(Peer-Reviewed Papers) (*as a corresponding author)
35. Takanori Nishino#, Minoru Moriyama#, Hiromi Mukai#, Masahiko Tanahashi#, Takahiro Hosokawa, Hsin-Yi Chang, Shuji Tachikawa, Naruo Nikoh, Ryuichi Koga, Chih-Horng Kuo, Takema Fukatsu. Defensive fungal symbiosis on insect hindlegs. Science, 6770(390), 279–283. 2025. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adp6699 (#Co-first authors)
34. Masahiko Tanahashi*, Min-Zhen Lin, Chung-Ping Lin. An overview of GabRat edge disruption and its new extensions for unbiased quantification of disruptive camouflaging patterns using randomization technique. PLoS One, 20(7), e0300238. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300238
33. Masahiko Tanahashi*, Min-Zhen Lin, Chung-Ping Lin. Area Integration Index with Random Rearrangement (AIIRR): a new concept for quantifying disruptive colorations. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 16(8), 1781–1795. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.70085 (See also AIIR website)
32. Yin Chang, Hsiang-Han Tseng, Masahiko Tanahashi, Darius Pohl, Bernd Rellinghaus, Luca Bertinetti, Yael Politi. Longhorn beetles form structural colour using calcium phosphate biominerals. Under review. Preprint in bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.10.01.616160
31. Kayoko Fukumori, Kohei Oguchi, Hiroshi Ikeda, Tadashi Shinohara, Masahiko Tanahashi, Minoru Moriyama, Ryuichi Koga, Takema Fukatsu. Evolutionary dynamics of host organs for microbial symbiosis in tortoise leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomidae: Cassidinae). mBio, 13(1), e03691-21. 2022.
30. Xue-Jiao Zhu, Kana Watanabe, Kako Kawakami, Noriko Kubota, Etsuro Takagi, Masahiko Tanahashi, Xiu-Jun Wen, Kôhei Kubota. Diverse heat tolerance of the yeast symbionts of Platycerus stag beetles in Japan. Frontiers in Microbiology, 12, 793592. 2022.
29. Ryuichi Koga#, Masahiko Tanahashi#, Naruo Nikoh, Takahiro Hosokawa, Xian-Ying Meng, Minoru Moriyama, Takema Fukatsu. Host’s guardian protein counters degenerative symbiont evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America, 118(25), e2103951778. 2021. (#Equal contribution)
28. Kohei Kubota, Kana Watanabe, Xue-Jiao Zhu, Kako Kawakami, Masahiko Tanahashi, Takema Fukatsu. Evolutionary relationship between Platycerus stag beetles and their mycangium-associated yeast symbionts. Frontiers in Microbiology, 11, 436. 2020
27. Masahiko Tanahashi*, Takema Fukatsu. Natsumushi - An image measuring software for entomological studies. Entomological Science, 21(3), 347–360. 2018. (see also Natsumushi website).
26. Yu Matsuura, Minoru Moriyama, Piotr Lukasik, Dan Vanderpool, Masahiko Tanahashi, Xian-Ying Meng, John P. McCutcheon, Takema Fukatsu. Recurrent symbiont recruitment from fungal parasites in cicadas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America 114(40):E8382–E8391. 2018.
25. Masahiko Tanahashi*, Hiroshi Ikeda, Kôhei Kubota. Elementary budget of stag beetle larvae associated with selective utilization of nitrogen in decaying wood. The Science of Nature (formerly, Naturwissenschaften), 105, 33. 2018.
24. Masahiko Tanahashi*, Jong-Kuk Kim, Kana Watanabe, Takema Fukatsu, Kohei Kubota. Specificity and genetic diversity of xylose-fermenting Scheffersomyces yeasts associated with small blue stag beetles of the genus Platycerus in East Asia. Mycologia, 109(4), 630–642. 2017.
23. Tadatsugu Hosoya, Masahiko Tanahashi. New record of Dytiscid beetle (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) from Kuchino-shima Island in the Tokara Islands, the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Elytra, Tokyo, New Series, 7(1), 15–16. 2017.
