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*: corresponding author, †: equally contribution.

 

98. Yamamoto, S.* (2024) First fossil eleusinin rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae: Eleusinini) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar and its evolutionary implications. Palaeoworld, 33(1): 152–161. (doi: 10.1016/j.palwor.2023.01.007).

 

97. Li, H.-Y., Zhuo, D., Wang, B., Nakamine, H., Yamamoto, S., Zhang, W.-W., Ling, J.-N., Ohl, M., Aspöck, U., Aspöck, H., Liu, X.-Y.* (2023) New genera and species of Mantispoidea (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, northern Myanmar. Palaeoentomology, 6(6): 549–611. (doi: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.6.1).

 

96. Yamamoto, S.* (2023) Parabolitobius antiquus sp. nov., the first Mesozoic amber inclusion of mycetoporine rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Mycetoporinae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 26(4): 102155. (doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2023.102155).

 

95. Yamamoto, S.* (2023) The southernmost record of Dorcus hopei binodulosus Waterhouse, 1874 (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) from Tanega-shima Island, the North Ryukyus, Southwestern Japan. Elytra, Tokyo, New Series, 13(2): 287–291.

 

94. Caterino, M.S.*, Yamamoto, S. (2023) New onthophiline fossil species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Onthophilinae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 77(3): 432–438. (doi: 10.1649/0010-065X-77.3.432).

 

93. von Beeren, C.*, Pohl, S., Fikáček, M., Kleinfelder, S., Tishechkin, A.K., Yamamoto, S., Chani-Posse, M., Żyła, D., Tokareva, A., Maruyama, M., Hall, W.E., Sandoval, L.P., Kronauer, D.J.C.* (2023) Army ant middens – Home and nursery of a diverse beetle fauna. Ecology and Evolution, 13: e10451. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.10451).

 

92. Li, Y.-D., Tihelka, E., Yamamoto, S., Newton, A.F., Xia, F.-Y., Liu, Y., Huang, D.-Y., Cai, C.-Y.* (2023) Mesozoic Notocupes revealed as the sister group of Cupedidae (Coleoptera: Archostemata). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11: 1015627. (doi: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1015627).

 

91. Yamamoto, S.*, Caterino, M.S. (2023) A remarkable new fossil species of Amplectister with peculiar hindleg modifications (Coleoptera: Histeridae): further evidence for myrmecophily in Cretaceous clown beetles. Palaeoworld, 32(3): 481–489. (doi: 10.1016/j.palwor.2022.09.010).

 

90. Hashizume, T.*, Yamamoto, S., Maruyama, M. (2023) Revision of the genera Pseudatheta Cameron and Phymatura Sahlberg (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Japan. Zootaxa, 5319(1): 27–47. (doi: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5319.1.2).

 

89. Yamamoto, S.* (2023) The smallest stag beetles (Coleoptera, Lucanidae): hidden paleodiversity in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber from northern Myanmar. Evolutionary Systematics, 7(2): 211–235. (doi: 10.3897/evolsyst.7.104597).

 

88. Yamamoto, S.* (2023) A new species of Prosolierius rove beetle with highly modified antennae from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Solieriinae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 26(2): 102075. (doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2023.102075).

 

87. Yamamoto, S.*, Newton, A.F. (2023) The earliest fossil record of the extant rove beetle genus Phloeocharis from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar and its biogeographic implications (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Phloeocharinae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 26(2): 102050. (doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2023.102050).

 

86. Li, Y.-D., Yamamoto, S., Newton, A.F., Cai, C.-Y.* (2023) Kekveus brevisulcatus sp. nov., a new featherwing beetle from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae). PeerJ, 11: e15306. (doi: 10.7717/peerj.15306).

 

85. Yamamoto, S.*, Qodri, A. (2023) A new stag beetle species of the genus Gnaphaloryx Burmeister from Java, western Indonesia (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Oriental Insects, 57(2): 707–727. (doi: 10.1080/00305316.2022.2120920).

 

84. Tokareva, A.*, Koszela, K., Ferreira, V.S., Yamamoto, S., Żyła, D.* (2023) The oldest case of paedomorphosis in rove beetles and description of a new genus of Paederinae from Cretaceous amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Scientific Reports, 7: 45904. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-32446-2)

 

83. Yamamoto, S.*, Sengsay, S. (2023) First country record of the stag beetle species Falcicornis mellianus (Kriesche, 1921) (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) from Laos. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 77(1): 16–18. (doi: 10.1649/0010-065X-77.1.16).

 

82. Nakamine, H., Yamamoto, S., Takahashi, Y., Liu X.* (2023) A remarkable new genus of Nevrorthidae (Neuroptera, Osmyloidea). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 70(1): 113–120. (doi: 10.3897/dez.70.98873).

