Research interests Sexual selection and the evolution of mating traits Speciation and hybridization Genetic background of adaptive traits Natural history of ground beetles ... and any interesting evolutionary phenomena Societies The Society for the Study of Evolution American Society of Naturalists Japan Ethological Society The Entomological Society of Japan Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan The Ecological Society of Japan Australian Entomological Society The Coleopterists Society Publications 66) Kobayashi Y, Terada K, Hirayama A, Oosawa Y, Niikura K, Takami Y (2025)
What are the epipleuron, cryptopleuron, and pleuron in the prothorax of the adult Carabidae (Coleoptera, Insecta)?: redefinitions based on the muscular system.
Proceedings of the Arthropodan Embryological Society of Japan 55, 1-7.
65) Ujiie M, Kubota K, Takami Y (2025)
Interspecific difference and frequency dependence in habitat use of coexisting Ohomopterus ground beetle species under reproductive interference.
Population Ecology 67, 6-14.
64) Sota T, Liang H, Pham HT, Lin CP, Hori M, Takami Y, Ikeda H (2024)
Molecular phylogenetic relationships among lineages in the genus Carabus (Coleoptera: Carabidae) and radiation of the subgenus Apotomopterus.
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202, zlae125.
63) Kuroda K, Kuroda T, Nishino H, Takami Y (2024)
Sex-specific manipulation of sexually cannibalistic mantid mating behavior by hairworms.
Behavioral Ecology 35, arae071.
62) Nishino H, Morimoto K, Kuroda K, Takami Y (2024)
Male mate guarding in a polyandrous and sexually cannibalistic praying mantid.
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 78, 82.
61) Terada K, Furumoto C, Nishimura T, Hirayama A, Takami Y (2024)
The development of extremely large male genitalia under spatial limitation.
Evolution & Development 26, e12488.
60) Terada K, Takahashi S, Takami Y (2023)
Functional, genetic, and structural constraints on the exaggeration and diversification of male genital morphology in Ohomopterus ground beetles.
Entomological Science 26, e12538.
59) Nishimura T, Terada K, Xia T, Takami Y (2023)
Relationships between reproductive character displacement in genital morphology and the population-level cost of interspecific mating: implications for the Templeton effect.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 138, 14-26.
58) Xia T, Nishimura T, Nagata N, Kubota K, Sota T, Takami Y (2023)
Reproductive isolation via divergent genital morphology due to cascade reinforcement in Ohomopterus ground beetles.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 36, 169-182.
57) Kobayashi Y, Bruce HS, Terada K, Hirayama A, Oosawa Y, Niikura K, Takami Y (2022)
Paranotal lobes are appendicular in origin: elucidation by micro-CT analysis of the thoracic muscular system in the larvae of Carabus insulicola (Insecta, Coleoptera).
Proceedings of the Arthropodan Embryological Society of Japan 54, 1-9.
56) Yamahira K, Fujimoto S, Takami Y (2022)
Earth and life evolve together from something ancestral — reply to Britz et al.
Biology Letters 18, 20220010.
55) Nagata Y, Nishino H, Kuroda K, Shinohara T, Satomi D, Terada K, Nishimura T, Kuroda T, Inoue Y, Park YH, Takami Y (2022) Reproductive phenology and female mating frequency of the praying mantid Tenodera angustipennis in western Japan. Ecological Entomology 47, 423-431.
54) Nishimura T, Nagata N, Terada K, Xia T, Kubota K, Sota T, Takami Y (2022) Reproductive character displacement in genital morphology in Ohomopterus ground beetles. American Naturalist 199, E76-E90.
53) Sota T, Takami Y, Ikeda H, Liang H, Karagyan G, Scholtz K, Hori M (2022) Global dispersal and diversification in ground beetles of the subfamily Carabinae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 167, 107335.
52) Shinohara T, Takami Y (2022) Prey preference of a wasp determined by nest size supports the role of natural selection in body size evolution in Cassidinae leaf beetles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 135, 184-194.
