Revealing the Identity of Donacia aquatica (Linnaeus) and D. japana Chûjô & Goecke (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Donaciinae) based on Literature Review, New Material, and DNA Barcodes

Yunji Jeong, Joong Youb Kim¹, Jihwan Park², Geonho Cho³, Jong Eun Lee⁴, Ki-Jeong Hong^*

Department of Agriculture and Life Science, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 57922, Korea
¹Research Center for Endangered Species, National Institute of Ecology, Yeongyang 36531, Korea
²Siheung Neunggok Elementary School, Siheung 14995, Korea
³Department of Forest Resources, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 57922, Korea
⁴Department of Biological Science, Andong National University, Andong 36729, Korea

Abstract

Members of the genus Donacia include six species, which belong to two subgenera found on the Korean Peninsula (An, 2019). Among them, Chujo (1941) reported the specimen collected from Ungi, Hamgyeongbuk-do, North Korea, as D. aquatica (Linnaeus, 1758), whereas Kimoto and Kawase (1966) reported and referred to the same specimen as D. japana. However, Hayashi (2020) stated that the D. japana recorded in Korea could have been a misidentification of D. aquatica. To solve this discrepancy, we compared specimens collected in South Korea (Pocheon and Ulsan), including morphological parts such male genitalia (Hayashi, 2020) and gene sequences of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) region, with descriptions of D. japana, in this study. We conclude that the records of D. japana were replaced with those of D. aquatica in the Korean Peninsula, and D. japana is endemic to Japan.

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Vol. 40 No. 4 (2022.12)

Journal Abbreviation Korean J. Appl. Entomol.
Frequency Quarterly
Doi Prefix 10.5656/KSAE
Year of Launching 1962
Publisher Korean Society of Applied Entomology

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