22. Hisashi Anbutsu, Minoru Moriyama, Naruo Nikoh, Takahiro Hosokawa, Ryo Futahashi, Masahiko Tanahashi, Xian-Ying Meng, Takashi Kuriwada, Naoki Mori, Kenshiro Oshima, Masahira Hattori, Manabu Fujie, Noriyuki Satoh, Taro Maeda, Shuji Shigenobu, Ryuichi Koga, Takema Fukatsu, Small genome symbiont underlies cuticle hardness in beetles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America, 114(40), E8382–E8391. 2017.
21. Genta Okude, Ryo Futahashi, Masahiko Tanahashi, Takema Fukatsu. Laboratory rearing system for Ischnura senegalensis (Insecta: Odonata) enables detailed description of larval development and morphogenesis in dragonfly. Zoological Science, 34(5), 386–397. 2017.
20. Yudai Nishide, Naoko T. Onodera, Masahiko Tanahashi, Minoru Moriyama, Ryoichi Koga, Takema Fukatsu. Aseptic rearing procedure for the stinkbug Plautia stali (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) by sterilizing food-derived bacterial contaminants. Applied Entomology and Zoology, 52, 407–415. 2017.
19. Masahiko Tanahashi, Xian-Ying Meng, Takema Fukatsu. A novel symbiotic ciliate (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) in the hindgut of a stag beetle (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zoological Science, 34(3), 217–222. 2017.
18. Colin J. Hawes, Masahiko Tanahashi. A brief review of mycangia and associated yeast symbionts in British stag beetles. Bulletin de la Societe Royale Belge d'Entomologie, 152(2), 174–175. 2016.
17. Takaki Nishino, Masahiko Tanahashi, Chun-Ping Lin, Ryuichi Koga, Takema Fukatsu. Fungal and bacterial endosymbionts of eared leafhoppers of the subfamily Ledrinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology, 51(3), 465–477. 2016.
16. Minoru Moriyama, Takashi Hosokawa, Masahiko Tanahashi, Naruo Nikoh, Takama Fukatsu. Suppression of bedbug’s reproduction by RNA interference of vitellogenin. PLoS One, 11(4), e0153984. 2016.
15. Masahiko Tanahashi*, Colin J Hawes. The presence of a mycangium in the horned stag beetle Sinodendron cylindricum (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) and the associated yeast symbionts. Journal of Insect Science, 16(1), 76;1–10. 2016.
14. Maria Fremlin, Masahiko Tanahashi*. Sexually-dimorphic post-eclosion behaviour in the European stag beetle Lucanus cervus (L.) (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique Suisse, 8, 29–38. 2015
13. Masahiko Tanahashi*, Takema Fukatsu. Specialized mycangial structure and host behabior for vertical transmission of symbiotic yeasts in stag beetles. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique Suisse, 8, 1. 2015
12. Nahomi Kaiwa, Takashi Hosokawa, Naruo Nikoh, Masahiko Tanahashi, Minoru Moriyama, Xian-Ying Meng, Taro Maeda, Katsushi Yamaguchi, Shuji Shigenobu, Motomi Ito, Takema Fukatsu. Symbiont-supplemented maternal investment underpinning host’s ecological adaptation. Current Biology, 24, 2465–2470. 2014.
11. Masahiko Tanahashi*. Female-biased dispersal activity of the river-shore stag beetle, Nicagus japonicus (Nagel), in a disrupted habitat. Coleopterists Bulletin, 68(1), 115–118. 2014.
10. Tadatsugu Hosoya, Masahiko Tanahashi, Wataru Toki, Monoki Katayama. Scarabaeoidea fauna (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae and Lucanidae) on the uninhabited island, Gaja Island in the Tokara Islands, the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Kogane, 14, 133–142. 2013.
9. Tadatsugu Hosoya, Masahiko Tanahashi, Yuko Murai. Records of four Scarabaeoidea beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidae and Lucanidae) from the uninhabited island, Gaja Island in the Tokara Islands, Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Kogane, 14, 129–132. 2013
8. Masahiko Tanahashi*, Kôhei Kubota. Utilization of the nutrients in the soluble and insoluble fractions of fungal mycelium by larvae of the stag beetle, Dorcus rectus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). European Journal of Entomology, 110(4), 611–615. 2013.
