教授 平井規央 (Norio HIRAI)

ProfessorNorio HIRAI

E-mail
hirai(at)omu.ac.jp
TEL
+8172-254-9413
FAX
+8172-254-9694
  • 1993 Graduated from Osaka Prefecture University
  • 1995 M.D. Osaka Prefecture University.
  • 1995 Researcher of Fukushima Prefecture Agricultural Experiment Station
  • 1998 Assistant professor of Osaka Prefecture University.
  • 2007 Doctor of Environmental Sciences and Technology
  • 2013 Associate professor of Osaka Prefecture University.
  • 2019 Professor of Osaka Prefecture University.
  • 2019 Professor of Osaka Metropolitan University.

Awards

  • 2008 The Entomological Society of Japan Award

Ph.D Study and Current Projects

  1. Ecological study of the host-parasitoid relationship between the migrant butterfly, Parantica sita, and its tachinid parasitoid, Sturmia bella.
  2. Conservation biology in insects and aquatic animals.
  3. Climate warming and distribution changes in insects.
  4. The influence of the introduced animals on the native insects.
  5. Modeling and emergence of flapping flight of butterfly based on experimental measurements.

Publication

Yamanaka, R., T. Wada, H. Furukawa, M. Tojo, N. Hirai, Y. Kitaya (2022)
Effects of air temperature and vapor pressure deficit on fruit growth of June bearing strawberry in a controlled environment with artificial lighting. Transactions of the Japan Society of Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers 39(3) (in press).
Ioka, R., S. Ueda, N. Hirai (2022)
Morphological characteristics of the nymphal stages of the giant Asian mantis, Hierodula chinensis Werner (Mantodea: Mantidae), an alien species in Japan, with remarks on its identification. Entomological Science (in press).
Fujii, S., K. Nagai, N. Hirai, A. Kimoto Y. Konomi, and K. Nishikawa (2022)
Hynobius vandenburghi (Yamato Salamander). Predation. Herpetological Review 53(1): 99.
Yoshiyasu, Y., O. Saito and N. Hirai (2022)
A new species of Scirpophaga (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) from Japan, with remarks on its specific habitat. Lepidoptera Science
Bayarsaikhan, U. N. Hirai, K. ČernÝ, H.-W. Kwon, Y.-S. Bae (2020)
A new species and four new records of Diduga Moore (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae) from Thailand. Zootaxa. 2020 Oct 13;4860(3):zootaxa.4860.3.4. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4860.3.4.
Fernandez-Triana, J., Kamino, T., Maeto, K., Yoshiyasu, Y., & Hirai, N. (2020).
Microgaster godzilla (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Microgastrinae), an unusual new species from Japan which dives underwater to parasitize its caterpillar host (Lepidoptera, Crambidae, Acentropinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 79, 15.
Shibuya Toshio ∙ Yuta Iwahashi ∙ Takeshi Suzuki ∙ Ryosuke Endo ∙ Norio Hirai (2020)
Light intensity influences feeding and fecundity of Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) through the responses of host Cucumis sativus leaves. Experimental and Applied Acarology.
Kato, M., Nakahama, N., Izuno, A., Hirai, N., Ueda, S., Isagi, Y. (2020)
Development of microsatellite markers for an extremely limited distributed rare diving beetle species, Acilius kishii, and a widely distributed species, A. japonicus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Entomological Science 23: 204-207. doi: 10.1111/ens.12415
Hirai, N., T. Morioka and M. Ishii (2020)
Species diversity of Odonata in Nakaikemi Marsh, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. Japanese Journal of Environmental Entomology and Zoology 31: 1-12.
Sato D, *Ueda S, Nakahama N, Izuno A, Isagi Y, Yago M, Hirai N (2020)
Development of microsatellite markers for the endangered butterfly Zizina emelina (de l’Orza, 1869) (Lepidoptera Lycaenidae). Japanese Journal of Environmental Entomology and Zoology 31: 21-26.
Hasegawa, Y., T. Takeuchi, S. Ueda and N. Hirai (2020)
Comparison of genetic structure between endangered and common butterflies, Ypthima multistriata and Y. argus (Lepidoptera; Nymphalidae), inhabiting Japan. Zoological Science 37: 109-116.
Chaovalit, S., Y. Yoshiyasu, N. Hirai and N. Pinkaew (2019)
A taxonomic revision of the genus Conogethes (Lepidoptera, Crambidae) in Thailand. Lepidoptera Science 70: 65-88. doi: https://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.70.2_65
