Katsumi Akita

Katsumi Akita, Japanese entomologist

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Masumoto, K., Ando, K. & Akita, K. 2006. New or little-known tenebrionid species from Japan (Part5) A new species belonging to a new genus (Coleoptera: Tenebrioninae: Helopini. Entomological Review of Japan 61(1): 33-38. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Masumoto, K., Lee, C.-F. & Akita, K. 2007. New tenebrionid beetles from Taiwan (2) two new species dedicated to the late Dr. Masataka Satô. Elytra 35(1): 153–158. PDF.

Akita, K. & Masumoto, K. 2012. New or Little-known Tenebrionid Beetles (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) from Japan. (11) Descriptions of Seven New Species, Up-grading of a Subspecies to the Species Rank, and a New Distributional Record of a Species. Elytra (n.s.) 1(2): 275–294. PDF. Reference page.
Akita, K. & Masumoto, K. 2012. New or little-known tenebrionid species (Coleoptera) from Japan. (13) Three new tenebrionid species from Japan, and a replacement of a preoccupied name. Elytra (n.s.) 2(2): 207–216. PDF. Reference page.
Masumoto, K., Akita, K. & Lee, C.-F. 2012. New tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera) from Taiwan (5) Descriptions of a species belonging to a new genus and three new species of three different tribes, and records of six species in new occurrence. Elytra (n.s.) 2(1): 25–37. PDF Reference page.
Masumoto, K., Akita, K. & Lee, C.-F. 2012. New tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera) from Taiwan. (6) Descriptions of four new species, and a comment concerning a male of the previously described species with figures of the male genitalia. Elytra (n.s.) 2(2): 193–206. PDF Reference page.

Masumoto, K., Akita, K. & Lee, C.-F. 2013. Tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera) from the Kenting area in Taiwan. Three new species and three new records of occurrence. Elytra (n.s.) 3(1): 113–122. PDF. Reference page.
Masumoto, K., Akita, K. & Lee, C.-F. 2013. New tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera) from Taiwan. (7) Descriptions of six new species and a new record of the named species of the genus Derispia (Diaperinae, Leiochrini). Elytra (n.s.) 3(1): 123–138. PDF. Reference page.
Masumoto, K., Akita, K. & Lee, C.-F. 2013. New tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera) from Taiwan. (8) Descriptions of six new species and new occurrence records of four species from Taiwan. Elytra (n.s.) 3(2): 255–273. PDF. Reference page.

Masumoto, K., Akita, K. & Lee, C.-F. 2014. New tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera) from Taiwan. (9) Descriptions of eight new species and an additional account of the previous described species. Elytra (n.s.) 4(1): 73–93. PDF. Reference page.
Masumoto, K., Akita, K. & Lee, C.-F. 2014. New tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera) from Taiwan. (10) Descriptions of four new species and a revival of synonymized species. Elytra (n.s.) 4(2): 237–247. PDF. Reference page.

Masumoto, K., Akita, K. & Lee, C.F. 2015. New tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera) from Taiwan. (11) Descriptions of six new species and proposing three new treatments. Elytra (n.s.) 5(1): 161–176. PDF. Reference page.
Masumoto, K., Akita, K. & Lee, C.F. 2015. New tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera) from Taiwan. (12) Descriptions of five new species and two new occurring records. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 21(2): 305–312. Reference page.

Masumoto, K., Lee, C.-F. & Akita, K. 2016. A note of the genus Ziaelas (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Amarygmini) with a description of a new species from the southern part of Vietnam. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 22(2): 209–213. Reference page.

Masumoto, K., Akita, K. & Lee, C.F. 2017. New or little-known tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera) from Taiwan. (13) Resurrection of seven species from synonymy. Elytra (n.s.) 7(1): 169–173. PDF. Reference page.
Masumoto, K., Akita, K. & Lee, C.F. 2017. New or little-known tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera) from Taiwan. (14) Descriptions of five new Tarpela species (Tenebrioninae, Helopini) with a diagnostic key to all the Taiwanese species. Elytra (n.s.) 7(2): 445–455. Reference page.
Masumoto, K., Novák, V., Akita, K. & Lee, C.-F. 2017. A revisional study of the subfamily Alleculinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Taiwan. Miscellaneous Reports of the Hiwa Museum for Natural History 58: 1–46. Reference page.

Masumoto, K., Akita, K. & Lee, C.F. 2018. New or little-known tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera) from Taiwan. (15) Descriptions of three new Derispia species (Diaperinae: Leiochrinini). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 24(1): 43–47. Reference page.
Masumoto, K., Novák, V., Akita, K. & Lee, C.-F. 2018. A revisional study of the subfamily Alleculinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Taiwan (Part 2). Miscellaneous Reports of the Hiwa Museum for Natural History 59: 75–121. Reference page.

Masumoto, K., Akita, K. & Lee, C.F. 2019. Three New Taiwanese Taxa from the Darkling Beetle Subtribe Gnathidiina (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Diaperinae). Annales Zoologici 69(1): 159–164. DOI: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2019.69.1.011 . Reference page.
Masumoto, K., Akita, K. & Lee, C.F. 2019. New or little-known tenebrionid beetles (Coleoptera) from Taiwan. (16) Descriptions of new species, proposals of new systematic position and reports of distributions. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 25(1): 123–128. Reference page.
Masumoto, K., Novák, V., Akita, K. & Lee, C.-F. 2019. A revisional study of the subfamily Alleculinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Taiwan (Part 3). Miscellaneous Reports of the Hiwa Museum for Natural History 60: 89–118. Reference page.
Masumoto, K., Novák, V., Akita, K. & Lee, C.-F. 2019. A revisional study of the subfamily Alleculinae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) of Taiwan (Part 4). Ten new species of genera Allecula, Borbonalia, Borboresthes, Pseudohymenalia and Upinella. Folia Heyrovskyana, Series A 27(2): 20–51. PDF. Reference page.

Yanagi, T. & Akita, K. 2021. A New Species of the Genus Laccophilus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Laccophilinae) from Honshu, Japan. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 27(1): 31-34. Reference page.