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Munetoshi Maruyama Last modified date:2023.04.28

Associate Professor / Entomological Laboratory, Graduate School of Agriculture,
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Phone
092-642-4292
Academic Degree
Doctor of Philosophy
Country of degree conferring institution (Overseas)
No
Field of Specialization
Entomology, Zoology, Taxonomy, Phylogenetics
ORCID(Open Researcher and Contributor ID)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4531-1008
Total Priod of education and research career in the foreign country
05years00months
Outline Activities

1. Systematics and evolutionary studies on myrmecphilous insects
2. Taxonomy and phylogeny of Membracidae
3. Public awareness on insect diversity
Research
Research Interests
  • Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies of myrmecophilous insects
    keyword : myrmechophilous Staphylinidae Coleoptera taxonomy evolution systematics diversity
    2008.01~2028.121. Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies of myrmecophilous insects Myrmecophily is a phenomenon whereby an animal depends on ant societies or colonies during part or all of its life; in other words, the animal is inquilinous to ants. This dependency is mainly observed in insects, and diverse groups of insects exhibit myrmecophily. These types of insects are called myrmecophilous insects or myrmecophiles. To gain a fuller understanding of the biodiversity and evolution of myrmecophilous insects, I have undertaken several projects in the following areas: Taxonomy: The species diversity of Japanese ants has been well clarified, and much applied and ecological research has been conducted based on ant taxonomic data. However, little information has been obtained on the biodiversity of Japanese myrmecophilous insects and there remain largely unsurveyed Asian areas, apart from Japan. First, I aim to create a framework of general biological information on Asian myrmecophilous insects, particularly staphylinid beetles, paussine beetles, myrmecophilous hoverflies and myrmecophilous crickets, based mainly on taxonomic studies and arrangements of their bionomic data. Myrmecophilous insects have very interesting life histories and associations with ant communities. Consequently, the taxonomic study of myrmecophilous insects in itself provides many topics that may constitute bases for evolutionary or ecological studies. Phylogeny: Myrmecophilous insects are associated with many kinds of ants. Most species have restricted host specificity, and myrmecophilous insects are considered to have diversified along with the diversification of ants. For this reason, in many cases, myrmecophilous insects may be suitable for use in studies of the co-evolution of symbiotic systems. However, relatively few studies on myrmecophile co-evolution have been carried out to date. I plan to make analyses of the phylogenies of both ants and myrmecophiles, inferred from molecular information, to examine their evolutionary processes. To this end, I am presently examining a symbiotic system between staphylinid beetles and army ants of the genus Aenictus. 2. Evolution of social parasitic ants focusing on ants of the genus Lasius Apart from the inquilines of ants such as the myrmecophiles introduced above, I am also interested in the evolution of social parasitic ants. I have undertaken a number of projects focused largely on ants of the genus Lasius. Lasius ants are mainly distributed in the subarctic to temperate zones of the Holoarctic region. They depend on the honey drops of melliferous aphids or coccids as their principal food, and they are the commonest ants in their distributional ranges. Six subgenera (Lasius, Cautolasius, Chthonolasius, Dendrolasius, Austrolasius, Acanthomyops) are known in the genus Lasius, of which four subgenera other than Lasius and Cautolasius are known to be temporary social parasites, parasitizing ants of the other Lasius subgenera. My main focus is on the evolution of social parasitism in the genus. The host-parasite relationship within the genus Lasius is exceptionally complicated, as compared to host-parasite relationships in other ant genera. I collect material from the tribe Lasini, to which Lasius belongs, on a worldwide basis, and conduct molecular analyses on this material. Almost all representatives of the genus Lasius (members of all subgenera) have been accumulated, and the evolutionary history of social parasitism in Lasius is becoming clear. I am also investigating the evolution of the chemical makeup of the mandibular and poison gland contents in Lasius, based on gas chromatography analysis and bioassays. Ants have many kinds of secretory glands and secrete diverse chemical substances from those glands for communication between nest mates and defence against enemies. In the genus Lasius, the developmental state of each secretory gland is highly diverse among species, as compared to other ant groups. I expect this study will prove to be crucial in clarifying the complicated host-parasite relationship in Lasius. 3. Higher phylogeny and classification of the staphylinid subfamily Aleocharinae The staphylinid subfamily Aleocharinae is one of the most taxonomically problematic groups in the Coleoptera, i.e., except for a few groups, its species diversity has not been comprehensively investigated, and its higher taxonomy is quite chaotic. The Aleocharinae are a major group of myrmecophilous insects, and it is vital to study the systematics of aleocharine beetles in order to understand myrmecophilous insects. The chaotic situation surrounding the higher classification of Aleocharinae tends to be a barrier to the systematic study of aleocharine taxa (genera or tribes). Therefore, although it is a gargantuan project, I intend to carry out an investigation that will clarify the higher phylogeny and classification of the Aleocharinae. As one aspect of this project, I will make a generic revision of the tribe Lomechusini, which is comprised mostly of myrmecophilous species, and which is highly confused with regard to subtribal and generic concepts, I will also conduct a comparative morphological study of the members of related tribes (“higher” aleocharines)..
