Katsura Morimoto

Katsura Morimoto (1934–2019), Japanese entomologist.

日本語: 森本桂

220-101 Nata-danchi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 811-0205, Japan.

Taxon names authored

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(List may be incomplete)

Morimoto, K. 1962. Key to families, subfamilies, tribes and genera of the superfamily Curculionoidea of Japan excluding Scolytidae, Platypodidae and Cossoninae. (Comparative morphology, phylogeny and systematics of the superfamily Curculionoidea of Japan. III). Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 12(1): 21–66.
Morimoto, K. 1962. Descriptions of a new sub-family, new genera and species of the family Curculionidae of Japan (comparative morphology, phylogeny and systematics of the superfamily Curculionoidea of Japan. II). Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University 11(4): 375–409. DOI: 10.5109/22691 . Reference page.

Morimoto, K. 1972. A key to the genera of Oriental Anthribidae (Coleoptera). Bulletin of the Government Forest Experiment Station No. 246: 35–54, 17 pls.

Morimoto, K. 1983. The family Curculionidae of Japan. II. Viticiinae, subfam. n. Esakia 30: 55–62.

Morimoto, K. 1990. A Synopsis of the Bruchid Fauna of Japan. In: Fujii, K., Gatehouse, A.M.R., Johnson, C.D., Mitchel, R., Yoshida, T. (eds) Bruchids and Legumes: Economics, Ecology and Coevolution. Series Entomologica, vol 46. Springer, Dordrecht. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-009-2005-7_15 .

Askevold, I.S., O'Brien, C.W. & Morimoto, K. 1994. Systematics and evolution of weevils of the genus Bagous Germar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) III. Phylogenetic analysis of the species known from Japan. Esakia 34: 75–129. hdl: 2324/2571 . Reference page.
O'Brien, C.W., Askevold, I.S. & Morimoto, K. 1994. Systematics and evolution of weevils of the genus Bagoos Germar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) II. Taxonomic treatment of the species of Japan. Esakia 34: 1–73. hdl: 2324/2570 . Reference page.

O'Brien, C.W., Askevold, I.S. & Morimoto, K. 1995. Systematics and evolution of weevils of the genus Bagous Germar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): IV. Three new species from Japan. Esakia 35: 1–15. hdl: 2324/2580 . Reference page.
Morimoto, K. & Miyakawa, S. 1995. The family Curculionidae of Japan. VIII. Subfamily Acicnemidinae. Esakia (35): 17–62. Abstract and full article (PDF). Reference page.

Morimoto, K. & Miyakawa, S. 1996. Systematics of the Flea Weevils of the Tribe Ramphini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from East Asia I. Descriptions of New Taxa and Distribution Data of Some Species. Esakia (36): 61–96. PDF. Reference page.

Morimoto, K. & Kojima, H. 2001. Isopterina, a new subtribe of the tribe Celeuthetini, with notes on the related taxa (Coleoptera, Curculionidae). Elytra, Tokyo 29(2): 265–283.

Tuda, M. & Morimoto, K. 2004. A new species Megabruchidius sophorae (Coleoptera, Bruchidae), feeding on seeds of Styphnolobium (Fabaceae) new to Bruchidae. Zoological Science 21(1): 105–110. DOI: 10.2108/0289-0003(2004)21[105:ANSMSC]2.0.CO;2 .

Kojima, H. & Morimoto, K. 2005. Weevils of the tribe Acalyptini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae): redefinition and a taxonomic treatment of the Japanese, Korean and Taiwanese species. Esakia 45: 69–115. PDF Reference page.

Morimoto, K. (ed.) 2007. 新訂原色昆虫大圖鑑 [Iconographia Insectorum Japonicorum Colore Naturali Edita], Vol. II (Coleoptera). 526 pp. Tokyo: Hokuryukan Co., Ltd. ISBN 978-4-8326-0826-9 (Japanese). Reference page.

Tennent, W.J., Yasuda, M. & Morimoto, K. 2008. Lansania Journal of arachnology and zoology - a rare and obscure Japanese natural history journal. Archives of Natural History 35(2): 252–280. DOI: 10.3366/E0260954108000387 Reference page.

Morimoto, K., Nakamura, T. & Kannô, K. 2015. The Insects of Japan, Volume 4 Curculionidae: Entiminae (Part 2) (Coleoptera). 001–758. Reference page.

Grebennikov, V.V. & Morimoto, K. 2016. Flightless litter-dwelling Cotasterosoma (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae) found outside of Japan, with mtDNA phylogeography of a new species from Southwest China. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4179.1.11. Reference page.