Yasuaki Watanabe, entomologist.

Laboratory of Entomology, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 1-Chôme Sakuragoaka, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

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1960 edit

  • Watanabe, Y. & Y. Shibata, 1960: Description of a new species of genus Syntomium in Japan (Col. Staphylinidae). Journal of Agricultural Science, Tokyo 6(2): 103–105.

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  • Watanabe, Y. 1961. The staphylinid-fauna of the middle and southern Izu islands. Journal of Agricultural Science, Tokyo. 6(4): 348–356.
  • Watanabe, Y. & Shibata, Y. 1961. On the genus Ancyrophorusin Japan with descriptions of four new species (Col. Staphylinidae). Journal of Agricultural Science, Tokyo 7(1): 6–9.
  • Watanabe, Y. & Shibata, Y. 1961. A revision of the genus Elonium Leach in Japan (Col. Staph.). Journal of Agricultural Science, Tokyo Nogyo Daigaku 7(2): 43–45.
  • Watanabe, Y. & Shibata, Y. 1961. On Tachinus impunctatus Sharp and two new allied species from Japan (Col., Staphylinidae). Journal of Agricultural Science, Tokyo Nogyo Daigaku. Commemoration Issue of 70th Anniversary. 7: 35–40.

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  • Watanabe, Y., 1962: Description of a new species of the genus Paraphloeostiba from Kyushu, Japan (Col., Staphylinidae). Entomological review of Japan 15(1): 17–18.
  • Watanabe, Y., 1962: Descriptions of a new genus and species of Omaliinae from the Izu islands, Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Journal of Agricultural Science, Tokyo Nogyo Daigaku 8(2): 77–80.
  • Watanabe, Y. & Y. Shibata, 1962: Description of a new species of the genus Trichophya Mannerheim from Japan (Col., Staphylinidae). Journal of Agricultural Science, Tokyo Nogyo Daigaku 7(3, 4): 95–96.

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  • Watanabe, Y., 1963: On the genus Erichsonius of Japan with description of a new species (Col. Staphylinidae). New Entomologist 12(2): 7–10.
  • Watanabe, Y., 1963: A new species of the genus Phloeonomusfrom Japan (Col. Staphylinidae). Journal of Agricultural Science, Tokyo Nogyo Daigaku 8(4): 164–165.

1964 edit

  • Watanabe, Y. & Y. Shibata, 1964: On the genus Micropeplus Latr. of Japan with descriptions of a new and an unrecorded species (Col.: Staphylinidae). Journal of Agricultural Science, Tokyo Nogyo Daigaku 10(3): 67–70.

1965 edit

  • Watanabe, Y. & Y. Kurosawa 1965. Revisional notes on two Mycetoporus-species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) described by the late Dr. Tadao Kano. Bulletin of the National Science Museum 8(3): 351–354.
  • Watanabe, Y. & Shibata, Y. 1965. A revision of the genus Nudobius Thomson of Japan (Col.: Staphylinidae). Journal of Agricultural Science (Tokyo) 10: 91–94.
  • Watanabe, Y. & Shibata, Y. 1965. The staphylinid-beetles from Rishiri and Rebun Isls., Hokkaido, Japan, with descriptions of three new species. Kontyû, Tokyo 33(3): 317–323.

1966 edit

  • Uéno S.-I. & Watanabe, Y., 1966: The subterranean staphylinid beetles of the genus Quediusfrom Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum 9(3): 321–337.

1969 edit

  • Watanabe, Y., 1969: Results of the Speleological Survey of South Korea 1966. XVIII. Staphylinid beetles found in the limestone caves of South Korea. Bulletin of the National Science Museum 12(3): 623–631.

1970 edit

  • Watanabe, Y. 1970. Descriptions of a new genus and a new species of Quediini from Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Kontyû, Tokyo, 38(1): 70–74.
  • Watanabe, Y. & M. Yoshida, 1970: Two new species of subterranean Quedius (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Shikoku, Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum 13(1): 1–8.
  • Uéno S.-I. & Watanabe, Y., 1970: More cave species of the genus Quedius (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Southwest Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum 13(1): 9–20,

1972 edit

  • Watanabe, Y. 1972. Some staphylinid beetles from the Hidaka Mountains in Hokkaido, Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, 5: 111–121.
  • Watanabe, Y. & Y. Shibata 1972. The staphylinid-fauna of Yaku-shima Island, Japan, with descriptions of a new genus and new species. Journal of Agricultural Science of the Tokyo University of Agriculture, 17(1): 59–72.
  • Watanabe, Y. & Sohma, K. 1972. Insect-fauna of Miyake-jima Island in the Izu Islands. Journal of Agricultural Science Tokyo Nogyo Daigaku 17: 1–58. [In Japanese, with English summary.]

1973 edit

  • Watanabe, Y. & K. Baba, 1973: Staphylinid beetles found in old gold mines of the island of Sado, Central Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses 46(4): 259–265.

