Curriculum Vitae
Contact Information
Shodo MTOW, Ph.D. Google scholar ResearchGate researchmap ORCID
Laboratory of Entomology, Department of Agrobiological Resources, Meijo University
mtow(at)meijo-u.ac.jp
Research Topics
Comparative embryology of insects, aiming at the elucidation of their origin, phylogeny in higher levels, the reconstruction of their groundplan, and the illustration of their evolutionary paths.
embryological study of Plecoptera (Arctoperlaria and Antarctoperlaria)
midgut epithelium formation of insects (Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Odonata, Orthoptera, and Plecoptera)
Natural history of Insects (Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Plecoptera)
taxonomy and mating behavior of Archaeognatha
taxonomy of Plecoptera and Zygentoma
Education
03/2019 Ph. D. (Science) Doctoral Programs in Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Thesis title: Comparative Embryology of Arctoperlaria (Insecta: Plecoptera)
Thesis supervisor: Prof. Ryuichiro Machida
03/2017 M. S. (Science) Master’s Programs in Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
03/2015 B. S. (Science) Collage of Biological Science, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Research Experience
04/2023–present Associate Professor, Laboratory of Entomology, Department of Agrobiological Resources, Meijo University
04/2020–03/2023 Visiting Researcher, Faculty of Symbiotic Systems Science, Fukushima University
04/2020–03/2023JSPS Research Fellowship (PD), Faculty of Symbiotic Systems Science, Fukushima University
04/ 2019–03/2020 JSPS Research Fellowship (PD*), Sugadaira Research Station, Mountain Science Center, University of Tsukuba
*status changing from DC2 to PD due to the completion of doctoral degree
04/2018–03/2019 JSPS Research Fellowship (DC2), Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
10/2017–12/2017 Research Assistant, University of Tsukuba
Teaching Experience (before 2023)
2022(FY) Part-time Lecturer, Fukushima University (Experiment of Conservation Biology *1), University of Tsukuba ( Laboratory and Field Studies in Animal Taxonomy *1)
2021(FY) Part-time Lecturer, Fukushima University (Experiment of Conservation Biology *1), University of Tsukuba ( Laboratory and Field Studies in Animal Taxonomy *1; Laboratory and Field Study in Land Biology *1)
2019(FY)–2020(FY) Part-time Lecturer, University of Tsukuba (Laboratory and Field Studies in Animal Taxonomy *2; Laboratory and Field Study in Land Biology *2)
02/2018 Teaching Assistant for students of Maebashi Girls' Senior High School (SS-Lecture, Field Studies in Sugadaira kogen)
2015–2017 Teaching Assistant for students belonging to GFEST (Global Future Expert in Science and Technology) Program, University of Tsukuba (GFEST Summer Field Studies *3)
2015(FY)–2018(FY) Teaching Assistant, University of Tsukuba (Laboratory and Field Studies in Animal Taxonomy *4; Laboratory and Field Study in Land Biology *8 report; Advanced Field Course in Marine and Mountain Biology *4; Laboratory and Field Studies in Biodiversity *1; Laboratory and Field Studies in Biodiversity of Model Organism *1)
Grants and Fellowships
04/2020–03/2023 JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD) (JPY 3, 700, 000). Project No.: 20J00039
04/2019–03/2020 JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD*) (JPY 700, 000). Project No.: 18J10360
*status change from DC2 to PD due to the completion of doctoral degree
04/2018–03/2019 JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2) (JPY 800, 000). Project No.: 18J10360
04/2016–02/2017 Sasakawa Scientific Research Grant. Project (JPY 640, 000) Project No.: 28-515
Refereed Journal Papers
13. Eichert, A., L.H. de Almeida, Y.-Z. Du, T. Duarte, R. Fochetti, S. Hotaling, Q.-B. Du, C. Jouault, A.P. Kirkaldy, H. Letsch, W. Li, M.J. López-Rodríguez, J. Machingura, G. McCulloch, R. Mo, S. Mtow, P. Pessacq, M.L.S. Rippel, R. Rivera-Pomar, J.S. Sproul, F.R.P. Sarmento, P. Sroka, J.M. Tierno de Figueroa & J. Ware (2025) Stonefly systematics: past, present, and future. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 9(4), in press. (Journal page)
12. Mtow, S. & R. Machida (2024) What are Halomachilis akkesiensis and Halomachilis kojimai described from Hokkaido, Japan? (Insecta: Archaeognatha: Machilidae). Zootaxa, 5543 (3): 445–450. (PDF press release)
11. Mtow, S., T. Tsutsumi, M. Masumoto & R. Machida (2023) Revisiting the formation of midgut epithelium in Zygentoma (Insecta) from a developmental study of the firebrat Thermobia domestica (Packard, 1873) (Lepismatidae). Arthropod Structure & Development, 73: 101237. (PDF Journal page: press release)
10. Mtow, S. & T. Tsutsumi (2022) Body pigmentation during embryogenesis first found in stoneflies: a case of Megaperlodes niger Yokoyama, Isobe & Yamamoto, 1990 (Insecta, Plecoptera, Perlodidae). Fragmenta Entomologica, 54(2): 273–278. (PDF)
9. Mtow, S., S. Yoshii & T. Tsutsumi (2022) Preliminary report on distribution, infestation, and feeding plants of the alien longhorn beetle Apriona swainsoni swainsoni (Hope, 1840) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) discovered from Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. Japanese Journal of Entomology (New Series), 25 (1): 18–24. (PDF) (in Japanese with English abstract).