 

81. Fikáček, M.*, Yamamoto, S., Matsumoto, K., Beutel, R.G., Maddison, D.R. (2023) Phylogeny and systematics of Sphaeriusidae (Coleoptera: Myxophaga): minute living fossils with underestimated past and present-day diversity. Systematic Entomology, 48(2): 233–249. (doi: 10.1111/syen.12571).

 

80. Motyka, M.†, Kazantsev, S.V.†, Kusy, D., Perkovsky, E.E., Yamamoto, S.*, Bocak, L.* (2023) Eocene aposematic patterns persist in modern European Lycidae beetles despite the absence of co-mimics. iScience, 26(3): 106217. (doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106217).

 

79. Maquart, P.-O.*, Yamamoto, S., Sopha, S., Chhorn, S., Phak, S., Sinovas, P., Phauk, S., Boyer, S. (2023) Stag beetle fauna of Cambodia (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 26(1): 102008. (doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2022.102008).

 

78. Yamada, K.*, Yamamoto, S., Takahashi, Y. (2023) A new remarkable cimicoid genus and species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Cimicomorpha) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, with implications for its aberrant male genitalia. Fossil Record, 26(1): 27–38. (doi: 10.3897/fr.26.e86784).

 

77. Hashizume, T., Yamamoto, S., Maruyama, M.* (2023) Taxonomic notes on the genus Pseudoligota Cameron (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from Japan. Zootaxa, 5227(1): 100–108. (doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.4).

 

76. Richter, A.*, Boudinot, B.E., Yamamoto, S., Katzke, J., Beutel, R.G. (2022) The first reconstruction of the head anatomy of a Cretaceous insect, †Gerontoformica gracilis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), and the early evolution of ants. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 6(5): 4. (doi: 10.1093/isd/ixac013).

 

75. Yamamoto, S.*, Suzumura, A.L. (2022) First record of Aleochara (Emplenota) segregata Yamamoto et Maruyama, 2012 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from North Korea. Elytra, Tokyo, New Series, 12(1): 72–74. Link

 

74. Nakamine, H.*, Yamamoto, S., Takahashi, Y. (2022) Archaeomegalomus gen. nov.: A remarkable new brown lacewing from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber from northern Myanmar (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae). Zootaxa, 5178(4): 380–390. (doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.4.4).

 

73. Li, Y.-D., Peris, D., Yamamoto, S., Hsiao, Y., Newton, A.F., Cai, C.-Y.* (2022) Revisiting the Raractocetus fossils from Mesozoic and Cenozoic amber deposits (Coleoptera: Lymexylidae). Insects, 13(9): 768. (doi: 10.3390/insects13090768).

 

72. Boudinot, B.E.*, Richter, A., Katzke, J., Chaul, J.C.M., Economo, E.P., Beutel, R.G., Yamamoto, S. (2022) Evidence for the evolution of eusociality in stem ants and a systematic revision of †Gerontoformica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 195(4): 1355–1389. (doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab097).

 

71. Nakamine, H.†, *, Yamamoto, S.†, Takahashi, Y., Li, H., Liu X.* (2022) A remarkable new thorny lacewing from mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Neuroptera: Rhachiberothidae). PalZ, 96(2): 207–217. (doi: 10.1007/s12542-021-00589-0). [Cover photo]

 

70. Yamamoto, S.*, Shavrin, A.V., Kairišs, K. (2022) A second fossil species of the enigmatic rove beetle genus Charhyphus in Eocene Baltic amber, with implications on the morphology of the female genitalia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Phloeocharinae). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 113(1): 39–50. (doi: 10.1017/S1755691021000360). [Cover photo] Postprint

 

69. Cai, C.†, *, Tihelka, E.†, *, Giacomelli, M., Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A., Kundrata, R., Yamamoto, S., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F., Leschen, R.A.B., Gimmel, M.L., Lü, L., Engel, M.S., Bouchard, P., Huang, D., Pisani, D., Donoghue, P.C.J.* (2022) Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles. Royal Society Open Science, 9(3): 211771. (doi: 10.1098/rsos.211771).

 

68. Yamamoto, S.*, Nazarenko, V.Y., Vasilenko, D.V., Perkovsky, E.E.* (2022) First fossil species of ship-timber beetles (Coleoptera, Lymexylidae) from Eocene Rovno amber (Ukraine). Fossil Record, 25(1): 65–74. (doi: 10.3897/fr.25.81054).

 

67. Liu, T.-T., Nozaki, T., Yamamoto, S., Maruyama, M.* (2022) Synopsis of the Japanese species of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with review of the type specimens II. Genus Myllaena Erichson of tribe Myllaenini, with redescription of four Japanese species. Zootaxa, 5091(2): 373–382. (doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5091.2.8).

