Welcome to the Website of the Staphylinidological Society of JapanI

[Japanese Page]

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What's New? (updated at 15th Jun. 2011)
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The Homepage of Forests' Landscape (supplemented)

What's New? (updated at 14th Jun. 2011)
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Photo Album of SSJ 27 (A Report from Staph Meeting XXVI in Verona-Mantova, Italy)

What's New? (updated at 14th Jun. 2011)
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NOMURA-HOIHOI, as a collecting method of staphylinids

What's New? (updated at 28th Dec. 2010)
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Photo Album of SSJ 26 (Collecting Tour to W Thailand by Nomura & Maruyama)



The Staphylinidological Society of Japan is a society of naturalists who study and research staphylinoid beetles belonging to the order Coleoptera (Insecta). The superfamily Staphylinoidea are not so familiar to our lives, but they includes thousands of species which are adapted into any environments except for marine, namely, they are the most diversified life on the globe.
This website provides an introduction and some results of the Staphylinidological Society of Japan.



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What's the Staphylinidological Society of Japan?

---This page introduces the purpose, contents and schedule of this society.


The Newsletter of the Staphylinidological Society of Japan

---Sorry! this page is Japanese only. The newsletter is issued three times for a year, which reports the hottest news and information on the Staphylinidology.


Japanese Staphylinidologists

---This page contains profiles of the members of this society.


Databank on Asian Staphylinoidea

---This page provides various information on Japanese and Asian groups of Staphylinoidea. Very useful for coleopterologists!


The Homepage of Forests' Landscape

---This page provides many photos of type localities of staphylinoid species and Staphylinoids' habitats of all over the world.


Nomura-hoihoi, as a collecting method of Staphylinoids

---Introduction to the collecting method, Nomura hoihoi from that in insect hunting by kids, to the professional technique to get Staphylinoids.


Links for Staphylinidology

---Links to societies related to staphylinidology and websites on staphylinidology are present. Useful to know Japanese coleopterology.


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