Seiki Yamane

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Seiki Yamane
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Science, Kagoshima University
Kagoshima, 890-0065, JAPAN
Tel 81-(0)99-285-8167
FAX 81-(0)99-259-4720

email: sky@sci.kagoshima-u.ac.jp

ANT TAXONOMY

TAXONOMIC PUBLICATIONS

Eguchi, K., Bui, T.V. & Yamane, S. 2008. Vietnamese species of the genus Acanthomyrmex Emery, 1893 – A. humilis sp. n. and A. glabfemoralis Zhou & Zheng, 1997. Myrmecological News 11: 231-241.

Eguchi, K., Yoshimura, M. & Yamane, S. 2006. The Oriental species of the ant genus Probolomyrmex. Zootaxa 1376: 1-35.

Hosoishi, S., Yamane, S., & Ogata. 2010. An evaluation of infraspecific names in Crematogaster (Paracrema) modiglianii Emery, 1900 based on est series (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 14: 123-128.

Hosoishi, S., Yamane, S., & Ogata, K. 2010. Subterranean species of the ant genus Crematogaster in Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomological Science 13, 345–350.

Jaitrong, W. & Yamane, S. 2010. The army ant Aenictus silvestrii and its related species in Southeast Asia, with a description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Aenictinae). Entomological Science 13:328-333.

Morisita, M.; Kubota, M.; Onoyama, K.; Ogata, K.; Terayama, M.; Yamauchi, K.; Sonobe, R.; Yamane, 1992. A guide for the identification of Japanese ants. III. Myrmicinae and supplement to Leptanillinae. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Tokyo: Myrmecological Society of Japan, 94 pp.

Nishizono, Y.; Yamane, S. 1990. The genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Kagoshima-ken, southern Japan. Rep. Fac. Sci. Kagoshima Univ. (Earth Sci. Biol.) 23: 23-40

Terayama, M.; Yamane, S. 1989. The army ant genus Aenictus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Sumatra, with descriptions of three new species. Jpn. J. Entomol. 57: 597-603

Terayama, M.; Yamane, S. 1991. A new ant of the genus Podomyrma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Sumatra, Indonesia. Proc. Jpn. Soc. Syst. Zool. 44: 69-72

Terayama, M. ; Yamane, S. 2000. Lasiomyrma, a new stenammine ant genus from southeast Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomol. Sci. 3: 523-527

Watanabe, H.; Yamane, S. 1999. New species and new status in the genus Aphaenogaster (Formicidae) in the Oriental and Australian regions. In: Identification Guide to the Aculeata of the Nansei Islands. Pp. 728-736 in: Yamane, S.; Ikudome, S.; Terayama, M. Identification guide to the Aculeata of the Nansei Islands, Japan. Sapporo: Hokkaido University Press, xii + 831 pp.

Yamane, S. 1996. New synonymy in the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Species Divers. 1: 111-115

Yamane, S. 2007. Pachycondyla nigrita and related species in southeast Asia (pp. 650-663). In Snelling, R.R., Fisher, B.L. & Ward, P.S. (eds). Advances in ant systematics: homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80: 690 pp.

Yamane, S. 2008. On Myrmica excelsa from Japan. ARI 31: 29-31.

Yamane, S. 2009. Odontoponera denticulata (F. Smith) (Formicidae: Ponerinae), a distinct species inhabiting disturbed areas. ARI 32 (1-8)

Yamane, S., Bui, T.V. & Eguchi, K. 2008. Opamyrma hungvuong, a new genus and species of ant related to Apomyrma. Zootaxa 1767: 55-63.

Yamane, S.; Hashimoto, Y. 1999. A remarkable new species of the army ant genus Aenictus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) with a polymorphic worker caste. Tropics 8: 427-432

Yamane, S.; Ito, F. 2001. Descriptions of two new species of the genus Leptanilla (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Java. Pp. 390-394 in Ito, F., Yamane, S., Eguchi, K., Noerdjito, W.A., Kahono, S., Tsuji, K. Ohkawara, K., Yamauchi, K., Hishida, T. & Nakamura, K. 2001. Ant species diversity in the Bogor Botanic Garden, West Java, Indonesia, with descriptions of two new species of the genus Leptanilla. Tropics 10: 379-404. [5.iii.2001.]

Yamane, S.; Terayama, M. 1999. A new species of Pristomyrmex Mayr from Japan, and a proposal of a new synonym of species in the genus Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Mem. Myrmecol. Soc. Jpn. 1: 17-24