2025-

Saito N, Yamamoto S, Kakishima S, Okuzaki Y, Rasmussen A, Haji D, Nomura S, Tanaka H, Itoh T, Yoshimura J, Simon C, Cooley JR, Kritsky G, Sota T* (2025) When and how do 17-year periodical cicada nymphs decide to emerge? A field test of the 4-year-gate hypothesis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 292:20251306 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2025.1306 

Dejima T, Sota T* (2025) Phylogenetic relationships of subfamily Patrobinae (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Japan, with a focus on genus Apatrobus and the description of a new species. Entomological Science 28: e12606.

2024

Sota T*, Liang HB, Pham HT, Lin CP, Hori M, Takami Y, Ikeda H (2024) Molecular phylogenetic relationships among lineages in the genus Carabus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and radiation of the subgenus Apotomopterus. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202, zlae125. https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae125

Hayashi M, Kobayashi T, Yoshitomi H, Sota T* (2024) Molecular phylogeny of old-world Dryopoidea beetles (Coleoptera: Polyphaga: Elateriformia) based on ultraconserved elements of DNA sequence data from Japanese taxa. Insect Systematics and Diversity 8(4): 5; 2024, ixae021. https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixae021

Ma L,Duan Y, Wu Y, Yang H, Deng H, Liu X, Zhao T, Zhao Y, Tian L, Song F, Sota T, Cai W, and Li H (2024) Comparative genomic analyses on assassin bug Rhynocoris fuscipes (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) reveal genetic bases governing the diet-shift. iScience 27, 110411. doi/10.1016/j.isci.2024.110411

Konuma J*, Fujisawa T, Nishiyama T, Kasahara M, Shibata  FT, Nozawa M, Shigenobu S, Toyoda A, Hasebe M, Sota T* (2024) Odd-paired is involved in morphological divergence of snail-feeding beetles. Molecular Biology and Evolution 41(6):msae110 https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msae110 

2023

Kimura K, Sota T (2023) Evaluation of deep learning-based monitoring of frog reproductive phenology. Ichthyology & Herpetology, 111(4) : 563-570. https://doi.org/10.1643/h2023018

Du Z, Zhao Q, Wang X, Sota T, Tian Li, Song F, Cai W, Zhao P, Li H (2023) Climatic oscillation promoted diversification of spinous assassin bugs during Pleistocene glaciation. Evolutionary Applications 16:880-894. DOI: 10.1111/eva.13543.

Deuve T, Sota T, Liang HB (2023) Un nouveau Carabus de Chine du sous-genre Apotomopterus Hope, 1838 (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 128 (3): 341-343. https://doi.org/10.32475/bsef_2317 

Yeh L, Ko H, Yang P, Wong K, Sota T, Lin C (2023) Integrative systematics and conservation of endangered Carabus nankotaizanus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Taiwan. Insect Systematics and Diversity 7(4), 6; 2023, 1–17. doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixad016

Kato M, Yamamori L, Imada Y, Sota T (2023) Recent origin and diversification accompanied by repeated host shifts of thallus-mining flies (Diptera: Agromyzidae) on liverworts and hornworts. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 290: 20222347. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.2347.

Sato C, Nendai N, Nagata N, Okuzaki Y, Ikeda H, Minamiya Y, Sota T*. (2023) Origin and diversification of pheretimoid megascolecid earthworms in the Japanese Archipelago as revealed by mitogenomic phylogenetics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 182:107735. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107735

Araki Y, Sota T* (2023) Whole-genome resequencing reveals recent divergence of geographic populations of the dung beetle Phelotrupes auratus with color variation. Ecology and Evolution 13:e9765. DOI:10.1002/ece3.9765.

Kyogoku D, Dobata S, Takashima R, Sota T. (2023) Female-limited responses in remating rate and mating duration in the experimental evolution of a beetle Callosobruchus chinensis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 36:309-314. 

Xia T, Nishimura T, Nagata N, Kubota K, Sota T, Takami Y (2023) Reproductive isolation via divergent genital morphology due to cascade reinforcement in Ohomopterus ground beetles. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 36:169-182. DOI: 10.1111/jeb.14116

2022

Nomura S, Sota T (2022) Evolutionary changes in gene expression profiles associated with the coevolution of male and female genital parts among closely related ground beetle species. BMC Genomics 23:637 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-022-08865-2

Sota T (2022) Life-cycle control of 13-year and 17-year periodical cicadas: a hypothesis and its implication in the evolutionary process. Ecological Research 37:686-700. https://doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12354 [Open Access]

Kato M, Sota T (2022) Rediscovery of Macroplea japana (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Donaciinae), an aquatic beetle once thought to be extinct in Japan. Entomological Science 25, e12517. doi 10.1111/ens.12517.

Sota T, Takami Y, Ikeda H, Liang HB, Karagyan G, Sholtz C, Hori M (2022) Global dispersal and diversification in ground beetles of the subfamily Carabinae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 167:107355 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107355

Simon C., Cooley JR, Karban R, Sota T (2022) Advances in the ecology and evolution of 13- and 17-year periodical cicadas. Annual Review of Entomology 67:457-482. http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/eprint/ZXSNGWJ5GJCKRKGMTCEC/full/10.1146/annurev-ento-072121-061108

Nishimura T, Nagata N, Terada K, Xia T, Kubota K, Sota T, Takami Y.  Reproductive character displacement in genital morphology in Ohomopterus ground beetles. The American Naturalist 199(3) https://doi.org/10.1086/717864

2021

Nagata N., Toda, M, Ohbayashi T, Hayashi M, Sota T (2021) Phylogeography of cicadas on continental and oceanic islands in the northwestern Pacific region. Journal of Biogeography 48: 3060-3071. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.14262

Takahashi T, Nagano AJ, Sota T (2021) Mapping of quantitative trait loci underlying a magic trait in ongoing ecological speciation. BMC Genomics 22: 615. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-021-07908-4

Du, Z., Y. Wu, Z. Chen, L. Cao, T. Ishikawa, S. Kamitani, T. Sota, F. Song, L Tian, W. Cai & H. Li (2021) Global phylogeography and invasion history of the spotted lanternfly revealed by mitochondrial phylogenomics. Evolutionary Applications 14:915-930. doi.org/10.1111/eva.13170

