Yu Hisasue

Japan Wildlife Research Center

In August 2018, 16 members of The Myrmecological Society of Japan conducted comprehensive research of ants in natural forests around Lake Hoko, Ena City, Gifu Prefecture, and collected 24 species of ants. The most collected ant species was Pheidole fervida, followed by Crematogaster teranishii, Camponotus obscuripes, and Camponotus japonicus. We al...

Thirty-five species were reported from Chichijima Island, the Ogasawara Islands, Japan, based on the specimens collected in 2023 to 2024. Three species, Ponera tamon Terayama, 1996, Ooceraea biroi (Forel, 1907) and Solenopsis tipuna were newly recorded from the Ogasawara Islands and are considered introduced species to the Ogasawara Islands. Two en...

The genus Brentiscerus Scudder, 1962 (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Lygaeoidea, Rhyparochromidae, Drymini) is widely distributed in the Australian Region; however, no species have been recorded in the Palaearctic Region. Here, we report Brentiscerus putoni (White, 1878) from Japan, based on materials collected from Honshu, Kyushu, and Kamikoshiki-shima I...

Background The spider fauna of the Ogasawara Islands, oceanic islands located 1,000 km south of mainland Japan was comprehensively examined by the National Museum of Nature and Science in 2011, which revealed that approximately 70% of the spider fauna was composed of non-native species. Following the preceding study, however, only descriptions of s...

In the Ogasawara Islands, Japan, the serious impact of alien species invasion on the insect fauna has become a problem in recent years, but many taxa have not been studied in detail or compared with previous records. Although 10 species of Neuroptera in three families have been recorded from the Ogasawara Islands, few records have been identified t...

Protanilla lini Terayama, 2009 is recorded from Kumamoto Prefecture for the first time. This is the northernmost record for the species.

The taxonomy of Loboscelidiinae in Vietnam is revised, with 16 new species being described: Loboscelidia bachmaensis sp. nov., L. barbata sp. nov., L. cilia sp. nov., L. convexa sp. nov., L. cucphuongensis sp. nov., L. cuneata sp. nov., L. do sp. nov., L. flavipes sp. nov., L. glabra sp. nov., L. komedai sp. nov., L. mediata sp. nov., L. parallela...

The present study reports the oviposition behavior of the ant parasitoid wasp, Ghilaromma orientalis, on an undescribed ant species from Lasius fuliginosus species group in Japan, illustrated by clear photographs. Previously, the oviposition behavior in the subfamily Hybrizontinae had been limited to species hovering on an ant trail and attacking l...

キバジュズフシアリをsoil washing法で採集した．本手法は希少とされる種や地下性が疑われる種を行動観察やDNAバーコーディングが可能な生きた状態で採集するのに有効な方法であることが示唆された．A rare ant species, Protanilla izanagi Terayama, 2013 was collected by the soil washing method from in soil. This approach has the potential to serve as a valuable technique for collecting uncommon ant species such as the one mentioned, as it enables...

Hybrizon ghilarovi Tobias, 1988 is recorded from Kyushu (Fukuoka Prefecture) for the first time. In addition, some parts of the host-seeking behavior of this species was observed.

Eggs of three phasmid species, Phraortes elongatus (Thunberg, 1815), Micadina phluctainoides (Rehn, 1904) and Micadina yasumatsui (Shiraki, 1935) were collected from nests of Aphaenogaster japonica Forel, 1911 and Pheidole fervida Smith, 1874 in Mt. Yufu-dake, Oita Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. All capitulum of eggs of P. elongatus in the nests were r...

Four phasmid species, Ramulus mikado (Rehn, 1904), Neohirasea japonica (de Haan, 1842), Phraortes elongatus (Thunberg, 1815) and Sipyloidea sipylus (Westwood, 1859) were recorded at the Ito Campus of Kyushu University, Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.

27 species of spiders are recorded from Ehime Prefecture (Shikoku, Japan). Gamasomorpha kusumii Komatsu, 1963, Asthenargus matsudae H. Saito & Ono, 2001, Kagurargus kikuyai Ono, 2007, Walckenaeria orientalis (Oliger, 1985), Agroeca kamurai Hayashi, 1992, Callilepis schuszteri (Herman, 1879), Zelotes tortuosus Kamura, 1987 and Neon minutus Żabka, 19...

