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SAKAMOTO Yoshiko, Ph.D.


Senior Researcher,
Center for Environmental Biology and Ecosystem Studies,
National Institute for Environmental Studie

Onogawa 16-2, Tsukuba City, Ibaraki 305-8506, Japan


Specialties/ Key words

conservation ecology/invasive alien species, Argentine ant, fire ant, honey bee, pesticide, insecticide, behavior

Publication list

  • Original papers (peer reviewed)


Morii, K., Sakamoto, Y. (2024) Japanese honey bees (Apis cerana japonica) have swarmed more often over the last two decades. The Science of Nature Naturwissenschaften, 111, 14. 新着情報 updated Mar. 18, 2024

Suzuki, A., Nakajima, N., Sakamoto, Y. (2023) Draft genome sequences of Pantoea sp. strains QMID1-QMID4 isolated from the midgut of Japanese honey bee (Apis cerana japonica). Microbiology Resource Announcements, 12(9), e00010-23 . 新着情報 updated Sep. 22

Suzuki, A., Kamakura, M., Shiramata, T., Nakaoka, S., Sakamoto, Y. (2023) Comparison of RNA-Seq analysis data between tracheal mite-infested and uninfested Japanese honey bees (Apis cerana japonica). BMC Research Notes, 16, 122.

Suzuki, T., Ikegami, M., Goka, K., Sakamoto, Y. (2023) Insecticide residues, associated with apple orchard treatments, in the mason bee, Osmia cornifrons, and their nests. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. doi.org/10.1002/etc.5635

Andoh K, Hidano A, Sakamoto Y, Sawai K, Arai N, Suda Y, Mine J, Oka T. (2023) Current research and future directions for realizing the ideal One-Health approach: A summary of key-informant interviews in Japan and a literature review. One Health, doi: 10.1016/j.onehlt.2022.100468.

Seko, Y., Ikegami, M., Yokoi, T., Ikemoto, M., Goka, K., Sakamoto, Y. (2023) Acute toxicity data of common agricultural insecticides to Japanese wild bees. Data in Brief, 46, 108901. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2023.108901

Sakamoto, Y., Koh, S.K., Yago, M. (2022) Genetic variation and Wolbachia infection status of the lycaenid butterfly Zizina emelina (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Korean populations. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 25, 101975. DOI: 10.1016/j.aspen.2022.101975

Sakamoto Y., Yoshiyama M., Maeda T., Goka K. (2022) Effects of neonicotinoids on honey bee autogrooming behavior against the tracheal mite Acarapis woodi. Ecotoxicology, DOI:10.1007/s10646-021-02503-5.

Ikegami M., Tsujii K., Ishizuka A., Nakagawa N., Kishi S., Sakamoto Y., Sakamoto H., Goka K. (2020) Environments, spatial structures, and species competitions: determining the impact of yellow-legged hornets, Vespa velutina, on native wasps and bees on Tsushima Island, Japan. Biological Invasions, 22, 3131-3143

Maeda, T., Sakamoto, Y. (2020) Range expansion of the tracheal mite Acarapis woodi (Acari: Tarsonemidae) among Japanese honey bee, Apis cerana japonica, in Japan. Experimental and Applied Acarology, 80, 477-490. DOI: 10.1007/s10493-020-00482-6

Sakamoto, Y., Maeda, T., Yoshiyama, M., Konno, F., Pettis, J.S. (2019) Differential autogrooming response to the tracheal mite Acarapis woodi by the honey bees Apis cerana and Apis mellifera. Insectes Sociaux, 67, 95-102. DOI: 10.1007/s00040-019-00732-w

Sakamoto, Y., Hayashi, T., Inoue, M.N., Ohnishi, H., Kishimoto, T., Goka, K. (2019) Effects of fipronil on non-target ants and other invertebrates in program of eradication of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile. Sociobiology, 66, 227-238. DOI: 10.13102/sociobiology.v66i2.3772

Nakajima, N., Sakamoto, Y., Goka, K. (2019) Rapid detection of the red fire ant Solenopsis invicta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by loop-mediated isothermal amplification. Applied Entomology and Zoology, 1-4. DOI: 10.1007/s13355-019-00622-4

Yasuda, M., Sakamoto, Y., Goka, K., Nagamitsu, T., Taki, H. (2017). Insecticide susceptibility in Asian honey bees (Apis cerana (Hymenoptera: Apidae)) and implications for wild honey bees in Asia. Journal of Economic Entomology, 1-6.