 

66. Telnov, D.*, Perkovsky, E.E., Vasilenko, D.V., Yamamoto, S. (2021) The first fossil Coleoptera record from the Volyn Region, Ukraine, with description of a new Glesoconomorphus (Coleoptera, Mycteridae) in syninclusion with Winterschmidtiidae (Acari) and a key to species. ZooKeys, 1068: 189–201. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1068.75391).

 

65. Taniguchi, R.*, Nishino, H., Watanabe, H., Yamamoto, S., Iba, Y. (2021) Reconstructing the ecology of a Cretaceous cockroach: destructive and high-resolution imaging of its micro sensory organs. The Science of Nature, 108: 45. (doi: 10.1007/s00114-021-01755-9).

 

64. Yoshizawa, K.*, Yamamoto, S. (2021) The earliest fossil record of the suborder Psocomorpha (Insecta: Psocodea) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, with description of a new genus and species. Insecta matsumurana, new series, 77: 1–15. PDF

 

63. Yamamoto, S.*, Newton, A.F. (2021) First fossil trichophyine rove beetle from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Trichophyinae). Cretaceous Research, 127: 104951. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104951).

 

62. Souma, J., Yamamoto, S.*, Takahashi, Y. (2021) A new species of the fossil lace bug genus Burmacader (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar, with implication of the male genital structures. Cretaceous Research, 126: 104911. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104911).

 

61. Yamamoto, S.* (2021) The extant telephone-pole beetle genus Micromalthus discovered in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Micromalthidae). Historical Biology, 33(7): 941–948. (doi: 10.1080/08912963.2019.1670174).

 

60. Tihelka, E., Yamamoto, S., Huang, D., Cai, C.* (2021) Enigmatic tenebrionoid beetles from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea). Cretaceous Research, 123: 104779. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104779).

  

59. Li, Y.-D., Yamamoto, S., Huang, D.-Y., Cai, C.-Y.* (2021) New species of Paraodontomma from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber with muscle tissue preservation (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 61: e20216153. (doi: 10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.53).

 

58. Souma, J., Yamamoto, S.*, Takahashi, Y. (2021) Discovery of the smallest lace bug from mid-Cretaceous of northern Myanmar supports the hypothesis of a miniaturization phenomenon of insects in Kachin amber (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae). Taxonomy, 1(2): 60–68. (doi: 10.3390/taxonomy1020007).

 

57. Yamamoto, S.* (2021) Tachyporinae revisited: Phylogeny, evolution, and higher classification based on morphology, with recognition of a new rove beetle subfamily (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Biology, 10(4): 323. (doi: 10.3390/biology10040323).

 

56. Yin, Z.-W.†, *, Lü, L.†, *, Yamamoto, S., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F., Cai, C.-Y. (2021) Dasycerine rove beetles: Cretaceous diversification, phylogeny, and historical biogeography. Cladistics, 37(2): 185–210. (doi: 10.1111/cla.12430).

 

55. Li, Y.-D., Tihelka, E., Yamamoto, S., Huang, D.-Y., Cai, C.-Y.* (2020) A close affinity of the enigmatic genus Stegocoleus with Lepidomma revealed by new fossil evidence (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae). Palaeoentomology, 3(6): 632–640. (doi: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.6.15).

 

54. Li, Y.-D., Yamamoto, S., Huang, D.-Y., Cai, C.-Y.* (2020) A miniaturized ommatid beetle in mid‑Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 60: e20206063. (doi: 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.63).

 

53. Shavrin, A.V.*, Yamamoto, S. (2020) A remarkable new species of the rove beetle genus Anthobium Leach, 1819 from Eocene Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Omaliinae). ZooKeys, 973: 89–101. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.973.53940).

 

52. Nakamine, H.*, Yamamoto, S., Takahashi, Y. (2020) Hidden diversity of small predators: new thorny lacewings from mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Neuroptera: Rhachiberothidae: Paraberothinae). Geological Magazine, 157(7): 1149–1175. (doi: 10.1017/S0016756820000205).

 

51. Jałoszyński, P.*, Luo, X.-Z., Hammel, J.G., Yamamoto, S., Beutel, R.G. (2020) The mid-Cretaceous †Lepiceratus gen. nov. and the evolution of the relict beetle family Lepiceridae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Myxophaga). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 18(13): 1127–1140. (doi: 10.1080/14772019.2020.1747561).

 

50. Liu, Y., Tihelka, E., Yamamoto, S., Yin, Z., Huang, D., Tian, L.*, Cai, C.* (2020) The first fossil record of the rove beetle subfamily Protopselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research, 110: 104416. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104416).

