Eguchi, Katsuyuki

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
antist2007(a)gmail.com Research Fellow Department of International Health, the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, JAPAN Main topic is molecular phylogeny and biogeography of various strains of Human T-Lymphotropic Virus Type-1 (HTLV-1). Academic Background:

•Bachelor's degree at Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus (Mar. 1996) •Master's degree at Graduate School of Science, Kagoshima University (Mar. 1998) •Doctoral degree (DSc.) at Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kagoshima University (Sept. 2001) Professional Experiences:

•Participating in the MEXT Creative Basic Research 09NP1501: An Integrated Study on Biodiversity Conservation under Global Change and Bioinventory Management System (Apr. 1997 to Mar. 2001) •Pre-doctoral Researcher (DC2, #10958), Research Fellowships of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Young Scientists (Jan. 2000 to Mar. 2002) •Post-doctoral Researcher (PD, #16-1970), Research Fellowships of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Young Scientists (Apr. 2004 to Mar. 2007) Societies & Committees:

•Collaborative Researcher, the Kagoshima University Museum (since 2007) •Member of the Entomological Society of Japan (since 1997) •Member of the International Society of Hymenopterologists (since 2001) •Member of the Myrmecological Society of Japan (since 2004) •Member of the Nagasaki Biological Society (since 2008) •Member of the Pheidole Working Group (since 2007) •Member of the International Network for the Study of Asian Ants "ANeT" (since 1999) •Member of the Editorial Board of Asian Myrmecology published by ANeT (since 2006) •Acting editor of the ANeT Newsletter (since 2007) •Instructor (taxonomy) for the 1st field training course on Myrmecology "Ant Course" organized by ANeT (Dec. 2005) •Member of the Advisory Board of Myrmecological News (since 2007) •Serving as a reviewer to peer-reviewed scientific journals: Zootaxa and Myrmecological News •Member of the Nagasaki Vietnam Friendship Association (since 2007) ANT TAXONOMY

RESEARCH INTERESTS TAXONOMY OF ASIAN SPECIES OF THE GENUS PHEIDOLE Since 1996 I have studied taxonomy of Asian ants, especially the genus Pheidole (Formicidae: Myrmicinae). In 2001 I published, as a result of my doctoral program, “A revision of the Bornean species of the ant genus Pheidole (Eguchi, 2001)”, and I have already described dozens of new species of Pheidole from Borneo and Vietnam. I have nearly finished to prepare a manuscript entitled “A Revision of Northern Vietnamese Species of the ant genus Pheidole” which will appear hopefully within 2008. Next, I plan to deal with Pheidole species of S. Vietnam and the mainland Thailand, or those of the lesser Sundas (Bali, Lombok and Sumbawa Islands, Indonesia).

TAXONOMY OF ANTS IN VIETNAM
Since 1999 Dr. BUI Tuan Viet (Institute of Ecology and Biological resources, Hanoi) and I have intensively explored ant faunas in various localities of Vietnam. Until now we have already described eleven new species and one new genus, although the majority of our specimens are still undetermined. Complexity of topology and climate in Vietnam undoubtedly maintains an extremely high diversity of ants. It is no wonder that the total number of ant species in Vietnam is over 500. In order to develop the taxonomic capacity in myrmecology in Vietnam, we plan to propel the four actions:1) exploring local ant faunas; 2) giving species codes to all species; 3) overviewing ant genera known from Vietnam; 4) describing unnamed taxa and reviewing higher taxa known from Vietnam and adjacent areas. In relevant to the third action we are now preparing a CD book entitled "Diversity of Ants in Vietnam" which will provides an overview of Vietnamese ants at the genus level with full-colored pictorial identification keys.

TAXONOMIC PUBLICATIONS

 * Eguchi, K. 1998. A new ant of the genus Metapone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Sabah, Borneo. Entomol. Sci. 1: 605-609


 * Eguchi, K. 1999. Pheidole longipes (Fr. Smith) and two closely related species from Kinabalu Park, Sabah, Borneo (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Jpn. J. Syst. Entomol. 5: 97-104


 * Eguchi, K. 2000. Two new Pheidole species with a 5-segmented antennal club (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomol. Sci. 3: 687-692


 * Eguchi, K. 2001a. A revision of the Bornean species of the ant genus Pheidole (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Tropics Monogr. Ser. 2: 1-154.


 * Eguchi, K. 2001b. A taxonomic study on Asian Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): new synonymy, rank changes, lectotype designations and redescriptions. Insecta Koreana 18: 1-35


 * Eguchi, K. 2003. A Study on the Male Genitalia of Some Asian Species of Pheidole (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae). Sociobiology 41(2): 317-355


 * Eguchi, K. 2004. Taxonomic revision of two wide-ranging Asian ants, Pheidole fervens and P. indica (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Formicidae), and related species. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien B. Bot. Zool.  105(B): 189-209


 * Eguchi, K. 2006. Six new species of Pheidole Westwood from North Vietnam. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 113: 115-131.


 * Eguchi, K. 2008. A revision of North Vietnamese species of the ant genus Pheidole. Zootaxa 1902: 1-118.


 * Eguchi, K.; Bui, T. V. 2005.  A new South Vietnamese species of the genus Pheidole with a truncated head in the major and queen (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Sociobiology 45(3): 721-730


 * Eguchi, K. & Bui, T.V. 2006. Cladomyrma scopulosa new species from Vietnam. Sociobiology 47: 305-314.


 * Eguchi, K. & Bui, T.V. 2007. Parvimyrma gen. nov. belonging to the Solenopsis genus group from Vietnam. Zootaxa 1461: 39-47.


 * Eguchi, K., T. V. Bui, D. M. General and G. D. Alpert. 2009. Revision of the ant genus Anillomyrma Emery, 1913 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Solenopsidini). Myrmecological News 13: 31-36.


 * Eguchi, K., Bui, T.V. & Yamane, S. 2008. Vietnamese species of the genus Acanthomyrmex Emery, 1893 – A. humilis sp. n. and A. glabfemoralis Zhou & Zheng, 1997. Myrmecological News 11: 231-241.


 * Eguchi, K., Hashimoto, Y. & Malsch, A.K.F. 2006. Pheidole schoedli sp. n., a subteranean species found from North Borneo. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: 31-34.


 * Eguchi, K., Yamane, S. & Zhou, S.-Y. 2007. Taxonomic revision of the Pheidole rinae Emery complex. Sociobiology 50 (1): 275-284.


 * Eguchi, K., Yoshimura, M. & Yamane, S. 2006. The Oriental species of the ant genus Probolomyrmex. Zootaxa 1376: 1-35.


 * Yamane, S., Bui, T.V. & Eguchi, K. 2008. Opamyrma hungvuong, a new genus and species of ant related to Apomyrma. Zootaxa 1767: 55-63.