研究業績

原著論文

３５）馬場友希・日室千尋 (2026)
津堅島における害虫捕獲用トラップから得られたクモ類
KISHIDAIA. 128: 77-81.

３４）Yuko Shimizu, Dai Haraguchi, Yoshifumi Awaguni, Chihiro Himuro* (2026)
Successful control in the first recapture of the sweet potato weevil, Cylas formicarius (Coleoptera: Brentidae) since its eradication from Kume Island, Japan.
Applied Entomology and Zoology. 61: 281-289.

３３）Ikegawa, Y., Himuro, C., & Honma, A. (2025)
Demographic consequences of the loss of mating opportunities in a two-species reproductive interference system.
Journal of Theoretical Biology, 112332.

３２）T. Matsuyama, A. Honma, Y. Ikegawa, S. Kinjo, K. Misa, T. Ohishi, C. Himuro* (2024)
Spatial distribution and host utilization patterns of Cylas formicarius (Coleoptera: Brentidae), Euscepes postfasciatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), and Omphisa anastomosalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) on the wild host Ipomoea indica (Solanales: Convolvulaceae) in Okinawa, Japan.
Applied Entomology and Zoology. 59: 343-355.

３１）C. Himuro, T. Miyatake (2024)
Mate search or predation avoidance? Sex pheromone interrupts death feigning of males in the sweet potato weevil Cylas formicarius.
Journal of Ethology. 42:169-176.

３０）C. Himuro, Y. Ikegawa (2024)
Do sterile males and females synergistically suppress pests targeted by the sterile insect technique?
Applied Entomology and Zoology. 59:185-193.

２９） C. Himuro, A. Honma, Y. Ikegawa, N. Kumano (2022)
Female refractory period in a weevil Euscepes postfasciatus is induced by the male but length is determined by the female.
Journal of Insect Physiology. 142: 104427

２８) 楠本みさき, 本間淳, 日室千尋, 谷口昌弘 (2022)
ミバエ類侵入警戒モニタリングトラップに用いる防蟻剤の代替品としての工業用機械の潤滑剤の評価
九州病害虫研究会報 第68巻 pp.56-62.

２７） C. Himuro, T. Kohama, T. Matsuyama, Y. Sadoyama, F. Kawamura, A. Honma, Y. Ikegawa, D. Haraguchi (2022)
First case of eradication of the sweet potato weevil, Cylas formicarius (Fabricius), using sterile insect technique.
PLOS ONE. 17(5): e0267728. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0267728

２６） C. Himuro, K.Misa, A. Honma, T. Ohishi, Y. Ikegawa, D. Haraguchi, N. Kumano (2022)
Effects of larval diet on the male reproductive traits in the West Indian sweet potato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).
Insects. Invited paper. 13(4), 389.

２５） Y. Ikegawa, F. Kawamura, Y. Sadayama, K. Kinjo, D. Haraguchi, A. Honma, C. Himuro, T. Matsuyama (2022) Successful eradication of sweetpotato weevil, Cylas formicarius Fabricius (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), in Tsuken Island, Okinawa, Japan, under transient invasion of males.
Journal of Applied Entomology. 146: 850-859.

２４）Yusuke Ikegawa, Koichi Ito, Chihiro Himuro, Atsushi Honma (2021)
Sterile males and females can synergistically suppress wild pests targeted by sterile insect technique
Journal of Theoretical Biology . 530: 110878

２３）C. Himuro, A. Honma, Y. Ikegawa, T. Ohishi and T. Miyatake (2021)
Male body size does not affect the refractory period of females in the West Indian sweet potato weevil Euscepes postfasciatus (Fairmaire) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and the seed bug Togo hemipterus (Scott) (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae).
Journal of Ethology. 39: 39-46.

２２）K. Misa,C. Himuro, A. Honma, Y. Ikegawa and T. Ohishi (2020)
Effects of storage periods of an artificial larval diet on the yield and quality of mass-reared West Indian sweet potato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Journal of Economic Entomology. 113: 2613-2618.

