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Table 2 Some therapeutically used insects with scientific names given in an undivided pre-world war II Korea[5]

From: Ethno-entomological observations from North Korea (officially known as the “Democratic People’s Republic of Korea”)

Order

Family

Species

Thysanura

Lepismatidae

Lepisma villosa F.

Odonata

Libellulidae

Crocothemis servillis Dvury.

 

Aeschnidae

 

Orthoptera

Acrididae

Oxya velox F.

 

Locustidae

Gompsocleis mikado Burr

 

Gryllidae

Gryllotalpa africana Pal., Gryllodes nitratus Burm.

  

Homeogryllus japonicus D.H.

Mantodea

Mantidae

Tenodera aridifolia Stoll, Hitodula bipapilla Serv.

Homoptera

Cicadidae

Cryptotympana pustulata F.

Hemiptera

Nepidae

Laccotrephes flavovenosa Dohrn

 

Cimicidae

Cimex lectularius L.

Lepidoptera

Pyralidae

Nephopteryx pirivorella Mats.

  

Glyphodes pyloalis Wk.

 

Cossidae

Cossus vicarious Wk.

 

Geometridae

Hemirophila atrilineata Butl.

 

Limacodidae

 
 

Noctuidae

Mamestra brassicae L., Agrotis ypsilon Rott.

 

Bombycidae

Bombyx mori L.

 

Sphingidae

 
 

Papilionidae

Papilio xuthus L., P. machaon L.

Diptera

Muscidae

 
 

Tabanidae

Tabanus tropicus Meig.

Coleoptera

Coccinellidae

Ptychanatis axiridis Pall.

 

Cerambycidae

Thyestes gebleri Fala., Apriona rugicollis Chevr.

  

Mallambyx japonicus Bat.

 

Meloidae

Meloe violaceus Mass.

 

Scarabaeidae

Mimela iueidula Hope.

  

Geotrupes purpurascens Westh.

  

Bolboceras formosanus Mats.

  

Bolboceras nigro plagiatum Wats.

  

Xylotrupes dichotomus L.

  

Aphodius sp., Gymnopleurus sinuatus F.

 

Gyrinidae

Dineutes marginatus Sharp.

 

Telephoridae

 
 

Cicindelidae

Cicindela chinensis Deg.

 

Meloidae

Epicanta megalocephala Bobe

Hymenoptera

Sphecidae

Sphex sp., Ammophila infesta Sm.

 

Apidae

Apis indica F, var. japonica Rad.

 

Vespidae

 
 

Formicidae

Formica rufa L.