51) Park YH, Jang TW, Kim JK, Kim SK, Kim IK, Kim CJ, Takami Y (2021) Temporal variation dominates in local carabid beetle communities in Korean mountains. Insects 2021, 12(11), 1019.
50) Yamahira K, Ansai S, Kakioka R, Yaguchi H, Kon T, Montenegro J, Kobayashi H, Fujimoto S, Kimura R, Takehana Y, Setiamarga DHE, Takami Y, Tanaka R, Maeda K, Tran HD, Koizumi N, Morioka S, Bounsong V, Watanabe K, Musikasinthorn P, Tun S, Yun LKC, Masengi KWA, Anoop VK, Raghavan R, Kitano J (2021) Mesozoic origin and ‘out-of-India’ radiation of ricefishes (Adrianichthyidae). Biology Letters 17, 20210212.
49) Satomi D, Ogasa W, Takashima H, Fujimoto S, Koshio C, Kudo S, Takami Y, Tatsuta H (2021) Limits to the exaggeration and diversification in a male sexual trait in the false blister beetle Oedemera sexualis. Entomological Science 24, 219-227.
48) Terada K, Nishimura T, Hirayama A, Takami Y (2021) Heterochrony and growth rate variation mediate the development of divergent genital morphologies in closely related Ohomopterus ground beetles. Evolution & Development 23, 19–27.
47) Akiyama K, Jang TW, Park YH, Shinohara T, Konuma J, Liang H, Kubota K, Sota T, Ishikawa R, Kim JL, Kim JK, Takami Y (2020)
Phylogeographical analysis of character displacement in feeding phenotypes of snail-feeding Acoptolabrus ground beetles.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 131, 936-951.
46) Sota T, Hori M, Scholtz C, Karagyan G, Liang H, Ikeda H, Takami Y (2020)
The origin of the giant ground beetle Aplothorax burchelli on St Helena Island.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 131, 50-60.
45) Shinohara T, Takami Y (2020)
Functional diversity and trade-offs in divergent antipredator morphologies in herbivorous insects.
Ecology and Evolution 10, 5089-5096.
44) Fujisawa T, Sasabe M, Nagata N, Takami Y, Sota T (2019)
Genetic basis of species-specific genitalia reveals a role in species diversification.
Science Advances 5, eaav9939.
43) Satomi D, Koshio C, Kudo S, Tatsuta H, Takami Y (2019)
Latitudinal variation and coevolutionary diversification of sexually dimorphic traits in the false blister beetle Oedemera sexualis.
Ecology and Evolution 9, 4949-4957.
42) Wu Q, Takami Y, Minamoto T, Ishikawa T (2019)
The life history with seasonal migration of the lacustrine shrimp Palaemon paucidens in an ancient lake in Japan.
Ecosphere 10, e02628.
41) Takami Y, Fukuhara T, Yokoyama J, Kawata M (2018)
Impact of sexually antagonistic genital morphologies on female reproduction and wild population demography.
Evolution 72, 2449-2461.
40) Shinohara T, Takami Y (2017)
Adult leaf beetles of the subfamily Cassidinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) preyed on by the digger wasp Cerceris albofasciata (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) in Japan.
Entomologische Blätter und Coleoptera 113(1), 213-218.
39) Kadoi M, Morimoto K, Takami Y (2017)
Male mate choice in a sexually cannibalistic species: Male escapes from hungry females in the praying mantid Tenodera angustipennis.
Journal of Ethology 35, 177-185.
38) Park YH, Kim JK, Jang TW, Chae HM, Takami Y (2017)
Local climate mediates spatial and temporal variation in carabid beetle communities in three forests in Mount Odaesan, Korea.
Ecological Entomology 42, 184-194.
37) Takami Y, Osawa T (2016)
Ecologial differentiation and habitat unsuitability maintaining a ground beetle hybrid zone.
Ecology and Evolution 6, 113-124.
