Shuhei YAMAMOTO, Ph.D.

Dr. Shuhei Yamamoto is a postdoctoral researcher, working on the beetle superfamily Staphylinoidea in The Hokkaido University Museum, Sapporo, Japan. His research interests are the systematics, paleontology, and natural history of Staphylinoidea, especially those for the tachyporine group of subfamilies (Staphylinidae). I have received a Ph.D. degree in agricultural sciences on March 2017. After that, I studied abroad at The Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH; Chicago, USA) for about two and half years.

Current projects

- Systematics on extant rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), especially for the tachyporine group subfamilies (e.g., Tachyporinae, Aleocharinae)

- Paleontology of amber fossils

Contact information

Shuhei YAMAMOTO, Ph.D.

The Hokkaido University Museum (Masahiro Ohara Lab.)

Hokkaido University,

Kita 10, Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0810, JAPAN

E-mail 1: s.yamamoto.64@gmail.com

E-mail 2:  syamamoto@fieldmuseum.org

Language skills

Japanese (native), English

Education & professional appointment

2020.04－ 2023.3

      Postdoctoral researcher, The Hokkaido University Museum, Sapporo, Japan. 

      JSPS Research Fellowship (SPD) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

2019.07－ 2019.11

      Visiting researcher, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA.

2017.07－2019.06

      Postdoctoral researcher, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA. 

      JSPS Overseas Research Fellowship from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

2017.04－2017.06

      Research assistant, Kyushu University, Japan. 

2014.04－2017.03

      Ph.D.: Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan; Ph.D.  (Agricultural Sciences).

      2014.04－2017.03

      JSPS Research Fellowship (DC1) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

2012.04－2014.03

      M.S.: Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, Japan

2008.04－2012.03

      B.A.: Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, Japan 

Fellowships

2020.04－ 2023.3

       JSPS Research Fellowship (SPD) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

2017.07－2019.06

      Overseas Research Fellowship from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

2014.04－2017.03

      JSPS Research Fellowship (DC1) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Awards

Encouragement Award (2020.9):  The Entomological Society of Japan, Tsukuba, Japan.

Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists 2018 (2018.12): Inoue Foundation for Science, Tokyo, Japan

Encouragement Award (2015.11):  The Coleopterological Society of Japan, Tsukuba, Japan.

1st Class Honor (2014.03):  Master's course, Graduate School of Bioresource and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Fukuoka, Kyushu University, Japan. 

Publications

109. Yamamoto, S.*, Newton, A.F., Perkovsky, E.E., Jenkins Shaw, J. (in press) The first record of osoriine rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Eocene Baltic amber. Historical Biology, XX(X): XX–XX. (doi: 10.1080/08912963.2024.2349101).

108. Simon-Pražák, J.*, Yamamoto, S., Lackner, T., Fikáček, M., Prokop, J., Caterino, M.S. (in press) A bonanza of Cretaceous fossils provides insights into the evolution of antennal protection in clown beetles (Coleoptera: Histeridae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, XX(XX): XX–XX. (doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae137).

107. Gautam, S.*, McKenzie, S., Katzke, J., Hita Garcia, F., Yamamoto, S., Economo, E.P.* (2024) Evolution of odorant receptor repertoires across Hymenoptera is not linked to the evolution of eusociality. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 291(2031): 20241280. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2024.1280).

106. Nakamine, H.*, Yamamoto, S. (2024) Taxonomic notes on the Mantispidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) from Japan. Species Diversity, 29(2): 209–234. (doi: 10.12782/specdiv.29.209).

105. Li, Y.-D., Kolibáč, J., Liu, Z.-H., Ślipiński, A., Yamamoto, S., Yu, Y.-L., Zhang, W.-T., Cai, C.-Y.* (2024) Foveapeltis gen. nov., an unusual cleroid genus with large hypomeral cavities from mid-Cretaceous amber (Coleoptera: Cleroidea). Ecology and Evolution, 14: e11589. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.11589).

104. Yamamoto, S.*, Newton, A.F. (2024) The first aleocharine rove beetle fossil from mid-Eocene Bitterfeld amber of Germany (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Hypocyphtini). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 78(2): 233–238. (doi: 10.1649/0010-065X-78.2.233).

103. Yamamoto, S.* (2024) First fossil record of false stag beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Diphyllostomatidae): Evolutionary and biogeographical implications. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 27(2): 102259. (doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2024.102259).

102. Yamamoto, S.* (2024) Earliest fossil record of Tachyporini rove beetles in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber from northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 27(2): 102227. (doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2024.102227).

101. Yamamoto, S.* (2024) A new fossil species of the reticulated beetle genus Cupes (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Cupedidae) from Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa, 5432(4): 451–460. (doi: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5432.4.1).

