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S HIYAKE, Shigehiko
Research themes:
Selected
contributions on entomology
<Articles or books written in English>
Shiyake, S. (in press).Past distribution of Carabus granulatus
Linnaeus at Last Glacial Maximum in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan.
Entomol. Rev. Japan. Japan Coleopterological Society.
Lamb, A., S. Shiyake, S. Salom,
M. Montgomery, and L. Kok (2008･9). Evaluation of the Japanese
Laricobius
sp. n. and other natural enemies of hemlock woolly adelgid in Japan. In
B.
Onken and R. Reardon [eds.], Fourth Symposium on Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
in
the Eastern United States. USDA Forest Service, Forest Health
Enterprise
Team, Hartford, Connecticut, USA: 29-34.
Shiyake, S., Y. Miyatake, M. E. Montgomery, and A. Lamb (2008･9).
Hemlock
woolly adelgid phenology and predacious beetle community on Japanese
hemlocks.
In B. Onken and R. Reardon [eds.], Fourth Symposium on Hemlock Woolly
Adelgid
in the Eastern United States. USDA Forest Service, Forest Health
Enterprise
Team, Hartford, Connecticut, USA: 261-266.
Montgomery, M., R. V. Driesche,
S. Salom, W. Lu, G. Yu, J. Zhou, L. Li and S. Shiyake (2007.5).
Enhancement
of foreign collection and quarantine evaluation of hemlock woolly
adelgid
natural enemies. In: Gottschalk, K. W. (ed.), Proceedings, 17th U.S.
Department
of Agriculture interagency research forum on gypsy moth and other
invasive
species 2006. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service: 78.
Sota, T, S. Shiyake and M. Hayashi （2007.6）. Donaciine beetles
collected
in Primorsky and Sakhalin, Russia, 2005, with a note on the seasonal
occurrence
of donaciine beetles in Primorsky. Entomol. Rev. Japan 62(1): 121-126
Yamazaki, K., S. Shiyake and S. Sugiura (2006). Survival and mortality of immature mordellids (Coleoptera: Mordellidae) inducing stem-galls on the Japanese mugwort. Journal of Entomological Science (41).
Kuznetsov, V. N. and S. Shiyake (2005.12). Coccinella explanata Miyatake, 1963 is newly recorded species of lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from Russia. Far Eastern Entomologist 156: 13.
Hayashi, M. & S. Shiyake (2004.6). A Check-list of the Japanese Members of Donaciinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Entomol. Rev. Japan 59(1): 113-126. Japan Coleopterological Society.
Mizuno, K. and S. Shiyake
2004. A List of Coleopterous Taxa submited by the late Dr. Masao
Hayashi
with Type-specimens designated in his descriptions. Special Publication
from
the Osaka Museum of Natural History Vol. 36. 84pp. +22 color plates.
Hayashi, M. and S. Shiyake (2002). Late Pliocene Donaciinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from the Koka Formation, Kobiwako Group in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Elytra, Tokyo（日本鞘翅学会） 30(1): 207-213.
Hayashi, M., S. Shiyake, Y. Miyatake and D. Iwai (2003.3). Pleistocene fossil insects from the underground of Nagai Park, Osaka City, western Japan, with description of three donaciine leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Bull. Osaka Mus. Nat. Hist. (57): 39-45.
Hayashi, M. and S. Shiyake(2001.3).
The identity and distribution of Macroplea japana (Jacoby) (Coleoptera,
Chrysomelidae,
Donaciinae). Bull. Osaka Mus. Nat. Hist. (55): 15-22.
Shiyake, S. 1994. On the hind tibial spurs in the genus Mordellistena (Coleoptera: Mordellidae). Bull. Osaka Mus. Nat. Hist. (48): 9-22.
Shiyake, S. 1995. A taxonomic study on the genus Tolidopalpus, with description of a new species (Coleoptera: Mordellidae). Bull. Osaka Mus. Nat. Hist. (49): 11-18.
