Yoshimura, Masashi

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Masashi Yoshimura California Academy of Sciences 55 Music Concourse Drive San Francisco, CA 94118 415-379-5325 (direct) myoshimura@calacademy.org My research focuses on taxonomy of 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

 * 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


 * 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.


 * Yoshimura, M. & Fisher, B.L. 2009. A revision of the male ants of the Malagasy region: key to genera of the subfamily Proceratiinae. Zootaxa 2216: 1-21.


 * Yoshimura, M. & Fisher, B.L. 2011. A revision of the male ants of the Malagasy region: key to genera of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. Zootaxa 2794: 1-34.


 * 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.


 * Yoshimura, M., Onoyama, K. & Ogata, K. 2007. The ants of the genus Odontomachus in Japan. Species Diversity 12: 89-112.