Kohei KUBOTA
Laboratory of Forest Zoology, Department of Forest Science
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences
The University of Tokyo
mailto kohei#fr.a.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Please replace # by @ before sending a mail.)
RECENT SUBJECTS
Speciation, hybridization, dispersal and genetic diversity of insects
Function of insect borers on decomposition of dead wood
General ecological research on insects
PABULICATION (in English)
71. Park Y. H., Won D. S., Jang T. W., Chae H. M., Kim J. H., Kubota K., Kim J. K. (2015) Community structure and distribution og ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in Baekdudaegan Mountain, Gangwon-do, Korea. Forest Science and Technology, 11: 153-159.
70. Shibuya S., Kikvidze Z., Toki W., Kanazawa Y., Suizu T., Yajima T., Fujimori T., Mansournia MR., Sule Z., Kubota K., Fukuda K. (2014) Ground beetle community in suburban Satoyama - A case study on wing type and body size under small scale management. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 17: 775-780.
69. Karasawa S., Kanazawa Y., Kubota K. (2014) Redefinitions of Spherillo obcurus (Budde-Lund, 1885) and S. dorsalis (Iwamoto, 1943) (Crustacea: Oniscidea: Armadillidae), with DNA markers for identification. Edaphologia, 93: 11-27.
68. Jmbo K., Kubota K., Kikvidze Z. Ground beetle succession on Mount Fujisan. Biogeography, 15: 85-94.
67. Sasakawa K., Kim J. L., Kim J. K., Kubota K. New distribution record of Pterostichus taebaegsanus Nemoto, 1988 (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Biogeography, 15: 63-65.
66. Sasakawa K., Kim J. L., Kim J. K., Kubota K. Notes on the ground beetle Pterostichus togyusanus (Coleoptera: Carabidae): Phylogenetic evidence for species status and new distribution record. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 16: 429-431.
65. Tanahashi M., Kubota K. Utilization of the nutrients in the soluble and insoluble fractions of fungal mycelium by larvae of the stag beetle, Dorcus rectus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). European Journal of Entomology, 110: 611-615.
64. Kubota K., Miyazaki K., Ebihara S., Takami Y. Mechanical reproductive isolation via divergent genital morphology between Carabus insulicola and C. esakii with implications in species coexistence. Population Ecology, 55: 35-42.
63. Kubota K., Nagahata Y., Ikeda H., Kubota N., Otobe H., Umetsu K. (2011) Diversification process of stag beetles belonging to the genus Platycerus Geoffroy (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) in Japan based on nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Entomological Science, 14: 411-427.
62. Shibuya S., Kubota K., Osawa M., Kikvidze Z. (2011) Assembly rules in ground beetles: what decides comunity structure, environmental factors or competition? European Journal of Entomology, 108: 453-459.
61. Kubota K., Kubota N (2011) Gene flow between two closely related species in the acuticollis species group (Coleoptera, Lucanidae, genus Platycerus) near their distribution border based on the morphology and mitochondrial gene. Entomological Science, 14: 198-202.
60. Nishikawa M., Ikeda H., Kubota K., Sota T. (2010) Taxonomic redefinition and natural history of the endemic silphid beetle Shilpha longicornis (Coleoptera: Silphidaea) of Japan, with an analysis of its geographical variation. Zootaxa, 2648: 1-31.
59. Ujiie M., Ishikawa R., Kubota K. (2010) Geographical variation of Carabus (Ohomopterus) esakii Csiki, 1927 (Coleoptera Carabidae) in Japan. Biogeography, 12: 53-64.
58. Kubota K. (2010) Discovery of Carabus (Ohomopterus) dehaanii Chaudoir, 1848 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from the Ôsumi Peninsula, Kyushu, Japan: description of a new subspecies. Biogeography, 12: 49-52.
57. Toki W., Kubota K. (2010) Molecular phylogeny based on mitochondrial genes and evolution of host plant use in the long-horned beetle tribe Lamiini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Japan. Environmental Entomology 39: 1336-1343.
56. Ikeda H., Kubota K., Kagawa A. and Sota T. (2010) Diverse diet compositions among harpaline ground beetle species revealed by mixing model analyses of stable isotope ratios. Ecological Entomology (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2010.01182.x).
