Research field (5):
Biodiversity and systematics
, Ecology and environmental science
, Entomology
, Conservation science (plants)
, Horticulture
Research keywords (3):
昆虫進化生態学
, 景観昆虫学
, 応用昆虫学
Research theme for competitive and other funds (19):
2017 - 2020 Relationship between food habit and phylogeny in omnivorous thrips: A view to biological control agent against pest thrips
2013 - 2017 Evolutional Conservation Planning for Cultural Landscapes with Dynamic Authenticity to be illustrated at 4-dimension-perception and its visualization
Tomoko Ganaha-Kikumura, Koyo Tanaka, Shiro Nakao. Haplothrips (Thysanoptera:Phlaeothripidae) Fauna of Okinawa Prefecture and New Notes on the Predation and Development of Haplothrips chinensis and Haplothrips gowdeyi. Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology. 2022. 66. 4. 105-121
Nakajima Satoko, Nakao Shiro. First record of Pheidole fervens Smith, 1858 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Honshu-Island in Japan, its distribution, and its impact on the native ant species. Jpn. J. Ent. (N.S.). 2022. 25. 95-105
FUJIMOTO, Kenji, NAKAO, Shiro. Effects of low-temperature storage and reproductive diapause on fitness traits of the biological control agent Haplothrips brevitubus (Karny) (Thysanoptera: Phaeothripidae) regarding the inheritance of diapause. Annual Report of the Kansai Plant Protection Society. 2022. 64. 63-68
Chisako Chikamori, Shiro Nakao. Crowding leads to higher incidence of brachypterous females in the tobacco thrips, Frankliniella fusca (Hinds) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae). Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. 2021. 24. 1. 513-517