Yoshimura, Masashi

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology | OIST · Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit

Project Coordinator OKEON Churamori Project - An observation network to measure, monitor, and understand the terrestrial environment of Okinawa, in a collaboration between scientists and the people of Okinawa.

My taxonomic research has focused on male ants. Male-based taxonomy of ants offers to provide new insights into their taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology and conservation biology. Specialized characters often found only in male ants make them a substantive source of many new morphological information. For groups of ants difficult to distinguish via female characters, males often provide critical diagnostic characters. In practical terms, observing and analyzing male ants can yield information about colony dispersal strategies and the special role of males in reproduction.

PUBLICATIONS

 * [[Media:Eguchi Yoshimura Yamane 2006.pdf|Eguchi, K., Yoshimura, M. & Yamane, S. 2006. The Oriental species of the ant genus Probolomyrmex. Zootaxa 1376: 1-35.]]
 * Onoyama, K. ; Yoshimura, M. 2002. The ants of the genus Proceratium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Japan. Entomol. Sci. 5(1): 29-49.
 * [[Media:Yoshimura & Fisher 2007.pdf|Yoshimura, M. & Fisher, B.L. 2007. A revision of male ants of the Malagasy region: key to subfamilies and treatment of the genera of Ponerinae. Zootaxa 1654: 21-40.]]
 * [[Media:Yoshimura & Fisher 2009.pdf|Yoshimura, M. & Fisher, B.L. 2009. A revision of male ants of the Malagasy region: key to genera of the subfamily Proceratiinae. Zootaxa 2216: 1-21.]]
 * [[Media:Yoshimura & Fisher 2011.pdf|Yoshimura, M. & Fisher, B.L. 2011. A revision of male ants of the Malagasy region: key to genera of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. Zootaxa 2794: 1-34.]]
 * [[Media:Yosimura & Fisher 2012.pdf|Yoshimura, M. & Fisher, B.L. 2012a. A revision of male ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae, with resurrections of the genera Stigmatomma and Xymmer. PloS ONE 7(3): 23 pp. e33325. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone 0033325.]]
 * [[Media:Yoshimura & Fisher 2012b.pdf|Yoshimura, M. & Fisher, B.L. 2012b. A revision of the Malagasy endemic genus Adetomyrma. Zootaxa 3341: 1-31.]]
 * [[Media:Yoshimura, M. & Fisher, B.L. 2014. A revision of the ant genus Mystrium in the Malagasy region with description of six new species and remarks on Amblyopone and Stigmatomma.pdf|Yoshimura, M.; Fisher, B. L. 2014. A revision of the ant genus Mystrium in the Malagasy region with description of six new species and remarks on Amblyopone and Stigmatomma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Amblyoponinae). ZooKeys 394:1-99.]]
 * [[Media:Yoshimura et al 2009.pdf| Yoshimura, M., Hosoishi, S., Kuboki, Y., Onoyama, K. & Ogata, K. 2009. New synonym and new Japanese record of the ant genus Ponera. Entomological Science 12: 194-201.]]
 * Yoshimura, M. & Onoyama, K. 2002. Male-based keys to the subfamilies and genera of Japanese ants. Entomological Science 5: 421-443.
 * Yoshimura, M. & Onoyama, K. 2007. A new sibling species of the genus Strumigenys, with a redefinition of S. lewisi Cameron (pp. 664-690). In Snelling, R.R., Fisher, B.L. & Ward, P.S. (eds). Advances in ant systematics: homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80: 690 pp.
 * [[Media:Ogata K Onoyama K Yoshimura M 2007.pdf|Yoshimura, M., Onoyama, K. & Ogata, K. 2007. The ants of the genus Odontomachus in Japan. Species Diversity 12: 89-112.]]