55. Tanahashi M., Kubota K., Matsushita N. and Togashi K. (2010) Discovery of mycangia and associated xylose-fermenting yeasts in stag beetles (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Naturwissenschaften 97: 311-317.
54. Sasakawa K. and Kubota K. (2009) Phylogeny of ground beetles subgenus Nialoe (s. lat.) Tanaka (Coleoptera: Carabidae; genus Pterostichus): A molecular phylogenetic approach. Entomological Science 12: 308-313.
53. Ikeda H., Kubota K., Cho Y.-B., Lian H. and Sota T. (2009) Different phylogeographic patterns in two Silpha species (Coleoptera: Silphidae) affected by climatic gradients and topography. Biological journal of the Linnean Society 98: 452-467.
52. Kubota K., Kubota N., Otobe H. and Nagahata Y. (2009) A morphological phylogeny of the genus Platycerus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in Japan. Biogeography, 11: 57-72.
51. Nagata N., Kubota K., Takami Y. and Sota T. (2009) Historical divergence of mechanical isolation agents in the ground beetle Carabus arrowianus as revealed by phylogeographic analyses. Molecular Ecology, 18: 1408-1421.
50. Shibuya S., Kubota K. and Osawa M. (2008) Effect of small-scale management on biodiversity of an abandoned coppice forest in Japan: a case study on vegetation regeneration and ground beetle community. Web Ecology, 8: 116-124.
49. Ikeda H., Honma K. and Kubota K. (2008) Ground-dwelling beetle community in beech forests of Sado Island: comparison with the mainland. Journal of Forest Research, 13: 357-364.
48. Shibuya S., Kubota K., Kikvidze Z. and Osawa M. (2008) Differential sensitivity of ground beetles, Eusilpha japonica and Carabidae, to vegetation disturbance in an abandoned coppice forest in central Japan. Eurasian Journal of Forest Research, 11: 61-72.
47. Kubota K., Kubota N. and Otobe H. (2008) A revision of Platycerus acuticollis Y. Kurosawa (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) and its closely related species. Biogeography, 10: 79-102.
46. Ikeda H., Kagaya T., Kubota K., and Abe T. (2008) Evolutionary relationships among food habit, loss of flight, and reproductive traits: Life history evolution in the Silphinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae). Evolution, 62: 2065-2079.
45. Sasakawa K., Kim J. L., Kim J. K., Kubota K. (2008) Taxonomic studies on Pterostichus ishikawai Nemoto (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Entomological Science, 11: 173-178.
44. Sasakawa K., Kim J. L., Kim J. K., Kubota K. (2008) Notes on Morphodactyla ishikawai (Coleoptera, Carabidae): Recent records and preliminary data on the breeding type. Elytra, 36: 203-204.
43. Nagata N., Kubota K., Yahiro K. and Sota T. (2007) Mechanical barriers to introgressive hybridization revealed by mitochondrial introgression patterns in Ohomopterus ground beetle assemblages. Molecular Ecology, 16:4822-4836.
42. Kubota K., Kubota N., Akita K. and Otobe H. (2007) The easternmost record of Figulus punctatus (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) in Honshu and its host woody materials. Biogeography, 9: 77-82.
41. Toki W. and Kubota K. (2007) Male genital structures of longicorn beetle in the genus Mesechthistatus (Coloeptera, Cerambycidae, Phrissomini). Biogeography, 9:71-75.
40. Sasakawa K., Kim J. L., Kim J. K., Kubota K. (2007) Description of two new species of the subgenus Nialoe Tanaka, 1958 (Coleoptera: Carabidae; genus Pterostichus) from Mt. Jirisan, South Korea. Biogeography, 9: 57-61.
39. Sasakawa K. and Kubota K. (2007) Utility of external morphometrics for cryptic species identification: A case study of two species in Poecilus ‘samurai’ (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology, 42: 353-365.
38. Nagata N., Kubota K. and Sota T. (2007) Mitochondrial phylogeography and introgressive hybridization of the ground beetles Carabus yamato in Japan based on mitochondrial gene sequences. Zoological Science, 24:465-474.