 

49. Yamamoto, S.*, Newton, A.F. (2020) First record of the flat rove beetle genus Eupiestus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Piestinae) from Thailand. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 74(1): 106–108. (doi: 10.1649/0010-065X-74.1.106).

 

48. Liu Z., Tihelka, E., McElrath, T.*, Yamamoto, S., Ślipiński, A., Wang, B., Ren, D., Pang, H. (2020) New minute clubbed beetles (Coleoptera, Monotomidae, Lenacini) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research, 107: 104255. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104255).

 

47. Fikáček, M.*, Beutel, R.G.†, Cai, C.†, Lawrence, J.F.†, Newton, A.F.†, Solodovnikov, A.†, Ślipiński, A.†, Thayer, M.K.†, Yamamoto, S.† (2020) Reliable placement of beetle fossils via phylogenetic analyses – Triassic Leehermania as a case study (Staphylinidae or Myxophaga?). Systematic Entomology, 45(1): 175–187. (doi: 10.1111/syen.12386). [Featured in “Smithsonian Magazine”, “ScienceDaily”, etc.]

 

46. Hirano, T.†,*, Asato, K.†, Yamamoto, S.†, Takahashi, Y., Chiba, S. (2019) Cretaceous amber fossils highlight the evolutionary history and morphological conservatism of land snails. Scientific Reports, 9: 15886. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51840-3).

 

45. Żyła, D.*, Yamamoto, S., Jenkins Shaw, J. (2019) Total-evidence approach reveals an extinct lineage of Paederinae rove beetles from the Cretaceous Burmese amber. Palaeontology, 62(6): 935–949. (doi: 10.1111/pala.12435).

 

44. Jałoszyński, P.*, Yamamoto, S. (2019) †Rovnoleptochromus balticus sp. nov., a new Upper Eocene ant-like stone beetle. Annales Zoologici, 69(3): 535–540. (doi: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2019.69.3.004).  [Cover photo]

 

43. Brunke, J.A.*, Żyła, D., Yamamoto, S., Solodovnikov, A. (2019) Baltic amber Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae): a rove beetle fauna on the eve of our modern climate. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 187(1): 166–197. (doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz021).

 

42. Shavrin, A.V.*, Yamamoto, S. (2019) Unexpected palaeodiversity of omaliine rove beetles in Eocene Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae). ZooKeys, 863: 35–83. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.863.34662).

 

41. Yamamoto, S.*, Caron, E., Bortoluzzi, S. (2019) Propiestus archaicus, the first Mesozoic amber inclusion of piestine rove beetles and its evolutionary and biogeographical significance (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Piestinae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 17(15): 1037–1050. (doi: 10.1080/14772019.2018.1517282). [Featured in “Forbes”, etc.] 

 

40. Yamamoto, S.*, Takahashi, Y. (2019) First and oldest Leptochirini rove beetles illuminate diverse cephalic structures in the Cretaceous (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae). Systematic Entomology, 44(3): 588–611. (doi: 10.1111/syen.12342).

 

39. Yamamoto, S.* (2019) Fossil evidence of elytra reduction in ship-timber beetles. Scientific Reports, 9: 4938. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-41310-1).

 

38. Cai, C.*, Lawrence, J.F., Yamamoto, S., Leschen, R.A.B., Newton, A.F., Ślipiński, A., Yin, Z., Huang, D., Engel, M.S. (2019) Basal polyphagan beetles in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar: biogeographic implications and long-term morphological stasis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286(1894): 20182175. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2175).

 

37. Kypke, J.*, Solodovnikov, A., Brunke, A.J., Yamamoto, S., Żyła, D. (2019) The past and the present through phylogenetic analysis: the rove beetle tribe Othiini now and 99 Ma. Systematic Entomology, 44(1): 1–18. (doi: 10.1111/syen.12305).

 

36. Nakamine, H.*, Yamamoto, S. (2018) A new genus and species of thorny lacewing (Neuroptera: Rhachiberothidae) from Upper Cretaceous Kuji amber, northeastern Japan. ZooKeys, 802: 109–120. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.802.28754). プレスリリース [Featured in “NHK News”, “The Yomiuri Shimbun”, “The Asahi Shimbun”, “Kyodo News”, “The Nihon Keizai Shinbun”, “The Mainichi Shimbun”, “The Sankei Shimbun”, “The Tokyo Shimbun”, etc.]

