Sue Yeon Lee

Bibliographic Check list of Korean Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) ver. 2010

A bibliographic checklist of Korean spiders from the 1956 checklist by Paik and Kim is presented, with a complete bibliography of the relevant Korean araneological literature. For the period of 1907-2009, a total of 507 publications on the spiders were extensively searched and records of taxonomic descriptions were included. Records are listed only from the locations within the present borders of South Korea. A total of 681 species of 258 genera belonging to 46 families were confirmed to exist in Korea. Twenty species, namely Pholcus pojeonensis, Pholcus kwangkyosanensis, Pholcus parkyeonensis, Dysdera crocata, Miagrammopes coreensis, Parasteatoda culicivora, Spheropistha melanosoma, Bathyphantes major, Araneus viperifer, Larinia onoi, Neoscona holmi, Pardosa isago, Pardosa monticola, Trochosa spinipalpis, Anahita samplexa, Cheiracanthium lascivum, Cheiracanthium eutittha, Clubiona japonica, Rhene myunghwani, and Sitticus sinensis, whose distribution or existence within the Korean border were uncertain and did not meet the requirements for valid records were excluded from the present list following critical validation. Sixteen species, namely, Clubiona bakurovi, Clubiona corrugata, Clubiona hummeli, Clubiona komissarovi, Clubiona kulczynskii, Clubiona microsapporensis, Clubiona orientalis, Clubiona paralena, Clubiona propinqua, Clubiona proszynskii, Clubiona sapporensis, Mendoza nobilis, Pseudicius koreanus, Sibianor nigriculus, Sitticus penicilloides, and Yllenus coreanus, which have been described or reported to exist in North Korea were listed separately from the present list. From the zoogeographical distribution, Korean spider fauna was found to be influenced by northern species, including 35 Holarctic and 67 Palearctic species, which account for 14.9% of the total number of species. Korean endemic species include 131 species, which account for 19.2% of the total number. Among neighboring countries, Korean spiders are most similar to those found in Japan. This list (ver. 2010) will be revised periodically after this version.

A comparison of spider communities in Bt and non-Bt rice fields.

ABSTRACT To assess the potential adverse effects of a Bt rice line (Japonica rice cultivar, Nakdong) expressing a synthetic cry1Ac1 gene, C7-1-9-1-B, which was highly active against all larval stages of Cnaphalocrocis medinalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), we investigated the community structure of spiders in Bt and non-Bt rice fields during the rice-growing season in 2007 and 2008 in Chungcheongnam-do, Korea. Spiders were surveyed with a sweep net and suction device. Suction sampling captured more spiders, measured in terms of species level and abundance, than sweeping. Araneidae and Thomisidae were captured more by sweeping, and certain species were captured only by sweeping. These findings show that both suction and sweep sampling methods should be used because these methods are most likely complementary. In total, 29 species in 23 genera and nine families were identified from the 4,937 spiders collected, and both Bt and non-Bt rice fields showed a typical Korean spider assemblage. The temporal patterns of spider species richness and spider abundance were very similar between Bt and non-Bt rice, although significant differences in species richness were observed on a few occasions. Overall, spider community structure, including diversity, the dominant species, and abundance did not differ between Bt and non-Bt rice. The results of the study indicated that the transgenic Cry1Ac rice lines tested in this study had no adverse effects on the spider community structure of the rice fields.

A comparison of diversity and species composition of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) between conifer plantations and regenerating forests in Korea

Ground beetles were collected by pitfall trapping to compare their species richness between conifer plantations (14 sites) and regenerating forests (14 sites) and among forest ages and to examine how different functional groups responded to forest type, forest age, patch size, elevation, and geographic location in terms of abundance and richness. Ground beetles were collected from middle August to late October, 2008. A total of 34 species were identified from 3,156 collected ground beetles. Individual-based rarefaction curves showed greater species richness in regenerating forests, especially in 40–50-year-old forests, than in conifer plantations. Stepwise multiple regression analysis showed that patch size and elevation were major predictors of species richness and/or abundance of forest specialists, brachypterous species, and large- and medium-bodied species. A multivariate regression tree indicated that patch size and elevation were major predictors of assemblage structure. Although our results suggest that maintaining forest areas adjacent to agricultural landscapes may be essential to preserve ground beetle assemblages irrespective of forest types, further study is necessary to clarify the effects of habitat quality and amount on ground beetles in forests.