Kobayashi T, Sota T (2021) Evolution of host use in fungivorous ciid beetles (Coleoptera: Ciidae): Molecular phylogeny focusing on Japanese taxa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 162: 107197 doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107197

Nomura S, Fujisawa T, Sota T (2021) Role of sex-concordant gene expression in the coevolution of exaggerated male and female genitalia in a beetle group. Molecular Biology and Evolution msab122. doi/10.1093/molbev/msab122

Kyogoku, D. & T. Sota. (2021) Sexual selection increased offspring production by females via evolution of male and female traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 34:501-511. DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13753

Araki, Y. & T. Sota (2021) Population genetic structure underlying the geographic variation in beetle structural color with multiple transition zones. Molecular Ecology 30: 670-684. DOI: 10.1111/mec.15758

2020

Karagyan, G., N. Golub & T. Sota (2020) Cytogenetic characterization of periodical cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada). European Journal of Entomology 117: 474-480. doi: 10.14411/eje.2020.050

Yamamoto, N. & T. Sota (2020) Evolutionary fine-tuning of background-matching camouflage among geographic populations in the sandy beach tiger beetle. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 287: 20202315. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.2315

Akiyama, K., T.W. Jang , Y.H.Park, T. Shinohara, J. Konuma, H.B. Liang, K. Kubota, T. Sota, R. Ishikawa, L.L. Kim, J.K. Kim & Y. Takami (2020) Phylogeographical analysis of character displacement in feeding phenotypes of snail-feeding Acoptolabrus ground beetles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 131: 936-951. 

Yamazaki, Y., E. Pagani-Nunez, T. Sota & C.R.A. Craig (2020) The truth is in the detail: predators attack aposematic prey with less aggression than other prey types. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 131:332-343. 

Sota, T., M. Hori, C. Scholtz, G. Karagyan, H-B. Liang, H. Ikeda & Y. Takami (2020) The origin of the giant ground beetle Aplothorax burchelli on St Helena Island. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 131:50-60. DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa093

Nomura, S., T. Fujisawa & T. Sota (2020) Gene expression during genital morphogenesis in the ground beetle Carabus maiyasanus. Insect Science 27:975-986. DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.12712

Tominaga, K., N. Nagata, N., J. Kitamura, K. Watanabe & T. Sota (2020) Phylogeography of the bitterling Tanakia lanceolate (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) in Japan inferred from mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequences. Ichtyological Research 67: 105-116. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-019-00715-8

2019

Tsuji, K., T. Sota & M. Hori (2019) Divergence process of Sophiodela tiger beetles (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) in Japan inferred from mitochondrial phylogeny. Elytra, Tokyo, New Series 9(2): 251-261.

Kyogoku, D., M. Kondoh & T. Sota (2019) Does past evolutionary history under different mating regimes influences the demographic dynamics of interspecific competition? Ecology and Evolution 9(15): 8616-8624. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5397

Fujisawa, T., M. Sasabe, N. Nagata, Y. Takami & T. Sota (2019) Genetic basis of species-specific genitalia reveals role in species diversification. Science Advances 5: eaav9939. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aav9939.

Hayashi, M., H. Yoshitomi, Y. Kamkite, T. Kobayashi & T. Sota (2019) Description of adults and larvae ofOrientelmis parvula (Nomura & Baba, 1961) (Coleoptera: Elmidae) with their molecular phylogenetic analysis. Zootaxa 4568(3):483-500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4568.3.4

Du, Z., H. Hasegawa, J.R. Cooley, C. Simon, J. Yoshimura, W. Cai, T. Sota & H. Li (2019) Mitochondrial genomics reveals the shared phylogeographic pattern and demographic history among three periodical cicada species groups. Molecular Biology and Evolution 36(6):1187-1200. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msz051

Kobayashi, T. & T. Sota (2019) Contrasting effects of habitat discontinuity on three closely related fungivorous beetle species with diverging host‐use patterns and dispersal ability. Ecology and Evolution. 9:2475-2486. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4862

Kobayashi, T. & T. Sota (2019) Divergent host use among cryptic species in the fungivorous ciid beetle Octonotemnus laminifrons (Motschulsky, 1860), with descriptions of three new species from Japan. Systematic Entomology 44: 179-191. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12321

Hayashi, M. & T. Sota (2019) Physical gills in Elmidae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea): Structure and evolutionary patternof plastron in Stenelmis and related genera. Entomological Science 22:157-160. doi: 10.1111/ens.12348

Hayashi, M. & T. Sota (2019) Discovery of swimming larvae in Elmidae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea). Entomological Science 22: 3-5. doi: 10.1111/ens.12333

2018

Sota, T., H. Sugawara, T. Fujisawa, K. Fujimaki & T. Niimi (2018) Knockdown of rotund gene via larval RNAi affects genital and elytra morphology in the ground beetle Carabus maiyasanus (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Entomological Science 21:469-474. doi:10.1111/ens.12330

Nagata, N. J. Kitamura, O. Inaba, M. Kumagai, Y. Fujimoto & T. Sota (2018) Phytogeography of east Japan endemic betterling, Acheilognathus melanogaster. Zoological Science 35:396-401. doi:10.2108/zs180033.

Cooley, J.R., N. Arguedas, E. Bonaros, G. Bunker, S. M. Chiswell, A. DeGiovine, M. Edwards, D. Hassanieh, D. Haji, J. Knox, G. Kritsky, C. Mills, D. Mozgai, R. Troutman, J. Zyla, H.Hasegawa, T. Sota, J. Yoshimura, C. Simon (2018) The periodical cicada four-year acceleration hypothesis revisited and the polyphyletic nature of Brood V, including an updated crowd-source enhanced map (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Magicicada). PeerJ. 6:e5282; DOI 10.7717/peerj.5282

Okuzaki, Y. & T. Sota (2018) Predator size divergence depends on community context. Ecology Letters 21: 1097-1107. doi: 10.1111/ele.12976

Fujisawa, T., T. Koyama, S. Kakishima, J.R. Cooley, C. Simon, J. Yoshimura & T. Sota (2018) Triplicate parallel life cycle divergence despite gene flow in periodical cicadas. Communications Biology1:26. doi: 10.1038/s42003-018-0025-7.

