CHIRONOMIDAE

Makarchenko, E. A., Semenchenko, A. A., Kang, H. & Bae, Y. J., 2018, Morphological redescription and DNA barcoding of Kaluginia lebetiformis Makarchenko, 1987 (Diptera: Chironomidae, Diamesinae) from South Korea, Far Eastern Entomologist 367, pp. 26-32 : 26

CHIRONOMIDAE , DIAMESINAE ) FROM SOUTH KOREA

E. A. Makarchenko 1 *), A. A. Semenchenko 2), H. Kang 3), Y. J. Bae 3)

1) Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690022, Russia. *Corresponding author, Email: [e-mail]

2) Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok 690950, Russia.

3) Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecology, College of Life Sciences Korea University,

Life Science (WEST) Bldg 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 136-713, Korea.

Summary. Illustrated redescription of adult male as well as the results of DNA barcoding of Kaluginia lebetifomis Makarchenko in comparison with known species of the tribe

Boreoheptagyiini from South Korea are provided. The species-specificity of K. lebetiformis

COI sequences is analyzed and the sequences are presented as diagnostic characters –

molecular markers. Intergenus K2P distance between three genera and species of the tribe

Boreoheptagyiini – K. lebetiformis , Boreoheptagyia sp. and Shilovia rara Makarchenko ranged from 0.105 –0.143 (mean 0.124) and these values are sufficient to maintain the genus level. DNA barcodes of K. lebetiformis was uploaded to GenBank.