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

By

Lee, Minhyeuk
Kim, Dongmin
Lee, Seunghyun
Ruzzier, Enrico

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-8-5

Original Publication

Biodiversity data journal

Volume

13

Pages

1--10

Subjects

Biodiversity , false blister beetles , Korean Peninsula , Oedemeridae , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft Publishers [2013]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e161171

 

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.<br> 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.