100. Yamamoto, S.* (2024) First fossil eleusinin rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae: Eleusinini) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar and its evolutionary implications. Palaeoworld, 33(1): 152–161. (doi: 10.1016/j.palwor.2023.01.007).

99. Li, H.-Y., Zhuo, D., Wang, B., Nakamine, H., Yamamoto, S., Zhang, W.-W., Ling, J.-N., Ohl, M., Aspöck, U., Aspöck, H., Liu, X.-Y.* (2023) New genera and species of Mantispoidea (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber, northern Myanmar. Palaeoentomology, 6(6): 549–611. (doi: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.6.1).

98. Yamamoto, S.* (2023) Parabolitobius antiquus sp. nov., the first Mesozoic amber inclusion of mycetoporine rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Mycetoporinae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 26(4): 102155. (doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2023.102155).

97. Yamamoto, S.* (2023) The southernmost record of Dorcus hopei binodulosus Waterhouse, 1874 (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) from Tanega-shima Island, the North Ryukyus, Southwestern Japan. Elytra, Tokyo, New Series, 13(2): 287–291.

96. Caterino, M.S.*, Yamamoto, S. (2023) New onthophiline fossil species (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Onthophilinae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 77(3): 432–438. (doi: 10.1649/0010-065X-77.3.432).

95. von Beeren, C.*, Pohl, S., Fikáček, M., Kleinfelder, S., Tishechkin, A.K., Yamamoto, S., Chani-Posse, M., Żyła, D., Tokareva, A., Maruyama, M., Hall, W.E., Sandoval, L.P., Kronauer, D.J.C.* (2023) Army ant middens – Home and nursery of a diverse beetle fauna. Ecology and Evolution, 13: e10451. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.10451).

94. Li, Y.-D., Tihelka, E., Yamamoto, S., Newton, A.F., Xia, F.-Y., Liu, Y., Huang, D.-Y., Cai, C.-Y.* (2023) Mesozoic Notocupes revealed as the sister group of Cupedidae (Coleoptera: Archostemata). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11: 1015627. (doi: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1015627).

93. Yamamoto, S.*, Caterino, M.S. (2023) A remarkable new fossil species of Amplectister with peculiar hindleg modifications (Coleoptera: Histeridae): further evidence for myrmecophily in Cretaceous clown beetles. Palaeoworld, 32(3): 481–489. (doi: 10.1016/j.palwor.2022.09.010).

92. Hashizume, T.*, Yamamoto, S., Maruyama, M. (2023) Revision of the genera Pseudatheta Cameron and Phymatura Sahlberg (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Japan. Zootaxa, 5319(1): 27–47. (doi: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5319.1.2).

91. Yamamoto, S.* (2023) The smallest stag beetles (Coleoptera, Lucanidae): hidden paleodiversity in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber from northern Myanmar. Evolutionary Systematics, 7(2): 211–235. (doi: 10.3897/evolsyst.7.104597).

90. Yamamoto, S.* (2023) A new species of Prosolierius rove beetle with highly modified antennae from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Solieriinae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 26(2): 102075. (doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2023.102075).

89. Yamamoto, S.*, Newton, A.F. (2023) The earliest fossil record of the extant rove beetle genus Phloeocharis from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar and its biogeographic implications (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Phloeocharinae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 26(2): 102050. (doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2023.102050).

88. Li, Y.-D., Yamamoto, S., Newton, A.F., Cai, C.-Y.* (2023) Kekveus brevisulcatus sp. nov., a new featherwing beetle from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae). PeerJ, 11: e15306. (doi: 10.7717/peerj.15306).

87. Yamamoto, S.*, Qodri, A. (2023) A new stag beetle species of the genus Gnaphaloryx Burmeister from Java, western Indonesia (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Oriental Insects, 57(2): 707–727. (doi: 10.1080/00305316.2022.2120920).

86. Tokareva, A.*, Koszela, K., Ferreira, V.S., Yamamoto, S., Żyła, D.* (2023) The oldest case of paedomorphosis in rove beetles and description of a new genus of Paederinae from Cretaceous amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Scientific Reports, 7: 45904. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-32446-2)

85. Yamamoto, S.*, Sengsay, S. (2023) First country record of the stag beetle species Falcicornis mellianus (Kriesche, 1921) (Coleoptera: Lucanidae) from Laos. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 77(1): 16–18. (doi: 10.1649/0010-065X-77.1.16).

84. Nakamine, H., Yamamoto, S., Takahashi, Y., Liu X.* (2023) A remarkable new genus of Nevrorthidae (Neuroptera, Osmyloidea). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 70(1): 113–120. (doi: 10.3897/dez.70.98873).

83. Fikáček, M.*, Yamamoto, S., Matsumoto, K., Beutel, R.G., Maddison, D.R. (2023) Phylogeny and systematics of Sphaeriusidae (Coleoptera: Myxophaga): minute living fossils with underestimated past and present-day diversity. Systematic Entomology, 48(2): 233–249. (doi: 10.1111/syen.12571).