37. Sasakawa K. and Kubota K. (2007) Phylogeny and genital evolution of carabid beetles in the genus Pterostichus and its allied genera (Coleoptera: Carabidae) inferred from two nuclear gene sequences. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 100:100-109.
36. Ikeda H., Kubota K., Kagaya T. and Abe T. (2007) Flight capabilities and feeding habits of silphine beetles: are flightless species really ‘carrion’ beetles?. Ecological Research, 22:237-241.
35. Ikeda H., Kubota K., Kagaya T. and Abe T. (2006) Niche differentiation of burying beetles (Coleoptera: Silphidae: Nicrophorinae) in carcass use in relation to body size: estimation from stable isotope analysis. Applied Entomology and Zoology, 41:561-564.
34. Sasakawa K. and Kubota K. (2006) Phylogenetic studies of the subgenus Petrophilus Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichus), with description of a new species sympatric with P. thunbergi Morawitz. Zootaxa, 1357:31-43.
33. Sasakawa K., Kim J. L., Kim J. K., Kubota K. (2006) Descriptions of two new species of Pristosia (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from South Korea. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 99:1006-1011.
32. Zhang A. B., Kubota K., Takami Y., Kim J. L., Kim J. K. and Sota T. (2006) Comparative phylogeography of three Leptocarabus ground beetle species in South Korea based on mitochondrial COI and nuclear 28S rRNA gene. Zoological Science, 23:745-754.
31. Sasakawa K. and Kubota K. (2006) Nebria tenuicaulis sp. nov., a sympatric species with Nebria sadona ohdaiensis Nakane, with studies on the phylogeny of the subgenus Sadonebria Ledoux & Roux (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Zootaxa, 1306:41-50.
30. Yamashita H., Kiritani K, Togashi K. and Kubota K. (2006) Wing dimorphism of carabid beetles with special reference to Hemicarabus tuberculosus (deJean et Boisduval) and Cymindis daimio Bates (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology, 41:463-470.
29. Sasakawa K., Kim J. L., Kim J. K., Kubota K. (2006) Geographical differentiation of “Pterostichus audax (Tschistcherine, 1985)" in South Korea with descriptions of four new species. Biogeography, 8:17-23.
28. Ikeda H., Honma K. and Kubota K. (2006) Body sizes of carabid beetles in Sado Island compared with the mainland. Biogeography, 8: 11-16.
27. Usami T., Yokoyama J., Kubota K. and Kawata M. (2006) Genital lock-and-key system promotes premating isolation by mate preference. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 87:145-154.
26. Ujiie M., Kubota K., Sota, T. and Ishikawa R. (2005) Parallel formation of hybrid swarms of the ground beetles Carabus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in adjacent river basins. Entomological Science, 8:429-437.
25. Sasakawa K. and Kubota K. (2005) Cryptic species of the subgenus Morphnosoma Lutshnik (Coleoptera: Carabidae; genus Pterostichus) from Japan. Entomological Science, 8:389-404.
24. Zhang A. B., Kubota K., Takami Y., Kim J. L., Kim J. K. and Sota T. (2005) Species status and phylogeography of two closely related Coptolabrus species (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in South Korea inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. Molecular Ecology, 14:3823-3841.
23. Ikeda H., Honma K. and Kubota K. (2005) Biotic and abiotic factors affecting the structure of ground invertebrate communities in Japanese cedar dominant forests. Eurasian Journal of Forest Research, 8:1-13.
22. Kubota K. and Ishikawa R. (2004) Geographical differentiation of Leptocarabus (Leptocarabus) kumagaii Kimura & Komiya in Honshu, Japan (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Biogeography, 6:27-38.
21. Kubota K. and Yahiro K. (2003) Description of an isolated and specialized population of Carabus arrowianus (Breuning, 1934) (Coleoptera, Carabidae) discovered in the southernmost part of Mie Prefecture, Japan, as a new subspecies, with analyses of its morphological features. Biogeography, 5:9-15.
20. Shoda E., Kubota K. and Makihara H. (2003) Geographical structure of morphological characters in Semanotus japonicus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Japan. Applied Entomology and Zoology, 38:369-377.
19. Shoda E., Kubota K. and Makihara H. (2003) Geographical structuring of mitochondrial DNA in Semanotus japonicus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology, 38:338-345.
