Author

Munetoshi Maruyama

This bibliography includes 156 Staphylinidae publications. 3 are currently indexed in the main catalogue.

Publications in this catalogue

Staphylinidae bibliography

Reviewed Staphylinidae publications associated with this author, including records in the main catalogue.

20264 publications
  1. Munetoshi Maruyama, Tessai Okumura, Takuto Hashizume (2026). A new species of Omalium Gravenhorst, 1802 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) closely resembling O. japonicum Sharp, 1874, discovered in sympatry in Kyushu, Japan. Zootaxa 5875(6): 570-578. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5875.6.4 (opens in a new tab).

  2. Takuto Hashizume, Munetoshi Maruyama (2026). Review of the genus Silusa Erichson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from Japan, with notes on species described from India. Zootaxa 5831(4): 533-552. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5831.4.5 (opens in a new tab).

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  3. Yuya Sato, Munetoshi Maruyama (2026). Review of the Lathrobium tahirai species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) from Japan, with descriptions of six new species. Zootaxa 5793(1): 119-148. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5793.1.5 (opens in a new tab).

  4. Takuto Hashizume, Munetoshi Maruyama (2026). Oncerochara bolitocharoides gen. et sp. nov., of the tribe Homalotini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from Japan. Zootaxa 5748(1): 113-119. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5748.1.6 (opens in a new tab).

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20256 publications
  1. Takuto Hashizume, Munetoshi Maruyama (2025). Taxonomic notes on two species currently assigned to the genus Homalota Mannerheim (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 31(2): 283–288. DOI: 10.69343/jjsystent.31.2_283 (opens in a new tab).

  2. Nozaki, T. & M. Maruyama. (2025). Taxonomy of Homoeusa Kraatz, 1856 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from the East Palearctic: II. Revision of Japanese species. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 72(2): 525-555. DOI: 10.3897/dez.72.158689 (opens in a new tab).

  3. Takuto Hashizume, Munetoshi Maruyama, Toshio Kishimoto, Jan Klimaszewski (2025). Taxonomic review of the tribe Himalusini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with new synonymies. Zootaxa 5701(1): 54-64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5701.1.2 (opens in a new tab).

  4. Maruyama, M., T. Nozaki & H. Kamezawa. (2025). Description of Aleochara (Xenochara) ichikawai sp. nov., the first confirmed myrmecophilous species of Aleochara Gravenhorst, 1802 from the East Palearctic Region (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa 5666(3): 437-444. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5666.3.8 (opens in a new tab).

  5. Takuto Hashizume, Kosei Hirai, Munetoshi Maruyama (2025). Gyrophaena indica Motschulsky (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) and its allied species from Japan. Elytra, New Series 15(1): 69-80.

  6. Yuto Tasaku, Munetoshi Maruyama (2025). Resolving the taxonomic confusion of Taxicera Mulsant & Rey, 1873 and Dalotia Casey, 1910 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), with the rediscovery of Dalotia pseudorphana (Cameron, 1933), comb. nov., from bird nest material. Zootaxa 5609(1): 70-82. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.1.4 (opens in a new tab).

20243 publications
  1. Parker, J., M. Maruyama, T. Okamoto, T. R. Schultz & M. Alvarado. (2024). Evolution of leafcutter ant myrmecophiles: Hamotus heidiae, a new symbiont of Acromyrmex colonies with undetectable hydrocarbons (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Insectes Sociaux 72(3): 319-332. DOI: 10.1007/s00040-024-01005-x (opens in a new tab).

  2. Takuto Hashizume, Michael Schülke, Munetoshi Maruyama (2024). Tachinus of Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae): new records, a new synonym, and a new species. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 64(1): 121–139. DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2024.010 (opens in a new tab).

  3. Takuto Hashizume, Munetoshi Maruyama (2024). Records of the genus Pronomaea Erichson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from Japan and Taiwan. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 30(1): 102–104. DOI: 10.69343/jjsystent.30.1_102 (opens in a new tab).

20237 publications
  1. Yuto Tasaku, Hiroki Ono, Munetoshi Maruyama (2023). Review of the intertidal rove beetle tribe Liparocephalini Fenyes (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Japan. Zootaxa 5383(3): 251-296. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5383.3.1 (opens in a new tab).

  2. Paweł Jałoszyński, Munetoshi Maruyama, Jan Klimaszewski (2023). Wow assingi gen. and spec. n., with description of a new tribe of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Zootaxa 5357(4): 573-586. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.4.5 (opens in a new tab).

  3. Christoph von Beeren, Sebastian Pohl, Martin Fikáček, Stephan Kleinfelder, Alexey K. Tishechkin, Shûhei Yamamoto, Mariana Chani-Posse, Dagmara Żyła, Alexandra Tokareva, Munetoshi Maruyama, W. Eugene Hall, Liliana P. Sandoval, Daniel J. C. Kronauer (2023). Army ant middens – Home and nursery of a diverse beetle fauna. Ecology and Evolution 13(9): e10451. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10451 (opens in a new tab).

