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A taxonomic study of Korean Myrmecopora Saulcy is presented. Myrmecopora ( Lamproxenusa) rufescens (Sharp) previously reported by Ahn was an incorrect identification of M. ( L.) reticulata Assing. Diagnoses, habitus photographs and line drawings of diagnostic characters are provided. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Three staphylinid species, Aleochara ( Aleochara) coreana Bernhauer, A. ( Coprochara) verna Say and Prosthecarthron sauteri Raffray, are recorded for the first time from South Korea. Redescriptions and line drawings of diagnostic characters of all three species are provided. Ecological notes are provided for P. sauteri. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The genus Coenonica Kraatz in the tribe Homalotini Heer is composed of 154 species from the World and 38 species in the Palaearctic region. In East Asia, 17 species have been recorded from China and four species from Japan. In Korea, two species, Coenonica absurda Pace and C. lewisa (Sharp), have been recorded by Paśnik (2001) from North Korea. Members of the genus Coenonica are characterized by the combination of following features: body depressed, pronotum with a U or V-shaped impression, meso- and metaventral processes rounded or truncate apically. During an ongoing study of the Korean Homalotini, we found four Coenonica species. Coenonica absurda Pace and C. lewisa (Sharp) are reported for the first time in South Korea, and C. sharpi (Fauvel) and C. zhejiangensis Pace from the Korean peninsula. We provide a key to the species of Korean Coenonica and illustrations of habitus photographs with line drawings of diagnostic characters. The specimens studied are deposited in the Chungnam National University Insect Collection (CNUIC, Daejeon), Korea. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While collecting the Korean seashore Staphylinidae, we found unusual rove beetles under decaying seaweeds along beaches of the southern coasts. As a result of the detailed study of them, we identified them as Heterota onorum Maruyama, new to Korean fauna. Heterota Mulsant and Rey contains 11 species worldwide and one species ( H. sunjaei) in Korea, all members of which are confined to coastal habitat and usually found under decaying seaweeds on rocky shore or sandy beach. The genus can be recognized by the combination of following characters: broad occiput; prominent eyes; narrow and long ligula; labial palpi with two articles; transverse pronotum; tarsal formula 4-4-5. In this study, we present a habitus photographs, diagnosis, illustrations of diagnostic characters, and distributional map of the species. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]