Iijima, T., R. Kajitani, S. Komata, C.-P. Lin, T. Sota, T. Itoh & H. Fujiwara (2018) Parallel evolution of Batesian mimicry supergene in two Papilio butterflies, P. polytes and P. memnon. Science Advances 4: eaao5416.

Komata, S., CP. Lin & T. Sota (2018) Do juvenile developmental and adult body characteristics differ among genotypes at the doublesex locus that controls female-limited Batesian mimicry polymorphism in Papilio memnon?: a test for the “cost of mimicry” hypothesis. Journal of Insect Physiology 107:1-6. doi: 10.10.16/j.jinsphys.2018.02.001.

Nagata, N., A. Ohwaki, D. Akaishi & T. Sota (2018) Genetic structure of Dytiscus sharpi in North and South Hokuriku in Japan inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequence. Zoological Science 35(2): 134-139. doi:10.2108/zs170122.

2017

Kritsky, G., R. Troutman, D. Mozgai, C. Simon, S. M. Chiswell, S. Kakishima, T. Sota, J. Yoshimura & J. R. Cooley (2017) Evolution and geographic extent of a surprising northern disjunct population of 13-year cicada Brood XXII (Hemiptera: Cicadidae, Magicicada). American Entomologist 63 (4): E-15-20

Komata, S., CP. Lin & T. Sota (2017) Temporal dynamics of the mimetic allele frequency at the doublesex locus, which controls polymorphic Batesian mimicry in Papilio memnon butterflies. Scientific Reports 7: 12926 doi:10.1038/s41598-017-13419-8

Kyogoku, D. & T. Sota (2017)  The evolution of between-species reproductive interference capability under different within-species mating regimes. Evolution 71 (11):2721-2727. doi:10.1111/evo.13359

Komata, S. & T. Sota (2017) Seasonal polyphenism in body size and juvenile developmentof the swallowtail butterfly Papilio xuthus (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). European Journal of Entomology 114: 365-371. doi: 10.14411/eje.2017.046

Komurai, R., T. Fujisawa, Y. Okuzaki & T. Sota (2017) Genomic regions and genes related to inter-population differences in body size in the ground beetle Carabus japonicus. Scientific Reports 7: 7773 DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-08362-7

Dejima, T. & T. Sota (2017) Molecular phylogeny of the genus Apatrobus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Patrobinae) in western Japan. Entomological Science 20:462-469. doi: 10.1111/ens.12276

Kyogoku, D. & T. Sota (2017) A generalized population dynamics model for reproductive interference with absolute density dependence. Scientific Reports 7: 1996 DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-02238-6

Okuzaki, Y. & T. Sota (2017) Factors related to altitudinal body size variation in the earthworm-eating ground beetle Carabus japonicus. Zoological Science 34: 229-234. doi:10.2108/zs160182

2016

Komata, S., CP. Lin, T. Iijima, H. Fujiwara & T. Sota (2016) Identification of doublesex alleles associated with female-limited Batesian mimicry polymorphism in Papilio memnon. Scientific Reports 6, 34782. doi:10.1038/srep34782

Koyama, T., H. Ito, T. Fujisawa, H. Ikeda, S. Kakishima, J.R. Cooley, C. Simon J. Yoshimura & T. Sota (2016) Genomic divergence and lack of introgressive hybridization between two 13-year periodical cicadas support life cycle switching in the face of climatic change. Molecular Ecology 25: 5543-5556. doi: 10.1111/mec.13858

Hayashi, M., Y. Kamite, T. Kobayashi & T. Sota (2016) Description of larvae of genera Stenelmis, Ordobrevia and Nomuraelmis (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae) of Japan with their molecular taxonomy. Zootaxa 4178 (4): 451-480. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4178.4.1.

Takahashi, T. & T. Sota (2016) A robust phylogeny among major lineages of the East African cichlids. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 100: 234-242. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.04012

Sota, T., T. Kojima, Y.J. Lee & C-P. Lin (2016) Phylogenetic relationships of Japanese Auritibicen species (Hemiptera: Cicadidae: Cryptotympanini) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. Zoological Science 33(4): 401-406. doi: 10.2108/zs160007

Kobayashi, T. & T. Sota (2016) Distance decay of similarity in fungivorous insect communities: assessing dispersal limitation using genetic data. Ecoshpere 7(6): e01358. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.1358.

Tsuji, K., M. Hori, M.H. Phyu, H. Liang & T. Sota (2016) Colorful patterns indicate common ancestry in diverged tiger beetle taxa: molecular phylogeny, biogeography, and evolution of elytral coloration of the genus Cicindela subgenus Sophiodela and its allies. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 95: 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.11.006

Yamamoto, S., E.A. Belijaev  & T. Sota T (2016) Phylogenetic analysis of the winter geometrid genus Inurois reveals repeated reproductive season shifts. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94: 47-54. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.016

2015

Wang, JF., MY. Chen, SM.Chaw, Y. Morii, M. Yoshimura, T. Sota & CP. Lin (2015) Complete mitochondrial genome of an enigmatic dragonfly, Epiophlebia superstes (Odonata, Epiophlebiidae). Mitochondria DNA 26(5): 718-719. DOI: 10.3109/194017362013.845756.