36) Uchida K, Shinohara T, Takahashi S, Nakahama N, Takami Y, Ushimaru A (2016)
Rediscovery of Celes akitanus (Orthoptera, Acrididae) from semi-natural grasslands in Japan.
Entomological Science 19, 89-96.
35) Tsutsui Y, Maeto K, Hamaguchi K, Isaki Y, Takami Y, Naito T, Miura K (2014)
Apomictic parthenogenesis in a parasitoid wasp Meteorus pulchricornis, uncommon in the haplodiploid order Hymenoptera.
Bulletin of Entomological Research 104, 307-313.
34) Hayashi N, Takami Y (2014)
Inhibition of female mating by male accessory gland substances in the ground beetle Leptocarabus procerulus.
Physiological Entomology 39, 12-18.
33) Kobayashi Y, Niikura K, Oosawa Y, Takami Y (2013)
Embryonic development of Carabus insulicola (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae) with special reference to external morphology and tangible evidence for the subcoxal theory.
Journal of Morphology 274, 1323–1352.
32) Yamamoto J, Uchida K, Takami Y (2013)
Colonization and persistence of urban ant populations as revealed by joint estimation of kinship and population genetic parameters.
Journal of Heredity 104, 639-648.
31) Kubota K, Miyazaki K, Ebihara S, Takami Y (2013)
Mechanical reproductive isolation via divergent genital morphology between Carabus insulicola and C. esakii with implications in species coexistence.
Population Ecology 55, 35-42.
30) Tsuchiya Y, Takami Y, Okuzaki Y, Sota T (2012)
Genetic differences and phenotypic plasticity in body-size between high- and low-altitude populations of the ground beetle Carabus tosanus.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25, 1835-1842.
29) Okuzaki Y, Takami Y, Tsuchiya Y, Sota T (2012)
Mating behavior and the function of male genital spine in the ground beetle Carabus clathratus.
Zoological Science 29, 428-432.
28) Dohzono I, Takami Y, Suzuki K (2011)
Is bumblebee foraging efficiency mediated by morphological correspondence to flowers?
International Journal of Insect Science 3, 1-10.
27) Sasabe M, Takami Y, Sota T (2010)
QTL for the species-specific male and female genital morphologies in Ohomopterus ground beetles.
Molecular Ecology 19, 5231-5239.
26) Okuzaki Y Takami Y, Sota T (2010)
Resource partitioning or reproductive isolation: The ecological role of body size differences among closely related species in sympatry.
Journal of Animal Ecology 78, 383-392.
25) Shimizu A, Wasbauer M, Takami Y (2010)
Phylogeny and the evolution of nesting behaviour in the tribe Ageniellini (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Pompilidae).
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 160, 88-117.
24) Ushimaru A, Dohzono I, Takami Y, Hyodo F (2009)
Flower orientation enhances pollen transfer in bilaterally symmetrical flowers.
Oecologia 160, 667-674.
23) Nagata N, Kubota K, Takami Y, Sota T (2009)
Historical divergence of mechanical isolation agents in the ground beetle Carabus arrowianus as revealed by phylogeographic analyses.
Molecular Ecology 18, 1408-1412.
22) Takami Y, Weir TA (2009)
The genus Pamborus Latreille (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in the Sloane collection and its importance for current taxonomy.
Australian Entomologist 36, 13-20.
21) Takami Y, Sasabe M, Nagata N, Sota T (2008)
Dual function of seminal substances for mate guarding in a ground beetle.
Behavioral Ecology 19, 1173-1178.
20) Takami Y, Nagata N, Sasabe M, Sota T (2007)
Asymmetry in reproductive isolation and its effect on directional mitochondrial introgression between the parapatric ground beetles Carabus yamato and C. albrechti.
Population Ecology 49, 337-346.
19) Takami Y (2007)
Spermatophore displacement and male fertilization success in the ground beetle Carabus insulicola.
Behavioral Ecology 18, 628-634.