7. Ryo Futahashi, Kojiro Tanaka, Masahiko Tanahashi, Naruo Nikoh, Yoshitomo Kikuchi, Bok Kuel Lee, Takema Fukatsu. Gene expression in gut symbiotic organ of stinkbug affected by extracellular bacterial symbiont. PLoS One, 8(5), e0064557. 2013.
6. Wataru Toki, Masahiko Tanahashi, Katsumi Togashi, Takema Fukatsu. Fungal farming in a non-social beetle. PLoS One, 7(7), e41893. 2012.
5. Takashi Hosokawa, Naruo Nikoh, Ryuichi Koga, Masahiko Sato, Masahiko Tanahashi, Xian-Ying Meng, Takema Fukatsu. Reductive genome evolution, host-symbiont co-speciation, and uterine transmission of endosymbiotic bacteria in bat flies. The ISME Journal, 6, 577–587. 2012.
4. Ryo Futahashi, Kojiro Tanaka, Yu Matsuura, Masahiko Tanahashi, Yoshitomo Kikuchi, Takema Fukatsu. Laccase2 is required for cuticular pigmentation in stinkbugs. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 41(3), 191–196. 2011.
3. Masahiko Tanahashi*, Kôhei Kubota, Norihisa Matsushita, Katsumi Togashi. Discovery of mycangium and the associated xylose-fermenting yeasts in stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Naturwissenschaften, 97(3), 311–317. 2010.
2. Masahiko Tanahashi*, Katsumi Togashi. Interference competition and cannibalism of Dorcus rectus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) larvae in the laboratory and field. Coleopterists Bulletin, 63(3), 301–310. 2009.
1. Masahiko Tanahashi*, Norihisa Matsushita, Katsumi Togashi. Are stag beetles fungivorous? Journal of Insect Physiology, 55(11), 983–988. 2009.
(Proceedings of International Conferences)
4. Masahiko Tanahashi*, Tadatsugu Hosoya, Kohei Kubota, Takema Fukatsu. A newly discovered female-specific mycangium and the associated microbial communities in stag beetles. Memorial Symposium for the 26th International Prize for Biology, 2012. Tsukuba - Japan.
3. Masahiko Tanahashi*, Takema Fukatsu. Specialized mycangial structure and host behavior for vertical transmission of symbiotic yeasts in stag beetles. 8th Symposium and Workshop on the Conservation of Saproxylic Beetles, 2014. Basel - Switzerland.
2. Colin J. Hawes, Masahiko Tanahashi*. Mycangia and associated yeast symbionts in the Lucanidae. 9th Symposium and Workshop on the Conservation of Saproxylic Beetles. 2016. Genk - Belgium.
1. Yu-Min Huang, Masahiko Tanahashi, Hiro-o Hamaguchi. Raman microspectroscopic investigation on the symbiotic yeast isolated from mycangium of stag beetles endemic to Taiwan. The Fifth Taiwan International Symposium on Raman Spectroscopy. 2017. National Chiayi University - Taiwan
(Non Peer-Reviewed Articles)
1. Masahiko Tanahashi, Maria Fremlin. The mystery of the lesser stag beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus (L.) (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) mycangium yeasts. Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society, 72 (510): 146–152. 2013.
(Awards)
1. Zoological Science Award 2018 (corresponding to the original paper #19 )
(Software publications)
4. Masahiko Tanahashi*, Min-Chen Lin, Chung-Ping Lin. Area Integration Index with Random Rearrangement (AIIRR): a new concept and computing method for quantifying segmental surface disruption in camouflaging colorations. 2024 (original paper is under review in Methods in Ecology and Evolution). https://sites.google.com/site/mtahashilucanid/program/AIIRR.
3. Masahiko Tanahashi*. CombineSeq/CombineSeq2. Fast and lightweight graphical alignment tools for Sanger sequences using original ATGC chromatography. 2025. https://sites.google.com/site/mtahashilucanid/program/combineseq
2. Masahiko Tanahashi*. Natsumushi: Image analysis software for entomological studies. 2013–2025. https://sites.google.com/site/mtahashilucanid/program/natsumushi
1. Masahiko Tanahashi*. ORFSearch: A fast and customizable command line tool for finding ORFs from a large FASTA file. 2012–2015. https://sites.google.com/site/mtahashilucanid/program/orfsearch