Ito, H., S. Kakishima, T. Uehara, S. Morita, T. Koyama, T. Sota, J.R. Cooley, & J. Yoshimura  (2015) Evolution of periodicity in periodical cicadas. Scientific Reports 5:14094. doi: 10.1038/srep14094

Okuzaki, Y., H. Sugawara & T. Sota (2015) Body size evolution under character release in the ground beetle Carabus japonicas. Journal of Biogeography 42: 2145-2158. doi: 10.1111/jbi.12575

Sota, T., P. Belton, M. Tseng, H.-S. Yong, & M. Mogi (2015) Phylogeography of the coastal mosquito Aedes togoi across climatic zones: testing an anthropogenic dispersal hypothesis. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0131230. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0131230A

Koyama, T., H. Ito, S. Kakishima, J. Yoshimura, J.R. Cooley, C. Simon & T. Sota (2015) Geographic body size variation in the periodical cicadas Magicicada: implications for life cycle divergence and local adaptation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28: 1270-1277. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12653

Kyogoku, D. & T. Sota (2015) Exaggerated male genitalia intensify interspecific reproductive interference by damaging heterospecific genitalia. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 28: 1283-1289. doi: 10.1111/jeb.12646

Kyogoku, D. & T. Sota (2015) Does heterospecific seminal fluid reduce fecundity in interspecific copulation between seed beetles? Journal of Insect Physiology 72: 54-60. doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2014.11.009

2014

Konuma, J., S. Yamamoto & T. Sota (2014) Morphological integration and pleiotropy in the adaptive body shape of the snail-feeding carabid beetle Damaster blaptoides. Molecular Ecology 23 (23): 5843-5854. DOI: 10.1111/mec.12976

Takahashi, T., N. Nagata & T. Sota (2014) Application of RAD-based phylogenetics to complex relationships among variously related taxa in a species flock. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 80:137-144. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.07.016.

Fujimaki, K., T. Fujisawa, S. Yazawa, O. Nishimura & T. Sota (2014) Comparative transcriptomic analysis of two closely related ground beetle species with marked genital divergence using pyrosequencing. Zoological Science 31(9): 587-592. DOI: 10.2108/zs140081.

Okuzaki, Y. & T. Sota (2014) How the length of genital parts affects copulation performance in a carabid beetle: implications for correlated genital evolution between the sexes. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27: 565-574. DOI: 10.1111/jeb.12323.

Tanabe, T. & T. Sota (2014) Both male and female novel traits promote the correlated evolution of genitalia between the sexes in an arthropod. Evolution 68(2): 441–452. DOI: 10.1111/evo.12288.

Hayashi, M. & T. Sota (2014) Quaternary donaciine beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in Japan: colonization and divergence patterns inferred from fossil and molecular data. Quaternary International 341: 255-266. doi: 10.1016/j/quaint.2013.08.022.

2013

Konuma, J., T. Sota & S. Chiba (2013)  A maladaptive intermediate form: a strong trade-off revealed by hybrids between two forms of snail-feeding beetle. Ecology 94 (11): 2638-2644. DOI: 10.1890/12-2041.1.

Ikeda, H., Y.B. Cho & T. Sota. (2013) Colonization history of the carrion beetle Necrophila jakowlewi (Coleoptera: Silphidae) in Japan inferred from phylogeographic analysis. Zoological Science 30 (11): 901-905. DOI: 10.2108/zsj.30.901.

Hayashi, M., S.D. Song & T. Sota (2013) Patterns of hind-wing degeneration in Japanese riffle beetles (Coleoptera: Elmidae). European Journal of Entomology 110 (4): 689-697. 

Sota, T., S. Yamamoto, J.R. Cooley, K.B.R. Hill, C. Simon & J. Yoshimura (2013) Independent divergence of 13- and 17-year life cycles among three periodical cicada lineages. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the USA 117 (17): 6919-6924. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1220060110.

Toju, H., A. S. Tanabe, T. Notsu, T. Sota & T. Fukatsu (2013) Diversification of endosymbiosis: replacements, co-speciation and promiscuity of bacteriocyte symbionts in weevils. The ISME Journal 7: 1378-1390. doi:10.1038/ismej.2013.27

Tsuji, K. & T. Sota (2013) Florivores on the dioecious shrub Eurya japonica and the preferences/performances of two polyphagous geometrid moths on male and female plants. Entomological Science 16: 291-297. doi: 10.1111/ens.12019

Takahashi, T., T. Sota & M. Hori (2013) Genetic basis of male colour dimorphism in a Lake Tanganyika cichlid fish. Molecular Ecology 22 (11): 3049–3060. doi: 10.1111/mec.12120

 Konuma, J., T. Sota & S. Chiba (2013) Quantitative genetic analysis of subspecific differences in body shape in the snail-feeding carabid beetle Damaster blaptoides. Heredity 110: 86-93. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2012.68.

 Sota, T., J. Konuma, M. Fujiwara & E. Shoguchi (2013) Genome sizes of three species in the subtribe Carabina (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Entomological Science 16: 122-124. doi:10.1111/j.1479-8298.2012.00541.x

2012

Tsuchiya, Y., Y. Takami, Y. Okuzaki & T. Sota (2012) Genetic differences and phenotypic plasticity in body size between high- and low-altitude populations of the ground beetle Carabus tosanus. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25: 1835-1842.

Hayashi, M., S.D. Song & T. Sota (2012) Molecular phylogeny and divergence time of the water penny genus Eubrianax (Coleoptera: Psephenidae) in Japan. Entomological Science 15: 314-323.

Okuzaki, Y., Y. Takami, Y. Tsuchiya & T. Sota (2012) Mating behavior and the function of the male genital spine in the ground beetle Carabus clathratus. Zoological Science 29: 428-432

Ikeda, H., M. Nishikawa & T. Sota (2012) Loss of flight promotes beetle diversification. Nature Communications 3: 648.

Kitamura, J., N. Nagata, J. Nakajima & T. Sota (2012) Divergence of ovipositor length and egg shape in a brood parasitic bitterling fish through the use of different mussel hosts. Journal of Evolutionary Biology25: 566-573.

Ikeda, H., Y. Tsuchiya, N. Nagata & T. Sota (2012) Altitudinal life-cycle and body-size variation in ground beetles of the genus Carabus (subgenus Ohomopterus) in relation to the temperature conditions and prey earthworms. Pedobiologia 55: 67-73.

Yamamoto, S., & T. Sota (2012) Parallel allochronic divergence in a winter moth due to disruption of reproductive period by winter harshness. Molecular Ecology 21: 174-183. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05371.x

    2011

Tsuji, K. & T. Sota (2011) Geographic variation in oviposition preference for male and female host plants in a geometrid moth: implications for evolution of host choice. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata141:178-184. doi: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2011.01183.x

Satoh, A., S. Yamamoto, S. Hayaishi & T. Sota (2011) Characterization of six microsatellite loci in the mangrove cricket Apteronemobius asahinai. Entomological Science. 15: 133-136. doi: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2011.00475.x

Ikeda, H. & T. Sota (2011) Macroscale evolutionary patterns of flight muscle dimorphism in the carrion beetle Necrophila japonica. Ecology and Evolution 1: 97-105.

