Insect fauna including unrecorded species in Ulleungdo, South Korea

Min Hyeok Won; Jae Won Choi; WooJun Bang; DongYeol Lee; Min Ki Moon; Young-Kun Kim; Donguk Kim; Dooyoung Kim; Sang Jae Suh; Kwang Shik Choi

doi:10.3897/BDJ.11.e100783

Insect fauna including unrecorded species in Ulleungdo, South Korea

Biodivers Data J. 2023 May 11:11:e100783. doi: 10.3897/BDJ.11.e100783. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Min Hyeok Won^{1

2}, Jae Won Choi^{2

1}, WooJun Bang³, DongYeol Lee², Min Ki Moon², Young-Kun Kim⁴, Donguk Kim⁴, Dooyoung Kim⁴, Sang Jae Suh^{4

5}, Kwang Shik Choi^{6

2

1}

Affiliations

¹ Research Institute for Dok-do and Ulleung-do Island, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea Research Institute for Dok-do and Ulleung-do Island, Kyungpook National University Daegu South Korea.
² School of Life Science, BK21 FOUR KNU Creative BioResearch Group, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea School of Life Science, BK21 FOUR KNU Creative BioResearch Group, Kyungpook National University Daegu South Korea.
³ School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University Seoul South Korea.
⁴ School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea School of Applied Biosciences, Kyungpook National University Daegu South Korea.
⁵ Institute of Plant Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea Institute of Plant Medicine, Kyungpook National University Daegu South Korea.
⁶ Research Institute for Phylogenomics and Evolution, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea Research Institute for Phylogenomics and Evolution, Kyungpook National University Daegu South Korea.

Abstract

Background: Ulleungdo harbours a unique ecosystem owing to its isolation from the mainland alongside its maritime climate. The island, formed via volcanic activity, is the largest island in the East Sea of Korea and retains a primeval forest. The ecosystems are being destroyed owing to increasing human activity on the island. Therefore, through the investigation of the insect fauna of Ulleungdo, we tried to provide information that can be the basis for understanding the island ecology of Ulleungdo. This survey was conducted four times between April and October in 2020 at Seonginbong.

New information: The findings of the survey regarding insect fauna at Seonginbong, Ulleungdo included 10 orders, 105 families, 216 genera and 212 species, of which 12 families, two subfamilies, 13 genera and 74 species were previously unrecorded. The data have been registered in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF; www.GBIF.org).

Keywords: Insecta; Palearctic; database; diversity; island; new records.

Min Hyeok Won, Jae Won Choi, WooJun Bang, DongYeol Lee, Min Ki Moon, Young-Kun Kim, Donguk Kim, Dooyoung Kim, Sang Jae Suh, Kwang Shik Choi.