  4. Takuto Hashizume, Shûhei Yamamoto, Munetoshi Maruyama (2023). Revision of the Genera Pseudatheta Cameron and Phymatura Sahlberg (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Japan. Zootaxa 5319(1): 27-47. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5319.1.2 (opens in a new tab).

  5. Yuya Sato, Munetoshi Maruyama (2023). Taxonomy of the Lathrobium nomurai group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Northern Kyushu, Japan, with descriptions of two new species. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 63(1): 111-124. DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2023.005 (opens in a new tab).

  6. Yuto Tasaku, Munetoshi Maruyama (2023). Pseudothinusa sunahama, a new genus and species of the tribe Athetini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from sandy beaches in Japan. Zootaxa 5244(1): 33-40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.2 (opens in a new tab).

  7. Takuto Hashizume, Shûhei Yamamoto, Munetoshi Maruyama (2023). Taxonomic notes on the genus Pseudoligota Cameron (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from Japan. Zootaxa 5227(1): 100-108. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5227.1.4 (opens in a new tab).

20228 publications
  1. Takuto Hashizume, Yuya Sato, Munetoshi Maruyama (2022). 長崎県五島列島初記録のハネカクシ科甲虫8種. Pulex (101): 953–956.

  2. Nozaki, T. & M. Maruyama. (2022). Taxonomy of Homoeusa Kraatz, 1856 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the East Palearctic: I. Homoeusa rufescens (Sharp, 1874) and a new allied species. ZooKeys 1121: 39-58. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1121.85489 (opens in a new tab).

  3. Takuto Hashizume, Munetoshi Maruyama (2022). Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Japanese species of the genus Dasycerus Brongniart (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Dasycerinae) with description of a new species and notes on D. poseidon Hu & Liang. Zootaxa 5174(3): 233-246. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5174.3.2 (opens in a new tab).

  4. Inoue, S. & M. Maruyama. (2022). Revision of the genus Plesiochara Sawada (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa 5165(4): 501-519. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5165.4.3 (opens in a new tab).

  5. Yuto Tasaku, Munetoshi Maruyama (2022). Taxonomy of the intertidal athetine genus Eubadura stat. nov. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from Japan, with descriptions of two new species. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 62(1): 137-144. DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2022.010 (opens in a new tab).

  6. Yamamoto, S. & M. Maruyama. (2022). Identification guides for the Japanese species of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst (Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). Part IV. Subgenus Tinotus Sharp [in Japanese, English subtitle]. Sayabane, (N.S.) 46: 35–38.

  7. Tian-Tian Liu, Tsubasa Nozaki, Shûhei Yamamoto, Munetoshi Maruyama (2022). Synopsis of the Japanese species of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with review of the type specimens II. Genus Myllaena Erichson of tribe Myllaenini, with redescription of four Japanese species. Zootaxa 5091(2): 373-382. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5091.2.8 (opens in a new tab).

  8. Shûhei Yamamoto, Munetoshi Maruyama (2022). Identification guides to the Japanese species of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), Part IV: Subgenus Tinotus Sharp. Sayabane, New Series 46: 35–38.

20212 publications
  1. Liu, Tian-tian, H. Ono & M. Maruyama. (2021). Revision of the intertidal rove beetle genus Bryothinusa from Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 61(1): 163-201. DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2021.009 (opens in a new tab).

  2. Peter Hlaváč, Joseph Parker, Munetoshi Maruyama, Martin Fikáček (2021). Diversification of myrmecophilous Clavigeritae beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) and their radiation in New Caledonia. Systematic Entomology 46(2): 422–452. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12469 (opens in a new tab).

20204 publications
  1. Inoue, S., M. Maruyama & S. Nomura. (2020). Discovery of Tmesiphoromimus Löbl, 1964 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from Japan, with description of a new species. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 26(1): 87–92.

  2. Inoue, S. & M. Maruyama. (2020). A new termitophilous species of Tribasodites Jeannel from Taiwan and southern China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Zootaxa 4786(3): 417–424. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4786.3.7 (opens in a new tab).

  3. Liu, Tiantian, H. Ono & M. Maruyama. (2020). A new species and new record of the intertidal rove beetle genus Bryothinusa Casey (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Myllaenini) from Japan. Zootaxa 4743(4): 585–593. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4743.4.8 (opens in a new tab).

  4. Liang, Wei-Ren, M. Maruyama, T. Kanao, R. Iwata & Hou-Feng Li. (2020). Discovery of termitophilous rove beetles associated with Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus in Taiwan, with the first larval description for the tribe Termitohospitini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 60(1): 77–87. DOI: 10.37520/aemnp.2020.005 (opens in a new tab).

