Kiyoto Maekawa

1998

Phylogenetic relationships among subfamilies in higher termites (Isoptera: Termitidae) based on mitochondrial COII gene sequences

Miura, T., Maekawa, K., Kitade, O., Abe, T. & Matsumoto, T., 1998/09, In: Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 91, 5, p. 515-523 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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90 Scopus citations

1999

Molecular Phylogeny and Geographic Distribution of Wood-Feeding Cockroaches in East Asian Islands

Maekawa, K., Lo, N., Kitade, O., Miura, T. & Matsumoto, T., 1999/11, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 13, 2, p. 360-376 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

54 Scopus citations

Molecular phylogeny of orthopteroid insects based on the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase II gene

Maekawa, K., Kitade, O. & Matsumoto, T., 1999/02, In: Zoological Science. 16, 1, p. 175-184 10 p.

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41 Scopus citations

The subsocial wood-feeding cockroach genus salganea stal from borneo, with description of a new species (Blaberidae: Panesthiinae)

Maekawa, K., Terayama, M., Maryati, M. & Matsumoto, T., 1999, In: Oriental Insects. 33, 1, p. 233-242 10 p.

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10 Scopus citations

2000

Evidence from multiple gene seqeunces indicates that termites evolved from wood-feeding cockroaches

Lo, N., Tokuda, G., Watanabe, H., Rose, H., Slaytor, M., Maekawa, K., Bandi, C. & Noda, H., 2000/06/01, In: Current Biology. 10, 13, p. 801-804 4 p.

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284 Scopus citations

Molecular phylogeny of cockroaches (Blattaria) based on mitochondrial COII gene sequences

Maekawa, K. & Matsumoto, T., 2000, In: Systematic Entomology. 25, 4, p. 511-519 9 p.

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42 Scopus citations

2001

Phylogeny and biogeography of wood-feeding cockroaches, genus Salganea Stål (Blaberidae: Panesthiinae), in Southeast Asia based on mitochondrial DNA sequences

Maekawa, K., Kon, M., Araya, K. & Matsumoto, T., 2001, In: Journal of Molecular Evolution. 53, 6, p. 651-659 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

37 Scopus citations

Termitaria species (Termitariales, Deuteromycetes) found on Japanese termites (Isoptera)

Hojo, M., Miura, T., Maekawa, K., Iwata, R. & Yamane, A., 2001, In: Sociobiology. 38, 3 A, p. 327-334 8 p.

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9 Scopus citations

2002

Erratum: Termitaria species (Termitariales, Deuteromycetes) found on Japanese termites (Isoptera) (Sociobiology (2001) 38:3A (327-338))

Hojo, M., Miura, T., Maekawa, K., Iwata, R. & Yamane, A., 2002, In: Sociobiology. 39, 1, p. 14 1 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

Genetic variation of symbiotic fungi cultivated by the macrotermitine termite Odontotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Termitidae) in the Ryukyu Archipelago

Katoh, H., Miura, T., Maekawa, K., Shinzato, N. & Matsumoto, T., 2002, In: Molecular Ecology. 11, 8, p. 1565-1572 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

51 Scopus citations

Molecular evidence for phylogeny and the termite host specificity of exoparasitic fungi, Termitaria spp. (Termitariales: Deuteromycetes), from Japan

Hojo, M., Maekawa, K., Miura, T., Iwata, R., Matsumoto, T. & Yamane, K., 2002/11, In: Applied Entomology and Zoology. 37, 4, p. 571-576 6 p.

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7 Scopus citations

Population structure and genetic diversity in insular populations of Nasutitermes takasagoensis (Isoptera: Termitidae) analyzed by AFLP markers

García, J., Maekawa, K., Miura, T. & Matsumoto, T., 2002/10/01, In: Zoological Science. 19, 10, p. 1141-1146 6 p.