Shiyake, S. 1996. Redescription of Falsomordellistena auromaculata (Kono), with description of an allied new species from Japan. Bull. Osaka Mus. Nat. Hist. (50): 9-16.
Shiyake, S. 1997. Taxonomic study on the genus Mordellistenoda (Coleoptera: Mordellidae)), with description of four new species from Southeast Asia. Bull. Osaka Mus. Nat. Hist. (51): 25-35.
Shiyake, S. 1997. Two new species of the genus Tolidopalpus from the Philippines (Coleoptera: Mordellidae). Entomol. Rev. Japan 52(1): 51-54.
Shiyake, S. 1999. A new species of the genus Mordellina (Coleoptera: Mordellidae) from the Philippines and Sulawesi. Entomol. Rev. Jpn. 54(2).
Shiyake, S. 2000. A new genus of Mordellidae from East Asia, with description of a new species. Bull. Osaka Mus. Nat. Hist. (54).
Shiyake,
S. 2001. A new species of Glipostenoda from Shikoku, Japan (Coleoptera:
Heteromera:
Mordellidae). Sukunahikona---Special publication of the Japan
Coleopterological
Society, No. 1: 333-335.
<Articles or books in Japanese, sometimes with English summary >
Shiyake, S. 2000. A curious play with the wharf borers by Osaka kids. Nature Study, Osaka Museum of Natural History 49(1): 3-6.
Shiyake, S. 1999. A guide to ladybirds of Osaka. Mini-guide series No. 16., Osaka Museum of Natural History. 39pp + 8 color pls.
Shiyake, S. 1997. On the beetle fauna along the sandy beaches of Lake Biwa, with the reference to maritime species . SHIZENSHI-KENKYU, occasional papers from the Osaka Museum of Natural History 2(3): 181-194. (In Japanese with English summary.)
S. Shiyake et al. 1999. Rapid dispersal of an exotic leaf beetle species on Ambrosia in Kansai Area. Nature Study, Osaka Museum of Natural History 48(4): 3-5. (In Japanese.)
Shiyake, S. 1994. Beach beetles of Osaka Bay . Nature Study, Osaka Museum of Natural History 43(3): 3-6. (In Japanese.)
Shiyake, S. 1993. About the Mordellidae . Nature Study, Osaka Museum of Natural History 39(10): 3-6 (In Japanese.)
On the beetle fauna along the sandy beaches of Lake Biwa, with the reference to maritime species.
SHIZENSHI-KENKYU, Occasional papers from the Osaka Museum of Natural History 2(3): 181-194. (In Japanese.) (1997)
By Shigehiko Shiyake
Lake Biwa, the largest in Japan, is well-known for its geological antiquity, aged about 4 million years, and for richness in freshwater organisms including many endemic species. The coastal environment is also quite various in the cause of largeness, and sandy beaches are developed along the coast. Five species of beach plants have been already known to occur from the environment.
The author investigated the beetle fauna along the sandy beaches and discovered several species which have been so far categorized in maritime beetles. No morphological divergence in those maritime beetles was observed between the populations of the seashore and of the Lake Biwa. In conclusion, it is mostly considered that the distributional extension toward inland was taken place in rather recent geological age by dispersal.
Fig. Main species found from the beeches of Lake Biwa
A guide to ladybirds of Osaka.
Mini-guide series No. 16, Osaka Museum of Natural History. 39pp + 8 color pls.
By Shigehiko Shiyake (March, 1999)
Thirty nine ladybird species (more than 3 mm) distributed in Osaka Prefecture are introduced, with the diagnose, biological notes, habitats and localities for each species. An illustration key is provided in 8 color plates to give assistance to beginners.
Coloration patterns
of Harmonia axyridis (PALLAS) on the cover.