Nariai, Y., S. Hayashi, S. Morita, Y. Umemura, K. Tainaka, T. Sota, J. R. Cooley & J. Yoshimura (2011) Life cycle replacement by gene Introduction under an Allee effect in periodical cicadas. PLoS One 6(4): e18347.

Toju, H., S. Ueno, F. Taniguchi & T. Sota (2011) Meta population structure of a seed-predator weevil and its host plant in arms race coevolution. Evolution 65: 1707-1722.

Toju, H., A. Harue, S. Ueno, Y. Miyazawa, F. Taniguchi, T. Sota & T. Yahara (2011) Climatic gradients of arms race coevolution. The American Naturalist 177: 562-573.

Sota, T., H. Liang, Y. Enokido & M. Hori (2011) Phylogeny and divergence time of island tiger beetles of the genus Cylindera (Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) in East Asia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 102: 715-727.

Konuma, J., N. Nagata & T. Sota (2011) Factors determining the direction of ecological specialization in snail-feeding carabid beetles. Evolution 65: 408-418.

2010

Nishikawa, M., H. Ikeda, K. Kubota & T. Sota (2010) Taxonomic redefinition and natural history of the endemic silphid beetle Silpha longicornis (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of Japan, with an analysis of its geographic variation. Zootaxa 2648: 1-31.

Sasabe, M., Y. Takami & T. Sota (2010) QTL for the species-specific male and female genital morphologies in Ohomopterus ground beetles. Molecular Ecology 19: 5231-5239. 

Tsuji, K. & T. Sota (2010) Sexual differences in flower defense and correlated male-biased florivory in a plant–florivore system. Oikos 119: 1848-1853.

Hayashi, M. & T. Sota (2010) Identification of elmid larvae (Coleoptera: Elmidae) from Sanin District of Honshu, Japan, based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Entomological Science 13: 417-424.

Okuzaki, Y., I. Tayasu, N. Okuda & T. Sota (2010) Stable isotope analysis indicates trophic differences among forest floor carabids (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Japan. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata135: 263-270.

Ikeda, H., K. Kubota, A. Kagawa & T. Sota (2010) Diverse diet compositions among harpaline ground beetles revealed by mixing model analyese of stable isotope ratios. Ecological Entomology 35: 307-316.

Okuzaki, Y., Y., Takami & T. Sota (2010) Resource partitioning or reproductive isolation: the ecological role of body size differences among closely related species in sympatry. Journal of Animal Ecology 79: 383-392.

Sota, T. & T. Tanabe (2010) Multiple speciation events in an arthropod with divergent evolution in sexual morphology. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277: 689-696.

2009

Okuzaki, Y., I. Tayasu, N. Okuda & T. Sota (2009) Vertical heterogeneity of a forest floor invertebrate food web as indicated by stable isotope analysis. Ecological Research 24:1351-1359.

Toju, H. & T. Sota (2009) Do arms races punctuate evolutionary stasis? Unified insights from phylogeny, phylogeography and microevolutionary processes. Molecular Ecology 18: 3940-3954. 

Yamamoto, S. & T. Sota (2009) Incipient allochronic speciation by climatic disruption of the reproductive period. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276: 2711-2719.

Ikeda, H., K. Kubota, Y.B. Cho, H. Liang & T. Sota (2009) Different phylogeographic patterns in two Japanese Silpha species (Coleoptera: Silphidae) affected by climatic gradients and topography. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 98: 452-467.

Nagata, N., K. Kubota, Y. Takami & T. Sota (2009) Historical divergence of mechanical isolation agents in the ground beetle Carabus arrowianus as revealed by phylogeographic analyses. Molecular Ecology18: 1408-1421.

2008

Takami, Y., M. Sasabe, N. Nagata & T. Sota (2008) Dual function of seminal substances for mate guarding in a ground beetle. Behavioral Ecology 19: 1173-1178.

Sota, T. & N. Nagata (2008) Diversification in a fluctuating island setting: rapid radiation of Ohomopterus ground beetles in the Japanese Islands. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. B. 363: 3377-3390.

South, A., T. Sota, N. Abe, M. Yuma & S. M. Lewis (2008) The production and transfer of spermatophores in three Asian species of Luciola fireflies. Journal of Insect Physiology 54: 861-866.

Hayashi, M. & T. Sota (2008) Discrimination of two Japanese water pennies, Eubrianax granicollis Lewis and E. ramicornis Kiesenwetter (Coleoptera: Psephenidae), based on laboratory rearing and molecular taxonomy. Entomological Science 11: 349-357.

Kawakita, A., J. S. Ascher, T. Sota, M. Kato & D. W. Roubik (2008) Phylogenetic analysis of the corbiculate bee tribes based on 12 nuclear protein-coding genes (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae). Apidologie39: 163-175.

Tanabe, T. & T. Sota (2008) Complex copulatory behavior and the proximate effect of genital and body size differences on mechanical reproductive isolation in the millipede genus Parafontaria. The American Naturalist 171: 692-699.

Sota, T., L. Bocak & M. Hayashi (2008) Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the Holarctic wetland leaf beetle of the genus Plateumaris. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46: 183-192.

2007

Nagata, N., K. Kubota, K. Yahiro & T. Sota (2007) Mechanical barriers to introgressive hybridization revealed by mitochondrial introgression patterns in Ohomopterus ground beetle assemblages. Molecular Ecology 16: 4822-4386.

Sota, T., S. Shiyake & M. Hayashi (2007) Donaciine beetles collected in Primorsky and Sakhalin, Russia, 2005, with a note on the seasonal occurrence of donaciine beetles in Primorsky. Entomological Review of Japan 62: 121-126.

Zhang, A. B. & T. Sota (2007) Nuclear gene sequences resolve species phylogeny and mitochondrial introgression in Leptocarabus beetles showing trans-species polymorphisms. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45: 534-546.

