A New Record of the Genus Pachyserica
Short communication KOREAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY 한국응용곤충학회지 ⓒ The Korean Society of Applied Entomology Korean J. Appl. Entomol. 59(1) 37-40 (2020) pISSN 1225-0171, eISSN 2287-545X DOI: https://doi.org/10.5656/KSAE.2020.02.1.043 A new record of the Genus Pachyserica Brenske, 1897 (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae) in Korea A Young Kim* and Sang Wook Park1 National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon 22689, Korea 1Research Institute of Forest Insect Diversity, Namyangju 12113, Korea 한국산 Pachyserica 속(딱정벌레목: 검정풍뎅이과)의 미기록종에 대한 보고 김아영*ㆍ박상욱1 국립생물자원관, 1산림곤충다양성연구소 ABSTRACT: We recognized Pachyserica yanoi Nomura which belongs to the genus Pachyserica Brenske, 1897 (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae) in Korea for the first time. A key to the genera of Korean Sericini, diagnosis and photographs of this species are provided. Key words: Pachyserica yanoi, Pachyserica, Melolonthidae, New record, Korea 초 록: 한국산 미기록속 비늘우단풍뎅이속(신칭)의 미기록종인 제주비늘우단풍뎅이(Pachyserica yanoi)를 보고한다. 검색어: 제주비늘우단풍뎅이, 비늘우단풍뎅이속, 검정풍뎅이과, 미기록, 한국 Tribe Sericini (Coleoptera, Melolonthidae) is a large tribe in over Asia (Ahrens, 2006; Löbl and Smetana, 2006). It is the family Melolonthidae including over 700 species in the seemed that the species in this genus are monophyly by their parleartic region (Löbl and Smetana, 2006). There were 5 phylogenetic analysis (Ahrens and Fabrizi, 2016). genera of Sericini distributed in Korea (Kim, 2011); The first Pachyserica species ‘P. yanoi Nomura, 1959’ Gastroserica, Maladera, Nipponoserica, Serica, Sericania. which was collected in Jeju island is reported in Korea. We Adding them, we report one more genus Pachyserica new to provide a key to the genera, diagnosis of the genus and species, Korea.
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