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2026

• Aug. 16-20 2026

20th Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (Freiburg, Germany) にて口頭発表を行いました。

I gave an oral presentation at the 20th Congress of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects (Freiburg, Germany).

• Apr. 19 2026

侵略的外来種アルゼンチンアリの巣内から初となる在来のスペシャリスト寄生者を発見したことを報告した論文が Entomological Science に掲載されました。

Our paper reporting the first discovery of a native specialist parasite in a colony of the invasive Argentine ant was published in Entomological Science.

Takaishi Y., Matsuura K. (2026) First record of a native specialist ant cricket in a colony of the invasive Argentine ant Linepithema humile. Entomological Science 29. DOI: 10.1111/ens.70021

• Mar. 11-15, 2026

京都大学・京都国際会館で開催された日本生態学会第73回全国大会にてポスター発表を行いました。

I gave a poster presentation at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan, held at Kyoto University and the Kyoto International Conference Center.

2025

• Dec. 26 2025

アリの巣に寄生するコオロギの仲間であるアリツカコオロギ属の新種を記載し、宿主を共有する近縁種との非侵襲的な判別法を開発した論文がApplied Entomology and Zoologyに掲載されました。

Our paper describing a new species of Myrmecophilus, a genus of ant-associated crickets, and developing a non-invasive method to distinguish it from a closely related species sharing the same host was published in Applied Entomology and Zoology.

Takaishi Y., Matsuura K. (2025) Development of a non-invasive method for differentiating a new Myrmecophilus species (Orthoptera: Myrmecophilidae) from its closely related host-sharing species. Applied Entomology and Zoology DOI: 10.1007/s13355-025-00948-2