20192 publications
  1. Kanao, T. & M. Maruyama. (2019). A new species of the termitophilous genus Trichopsenius Horn, 1877 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Morocco. Elytra, (N.S.) 9 (2): 297–303.

  2. Inoue, S., M. Maruyama & S. Nomura. (2019). Revision of the genus Tmesiphorus LeConte, 1849 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from Japan. Zootaxa 4646(1): 67–86. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4646.1.4 (opens in a new tab).

20182 publications
  1. Beeren, C. von, A. Brückner, M. Maruyama, G. Burke, J. Wieschollek & D. J. C. Kronauer. (2018). Chemical and behavioral integration of army ant-associated rove beetles – a comparison between specialists and generalists. Frontiers in Zoology 15(1): 1–15. DOI: 10.1186/s12983-018-0249-x (opens in a new tab).

  2. Shûhei Yamamoto, Munetoshi Maruyama (2018). Phylogeny of the rove beetle tribe Gymnusini sensu n. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae): implications for the early branching events of the subfamily. Systematic Entomology 43(1): 183-199. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12267 (opens in a new tab).

20175 publications
  1. Liang, Wei-Ren, M. Maruyama & Hou-Feng Li. (2017). Zyras (Diaulaconia) artemis sp. n., a new termitophilous species from Taiwan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Lomechusini). Zootaxa 4341(4): 528–538. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4341.4.5 (opens in a new tab).

  2. Shûhei Yamamoto, Munetoshi Maruyama, Joseph Parker (2017). Evidence from amber for the origins of termitophily. Current Biology 27(16): R792-R794. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.06.078 (opens in a new tab).

  3. Ikeshita, Y., K. Taniguchi, Y. Kitagawa, M. Maruyama & F. Ito. (2017). The rove beetle Drusilla sparsa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) is a myrmecophilous species associated with a myrmicine ant, Crematogaster osakensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomological Science 20(1): 437-442. DOI: 10.1111/ens.12272 (opens in a new tab).

  4. Maruyama, M. & J. Parker. (2017). Deep-Time Convergence in Rove Beetle Symbionts of Army Ants. Current Biology 27(6): 920-926. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.02.030 (opens in a new tab).

  5. Shûhei Yamamoto, Munetoshi Maruyama (2017). A new genus and species of the rove beetle tribe Mesoporini from Baltic amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Historical Biology 29(2): 203-207. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2016.1144750 (opens in a new tab).

20167 publications
  1. Shûhei Yamamoto, Munetoshi Maruyama, Joseph Parker (2016). Evidence for social parasitism of early insect societies by Cretaceous rove beetles. Nature Communications 7(1): 13658. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13658 (opens in a new tab).

  2. Beeren, C. von, M. Maruyama & D. J. C. Kronauer. (2016). Community Sampling and Integrative Taxonomy Reveal New Species and Host Specificity in the Army Ant-Associated Beetle Genus Tetradonia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). PLOS ONE 11(11): e0165056. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165056 (opens in a new tab).

  3. Taisuke Kanao, K. Taro Eldredge, Munetoshi Maruyama (2016). A defensive body plan was pre-adaptive for termitophily in the rove beetle tribe Termitohospitini (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). bioRxiv, 083881. DOI: 10.1101/083881 (opens in a new tab).

  4. Shûhei Yamamoto, Munetoshi Maruyama (2016). Revision of the subgenus Aleochara Gravenhorst of the parasitoid rove beetle genus Aleochara Gravenhorst of Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa 4101(1): 1–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4101.1.1 (opens in a new tab).

  5. Kanao, T., M. Maruyama & S. Ohno. (2016). Redescriptions and distributions of acarivorous rove beetles, Holobus kashmiricus beneficus and H. yasumatsui (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), in Japan and Taiwan. Applied Entomology and Zoology 51(2): 275-287. DOI: 10.1007/s13355-016-0399-2 (opens in a new tab).

  6. Shûhei Yamamoto, Munetoshi Maruyama (2016). Revision of the subgenus Tinotus Sharp, stat. n., of the parasitoid rove-beetle genus Aleochara Gravenhorst (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Japan, Taiwan, and the Russian Far East. ZooKeys 559: 81-106. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.559.6755 (opens in a new tab).

  7. Beeren, C. von, M. Maruyama & D. J. C. Kronauer. (2016). Cryptic diversity, high host specificity and reproductive synchronization in army ant‐associated Vatesus beetles. Molecular Ecology 25(4): 990-1005. DOI: 10.1111/mec.13500 (opens in a new tab).

20154 publications
  1. Ono, H. & M. Maruyama. (2015). Giulianium tomokoae, a new species of intertidal rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from Japan. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 21(2): 297–298. DOI: 10.69343/jjsystent.21.2_297 (opens in a new tab).

