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

2025/08/05 by Min Hyeuk Lee, Dongmin Kim, Seunghyun Lee +1 · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy

paper · pdf · doi:10.3897/bdj.13.e161171

openalex publication_date 2025/08/05 · openalex created_date 2025/08/06 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02

Abstract

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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