한국산 애기버섯벌레과(Ciidae, Leach)에 속한 애기버섯속(Cis Latreille) 분류학적으로 검토하였다. 이 속에 속한 Cis boleti (Scopoli, 1763); Cis seriatopilosus Motschulsky, 1861; Cis mikagensis Nobuchi & Wada, 1955; Cis jezoensis Nobuchi, 1960; Cis sasajii Kawanabe, 2001; Cis hieroglyphicus Reitter, 1877 등 6종을 국내에서 처음으로 분류학적으로 검토하여 보고하였다. 또한 야외관찰과 실내사육을 통해 6종에 대한 숙주버섯을 처음으로 밝혀 보고 하였다. 따라서 이번 연구에서는 한국산 애기버섯벌레속에 대한 분류학적 정보와 더불어 한국산 종들의 숙주버섯에 대한 생태적 정보를 제공하였다.
The family Ciidae is presented for the first time from Korea. Two unrecorded species, Octotemnus laminifrons (Motschulsky) and Octotemnus japonicus Miyatake are reported. Morphological photographs of adults, description, illustrations of diagnostic characteristics, and host fungi are provided.
The beetle family Ciidae, represented by Octotemnus laminifrons Motschulsky, 1860 and Octotemnus japonicus Miyatake, 1954 is presented for the first time in Korea. The beetle family Ciidae Leach is a relatively moderate family, which comprises about 640 described species in 42 genera worldwide. This family is distributed throughout the world. Ciids are minute fungus-feeding beetles, which are associated with the mycelia and fruiting bodies of wood-rotting fungi. These beetles are considered mycetobiont because they depend upon the basidiocarps for food and breeding throughout their life span. And also ciids are important components of the saproxylic fauna of many forests ecosystems and a number of species are considered rare or threatened and are associated with old growth forests or undisturbed forest conditions. A habitus photographs of adults, description, illustrations of diagnostic characters, and host fungi are provided.