Lisa Filippi Associate Professor, Hofstra University      I have been carrying out studies on the behavioral ecology of the extensive care in Parastrachia japonensis (Heteroptera: Parastrachiidae) in Japan since 1989.  My interests focus on the ecological factors that have lead to the evolution of progressive provisioning and trophic egg production in this fascinating East Asian species.  I have been at Hofstra University in New York for five years, where I am currently an Associate Professor of Biology, but I return to Japan every year to continue these studies in collaboration with my husband, Shintaro Nomakuchi, and a former student, Mantaro Hironaka.  I am presently on a quest to locate different populations of related species among the Cydnidae, in particular the Sehirinae, in North America to conduct comparative analyses of these behaviors.

Contact Information: 130 Gittleson Hall Department of Biology Hofstra University Hempstead, New York 11549 Telephone: (516) 463-5831 Lisa.Filippi@hofstra.edu

Publications:

Tsukamoto, L. and S. Tojo. 1992. A report of progressive provisioning in a stink bug, Parastrachia japonensis (Hemiptera: Cydnidae).  Journal of Ethology 10(1):21-29.

Tsukamoto, L. and S. Tojo. 1992. Breeding and nursing behavior in a stink bug, Parastrachia japonensis.  Insectarium 29:136-142. [in Japanese]

Tsukamoto, L., K. Kuki, and S. Tojo. 1994. Mating tactics and constraints in the gregarious shield bug, Parastrachia japonensis (Hemiptera: Cydnidae).  Annals of the Entomological Society of America 87(6):962-971.

Filippi-Tsukamoto, L., S. Nomakuchi, K. Kuki, and S. Tojo. 1995. Adaptiveness of parental care in Parastrachia japonensis (Hemiptera: Cydnidae).  Annals of the Entomological Society of America 88(3):374-383.

Filippi-Tsukamoto, L., S. Nomakuchi, and S. Tojo. 1995. Habitat selection, distribution and abundance of Parastrachia japonensis (Hemiptera, Cydnidae) and its host tree.  Annals of the Entomological Society of America 88(4):456-464.

Filippi, L. and S. Nomakuchi. 1998. Mating behavior of terrestrial heteropterans.  Konchu to shizen (Insects and Nature) 33:17-19. [in Japanese]

Nomakuchi, S., L. Filippi, and S. Tojo. 1998. Selective foraging behavior in nest-provisioning females of Parastrachia japonensis (Hemiptera: Cydnidae): Cues for preferred food.  Journal of Insect Behavior 11(5):605-619.

Filippi, L., M. Hironaka, S. Nomakuchi, and S. Tojo. 2000. Provisioned Parastrachia japonensis (Hemiptera: Cydnidae) nymphs gain access to food and protection from predators.  Animal Behaviour 60(6):757-763.

Filippi, L., S. Nomakuchi, M. Hironaka, and S. Tojo. 2000. Insemination success discrepancy between long-term and short-term copulations in the provisioning shield bug, Parastrachia japonensis (Hemiptera: Cydnidae).  Journal of Ethology 18(1):29-36.

Filippi, L., M. Hironaka, and S. Nomakuchi. 2001. Review of the ecological parameters and implications of subsociality in a shield bug, Parastrachia japonensis (Hemiptera: Cydnidae), a semelparous species that feeds on a poor resource.  Population Ecology 43(1):41-50.

Nomakuchi, S., L. Filippi, and M. Hironaka. 2001. Nymphal occurrence pattern and predation risk in the subsocial shield bug, Parastrachia japonensis (Heteroptera: Cydnidae).  Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology 36(2):209-212.

Filippi, L., M. Hironaka, and S. Nomakuchi. 2002. Risk-sensitive decisions during nesting may increase maternal provisioning capacity in the subsocial shield bug, Parastrachia japonensis. Ecological Entomology 27(2):152-162.

Hironaka, M., H. Horiguchi, L. Filippi, S. Nomakuchi, S. Tojo, and T. Hariyama. 2003. Changes over time in homing navigation of the subsocial bug, Parastrachia japonensis (Heteroptera: Cydnidae).  Japanese Journal of Entomology (ns) 6(1):1-8. [in Japanese]

Hironaka, M., S. Nomakuchi, L. Filippi, S. Tojo, H. Horiguchi, and T. Hariyama. 2003. The directional homing behavior of the subsocial shield bug, Parastrachia japonensis (Heteroptera: Cydnidae) under different photic conditions. Zoological Science 20(4):423-428.

Filippi, L., M. Hironaka, and S. Nomakuchi. 2005. Kleptoparasitism and the effect of nest location in a subsocial shield bug, Parastrachia japonensis (Hemiptera: Parastrachiidae).  Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98(1):134-142.

Hironaka, M., S. Nomakuchi, S. Iwakuma, and L. Filippi. 2005. Trophic egg production in a subsocial shield bug, Parastrachia japonensis Scott (Heteroptera: Parastrachiidae), and its functional value.  Ethology 111(12):1089-1102.

Nomakuchi, S., L. Filippi, S. Iwakuma, and M. Hironaka. 2005. Variation in the start of nest abandonment in a subsocial shield bug, Parastrachia japonensis (Hemiptera: Parastrachiidae).  Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98(1):143-149.

Tojo, S., Y. Nagase, and L. Filippi. 2005. Reduction of respiration rates by forming aggregations in the diapausing adults of the shield bug, Parastrachia japonensis.  Journal of Insect Physiology 51(10):1075-1082.

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