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22 Scopus citations

2003

Biogeography of Japanese wood-feeding cockroaches genus Salganea and Panesthia (Blaberidae: Panesthiinae)

Maekawa, K. & Matsumoto, T., 2003/04/01, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 27, 1, p. 156-159 4 p.

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9 Scopus citations

Genetic distance between nests and population genetic diversity of Nasutitermes nigriceps and N. corniger (Isoptera: Termitidae) in Guatemala using AFLP markers

García, J., Maekawa, K., Miura, T., Constantino, R. & Matsumoto, T., 2003, In: Sociobiology. 41, 3, p. 663-672 10 p.

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3 Scopus citations

The evolution of soil-burrowing cockroaches (Blattaria: Blaberidae) from wood-burrowing ancestors following an invasion of the latter from Asia into Australia

Maekawa, K., Lo, N., Rose, H. A. & Matsumoto, T., 2003/06/22, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 270, 1521, p. 1301-1307 7 p.

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42 Scopus citations

2004

Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the Korean woodroaches Cryptocercus spp.

Park, Y. C., Maekawa, K., Matsumoto, T., Santoni, R. & Choe, J. C., 2004/02, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 30, 2, p. 450-464 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

30 Scopus citations

2005

New species of the genus Salganea (Blattaria, Blaberidae, Panesthiinae) from Myanmar, with molecular phylogenetic analyses and notes on social structure

Maekawa, K., Kon, M. & Araya, K., 2005/03, In: Entomological Science. 8, 1, p. 121-129 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

15 Scopus citations

Phylogenetic analyses of fat body endosymbionts reveal differences in invasion times of blaberid wood-feeding cockroaches (Blaberidae: Panesthiinae) into the Japanese archipelago

Maekawa, K., Kon, M., Matsumoto, T., Araya, K. & Lo, N., 2005/10, In: Zoological Science. 22, 10, p. 1061-1067 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

12 Scopus citations

Phylogeny of endosymbiont bacteria harbored by the woodroach Cryptocercus spp. (Cryptocercidae: Blattaria): Molecular clock evidence for a late Cretaceous - Early Tertiary split of Asian and American lineages

Maekawa, K., Park, Y. C. & Lo, N., 2005/09, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 36, 3, p. 728-733 6 p.

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23 Scopus citations

Screening of genes expressed in developing mandibles during soldier differentiation in the termite Hodotermopsis sjostedti

Koshikawa, S., Cornette, R., Hojo, M., Maekawa, K., Matsumoto, T. & Miura, T., 2005/02/28, In: FEBS Letters. 579, 6, p. 1365-1370 6 p.

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44 Scopus citations

The effects of social interaction of Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) on the conidia-mass elongation of the termite exoparasitic fungi Termitaria sp. (Deuteromycetes: Termitariales)

Maekawa, K., Saito, S. & Hojo, M., 2005, In: Sociobiology. 45, 3, p. 565-571 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

2006

Analysis of the genetic diversity of Nasutitermes coxipoensis (Isoptera: Termitidae) in natural fragments of Brazilian cerrado savanna using AFLP markers

García, J., Maekawa, K., Constantino, R., Matsumoto, T. & Miura, T., 2006, In: Sociobiology. 48, 1, p. 267-279 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

3 Scopus citations

2007

Divergence times in the termite genus Macrotermes (Isoptera: Termitidae)

Brandl, R., Hyodo, F., Korff-Schmising, M. V., Maekawa, K., Miura, T., Takematsu, Y., Matsumoto, T., Abe, T., Bagine, R. & Kaib, M., 2007/10, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 45, 1, p. 239-250 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

29 Scopus citations

Phylogeography of the Asian wood-feeding cockroach Salganea raggei Roth (Blattaria: Blaberidae) based on the mitochondrial COII gene

Maekawa, K., Kon, M., Matsumoto, T., Kitade, O. & Araya, K., 2007/01/01, In: Oriental Insects. 41, 1, p. 317-325 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2 Scopus citations

Save Isoptera: A comment on Inward et al.

