A book that is indispensable to people who love nature and Coleoptera, NOW ON SALE.
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Date of publication: 25 April 2011
Publisher: The Japanese Society of Scarabaeoidology
B5 format，Hard cover，345pp. full colour
Price: 6400 JPY plus postage
Postage: Europe 4150 JPY
USA and Canada 3600 JPY
Asia 2700 JPY
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Prof. Dr. Kimio Masumoto, world famous taxonomist of Scarabaeoidea and Tenebrionoidea, retired from Otsuma
Women's University, Tokyo, in March, 2011. To mark this occasion, a special publication, mainly in English, but
partly in Japanese and Chinese, has just been published by the Japanese Society of Scarabaeoidology.
This publication consists of:
A preface written by Masumoto;
A brief biography of Masumoto’s personal history;
Checklist of all writings by Masumoto (336 titles during the period 1955-2010);
List of more than 900 taxa of the Scarabaeoidea and Tenebrionoidea proposed by Masumoto;
List of more than 40 taxa dedicated to Dr. Kimio Masumoto;
“Memorial Gallery” of photographs and illustrations used in his papers, pictures with persons showing his large
circle of friends in entomology, and cover pages of journals and colour books in which he was a contributor;
Contributed papers: 12 congratulatory messages and 35 entomological papers of taxonomy in various families
of Coleoptera (see the list below) dedicated to him. Furthermore, this book is unique in having several valuable
additions, such as the inclusion of detailed drawings and pictures taken from the original descriptions, memorable
pictures with his colleagues in entomological study in Japan and abroad, and cover page photographs of magazines
and colour books involving Dr. Masumoto over these past 50 years.
His papers are chronologically numbered and new taxa alphabetically arranged with paper numbers, therefore, if
one wants to look for a species, the original description can be easily found. This book is not only a volume of
original taxonomical descriptions, but also a unique commemorative volume with an excellent picture catalogue
and historical study on the Scarabaeoidea and Tenebrionoidea. This book is indispensable to people who love
nature and Coleoptera. See it, read it, and enjoy it !
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
Masumoto, K.: Preface
Fujioka, M.: Brief Biography of Dr. Kimio Masumoto
Checklist of Writings by Dr. Kimio Masumoto
Taxa of the Scarabaeioidea Proposed by Dr. Kimio Masumoto
Taxa of the Tenebrionoidea Proposed by Dr. Kimio Masumoto
Taxa Dedicated to Dr. Kimio Masumoto
Memorial Gallery: Detailed drawings and high resolution pictures inserted into the original descriptions; colleagues in
entomological study in Japan and abroad; cover pages of journals and colour books involving Dr. Kimio Masumoto
Morimoto, K.: Congratulations on Dr. Kimio Masumoto’s Retirement
Watanabe, Y.: In Celebration of Dr. Kimio Masumoto’s Seventieth Birthday
Hirano, Y.: Dr. Kimio Masumoto, a Great Coleopterologist
Tsukamoto, K.: One of My Masters, Dr. Kimio Masumoto
Tsuyuki, S.: Contributing an Essay to the Present Special Publication
Kondo, S.: Dr. Kimio Masumoto: a Person of Self-Help
Fujita, H.: Congratulation on Dr. Kimio Masumoto’s Seventieth Birthday and Retirement: Memories for the Starting Period of “Elytra”
Kiuchi, M.: A Great Amateur Entomologist, Masumoto-san
Hanboonsong, Y.: My Memories to Professor Kimio Masumoto.. My Dung Beetle Teacher
Becvar, S.: Congratulations on Prof. Dr. Masumoto’s Retirement
Yang, J.-T.: My Good Friend in Entomology - Taiwanophile Professor - Dr. Kimio Masumoto
Yang, M.-M.: The Real Gentleman and His Beloved Dung Beetles
Ueno, S.-I., & T. Naito: A Remarkable New Uozumitrechus (Coleoptera，Trechinae) from an Island on the Inland Sea of West Japan
Morita, S.: Notes on the Pterostichine Subgenus Eosteropus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from Japan. Part 5. A New Species from Central Japan
Ito, N.: Three New Species of the Trichotichnus leptopus Group (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini)
Nishikawa, M.: A New Ptomaphagus (Coleoptera, Leiodidae, Cholevinae) from Northwest Thailand
