New report of Calopodinae (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) in South Korea, with description of a new species of the genus Sparedrus Dejean, 1821

Oedemeridae in Korea are represented by 25 species, all of which belong to the subfamily Oedemerinae Latreille, 1810. The other two subfamilies, Calopodinae Costa, 1852 and Polypriinae Lawrence, 2005, have not yet been documented in the region.We here report the first record of the subfamily Calopod...

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Main Authors: Min Hyeuk Lee, Dongmin Kim, Seunghyun Lee, Enrico Ruzzier
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Published: Pensoft Publishers 2025-08-01
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description Oedemeridae in Korea are represented by 25 species, all of which belong to the subfamily Oedemerinae Latreille, 1810. The other two subfamilies, Calopodinae Costa, 1852 and Polypriinae Lawrence, 2005, have not yet been documented in the region.We here report the first record of the subfamily Calopodinae in Korea with the discovery of Sparedrus koreanus sp. nov. This study provides external and genital photographs, a detailed description of the new species and a key to the Sparedrus species of East Asia.
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spelling doaj-art-73c48129d36f40ac8f88c86d290801af2025-08-20T03:45:14ZengPensoft PublishersBiodiversity Data Journal1314-28282025-08-011311010.3897/BDJ.13.e161171161171New report of Calopodinae (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) in South Korea, with description of a new species of the genus Sparedrus Dejean, 1821Min Hyeuk Lee0Dongmin Kim1Seunghyun Lee2Enrico Ruzzier3Insect Biosystematics Laboratory, Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National UniversityDepartment of Applied Biology, Kyungpook National UniversityDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College LondonRoma Tre UniversityOedemeridae in Korea are represented by 25 species, all of which belong to the subfamily Oedemerinae Latreille, 1810. The other two subfamilies, Calopodinae Costa, 1852 and Polypriinae Lawrence, 2005, have not yet been documented in the region.We here report the first record of the subfamily Calopodinae in Korea with the discovery of Sparedrus koreanus sp. nov. This study provides external and genital photographs, a detailed description of the new species and a key to the Sparedrus species of East Asia.https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/161171/download/pdf/Oedemeridaebiodiversityfalse blister beetles
spellingShingle Min Hyeuk Lee
Dongmin Kim
Seunghyun Lee
Enrico Ruzzier
New report of Calopodinae (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) in South Korea, with description of a new species of the genus Sparedrus Dejean, 1821
Biodiversity Data Journal
Oedemeridae
biodiversity
false blister beetles
title New report of Calopodinae (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) in South Korea, with description of a new species of the genus Sparedrus Dejean, 1821
title_full New report of Calopodinae (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) in South Korea, with description of a new species of the genus Sparedrus Dejean, 1821
title_fullStr New report of Calopodinae (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) in South Korea, with description of a new species of the genus Sparedrus Dejean, 1821
title_full_unstemmed New report of Calopodinae (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) in South Korea, with description of a new species of the genus Sparedrus Dejean, 1821
title_short New report of Calopodinae (Coleoptera, Oedemeridae) in South Korea, with description of a new species of the genus Sparedrus Dejean, 1821
title_sort new report of calopodinae coleoptera oedemeridae in south korea with description of a new species of the genus sparedrus dejean 1821
topic Oedemeridae
biodiversity
false blister beetles
url https://bdj.pensoft.net/article/161171/download/pdf/
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