Taisuke Kanao

Taisuke Kanao, Japanese entomologist.

Entomological Laboratory, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581 Japan
Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501 Japan (present address).

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Kanao, T., Maruyama, M. & Sakchoowong, W. 2010. Two new species of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) found in fungus gardens of Odontotermes termites (Isoptera, Termitidae, Macrotermitinae) in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. ZooKeys 49: 77–86. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.49.468 Reference page.

Kanao, T., Maruyama, M. & Hashim, R. 2011. A new genus of Compactopediina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) associated with Longipeditermes (Isoptera: Termitidae) in Peninsular Malaysia with a key to and phylogenetic analysis of all genera of the subtribe. Insect Systematics & Evolution 42(4): 349–364. DOI: 10.1163/187631211X603605 Reference page.

Kanao, T., Eldredge, K.T. & Maruyama, M. 2012. Two new genera and species of the termite symbiont lineage Termitohospitini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Bolivia and peninsular Malaysia. ZooKeys 254: 67–87. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.254.4043 Reference page.

Kanao, T., Maruyama, M. & Iwata, R. 2014. Systematics of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae:Aleocharinae) associated with Hodotermopsis sjostedti (Isoptera: Termopsidae). Entomological science 17: 409–424. DOI: 10.1111/ens.12079 Reference page.
Maruyama, M. & Kanao, T. 2014. Taxonomy of the termitophilous genus Termitodonia Cameron (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Koleopterologische rundschau 84: 193–200. Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Kanao, T. & Maruyama, M. 2015. Eight new species, a new record, and redescription of the genus Discoxenus Wasmann, 1904: The first record of termitophilous rove beetles in Cambodia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa 4044(2): 201–223. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.2.2. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Kanao, T. 2017. Description of a new genus with four new species of termite-guest rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) associated with Hodotermopsis sjostedti (Isoptera: Termopsidae). Entomological science online version 31 July 2017. DOI: 10.1111/ens.12271 Reference page.

Liang, W-R., Maruyama, M., Kanao, T., Iwata, R. & Li, H-F. 2020. Discovery of termitophilous rove beetles associated with Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus in Taiwan, with the first larval description for the tribe Termitohospitini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60(1): 77–87. DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2020.005 Reference page.