16 species of spiders are recorded from Fukuoka Prefecture (Kyushu, Japan). Micaria dives (Lucas, 1846) is recorded for the first time from Fukuoka Prefecture.

An additional record of Lestica rufigaster Tsuneki, 1984 from Haha-jima Island, Ogawara Isls., Japan.

We newly record Foenatopus cinctus (Matsumura, 1912) from Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Yaku Island, and Iriomote Island, Japan. The variation on this species is reported by Hong et al. (2011) as vein 2-cu1 is 0.5–1.2 times as long as vein cu-a. However, some specimens we examined have vein 2-cu1 less than 0.5 times as long as vein cu-a or almost disapp...

Two species of Amiseginae are recorded from Ehime Prefecture in the collection of Ehime University Museum, Japan. Cladobethylus japonicus Kimsey, 1986 is newly recorded from Shikoku.

Strumigenys strigatella Bolton, 2000 and S. emmae (Emery, 1890) are recorded from Iriomote-jima Island. S. emmae is recorded from Iriomote-jima Is. for the first time.

46 hymenopteran species, Athalia infumata (Marlatt, 1898), Nesotaxonus flavescens (Marlatt, 1898), Phaneroserphus cristatus Townes, 1981, Proctotrupes gravidator (Linnaeus, 1758), Taeniogonalos fasciata (Strand, 1913), Diplazon scutatorius Teunissen, 1943, Syrphophilus bizonarius (Gravenhorst, 1829), Paracyphononyx alienus (Smith, 1879), Anoplius r...

Six species of ants were collected from Aguni-jima Island, the Ryukyus, Japan. Five species are newly recorded from the island, including the fourth record of female of Probolomyrmex okinawensis Terayama & Ogata, 1988 in Japan. In addition, checklist of ants on the island is provided for the first time.

Protaphidius nawaii (Ashmead, 1906) is recorded from Shodoshima Isl. This is the first record of this species from Shikoku.

Agenioideus cinctellus (Spinola, 1808) is recorded from Shikoku Island and Kyushu Island for the first time.

The african big-headed ant, Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) is recorded from Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. It was found in a building.

Derolathrus cavernicolus Peck, 2010 is recorded from Shikoku and Iriomote-jima, Japan. This is the first formal report of the family Jacobsoniidae from Japan.

This paper newly records Neolosbanus purpureoventris (Cameron, 1909) (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) collected from a nest of Brachyponera luteipes (Mayr, 1862) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Japan. The paper also reports additional collecting records of two known congeners, N. laeviceps (Gahan, 1940) and N. palgravei (Girault, 1922) as well as a key to...

Parastephanellus matsumotoi van Achterberg, 2006 is recorded from Fukuoka Prefecture (Kyushu, Japan) for the first time. They were collected only at night. According to present study and other collecting records, this species may be more active at night.

Rhadinoscelidia lixa sp. nov. is described from Thailand. It is the fifth species of the genus and second species from Thailand. A biological note on the species with its associated ants is provided.

Cenoscelis lateralis (Boheman, 1858) is recorded from Fukuoka Prefecture for the first time.

A rare ant parasitoid wasp, Psilocharis hypena (Chalcidoidea: Eucharitidae) is recorded from Honshu for the first time. In Gifu Prefecture, the wasp was collected around maiden grass, Miscanthus sinensis Andersson (Poales: Poaceae) where some workers of Nylanderia flavipes (Smith, 1874) walking.

A tramp species, Nylanderia amia (Forel, 1913) is recognized from Ehime prefecture and Kochi prefecture, Shikoku. This is the first record from Ehime prefecture and the second from Kochi prefecture. In addition, the records of this species in the north of the Osumi Islands were organized, and the rapid expansion of this species in recent years is d...

A rare and Japanese endemic species Lioponera daikoku (Terayama, 1996) was recorded for the first time from Yakushima Island, Shikoku and a locality of Honshu. According to those collecting records, overwintering of L. daikoku males and females in the nest after emergence and their nuptial flight during the following spring were suggested.

Distributions of 47 species of ants in Mt. Hiko-san (Northern Kyushu, Japan) were reported. In this list, Temnothorax kubira is recorded for the first time from Fukuoka Prefecture. In addition, a rare species Strumigenys rostrataeformis was collected.

Brussinocryptus orientalis (Uchida, 1932), Myrmeleonostenus babai Uchida, 1936 Euceros clypealis Barron, 1978, Astiphromma dorsale (Holmgren, 1858) and A. watanabei (Uchida, 1929) is recorded from Shikoku Island for the first time.