 

35. Jałoszyński, P.*, Brunke, A.J., Yamamoto, S., Takahashi, Y. (2018) Evolution of Mastigitae: Mesozoic and Cenozoic fossils crucial for reclassification of extant tribes (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 184(3): 623–652. (doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly010). 閲覧・ダウンロード

 

34. Yamamoto, S.†,*, Grebennikov, V.V.†, Takahashi, Y. (2018) Kekveus jason gen. et sp. nov. from Cretaceous Burmese amber, the first extinct genus and the oldest named featherwing beetle (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae: Discheramocephalini). Cretaceous Research, 90: 412–418. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2018.05.016). プレスリリース(英語)  [Featured in “Newsweek”, “Smithsonian Magazine”, “Gizmodo”, “ScienceDaily”, etc.]

 

33. Makranczy G.*, Yamamoto, S., Engel M.S. (2018) Description of a Cretaceous amber fossil putatively of the tribe Coprophilini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae). ZooKeys, 782: 81–94. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.782.27733).

 

32. Yamamoto, S.*, Takahashi, Y. (2018) First discovery of Coloninae fossil in Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinoidea, Leiodidae). PalZPaläontologische Zeitschrift, 92(2): 195–201. (doi: 10.1007/s12542-017-0386-0). 閲覧

 

31. Yamada, K.*, Yamamoto, S., Takahashi, Y. (2018) Aphrastomedes anthocoroides, a remarkable new cimicomorphan genus and species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research, 84: 442–450. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.12.007).

 

30. Yamamoto, S.*, Maruyama, M. (2018) Phylogeny of the rove beetle tribe Gymnusini sensu n. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae): Implications for the early branching events of the subfamily. Systematic Entomology, 43(1): 183–199. (doi: 10.1111/syen.12267).

 

29. Yamamoto, S.†, Maruyama, M., Parker, J.†,* (2017) Evidence from amber for the origins of termitophily. Current Biology, 27(16): R792–R794. (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.06.078 ).

 

28. Jałoszyński, P.*, Yamamoto, S., Takahashi, Y. (2017) Discovery of a new Mesozoic species of the ancient genus Lepicerus (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Lepiceridae), with implications for the systematic placement of all previously described extinct 'lepiceroids'. Cretaceous Research, 78: 95–102. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.06.001).

 

27. Takahashi, Y.*, Sutou, M., Yamamoto, S. (2017) The compression mating fossil of sciarid fly (Diptera: Sciaridae) from Shiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Paleontological Research, 21(3): 1–5. (doi: 10.2517/2016PR031) [Cover photo]

 

26. Yamamoto, S.*, Jäch, M.A., Takahashi, Y. (2017) Discovery of the first hydraenid beetle in amber, with description of a new genus and species (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea: Hydraenidae). Cretaceous Research, 78: 27–33. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.05.015)

 

25. Saito, K.*, Nomura, S., Yamamoto, S., Niiyama, R., Okabe, Y. (2017) Investigation of hindwing folding in ladybird beetles by artificial elytron transplantation and microcomputed tomography. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(22): 5624–5628. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1620612114).

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24. Yamamoto, S.* (2017) A new genus of Brochocoleini beetle in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae). Cretaceous Research, 76: 34–39. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.04.008)

 

23. Żyła, D.*, Yamamoto, S., Wolf-Schwenninger, K., Solodovnikov, A. (2017) Cretaceous origin of the unique prey-capture apparatus in mega-diverse genus: stem lineage of Steninae rove beetles discovered in Burmese amber. Scientific Reports, 7: 45904. (doi: 10.1038/srep45904)

 

22. Onodera, K.*, Tokuda, S., Hirano, Y., Yamamoto, S. (2017) Vertical distribution of saproxylic beetles within snag trunks retained in plantation forests. Journal of Insect Conservation, 21(1): 7–14. (doi: 10.1007/s10841-016-9947-x).

 

21. Yamamoto, S.* (2017) Discovery of the oxyporine rove beetle in the Mesozoic amber and its evolutionary implications for mycophagy (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Cretaceous Research, 74: 198–204. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.02.018).

 

20. Yamamoto, S.†, Takahashi, Y., Parker, J.†,* (2017) Evolutionary stasis in enigmatic jacobsoniid beetles. Gondwana Research, 45: 275–281. (doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2016.12.008).

 

19. Jałoszyński, P.*, Yamamoto, S., Takahashi, Y. (2017) A new extinct genus of Glandulariini with two species from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Cretaceous Research, 72: 142–150. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.12.021).

 

18. Yamamoto, S.*, Maruyama, M. (2017) A new genus and species of the rove beetle tribe Mesoporini from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Historical Biology, 29(2): 203–207.  (doi: 10.1080/08912963.2016.1144750).

 

17. Yamamoto, S.†, Maruyama, M., Parker, J.†,* (2016) Evidence for social parasitism of early insect societies by Cretaceous rove beetles. Nature Communications, 7: 13658.  (doi: 10.1038/ncomms13658).

