9. Yamamoto, S. & Maruyama, M. (2015) A 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, (in press).

8. Maruyama, M., Yamamoto, S. & Eldredge, T. K. (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).

7. Saito, K., Yamamoto, S., Maruyama, M. & Okabe, Y. (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).

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6. Yamamoto, S., Ikeda, K. & Kamitani, S. (2014) Species diversity and community structure of rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) attracted to dung of sika deer in coniferous forests of southwest Japan. Entomological Science, 17(1): 52–58. (doi: 10.1111/ens.12036).

5. Yamamoto, S. & Maruyama, M. (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).

4. Yamamoto, S. (2013) Taxonomic study on Sepedophilus wankowiczi (Pandellé, 1869) from Japan, with a note on its scientific name in the previous records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Tachyporinae). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology, 19(1): 57–63. (PDF)

3. Yamamoto, S. & Maruyama, M. (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).

2. Yamamoto, S. & Maruyama, M. (2012) Revision of the seashore-dwelling subgenera Emplenota Casey and Triochara Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: genus Aleochara) from Japan. Zootaxa, 3517: 1–52. (PDF) [Featured in “The Guardian”]

1. Yamamoto, S. & Maruyama, M. (2009) Description of Aleochara (Maseochara) hiranoi sp.n. from Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae). Koleopterologische Rundschau, 79: 65–70.