Amida tricolor Phymatosternus lewisii Chilocorus rubidus Chilocorus mikado Chilocorus kuwanae Brumoides ohtai (invader) Rodolia limbata Rodolia rufocincta Rodolia concolor Rodolia cardinalis (introduced) Hippodamia tredecimpunctata Anisosticta kobensis Adalia bipunctata (invader) |
Coccinella ainu Coccinella septempunctata Coccinula crotchi Oenopia hirayamai Oenopia scalaris Propylea japonica Calvia decimguttata Calvia quatuordecimguttata Calvia muiri Calvia quindecimguttata Sospita oblongoguttata Anatis halonis Micraspis kiotoensis |
Micraspis satoi Harmonia axyridis Harmonia yedoensis Cheilomenes sexmaculata Callicaria superba Aiolacaria hexaspilota Illeis koebelei Vibidia duodecimguttata Psyllobora vigintimaculata (invader) Epilachna vigintioctpunctata Epilachna vigintioctmaculata Epilachna niponica Epilachna admirabilis |
A curious play with a beetle species called the wharf borer by Osaka kids
Contributing to Nature Study, Osaka Museum of Natural History 46(1): 3-7.
By Shigehiko Shiyake (January, 2000)
An oedemelid species Nacerdes melanura (Linne) is generally called the "wharf borer" in English, because the larvae feed on decayed wood in wharf areas and the adults emerge around the harbors. The species is distributed worldwide and is known as a sanitary pest because it includes cantharidin in the body fluid developing blisters on human skins.
The Japanese name of the beetles is "Tsumaguro-kamikiri-modoki", but in Osaka they have been called "Heitai-mushi". "Heitai" means soldiers and "mushi" is insects, worms or beetles in Japanese. As far as I researched, the distribution of the name and curious play mentioned below is limited to the urban areas of Osaka City, and nobody from other lands (Kyoto, Tokyo, Kyushu nor Hokkaido) knew the words. Even the entomologist studying Oedemelidae in Hokkaido University didn't know the name.
According to the persons brought up in Osaka City, they played with the beetle in childhood in the following way.
1. When someone found the beetle in schoolyards or so, one of them must bravely match the beetle by holding and pressing it on his arm.
2. If the beetle was choked and dead, it meant he won.
3. But if a blister was unfortunately developed later on his arm, it meant he lost.
4. Some stubborn kids repeated the match until he won, so many blisters were developed on their arms. Since the adults of the wharf borers emerged in June in Osaka, the blisters on kid arms were one of the seasonal things on the rain seasons.
Nowadays we can seldom find the beetle in Osaka City. It is probably due to decreasing lumberyards in harbor areas. I have asked many modern Osaka kids if they knew the curious play with the beetle, but nobody knew it. This may mean a loss of one of the traditional Osaka culture.
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2
3 
4Fig 1 to 4. 1, An adult of the wharf borer, Nacerdes melanura (Linne); 2 and 3, the match with the beetle; 4, 11 hours later after the match (blisters developted on the arm of the author !)
Rapid dispersal of an exotic leaf beetle species on Ambrosia in Kansai Area
Nature Study, Osaka Museum of Natural History, 45(4): 3-5．(In Japanese.)
By Shiyake, S., Y, Kawakami, T. Hosoi and K. Yamazaki．(April, 1999)
On August of 1997, a North American leaf beetle species, Ophraella communa LeSage, was firstly reported invading Asaka City, Saitama Pref., near Tokyo (Ohno, 1997). Subsequently, Ichikawa et al. (1998) and Kawakami (1998) reported in Nature Study that a few individuals of the species were found at two localisites of the Yodo riverside on October of 1997. These became the earliest records of the beetle species in the Kansai (Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto) metropolitan area
Since the beginning of 1998, we have paid attentions to the dispersal of the species. Up to now, reports from many localities have been brought to the Osaka Museum of Natural History. The fact suggests the very rapid dispersal of the leaf beetles as has already observed in the Tokyo metropolitan area in 1997.
We have to keep watching them disperse.
* Up to 2005, this beetles species had been found in all Japanese
prefectures
except for Hokkaido and Okinawa.
Ophraella
communa LeSage
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