NHK福岡県版で放送されました!

 

16. Yamamoto, S.*, Takahashi, Y. (2016) Coproporus electron sp. nov., the first tachyporine rove beetle in Dominican amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). PalZPaläontologische Zeitschrift, 90(3): 629–635.  (doi: 10.1007/s12542-016-0315-7).

 

15. Yamamoto, S.* (2016) The oldest tachyporine rove beetle in amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae): A new genus and species from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research, 65: 163–171. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.05.001).

 

14. Jałoszyński, P.*, Yamamoto, S., Takahashi, Y. (2016) Scydmobisetia gen. nov., the first definite Glandulariini from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Cretaceous Research, 65: 59–67. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.04.011).

 

13. Yamamoto, S.*, Maruyama, M. (2016) Revision of the subgenus Aleochara Gravenhorst of the parasitoid rove beetle genus Aleochara Gravenhorst of Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa, 4101(1): 1–68. (doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4101.1.1).

 

12. Yamamoto, S.*, Solodovnikov, A. (2016) The first fossil Megalopsidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber and its potential for understanding basal relationships of rove beetles. Cretaceous Research, 59: 140–146. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.024).

 

11. Yamamoto, S.* (2016) The first fossil of dasycerine rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber: Phylogenetic implications for the omaliine group subfamilies. Cretaceous Research, 58: 63–68. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.09.022).

 

10. Yamamoto, S.*, Maruyama, M. (2016) Revision of the subgenus Tinotus Sharp, stat. n., of the parasitoid rove-beetle genus Aleochara Gravenhorst (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Japan, Taiwan, and the Russian Far East. ZooKeys, 559: 81–106. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.559.6755).

 

9. Yamamoto, S.*, Maruyama, M. (2015) Morphology-based phylogeny of the coastal rove-beetle subgenera Emplenota Casey and Triochara Bernhauer of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Insect Systematics & Evolution, 46(4): 379–391. (doi: 10.1163/1876312X-45042123). [Cover photo]

 

8. Maruyama, M.*, Yamamoto, S., Eldredge, T.K. (2014) Synopsis of the Japanese species of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with review of the type specimens I. Tribes Himalusini and Leucocraspedini. Zootaxa, 3887(3): 393–400. (doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.3.6).

 

7. Saito, K.*, Yamamoto, S., Maruyama, M., Okabe, Y. (2014) Asymmetric hindwing foldings in rove beetles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(46): 16349–16352. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1409468111).

[Featured in “NHK News”, “The Yomiuri Shimbun”, “Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun”, “Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun”, “The Shizuoka Shimbun”, and selected in PNAS Featured Video]

 

NHK、読売新聞、日刊工業新聞、日経産業新聞、静岡新聞で取り上げられました!  

PNASの"Featured Video"にも選出されています。

ハネカクシの翅の折り畳み方の詳細を明らかにし、モデル化した論文です。プレスリリース 

 

6. Yamamoto, S.*, Ikeda, K., Kamitani, S. (2014) Species diversity and community structure of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) attracted to dung of sika deer in coniferous forests of southwest Japan. Entomological Science, 17(1): 52–58. (doi: 10.1111/ens.12036).

 

5. Yamamoto, S., Maruyama, M.* (2013) A peculiar new species of the genus Tetrasticta Kraatz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Peninsular Malaysia. ZooKeys, 336: 39–46. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.336.5382).

 

4. Yamamoto, S.* (2013) Taxonomic study on Sepedophilus wankowiczi (Pandellé, 1869) from Japan, with a note on its scientific name in the previous records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 19(1): 57–63.

 

3. Yamamoto, S.*, Maruyama, M. (2013) Revision of the subgenus Coprochara Mulsant & Rey of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst from Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa, 3641(3): 201–222. (doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3641.3.1).

 

2. Yamamoto, S.*, Maruyama, M. (2012) Revision of the seashore-dwelling subgenera Emplenota Casey and Triochara Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: genus Aleochara) from Japan. Zootaxa, 3517: 1–52.  (doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3517.1.1)  [Featured in “The Guardian”] 

英ガーディアン紙 (The Guardian) で紹介されました!

 

1. Yamamoto, S.*, Maruyama, M. (2009) Description of Aleochara (Maseochara) hiranoi sp.n. from Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Koleopterologische Rundschau, 79: 65–70.

和文出版物


 

10. 山本周平 (2022) 日本産シリホソハネカクシ亜科とキノコハネカクシ亜科 (甲虫目ハネカクシ科) の高次分類概説. さやばねニューシリーズ, (48): 45–52. 