Watanabe, Y.: Two New Species of the Brachypterous Lathrobium (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the Northern Japanese Alps in Central Honshu, Japan
Hayashi, Y.: A New Platydracus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) Species from Thailand, with Some Morphological Notes on the Genus Platydracus
Ito, T.: Notes on the Species of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) from Asia, III A New Species of the Genus Anisolinus from Sapa District in Northern Vietnam
Nomura, S., W. Sakchoowong & J. Chanpaisaeng: Three New Species of the Genus Megatyrus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from Thailand
Imura, Y.: Two New Taxa of the Genus Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) from China
Araya, K., & M. Kon: Redescription of the Male of Aegus hikidai Araya, 1994 Originally Described from Mt. Mulu, Sarawak, Malaysia in Borneo
Johki, Y., K. Araya & M. Kon: A New Species of Leptaulax (Coleoptera, Passalidae) from the Malay Peninsula
Ochi, T., M. Kon & M. Kawahara: Four New Taxa of Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) from Southeast Asia
Tsukamoto, K., & M. Inagaki: A Report of the Insect Remains Excavated from the “Heiankyo Ukyo-3-jo-3-bo”Ruins (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae)
Maruyama, M., & S. Nomura: Taxonomy of the Genus Stereomera Arrow, 1905 (Coleoptea, Scarabaeidae, Aphodiinae), with Description of a New Species from Peninsular Malaysia
Kawai, S.: Transition of Dung Beetles Inhabited in Tanzawa-Fudakake, Kanagawa Prefecture
Fujioka, M.: A New Species of the Genus Agnorimus Y. Miyake et Iwase, 1991 (Scarabaeidae, Trichiinae, Trichiini) from Vietnam
Wada, K.: Two New Species of the Genus Mimela (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae) from Sulawesi
Sakai, K.: A Story of Parapilinurgus masumotoi
Kobayashi, H.: Two New Species of the Genus Neovalgus (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae,Valginae) from Southeast Asia
Matsumoto, T.: A New Species of the Genus Asactopholis Brenske (Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae, Melolonthini) from Laos and Vietnam and Proposal of Two New Combinations with a List of Known Species
Ohmomo, S.: Buprestid Beetles New to the Japanese Fauna: Part 5 (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)
Suzuki, W.: A New Subgenus of the Genus Oxynopterus Hope (Coleoptera, Elateridae) from Southeast Asia
Takahashi, K.: Six New Species and a New Subspecies of the Genus Asiopodabrus (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from Taiwan
Matsuda, K.: A New Species of the Lycid Genus Eropterus (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from Taiwan
Aoki, J., & K. Okada: Species of the Genus Glyphocryptus (Coleoptera, Zopheridae) from Japan and Taiwan
Takakuwa, M.: A New Species of the Genus Hoshihananomia (Coleoptera, Mordellidae) from Leyte Island of the Philippines
Ando, K.: Study on the Genus Phaedis (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) of the Philippines, with Descriptions of Four New Species
Akita, K.: New or Little-known Tenebrionid Species (Coleoptera) from Japan (10) Four New Species and a New Distribution Record from Japan
Schawaller, W.: New Species and Records of the Genus Basanus Lacordaire (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), Part 3
Iwan, D., & D. Schimrosczyk: Two New Species of Microstizopus Koch, 1963 from South Africa (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Opatrina)
Merkl, O.: Arthromacra Kirby, 1837 in the Himalayas (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Lagriini)
Utsunomiya, Y.: A New Beautiful Strongylium from Guizhou, China (Tenebrionidae, Stenochiinae, Stenochiini)
Komiya, Z., & R. de Keyzer: A New Genus and Species of the Subfamily Prioninae (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) from Australia
Morimoto, K.: Weevils of the Genus Protacalles and its Allies in Japan (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae) (Part 1)
Kojima, H., & T. Yoro: Study on the Cyphicerine Weevils of the Genus Asporus Marshall (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae)