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Carl Masaru Yoshimoto
American entomologist · 1922–2011
1,566 specimens, collected between 1912 and 1986 on 137 collecting days, now held in 5 departments. Identified 168 specimens for others.
On the labels as Yoshimoto, Yoshimoto, C. M., Yoshimoto, C.M., C. M. Yoshimoto, C M Yoshimoto, Carl M. Yoshimoto, Carl Masaru Yoshimoto, Yoshimoto, C. and 8 more.
- Specimens
- 1,566
- Type specimens
- 269
- Years in the field
- 75
- Islands
- 13
- Species
- 436
- Identifications
- 168
- In the Library
- 0
- Named after
- 19
Where Yoshimoto collected
Specimens by decade
1910s1980s
Earliest: Nesomimesa, 1912 (Kilauea). Latest: Rhaconotus vagrans, 1986.
Named for Yoshimoto
Taxa in the collection whose epithet is formed from the name Yoshimoto. The naming author’s intent is not recorded, so where several collectors share a surname they are listed under the best-known one.
- Oceanides yoshimotoi Lygaeidae16
- Gununga yoshimotoi Cicadellidae2
- Seasogonia yoshimotoi Cicadellidae2
- Anteon yoshimotoi Dryinidae1
- Bactrocera yoshimotoi Tephritidae1
- Brunettia yoshimotoi Psychodidae1
- Clastobasis yoshimotoi Mycetophilidae1
- Evaza yoshimotoi Stratiomyidae1
- Heteralonia yoshimotoi Bombyliidae1
- Hockeria yoshimotoi Chalcididae1
- Hypsicera yoshimotoi Ichneumonidae1
- Japanagallia yoshimotoi Cicadellidae1
- Japanagromyza yoshimotoi Agromyzidae1
- Molophilus yoshimotoi Limoniidae1
- Mycomya yoshimotoi Mycetophilidae1
- Plagithmysus yoshimotoi Cerambycidae1
- Spaniolinus yoshimotoi Staphylinidae1
- Tabanus yoshimotoi Tabanidae1
- Trypoxylon yoshimotoi Crabronidae1
From the field
As a determiner
168 specimens carry this name as the person who identified them. Most often: