Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 5432 No. 2: 28 Mar. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-03-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5432.2.6
Page range: 267-278
Abstract views: 12
PDF downloaded: 2

Taxonomic review of the family Throscidae Laporte, 1840 (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) in Korea, the description of a new species with new generic and species records

Insect Biosystematics Laboratory; Department of Agricultural Biotechnology; Seoul National University; Seoul 08826; Republic of Korea. Research Institute for Agricultural and Life Sciences; Seoul National University; Seoul 08826; Republic of Korea.
Korea National Park Research Institute; Korea National Park Service; Wonju 26466; Republic of Korea.
Insect Biosystematics Laboratory; Department of Agricultural Biotechnology; Seoul National University; Seoul 08826; Republic of Korea. Research Institute for Agricultural and Life Sciences; Seoul National University; Seoul 08826; Republic of Korea. Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution; Institute of Zoology; Chinese Academy of Sciences; 92 box; No. 1 Beichen West Road; Chaoyang District; Beijing; 100101; People’s Republic of China.
Insect Biosystematics Laboratory; Department of Agricultural Biotechnology; Seoul National University; Seoul 08826; Republic of Korea. Crop Protection Division; Department of Agro-food Safety and Crop Protection; National Institute of Agricultural Sciences; Wanju 55365; Jeollabuk-do; Republic of Korea.
Insect Biosystematics Laboratory; Department of Agricultural Biotechnology; Seoul National University; Seoul 08826; Republic of Korea. Research Institute for Agricultural and Life Sciences; Seoul National University; Seoul 08826; Republic of Korea.
Coleoptera Throscidae Aulonothroscus New species Korea

Abstract

The family Throscidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) is taxonomically reviewed from Korea. To date, the taxonomic study on Throscidae from Korea is insufficient, as only a single species has been reported in the fauna prior to this study. We newly recognized three species belonging to the genus Aulonothroscus, which is recorded for the first time from Korea. A new species, Aulonothroscus koreanus sp. nov., is described and two additional species are reported as new to Korea: Aulonothroscus laticollis (Rybiński, 1897) and Aulonothroscus longulus (Weise, 1879), raising the total number of known species of Korea to four. Herein, we provide a key to genera and species, descriptions, and images of diagnostic morphological features of the Throscidae fauna of Korea.

References

  1. Barovskij, V.V. (1933) Un Trixagus Kug. (Throscus Latr.) nouveau de la region d'Ussuri (Coleoptera, Trixagidae). Revue Russe d´Entomologie, 25, 192.
  2. Bocakova, M., Bocak, L., Hunt, T., Teraväinen, M. & Vogler, A.P. (2007) Molecular phylogenetics of Elateriformia (Coleoptera): evolution of bioluminescence and neoteny. Cladistics, 23 (5), 477–496. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-0031.2007.00164.x
  3. Burakowski, B. (1975) Development, distribution and habits of Trixagus dermestoides (L.), with notes on the Throscidae and Lissomidae (Coleoptera, Elateroidea). Annales zoologici, 32 (17), 375–405.
  4. Burakowski, B. (1991) Klucze do Oznaczania Owadów Polski. Czesc XIX. Chrzaszcze—Coleoptera. Zeszyt 35–37. Cerophytidae, Eucnemidae, Throscidae, Lissomidae. Polskie Towarzystwo Entomologiczne, 143, 78–87.
  5. Burakowski, B. (2000) Redescription of Aulonothroscus laticollis (Rybiński, 1897) (Coleoptera: Throscidae). Annales Zoologici, 50 (1), 27–34.
  6. Cobos, A. (1969) Estudios sobre Throscidae, III (Col. Sternoxia). Archivos dellnstituto de Aclimatación, 14, 39–63.
  7. Egorov, A.B. (1992) Family Throscidae (Trixagidae). In: Lehr, P.A. (Eds.), Opredelitel’ nasekomyh Dal’nego Vostoka Rossii. Vol. 3. Part 2. Keys to the Insects of the Far East of Russia. Vol. 3. Part 2. St. Petersburg, Nauka, pp. 9–12.
  8. Geoffroy, E.L. (1785) Entomologia parisiensis, sive, Catalogus insectorum quae in agro Parisiensi reperiuntur : secundum methodum Geoffraeanam in sectiones, genera & species distributus : cui addita sunt nomina trivalia & sere trecentae novae species. Privilegio Academiae, Parisiis, 231 pp.
  9. Herbst, J.F.W. (1792) Natursystem aller bekannten in- und auslandischen insecten, als eine Fortsetzung der von Büffonschen Naturgeschichte. Der Kâfer vierter Theil. J. Pauli, Berlin, 197 pp.
  10. Hisamatsu, S. (1985) Throscidae. In: Kurosawa, Y., Hisamatsu, S. & Sasaji, H (Eds.), Colored illustrations of the Coleoptera of Japan. Vol. III. Hoikusha Publishing, Osaka, pp. 40–41.
  11. Horn, G.H. (1890) Fam. Throscidae. In: Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali-Americana, Insecta, Coleoptera. Vol. 3. Part 1. Serricornia. R. H. Porter, London, pp. 193–209.
  12. Kovalev, A.V. (2012) A New Species of the Genus Trixagus Kugelann, 1794 (Coleoptera, Throscidae) from Iran. Entomological Review, 92, 528–530. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873812050053
  13. Kovalev, A.V., Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Nel, A. (2012) New species of the genus Trixagus Kugelann, 1794 (Coleoptera: Throscidae) from the lowermost Eocene amber of Oise (France). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 316 (1), 83–87. https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2012.316.1.83
  14. Kovalev, A.V., Kirejtshuk, A.G. & Azar, D. (2013) The oldest representatives of the family Throscidae (Coleoptera: Elateriformia) from the Lower Cretaceous Lebanese amber. Cretaceous Research, 44, 157–165. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cretres.2013.04.008
  15. Kovalev, A.V. (2022) Two New Species of the Genus Trixagus Kugelann, 1794 (Coleoptera, Throscidae) from the Palaearctic Region. Entomological Review, 102, 891–901. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873822060100
  16. Kugelann, J.G. (1792) Verzeichniss der in einigen Gegenden Preussens bis jetzt entdeckten Kâferarten, nebst kurzen Nachrichten von denselben. Neuestes Magazin fir die Liebhaber der Entomologie, 1 (4), 477–512.
  17. Kugelann, J.G. (1794) Verzeichniss der in einigen Gegenden Preussens bis jetzt entdeckten Kâferarten, nebst kurzen Nachrichten von denselben. Neuestes Magazin fir die Liebhaber der Entomologie, 1 (5), 513–582.
  18. Kundrata, R. & Bocak, L. (2011) The phylogeny and limits of Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera): is there a common tendency of click beetles to soft-bodiedness and neoteny?. Zoologica Scripta, 40 (4), 364–378. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2011.00476.x
  19. Kundrata, R., Bocakova, M. & Bocak, L. (2014) The comprehensive phylogeny of the superfamily Elateroidea (Coleoptera: Elateriformia). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 76, 162–171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.03.012
  20. LaPorte, F.L.N.C. (1840) Histoire naturelle des insectes Coléoptères; avec une introduction renfermant l’anatomie et la physiologie des animaux articulés, par M. Brullé. Tome premier. P. Duménil, Paris, 324 pp.
  21. Latreille, P.A. (1797) Précis des caractères génériques des insectes, disposés dans un ordre naturel. A Brive, de l'Imprimérie de F. Bourdeaux. Prèvôt, Paris, 201 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.58411
  22. LeConte, J.L. (1868) Coleopetera of the U.S. Coast Survey expedition to Alaska, under charge of Mr. George Davidson. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 2, 59–64. https://doi.org/10.2307/25076195
  23. Leseigneur, L. & Guéorguiev, B. (2006) A contribution to the study of Bulgarian Throscidae (Coleoptera: Elateriformia). Historia naturalis bulgarica, 17, 43–46.
  24. Leseigneur, L. (2007) family THROSCIDAE Laporte, 1840. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 4. Elateroidea - Derodontoidea - Bostrichoidea Lymexyloidea - Cleroidea - Cucujoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 87–89.
  25. Lee, M.J., Kwon, H.Y. & Lee, J.E. (2015) Ten species of the nine coleopteran families recorded from the Korean indigenous species survey of the National Institute of Biological Resources (2014). Entomological Research Bulletin, 31 (3), 186–192.
  26. Li, Y.D., Zhao, Y.C., Huang, D.Y. & Cai, C.Y. (2021) A new throscid from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Elateroidea: Throscidae). Historical Biology, 33 (9), 1804–1808. https://doi.org/10.1080/08912963.2020.1741573
  27. Li, Y.D., Huang, D.Y. & Cai, C.Y. (2021) New genera and species of the family Throscidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) in Mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Insects, 12 (1), 63. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12010063
  28. Linnaeus, C. (1767) Systema naturae, per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Thomae, Vindobonae, 532 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.156772
  29. McKenna, D.D., Shin, S., Ahrens, D., Balke, M., Beza-Beza, C., Clarke, D.J., Donath, A., Escalona, H.E., Friedrich, F., Letsch, H. & Liu, S. (2019) The evolution and genomic basis of beetle diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116 (49), 24729–24737. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1909655116
  30. Muona, J. (1993) Eucnemidae and Throscidae in Baltic Amber. Entomologische Blätter, 89, 15–45.
  31. Muona, J. (2019) Throscidae (Coleoptera) relationships, with descriptions of new fossil genera and species. Zootaxa, 4576 (3), 521–543. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4576.3.6
  32. Muona, J., Lawrence, J.F. & Slipinski, A. (2010) 4.6. Throscidae Laporte, 1840. Australian Systematic Botany, 4, 165–182. https://doi.org/10.1071/SB9910165
  33. National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR) (2019) National Species list of Korea III. Insects (Hexapoda). Designzip, Seoul, 986 pp.
  34. Nomura, S. & Hirano, Y. (2014) “What’s this?!” a SEM observation on the mid tarsus of Aulonotheroscus laticollis (Rybiński, 1897) (Throscidae). Sayabane, New Series, 13, 17–20.
  35. Rey, C. (1891) L'Echange: organe des Naturalistes de la région lyonnaise. Revue Linnéenne, 7 (76), 26–27.
  36. Rybiński, M. (1897) Wykaz chrząszczów nowych dla fauny galicyjskiej. Sprawozdanie Komisji Fizjograficzne, 32, 46–62.
  37. Weise, J. (1879) Beitáge zur Kaferfauna von Japan. (Fiinftes Stuck). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 23, 147–152. https://doi.org/10.1002/mmnd.48018790119
  38. Yensen, E. (1975) A revision of the North American species of Trixagus Kugelann (Coleoptera: Throscidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 101 (1), 125–166.
  39. Zhang, S.Q., Che, L.H., Li, Y., Liang, D., Pang, H., Ślipiński, A. & Zhang, P. (2018) Evolutionary history of Coleoptera revealed by extensive sampling of genes and species. Nature communications, 9 (1), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02644-4