Takami, Y. N. Nagata, M. Sasabe & T. Sota (2007) Asymmetry in reproductive isolation and its effect on directional mitochondrial introgression in the parapatric ground beetles Carabus yamato and C. albrechti. Population Ecology 49: 337-346.

Takami, Y. & T. Sota (2007) Rapid diversification of male genitalia and mating strategies in Ohomopterus ground beetles. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20: 1385-1395.

Sasabe, M., Y. Takami, & T. Sota (2007) The genetic basis of interspecific differences in genital morphology of closely related carabid beetles. Heredity 98: 385-391.

Takami, Y. & T. Sota (2007) Sperm competition promotes diversity of sperm bundles in Ohomopterus ground beetles. Naturwissenschaften 94: 543-550.

Yamamoto, S. & T. Sota (2007) Phylogeny of the Geometridae and the evolution of winter moths inferred from a simultaneous analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear genes in Japanese species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44:711-723.

Nagata, N., K. Kubota & T. Sota (2007) Phylogeography and introgressive hybridization of the ground beetle Carabus yamato in Japan based on mitochondrial gene sequences. Zoological Science 24: 465-474.

Nishi, H. & T. Sota (2007) Geographical divergence in the Japanese land snail Euhadra herklotsi inferred from molecular phylogeny and genital characters. Zoological Science 24: 475-485.

Sota, T. & M. Hayashi (2007) Comparative historical biogeography of Plateumaris leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Japan: interplay between fossil and molecular data. Journal of Biogeography 34: 977-993.

Sota, T., M. Hayashi & T. Yagi (2007) Geographic variation in body and ovipositor sizes in the leaf beetle Plateumaris constricticollis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) associated with climatic and host plant conditions. European Journal of Entomology 104: 165-172.

Tanigaki, T., R. Yamaoka & T. Sota (2007) The role of cuticular hydrocarbons in mating and conspecific recognition in closely related longicorn beetles Pidonia grallatrix and P. takechii. Zoological Science 24: 39-45.

2006

Hayashi, M. & T. Sota (2006) Collection records of Canadian Donaciinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) with ecological notes. Entomological Review of Japan 61(2): 131-142.

Kim J-L. & T. Sota (2006) Sensilla on the aedeagus of the ground beetle Carabus (Ohomopterus) arrowianus arrowianus (Breuning) (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Entomological Research 36: 122-125.

Toju, H. & T. Sota (2006) Phylogeography and the geographical cline in the armament of a seed-predatory weevil: effects of historical events vs. natural selection from the host plant. Molecular Ecology 15: 4161-4173.

Toju, H. & T. Sota (2006) Adaptive divergence of scaling relationships mediates the arms race between a weevil and its host plant. Biology Letters 2: 539-542.

Zhang, A. B., K. Kubota, Y. Takami, J. L. Kim, J. K. Kim & T. Sota (2006) Comparative phylogeography of three Leptocarabus ground beetle species in South Korea based on mitochondrial COI and nuclear 28SrRNA genes. Zoological Science 23: 745-754.

Sota, T. & M. Mogi (2006) Origin of pitcher-plant mosquitoes in Aedes (Stegomyia): a molecular phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. Journal of Medical Entomology 43(5): 795-800.

Sota, T., Y. B. Cho, J. L. Kim & M. Hayashi (2006) Occurrence of Plateumaris shirahatai (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in South Korea. Entomological Review of Japan 61(1): 11-13.

Sota, T. & M. Sasabe (2006) Utility of nuclear allele networks for the analysis of closely-related species in the genus Carabus, subgenus Ohomopterus. Systematic Biology 55: 329-344.

Zhang, A. B., S. J. Tan & T. Sota (2006) AutoInfer 1.0: a computer program to infer biogeographical events automatically. Molecular Ecology Notes 6: 597-599.

Kiyoshi, T. & T. Sota (2006) Differentiation of the dragonfly genus Davidius (Odonata: Gomphidae) in Japan inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear gene genealogies. Zoological Science 23: 1-8. 

Toju, H. & T. Sota (2006) Imbalance of predator and prey armament: geographic clines in phenotypic interface and natural selection. The American Naturalist 167: 105-117.

Takami, Y. & T. Sota (2006) Four new species of the Australian carabid beetles Pamborus Latreille (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 45: 44-54.

2005

Ujiie, M., K. Kubota, T. Sota & R. Ishikawa (2005) Parallel formation of hybrid swarms of ground beetles in the genus Carabus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in adjacent river basins. Entomological Science 8: 429-437.

Zhang,. A. B., K. Kubota, Y. Takami, J. L. Kim, J. K. Kim, T. Sota (2005) Species status and phylogeography of two closely related Coptolabrus species (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in South Korea inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. Molecular Ecology 14: 3823-3841.

Sota, T., Y. Takami, G. B. Monteith & B. P. Moore (2005) Phylogeny and character evolution of endemic Australian carabid beetles of the genus Pamborus based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36: 391-404.

Sota, T., T. Mukai, T. Shinozaki, H. Sato & K. Yodoe (2005) Genetic differentiation of the gobies Gymnogobius castaneus and G. taranetzi in the region surrounding the Sea of Japan as inferred from a mitochondrial gene genealogy. Zoological Science 22: 87-93.

2004

Sota, T., M. Hayashi & D. Iwai (2004) Phylogeography of the leaf beetle Chrysolina virgata in wetlands of Japan inferred from the distribution of mitochondrial haplotypes. Entomological Science 7: 381-388.

Kawakita, A., A. Takimura, T. Terachi, T. Sota & M. Kato (2004) Cospeciation analysis of an obligate pollination mutualism: Have Glochidion trees (Euphorbiaceae) and pollinating Epicephala moths (Gracillariidae) diversified in parallel? Evolution 58 (10): 2201-2214.

Kim J-L. & T. Sota (2004) Sensilla on the external genitalia of the carabid beetle, Carabus (Ohomopterus) dehaanii dehaanii Chaudoir (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Entomological Research 34 (3): 151-155.

Satoh, A., T. Sota, T. Ueda, Y. Enokido, J. C. Paik & M. Hori (2004) Evolutionary history of coastal tiger beetles in Japan based on a comparative phylogeography of four species. Molecular Ecology 13: 3057-3069.

