2024

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. 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. Molecular phylogeny of the genus Apatrobus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Patrobinae) in western Japan. Entomological Science (Early view) dpi: 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.