Two new species of the genus Pterostichus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Korea

• Described 2 new species of the genus Pterostichus from Korea
• The new species included from Pterostichus subgenera: Cryobius, Phaenoraphis
• The descriptions, identification key, distribution data and photos of adult and genitalia for each species are provided.

In this paper, two new pterostichid ground beetles, Pterostichus (Cryobius) splendidus sp. nov. and Pterostichus (Phaenoraphis) sagittus sp. nov., are described. And also a subspecies Pterostichus bellator togyusanus Park and Kwon, 1996a is upgraded to a species Pterostichus togyusanus stat. nov. The descriptions, identification key, distribution data and photos of adults and their genitalia for each species are provided.

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