18) Takami Y, Sota T (2007)
Rapid diversification of male genitalia and mating strategies in Ohomopterus ground beetles.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20, 1385-1395.
17) Sasabe M, Takami Y, Sota T (2007)
The genetic basis of interspecific differences in genital morphology of closely related carabid beetles.
Heredity 98, 385-391.
16) Takami Y, Sota T (2007)
Sperm competition promotes diversity of sperm bundles in Ohomopterus ground beetles.
Naturwissenschaften 94, 543-550.
15) Zhang AB, Kubota K, Takami Y, Kim JL, Kim JK, Sota T (2006)
Comparative phylogeography of three Leptocarabus ground beetle species in South Korea, based on mitochondrial COI and nuclear 28SrRNA genes.
Zoological Science 23, 745-754.
14) Takami Y, Sota T (2006)
Four new species of Australian Pamborus Latreille (Coleoptera, Carabidae) carabid beetles.
Australian Journal of Entomology 45, 44-54. Figs. 1-8 (high quality pdf)
13) Zhang AB, Kubota K, Takami Y, Kim JL, Kim JK, Sota T (2005)
Species status and phylogeography of two closely related Coptolabrus species (Coleoptera: Carabidae) in South Korea inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences.
Molecular Ecology 14, 3823-3841.
12) Takami Y, Suzuki H (2005)
Morphological, genetic and behavioural analyses of a hybrid zone between the ground beetles Carabus lewisianus and C. albrechti (Coleoptera, Carabidae): Asymmetrical introgression caused by movement of the zone?
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 86, 79-94.
11) Sota T, Takami Y, Monteith GB, Moore BP (2005)
Phylogeny and character evolution of endemic Australian carabid beetles of the genus Pamborus based on mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36, 391-404.
10) Takami Y (2004)
Parasitism of Carabus kimurai (Ishikawa) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) by the endoparasitic fly Zaira cinerea Fallen (Diptera: Tachinidae) and its effect on male reproductive capability.
Coleopterists Bulletin 58, 271-272.
9) Takami Y, Koshio C, Ishii M, Fujii H, Hidaka T, Shimizu I (2004)
Genetic diversity and structure of urban populations of Pieris butterflies assessed using amplified fragment length polymorphism.
Molecular Ecology 13, 245-258.
8) Takami Y (2003)
Experimental analysis of the effect of genital morphology on insemination success in the ground beetle Carabus insulicola (Coleoptera: Carabidae).
Ethology Ecology & Evolution 15, 51-61.
7) Takami Y (2002)
Mating behavior, insemination and sperm transfer in the ground beetle Carabus insulicola.
Zoological Science 19, 1067-1073.
6) Takami Y, Katada S (2001)
Microsatellite DNA markers for the ground beetle Carabus insulicola.
Molecular Ecology Notes 1, 128-130.
5) Takami Y (2000)
Phylogeny of the subgenus Ohomopterus (Coleoptera, Carabidae, genus Carabus): A morphological aspect.
Tokyo Metropolitan University Bulletin of Natural History 4, 1-32.
4) Sota T, Takami Y, Kubota K, Ujiie M, Ishikawa R (2000)
Interspecific body size differentiation in species assemblages of the carabid subgenus Ohomopterus in Japan.
Population Ecology 42, 279-291.
3) Sota T, Takami Y, Kubota K, Ishikawa R (2000)
Geographic variation in body size of some Japanese Leptocarabus species (Coleoptera, Carabidae): The "toppled-domino pattern" in species along a geographic cline.
Entomological Science 3, 309-320.
2) Takami Y, Ishikawa R (1997)
Subspeciation and distribution pattern of Carabus albrechti Morawitz in Japan (Coleoptera, Carabidae).
Tokyo Metropolitan University Bulletin of Natural History 3, 55-99.
1) Ishikawa R, Takami Y (1996)
New subspecies of Carabus albrechti Morawitz (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from Japan.
Species Diversity 1, 39-48.
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