Odontalgus masaoi Arai and Nomura (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Pselaphitae) New to Korea

Ui-Joung Byeon, Shûhei Nomura, Taeyoung Jang, Jong-Seok Park

Editorial summary

Byeon and co-authors document the first South Korean record of Odontalgus masaoi. They illustrate the habitus and diagnostic characters, map the record and provide an identification key to the Korean species of Odontalgus.

Source basis: Official Korean Journal of Applied Entomology full-text article and issue page.

Citation details

Year: 2026
Journal: Korean Journal of Applied Entomology
Volume: 65
Issue: 1
Pages / article: 23–28
Publication date: March 2026
DOI: 10.5656/KSAE.2025.12.0.063
Publisher: Official publisher page
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Library copy: Open PDF on Google Drive Ui-Joung Byeon; Shûhei Nomura; Taeyoung Jang; Jong-Seok Park (2026). Odontalgus masaoi Arai and Nomura (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae: Pselaphitae) New to Korea. Korean Journal of Applied Entomology 65(1): 23–28. DOI: 10.5656/KSAE.2025.12.0.063. Source: http://entomology2.or.kr/journal/article.php?code=96844&Array. The PDF is provided unchanged. CC BY-NC 3.0
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Taxa and geography

Subfamily: Pselaphinae Latreille, 1802
Tribe: Odontalgini Jeannel, 1949
Genus: Odontalgus Raffray, 1877
Species: Odontalgus masaoi Arai & Nomura, 2003

Country: South Korea

Work type: taxonomic article, new country record, identification key

Keywords: Ant-loving beetles, New record, Odontalgus masaoi, Taxonomy