Masato ITO
Birth: 14 January 1990
Age: 27
Doctor of Agriculture
2017 Oct.~
work in the private company
E-mail address:
fixsenia[at]hotmail.co.jp
INTERESTS
① Taxonomy of the Ichneumonid wasps (especially the subfamily Acaenitinae).
② Molecular phylogenetics of the Ichneumonid wasps.
③ Host identify from adult wasp using the genetic analisis.
PUBLICATIONS
13 Masato ITO & Kaoru MAETO (2017) Revision of the genus Spilopteron Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Acaenitinae) from Japan.
European Journal of Taxonomy, 356: 1-33.
12) Masato ITO & Kaoru MAETO (2016) Two species of the genus Yezoceryx (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Acaenitinae) new to Japan.
Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 22: 37–38.
11) Masato ITO & Kaoru MAETO (2016) Revision of Ishigakia Uchida (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Acaenitinae) from Japan, with a new species having a close relative in South Africa.
Zootaxa, 4136: 174–180.
10) Masato ITO, Takumi OSHIO, Kyohei WATANABE & Hironobu HANDA (2015) Sphecid wasp larvae feeding on large-sized cockroaches in a dead wood cavity.
Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 46: 173-177.
9) Masato ITO, Kyohei WATANABE & Kaoru MAETO (2015) Molecular evidence resolving the confusion of two ichneumonid species of Spilopteron (Hymenoptera) caused by marked geographical colour variation.
European Journal of Entomology, 112 (3): 543-556.
8) Masato ITO & Kaoru MAETO (2015) Two species of the genus Coleocentrus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Acaenitinae) New to Japan.
Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 21(1): 87-89.
7) Kyohei WATANABE, Daichi FUNAMOTO, Masato ITO & Kaoru MAETO (2015) A horntail parasitoid, Schlettererius cinctipes (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae, Schlettereriinae), new to Japan.
Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 20(2): 91-93.
6) Masato ITO & Kaoru MAETO (2015) Revision of the genus Jezarotes Uchida (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Acaenitinae), with the description of a new species from Laos.
Zootaxa, 3946 (3): 416–426.
5) Masato ITO & Kaoru MAETO (2014) Phaenolobus koreanus Uchida (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Acaenitinae) new to Japan.
Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 20(2): 353-355.
4) Masato ITO, Kyohei WATANABE & Kaoru MAETO (2014) Revision of the genus Arotes Gravenhorst (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Acaenitinae) from Japan.
Zootaxa. (in press)
3) Masato Ito & Kaoru Maeto (2014) Revision of the Genus Yamatarotes Uchida (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Acaenitinae) from Japan. Based on Molphological and Molecular Evidence.
Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 20(1): 107-113.
2) Masato Ito, Kyohei Watanabe & Kaoru Maeto (2013) A
Review of Metachorischizus unicolor Uchida, 1928, with the First Description of Males (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Acaenitinae).
Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 19(1): 181-185.
1) Masato Ito, Kyohei Watanabe & Kaoru Maeto (2012)
Spilopteron luteum Uchida and S. mucronatus Lee (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Acaenitinae) New to Japan.
Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 18(2): 443-446.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
1) ○Masato ITO, Kyohei WATANABE & Kaoru MAETO.
Molecular evidence resolves the confusion involving two ichneumonid species of Spilopteron (Hymenoptera) caused by marked geographical color variation.
8th International Congress of Hymenopterists, Cusco, Peru (20-25 July 2014).