Lo, N., Engel, M. S., Cameron, S., Nalepa, C. A., Tokuda, G., Grimaldi, D., Kitade, O., Krishna, K., Klass, K. D., Maekawa, K., Miura, T. & Thompson, G. J., 2007/10/22, In: Biology Letters. 3, 5, p. 562-563 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review

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60 Scopus citations

2008

Altricial development in subsocial wood-feeding cockroaches

Nalepa, C. A., Maekawa, K., Shimada, K., Saito, Y., Arellano, C. & Matsumoto, T., 2008/12, In: Zoological Science. 25, 12, p. 1190-1198 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

31 Scopus citations

Compound eye development during caste differentiation in the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Maekawa, K., Mizuno, S., Koshikawa, S. & Miura, T., 2008/07, In: Zoological Science. 25, 7, p. 699-705 7 p.

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34 Scopus citations

Correlation between social structure and nymphal wood-digestion ability in the xylophagous cockroaches Salganea esakii and Panesthia angustipennis (Blaberidae: Panesthiinae)

Shimada, K. & Maekawa, K., 2008, In: Sociobiology. 52, 2, p. 417-427 11 p.

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11 Scopus citations

Effect on mandibular length of juvenile hormones and regulation of soldier differentiation in the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Tsuchiya, M., Watanabe, D. & Maekawa, K., 2008, In: Applied Entomology and Zoology. 43, 2, p. 307-314 8 p.

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27 Scopus citations

Frontal-pore formation during soldier differentiation induced by juvenile hormone III in the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Watanabe, D. & Maekawa, K., 2008, In: Sociobiology. 52, 2, p. 437-447 11 p.

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10 Scopus citations

Geographic color variation of Phelotrupes auratus (Coleoptera, Geotrupidae) in the Kinki region, central Japan: A quantitative spectrophotometric analysis

Akamine, M., Maekawa, K. & Kon, M., 2008/12, In: Entomological Science. 11, 4, p. 401-407 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

7 Scopus citations

Social biology of the wood-feeding cockroach genus Salganea (Dictyoptera, Blaberidae, Panesthiinae): Did ovoviviparity prevent the evolution of eusociality in the lineage?

Maekawa, K., Matsumoto, T. & Nalepa, C. A., 2008/05, In: Insectes Sociaux. 55, 2, p. 107-114 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

36 Scopus citations

Soldier differentiation and larval juvenile hormone sensitivity in an incipient colony of the damp-wood termite Zootermopsis nevadensis (Isoptera, Termopsidae)

Itano, H. & Maekawa, K., 2008, In: Sociobiology. 51, 1, p. 151-162 12 p.

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19 Scopus citations

The Cryptocercus punctulatus species complex (Dictyoptera: Cryptocercidae) in the eastern United States: Comparison of cuticular hydrocarbons, chromosome number, and DNA sequences

Everaerts, C., Maekawa, K., Farine, J. P., Shimada, K., Luykx, P., Brossut, R. & Nalepa, C. A., 2008/06, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47, 3, p. 950-959 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

21 Scopus citations

2009

Presoldier induction by a juvenile hormone analog in the nasute termite nasutitermes takasagoensis (isoptera: termitidae)

Toga, K., Hojo, M., Miura, T. & Maekawa, K., 2009/06, In: Zoological Science. 26, 6, p. 382-388 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

22 Scopus citations

Reference genes for real-time quantitative reverse transcriptase-PCR In the higher termite Nasutitermes takasagoensis (Isoptera: Termitidae) comparing soldiers with minor workers

Hojo, M., Toga, K., Itai, I. & Maekawa, K., 2009, In: Sociobiology. 54, 2, p. 509-520 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

1 Scopus citations

2010

Changes in endogenous cellulase gene expression levels and reproductive characteristics of primary and secondary reproductives with colony development of the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Shimada, K. & Maekawa, K., 2010/09, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 56, 9, p. 1118-1124 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

31 Scopus citations

Effects of juvenile hormone III on morphogenetic changes during a molt from each nymphal instar in the termite Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Watanabe, D., Shirasaki, I. & Maekawa, K., 2010, In: Applied Entomology and Zoology. 45, 3, p. 377-386 10 p.