82. Motyka, M.†, Kazantsev, S.V.†, Kusy, D., Perkovsky, E.E., Yamamoto, S.*, Bocak, L.* (2023) Eocene aposematic patterns persist in modern European Lycidae beetles despite the absence of co-mimics. iScience, 26(3): 106217. (doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106217).

81. Maquart, P.-O.*, Yamamoto, S., Sopha, S., Chhorn, S., Phak, S., Sinovas, P., Phauk, S., Boyer, S. (2023) Stag beetle fauna of Cambodia (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 26(1): 102008. (doi: 10.1016/j.aspen.2022.102008).

80. Yamada, K.*, Yamamoto, S., Takahashi, Y. (2023) A new remarkable cimicoid genus and species (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Cimicomorpha) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, with implications for its aberrant male genitalia. Fossil Record, 26(1): 27–38. (doi: 10.3897/fr.26.e86784).

79. Hashizume, T., Yamamoto, S., Maruyama, M.* (2023) Taxonomic notes on the genus Pseudoligota Cameron (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from Japan. Zootaxa, 5227(1): 100–108. (doi: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5227.1.4).

78. Richter, A.*, Boudinot, B.E., Yamamoto, S., Katzke, J., Beutel, R.G. (2022) The first reconstruction of the head anatomy of a Cretaceous insect, †Gerontoformica gracilis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), and the early evolution of ants. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 6(5): 4. (doi: 10.1093/isd/ixac013).

77. Yamamoto, S.*, Suzumura, A.L. (2022) First record of Aleochara (Emplenota) segregata Yamamoto et Maruyama, 2012 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from North Korea. Elytra, Tokyo, New Series, 12(1): 72–74. Link

76. Nakamine, H.*, Yamamoto, S., Takahashi, Y. (2022) Archaeomegalomus gen. nov.: A remarkable new brown lacewing from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber from northern Myanmar (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae). Zootaxa, 5178(4): 380–390. (doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5178.4.4).

75. Li, Y.-D., Peris, D., Yamamoto, S., Hsiao, Y., Newton, A.F., Cai, C.-Y.* (2022) Revisiting the Raractocetus fossils from Mesozoic and Cenozoic amber deposits (Coleoptera: Lymexylidae). Insects, 13(9): 768. (doi: 10.3390/insects13090768).

74. Boudinot, B.E.*, Richter, A., Katzke, J., Chaul, J.C.M., Economo, E.P., Beutel, R.G., Yamamoto, S. (2022) Evidence for the evolution of eusociality in stem ants and a systematic revision of †Gerontoformica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 195(4): 1355–1389. (doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab097).

73. Nakamine, H.†, *, Yamamoto, S.†, Takahashi, Y., Li, H., Liu X.* (2022) A remarkable new thorny lacewing from mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Neuroptera: Rhachiberothidae). PalZ, 96(2): 207–217. (doi: 10.1007/s12542-021-00589-0). [Cover photo]

72. Yamamoto, S.*, Shavrin, A.V., Kairišs, K. (2022) A second fossil species of the enigmatic rove beetle genus Charhyphus in Eocene Baltic amber, with implications on the morphology of the female genitalia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Phloeocharinae). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 113(1): 39–50. (doi: 10.1017/S1755691021000360). [Cover photo] Postprint

71. Cai, C.†, *, Tihelka, E.†, *, Giacomelli, M., Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A., Kundrata, R., Yamamoto, S., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F., Leschen, R.A.B., Gimmel, M.L., Lü, L., Engel, M.S., Bouchard, P., Huang, D., Pisani, D., Donoghue, P.C.J.* (2022) Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles. Royal Society Open Science, 9(3): 211771. (doi: 10.1098/rsos.211771).

70. Yamamoto, S.*, Nazarenko, V.Y., Vasilenko, D.V., Perkovsky, E.E.* (2022) First fossil species of ship-timber beetles (Coleoptera, Lymexylidae) from Eocene Rovno amber (Ukraine). Fossil Record, 25(1): 65–74. (doi: 10.3897/fr.25.81054).

69. Liu, T.-T., Nozaki, T., Yamamoto, S., Maruyama, M.* (2022) Synopsis of the Japanese species of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with review of the type specimens II. Genus Myllaena Erichson of tribe Myllaenini, with redescription of four Japanese species. Zootaxa, 5091(2): 373–382. (doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5091.2.8).

68. Telnov, D.*, Perkovsky, E.E., Vasilenko, D.V., Yamamoto, S. (2021) The first fossil Coleoptera record from the Volyn Region, Ukraine, with description of a new Glesoconomorphus (Coleoptera, Mycteridae) in syninclusion with Winterschmidtiidae (Acari) and a key to species. ZooKeys, 1068: 189–201. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1068.75391).

