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Bembicinae: Crabronidae) Species from Korea, with a Key to Higher Taxa of Sphecidae S Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 8 (2015) 222e226 HOSTED BY Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity journal homepage: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/japb Original article New records of two Nyssonini (Bembicinae: Crabronidae) species from Korea, with a key to higher taxa of Sphecidae s. lat. occurring in Korea Jeong-Kyu Kim* Korean Bio-resources Research Center (c/o Aeil Inc.), Gweonseon-gu, Suweon-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea article info abstract Article history: Two Nyssonini (Bembicinae: Crabronidae: Apoidea) species, namely Nippononysson rufopictus and Nys- Received 4 August 2015 son spinosus, are newly recorded in Korea. The genus Nippononysson is mentioned for the first time in Received in revised form Korean fauna. An updated determination key to Korean higher taxa of Sphecidae s. lat. reflecting the 31 August 2015 latest higher classification system is provided for future researchers. Accepted 1 September 2015 Copyright Ó 2015, National Science Museum of Korea (NSMK) and Korea National Arboretum (KNA). Available online 2 September 2015 Production and hosting by Elsevier. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Keywords: Korea Nippononysson Nysson Introduction Materials and methods The tribe Nyssonini (Apoidea: Crabronidae: Bembicinae) was Terminologies used for external features primarily follow those poorly known in the Korean peninsula. It was represented by only established by Bohart and Menke (1976). For each species, a one species of Nysson maculosus that was documented from North reference to the original publication of the valid name is provided, Korea by Yasumatsu (1938). During the course of a recent exami- together with type information. The remainder of the synonym list nation of South Korean materials, the author noticed the occur- includes only selected references indicating new taxonomic rences of two additional nominal Nysonini species, namely changes (substitute naming, new combination, etc.) and justifiable Nippononysson rufopictus and Nysson spinosus. However, Korean occurrences. The genera included in the key discussed N. maculosus was not discovered in the South Korean materials below are chosen based on the work of Kim (2014), who catalogued examined that time. Korean sphecid species under the informal name of Spheciformes In the present study, taxonomic information of these three suggested by Brothers (1975). The genus Harpactus Shuckard, species is provided, including that of N. maculosus that was just which was supposed to be a probable element of Korean fauna by dated from available references. Paik (1985) provided the most Tsuneki (1965), is also included in the key. Voucher specimens recent keys to higher taxa of Korean Sphecidae s. lat. However, treated herein would be deposited in the insect collection of Na- similar to keys provided by Kim (1970), these are now partially tional Institute of Biological Resources in Incheon Metropolitan unavailable due to later refinement and rectification of several City, Korea. included taxa. An updated key to the higher taxa of Sphecidae s. lat. (¼ Apoidea excluding Apidae) occurring in Korea has been devel- oped for future researchers dealing with Korean materials. It re- Systematic accounts flects the latest higher classification system arranged by Pulawski (2015) and has added the genus Nippononysson to Korean fauna. Order Hymenoptera Suborder Apocrita Superfamily Apoidea Latreille, 1802a: 425 Family Crabronidae Latreille, 1802b: 340 * Corresponding author. Tel.: þ81 (0) 10 8794 3670; fax: þ81 (0) 50 4158 3670. E-mail address: [email protected]. Subfamily Bembicinae Latreille, 1802b: 365 Peer review under responsibility of National Science Museum of Korea (NSMK) and Tribe Nyssonini Latreille, 1804:180 Korea National Arboretum (KNA). Subtribe Nyssonina Latreille, 1804:180 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.japb.2015.09.001 pISSN2287-884X eISSN2287-9544/Copyright Ó 2015, National Science Museum of Korea (NSMK) and Korea National Arboretum (KNA). Production and hosting by Elsevier. