Checklist for the insect fauna of two East Sea Islands (Ulleungdo Is. and Dokdo Is.) in the Republic of Korea

Dong-Yeol Lee; Ilyeong Jeong; Seonmin Kim; Jae Won Choi; Min Hyeok Won; Donguk Kim; Dongmin Kim; Young-Kun Kim; Jiseung Jeon; Jihun Ryu; WooJun Bang; Jun Hyuk Chang; Kwang Shik Choi

doi:10.3897/BDJ.12.e129360

Checklist for the insect fauna of two East Sea Islands (Ulleungdo Is. and Dokdo Is.) in the Republic of Korea

Biodivers Data J. 2024 Dec 19:12:e129360. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.12.e129360. eCollection 2024.

Authors

Dong-Yeol Lee^{1

2}, Ilyeong Jeong¹, Seonmin Kim¹, Jae Won Choi³, Min Hyeok Won⁴, Donguk Kim^{1

2

5}, Dongmin Kim⁶, Young-Kun Kim⁷, Jiseung Jeon^{1

2

5}, Jihun Ryu^{1

2

5}, WooJun Bang⁸, Jun Hyuk Chang^{1

2

5}, Kwang Shik Choi^{1

2

5

9}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Kyungpook National University Daegu Republic of Korea.
² Research Institute for Dok-do and Ulleungdo Island, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea Research Institute for Dok-do and Ulleungdo Island, Kyungpook National University Daegu Republic of Korea.
³ National Institute of Ecology, Seocheon, Chungcheongnam-do, Republic of Korea National Institute of Ecology Seocheon, Chungcheongnam-do Republic of Korea.
⁴ Wetland Research Team, Wetland Center, National Institute of Ecology, Changnyeong, Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea Wetland Research Team, Wetland Center, National Institute of Ecology Changnyeong, Gyeongsangnam-do Republic of Korea.
⁵ School of Life Sciences, BK21 FOUR KNU Creative BioResearch Group, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea School of Life Sciences, BK21 FOUR KNU Creative BioResearch Group, Kyungpook National University Daegu Republic of Korea.
⁶ Department of Applied Biology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea Department of Applied Biology, Kyungpook National University Daegu Republic of Korea.
⁷ School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University Daegu Republic of Korea.
⁸ School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University Seoul Republic of Korea.
⁹ Institute for Phylogenomics and Evolution, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Republic of Korea Institute for Phylogenomics and Evolution, Kyungpook National University Daegu Republic of Korea.

Abstract

Background: Ulleungdo and Dokdo, located in the East Sea, are volcanic islands with high ecological value due to their unique biodiversity. Although research on the insect fauna on these two Islands has been conducted from the early 19^th century to recent times, limitations exist due to several issues, including misidentifications and historical errors. This study addresses these issues by conducting a comprehensive insect survey from 2020 to 2023, re-identifying misidentified specimens and compiling references to create an updated and accurate checklist of insect species for Ulleungdo and Dokdo.

New information: The checklists include 20 orders, 227 families and 1694 species, including 28 previously unrecorded species for Ulleungdo Island: Neoitamuscothurnatusunivittatus (Loew, 1871), Elachipterainsignis (Thomson, 1869), Elachipterasibirica (Loew, 1858), Muscinalevida (Harris, 1780), Orchisiacostata (Meigen, 1826), Ensinasonchi (Linnaeus, 1767), Armigeressubalbatus (Coquillett, 1898), Aedeskoreicus (Edwards, 1917), Aedesgalloisi Yamada, 1921, Aedesalbopictus (Skuse, 1894), Aedestogoi (Theobald, 1907), Stenolophusdifficilis (Hope, 1845), Dasytesvulgaris Nakane, 1963, Attaluselongatulus Lewis, 1895, Elacatiskraatzi Reitter, 1879, Polygraphusjezoensis Niisima, 1909, Scolytoplatypustycon Blandford, 1893, Ambrosiophilusatratus (Eichhoff, 1876), Psilarthroidesczerskyi (Zaslavskij, 1956), Tomoxianipponica Kôno, 1928, Adelphocorisdemissus Horvath, 1905, Corythuchamarmorata (Uhler, 1878), Spilarctiaseriatopunctatasuzukii Inoue & Maenami, 1963, Hypopyravespertilio (Fabricius, 1787), Simpliciarectalis (Eversmann, 1842), Acronictahercules (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874), Analetiapostica (Hampson, 1905) and Eudemisbrevisetosa Oku, 2005; 10 orders, 80 families and 201 species, including three unrecorded species for Dokdo Island: Arhopaloscelisbifasciata (Kraatz, 1879), Nabisstenoferus Hsiao, 1964 and Haplogonatopusoratorius (Westwood, 1833).

Keywords: Dokdo Island; East Sea; Ulleungdo Island; insect fauna; species diversity.

Dong-Yeol Lee, Ilyeong Jeong, Seonmin Kim, Jae Won Choi, Min Hyeok Won, Donguk Kim, Dongmin Kim, Young-Kun Kim, Jiseung Jeon, Jihun Ryu, WooJun Bang, Jun Hyuk Chang, Kwang Shik Choi.