ECOLOGICAL AND FAUNISTIC NOTES ON A COLLECTION OF ORTHOPTERA FROM SOUTH KOREA 1 David C. Rentz 2 and Glen R. Miller 3 INTRODUCTION Published reports of Korean Orthoptera are not numerous in the literature. Ikonnikov (1913) presented comments and species de-scriptions on a collection of Acrididae made by P. Schmidt from many localities throughout the country. Bey-Bienko ( 1931 ) published a short paper discussing fifteen species of Tettigoniidae and Acrididae collected in North Korea. Mori ( 1933 ) published, in Korean, a more comprehensive, though now incomplete, treatise on the Korean Tetti-goniidae. The most recent account dealing with the Korean fauna is that of Tsyplenkov ( 1970 ) which discusses the grasshoppers ( Acri-doidea) of North Korea. He commented on the climate, topography, and vegetation of the Korean peninsula and the incomplete nature of the state of knowledge of the Orthoptera of the two countries. His study, involving only twenty-one species in twenty genera, indicates that the grasshoppers are primarily derivatives of the Sino-Japanese fauna. These are the major works on Korean Orthoptera. Other studies, such as generic revisions and broader faunistic surveys, have included Korean material and reference to many of these publications will be found throughout this paper. We present a report based on a collection made by the second au-thor while stationed at a U. S. Airforce Operating Location post at Palgong San, South Korea (figs. 1-2) during the summer and fall of Accepted for publication: June 9, 1971 [3.0120]. -Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19103. 3 School of Natural Resources, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich., 48104. Ent. News, 82: 253-273, 1971 253
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