２１）馬場友希 ・日室千尋・大石毅 (2019)
与那国島で採集されたクモ」
KISHIDAIA, No.114, 64

２０）Y.Ikegawa, A. Honma, C. Himuro and T. Matsuyama. (2019)
A new system for detecting initial colonization by invasive pests and their locations.
Journal of Economic Entomology. 112:2976-2983.

１９）P-A Eyer, K Matsuura, E L. Vargo, K Kobayashi, T Yashiro, W Suehiro, C. Himuro, T Yokoi, B Guénard, R R. Dunn and K Tsuji (2018)
Inbreeding tolerance as a pre-adapted trait for invasion success in the invasive ant Brachyponera chinensis.
Molecular Ecology 27:4711-4724.

１８）T. Ohishi, T. Matsuyama, C. Himuro, S. Ohno, Y. Sadoyama, M. Kinjo, and A. Honma (2018)
The eradication projects and the phytosanitary measures for quarantine pests in Okinawa
Proceedings of the 2018 International Symposium on Proactive Technologies for Enhancement of Integrated Pest Management on Key Crop 31-48.

１７）C. Himuro, N. Kumano, A. Honma, Y. Ikegawa and T. Ohishi (2018)
Appropriate dose of inoculated egg solution for mass-rearing the West Indian sweet potato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Applied Entomology and Zoology 53:157-164.

１６）Wataru Suehiro, Fujio Hyodo, Hiroshi Tanaka, Chihiro Himuro, Tomoyuki Yokoi, Shigeto Dobata, Benoit Guénard, Robert Dunn, Edward Vargo, Kazuki Tsuji, and Kenji Matsuura (2017)
Radiocarbon analysis reveals expanded diet breadth associates with the invasion of a predatory ant.
Scientific Reports 7:15016.

１５）C. Himuro, Y. Ikegawa, and A. Honma (2017)
Males use accessory gland substances to inhibit remating by females in West Indian sweet potato weevil Euscepes postfasciatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).
Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 110:374-380.

１４）大石毅・本間淳・日室千尋・照屋清仁 (2018)
人工飼料に添加するサツマイモ粉末がイモゾウムシ（コウチュウ目：ゾウムシ科）の生産と虫質に及ぼす影響.
日本応用動物昆虫学会誌 62巻2号 123-126.

Tsuyoshi Ohishi, Atsushi Honma, Chihiro Himuro, Kiyohito Teruya (2018)
Effect of sweet potato powder content in the larval artificial diet on yield and quality of mass rearing the West Indian sweet potato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology62(2):123-126.

１３）Y. Ikegawa and C. Himuro (2017)
Spatiotemporally even sterile insect releases are necessary for regional eradication of pests with limited mobility.
Journal of Theoretical Biology .421:93-100.

１２）C. Himuro and K. Fujisaki (2015)
Effects of mating duration on female reproductive traits in the seed bug Togo hemipterus (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae). Applied Entomology and Zoology 50:491-496.

１１）D. Hyodo, C. Himuro & K. Fujisaki (2014)
Prey size affects the costs and benefits of group predation in nymphs of the predatory stink bug Andrallus spinidens(Heteroptera: Pentatomidae).
Journal of Ethology 32: 173-178.

１０）C. Himuro and K. Fujisaki (2014)
Evolutionary causes of male-biased sexual size dimorphism from a female perspective in the seed bug Togo hemipterus (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae)
Applied Entomology and Zoology 49:347-352.

９）C. Himuro (2012)
Reproductive Behavior of the Seed Bug, Togo hemipterus (Heteroptera : Lygaeidae)
Plant Protection 66(9) 43-47.

日室千尋 (2012)

斑点米カメムシ、コバネヒョウタンナガカメムシの繁殖生態」

植物防疫 66(9) 43-47.

８）G. Sakurai, C. Himuro and E. Kasuya (2012)
Intra-specific variation in the morphology and the benefit of large genital sclerites of males in the adzuki bean beetle (Callosobruchus chinensis)
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25: 1291-1297.

