Abstract
A taxonomic study of the genus Archaeoboreaphilus Zerche is presented. Two species are newly described as Archaeoboreaphilus rubromaculatus sp. nov. and Archaeoboreaphilus macrothorax sp. nov. from Korea. Illustrations of the diagnostic characters and a key to the species of Archaeoboreaphilus are provided.
Acknowledgements
We thank Dr Y. Watanabe (Tokyo University of Agriculture, Japan) for providing his specimens and continuous encouragements. Comments by an anonymous reviewer significantly improved the manuscript. This research was supported by the project on survey and excavation of Korean indigenous species of the National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR) under the Ministry of Environment, Korea.