  2. Kanao, T. & M. Maruyama. (2015). Eight new species, a new record, and redescription of the genus Discoxenus Wasmann, 1904: The first record of termitophilous rove beetles in Cambodia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa 4044(2): 201–223. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4044.2.2 (opens in a new tab).

  3. Shûhei Yamamoto, Munetoshi Maruyama (2015). Morphology-based phylogeny of the coastal rove-beetle subgenera Emplenota Casey and Triochara Bernhauer of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 46(4): 379-391. DOI: 10.1163/1876312x-45042123 (opens in a new tab).

  4. Shibata, Y., M. Maruyama, S. Yamamoto, H. Hoshina, S.-I. Naomi, S. Nomura & Y. Watanabe. (2015). Catalogue of Japanese Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) – Addition and corrections until 2014 –. Bulletin of the Kyushu University Museum 13: 33–44.

20147 publications
  1. Munetoshi Maruyama, Shûhei Yamamoto, Taro K. Eldredge (2014). Synopsis of the Japanese species of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with review of the type specimens I. Tribes Himalusini and Leucocraspedini. Zootaxa 3887(3): 393–400. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3887.3.6 (opens in a new tab).

  2. Kazuya Saito, Shûhei Yamamoto, Munetoshi Maruyama, Yoji Okabe (2014). Asymmetric hindwing foldings in rove beetles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111(46): 16349-16352. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1409468111 (opens in a new tab).

  3. Maruyama, M., T. Komatsu, Y. Katayama, Xiao-Bin Song & W. Sakchoowong. (2014). Myrmecophilous rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) associated with Aenictus hodgsoni (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Thailand, with description of two new genera and three new species. Zootaxa 3796(2): 361–373. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3796.2.8 (opens in a new tab).

  4. Ono, H. & M. Maruyama. (2014). Five New Species of the Intertidal Genus Halorhadinus Sawada, 1971 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Japan. ESAKIA 54: 41-50. DOI: 10.5109/1517831 (opens in a new tab).

  5. Maruyama, M. & L. Zerche. (2014). Japanese Species of the Myrmecophilous Genus Thiasophila Kraatz, 1856 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). ESAKIA 54: 17-25. DOI: 10.5109/1516263 (opens in a new tab).

  6. Kanao, T., M. Maruyama & R. Iwata. (2014). Systematics of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) associated with Hodotermopsis sjostedti (Isoptera: Termopsidae). Entomological Science 17(4): 409–424.

  7. Maruyama, M. & T. Kanao. (2014). Taxonomy of the termitophilous genus Termitodonia Cameron (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 84: 193–200.

201314 publications
  1. Yamamoto, S. & M. Maruyama. (2013). Identification guides for the Japanese species of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst Part III. Subgenus Coprochara Mulsant & Rey [in Japanese, English subtitle]. Sayabane, (N.S.) 12: 7–10.

  2. Shûhei Yamamoto, Munetoshi Maruyama (2013). A peculiar new species of the genus Tetrasticta Kraatz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Peninsular Malaysia. ZooKeys 336: 39-46. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.336.5382 (opens in a new tab).

  3. Miyake, T. & M. Maruyama. (2013). [Two localities for Liparocephalus tokunagai in Kyushu] [in Japanese]. Sayabane, (N.S.) 11: 32.

  4. Maruyama, M. & H. Kamezawa. (2013). Adinopsis nippon, a new species of marsh-dwelling rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Deinopsini) from Japan, with an annotated catalogue of Adinopsis species of the world. Zootaxa 3669(1): 76–84. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3669.1.8 (opens in a new tab).

  5. Yamamoto, S. & M. Maruyama. (2013). Identification guides for the Japanese species of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst Part II. Subgenus Triochara Bernhauer [in Japanese, English subtitle]. Sayabane, (N.S.) 10: 1–4.

  6. Nomura, S., W. Sakchoowong & M. Maruyama. (2013). Further study on the Pselaphine fauna (Insecta, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) of the Kaeng Krachan National Park, West Thailand in 2010-2012. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science (A: Zoology) 39(2): 73–92.

  7. Shûhei Yamamoto, Munetoshi Maruyama (2013). Revision of the Subgenus Coprochara Mulsant & Rey of the Genus Aleochara Gravenhorst from Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa 3641(3): 201–222. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3641.3.1 (opens in a new tab).

  8. Parker, J. & M. Maruyama. (2013). Jubogaster towai, a new Neotropical genus and species of Trogastrini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) exhibiting myrmecophily and extreme body enlargement. Zootaxa 3630(2): 369–378. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3630.2.11 (opens in a new tab).

  9. Shibata, Y., M. Maruyama, H. Hoshina, T. Kishimoto, S.-I. Naomi, S. Nomura, V. Puthz, T. Shimada, Y. Watanabe & S. Yamamoto. (2013). Catalogue of Japanese Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) [in Japanese & English]. Bulletin of the Kyushu University Museum 11: 69–218. DOI: 10.15017/26400 (opens in a new tab).