Kawakita, A.,T. Sota, M. Ito, J. S. Ascher, H. Tanaka, M. Kato & D. Roubik (2004) Phylogeny, historical biogeography and character evolution in bumble bees (Bombus: Apidae) based on simultaneous analysis of three nuclear gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 31: 799-804.

Sota, T. & R. Ishikawa (2004) Phylogeny and life-history evolution in Carabus (subtribe Carabina: Coleoptera, Carabidae) based on sequences of two nuclear genes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 81: 135-149.

Sota, T. & M. Hayashi (2004) A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genus Donacia (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in Japan based on mitochondrial gene sequences. pp. 105-116. In: P. Jolivet, J. A. Santiago-Blay & M. Schmitt (eds.) New Developments on the Biology of Chrysomelidae. SPB Academic Publishing, The Hague.

2003

Kawakita, A., T. Sota, J. S. Ascher, M. Ito, H. Tanaka & M. Kato (2003) Evolution and phylogenetic utility of alignment gap within intron sequences of three nuclear genes in bumble bees (Bombus). Molecular Biology and Evolution 20 (1): 87-92.

Sota, T. & A. P. Vogler. (2003) Reconstructing species phylogeny of the carabid beetles Ohomopterus using multiple nuclear DNA sequences: heterogeneous information content and the performance of simultaneous analysis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 26: 139-154.

2002

Sota, T. (2002) Radiation and reticulation: extensive introgressive hybridization in the carabid beetles Ohomopterus inferred from mitochondrial gene genealogy. Population Ecology 44: 145-156.

2001

Sota, T., R. Ishikawa, M. Ujiie, F. Kusumoto & A. P. Vogler (2001) Extensive trans-species mitochondrial polymorphisms in the carabid beetles Carabus subgenus Ohomopterus caused by repeated introgressive hybridization. Molecular Ecology 10: 2833-2847.

Sota, T. & A. P. Vogler (2001) Incongruence between mitochondrial and nuclear gene trees in the carabid beetles Ohomopterus. Systematic Biology 50 (1): 39-59.

2000

Sota, T., Y. Takami, K. Kubota & R. Ishikawa (2000) Geographic variation in the body size of some Japanese Leptocarabus species (Coleoptera, Carabidae): The "toppled-domino pattern" in species along a geographic cline. Entomological Science 3(2): 309-320.

Sota, T., Y. Takami, K. Kubota, M. Ujiie & R. Ishikawa (2000) Interspecific body size differentiation in species assemblages of the carabid subgenus Ohomopterus in Japan. Population Ecology 42 (3): 279-291.

Sota, T., S. Nakano, N. Hasan, Syafril & K. Nakamura (2000) Fluctuation in the abundance of terrestrial arthropods at an arable field in West Sumatran Highland. Tropics 10 (3): 463-472.

Sota, T., F. Kusumoto & K. Kubota (2000) Consequences of hybridization between Ohomopterus insulicola and O. arrowianus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in a segmented river basin: parallel formation of hybrid swarms. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 71: 297-313.

1998

Sota, T. & K. Kubota (1998) Genital lock-and-key as a selective agent against hybridization. Evolution 52(5): 1507-1513.

Sota, T. (1998) Microhabitat size distribution affects local difference in community structure: metazoan communities in treeholes. Researches on Population Ecology 40(2): 249-255.

Sota, T., M. Mogi & K. Kato (1998) Local and regional-scale food web structure in Nepenthes alata pitchers. Biotropica  30(1): 82-91.

Mogi, M. & T. Sota (1998) New distribution records of three rare species of Aedes mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) in temperate Japan. Medical Entomology and Zoology 49(2): 129-131.

Kubota, K. & T. Sota (1998) Hybridization and speciation in the carabid beetles of the subgenus Ohomopterus (Coleoptera, Carabidae, genus Carabus). Researches on Population Ecology 40(2): 213-222.

1984-1997

Tomono, T. & T. Sota (1997) The life-history and pollination ecology of bumblebees in the alpine zone of central Japan. Japanese Journal of Entomology 65(2): 237-255.

Sota, T., S. Salmah & M. Kato (1997) Proboscis length and flower utilization of bumblebees from Sumatra and Java. Japanese Journal of Entomology 65(2): 265-277.

Mogi, M. & T. Sota (1996) Physical and biological attributes of water channels utilized by Culex pipiens pallens immatures in Saga City, southwestern Japan. Journal of American Mosquito Control Association 12(2): 206-214.

Sota, T. (1996) Effects of the capacity on resource input and aquatic metazoan community structure in phytotelmata. Researches on Population Ecology 38(1): 65-73.

Sota, T. (1996) Altitudinal variation in life cycles of carabid beetles: Life-cycle strategy and colonization in alpine zones. Arctic and Alpine Research 28(4): 441-447.

Sota, T. (1996) Species richness and altitudinal variation in the metazoan communites in bamboo phytotelmata from North Sulawesi. Researches on Population Ecology 38(2): 275-281.

Sota, T. & M. Mogi. (1995) Geographic variation in the expression of autogeny in Aedes togoi (Diptera: Culicidae) under different temperature and photoperiod conditions. Journal of Medical Entomology 32(2): 181-189.

Sota, T., Wang Ning & Huang Zhi-jie (1995) Autogeny of Aedes togoi (Diptera, Culicidae) from Hainan, southern China. Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology 46(2): 173-175.

Sianturi, E. M. T., T. Sota, M. Kato, S. Salmah & Dahelmi. (1995) Nest structure, colony composition and foraging activity of a tropical-montane bumblebee, Bombus senex (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in West Sumatra. Japanese Journal of Entomology 63(3): 657-667.

Motomura, M., K. Ohgushi, T. Sota & M. Mogi (1995) A questionnaire study on mosquito bites in Saga City, Japan. Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology 46(4): 331-338. (in Japanese)

Mogi, M., T. Okazawa & T. Sota (1995) Geographic pattern of autogeny and wing length in Aedes togoi (Diptera: Culicidae). Mosquito Systematics. 27(3):155-166.

