A taxonomic study of the genus Leiodes Latreille in Korea is presented. Six species are recognized, five of which are described as new species (Leiodes cooteri new species, type locality – Mt. Odaesan, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon Prov., Korea; L. indigesta new species, type locality – Mt. Odaesan, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon Prov., Korea; L. koreana new species, type locality – Mt. Gaeryongsan, Gongju, Chungnam Prov., Korea; L. odaesanensis new species, type locality – Mt. Odaesan, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangwon Prov., Korea; L. subfracta new species, type locality – Mt. Seoraksan, Sokcho, Gangwon Prov., Korea). Types and paratypes of the new species are designated. A key and illustration of the habitus and line drawings of diagnostic characters are presented.
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1 January 2007
The Korean Species of the Genus Leiodes Latreille with Descriptions of Five New Species (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae)
Sun-Jae Park,
Kee-Jeong Ahn
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Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society
Vol. 80 • No. 1
January 2007
Vol. 80 • No. 1
January 2007
Coleoptera
Korea
Leiodes
Leiodidae
Leiodinae
new species
taxonomy