  10. Yamamoto, S. & M. Maruyama. (2013). Identification guides for the Japanese species of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst Part I. Subgenus Empelnota [sic] Casey [in Japanese, English subtitle]. Sayabane, (N.S.) 9: 1–5.

  11. Yasutoshi Shibata, Munetoshi Maruyama, Hideto Hoshina, Toshio Kishimoto, Shun-Ichiro Naomi, Shûhei Nomura, Volker Puthz, Takashi Shimada, Yasuaki Watanabe, Shûhei Yamamoto (2013). Catalogue of Japanese Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Bulletin of the Kyushu University Museum 11: 69–218.

  12. Shûhei Yamamoto, Munetoshi Maruyama (2013). Identification guides to the Japanese species of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), Part I: Subgenus Emplenota Casey. Sayabane, New Series 9: 1–5.

  13. Shûhei Yamamoto, Munetoshi Maruyama (2013). Identification guides to the Japanese species of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), Part II: Subgenus Triochara Bernhauer. Sayabane, New Series 10: 1–4.

  14. Shûhei Yamamoto, Munetoshi Maruyama (2013). Identification guides to the Japanese species of the genus Aleochara Gravenhorst (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), Part III: Subgenus Coprochara Mulsant & Rey. Sayabane, New Series 12: 7–10.

20123 publications
  1. Taisuke Kanao, K. Taro Eldredge, Munetoshi Maruyama (2012). Two new genera and species of the termite symbiont lineage Termitohospitini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Bolivia and peninsular Malaysia. ZooKeys 254: 67–87. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.254.4043 (opens in a new tab).

  2. Shûhei Yamamoto, Munetoshi Maruyama (2012). Revision of the Seashore-dwelling Subgenera Emplenota Casey and Triochara Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: genus Aleochara) from Japan. Zootaxa 3517(1): 1–52. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3517.1.1 (opens in a new tab).

  3. Maruyama, M., T. Kanao & R. Iwata. (2012). Discovery of two aleocharine staphylinid species (Coleoptera) associated with Coptotermes formosanus (lsoptera: Rhinotermitidae) from central Japan, with a review of the possible natural distribution of C. formosanus in Japan and surrounding +. Sociobiology 59(3): 605–616.

20119 publications
  1. Kanao, T., M. Maruyama & R. Hashim. (2011). A new genus of Compactopediina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) associated with Longipeditermes (Isoptera: Termitidae) in Peninsular Malaysia with a key to and phylogenetic analysis of all genera of the subtribe. Insect Systematics & Evolution 42(4): 349-364. DOI: 10.1163/187631211x603605 (opens in a new tab).

  2. Nomura, S. & M. Maruyama. (2011). The first record of Saulcyella schmidti (Maerkel, 1844) from Japan (Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) [in Japanese, English subtitle]. Sayabane 4: (N.S.) 4: 28–31.

  3. Maruyama, M., T. Matsumoto & T. Itioka. (2011). Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) associated with Aenictus laeviceps (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Sarawak, Malaysia: Strict host specificity, and first myrmecoid Aleocharini. Zootaxa 3102(1): 1–26. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3102.1.1 (opens in a new tab).

  4. Hlaváč, P., A. F. Newton & M. Maruyama. (2011). World catalogue of the species of the tribe Lomechusini (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa 3075: 1–151.

  5. Maruyama, M. (2011). New Record of the Seashore Genus Heterota (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Japan, with Description of a New Species. ESAKIA 50: 97-104. DOI: 10.5109/19402 (opens in a new tab).

  6. Maruyama, M. (2011). New Record of the Seashore Genus Salinamexus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Japan, with Descriptions of a New Species. ESAKIA 50: 105-114. DOI: 10.5109/19403 (opens in a new tab).

  7. Kanao, T., M. Maruyama & W. Sakchoowong. (2011). A new species of Trichopseniini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) found with Schedorhinotermes termite (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae) in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. Zootaxa 2748(1): 53–60. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2748.1.6 (opens in a new tab).

  8. Maruyama, M. (2011). Redescription of Liometoxenus paradoxus (Scriba) comb.n., and comments оп the systematic position of Liometoxenus Кistner, Jensen & Jacobson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 81: 173–177.

  9. Peter Hlaváč, Alfred F. Newton, Munetoshi Maruyama (2011). World catalogue of the species of Lomechusini (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Zootaxa 3075(1): 1–151. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3075.1.1 (opens in a new tab).

20103 publications
  1. Maruyama, M., C. von Beeren & R. Hashim. (2010). Aleocharine rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) associated with Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) I. Review of three genera associated with L. distinguenda (Emery, 1887) and L. mutabilis (Smith, 1861). ZooKeys 59: 47-60. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.59.510 (opens in a new tab).

