… relations with Japan will require us to know that country as well as the Japanese know ours.
… Although this encyclopedia is devoted mainly to Japanese people, Westerners who helped …

… insects and ants. He has published over 30 papers on the taxonomy of scale insects in
Japan, the local biodiversity of insects, mutualisms between invasive exotic ants and honeydew-…

… The Argentine ant was discovered in 1993 and is now … in Japan in 2017 and is currently
found in six prefectures. While the following ants are not officially regarded as pests in Japan, …

… Articles contributed by over 260 high profile and internationally recognized entomologists
provide definitive facts regarding all insects from ants, beetles, and butterflies to yellow jackets, …

… Queen ants of the Japanese ponerine genera are described, with the first key to the Japanese
genera based on the queen caste. Important queen characters are enumerated and caste …

… The ants attacked and fed only on polyxenid millipedes. … collected in Southeast Asia and
Japan and discuss our results in … their biological characteristics are also unique among ants. …

… Updated, developed and reworked from Doug Kettle's seminal Medical and Veterinary
Entomology, this major new reference presents vital information in encyclopedia format, with …

… The petiole is usually covered with an ant-repelling glandular secretion deposited by females
by rubbing their abdomen on the structure. Cells are arranged usually in a single circular …

… and diffuse ant-plant interaction between a relatively large and diverse array of ant and …
are not limited to harvester ants and are discussed elsewhere in this encyclopedia. Here we …

… and diffuse ant-plant interaction between a relatively large and diverse array of ant and plant
… In phase one a foraging ant, upon encountering a seed with an elaiosome attached, it is …