67. Taniguchi, R.*, Nishino, H., Watanabe, H., Yamamoto, S., Iba, Y. (2021, in press) Reconstructing the ecology of a Cretaceous cockroach: destructive and high-resolution imaging of its micro sensory organs. The Science of Nature, 108: 45. (doi: 10.1007/s00114-021-01755-9).

66. Yoshizawa, K.*, Yamamoto, S. (2021) The earliest fossil record of the suborder Psocomorpha (Insecta: Psocodea) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber, with description of a new genus and species. Insecta matsumurana, new series, 77: 1–15. PDF

65. Yamamoto, S.*, Newton, A.F. (2021) First fossil trichophyine rove beetle from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Trichophyinae). Cretaceous Research, 127: 104951. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104951).

64. Souma, J., Yamamoto, S.*, Takahashi, Y. (2021) A new species of the fossil lace bug genus Burmacader (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber of northern Myanmar, with implication of the male genital structures. Cretaceous Research, 126: 104911. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104911).

62. Yamamoto, S. (2021) The extant telephone-pole beetle genus Micromalthus discovered in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Micromalthidae). Historical Biology, 33(7): 941–948. (doi: 10.1080/08912963.2019.1670174).

63. Tihelka, E., Yamamoto, S., Huang, D., Cai, C.* (2021) Enigmatic tenebrionoid beetles from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea). Cretaceous Research, 123: 104779. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2021.104779).

61. Li, Y.-D., Yamamoto, S., Huang, D.-Y., Cai, C.-Y.* (2021) New species of Paraodontomma from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber with muscle tissue preservation (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 61: e20216153. (doi: 10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.53).

60. Souma, J., Yamamoto, S.*, Takahashi, Y. (2021) Discovery of the smallest lace bug from mid-Cretaceous of northern Myanmar supports the hypothesis of a miniaturization phenomenon of insects in Kachin amber (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae). Taxonomy, 1(2): 60–68. (doi: 10.3390/taxonomy1020007).

59. Yamamoto, S.* (2021) Tachyporinae revisited: Phylogeny, evolution, and higher classification based on morphology, with recognition of a new rove beetle subfamily (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Biology, 10(4): 323. (doi: 10.3390/biology10040323).

58. Yin, Z.-W., Lü, L., Yamamoto, S., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F., Cai, C.-Y. (2021) Dasycerine rove beetles: Cretaceous diversification, phylogeny, and historical biogeography. Cladistics, 37(2): 185–210. (doi: 10.1111/cla.12430).

57. Li, Y.-D., Tihelka, E., Yamamoto, S., Huang, D.-Y., Cai, C.-Y.* (2020) A close affinity of the enigmatic genus Stegocoleus with Lepidomma revealed by new fossil evidence (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae). Palaeoentomology, 3(6): 632–640. (doi: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.6.15).

56. Li, Y.-D., Yamamoto, S., Huang, D.-Y., Cai, C.-Y.* (2020) A miniaturized ommatid beetle in mid‑Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia, 60: e20206063. (doi: 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.63).

55. Shavrin, A.V., Yamamoto, S. (2020) A remarkable new species of the rove beetle genus Anthobium Leach, 1819 from Eocene Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Omaliinae). ZooKeys, 973: 89–101. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.973.53940).

54. Nakamine, H.*, Yamamoto, S., Takahashi, Y. (2020) Hidden diversity of small predators: new thorny lacewings from mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Neuroptera: Rhachiberothidae: Paraberothinae). Geological Magazine, 157(7): 1149–1175. (doi: 10.1017/S0016756820000205).

53. Jałoszyński, P.*, Luo, X.-Z., Hammel, J.G., Yamamoto, S., Beutel, R.G. (2020) The mid-Cretaceous †Lepiceratus gen. nov. and the evolution of the relict beetle family Lepiceridae (Insecta: Coleoptera: Myxophaga). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 18(13): 1127–1140. (doi: 10.1080/14772019.2020.1747561).

52. Liu, Y., Tihelka, E., Yamamoto, S., Yin, Z., Huang, D., Tian, L.*, Cai, C.* (2020) The first fossil record of the rove beetle subfamily Protopselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research, 110: 104416. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104416).

51. Yamamoto, S., Newton, A.F. (2020) First record of the flat rove beetle genus Eupiestus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Piestinae) from Thailand. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 74(1): 106–108. (doi: 10.1649/0010-065X-74.1.106).

50. Liu Z., Tihelka, E., McElrath, T., Yamamoto, S., Ślipiński, A., Wang, B., Ren, D., Pang, H. (2020) New minute clubbed beetles (Coleoptera, Monotomidae, Lenacini) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research, 107: 104255. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104255).

