Georissus kurosawai Nakane, 1963

Lee, Dae-Hyun, Jung, Sang Woo & Shin, Yoon-Ho Kim and I Chan, 2024, First record of the beetle family Georissidae (Coleoptera) in Korea, with a mtDNA information of a species, Journal of Species Research 13 (3), pp. 326-328 : 326-327

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.12651/JSR.2024.13.3.326
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scientific name	Georissus kurosawai Nakane, 1963
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Georissus kurosawai Nakane, 1963 View in CoL ( Figs. 1-3 View Figs View Fig )

(Korean name: Mo-rae-sal-i)

Georyssus kurosawai Nakane, 1963: 63 .

Diagnosis. Length 1.6 - 1.8 mm. Body oblong oval, convex dorso-ventrally, with granules. Color black, shining; legs dark brown; surface often covered with grey mud and sand ( Fig. 1 View Figs ). Pronotal side dentate. Posterior parts of pronotum with granules, subbasal dentation, central depression and subbasal depression. Elytra with distinct granules. Elytral interstices raised. Sternite without ventral teeth. Median lobe as long as paramere; narrow apically; apical margin V-shaped. Paramere shorter than pallobase; lateral margin slightly rounded and widest at third ( Fig. 2 View Figs ). Materials examined. KOREA: 30 exs, Nambuk-ri , Inje-eup , Inje-gun, Gangwon-do (38°4 ʹ 34.24 ʺ N, 128°8 ʹ

Nambuk-ri, Inje-eup, Inje-gun (38°4 ʹ 34.24 ʺ N, 128 ʹ 8 ʹ 32.26 ʺ E)

32.26 ʺ E), 18 VIII 2022, SW Jung, YH Kim, JH Lee, at light; 1 ex., ditto but deposited in NIBR ( PCQAIN 000000 7233) .

Distribution. Korea (South), Japan.

Habitat. All specimens were collected in light trap near a mountain stream ( Fig. 3 View Fig ).

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence of Georissus kurosawai . Total 658 bp (accession number PP766011) COI showing 85.30% similarity to the reference sequence of the Georissus laesicollis (accession number KU911 791.1) from Germany. The COI gene sequence is shown in the below: AAATAGATGTTGATATAAAATTGGATCTCCAC CTCCAGCAGGGTCAAAGAATGAAGTATTTAAAT TTCGGTCTGTAAGTAATATAGTAATAGCACCAG CTAATACAGGCAGAGATAGTAAAAGAAGAAGGG CAGTAATTGCAACTGATCATACAAATAAAGGGA GTCGGTCATAAGTTAAGTTGAATGAACGTATG TTGATTACTGTTGTAATAAAATTAATTGCACCT AGAATTGATGAAATACCTGCTAAATGAAGACTG AAAATTGCTAAATCAACTGAAGCTCCTCCATGG GCGATATTAGAAGATAAAGGAGGATAAACTGTT CATCCTGTTCCGGCTCCTCTTTCTACTATTCT TCTTATTAGAAGAAGAGTTAATGAGGGGGGTAG CAGCCAAAATCTTATGTTGTTTATCCGAGGAAA TGCTATGTCGGGGGCTCCAAGCATTAGGGGAAC TAATCAATTTCCAAATCCTCCAATTATGATAGGTA TAACTATAAAAAAAATTATGATGAAAGCGTGGG CTGTTACAATAACATTATAAATTTGGTCATCTCC AATTAAGGTTCCTGGATTTCCTAATTCAGCACGA ATTAATATACTCAGAGATGTTCCAATTATTCCA GCTCATGCTCCAAAAATAAAATAAAGAGTT