Ogata, Kazuo

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Entomology Laboratory, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812 Japan

Professor: Crop Production Section, Director of the Institute of Tropical Agriculture E-Mail: kogata@arg.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Homepage: http://bbs1.agr.kyushu-u.ac.jp/tropic/.

Phone: 092-642-3073

Academic Degree: Doctor of Agriculture

Field of Specialization: Entomology

Research:
 * Taxonomy and biogeography of ants in tropical Asia
 * Biodiversity of tropical and subtropical areas
 * Higher agricultural education in Asian countries
 * Japanese ants color image database

Education:
 * Supervising graduate students in the field of tropical crops and environment

Social activity:
 * International Cooperation in the field of agriculture
 * Member of the Environmental Impact Assessment Committee of Kitakyushu

ANT TAXONOMY
Published primarily on the ants of Japan.

PUBLICATIONS

 * [[Media:Choi et al 1993.pdf|Choi, B.-M.; Ogata, K.; Terayama, M. 1993. Comparative studies of ant faunas of Korea and Japan. I. Faunal comparison among islands of southern Korea and northern Kyushu, Japan. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 48:37-49.]]
 * [[Media:Hosoishi-ogata-2009.pdf|Hosoishi, S. & Ogata, K. 2009a. The ant genus Crematogaster Lund, subgenus Physocrema Forel, in the Indochinese Peninsula. Asian Myrmecology 2 (2008): 1-10.]]
 * [[Media:Hosoishi S Ogata K 2009b.pdf|Hosoishi, S. & Ogata, K. 2009b. A taxonomic revision of the Asian endemic subgenus Physocrema of the genus Crematogaster. Zootaxa 2062: 15-36.]]
 * [[Media:Hosoishi & Ogata 2009b.pdf| Hosoishi, S. & Ogata, K. 2009c. A checklist of the ant genus Crematogaster in Asia. Bulletin of the Institute of Tropical Agriculture Kyushu University 32:43-83.]]
 * [[Media:Hosoishi-ogata-2010.pdf|Hosoishi, S. & Ogata, K. 2010. On the identity of Crematogaster schimmeri Forel, 1912 and the distribution of subgenus Decacrema in Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Asian Myrmecology 3:1-3.]]
 * [[Media:Hosoishi & Ogata 2012.pdf|Hosoishi, S. & Ogata, K. 2012. Revision of the Crematogaster brevis complex in Asia. Zootaxa 3349: 18-30.]]
 * [[Media:Hosoishi, S. & Ogata, K. 2014. Description and DNA barcoding of Crematogaster fraxatrix Forel, 1911 and two new closely related species from Cambodia and Indonesia.pdf|Hosoishi, S. & Ogata, K. 2014. Description and DNA barcoding of Crematogaster fraxatrix Forel, 1911 and two new closely related species from Cambodia and Indonesia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 374, 57–68 (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.374.5874).]]
 * [[Media:Hosoishi, S., Ogata, K. 2015. Review of the Crematogaster popohana-group.pdf|Hosoishi, S. & Ogata, K. 2015. Review of the Crematogaster popohana-group with the description of a new species from the Indochinese Peninsula (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Asian Myrmecology, 7, 11-18.]]
 * [[Media:Hosoishi Yamane & Ogata 2010a.pdf| Hosoishi, S., Yamane, S., & Ogata. 2010a. An evaluation of infraspecific names in Crematogaster (Paracrema) modiglianii Emery, 1900 based on est series (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 14: 123-128.]]
 * [[Media:Hosoishi Yamane & Ogata 2010b.pdf| Hosoishi, S., Yamane, S., & Ogata, K. 2010b. Subterranean species of the ant genus Crematogaster in Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomological Science 13, 345–350.]]
 * [[Media:Taylor et al 1991.pdf|Imai, H. T.; Taylor, R. W.; Kubota, M.; Ogata, K.; Wada, M. Y. 1991 [1990]. Notes on the remarkable karyology of the primitive ant Nothomyrmecia macrops, and of the related genus Myrmecia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 97: 133-140.]]
 * [[Media:Itow et al 1984.pdf| Itow, T.; Kobayashi, K.; Kubota, M.; Ogata, K.; Imai, H. T.; Crozier, R. H. 1984. The reproductive cycle of the queenless ant Pristomyrmex pungens. Insectes Soc. 31: 87-102.]]
 * Morisita, M.; Kubota, M.; Onoyama, K.; Ogata, K.; Terayama, M.; Yamauchi, K.; Sonobe, R.; Yamane, 1992. A guide for the identification of Japanese ants. III. Myrmicinae and supplement to Leptanillinae. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Tokyo: Myrmecological Society of Japan, 94 pp.
 * [[Media:Ogata 1982.pdf| Ogata, K. 1982. Taxonomic study of the ant genus Pheidole Westwood of Japan, with a description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Kontyû 50: 189-197.]]
 * [[Media:Ogata K 1983b.pdf|Ogata, K. 1983b. The ant genus Cerapachys F. Smith of Japan, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Esakia 20: 131-137.]]
 * Ogata, K. 1987a. A generic synopsis of the poneroid complex of the family Formicidae in Japan (Hymenoptera). Part 1. Subfamilies Ponerinae and Cerapachyinae. Esakia 25: 97-132
 * [[Media:Ogata 1990.pdf| Ogata, K. 1990. A new species of the ant genus Epitritus Emery from Japan (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Esakia Spec. Issue 1: 197-199 PDF]]
 * Ogata, K. 1991a. Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a review of the species groups and their phylogenetic relationships (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Syst. Entomol. 16: 353-381
 * Ogata, K. 1991b. A generic synopsis of the poneroid complex of the family Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Part II. Subfamily Myrmicinae. Bull. Inst. Trop. Agric. Kyushu Univ. 14: 61-149
 * [[Media:Ogata & Bolton 1989.pdf|Ogata, K.; Bolton, B. 1989. A taxonomic note on the ant Monomorium intrudens F. Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Jpn. J. Entomol. 57: 459-460.]]
 * [[Media:Ogata K Onoyama K 1998.pdf|Ogata, K. and Onoyama, K. 1998. A revision of the ant genus Smithistruma Brown of Japan, with descriptions of four new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomological Science. 1(2):277-287.]]
 * [[Media:Ogata K Taylor R 1991.pdf|Ogata, K.; Taylor, R. W. 1991. Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a preliminary review and key to the named species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). J. Nat. Hist. 2 25: 1623-1673.]]
 * [[Media:Ogata Terayama & Masuko 1995.pdf| Ogata K., M. Terayama and M. Masuko. 1995. The ant genus Leptanilla: discovery of the worker-associated male of L. japonica, and a description of a new species from Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae). Systematic Entomology. 20:27-34.]]
 * [[Media:Terayama & Ogata 1998.pdf| Terayama, M.; Ogata, K. 1988. Two new species of the ant genus Probolomyrmex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Japan. Kontyû 56: 590-594 PDF]]
 * [[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.]]
 * [[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.]]