49. Fikáček, M., Beutel, R.G., Cai, C., Lawrence, J.F., Newton, A.F., Solodovnikov, A., Ślipiński, A., Thayer, M.K., Yamamoto, S. (2020) Reliable placement of beetle fossils via phylogenetic analyses – Triassic Leehermania as a case study (Staphylinidae or Myxophaga?). Systematic Entomology, 45(1): 175–187. (doi: 10.1111/syen.12386). [Featured in “Smithsonian Magazine”, “ScienceDaily”, etc.]

48. Hirano, T., Asato, K., Yamamoto, S., Takahashi, Y., Chiba, S. (2019) Cretaceous amber fossils highlight the evolutionary history and morphological conservatism of land snails. Scientific Reports, 9: 15886. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51840-3).

47. Żyła, D., Yamamoto, S., Jenkins Shaw, J. (2019) Total-evidence approach reveals an extinct lineage of Paederinae rove beetles from the Cretaceous Burmese amber. Palaeontology, 62(6): 935–949. (doi: 10.1111/pala.12435).

46. Jałoszyński, P., Yamamoto, S. (2019) †Rovnoleptochromus balticus sp. nov., a new Upper Eocene ant-like stone beetle. Annales Zoologici, 69(3): 535–540. (doi: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2019.69.3.004). [Cover photo]

45. Brunke, J.A., Żyła, D., Yamamoto, S., Solodovnikov, A. (2019) Baltic amber Staphylinini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae): a rove beetle fauna on the eve of our modern climate. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 187(1): 166–197. (doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz021).

44. Shavrin, A.V., Yamamoto, S. (2019) Unexpected palaeodiversity of omaliine rove beetles in Eocene Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae). ZooKeys, 863: 35–83. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.863.34662).

43. Yamamoto, S., Caron, E., Bortoluzzi, S. (2019) Propiestus archaicus, the first Mesozoic amber inclusion of piestine rove beetles and its evolutionary and biogeographical significance (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Piestinae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 17(15): 1037–1050. (doi: 10.1080/14772019.2018.1517282). [Featured in “Forbes”, etc.]

42. Yamamoto, S., Takahashi, Y. (2019) First and oldest Leptochirini rove beetles illuminate diverse cephalic structures in the Cretaceous (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae). Systematic Entomology, 44(3): 588–611. (doi: 10.1111/syen.12342).

41. Yamamoto, S. (2019) Fossil evidence of elytra reduction in ship-timber beetles. Scientific Reports, 9: 4938. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-41310-1).

40. Cai, C., Lawrence, J.F., Yamamoto, S., Leschen, R.A.B., Newton, A.F., Ślipiński, A., Yin, Z., Huang, D., Engel, M.S. (2019) Basal polyphagan beetles in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar: biogeographic implications and long-term morphological stasis. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286(1894): 20182175. (doi: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2175).

39. Kypke, J., Solodovnikov, A., Brunke, A.J., Yamamoto, S., Żyła, D. (2019) The past and the present through phylogenetic analysis: the rove beetle tribe Othiini now and 99 Ma. Systematic Entomology, 44(1): 1–18. (doi: 10.1111/syen.12305).

38. Nakamine, H., Yamamoto, S. (2018) A new genus and species of thorny lacewing (Neuroptera: Rhachiberothidae) from Upper Cretaceous Kuji amber, northeastern Japan. ZooKeys, 802: 109–120. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.802.28754)  [Featured in “NHK News”, “The Yomiuri Shimbun”, “The Asahi Shimbun”, “Kyodo News”, “The Nihon Keizai Shinbun”, “The Mainichi Shimbun”, “The Sankei Shimbun”, “The Tokyo Shimbun”, etc.

37. Jałoszyński, P., Brunke, A.J., Yamamoto, S., Takahashi, Y. (2018) Evolution of Mastigitae: Mesozoic and Cenozoic fossils crucial for reclassification of extant tribes (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 184(3): 623–652. (doi: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly010). Download

36. Yamamoto, S., Grebennikov, V.V., Takahashi, Y. (2018) Kekveus jason gen. et sp. nov. from Cretaceous Burmese amber, the first extinct genus and the oldest named featherwing beetle (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae: Discheramocephalini). Cretaceous Research, 90: 412–418. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2018.05.016). Press release  [Featured in “Newsweek”, “Smithsonian Magazine”, “Gizmodo”, “ScienceDaily”, etc.]

35. Makranczy G, Yamamoto, S., Engel M.S. (2018) Description of a Cretaceous amber fossil putatively of the tribe Coprophilini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae). ZooKeys, 782: 81–94. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.782.27733).

34. Yamamoto, S., Takahashi, Y. (2018) First discovery of Coloninae fossil in Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinoidea, Leiodidae). PalZ – Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 92(2): 195–201. (doi: 10.1007/s12542-017-0386-0). ONLINE

33. Yamada, K., Yamamoto, S., Takahashi, Y. (2018) Aphrastomedes anthocoroides, a remarkable new cimicomorphan genus and species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research, 84: 442–450. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.12.007).