Hasegawa, Y., T. Takeuchi and N. Hirai (2019)
Difference of photosensitive period and variation of voltinism in populations of a butterfly, Ypthima multistriata, inhabiting similar latitudes and altitudes. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 167: 467–475. DOI: 10.1111/eea.12799
Yamamoto, N., N. Hirai and S. Ueda (2018)
The tiger beetle, Therates alboobliquatus W. Horn, 1909 (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae), spends its immature stages inside rotting wood. Coleopterists Bulletin 72: 522-524. DOI.org/10.1649/0010-065X-72.3.522
Matsuoka, H., N. Hirai* and M. Ishii (2017)
Reproduction, growth rate and dispersal of the dark chub, Candidia sieboldii, as estimated by using the mark-release-recapture method. Journal of Freshwater Ecology 32(1): 633–641.
Suzuki, M., N. Hirai and M. Ishii (2017)
Early community assembly of aquatic insects in experimental ponds established across the forest margin of a Satoyma coppice. Environmental Entomology and Zoology 28: 133-142. 2017年10月
Hirai, N., Y. Torii, H. Matsuoka and M. Ishii (2017)
Genetic diversity and intrusion of alien populations of Oryzias latipes in Osaka Prefecture, central Japan. Japanese Journal of Environmental Entomology and Zoology 28: 47-54.
Inotsuka, A., N. Hirai*, S. Aoyama and M. Ishii (2016)
Genetic population structure of the fluvial eight-barbel loach Lefua sp. 1 in the three river systems in central Honshu, Japan, revealed by microsatellite DNA markers. Ichthyological Research 64(2): 232–239. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-016-0549-0.
Hirai, N., Y. Hirai and M. Ishii (2016)
Differences in pupal cold hardiness and larval food consumption between overwintering and non-overwintering generations of the common yellow swallowtail, Papilio machaon (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae), from the Osaka population. Entomological Science 19: 180–187 doi: 10.1111/ens.12182
Shibuya, T., Itagaki, K., Ueyama, S., Hirai, N. and Endo, R. (2015)
Atmospheric humidity influences oviposition rate of Tetranychus urticae (Acari: Tetranychidae) through morphological responses of host Cucumis sativus leaves. Journal of Economic Entomology 109(1): 255-258. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jee/tov312
Sakamoto, Y., N. Hirai, and M. Ishii (2015)
Effects of photoperiod and temperature on the development and diapause of the endangered butterfly Zizina emelina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). J Insect Conserv 19: 639-645. DOI 10.1007/s10841-015-9786-1.
Sakamoto, Y., N. Hirai, T. Tanikawa, M. Yago and M. Ishii (2015)
Population genetic structure and Wolbachia infection in an endangered butterfly, Zizina emelina (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), in Japan. Bulletin of Entomological Research 105(2): 152-165. doi:10.1017/S0007485314000819.
Yoshiyasu, Y., M. Sakakibara and N. Hirai (2014)
A new Anania species from Japan, a close relative of A. crocealis in Europe (Lepidoptera, Crambidae). Lepidoptera Science 65: 142-149. DOI: https://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.65.4_142
Senda, K. Naoto Yokoyama, Seunggyu Lee, Hiroki Yamamoto, Norio Hirai, Makoto Iima (2014)
A Study on the Flight Control of a Flapping Buttery Considering Time Delay. Proceedings of the sixth International Symposium on Aero Aqua Bio-mechanisms.
Tanahashi, T. Mifune, N. Hirai and M. Ishii (2014)
Wing color change by sunlight irradiation in the spotless grass yellow butterfly, Eurema laeta bethesba (Lepidoptera, Pieridae). Lepidoptera Science 65: 45-49.dd
Yokoyama, N. K. Senda, M. Iima, and N. Hirai (2013)
Aerodynamic forces and vortical structures in flapping butterfly's forward flight. Physics of Fluids 25, 021902 (2013); doi: 10.1063/1.4790882
Iima, M., N. Yokoyama, N. Hirai and K. Senda (2012)
Controlling flow structures by wing motion in a flapping-flight model. Advances in Science and Technology 84: 59-65.
Saastamoinen, M., N. Hirai and S. van Nouhuys (2012)
Direct and trans-generational responses to food deprivation during development in the Glanville fritillary butterfly. Oecologia 171: 93–104; DOI 10.1007/s00442-012-2412-y
Senda, K., T. Obara, T. Kitamura, N. Yokoyama, N. Hirai, M. Iima (2012)
