Check-list of North Korean Orthoptera Based on the Specimens Deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum

Abstract

Beginning with Hungarian expeditions to Korean peninsula in 1970, many Korean biological specimens have accumulat-ed in the collections of the Hungarian Natural History Museum. The collections have informative value to understand EastAsian biota. Here, North Korean Orthopterans are examined and checked; 73 species are listed and collecting data formore than 1,441 individuals is provided. A joint research project was accomplished in the year 2010 between the Hungar-ian Natural History Museum and the National Institute of Biological Resources. The project produced a total of 123 spec-imens of 26 North Korean Caeliferan species which are newly placed in the Entomological Collection of the NationalInstitute of Biological Resources. A transpalaearctic long-horned grasshopper Bicolorana bicolor (Philippi, 1830) is reported for the first time from North Korean fauna.