I recorded 42 species (eight families) of Hymenoptera from Ehime prefecture: Exochus momoii Tolkanitz, Netelia nigridorsalis Konishi, Netelia takaozana (Uchida), Gasteruption boreale (Thomson), Callipteroma sexguttata Motschulsky, Stigmatomma silvestrii Wheeler, Brachyponera chinensis (Emery), Brachyponera nakasujii (Yashiro et al.), Cryptopone sau...

The red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren, was first recorded from Japan during 2017. Since then, the Biodiversity Center, Ehime Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Science (BCEJ) has received a total of 70 reports about ants suspected to represent this species from the citizens of Ehime Prefecture. In addition, BCEJ...

A rare ant species, Proceratium japonicum recorded in Aichi prefecture (Central Japan, Honshu) for the first time. One of the author Ono collected them (worker and winged female) from rotten wood.

A big handsome fungus beetle, Eumorphus quadriguttatus pulchripes collected Kagoshima prefecture for the first time. It is the second prefectural record for this species from Kyushu island.

Lissocnemis brevipennis, an exotic species that first recorded from Japan in 2016 is collected from Fukuoka Prefecture. This is the first record from Kyushu Island. According to the observation, it visited flowers of Ampelopsis glandulosa in summer.

Neohybrizon gen. nov. is described from Japan (type species: Neohybrizon mutus sp. nov.). This new genus is characterized by much reduced mouth parts, long mesoscutum, absence of epicnemial carina, depressed posterocentral area of mesoscutum, slender stigma, short RS+M of fore wing, entirely straight M of fore wing, slender hind wing, long hind fem...

Caddo pepperella Shear, 1975 recorded from Matsuyama City, Ehime, Shikoku, Japan. This species collected for the first time in 40 years from Ehime Prefecture.

I collected ants at two localities in Akita Prefecture, when I took part in 60th annual meeting of the Myrmecological Society of Japan. As a result, 20 species in 15 genera including three newly recorded species (Strumigenys kumadori Yoshimura & Onoyama, 2007, Lordomyrma azumai Santschi, 1941 and Technomyrmex gibbosus Wheeler, 1906) from Akita are...

A tramp species, Nylanderia amia (Forel, 1913) is recorded from some localities in Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan. It became clear that they could overwinter in northern Kyushu.

The well-known tramp species, Tetramorium bicarinatum is recorded for the first time in Okayama prefecture, Honshu, Japan.

Myrmarachne elongata Szombathy, 1915 is recorded from Ehime Prefecture for the first time.

Enumeration of coleopterous insects collected in Awa-shima Island that is located in Seto Inland Sea in 2015 is provided. 12 species collected, three species new to the island.

Collecting records of six winged ants species, Lordomyrma azumai Santschi, 1941, Formica lamani Bondroit, 1917, Lasius umbratus (Nylander, 1846), Camponotus keihitoi Forel, 1913, C. nawai Ito, 1914, and Polyrhachis phalerate Menozzi, 1926 in Ehime provided. L. umbratus new to Ehime.

The rare hoverfly Microdon shirakii newly recorded from Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan. This species discovered for the first time in Shikoku Island.

Members of the Hybrizontinae are small to medium sized ichneumon flies with body length of 3 – 12 mm, and it is known to parasitize on the ant larvae. Regarding the oviposition behavior of this subfamily, Cobelli (1906) reported on Ogkosoma cremieri, Komatsu & Konishi (2010) reported on Ogkosoma cremieri and a species of undescribed genus, Gómez Du...

[I conducted a survey on the ant fauna in Shiroyama Park centering Matsuyama castle build in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture. As a result, 58 species including six newly recorded species from Ehime are recognized. It is very large as the number of species collected in one survey site, and it is equivalent to about 60% of species known in Ehime Prefectu...

A rare and subterranean ant species Protanilla izanagi Terayama, 2013 is recorded from Kyoto Prefecture, Western Japan.

Five rare or unrecorded ants, Discothyrea sauteri Forel, Strumigenys mazu Terayama et al., Strumigenys mutica (Brown), Crematogaster nawai Ito and Camponotus bishamon Terayama is recognized from Ainan Town, Southern Shikoku.

A rare ichneumonid wasp, Xanthopimpla naenia is recorded from Shikoku (Ehime Prefecture) for the first time.