  2. Maruyama, M., C. von Beeren & V. Witte. (2010). Aleocharine rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) associated with Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) II. Two new genera and two new species associated with L. borneensis Wheeler, 1919. ZooKeys 59: 61-72. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.59.511 (opens in a new tab).

  3. Kanao, T., M. Maruyama & W. Sakchoowong. (2010). Two new species of Aleocharinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) found in fungus gardens of Odontotermes termites (Isoptera, Termitidae, Macrotermitinae) in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand. ZooKeys 49: 77-86. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.49.468 (opens in a new tab).

20093 publications
  1. Maruyama, M. (2009). On the Myrmecophilous Genus Losiusa Seevers, 1978 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). ESAKIA 49: 111-116. DOI: 10.5109/16153 (opens in a new tab).

  2. Shûhei Yamamoto, Munetoshi Maruyama (2009). Description of Aleochara (Maseochara) hiranoi sp. n. from Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 79: 65–70.

  3. Maruyama, M. & M. Hayashi. (2009). Description of the intertidal aleocharine Halorhadinus sawadai sp. n. from Japan, with notes on the genus Halorhadinus Sawada, 1971 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 79: 71–82.

20084 publications
  1. Maruyama, M. (2008). Giraffaenictus eguchii (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), a New Genus and Species of Fully Myrmecoid Myrmecophile from a Colony of Aenictus binghami (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Aenictinae) in Vietnam. ESAKIA 48: 51-56. DOI: 10.5109/12497 (opens in a new tab).

  2. Komatsu, T. & M. Maruyama. (2008). Symbiotic host of Triartiger reductus Nomura (Coleoptera. Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae, Clavigeritae) in the island of Tsushima, Japan. Elytra 36(1): 227–228.

  3. Maruyama, M., L. B. Patrick & J. Klimaszewski. (2008). First record of the genus Myrmedonota Cameron (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from North America, with descriptions of two new species. Zootaxa 1716(1): 35–43. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1716.1.3 (opens in a new tab).

  4. Maruyama, M., J. Klimaszewski & V. Gusarov. (2008). Osakatheta yasukoae, a new intertidal genus and species of athetine rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Japan. Zootaxa 1683(1): 39–50. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1683.1.3 (opens in a new tab).

20065 publications
  1. Maruyama, M. (2006). Turcizyras assingi, a new genus and species of the tribe Lomechusini (Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Turkey. Bulletin of the National Science Museum (A: Zoology) 32(2): 47–51.

  2. Maruyama, M. (2006). Revision of the Palearctic species of the myrmecophilous genus Pella (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). National Science Museum Monographs 32: i–iii, 1–207.

  3. Maruyama, M. (2006). Taxonomic note on the Japanese species of the myrmecophilous genus Pella [in Japanese, English subtitle]. Coleopterists' News 153: 22–27.

  4. Shibata, Y., M. Maruyama & M. Ôhara. (2006). The subfamily Staphylininae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) in the Kuril Archipelago. Bulletin of the Hokkaido University Museum 3: 151–159.

  5. Maruyama, M. & J. Klimaszewski. (2006). Notes on myrmecophilous aleocharines (Insecta, Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Canada, with a description of a new species of Myrmoecia. Bulletin of the National Science Museum (A: Zoology) 32(3): 125–131.

20052 publications
  1. Taniguchi, K., M. Maruyama, T. Ichikawa & F. Ito. (2005). A case of Batesian mimicry between a myrmecophilous staphylinid beetle, Pella comes, and its host ant, Lasius (Dendrolasius) spathepus: an experiment using the Japanese treefrog, Hyla japonica as a real predator. Insectes Sociaux 52(4): 320–322.

  2. Jan Klimaszewski, Georges Pelletier, Munetoshi Maruyama, Peter Hlaváč (2005). Canadian species of the Zyras group of genera and review of the types from America north of Mexico (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). Revue suisse de zoologie 112(3): 703-733. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.80322 (opens in a new tab).

200413 publications
  1. Maruyama, M. & H. Sugaya. (2004). A new myrmecophilous species of Batraxis (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae), associated with Lasius (Chthonolasius) sp. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae) from Hokkaido, Japan. Elytra 32(2): 321–325.

  2. Maruyama, M. & J. Klimaszewski. (2004). A new species of the myrmecophilous genus Goniusa (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Canada. Elytra 32(2): 315–320.

  3. Maruyama, M. & A. Smetana. (2004). The myrmecophilous species of the Quedius hirticornis Sharp, 1889 complex (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini, Quediina). Elytra 32(2): 299–313.

  4. Maruyama, M. & J. Klimaszewski. (2004). A new genus and species of the myrmecophilous Athetini, Paragoniusa myrmicae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from Canada. Entomological Review of Japan 59(2): 241–248.

  5. Maruyama, M. (2004). Drusilla keiichii (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), a new termitophile associated with Hospitalitermes (Isoptera: Termitidae) from Thailand. Entomological Review of Japan 59(2): 249–254.