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9 Scopus citations

Identification of a reproductive-specific, putative lipid transport protein gene in a queenless ponerine ant Diacamma sp.

Okada, Y., Miyazaki, S., Koshikawa, S., Cornette, R., Maekawa, K., Tsuji, K. & Miura, T., 2010/11, In: Naturwissenschaften. 97, 11, p. 971-979 9 p.

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6 Scopus citations

Juvenile Hormone titre and vitellogenin gene expression related to ovarian development in primary reproductives compared with nymphs and nymphoid reproductives of the termite Reticulitermes speratus

Maekawa, K., Ishitani, K., Gotoh, H., Cornette, R. & Miura, T., 2010/03, In: Physiological Entomology. 35, 1, p. 52-58 7 p.

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61 Scopus citations

Ovarian development of female-female pairs in the termite, Reticulitermes speratus

Ishitani, K. & Maekawa, K., 2010, In: Journal of Insect Science. 10, 194.

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19 Scopus citations

2011

Biogeography and phylogeny of wood-feeding cockroaches in the genus Cryptocercus

Maekawa, K. & Nalepa, C. A., 2011, In: Insects. 2, 3, p. 354-368 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

Open Access

14 Scopus citations

Description of the basic features of parent-offspring stomodeal trophallaxis in the subsocial wood-feeding cockroach Salganea esakii (Dictyoptera, Blaberidae, Panesthiinae)

Shimada, K. & Maekawa, K., 2011/01, In: Entomological Science. 14, 1, p. 9-12 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

15 Scopus citations

High-level expression of the Geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase gene in the frontal gland of soldiers in Reticulitermes speratus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Hojo, M., Toga, K., Watanabe, D., Yamamoto, T. & Maekawa, K., 2011/05, In: Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology. 77, 1, p. 17-31 15 p.

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21 Scopus citations

Imaginal organ development and vitellogenin gene expression changes during the differentiation of nymphoids of the termite reticulitermes speratus

Saiki, R. & Maekawa, K., 2011, In: Sociobiology. 58, 2, p. 499-512 14 p.

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13 Scopus citations

Phylogeography of japanese population of phelotrupes auratus (coleoptera, geotrupidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences

Akamine, M., Maekawa, K. & Kon, M., 2011/09, In: Zoological Science. 28, 9, p. 652-658 7 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

4 Scopus citations

Soldier presence suppresses presoldier differentiation through a rapid decrease of JH in the termite Reticulitermes speratus

Watanabe, D., Gotoh, H., Miura, T. & Maekawa, K., 2011/06, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 57, 6, p. 791-795 5 p.

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36 Citations (SciVal)

The physical mechanism of cuticular color in Phelotrupes auratus (Coleoptera, Geotrupidae)

Akamine, M., Ishikawa, K., Maekawa, K. & Kon, M., 2011/07, In: Entomological Science. 14, 3, p. 291-296 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

9 Scopus citations

The TUNEL assay suggests mandibular regression by programmed cell death during presoldier differentiation in the nasute termite Nasutitermes takasagoensis

Toga, K., Yoda, S. & Maekawa, K., 2011/09, In: Naturwissenschaften. 98, 9, p. 801-806 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

11 Scopus citations

2012

Exploration and characterization of genes involved in the synthesis of diterpene defence secretion in nasute termite soldiers

Hojo, M., Maekawa, K., Saitoh, S., Shigenobu, S., Miura, T., Hayashi, Y., Tokuda, G. & Maekawa, H., 2012/12, In: Insect Molecular Biology. 21, 6, p. 545-557 13 p.

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15 Scopus citations

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