1975 edit

  • Watanabe, Y., 1975: A revision of the Japanese species of the genus Micropeplus Latreille (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Kontyû, Tokyo, 43(3): 304–326.

1976 edit

  • Watanabe, Y. & Shibata, Y. 1976. Staphylinid beetles obtained at the IBP Research Site in the Malay Peninsula. Nature and Life in Southeast Asia 7: 327–341.

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  • Watanabe, Y. 1984. The brachypterous staphylinid beetles from the Tôhoku District, northeast Japan, with descriptions of four new species. Memoirs of the National Science Museum 17: 131–144.

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  • Watanabe, Y., 1988: A taxonomic study on the Japanese species of the genus Coryphium (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Elytra, Tokyo, 16(2): 45–63.

1989 edit

  • Watanabe, Y., 1989: A new species of the genus Lathrimaeum (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Japan. Elytra, Tokyo, 17(1): 53–55.
  • Watanabe, Y., 1989: An unrecorded Philonthus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Japan. Elytra, Tokyo, 17(1): 56.
  • Watanabe, Y., 1989: Two Taiwanese staphylinid beetles related to Quedius abnormalis (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Elytra, Tokyo, 17(2): 169–174.

1990 edit

  • Watanabe, Y. 1990. A taxonomic study on the subfamily Omaliinae from Japan (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Memoirs of the Tokyo University of Agriculture 31: 55–391.
  • Watanabe, Y. 1990. A new Micropeplus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the Islands of Oki, West Japan. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology 42: 37–41.
  • Watanabe, Y. 1990. A revision of the Japanese species of the genus Velleius (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Elytra, Tokyo 18(1): 59–72.
  • Watanabe, Y. 1990. New endogean species of the group of Quedius abnormalis(Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from central Honshu, Japan. Journal of the Speleological Society of Japan 15: 26–33.

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1992 edit

  • Watanabe, Y. 1992. Two new species of the group of Lathrobium pollens (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from central Honshu, Japan. Journal of the Speleological Society of Japan 17: 39–45.
  • Watanabe, Y. 1992. The staphylinid beetles newly recorded from Okushiri-tô Island, off Southewestern Hokkaido. Elytra, Tokyo 20(1): 10.
  • Watanabe, Y. & Uhlig, M., 1992. [New species]. In M. Uhlig and Y. Watanabe, Revision of the Japanese species of the genus Erichsonius Fauvel (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Philonthini). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 68: 72.
  • Uhlig, M. & Watanabe, Y. 1992. Revision of the Japanese species of the genus Erichsonius Fauvel (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Philonthini). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologische Museum in Berlin 68(1): 3–92.
  • Watanabe, Y. & Luo, Z-Y. 1992. New species of genus Lathrobium (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the Wu-yan-ling Nature Protective Area in Zhejiang. Elytra, Tokyo 20(1): 47–56.
  • Watanabe, Y. 1992. New species of the group of Lathrobium pollens (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from western Honshu, Japan. Elytra, Tokyo 20(2): 189–196.

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1998 edit

  • Watanabe, Y. 1998. Five new species of the Lathrobium (s. str.) nomurai group (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Japan. Elytra, Tokyo 26(1): 85–98.
  • Watanabe, Y. 1998. The Staphylinidae beetles newly recorded from the Island of Okinoerabu-jima in the Ryukyus. Elytra, Tokyo, 26(1): 140.
  • Watanabe, Y. 1998. New record of staphylinid beetles (Coleoptera) from Yoron-tô Island of the Ryukyus, Japan. Elytra, Tokyo, 26(2): 262.
  • Watanabe, Y. 1998. Two new apterous Lathrobium (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the Ta-hsüeh Shan Mountains in Taiwan. Elytra 26(2): 303–311.
  • Watanabe, Y. 1998. New records of staphylinid beetles (Coleoptera) from Shimo-koshiki-jima Island of the Koshiki Islands off southwestern Kyushu, Japan. Elytra, Tokyo 26(2): 313–314.

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2000 edit

  • Watanabe, Y., 2000: Two new micropepline beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Sichuan Province, Southwest China. Elytra, Tokyo, 28(1): 45–53.
  • Watanabe, Y., 2000: New records of Staphylinid beetles (Coleoptera) from Nii-jima Islands of the Izu Islands, central Japan. Elytra, Tokyo, 28(2): 274.
  • Watanabe, Y., 2000: Occurrence of Psephidonus hermani Y. Watanabe (Coleoptera,Staphylinidae) on the islands of Mikura-jima of the Izu Islands, central Japan, Elytra, Tokyo, 28(1): 54.
  • Watanabe, Y. & Xiao, N.-N. 2000. Seven new apterous Lathrobium (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Yunnan, southwest China. Pp. 179–196. In: Aoki J.-i., Yin W.-y. & Imadaté G. (eds.): Taxonomical studies on the soil fauna of Yunnan Province in southwest China. Tokyo: Tokai University Press.
  • Watanabe, Y. & Xiao, N.-N. 2000. Four new species of the genus Nazeris (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the Gaoligong Shan Mountains in Yunnan, southwest China. Elytra, Tokyo 28: 311–321.

