photo by Soshi Araki
Welcome !
I am a doctor student in Laboratory of Insect Ecology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University. I am interested in the interactions between termites and termitophilous insects.
photo by Yusei Takaishi
中園 大博
Email: nakazono.tomohiro.62c@st.kyoto-u.ac.jp
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8003-3657
photo by Soshi Araki
News
2025.9.14-16 Poster presentation at 第41回個体群生態学会
2025.8.1 Coauthored paper published in Journal of Ethology (tandem running behavior of H. sjostedti)
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10164-025-00857-5
2025.6.10-30 Conducted fieldwork and experiments at Auburn University
2025.6.9-14 English oral presentation at International Termite Course 2025 : 3rd Presentation Award
2025.4.16 My first (first-authored) paper was published in Journal of Ethology (left-handed mating behavior of a termite-
associated rove beetle) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10164-025-00840-0
2025.3.20-22 Poster presentation at 第69回応用動物昆虫学会大会
2024.10.17 Second author on a paper published in Ecology and Evolution (male-male agonistic behavior of a wood-feeding
cockroach) https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70319
2024.8.25-30 English oral presentation at International Congress of Entomology (ICE2024) : Presentation Award for Young Scientists
2024.3.16-21 English oral presentation at 第71回日本生態学会
2023.7.27-8.4 Visited and conducted experiments at OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
2023.5.11-14 Fieldwork in Yakushima Island
2023.11.25-12.1 Conducted experiments and gave a talk at Yamagata University
2023.3.17-21 Poster presentation at 第70回日本生態学会大会
Publications
Mizumoto N., Chambliss W., Elijah C., Nakazono T., Kanao T. (2025) Observation of tandem running behavior in dealates of Asian dampwood termite, Hodotermopsis sjostedti. Journal of Ethology, 43(3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10164-025-00857-5
Nakazono T., Matsuura K. (2025) Left-handed mating: Lateralized mating behavior in a termite-associated rove beetle. Journal of Ethology, 43(2). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10164-025-00840-0
Osaki H., Nakazono T., Yabe K., Takata M., Mikaelyan A. (2024) Fight, retreat, repeat: The male–male agonistic behavior in the wood-feeding cockroach, Panesthia angustipennis spadica (Dictyoptera: Blattodea: Blaberidae). Ecology and Evolution, 14(10). https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.70319
Grants
2025 京都大学大学院教育支援機構SPRINGプログラム (DoGS SPRING Program) 2025.04 ~ 2028.03 「社会寄生者による社会性昆虫の用いる社会情報の利用能の解明」
Travel Grants
2025 大学院教育支援機構(DoGS)海外渡航助成金 2025.06 「社会寄生昆虫の探索戦略に関する共同研究と国際学会での発表」
Awards
2025 日本学生支援機構 (JASSO) 令和6年度 特に優れた業績による奨学金返還免除(半額免除)
2025 3rd Presentation Award, International Termite Course 2025, Florida, USA, June 9-14, 2025.
2024 Presentation Awards for Young Scientists (PAYS), International Congress of Entomology (ICE2024), Kyoto, Japan, August 25-30, 2024.
Presentations
〇中園大博, 矢部清隆, 野呂拓哉, 高田守, 松浦健二. シロアリの王室を利用した社会寄生者の給餌獲得戦略と宿主社会構造の地域差への応答. 第41回個体群生態学会, ポスター発表 P-18. 同志社大学寒梅館. 2025年9月14-16日.
〇Tomohiro Nakazono, Kiyotaka Yabe, Takuya Noro, Mamoru Takata, Kenji Matsuura. Ecological study of a termitophilous rove beetle exploiting termite societies. International Termite Course 2025, Florida, USA, June 9-14, 2025.
〇中園大博, 矢部清隆, 野呂拓哉, 高田守, 松浦健二.シロアリの王・女王に随伴することで効率的に給餌を得る社会寄生性ハネカクシ. 第69回応用動物昆虫学会大会, ポスター発表 PS-84. 幕張メッセ国際会議場. 2025年3月20-22日.
〇Tomohiro Nakazono, Kiyotaka Yabe, Takuya Noro, Mamoru Takata, Kenji Matsuura. The strategy of termitophilous rove beetles to maximize food acquisition by aggregating around the queens of host termites. International Congress of Entomology (ICE2024), Oral presentation 7-17-04. Kyoto, Japan, August 25-30, 2024.
〇Tomohiro Nakazono, Kiyotaka Yabe, Takuya Noro, Mamoru Takata, Kenji Matsuura. Maximizing food acquisition in socially parasitic rove beetles through aggregating around termite queens. 第71回日本生態学会, 英語口頭発表 B03-10. 横浜国立大学. 2024年3月16-21日.
〇中園大博, 矢部清隆, 野呂拓哉, 高田守, 松浦健二. 社会寄生性ハネカクシはシロアリ巣内で女王に随伴する. 第70回日本生態学会大会, ポスター発表 P1-071. 仙台国際センター. 2023年3月17-21日.
Outreach Activities
NHK Eテレ (TV program) 科学の扉、開けちゃいました。~理系京大生のステキな好奇心~ (2025) 出演
Education
2025 MS Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
2023 BS Department of Agriculture, Kyoto University