７）C. Himuro and K. Fujisaki (2012)
The effects of male harassment on mating duration in the seed bug Togo hemipterus (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae)
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 42: 53-59.

６）C. Himuro and K. Fujisaki (2012)
Sexual Size Dimorphism and Aggressive Interactions under Starvation Conditions in the Seed Bug Togo hemipterus (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae)
Journal of Insect Behavior 25: 242-253.

５）C. Himuro, T. Yokoi and K. Matsuura (2011)
Queen-specific volatile in a higher termite Nasutitermes takasagoensis (Isoptera: Termitidae)
Journal of Insect Physiology 57: 962-965.

４）K. Matsuura, C. Himuro, T. Yokoi, Y. Yamamoto, E.L. Vargo, and L. Keller (2010)
Identification of a pheromone regulating caste differentiation in termites.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107: 12963-12968.

３）C. Himuro and K. Fujisaki(2010)
Mating experience weakens starvation tolerance in the seed bug Togo hemipterus (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae).
Physiological Entomology 35: 128-133.

２）C. Himuro and K. Fujisaki (2008)
Males of the seed bug Togo hemipterus (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) use accessory gland substances to inhibit remating by females. 」
Journal of Insect Physiology 54: 1538-1542.

１）C. Himuro, T. Hosokawa and N. Suzuki (2006)
Alternative Mating Strategy of Small Male Megacopta punctatissima (Hemiptera: Plataspidae) in the Presence of Large Intraspecific Males.
Annals of Entomological Society of America, 99: 974-977.

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３）行動生物学辞典 株式会社東京化学同人 （分担執筆、2013）

２）日室千尋、藤崎憲治

「コバネヒョウタンナガカメムシ雄の付属腺由来物質を用いた雌の再交尾抑制戦術」

『昆虫科学が拓く未来』京都大学学術出版会 第２部トピック３pp 299-303, 2009

１）日室千尋

「ボクシングをするカメムシ 〜コバネヒョウタンナガカメムシ〜」

『昆虫発見！！』株式会社ハート 6 pp 26-29, 2007

特許

５）MATSUURA K, HIMURO C, YOKOI T, AKI S, NOGUCHI H

「Termite extermination composition used for controlling termites, comprises pseudo-egg composition of base material i.e. pyrazole derivative having insecticidal activity」

特許番号: JP2015124155-A

４）MATSUURA K, HIMURO C, YOKOI T, AKI S, NOGUCHI H

「Composition useful for preventing and controlling termites, preferably Reticulitermes speratus, comprises insecticidal active component dispersed in Petri dish」

特許番号: JP2015078148-A

３）MATSUURA K, HIMURO C, YOKOI T, AKI S, NOGUCHI H

「Evaluating component with insecticidal activity for termite extermination, by scattering Reticulitermes speratus eggs and prepared beads in Petri dish, introducing healthy workers and observing for mortality of workers」

特許番号: JP2015078877-A

２）松浦健二、日室千尋、横井智之

「シロアリの卵の揮発性コーリングフェロモンおよび女王フェロモンを利用した駆除技術」

「Agent used for attracting termite and controlling growth of termite, comprises one or more active ingredient chosen from butanol and its ester, ketone, ether and carboxylic acid or its salt」

MATSUURA K, HIMURO C, YOKOI T

特許番号: WO2011059054-A1 ; AU2010319082-A1 ; EP2499910-A1 ; TW201127297-A ; US2012282214-A1 ; CN102740688-A ; JP2011540552-X ; IN201205091-P4 ; US2014259881-A1 ; AU2010319082-B2

１）松浦健二、日室千尋、横井智之、他

「シロアリ駆除方法、およびシロアリ駆除デバイス」

MATSUURA K, HIMURO C, YOKOI T, SUZUKI Y, NOZAKI K, YAMAGUCHI M

「Method for exterminating termite e.g. Odontotermes formosanus and Reticulitermes speratus, involves arranging laminated portion, so that paper layer became as outermost surface of expelling agent storage portion」

特許番号: WO2013094566-A1 ; JP2013128424-A ; US2015027033-A1