32. Yamamoto, S., Maruyama, M. (2018) Phylogeny of the rove beetle tribe Gymnusini sensu n. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae): Implications for the early branching events of the subfamily. Systematic Entomology, 43(1): 183–199. (doi: 10.1111/syen.12267).

31. Yamamoto, S., Maruyama, M., Parker, J. (2017) Evidence from amber for the origins of  termitophily. Current Biology, 27(16): R792–R794. (doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.06.078).

30. Jałoszyński, P., Yamamoto, S., Takahashi, Y. (2017) Discovery of a new Mesozoic species of the ancient genus Lepicerus (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Lepiceridae), with implications for the systematic placement of all previously described extinct 'lepiceroids'. Cretaceous Research, 78: 95–102. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.06.001).

29. Takahashi, Y., Sutou, M., Yamamoto, S. (2017) The compression mating fossil of sciarid fly (Diptera: Sciaridae) from Shiobara, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan. Paleontological Research, 21(3): 1–5. (doi: 10.2517/2016PR031)  [Cover photo]

28. Yamamoto, S., Jäch, M.A., Takahashi, Y. (2017) Discovery of the first hydraenid beetle in amber, with description of a new genus and species (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea: Hydraenidae). Cretaceous Research, 78: 27–33. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.05.015)

27. Saito, K., Nomura, S., Yamamoto, S., Niiyama, R., Okabe, Y. (2017) Investigation of hindwing folding in ladybird beetles by artificial elytron transplantation and microcomputed tomography. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114(22): 5624–5628. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1620612114). 

[Cover photo] [Featured in “NHK News”, “The Yomiuri Shimbun”, “The Asahi Shimbun”, “Kyodo News”, “The Nihon Keizai Shinbun”, “The Mainichi Shimbun”, “The Sankei Shimbun”, “The Tokyo Shimbun”, “USA TODAY”, “New York Times” etc., and selected in PNAS Highlights]  [The most read PNAS article during May 2017]

26. Yamamoto, S. (2017) A new genus of Brochocoleini beetle in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae). Cretaceous Research, 76: 34–39.  (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.04.008)

25. Żyła, D., Yamamoto, S., Wolf-Schwenninger, K., Solodovnikov, A. (2017) Cretaceous origin of the unique prey-capture apparatus in mega-diverse genus: stem lineage of Steninae rove beetles discovered in Burmese amber. Scientific Reports, 7: 45904. (doi: 10.1038/srep45904)

24. Onodera, K., Tokuda, S., Hirano, Y., Yamamoto, S. (2017) Vertical distribution of saproxylic beetles within snag trunks retained in plantation forests. Journal of Insect Conservation, 21(1): 7–14. (doi: 10.1007/s10841-016-9947-x).

23. Yamamoto, S. (2017) Discovery of the oxyporine rove beetle in the Mesozoic amber and its evolutionary implications for mycophagy (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Cretaceous Research, 74: 198–204. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.02.018).

22. Yamamoto, S., Takahashi, Y., Parker, J. (2017) Evolutionary stasis in enigmatic jacobsoniid beetles. Gondwana Research, 45: 275–281. (doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2016.12.008).

21. Jałoszyński, P., Yamamoto, S., Takahashi, Y. (2017) A new extinct genus of Glandulariini with two species from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Cretaceous Research, 72: 142–150. Online First. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.12.021).

20. Yamamoto, S., Maruyama, M. (2017) A new genus and species of the rove beetle tribe Mesoporini from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Historical Biology, 29(2): 203–207.(doi: 10.1080/08912963.2016.1144750).

19. Yamamoto, S., Maruyama, M., Parker, J. (2016) Evidence for social parasitism of early insect societies by Cretaceous rove beetles. Nature Communications, 7: 13658.  (doi: 10.1038/ncomms13658).

18. Yamamoto, S., Takahashi, Y. (2016) Coproporus electron sp. nov., the first tachyporine rove beetle in Dominican amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). PalZ - Paläontologische Zeitschrift, 90(3): 629–635.  (doi: 10.1007/s12542-016-0315-7).

17. Yamamoto, S. (2016) The oldest tachyporine rove beetle in amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae): A new genus and species from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research, 65: 163–171. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.05.001).

16. Jałoszyński, P., Yamamoto, S., Takahashi, Y. (2016) Scydmobisetia gen. nov., the first definite Glandulariini from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Cretaceous Research, 65: 59–67. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.04.011).

15. Yamamoto, S., Maruyama, M. (2016) Revision of the subgenus Aleochara Gravenhorst of the parasitoid rove beetle genus Aleochara Gravenhorst of Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa, 4101(1): 1–68. (doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4101.1.1).