[Yamamoto, S. (2022) Notes on the Higher Classifications of the Rove Beetle Subfamilies Tachyporinae MacLeay and Mycetoporinae Thomson (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), with a Special Emphasis on the Japanese Taxa. SAYABANE, New Series, (48): 45–52.] (In Japanese, with English title)

 

9. 山本周平・丸山宗利 (2022) 日本産ヒゲブトハネカクシ属Aleochara (ハネカクシ科, ヒゲブトハネカクシ亜科) の種同定の手引き IV. Tinotus亜属. さやばねニューシリーズ, (46): 35–38. 

[Yamamoto, S., Maruyama, M. (2022) Identification guides for the Japanese species of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst (Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). Part IV. Subgenus Tinotus Sharp. SAYABANE, New Series, (46): 35–38.] (In Japanese, with English title)

 

8. 山本周平 (2020) 甲虫コレクションガイド21 米国シカゴ・フィールド自然史博物館の甲虫コレクション. さやばねニューシリーズ, (40): 10–17. 

[Yamamoto, S. (2020) Beetle Collection of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA. SAYABANE, New Series, (9): 10–17.] (In Japanese, with English title)

 

7. 柴田泰利・丸山宗利・山本周平・保科英人*・直海俊一郎*・野村周平*・渡辺泰明* (2015) 日本産ハネカクシ科総目録 (昆虫綱:甲虫目) ―2014年までの追加と訂正―. 九州大学総合研究博物館研究報告, 13: 33–44.[*ラテンアルファベット順]

[Shibata, Y., Maruyama, M., Yamamoto, S., Hoshina, H.,* Naomi, S.-I.,* Nomura, S.* & Watanabe, Y.* (2015) Catalogue of Japanese Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) –Addition and corrections until 2014–. Bulletin of the Kyushu University Museum, 13: 33–44.] (In Japanese, with English title and summary) [* alphabetically ordered authors]

 

6. 山本周平・丸山宗利 (2013) 日本産ヒゲブトハネカクシ属Aleocharaの種同定の手引き III. Coprochara亜属. さやばねニューシリーズ, (12): 7–10. 

[Yamamoto, S. & Maruyama, M. (2013) Identification guides for the Japanese species of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst Part III. Subgenus Coprochara Casey. SAYABANE, New Series, (12): 7–10.] (In Japanese, with English title)

 

5. 山本周平・丸山宗利 (2013) 日本産ヒゲブトハネカクシ属Aleocharaの種同定の手引き II. 海浜性Triochara亜属. さやばねニューシリーズ, (10): 1–4. 

[Yamamoto, S. & Maruyama, M. (2013) Identification guides for the Japanese species of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst Part II. Subgenus Triochara Bernhauer. SAYABANE, New Series, (10): 1–4.] (In Japanese, with English title)

 

4. 山本周平・丸山宗利 (2013) 日本産ヒゲブトハネカクシ属Aleocharaの種同定の手引き I. 海浜性Emplenota亜属. さやばねニューシリーズ, (9): 1–5. 

[Yamamoto, S. & Maruyama, M. (2013) Identification guides for the Japanese species of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst Part I. Subgenus Empelnota Casey. SAYABANE, New Series, (9): 1–5.] (In Japanese, with English title)

 

3. 柴田泰利・丸山宗利・保科英人*・岸本年郎*・直海俊一郎*・野村周平*・Volker Puthz*・島田 孝*・渡辺泰明*・山本周平* (2013) 日本産ハネカクシ科総目録 (昆虫綱:甲虫目). 九州大学総合研究博物館研究報告, 11: 69–218. PDF [*ラテンアルファベット順]

[Shibata, Y., Maruyama, M., Hoshina, H.,* Kishimoto, T.,* Naomi, S.-I.,* Nomura, S.,* Puthz, V.,* Shimada, T.,* Watanabe, Y.* & Yamamoto, S.* (2013) Catalogue of Japanese Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Bulletin of the Kyushu University Museum, 11: 69–218.] (In Japanese, with English title, summary, and introduction) [* alphabetically ordered authors]

 

2. 山本周平・細石真吾 (2010) アカカミアリ有翅生殖虫の小笠原諸島父島及び日本本土への侵入未遂例. 昆蟲 (ニューシリーズ), 13(3・4): 133–135. (査読あり)

[Yamamoto, S. & Hosoishi, S. (2010) New records of a tropical fire ant, Solenopsis geminata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), collected on a regular line ship “Ogasawara-maru”. Japanese Journal of Entomology (New Series), 13(3・4): 133–135.] (In Japanese, with English title and summary) (Peer reviewed)

 

1. 山本周平 (2010) 「おがさわら丸」船上で採集されたイエシロアリの有翅虫. しろあり, (153): 1–5. 