Effects of structural flexibility of wings in flapping flight of butterfly. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 7 (2012) 025002 (15pp).
Senda, K., T. Obara, M. Kitamura, T. Nishikata, N. Hirai, M. Iima, N. Yokoyama (2012)
Modeling and emergence of flapping flight of butterfly based on experimental measurements. Robotics and Autonomous Systems 60: 670–678.
Hirai, N., Y. Sakamoto and M. Ishii (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: 166-1dd.
Hirai, N., T. Tanikawa and M. Ishii (2011)
Development, seasonal polyphenism and cold hardiness of the blue pansy, Junonia orithya orithya (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Lepidoptera Science 62: 57–dd.
Sakamoto, Y., N. Hirai, T. Tanikawa, M. Yago and M. Ishii (2011)
Infection by two Strains of Wolbachia and sex ratio distortion in a population of an endangered butterfly, Zizina emelina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), in northern Osaka Prefecture, central Japan. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 104: 483-487.
Sakamoto, Y., N. Hirai, T. Hirowatari, M. Yago and M. Ishii (2010)
The Genital segments of sexual mosaic offspring from Wolbachia-infected female Zizina emelina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Entomological News 121: 443-450.
Shibuya, T., J. Komuro, N. Hirai, Y. Sakamoto, R. Endo and Y. Kitaya (2010)
Preference of sweetpotato whitefly adults to cucumber seedlings grown under two different light sources. HortTechnology 20: 873-876.
Choi, W. H., D. Y. Chae, C. M. Lee, H. Noshita and N. Hirai (2010)
First recorded migration of the butterfly, Parantica sita (Lepidoptera: Danainae), from Japan to South Korea. Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 61: 120-122.
Senda, K., M. Iima and N. Hirai (2009)
Modeling and emergence of flapping flight of butterfly based on experimental measurements. Proc. of 3rd International Symposium on Mobiligence: 393-398.
Shibuya, T., N. Hirai, Y. Sakamoto and J. Komuro (2009)
Effects of morphological characteristics of Cucumis sativus Seedlings grown at different vapor pressures deficits on initial colonization of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 102(6): 2265-2267.
Ishii, M., N. Hirai and T. Hirowatari (2008)
The occurrence of an endangered lycaenid, Zizina emelina (de l’Orza), in the Osaka International Airport, central Japan. Trans. lepd. Soc. Japan 59: 78-82.
Yago, M., N. Hirai, M. Kondo, T. Tanikawa, M. Ishii, M. Wang, M. Williams & R. Ueshima (2008)
Molecular systematics and biogeography of the genus Zizina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Zootaxa 1746: 15-38.
Minohara, S., Morichi, S., N. Hirai, M. Ishii (2007)
Distribution and seasonal occurrence of the lycaenid, Zizina emelina (de l’ Orza) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), around the Osaka International Airport, central Japan. Trans. lepd. Soc. Japan 58: 421-432.
Hirai, N. and M. Ishii (2007)
A danaid butterfly, Ideopsis similis, overcomes parasitization by a tachinid fly, Sturmia bella. Entomological Science 10: 35-43.
Kuroda, S., N. Hirai, M. Ishii and K. Maeto, (2006)
Notes on Apanteles javensis Rohwer (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) in Japan, including new distribution and host records. Pan-pacific Entomologist 83: 381-384.
Hirai, N. and M. Ishii, (2002)
Egg placement of the tachinid fly, Sturmia bella, on leaves of the evergreen milkvine, Marsdenia tomentosa, and the feeding habit of its host butterfly, Parantica sita. Entomological Science 5: 153-159.
Hirai, N. and M. Ishii (2001)
Rearing larvae of the chestnut tiger butterfly, Parantica sita Koller (Lepidoptera: Danaidae), on artificial diet. Trans. Lepid. Soc. Japan 52: 109-113.
Hirai, N. and M. Ishii (1997)
Seasonal occurrence of the chestnut tiger butterfly, Parantica sita (Lepidoptera: Danaidae), at 3 habitats in the Kii peninsula, central Japan. Trans. Lepid. Soc. Japan 48: 223-233.
Hirai, N. and M. Ishii (1995)
Host relationships of the tachinid fly, Sturmia bella (Diptera: Tachinidae), and the trigonalyid wasp, Poecilogonalos fasciata (Hymenoptera: Trigonalyidae), parasitizing the chestnut tiger butterfly, Parantica sita (Lepidoptera: Danaidae) Appl. Entomol. Zool. 30: 241-244.