The army ant Aenictus wroughtonii (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Aenictinae) and related species in the Oriental region, with descriptions of two new species.
- W. Jaitrong, S. Yamane, D. Wiwatwitaya
- Biology
- 2010
Traditional land use associated with swidden agriculture changes encounter rates of the top predator, the army ant, in Southeast Asian tropical rain forests
- T. Matsumoto, T. Itioka, S. Yamane, K. Momose
- Environmental ScienceBiodiversity and Conservation
- 17 April 2009
We examined the effect of traditional swidden agriculture on biodiversity using the litter arthropod top predator, the army ant Aenictus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as an indicator species in and…
An invasive alien hornet, Vespa velutina nigrithorax du Buysson (Hymenoptera, Vespidae), found in Kitakyushu, Kyushu Island: a first record of the species from mainland Japan.
- Y. Minoshima, S. Yamane, T. Ueno
- Biology
- 2015
Queen/worker size dimorphism in an oriental polistine wasp,Ropalidia montana Carl (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
There is no size overlap between queens and workers with respect to the width of first gastral tergite and the length of second gastral Tergite in Ropalidia montana.
Early male production in a subtropical paper waspRopalidia fasciata (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
In Okinawa, R. fasciata males emerge at all stages of the colony cycle and they can inseminate first brood females, which can found their own nests, lay female-destined eggs on these, or work for their natal colonies.
Ground ant fauna in a Bornean dipterocarp forest.
. - The ant fauna of the forest floor was studied in a Bornean lowland dipterocarp forest using honey baits. A total of 51 species belonging to 23 genera was collected from 90 (45 daytime + 45 night)…
Further observation of a recently found sense organ in some euniciforms, with special reference to Lumbrineris longifolia (Polychaeta, Lumbrineridae)
- I. Hayashi, S. Yamane
- Biology
- 1997
Extensive ultrastructural observations of a presumed sense organ, recently described at the ventral base of each dorsal cirrus in some euniciforms, were made in this study, especially focusing on the…
Multiple behavioral options in a primitively social wasp,Parischnogaster mellyi
- S. Yamane, S. F. Sakagami, R. Ohgushi
- BiologyInsectes Sociaux
- 1 December 1983
SummaryA primitively social wasp,Parischnogaster mellyi founds nests by single foundresses. As nests are often abandoned but soon reoccupied by other females, stepmother-stepdaughter associations are…
Isolation and characterization of eight microsatellite loci in two morphotypes of the Southeast Asian army ant, Aenictus laeviceps
- K. Hamaguchi, T. Matsumoto, M. Maruyama, Y. Hashimoto, S. Yamane, T. Itioka
- Biology
- 1 November 2007
Eight polymorphic microsatellite markers were developed from morphotype L1 of the Southeast Asian army ant, Aenictus laeviceps in Borneo, and characterized for morphotypes L1 and L2, and all markers successfully amplified in morphotype S, and some markers amplified in other AenICTus species.
Two new species of the ant genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from Sumatra
Two new species of the ant genus Myrmecina Curtis, 1829 are described and illustrated based on the worker and queen castes collected in Sumatra, Indonesia under the names M. andalas sp. nov. and M.…
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