8. Mtow, S. & B.J. Smith (2022) Notes on the emergence of a stonefly, Stenoperla prasina (Newman, 1845) in New Zealand (Plecoptera: Eustheniidae). Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine, 158(1): 67–71. (Journal page)
7. Mtow, S (2021) A new record of Petrobiellus takunagae Silvestri, 1943 (Archaeognatha, Machilidae, Petrobiellinae) from Sado Island, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Japanese Journal of Entomology (New Series), 24 (4): 108–110. (PDF)
6. Mtow, S & T. Tsutsumi (2021) First instar nymphs of two peltoperlid stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera, Peltoperlidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 68 (1), 179–188. (Journal page)
5. Mtow, S. & R. Machida (2021) Thickened serosa and serosal cuticle formed beneath the embryo in eight arctoperlarian stoneflies (Insecta, Plecoptera). Proceedings of the Arthropodan Embryological Society of Japan, 53: 9–13. (PDF)
4. Mtow, S., B.J. Smith & R. Machida (2021) Egg structure of five antarctoperlarian stoneflies (Insecta: Plecoptera, Antarctoperlaria) . Arthropod Structure & Development, 60: 101011. (PDF Journal page; press release)
3. Mtow, S. & R. Machida (2019) Note on the thickened serosa and serosal cuticle formed beneath the embryo in Scopura montana Maruyama, 1987 (Insecta, Plecoptera, Scopuridae). Proceedings of the Arthropodan Embryological Society of Japan, 52: 11–14. (PDF)
2. Mtow, S. & R. Machida (2018) Development and ultrastructure of the thickened serosa and serosal cuticle formed beneath the embryo in the stonefly Scopura montana Maruyama, 1987 (Insecta, Plecoptera, Scopuridae). Arthropod Structure & Development, 47(6): 643–654. (PDF Journal page)
1. Mtow S. & R. Machida (2018) Egg structure and embryonic development of arctoperlarian stoneflies: a comparative embryological study (Plecoptera). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 76(1): 65–86. (PDF)
Awards
05/2024 3rd Hiroshi Ando Academic Encouragement Award, 60th Annual Meeting of Arthropodan Embryological Society of Japan
09/2019 Poster Award, The 79th Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Japan
03/2019 Chairman’s Award, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Presentations (English only)
2. Mtow, S. & R. Machida Comparative embryological study of stoneflies: embryological groundplan and phylogeny of Plecoptera (Insecta). Oral presentation (18-2-5), XXVII International Congress of Entomology (ICE2024), Kyoto, Japan, 25-30, August, 2024.
1. Mtow, S. & R. Machida Comparative embryology of arctoperlarian Plecoptera (Insecta). Poster presentation (01), 7th Dresden Meeting on Insect Phylogeny, Dresden, Germany, 25-27, September, 2015.
Peer review
Fossil Record (*1), Proceedings of the Arthropodan Embryological Society of Japan (*1)
Miscellaneous
Hobbies: birdwatching, comparative binocularology,