14. Yamamoto, S., Solodovnikov, A. (2016) The first fossil Megalopsidiinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber and its potential for understanding basal relationships of rove beetles. Cretaceous Research, 59: 140–146. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.024).

13. Yamamoto, S. (2016) The first fossil of dasycerine rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber: Phylogenetic implications for the omaliine group subfamilies. Cretaceous Research, 58: 63–68. (doi: 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.09.022).

12. Yamamoto, S., Maruyama, M. (2016) Revision of the subgenus Tinotus Sharp, stat. n., of the parasitoid rove-beetle genus Aleochara Gravenhorst (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Japan, Taiwan, and the Russian Far East. ZooKeys, 559: 81–106. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.559.6755).

11. Yamamoto, S., Maruyama, M. (2015) Morphology-based phylogeny of the coastal rove-beetle subgenera Emplenota Casey and Triochara Bernhauer of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Insect Systematics & Evolution, 46(4): 379–391. (doi: 10.1163/1876312X-45042123).  [Cover photo]

10. Maruyama, M., Yamamoto, S., Eldredge, T. K. (2014) Synopsis of the Japanese species of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with review of the type specimens I. Tribes Himalusini and Leucocraspedini. Zootaxa, 3887(3): 393–400. (doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.3.6).

9. Saito, K., Yamamoto, S., Maruyama, M., Okabe, Y. (2014) Asymmetric hindwing foldings in rove beetles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 111(46): 16349–16352. (doi: 10.1073/pnas.1409468111).

[Featured in  “NHK News”, “The Yomiuri Shimbun”, “Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun”, “Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun”, “The Shizuoka Shimbun”, and selected in PNAS Featured Video]

8. Yamamoto, S., Ikeda, K., Kamitani, S. (2014) Species diversity and community structure of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) attracted to dung of sika deer in coniferous forests of southwest Japan. Entomological Science, 17(1): 52–58. (doi: 10.1111/ens.12036).

7. Yamamoto, S., Maruyama, M. (2013) A peculiar new species of the genus Tetrasticta Kraatz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Peninsular Malaysia. ZooKeys, 336: 39–46. (doi: 10.3897/zookeys.336.5382).

6. Yamamoto, S. (2013) Taxonomic study on Sepedophilus wankowiczi (Pandellé, 1869) from Japan, with a note on its scientific name in the previous records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 19(1): 57–63.

5. Shibata, Y., Maruyama, M., Hoshina, H.,* Kishimoto, T.,* Naomi, S.-I.,* Nomura, S.,* Puthz, V.,* Shimada, T.,* Watanabe, Y.,* Yamamoto, S.* (2013) Catalogue of Japanese Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Bulletin of the Kyushu University Museum, 11: 69–218. (In Japanese, with English title, summary, and introduction) [* alphabetically ordered authors]

4. Yamamoto, S., Maruyama, M. (2013) Revision of the subgenus Coprochara Mulsant & Rey of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst from Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa, 3641(3): 201–222. (doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3641.3.1).

3. Yamamoto, S., Maruyama, M. (2012) Revision of the seashore-dwelling subgenera Emplenota Casey and Triochara Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: genus Aleochara) from Japan. Zootaxa, 3517: 1–52. (doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3517.1.1)   [Featured in “The Guardian”]

2. Yamamoto, S., Hosoishi, S. (2010) New records of a tropical fire ant, Solenopsis geminata (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), collected on a regular line ship “Ogasawara-maru”. Japanese Journal of Entomology (New Series), 13(3·4): 133–135. (In Japanese, with English title and summary)

1. Yamamoto, S., Maruyama, M. (2009) Description of Aleochara (Maseochara) hiranoi sp.n. from Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Koleopterologische Rundschau, 79: 65–70.

Presentations

Oral presentation (English)

12. Gautam, S., McKenzie, S., Katzke, J., Hita Garcia, F., Yamamoto, S., Economo, E.P. (2024) Evolution of odorant receptor repertoires across Hymenoptera. SICB 2024 Annual Meeting. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, WA, USA. (January 3).

11. Gautam, S., McKenzie, S., Yoshida, T., Katzke, J., Hita Garcia, F., Yamamoto, S., Economo, E.P. (2023) Unravelling the evolution of odorant receptor repertoires in Hymenoptera. Evolution 2023. American Society of Naturalists, the Society for the Study of Evolution, and the Society of Systematic Biologists Joint Annual Meeting. Albuquerque Convention Center, Albuquerque, NM, USA. [T637] (June 22).

10. Gautam, S., McKenzie, S., Yoshida, T., Katzke, J., Hita Garcia, F., Yamamoto, S., Economo, E.P. (2022) Evolution of odorant receptor number across major Hymenopteran lineages. SICB 2022 Annual Meeting. The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. Phoenix Convention Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA. [53-3] (January 5 + Virtual, January 14 – March 31). [See also: Integrative and Comparative Biology, 62, supplement 1: S111. (doi: 10.1093/icb/icad001)].