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). JK Kim / Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 8 (2015) 222e226 223 Genus Nysson Latreille, 1802 Nysson Latreille, 1802b: 340. Type species: Crabro spinosus Fab- ricius, 1775 [¼ Sphex spinosus J. Forster, 1771], designated by Shuckard, 1837: 99. Validated by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), 1979: 175 (Opinion 1115). Nysson maculosus (Gmelin, 1790) Sphex maculatus Fabricius, 1787: 277 (as maculata, incorrect original termination), sex not indicated (lectotype, designated by Vecht, 1961: 47), Germany: Kiel (Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark), junior primary homonym of Sphex maculatus Drury, 1775. Nysson maculatus (Fabricius): Latreille, 1805: 306 (new combina- tion); Yasumatsu, 1938: 195 (N Korea: “Mosanrei”); Maidl and Klima, 1939: 123; Tsuneki, 1965: 25; Kim, 1970:611,815;Kim et al, 1994: 262; Lee et al, 2010:210. Sphex maculosus Gmelin, 1790: 2731 (as maculosa, incorrect original termination), substitute name for Sphex maculatus Fabricius, 1787. Nysson maculosus (Gmelin): Lomholdt, 1975: 213 (new combina- tion); Tsuneki, 1982:18;Paik, 1985: 203; Nemkov in Nemkov et al, 1995: 467, 459; Terayama, 2006:6,19;Nemkov, 2008: 219; Nemkov, 2009: 130, 131; Nemkov, 2012: 446; Kim, 2014: 424. Diagnosis. As stated in Introduction, the author did not examine the specimen of this species. According to Tsuneki (1965), Nemkov (1995, Figure 1. Nysson spinosus and N. rufopictus: A, general habitus of Nipponnysson spi- nosus, in dorsal, male; B, general habitus of N. spinosus, in profile, male; C, General 2008),andTerayama (2006), this species is easily separated from habitus of N. rufopictus, in dorsal, female; and D, general habitus of N. rufopictus,in other congeners with the combination of the following characteristics profile, female. Scale bars: 1 mm. in both sexes: body length 5.5e8.0 mm; metasomal sternum 2 not tuberculate basally, evenly rounded in profile; occipital carina com- plete, touching hypostomal carina and sharply carinate throughout; Specimens examined. 1_, S Korea: Jeollabu-do, Muju-gun, apical margin of clypeus with a small median process; hindwing Samgong-ri, 24 May 1993, Kwak EH; 1\, S Korea: Seoul, Seocho-gu, media diverging at cu-a; upper surface of propodeal side with sparse Mt Umyeonsan, 14 May 1999, Lim YS; 1_, S Korea: Gyeonggi-do, hairs, not obscure integument; mesonotum bipunctate with both Pocheon-gun, Mt Jugeumsan, 13 May 2001, Won HS; 1\, S Korea: major and minor punctures mixed; clypeus, pronotal collar, Gangwon-do, Mt Seolaksan, Osaek, 9 June 2006, Lee JS; 1\,1_,S scutellum, paired apical bands on tasomal terga 1e3 yellow. In female, Korea: Gyeonggi-do, Gapyeong-gun, Seorak-myeon, Mt Myeongji- metasomal segment 1 is often reddish. In male, penultimate antennal san, 3 June 2013, Kim JK; 1\, S Korea: Gangwon-do, Pyeongchang- segment is much incrassate and last segment is strongly curved. gun, Haehwa-myeon, Mt Gariwangsan, 10 June 2013, Kwon OC; 1\, Distribution. Transpalearctic: Europe to Mongolia, China (Beijing, S Korea: Chungcheongnam-do, Seosan-si, Haemi-myeon, Daegok- Inner Mongolia, Heilongjian), Russian Far East (Amur region, Kha- ri, Mt Gayasan, 1 June 2015, Jung JH. barovsk Krai, Primoriskii Krai, Sakhalin), North Korea (Ham- Distribution. Transpalearctic: Europe to Russian Far East gyeongbuk-do, northernmost area of the Korean peninsula), and [Amurskaya Oblast, Khabarovsk Krai, Primorskii Krai, Sakhalin, the Japan (Hokkaido). Kuril Islands (Kunashir)], South Korea (new record), and Japan Remarks. In the Far East, this species might be a northern (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu). element. Subtribe Nurseina Nemkov and Lelej, 2013:211 Nysson spinosus (J. Forster) Genus Nippononysson Yasumatsu and Maidl, 1936 (Figures 1A and 1B) Nippononysson Yasumatsu and Maidl, 1936: 501. Type species: Sphex spinosus J. Forster, 1771: 87 (as spinosa, incorrect original N. rufopictus Yasumatsu and Maidl, 1936, by original designation termination), _ (holotype), England: no specific locality and monotypy. [Linnean Society, London, Britain]. Nysson spinosus (J. Forster): Latreille, 1805: 305 (new combination, Nippononysson rufopictus Yasumatsu and Maidl, 1936 redescription). (Figures 1C and 1D) Nysson malaise Gussakovski, 1932:31,\_ (syntypes), Russia: Pri- Nippononysson rufopictus Yasumatsu and Maidl, 1936: 502, _ (ho- morskiy Kray: Sedanka, Sutshan (now Partizansk), Tigrovaya lotype) and \, Japan: Kyushu: Bungo: Sobosan (Kyushu Univer- (now Tigrovoye) [Stockholm]. Synonymized with Nysson spi- sity, Fukuoka, Japan). nosus by Nemkov in Nemkov et al, 1995:457. Diagnosis. Only three species of the genus Nippononysson have been Diagnosis. Female and male: comparatively large sized, body length known worldwide (Bohart and Menke 1976; Nemkov 2002). Of the 7.0e10.0 mm; metasomal sternum 2 tuberculate basally, almost genera in the tribe Nyssonini, only this genus has propodeum right-angled in profile (Figure 1B); clypeal apical margin narrowly lacking dorsolateral spine. In addition to the characteristics shown emarginated medially with paired small teeth; major punctures in in the key below, a combination of the following additional char- metasomal tergum 2 much smaller than those on tergum 1; pro- acteristics can easily separate this species from other sphecid notal dosum, apical bands on terga 1e3 yellow
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