Bibliographic checklist of Korean spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) ver. 2015

The 2015 version of the bibliographic checklist of Korean spiders from the first checklist by Paik and Kim (1956) is presented, together with a complete bibliography of relevant Korean araneological literature. A total of 620 publications during 1907-2015 including original description on the Korean spiders and records of taxonomic description were critically reviewed. Records only from locations within the present borders of South Korea are listed. A total of 748 spider species of 271 genera belonging to 46 families are confirmed to exist in Korea. Twenty one species, whose distribution or existence within the Korean border are uncertain and lacked valid records, are excluded from the present list pending critical validation. Four spider species endemic to North Korean are listed separately from the present list. One genus, Joopilia Chae and Sohn, 2013 and 2 species, Joopilia jooplis Chae and Sohn, 2013 and Dolomedes jirisanensis Kim and Chae, 2012, which had no designated type species and no diagnosis, are cited as nomina nuda. New synonyms of 15 previously described spider species are proposed. Based on their zoogeographical distribution, the Korean spider fauna was found to be influenced by the northern species, including 36 Holarctic and 72 Palearctic species (14.5% of the total species). Korean endemic species include 160 species (21.5% of the total species). Korean indigenous spiders are also distributed in neighboring countries: 318 species in Russia (42.7%), 460 in China (61.7%), and 488 in Japan (65.5%).

Description of the Female of Clubiona zacharovi Mikhailov, 1991 (Araneae: Clubionidae) from Korea

First known female of the sac spider Clubiona zacharovi Mikhailov, 1991 is described from Korea. This is a rare species inhabiting in the plant litter or under the stone in mountain sites.

Description of Haplodrassus mayumiae Kamura, 2007 and Mangora crescopicta Yin et al., 1990 (Arachnida: Araneae) New to Korean Spider Fauna

Haplodrassus mayumiae Kamura, 2007 of Gnaphosidae and Mangora crescopicta Yin et al., 1990 of Araneidae were newly described and illustrated from Korea.

Four New Species of the Genus Alloclubionoides (Araneae: Agelenidae) from Korea

Four new species of the genus Alloclubionoides collected from mountain litter and hillock litter around the agricultural ecosystem of Korea are described in the present work with appropriate body measurements and morphological illustrations; A. hwaseongensis sp. nov., A. imi sp. nov., A. namhansanensis sp. nov. and A. nasuta sp. nov. Females of A. hwaseongensis sp. nov., A. namhansanensis sp. nov. and A. nasuta sp. nov. can be distinguished based on the epigyne shape and structure of internal genitalia from previously described species. Males of A. imi sp. nov. can also be distinguished based on the shapes of retrolateral tibial apophysis, embolus tip and conductor from previously described species. Also, a key to the Korean Alloclubionoides spiders is provided. Alloclubionoides gajiensis Seo, 2014 is newly synonymized with Alloclubionoides cochlea (Kim et al. 2007).

Description of Two Unrecorded Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Korea

Abstract Two newly recorded spiders, Cheiracanthium lascivum Karsch, 1879 of Eutichuridae and Gnaphosa kamurai Ovtsharenko, Platnick and Song, 1992 of Gnaphosidae are described and illustrated from Korea.Key Words: Cheiracanthium lascivum, Gnaphosa kamurai, Eutichuridae, Gnaphosidae, Korea Received: December 20, 2014. Revised: February 10, 2015. Accept ed: February 10, 2015.Corresponding author: Seung-Tae KimLife and Environment Research Institute, Konkuk University, Seo ul 143-701, Republic of KoreaTel: 82-2-450-3754, Fax: 82-2-450-3726, E-mail: stkim2000@hanma il.net Introduction The spider genus Cheiracanthium of Miturgidae in Korea comprises 7 species to date (Namkung et al. 2009); C. brevispinum Song, Feng and Shang, 1982, C. erraticum (Walckenaer 1802), C. japonicum Bosenberg and Strand, 1906, C. taegense Paik, 1990, C. uncinatum Paik, 1985, C. unicum Bosenberg and Strand, 1906 and C. zhejiangense Hu and Song, 1982. Recently, the genus was transferred from the Miturgidae to the Eutichuridae by Ramirez (2014). One male of

Spider Fauna of Island Geojedo (Prov. Gyeongsangnam-do) in Korea

This work was conducted to investigate spider fauna and community structure of Geojedo situated at the southern coast of Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. Seventy species of 48 genera belonging to 17 families were identified from 389 collected spiders. Check list of spiders which represent 137 species, 91 genera from 29 families was made from former reports and present work including 4 cosmopolitan species, 6 Holarctic species, 13 Palearctic species and 2 Korean endemic species. Species richness was high in Araneidae (30 species, 21.9%), Salticidae (22 species, 15.8%), Theridiidae (18 species, 12.9%), and Thomisidae and Linyphiidae (10 species, 7.2%) in order. This work might be valuable monitoring to understand the biota of Geojedo and to analyze Korean island ecosystem.