  • Taxonomy and phylogeny of treehoppers
    keyword : membracidae
    2015.06~2028.06.
Academic Activities
Books
1. The Guests of Japanese Ants.
2. Essays on beetles in forest and waterside.
Papers
1. Maruyama, M., Yamada Aiki, Nakase Yuta, Aung Mu Mu, Nguyen Duc Hiep, Sakchoowong Watana, Two new species of the Genus Paussus Linné, 1775 allied to P. bicolor Raffray, 1886 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussinae) from Southeast Asia, Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 28, 1, 5-8, 2022.06.
2. TianTian Liu, Hiroki Ono, Maruyama Munetoshi, Revision of the intertidal rove beetle genus Bryothinusa from Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 61, 1, 2021.05.
3. TianTian Liu, Hiroki Ono, Maruyama Munetoshi, A new species and new record of the intertidal rove beetle genus Bryothinusa Casey (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Myllaenini) from Japan, Zootaxa, 4743, 4, 585-593, 2020.02.
4. Munetoshi Maruyama, Revision of the hystrix Westwood, 1850 group of the genus Paussus Linné, 1775 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussinae) I. Descriptions of nineteen new species., Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 22, 1, 55-86, 2016.06.
5. Munetoshi Maruyama, Katsura Morimoto, Luca Bartolozzi, Watana Sakchoowong, Rosli Hashim, On the myrmecophilous genus Systellus Kleine (Coleoptera: Brentidae), with systematic and biological notes on S. mentaweicus (Senna), Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 62, 805-811, 2014.12.
6. Munetoshi Maruyama, Shuhei Yamamoto, Taro Eldredge, Synopsis of the Japanese species of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), I. Tribes Himalusini and Leucocraspedini, Zootaxa, 3887, 393-400, 2015.12.
7. Munetoshi Maruyama, Taisuke Kanao, Taxonomy of the termitophilous genus Termitodonia Cameron (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), Koleopterologische Rundschau, 84, 193-200, 2014.10.
8. Munetoshi Maruyama, Takashi Komatsu, Yuji Katayama, Xiao Bing Song, Watana Sakchoowong, Myrmecophilous rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) associated with Aenictus hodgsoni (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Thailand, with description of two new genera and three new species, Zootaxa, 3796, 361-373, 2014.06.
9. Munetoshi Maruyama, Luca Bartolozzi, et alii, A new genus and species of myrmecophilous brentid beetle (Coleoptera: Brentidae) inhabiting the myrmecophytic epiphytes in the Bornean rainforest canopy, Zootaxa, 3786, 73-78, 2014.04.
10. Munetoshi Maruyama, Four new species of Ceratoderus Westwood, 1842 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussinae) from Indochina., Esakia, 54, 33-40, 2013.03.
11. Munetoshi Maruyama, Two new species of the genus Paussus Linné, 1775 (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussinae) from Thailand, Esakia, 54, 27-31, 2014.03.
12. Munetoshi Maruyama, Lothar Zerche, Japanese species of the myrmecophilous genus Thiasophila Kraatz, 1856 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). , Esakia, 54, 27-31, 2014.03.
13. Munetoshi Maruyama, Termitotrox cupido sp. n. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae), a new termitophilous scarab species from the Indo-Chinese subregion, associated with Hypotermes termites, Zookeys, 10.3897/zookeys.254.4285, 254, 89-97, 2012.12.
14. Munetoshi Maruyama, A new genus and species of flightless, microphthalmic Corythoderini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from Cambodia, associated with Macrotermes termites, Zootaxa, 3555, 83-88, 2012.11.
15. Maruyama, M., Kanao, T., Iwata, R., Discovery of two aleocharine staphylinid species (Coleoptera) associated with Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera:
Rhinotermitidae) from Central Japan, with a review of the possible natural distribution of C. formosanus in Japan and surrounding countries., Sociobiology, 59, 605-616., 2012.08.
16. Maruyama, M., Nomura, S., Sakchoowong, W., A new species of the genus Euplatyrhopalus (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussinae) from Thailand. , Esakia, (52), 5-7., 2012.03.
17. Maruyama, M., Matsumoto, T., Itioka, T. , Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) associated with Aenictus laeviceps (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Sarawak, Malaysia: Strict host specificity, and first myrmecoid Aleocharini. , Zootaxa, 3102, 1–26., 2011.10.
18. Maruyama, M., Redescription of Liometoxenus paradoxus (Scriba) comb.n., and comments on the systematic position of Liometoxenus Kistner, Jensen & Jacobson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)., Koleopterologische Rundschau, 81, 173-177., 2011.06.
19. Maruyama, M., Nomura, S., Taxonomy of the genus Stereomera Arrow, 1905 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae), with description of a new species from Peninsular Malaysia. , Special Publication of the Japanese Society of Scarabaeoidology, 1, 171-175., 2011.04.
20. Maruyama, M., New record of the seashore genus Salinamexus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Japan, with descriptions of a new species., Esakia, 50, 105-114, 2011.02.
21. Maruyama, M., New record of the seashore genus Heterota (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Japan, with description of a new species., Esakia, 50, 97-104, 2011.02.
