Morphological and molecular identification of Particolored bat () in South Korea: A first record.

Background belong to the genus and are widely distributed in Europe, the Middle East and Northeast Asia, Recently, the presence of the has been confirmed in Japan, suggesting the possibility of its habitation on the Korean Peninsula. However, ecological information regarding its presence in the Korean Peninsula is extremely limited. New information In an urban area of Sejong City, South Korea, a bat within the genus was rescued by personnel of the Chungnam Wild Animal Rescue Center.

A new feather mite species of the genus Gaud & Atyeo, 1981 (Acari, Xolalgidae) from the Oriental Stork, (Ciconiiformes, Ciconiidae) in Korea.

A new feather mite species, (Xolalgidae), was identified from the Oriental Stork, Swinhoe, 1873, in Korea. Males of are distinguished from Gaud & Atyeo, 1981, in having a single triangular prodorsal shield, sinuous margins of the opisthosoma located between setae 2 and 2 on the hysteronotal shield, an oval-shaped epiandrum without posterior extensions, a shorter tibia + tarsus IV than femoragenu IV, and an absent ambulacral disc of leg IV. Females differ in having a prodorsal shield with a posterior margin that is blunt-angular, and a concave posterior margin of the hysteronotal shield with posterior extensions.