  6. Maruyama, M. (2004). Redescription of the genus Creochara (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Aleocharini) and its systematic position. The Canadian Entomologist 136(5): 621-637. DOI: 10.4039/n03-091 (opens in a new tab).

  7. Maruyama, M., M. Ôhara, N. A. Woro & S. Hartini. (2004). A new species of Delibius (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Pygostenini) from Jawa Barat, Indonesia. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 10(1): 63–68. DOI: 10.69343/jjsystent.10.1_63 (opens in a new tab).

  8. Peter Hlaváč, Munetoshi Maruyama (2004). A new genus and species of the myrmecophilous tribe Sahlbergiini from Malaysia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 74: 191–199.

  9. Maruyama, M. (2004). On the systematic position of Amaurodera wallacei Kistner & McNairn, 1991 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 74: 220.

  10. Maruyama, M. (2004). Taxonomy of the myrmecophilous genus Myrmecopella Kistner with descriptions of seven new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 74: 201–219.

  11. Maruyama, M. (2004). Additional records of Philetaerius elegans (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae). Elytra 32(1): 114.

  12. Maruyama, M. & P. Hlaváč. (2004). Two new species of Lomechusoides (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae, Lomechusini) from Sichuan, China. Elytra 32(1): 105–113.

  13. Maruyama, M. (2004). Two new species of the Lomechusini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from Laos. Entomological Review of Japan 59(1): 87–97.

20039 publications
  1. Maruyama, M. & P. Hlaváč. (2003). A new genus and species of myrmecophilous Aleocharini from Morocco (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), associated with Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N.S.) 39(3): 225-228. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2003.10697378 (opens in a new tab).

  2. Maruyama, M., Sze Hue Yek, R. Hashim & F. Ito. (2003). A new myrmecophilous species of Drusilla (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from peninsular Malaysia, a possible Batesian mimic associated with Crematogaster inflata (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 9(2): 267–275. DOI: 10.69343/jjsystent.9.2_267 (opens in a new tab).

  3. Ahn, Kee-Jeong, M. Maruyama & M.-J. Jeon. (2003). Redescription of the intertidal genus Brachypronomaea Sawada (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan with a discussion of its phylogenetic placement. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 76(4): 622–629.

  4. Maruyama, M. & Kee-Jeong Ahn. (2003). New records of Zyras (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Korea. Elytra 31(1): 262.

  5. Sugaya, H. & M. Maruyama. (2003). A host record of the myrmecophilous Micrelytriger loebli (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), with additional locality records in Taiwan. Entomological Review of Japan 58(1): 9–10.

  6. Sugaya, H. & M. Maruyama. (2003). Additional records of Triartiger klapperichorum from Taiwan, collected by use of flight interception traps (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Entomological Review of Japan 58(1): 11–12.

  7. Maruyama, M. & T. Miyake. (2003). Additions to the subgenus Ectolabrus of genus Euryusa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with description of a new species and revised key to species. Entomological Review of Japan 58(1): 71–78.

  8. Sugaya, H. & M. Maruyama. (2003). Biological notes on Tribasodites picticornis, with new locality records in the Ryukyus, Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Entomological Review of Japan 58(1): 7–8.

  9. Maruyama, M. (2003). Myrmecophilous rove beetles of Japan and its adjacent regions [in Japanese, English subtitle]. Konchū to Shizen [Nature and Insects] 38(2): 6–10.

200210 publications
  1. Maruyama, M. & R. Iwata. (2002). Two new termitophiles of the tribe Termitohospitini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) associated with Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). The Canadian Entomologist 134(4): 419-432. DOI: 10.4039/ent134419-4 (opens in a new tab).

  2. Maruyama, M. & T. Kishimoto. (2002). Myrmecophilous species of Drusilla (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) associated with Lasius (Dendrolasius) spp. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae) from China. Part 2. Elytra 30(1): 111–118.

  3. Maruyama, M. & N. Yasuda. (2002). Occurrence of Devia prospera (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) in Japan. Elytra 30(1): 89–90.

  4. Maruyama, M. (2002). Rediscovery of Brachypronomaea esakii (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) and its new record from the island of Okinawa-hontô, the Ryukyus. Elytra 30(1): 99–100.

  5. Maruyama, M. & H. Sugaya. (2002). A new species of Tetrasticta (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Japan and Taiwan. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 8(1): 17–21. DOI: 10.69343/jjsystent.8.1_17 (opens in a new tab).

  6. Assing, V. & M. Maruyama. (2002). A new genus and species of intertidal Oxypodini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from the eastern Palearctic region. Special Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Coleopterology 5: 209–220.

  7. Maruyama, M. & T. Kishimoto. (2002). Myrmecophilous species of Drusilla (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) associated with Lasius (Dendrolasius) spp. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae) from China. Part 1. Special Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Coleopterology 5: 227–232.