22. Maruyama, M., Ueno, T., Sakchoowong W., Coenochilus thailandicus (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae), a new species of Cremastocheilini from Thailand., Esakia, 50, 93-96, 2011.02.
23. Maruyama, M. , Pterorhopalus mizotai (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussinae), a new genus and species of Platyrhopalina from Sabah, Borneo., Esakia, 50, 89-92, 2011.02.
24. Maruyama, M., Komatsu, T., Disney, R. H. L. , Discovery of the termitophilous subfamily Termitoxeniinae (Diptera,Phoridae)in Japan, with description of a new genus and species., Entomological Science, 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2010.00409.x, 14, 1, 75–81, 2011.01.
25. Maruyama, M., von Beeren, C., Witte, V., Aleocharine rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) associated with Leptogenys Roger,1861 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) II. Two new genera and two new species associated with L. borneensis Wheeler,1919., ZooKeys, 10.3897/zookeys.59.511, 59, 61-72, 2011.10.
26. Maruyama, M., von Beeren, C., Hashim, R., Aleocharine rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) associated with Leptogenys Roger,1861 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) I. Review of three genera associated with L. distinguenda (Emery,1887) and L. mutabilis (Smith,1861), ZooKeys, 10.3897/zookeys.59.510, 59, 47-60, 2011.10.
27. Munetoshi Maruyama, A new genus and species of myrmecophilous aphodiine beetle (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae) inhabiting the myrmecophytic epiphyte Platycerium sp. (Polypodiaceae) in the Bornean rainforest canopy. In: Ratcliffe B, Krell F-T (Eds) Current advances in Scarabaeoidea research, Zookeys, 34, 49-54, 2010.01.
28. Munetoshi Maruyama, On the myrmecophilous genus Losiusa Seevers, 1978 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), Esakia, 49, 111-117, 2010.05.
29. Munetoshi Maruyama, A new species of the genus Merismoderus (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussinae) from Laos, with a revised key of the genus and a new combination, Esakia, 49, 107-109, 2010.05.
30. Munetoshi Maruyama, Rhinocerotopsis nakasei (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae), a new genus and species of Stereomerini from Peninsular Malaysia, Esakia, 49, 103-106, 2010.05.
31. Munetoshi Maruyama, Masakazu Hayashi, Description of the intertidal aleocharine Halorhadinus sawadai sp.n. from Japan, with notes on the genus Halorhadinus Sawada, 1971, Koleopterologische Rundschau, 79, 71-82, 2010.06.
32. Munetoshi Maruyama, Toshiharu Akino, Rosli Hashim, Takashi Komatsu, Behavior and cuticular hydrocarbons of myrmecophilous insects (Tysanura; Coleoptera: Staphylinidae; Diptera: Phoridae) associated with Asian Aenictus army ants (Hymenoptera; Formicidae), Sociobiology,, 54, 1, 19-35, 2009.03.
33. Munetoshi Maruyama, Giraffaenictus eguchii (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), a new genus and species of fully myrmecoid myrmecophile from a colony of Aenictus binghami (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Aenictinae) in Vietnam, Esakia, (48): 51-56, 2008.11.
34. Munetoshi Maruyama, Yuji Katayama, Wanata Sakchoowong, Shûhei Nomura, First record of Lebioderus (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Paussinae) from the Indochinese Peninsula, with description of a new Species, Esakia, (48): 47-49, 2008.11.
35. Munetoshi Maruyama, Brian L. Patrick, Jan Klimaszewski, First record of the genus Myrmedonota Cameron (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from North America, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa, 1716:35-43, 2008.02, [URL].
36. Munetoshi Maruyama, Jan Klimaszewski, Vladimir Gusarov, Osakatheta yasukoae, a new intertidal genus and species of athetine rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Japan, Zootaxa, 1683:39-50 , 2008.01, [URL].
37. Munetoshi Maruyama, R. Henry Disney, Scuttle flies associated with Old World army ants in Malaysia (Diptera: Phoridae; Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Dorylinae), Sociobiology, 51(1):65-71, 2008.03.
38. Munetoshi Maruyama, Henry R. Disney, Rosli Hashim , Three new species of legless, wingless scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) associated with army ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Malaysia, Sociobiology, 52(3): 485-496, 2008.10.
39. Munetoshi Maruyama, Florian M Steiner, Christian Stauffer, Toshiharu Akino, Ross H Crozier, Birgit C Schlick-Steiner, A DNA and morphology based phylogenetic framework of the ant genus Lasius with hypotheses for the evolution of social parasitism and fungiculture, BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2008, 8:237, 2008.08.
Membership in Academic Society
  • Entomological Society of Japan
  • Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology
  • Japan Coleopterological Society
  • Coleopterological Society of Japan
Awards
  • Young Researcher Award of Entomological Society of Japan
  • Maruyama, M., Komatsu, T., Disney, R. H. L. 2011. Discovery of the termitophilous subfamily Termitoxeniinae (Diptera,Phoridae)in Japan, with description of a new genus and species. Entomological Science, 14: 75-81.
Educational
Educational Activities
I am teaching taxonomy and phylogeny of insects.