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  • Watanabe, Y. 2003. Occurrence of Astenus chloroticus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) on the Islands of Aogashima of the Izu Islands, Central Japan. Elytra, Tokyo 31(2): 394.
  • Watanabe, Y. 2003. Lathrobium satoi (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), a new staphylinid beetle from Tokai District in central Honshu, Japan. Special bulletin of the Japanese Society of Coleopterology 6: 151–155.
  • Watanabe, Y. & Hoshina, H. 2003. On some apterous Lathrobium (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Mt. Hakusan in Central Honshu, Japan. Memoirs of the Research and Education Center for Regional Environment Fukui University 10: 7–14.

2004 edit

  • Watanabe, Y. 2004. Lathrobium japonicum and its new relatives (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the Kuril Islands. In: Takahashi, H. & Ôhara, M. (eds.): Biodiversity and Biogeography of the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin 1: 37–44. PDF Reference page
  • Watanabe, Y. 2004. Two new species of the genus Lesteva (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the Island of Dôgo of the Oki Islands, West Japan. Elytra, Tokyo, 32(1): 71–77.
  • Watanabe, Y. & Shimada, T. 2004. A new apterous Lathrobium (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the Island of Dogo of the Oki Islands off western Honshu, Japan. Elytra, Tokyo 32(2): 293–298.

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2006 edit

  • Watanabe, Y. 2006. On the Systematic Status of Lathrobium (s. str.) japonicum kunashiriense Y. Watanabe (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). In: Takahashi, H. & Ôhara, M. (eds.): Biodiversity and Biogeography of the Kuril Islands and Sakhalin 2: 160.
  • Watanabe, Y. 2006. Apterous Lathrobium (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the Kii Peninsula in Japan. 3. Group of Lathrobium brachypterum. Elytra, Tokyo 34(1): 47–62.
  • Watanabe, Y. & Shimada, T. 2006. On Three Species of the Genus Eusphalerum (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the Oki Islands, West Japan. Japanese journal of systematic entomology 12(2): 197–201.

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2010 edit

  • Watanabe, Y. 2010. Lathrobium brachypterum and its new relative (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Central Honshu, Japan. Elytra, Tokyo 38(2): 257–265. Reference page
  • Watanabe, Y. 2010. Lathrobium densum and its two new relatives (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from western Honshu, Japan. Elytra, Tokyo 38(1): 73–82.
  • Watanabe, Y. 2010. New records of Three Staphylinid Species (Coleoptera) from the Island of Ishigaki-jima of the Ryukyus, Japan. Elytra, Tokyo 38(2): 265.
  • Watanabe, Y. 2010. Occurrence of Pinophilus rufipennis Sharp (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) on the Island of Miyako-jima of the Sakishima Islands in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Elytra, Tokyo 38(2): 266.
  • Watanabe, Y. 2010. More new species of the group of Lathrobium nomurai (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Eastern Shikoku, Japan. Japanese journal of systematic entomology 16(1): 63–69.

2011 edit

  • Watanabe, Y. 2011. Three New Apterous Lathrobium (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Hiroshima Prefecture in Western Honshu, Japan. Elytra (n.s.) 1(1): 47–55. PDF Reference page
  • Watanabe, Y. 2011. Three new species of brachypterous Lathrobium (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from central China. Elytra (n.s.) 1(2): 177–186. PDF Reference page
  • Watanabe, Y. 2011. A New Species of the Genus Erichsonius (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Taiwan. Japanese journal of systematic entomology 17(1): 51–54.
  • Watanabe, Y. 2011. Two New Species of Apterous Lathrobium (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Okayama Prefecture in Western Honshu, Japan. Japanese journal of systematic entomology 17(2): 177–183.
  • Watanabe, Y. 2011. Two new species of the brachypterous Lathrobium (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the northern Japanese Alps in central Honshu, Japan. Entomological papers dedicated to Dr. Kimio Masumoto on the occasion of his retirement. Masamushi. Special Publication of the Japanese Society of Scarabaeoidology No. 1: 103–108.

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2016 edit

  • Watanabe, Y. 2016. Lathrobium pollens and its two new relatives (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Central Honshu, Japan. Elytra (n.s.) 6(1): 151–158.
  • Watanabe, Y. 2016. Four New Brachypterous Lathrobium (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Eastern Shikoku, Japan. Elytra (n.s.) 6(2): 321–330.

2017 edit

  • Watanabe, Y. 2017. Three New Brachypterous Lathrobium (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Northern Kyushu, Japan. Elytra (n.s.) 7(2): 267–275