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Shonen Matsumura (1872-1960)

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Shonen Matsumura (松村松年 5 March 1872 – 7 November 1960) was a Japanese entomologist .

Born in Akashi, Hyōgo, Dr. Shonen Matsumura established Japan’s first course on entomology at Hokkaido University .The courses were both applied (on insects of importance in forestry and agriculture) and theoretical. He named over 1,200 species of Japanese insects and in 1926, founded the entomological journal “Insecta Matsumurana.” Matsumura wrote many scientific papers and books including 6,000 illustrated Insects of Japan-Empire (1931). He died in Tokyo.

His collection is in the University of Sapporo(University of Hokkaido).

ANT TAXONOMY

 

PUBLICATIONS

Matsumura, S. 1912. Thousand insects of Japan. Supplement IV. Tokyo: Keishu-sha, 247 pp. + 14 pl. + 4 pp. (index).

Matsumura, S.; Uchida, T. 1926. Die Hymenopteren-Fauna von den Riukiu-Inseln. Insecta Matsumurana 1: 32-52

REFERENCE

Issiki, S. 1961. Kontyu 29: 1-3, portrait.

Uchida, R. & C. Watanabe. 1961. Insecta Matsumurana 24: 103, portrait.

Bolton B, Alpert G, Ward PS, Naskrecki P. 2007. [CD-ROM] Bolton's Catalogue of the Ants of the World. Harvard University Press.