Sakamoto, Y., Yago, M. (2017). Potential for interspecific hybridization between Zizina emelina and Zizina otis (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Journal of Insect Conservation, 21(3), 509-515. DOI:10.1007/s10841-017-9991-1

Sakamoto, Y.*, Kumagai, N. H.*, and Goka, K. (2017). Declaration of local chemical eradication of the Argentine ant: Bayesian estimation with a multinomial-mixture model. Scientific Reports, 7. DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-03516-z ( * : equal contribution) プレスリリースへのリンク

Maeda, T., Sakamoto, Y. (2016). Tracheal mites, Acarapis woodi, greatly increase overwinter mortality in colonies of the Japanese honeybee, Apis cerana japonica. Apidologie, 47(6), 762-770.

Maeda, T., Sakamoto, Y. (2016). Field application of menthol for Japanese honey bees, Apis cerana japonica (Hymenoptera: Apidae), to control tracheal mites, Acarapis woodi (Acari: Tarsonemidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology, 70(3), 299-308.

Sakamoto, Y., Mori, H., Onishi, H., Imai, H., Kishimoto, T., Toda, M., Kishi, S., Goka, K. (2016). Surveys of the ant faunas at ports of Tokyo Bay and the Ogasawara Islands. Applied Entomology and Zoology, 51(4), 661-667.

Sakamoto, Y., Maeda, T., Yoshiyama, M., Pettis, J.S. (2016). Differential susceptibility to the tracheal mite Acarapis woodi between Apis cerana and Apis mellifera. Apidologie, 48(2), 150-158.

Sakamoto, Y., Hirai, N., Ishii, M. (2015). Effects of photoperiod and temperature on the development and diapause of the endangered butterfly Zizina emelina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Journal of Insect Conservation, 19(4), 639-645.

Sakamoto, Y., Hirai, N., Tanikawa, T., Yago, M., Ishii, M. (2014). Population genetic structure and Wolbachia infection in an endangered butterfly, Zizina emelina (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), in Japan. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 105(2), 152-165.

Hirai, N., Sakamoto, Y., Ishii, M. (2011). Effects of photoperiod and temperature on development and diapause in a noctuid moth, Asota ficus (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), of the Osaka population. Lepidoptera Science, 62(4), 166-174.

Kobayashi, S., Sakamoto, Y., Jinbo, U., Nakamura, A., Hirowatari, T. (2011). A new willow leaf blotch miner of the genus Phyllocnistis (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae: Phyllocnistinae) from Japan, with pupal morphology and genetic comparison of Salicaceae mining species using DNA barcodes. Lepidoptera Science, 62(2), 75-93.

Sakamoto, Y., Hirai, N., Tanikawa, T., Yago, M., Ishii, M. (2011). Infection by two strains of Wolbachia and sex ratio distortion in a population of the endangered butterfly, Zizina emelina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), in northern Osaka Prefecture, central Japan. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 104(3), 483-487.

Sakamoto, Y., Hirai, N., Hirowatari, T., Yago, M., Ishii, M. (2010). Genital segments of sexual mosaic offspring from Wolbachia-infected female Zizina emelina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Entomological News, 121(5), 443-450.

Mizukawa, H., Hirowatari, T., Sakamoto, Y., Hashimoto, S., Ishii, M. (2010). A new Eriocrania species (Lepidoptera: Eriocraniidae) utilizing hornbeams in Japan, with reference to the biogeography based on mitochondrial COI and ND5 gene sequences. Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan, 61, 241-255.

Shibuya, T., Komuro, J., Hirai, N., Sakamoto, Y., Endo, R., Kitaya, Y. (2010). Preference of sweetpotato whitefly adults to cucumber seedlings grown under two different light sources. HortTechnology, 20(5), 873-876.

Shibuya, T., Hirai, N., Sakamoto, Y., Komuro, J. (2009). Effects of morphological characteristics of Cucumis sativus seedlings grown at different vapor pressure deficits on initial colonization of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Journal of Economic Entomology, 102(6), 2265-2267.

Last updated Mar. 18, 2024