Mogi, M., T. Sota & M. Motomura (1995) Macroconditions of channel segments utilized by Culex pipiens pallens immatures in Saga City, southwest Japan. Journal of American Mosquito Control Association 11(4) :448-453.

Sota, T. & M. Mogi (1994)  Seasonal life cycle and autogeny expression in the mosquito Aedes togoi in northern Kyushu, Japan, with experimental analysis of the effects of temperature, photoperiod and food on life-history traits.Researches on Population Ecology 36(1): 105-114.

Sota, T. (1994) Variation of carabid life cycles along climatic gradients: an adaptive perspective for life-history evolution under adverse conditions. pp. 91-112. In: H.V. Danks (ed) Insect life-cycle polymorphism: theory, evolution and ecological consequences for seasonality and diapause control. Kluwer, Dordrecht. [Book chapter]

Sota, T. (1994) Larval diapause, size and autogeny in the mosquito Aedes togoi (Diptera, Culicidae) from tropical to subarctic zones. Canadian Journal of Zoology 72(8): 1462-1468.

Sota, T. & K. Kato. (1994) Bacteria as diet for the mosquito larvae Aedes (Stegomyia): a preliminary experiment with Pseudomonas fluorescens. Applied Entomology and Zoology 29(4): 598-600. 

Sota, T., M. Mogi & E. Hayamizu  (1994) Habitat stability and the larval mosquito community in treeholes and other containers on a temperate island. Researches on Population Ecology 36(1): 93-104.

Sota, T. (1993) Response to selection for desiccation resistance in Aedes albopictus eggs (Diptera: Culicidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology 28(2):161-168.

Sota, T., M. Mogi, I. Miyagi & D.T. Sembel (1993) Desiccation survival time of two Aedes (Stegomyia) mosquito eggs from North Sulawesi. Japanese Journal of Entomology 61(1): 121-124.

Sota, T. (1993) Performance of Aedes albopictus and A. riversi larvae (Diptera: Culicidae) in waters that contain tannic acid and decaying leaves: is the treehole species better adapted to treehole water? Annals of the Entomological Society of America 86(4): 450-457.

Sota, T. (1993) Flower-visit by bumblebees in the alpine zone of Mts. Shiroumadake. New Entomologist 42(3,4): 49-51.

Sota, T., M. Mogi & E. Hayamizu.(1992) Seasonal distribution and habitat selection by Aedes albopictus and Ae. riversi (Diptera, Culicidae) in northern Kyushu, Japan. Journal of Medical Entomology 29(2):296-304.

Sota, T. & M. Mogi. (1992) Survival time and resistance to desiccation of diapause and non-diapause eggs of temperate Aedes (Stegomyia) mosquitoes.  Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 63(2): 155-161.

Sota, T. (1992) Variable host selection by mosquitoes and the dynamics of mosquito-borne  diseases. Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology 43(1):1-11. (in Japanese)

Sota, T. & M. Mogi. (1992) Interspecific variation in desiccation survival time of Aedes (Stegomyia) mosquito eggs is correlated with habitat and egg size. Oecologia 90(3): 353-358.

Laird, M., M. Mogi & T. Sota (1992) Northernmost occurrences of the Protistan pathogen, Coelomomyces stegomyiae var. Stegomyiae. Journal of American Mosquito Control Association 8(4): 430-432.

Sota, T., E. Hayamizu & M. Mogi (1991) Distribution of biting Culex tritaeniorhynchus  (Dipetera: Culicidae) among pigs: effects of host size and behavior. Journal of Medical Entomology 28(3):428-433.

Mogi, M. & T. Sota (1991) Towards integrated control of mosquitoes and mosquito-borne diseases in ricelands. Advance in Disease Vector Research 8: 47-75. 

Sota, T. & M. Mogi (1989) Effectiveness of zooprophylaxis in malaria control: a theoretical inquiry, with a model for mosquito populations with two bloodmeal hosts. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 3(4):337-345.

Sota, T. & M. Mogi (1989) Models for JE transmission dynamics with vector mosquito dynamics. In: M.F. Uren, J.Blok & L.H. Manderson (eds.) Arbovirus  research in Australia: proceedings fifth symposium. pp. 144-148. [Proceedings]

Sota, T. (1988) Ecology of a gall-forming thrips, Ponticulothrips diospyrosi: colony development and gall-associated arthropod community (Thysanoptera: Phaleothripidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology  23(3): 345-352.

Sota, T. (1988) Univoltine and bivoltine life cycles in insects: a model with density dependent selection. Researches on  Population Ecology  30(1):135-144.

Sota, T. (1987) Mortality pattern and age structure of two carabid populations with different seasonal cycles. Researches on Population Ecology 29(2): 237-254.

Sota, T. (1987) Effects of temperature and photoperiod on the larval hibervation and adult aestivation of Leptocarabus kumagaii (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology 22(4): 617-623.

Sota, T. (1986) Effects of temperature and photoperiod on the larval development and  gonad maturation of a carabid beetle, Carabus yaconinus (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology21(1): 89-94.

Sota, T. (1986) Carabid populations along an altitudinal gradient: life history variation of Leptocarabus kumagaii (Coleoptera, Carabidae). In: P.J. den Boer, M.L. Luff, D. Mossakowski & F. Weber (eds.) Carabid beetles: their adaptations and dynamics. Gustav Fischer. New York, Stuttgart. pp. 429-438. [Book chapter]

Sota, T. (1985) Limitation of reproduction by feeding condition in a carabid beetle, Carabus yaconinus. Researches on Population Ecology 27(1): 171-184.

Sota, T. (1985) Life history patterns of carabid beetles belonging to the subtribe Carabina (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in the Kinki District, western Japan. Kontyu, Tokyo 53(2): 370-378.

Sota, T. (1985) Activity patterns, diets and interspecific interactions of coexisting spring and autumn breeding carabids: Carabus yaconinus and Leptocarabus kumagaii  (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Ecological Entomology 10(3): 315-324.

Sota, T. (1984) Long adult life span and polyphagy of a carabid beetle, Leptocarabus kumagaii in relation to reproduction and survival. Researches on Population Ecology 26(2): 389-400.