First Record of the Soft-Wing Flower Beetle Genus Kuatunia (Coleoptera: Melyridae) in Korea

The family Melyridae Leach includes more than 300 genera and 6,000 species consisting of four subfamilies (Dasytinae, Malachiinae, Melyrinae, Rhadalinae). Members of the subfamily Malachiinae is distributed all over the world except for New Zealand and prefer warmer, arid or semi-arid regions. Among...

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Published inAnimal systematics, evolution and diversity Vol. 36; no. 3; pp. 232 - 235
Main Authors Lee, Seung-Gyu, Lee, Heejo, Ban, Young-Gyu, Kim, Dong Eon
Format Journal Article
LanguageKorean
Published 2020
Subjects
Melyridae
Coleoptera
new record
Malachiinae
Kuatunia oblongula
Korea
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Summary:The family Melyridae Leach includes more than 300 genera and 6,000 species consisting of four subfamilies (Dasytinae, Malachiinae, Melyrinae, Rhadalinae). Members of the subfamily Malachiinae is distributed all over the world except for New Zealand and prefer warmer, arid or semi-arid regions. Among the malachiine genera, a genus Kuatunia Evers includes 17 species worldwide, mainly distributed in East Asia. In this study, the genus and its described species, Kuatunia oblongula (Kiesenwetter), is newly added to the Korean fauna. A diagnosis, habitus photographs, and illustrations of diagnostic characters are provided, with a key to species of the genus in East Asia.
Bibliography:KISTI1.1003/JNL.JAKO202022449681348
ISSN:2234-6953
2234-8190