9. Cai, C.Y., Tihelka, E., Giacomelli, M., Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A., Yamamoto, S., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F., Leschen, R.A.B., Gimmel, M.L., Lü, L., Huang, D.Y., Pisani, D., Donoghue, P.C.J. (2021) Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data resolve the evolution of beetles. 3rd Palaeontological Virtual Congress. (December 1–15).

8. Richter, A., Boudinot, B.E., Yamamoto, S., Katzke, J., Economo, E., Beutel, R.G. (2021) A glimpse into Cretaceous ant cephalic anatomy – the head of †Gerontoformica from Burmese amber (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomology 2021. ESA (Entomological Society of America)'s In-person & virtual Annual Meeting. Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO, USA (online). (2021 October 20 – 2022 January 31). [ESA student competition first place, SysEB: Evolution, Genetics, and Morphology, Virtual Graduate 10-Minute Papers]

7. Gautam, S., McKenzie, S., Katzke, J., Yoshida, T., Hita Garcia, F., Yamamoto, S., Economo, E.P. (2021) Unraveling the evolution of odorant receptor number across social and non-social Hymenoptera. In Symposium 16: Novel directions in understanding social (insect) evolution. The 2nd AsiaEvo Conference. Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan (online). [S16-3] (August 17).

6. Yamamoto, S., Newton, A.F. (2020) Paleodiversity of rove beetles in Burmese amber: how many subfamilies remain to be discovered. Entomology 2020. ESA (Entomological Society of America)'s Virtual Annual Meeting. (November 11–25).

5. Żyła, D., Yamamoto, S., Szwedo, J. (2020) The oldest representative of Paederini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Late Cretaceous Burmese amber and its systematic position. 2nd Palaeontological Virtual Congress. (May 1–15).

4. Fikáček, M., Beutel, R.G., Cai, C., Lawrence, J.F., Newton, A.F., Solodovnikov, A., Ślipiński, A., Thayer, M.K., Yamamoto, S. (2019) Testing the placement of beetle fossils via topology-constrained phylogenetic analyses. 9th Dresden Meeting on Insect Phylogeny. Senckenberg Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden, Dresden, Germany. (September 22).

3. Yamamoto, S. (2018) Tachyporinae revisited: Phylogeny, evolution, and higher classification based on morphology (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Entomology 2018. Entomological Society of America (ESA), Entomological Society of Canada (ESC), and Entomological Society of British Columbia (ESBC) Joint Annual Meeting. Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (November 13).

2. Yamamoto, S. (2018) Tachyporinae revisited: phylogeny, redefinition and higher classification. 33rd International Meeting on Systematics and Biology of Staphylinidae. Zoological Museum (Natural History Museum of Denmark), Copenhagen, Denmark. (May 11).

1. Kypke, J., Yamamoto, S., Brunke, A., Solodovnikov, Y.A., Żyła, D. (2017) The past and the present: The rove beetle tribe Othiini now and 99 million years ago. Entomology 2017. Entomological Society of America (ESA) Annual Meeting. Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO, USA. [0345] (November 5).

Poster presentation (English)

1. Kypke, J.L., Yamamoto, S., Brunke, A., Solodovnikov, A., Żyła, D. (2017) The past & the present ― The rove beetle tribe Othiini now and 99 Mya. Evolution 2017. American Society of Naturalists, Society of Systematic Biologists, Society for the Study of Evolution. Portland, OR, USA. [P179] (June 24).

Professional memberships

Coleopterological Society of Japan

Entomological Society of Japan

Staphylinidological Society of Japan

The Coleopterists Society

Referee experience

Publons

Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae

Acta Oecologica

Acta Zoologica Bulgarica

Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology (*2)

Austral Entomology

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Bulletin of Geosciences

Cladistics (*4)

Comptes Rendus Palevol

Coleopterists Bulletin (*3)

Cretaceous Research (*19)

Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift

Elytra, New Series (*8)

Entomological Science (*5)

European Zoological Journal

Fauna Ryukyuana

Fossil Record (*4)

Fragmenta Faunistica

Historical Biology (*8)

Insect Conservation and Diversity

Insect Systematics & Evolution

Insects

iScience

Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology (*3)

Journal of Natural History

Journal of Systematic Palaeontology

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research (*2)

Kontyu

Lethaia

Life (*2)

Medical Entomology and Zoology

Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie

Oriental Insects

Palaeontographica, Abteilung A

Palaeoworld

Palaeoentomology (*6)

PalZ

Papers in Palaeontology (*2)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (*3)

Revista Caldasia

Scientific Reports (*2)

Systematic Entomology (*2)

Turkish Journal of Zoology

Wellcome Open Research

ZooKeys

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Zootaxa (*13)

Zoological Research (*2)