이 낀 색을 보이며, 잎은 은빛을 띠다가 점차 녹슨 형태를 띠고 잎 끝이 말린다. 성숙된 과실보다 푸른색을 띠는 시기에 피해를 주며 과실에 피해가 보일 경우는 밀도가 상당히 높아야 하기 때문에 과실 피해를 보기란 쉽지 않다. 녹색의 라벨스티커에서 최초로 토마토녹응애를 찾아내는데 걸리는 시간은 약 7.0초로 가장 짧았으며 청색, 주황색, 백색의 경우 각각 17.1, 19.8, 12.3초의 시간이 걸렸다. 투과현미경에 측광을 주었을 때 가장 관찰이 용이하였다. 토마토녹응애는 4월 하순부터 발생하여 5월 중순 이후 급격히 밀도가 증가하였으며, 6월 중하순경 최대 발생 양상을 보이고 기온이 높아지면서 6월 하순 이후 밀도가 급격히 감소하였다. 토마토녹응애 접종 후 개체군 증가를 보았을 때, 접종 20일 후 하단부 줄기에서 최초로 관찰되었고 60일 후에는 상단부 줄기에서도 관찰되었다. 접종 후 최대의 발생량을 보이는 시기는 줄기의 경우 40일부터 60일까지였으며 잎의 경우는 약 80일 후였다. 라벨스티커는 토마토재배지에서 토마토녹응애의 발생을 예찰하기에 충분하였다

 ,  , The dispersion indices, spatial pattern and sampling plan for pink citrus rust mite (PCRM), Aculops pelekassi, monitoring was investigated. Dispersion indices of PCRM indicated the aggregated spatial pattern. Taylor’s power law provided better description of variance-mean relationship than Iwao’s patchiness regression. Fixed-precision levels (D) of a sequential sampling plan were developed using by Taylor’s power law parameters generated from PCRM on fruit sample (cumulated number of PCRM in cm<, SUP>, 2<, /SUP>, of fruit). Based on Kono-Sugino’s empirical binomial the mean density per cm<, SUP>, 2<, /SUP>, could be estimated from fruit ratio with more than 12 rust mites per cm<, SUP>, 2<, /SUP>, : ln(m)=4.61+1.23ln[-ln(1<, SUB>, -p12<, /SUB>, )]. To determine the optimal tally threshold, the variance (var(lnm)) for mean (lnm) in Kono-Sugino equation was estimated. The lower and narrow ranged change of variance for esimated mean showed at a tally threshold of 12. To estimate PCRM mean density per cm<, SUP>, 2<, /SUP>, at fixed precision level 0.25, the required sample number was 13 trees, 5 fruits per tree and 2 points per fruit (total 130 samples).

A project has been launched and aims to introduce Amblyseius swirskii for the control of Tetranychuns urticae in rose cultivating greenhouse. This study was intended to use selective acaricide, sensibly, to reduce risk for the natural enemy agent of A. swirskii in controlling T. urticae. T. urticae was susceptible strain UD from Entomology laboratory of SNU and A. swirskii was purchased from commercially available source. When LC50s were compared with A. swirskii and T. urticae of abamectin 1.8EC and 7 other acaricides, chlorfenapyr+cyenopyrafen (4+20)SC, abamectin 1.8EC, and chlorfenapyr 10SC for A. swirskii showed 148, 74, and 14 times, respectively, higher dose than T. urticae, as selective acaricides. However, fenpropathrin 5EC and fenpyroximate 5SC for T. urticae showed 22, and 25 times, respectively, higher dose than A. swirskii. For T. urticae bifenazate 23.5SC and cyflumetofen 20SC showed more than 97% mortality at less than the recommended dose, but the acricides did not kill A. swirskii 16 and 4 times as much dose as the recommended dose. The results suggested that several acaricides have inherent lower toxicity to A. swirskii. For practical application, it might be recommended to use acaricides in a way to strengthen inherent selectivity.

 ,  , This study presents the list and key to the 8 species of the Subfamily Typhlodrominae from Korea including a newly recorded species, Typhlodromus coryli Wu and Lan, 1991. This subfamily comprises four genera: Kuzinellus Wainstein, Paraseiulus Muma, Galendromus Muma, and Typhlodromus Scheuten.

This study treated the list and key to the 8 species of the subfamily Typhlodrominae from Korea including a newly recorded species, T. coryli Wu and Lan, 1991. This subfamily comprises four genera: Kuzinellus Wainstein, Paraseiulus Muma, Galendromus Muma, Typhlodromus Scheuten. Key characters of the genera in Typhlodrominae have been well known as the number and position of the dorsal setae. Therefore, Typhlodrominae was previously referred to one genus, Typhlodromus in Korea. However, the nominal species in the Phytoseiidae has increased in number exponentially more than 2,280 in the world today, so the current classification of the family is taken more genera by other characters, not only dorsal chaetotaxy but also the setation and the nature of the posterior margin of the sternal shield, the shape and setation of the ventrianal shield, setation of legs I-IV and the relative lengths of the setae Z4 and Z5. Thus, Korean Typhlodrominae includes four genera, Kuzinellus Wainstein, Paraseiulus Muma, Galendromus Muma and Typhlodromus Scheuten.

 ,  , Temperature-related parameters of Panonychus citri (McGregor) (Acarina: Tetranychidae) development were estimated and a stage-structured matrix model was developed. The lower threshold temperatures were estimated as 8.4℃ for eggs, 9.9℃ for larvae, 9.2℃ for protonymphs, and 10.9℃ for deutonymphs. Thermal constants were 113.6, 29.1, 29.8, and 33.4 degree days for eggs, larvae, protonymphs, and deutonymphs, respectively. Non-linear development models were established for each stage of P. citri. In addition, temperature-dependent total fecundity, age-specific oviposition rate, and age-specific survival rate models were developed for the construction of an oviposition model. P. citri age was categorized into five stages to construct a matrix model: eggs, larvae, protonymphs, deutonymphs and adults. For the elements in the projection matrix, transition probabilities from an age class to the next age class or the probabilities of remaining in an age class were obtained from development rate function of each stage (age classes). Also, the fecundity coefficients of adult population were expressed as the products of adult longevity completion rate (liiongevity) by temperature-dependent total fecundity. To evaluate the predictability of the matrix model, model outputs were compared with actual field data in a cool early season and hot mid to late season in 2004. The model outputs closely matched the actual field patterns within 30 d after the model was run in both the early and mid to late seasons. Therefore, the developed matrix model can be used to estimate the population density of P. citri for a period of 30 d in citrus orchards.