[Yamamoto, S. (2010) Alates of Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae) collected at a regular line ship “Ogasawara-maru”. Termite Journal, (153): 1–5.] (In Japanese, with English title) [Cover photo]

国際学会発表


口頭発表

 

9. Cai, C.Y.*, Tihelka, E.*, Giacomelli, M., Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A., Yamamoto, S., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F., Leschen, R.A.B., Gimmel, M.L., Lü, L., Huang, D.Y., Pisani, D., Donoghue, P.C.J.* (2021) Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data resolve the evolution of beetles. 3rd Palaeontological Virtual Congress. (December 1–15th).

 

8. Richter, A., Boudinot, B.E., Yamamoto, S., Katzke, J., Economo, E., Beutel, R.G. (2021) A glimpse into Cretaceous ant cephalic anatomy – the head of †Gerontoformica from Burmese amber (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomology 2021. ESA (Entomological Society of America)'s In-person & virtual Annual Meeting. Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO, USA (online). (2021 October 20th – 2022 January 31th). [ESA student competition first place, SysEB: Evolution, Genetics, and Morphology, Virtual Graduate 10-Minute Papers]

 

7. Gautam, S., McKenzie, S., Katzke, J., Yoshida, T., Hita Garcia, F., Yamamoto, S., Economo, E.P. (2021) Unraveling the evolution of odorant receptor number across social and non-social Hymenoptera. In Symposium 16: Novel directions in understanding social (insect) evolution. The 2nd AsiaEvo Conference. Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan (online). [S16-3] (August 17th, held in 16th-19th).

 

6. Yamamoto, S., Newton, A.F. (2020) Paleodiversity of rove beetles in Burmese amber: how many subfamilies remain to be discovered. Entomology 2020. ESA (Entomological Society of America)'s Virtual Annual Meeting. (November 11–25th).

 

5. Żyła, D., Yamamoto, S., Szwedo, J. (2020) The oldest representative of Paederini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Late Cretaceous Burmese amber and its systematic position. 2nd Palaeontological Virtual Congress. (May 1–15th).

 

4. Fikáček, M., Beutel, R.G., Cai, C., Lawrence, J.F., Newton, A.F., Solodovnikov, A., Ślipiński, A., Thayer, M.K., Yamamoto, S. (2019) Testing the placement of beetle fossils via topology-constrained phylogenetic analyses. 9th Dresden Meeting on Insect Phylogeny. Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Dresden, Germany. (September 22th).

 

3. Yamamoto, S. (2018) Tachyporinae revisited: Phylogeny, evolution, and higher classification based on morphology (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Entomology 2018. Entomological Society of America (ESA), Entomological Society of Canada (ESC), and Entomological Society of British Columbia (ESBC) Joint Annual Meeting. Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (November 13th).

 

2. Yamamoto, S. (2018) Tachyporinae revisited: phylogeny, redefinition and higher classification. 33rd International Meeting on Systematics and Biology of Staphylinidae. Zoological Museum (Natural History Museum of Denmark), Copenhagen, Denmark. (May 11th).

 

1. Kypke, J., Yamamoto, S., Brunke, A., Solodovnikov, Y.A., Żyła, D. (2017) The past and the present: The rove beetle tribe Othiini now and 99 million years ago. 2017 Entomological Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting. Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO, USA. [0345] (November 5th).

 

ポスター発表

 

1. Kypke, J.L., Yamamoto, S., Brunke, A., Solodovnikov, A., Żyła, D. (2017) The past & the present ― The rove beetle tribe Othiini now and 99 Mya. Evolution 2017. American Society of Naturalists, Society of Systematic Biologists, Society for the Study of Evolution. Portland, OR, USA. [P179] (June 24th).

 

書籍


1. 山本周平 (2016) コラム執筆: ニセツヤケシヒゲブトハネカクシ. 丸山宗利 著, だから昆虫は面白い くらべて際立つ多様性: Pp. 124. 東京書籍.

 

 

書籍監修


2. グレイム・D・ラクストン (著)・岩見恭子 (監修)・ 窪寺恒己 (監修)・倉持利明 (監修)・ 郡司芽久(監修)・田島木綿子 (監修)・田中伸幸 (監修)・ドゥーグル・J・リンズィー (監修)・中江雅典 (監修)・中島保寿 (監修), 山本周平 (監修)・吉川夏彦 (監修)・日向やよい (翻訳) (2020) 世界一の巨大生物. Pp. 221. エクスナレッジ. ISBN-13: 978-4767827100.

 

1. スライウム (ストーリー)・エアーチーム (漫画)・小林快次 (監修)・山本周平 (監修) (2020) どっちが強い!? X(3) 裏切者はだれだ?. Pp. 160. KADOKAWA. ISBN-13 : 978-4041086582.