Diverse Strategies for Vertical Symbiont Transmission among Subsocial Stinkbugs

Takahiro Hosokawa, Mantaro Hironaka, Koichi Inadomi, +3

PLoS ONE

Mothers never miss the moment: a fine-tuned mechanism for vertical symbiont transmission in a subsocial insect

Takahiro Hosokawa, Mantaro Hironaka, Hiromi Mukai, +3

Animal Behaviour

BiologyPattern FormationNatural SciencesEntomologyEvolutionary Biology +6

Presence of Rhodopsin and Porphyropsin in the Eyes of 164 Fishes, Representing Marine, Diadromous, Coastal and Freshwater Species—A Qualitative and Comparative Study^†

Mina Toyama, Mantaro Hironaka, Yumi Yamahama, +7

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Phylogenetic Position and Peculiar Genetic Traits of a Midgut Bacterial Symbiont of the Stinkbug <i>Parastrachia japonensis</i>

Takahiro Hosokawa, Yoshitomo Kikuchi, Naruo Nikoh, +3

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Description of Caenorhabditis japonica n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabditida) associated with the burrower bug Parastrachia japonensis (Heteroptera: Cydnidae) in Japan

Mantaro Hironaka, Karin Kiontke, Walter Sudhaus

Nematology

EntomologyPhylogenetic AnalysisArthropod TaxonomyPhylogeneticsMolecular Ecology +16

Maternal vibration induces synchronous hatching in a subsocial burrower bug

Hiromi Mukai, Mantaro Hironaka, Sumio Tojo, +1

Animal Behaviour

BiologyMaternal Vibration InducesEngineeringBioacousticsNatural Sciences +8

Provisioned Parastrachia japonensis (Hemiptera: Cydnidae) nymphs gain access to food and protection from predators

Lisa Filippi, Mantaro Hironaka, Shintaro Nomakuchi, +1

Animal Behaviour

BiologyPredator-prey InteractionEntomologyInterspecific Behavioral InteractionParastrachia Japonensis +3

Maternal Vibration: An Important Cue for Embryo Hatching in a Subsocial Shield Bug

Hiromi Mukai, Mantaro Hironaka, Sumio Tojo, +1

PLoS ONE

Breeding BehaviorFitnessEntomologySocial InsectSubsocial Shield Bug +15

Trophic Egg Production in a Subsocial Shield Bug,<i>Parastrachia japonensis</i>Scott (Heteroptera: Parastrachiidae), and its Functional Value

Mantaro Hironaka, Shintaro Nomakuchi, Shiho Iwakuma, +1

Ethology

Breeding BehaviorFunctional ValueEngineeringEntomologySubsocial Shield Bug +14

Hierarchical use of chemical marking and path integration in the homing trip of a subsocial shield bug

Mantaro Hironaka, Lisa Filippi, Shintaro Nomakuchi, +2

Animal Behaviour

Homing TripHierarchical UseChemical Marking