Dianemobius csikii (Bolivar, 1901)

Storozhenko, S. Yu. & Paik, J. Ch., 2001, Dianemobius Csikii Newly Recorded Species Of Crickets (Ortoptera, Gry- Llidae) From South Korea, Far Eastern Entomologist 96, pp. 16-16 : 16

Dianemobius csikii (Bolivar, 1901)

Dianemobius csikii: Gorochov, 1981: 24 , 26; Kwon, 1994: 50.

MATERIAL. Korea: Chungcheongnam-do, vicinity of Taean , sandy beach on seashore, 12.XI 1996, 3 ♂ (A.B. Egorov); Gyeongsangbuk-do, Pohang, 1♂, 1♀ (collecting date and collector unknown) .

DISRTIBUTION. Korea (new record). – Russia, Japan, China, SE Asia, India, Sri Lanka.

NOTES. This species was known from Russian Far East and Japan [ 1] and has been listed from « Korea » without any studied materials [ 2]. This is a first record of D. csikii from Korea based on collected specimens. Undoubtedly this species widely distributed in Korea and inhabits sandy beach on seashore and rivers covered by Artemisia spp.

1. Gorochov, A. V. 1981. [Review of the crickets of the subfamily Nemobiinae (Orthoptera, Gryllidae) of the USSR.] – Vestnik zoologii 2: 21-26. (In Russian)

2. Kwon, Y. J. 1994. [Order 14. Orthoptera.] – In: Check List of Insects from Korea. Kok-Kuk University Press, Seoul: 48-53. (In Korean)