  8. Maruyama, M. (2002). Littoral rove beetles of Hokkaidô [in Japanese, English abstract]. Konchū to Shizen [Nature and Insects] 37(12): 17–21.

  9. Munetoshi Maruyama, Peter Hlaváč (2002). Revision of the subgenus Ectolabrus of the genus Euryusa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Sociobiology 39(2): 167–185.

  10. Maruyama, M. (2002). The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the original description of the Japanese species of Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) by David Sharp: as host ants of myrmecophilous staphylinid beetles [in Japanese, English subtitle]. Ari 26: 40–44.

20011 publication
  1. Maruyama, M. (2001). Aleochara (Xenochara) fumata Gravenhorst (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae), new to Japan. Elytra 29(2): 486.

200010 publications
  1. Ahn, Kee-Jeong & M. Maruyama. (2000). PARAMBLOPUSA EOA, a New Intertidal Species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from Kuril Islands. The Coleopterists Bulletin 54(3): 359-364. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065x(2000)054[0359:peanis]2.0.co;2 (opens in a new tab).

  2. Maruyama, M. & Kee-Jeong Ahn. (2000). Redescription of Liparocephalus litoralis, and key to the species of Liparocephalus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Canadian Entomologist 132: 567–571.

  3. Maruyama, M. & Y. Kida. (2000). [An effective collecting method of Lomechusa sinuata Sharp] [in Japanese]. Gekkan-Mushi 355: 10–12.

  4. Maruyama, M. & Kee-Jeong Ahn. (2000). The intertidal beetle Paramblopusa borealis (Casey) (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) new to Japan. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 6(1): 83.

  5. Maruyama, M. & K. Toyoda. (2000). Notes on Quedius hirticornis (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae). Elytra 28(1): 65–67.

  6. Maruyama, M., K. Mizota & M. Ôhara. (2000). Notes on the myrmecophilous rove beetle, Philetaerius elegans Sharp (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae). Elytra 28(1): 67–70.

  7. Maruyama, M. (2000). On the scientific name of the Japanese name “Futo-tsuyakeshi-higebuto-hanekakushi” which have been known as "Ateochara variolosa (Weise, 1877)" [in Japanese, English subtitle]. Coleopterists' News 129: 11.

  8. Naomi, S.-I., R. B. Kuranishi, A. Saito & M. Maruyama. (2000). A list of the family Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) collected during the biological expedition to the Kamchatka Peninsula and the North Kuril Islands in 1996 and 1997. Natural History Research, Special Issue 7: 101–111.

  9. Maruyama, M. (2000). A revision of the Japanese species of the genus Drusilla Leach (Coleoptara [sic]: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). Entomological Science 3: 351–366.

  10. Maruyama, M. (2000). A revision of the myrmecophilous genus Aspidobactrus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Sociobiology 35: 149–173.

19994 publications
  1. Maruyama, M. & T. Kishimoto. (1999). A revision of the Japanese species of the genus Tetrabothrus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae). Elytra 27(2): 503–517.

  2. Hoshina, H. & M. Maruyama. (1999). An additional new species to the Scaphidium fauna (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae) of the Ryukyus, Japan. Elytra 27(2): 479–484.

  3. Maruyama, M. & Y. Shibata. (1999). Notes on the myrmecophilous rove beetle, Ophryomedon marginatus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae). Elytra 27(2): 518.

  4. Ahn, Kee-Jeong, M. Maruyama & M. Ôhara. (1999). The intertidial beetle Amblopusa magna Zerche (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) new to Hokkaido and the Kuril Islands. Elytra 27(2): 641–642.

19982 publications
  1. Naomi, S.-I. & M. Maruyama. (1998). A revision of the genus Sepedophilus Gistel (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Tachyporinae) from Japan: Species group of S. pedicularius. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 4(1): 51–75. DOI: 10.69343/jjsystent.4.1_51 (opens in a new tab).

  2. Naomi, S.-I. & M. Maruyama. (1998). Three new species of the genus Sepedophilus Gistel (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae) from Taiwan. Natural History Research 5(1): 43–51.

19973 publications
  1. Naomi, S.-I. & M. Maruyama. (1997). Redescriptions of two interesting species of the genus Sepedophilus Gistel (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Japan. Entomological Review of Japan 52(2–1): 73–78.

  2. Naomi, S.-I. & M. Maruyama. (1997). Revision of the genus Sepedophilus Gistel (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae) from Japan: Species groups of S. glabratus and S. exiguus. Entomological Review of Japan 52(2–1): 61–71.

  3. Naomi, S.-I. & M. Maruyama. (1997). A revision of the genus Sepedophilus Gistel (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Tachyporinae) from Japan: species group of S. armatus Sharp. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 3(2): 239–257. DOI: 10.69343/jjsystent.3.2_239 (opens in a new tab).