18. Kobayashi T. and Kubota K. (2002) A revision of male adult Ablabesmyia (Diptera: Tanypodinae: Chironomidae) from Japan, with a description of A. prorasha new species, and a key to adult male species of the genus. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 5:317-326.
17. Kubota K., Kim J.-K. and Lee C.-Y. and Furuta, K. (2001) Ground beetle fauna in Pinus densiflora forests in Yangyang-gun, Kangwon Province, with special reference to outbreaks of the pine needle gall-midge (Thecodiplosis japonensis). Journal of Korean Forestry Society, 90: 632-642.
16. Sota T., Takami Y., Kubota K., Ujiie M. and Ishikawa R. (2000) Interspecific body size differentiation in species assemblage of the carabid subgenus Ohomopterus in Japan. Population Ecology, 42:279-291.
15. Sota T., Kusumoto F. and Kubota K. (2000) Consequences of hybridization between Ohomopterus insulicola and O. arrowianus (Coleoptera, Carabidae) in a segmented river basin: parallel formation of hybrid swarms. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 71: 297-313.
14. Sota T., Takami Y., Kubota K. and Ishikawa R. (2000) Geographic variation in the body size of some Japanese Leptocarabus species (Coleoptera, Carabidae): the "toppled-domino pattern" in species along a geographic cline. Entomological Science, 3:309-320.
13. Furuta K., Lee C.-Y., Kim J.-K. and Kubota K. (1998) Reflections on the management of pine needle gall midge (Thecodiplosis japonensis Uchida et Inoue) in Korea. Proceedings of international symposium “Sustainability of pine forests in relation to pine wilt and decline”, Tokyo, 170-173.
12. Sota T. and Kubota K. (1998) Genital lock-and-key as a selective agent against hybridization. Evolution, 52:1507-1513.
11. Kubota K. and Sota T. (1998) Hybridization and speciation in the carabid beetles of the subgenus Ohomopterus (Coleoptera, Carabidae, genus Carabus). Researches on Population Ecology, 40:213-222.
10. Musyafa, Furuta K. and Kubota K. (1997) Effects of artificial acid rain to soil macroinvertebrates (field and laboratory experiments). Proceedings of the 2nd Regional Workshop of IUFRO 7.03.08 “Forest Protection in Northeast Asia”, Seoul, 118-129.
9. Furuta K. and Kubota K. (1997) Effects of defoliation caused by Dendrolimus spectabilis on the growth of the host trees. Proceedings of the 2nd Regional Workshop of IUFRO 7.03.08 “Forest Protection in Northeast Asia”, Seoul, 101-109.
8. Kubota K. and Nakajima K. (1997) Distribution pattern of Semanotus japonicus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Young and old plantations of Cryptomeria japonica or Chamaecyparis obtusa, Japan. Proceedings of the 2nd Regional Workshop of IUFRO 7.03.08 “Forest Protection in Northeast Asia”, Seoul, 60-68.
7. Kubota K. (1996) Movements of three Carabus (Ohomopterus) species and a hybrid population (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Japanese Journal of Entomology, 64:861-869.
6. Ishikawa R. and Kubota K. (1995) Geographical races of Carabus iwawakianus (Nakane) in Honshu, Japan: a tentative revision (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 50:39-50.
5. Ishikawa R. and Kubota K. (1994) Geographical races of Carabus maiyasanus Bates and C. arrowianus (Breuning) in Honshu, Japan: a tentative revision (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 49:105-128.
4. Ishikawa R. and Kubota K. (1994) Geographical races of Carabus yaconinus Bates (Coleoptera, Carabidae): a tentative revision. The Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 50:28-40.
3. Kubota K. (1991) Natural hybridization between Leptocarabus (L.) procerulus and L. (L.) kumagaii (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Japanese Journal of Entomology, 59:323-329.
2. Kubota K. (1988) Natural hybridization between Carabus (Ohomopterus) maiyasanus and C. (O.) iwawakianus (Coleoptera, Carabidae). Kontyu, 56:233- 240.
1. Ishikawa R. and Kubota K. (1984) Carabus arrowianus (Breuning) and its new subspecies from Mie Prefecture, Japan (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Akitu, N. Ser., 65:1-6.