# Jun-ichi Aoki (1935-2022) – Obituary

Satoshi Shimano

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# Jun-ichi Aoki (1935-2022) – Obituary

Satoshi Shimano IDª

ªScience Research Center, Hosei University, 2-17-1 Fujimi, Chiyoda-Ku, 102-8160 Tokyo, Japan.

## Obituary

<figure><img src="image_1.png" /><figcaption>**Figure 1** Professor Jun-ichi Aoki (1935-2022), Director of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History (2001).</figcaption></figure>

Received 01 February 2024

Accepted 29 February 2024

Published 04 April 2024

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Satoshi Shimano ID: sim@hosei.ac.jp

Academic editor

Kreiter, Serge

https://doi.org/10.24349/cy48-4lfp

ISSN 0044-586X (print)

ISSN 2107-7207 (electronic)

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Shimano S.

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## Preface

Five days before Professor Jun-ichi Aoki passed away, he and author Shimano had a last meeting with our good friend and one of his disciples, Prof. Badamdorj Bayartogtokh (Bayra) in Mongolia via online video from Prof. Aoki's hospital room, although Prof. Aoki was unable to speak. It was during the Coronavirus crisis, and Prof. Aoki wished to keep his passing mostly private, out of concern for his wife during a stressful time, so Bayra and I were the last acarologists to see him alive. As a disciple and long-time admirer of Prof. Aoki, it was hard for me to look back in my deep sorrow, so this obituary was finished only after the first anniversary of his death. It is dedicated to his memory.
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# Jun-ichi Aoki (1935-2022) – Obituary

Satoshi Shimano IDª

ªScience Research Center, Hosei University, 2-17-1 Fujimi, Chiyoda-Ku, 102-8160 Tokyo, Japan.

## Obituary

<figure><img src="image_3.png" /><figcaption>**Figure 1** Professor Jun-ichi Aoki (1935-2022), Director of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History (2001).</figcaption></figure>

Received 01 February 2024

Accepted 29 February 2024

Published 04 April 2024

Corresponding author

Satoshi Shimano ID: sim@hosei.ac.jp

Academic editor

Kreiter, Serge

https://doi.org/10.24349/cy48-4lfp

ISSN 0044-586X (print)

ISSN 2107-7207 (electronic)

<figure><img src="image_4.png" /></figure>

Shimano S.

Licensed under

Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0

## Preface

Five days before Professor Jun-ichi Aoki passed away, he and author Shimano had a last meeting with our good friend and one of his disciples, Prof. Badamdorj Bayartogtokh (Bayra) in Mongolia via online video from Prof. Aoki's hospital room, although Prof. Aoki was unable to speak. It was during the Coronavirus crisis, and Prof. Aoki wished to keep his passing mostly private, out of concern for his wife during a stressful time, so Bayra and I were the last acarologists to see him alive. As a disciple and long-time admirer of Prof. Aoki, it was hard for me to look back in my deep sorrow, so this obituary was finished only after the first anniversary of his death. It is dedicated to his memory.
## Introduction

Dr. Jun-ichi Aoki, Professor Emeritus of Yokohama National University, passed away on November 11, 2022, at the age of 87. Professor Jun-ichi Aoki specialized in the ecology and taxonomy of oribatid mites (soil zoology) and, less well-known to acarologists, the taxonomy of beetles (insects), on which he worked later in his career. When Prof. Aoki published his first new species description (Aoki, 1958: 1, given the serial numbers in the supplement), only six species of oribatid mites had been recorded from Japan, but this list grew dramatically during his career. According to his own assessment (Aoki 2008: 345), by 2008 Prof. Aoki and/or his disciples had described about 460 species, of which, Prof. Aoki discovered and described about 300 independently (Aoki 2008: 345).

The studies of Prof. Aoki extended far beyond Japan, into other parts of Asia and Pacific islands. Collectively, he discovered and described more than 150 new species from the Hawaiian Islands, Mainland China (Yunnan Province), Taiwan, South Korea, and Indonesia, where he collected samples himself, and from the Mariana Islands, New Guinea, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, and other countries, based on specimens sent to him. Aoki (2008: 345; translated) stated, “This is not a boast, but rather a demonstration of how little research has been done on the oribatid mites (except Europe), especially in Asia, including Japan (at the time)”.

Professor Aoki's influence also can be seen indirectly. In a graphic analysis of the global distribution of oribatid mite diversity (Maraun *et al.* 2007), Japan was a distinct “outlier”. Given its mostly temperate latitude and relatively small size, it is surprising that Japan's reported oribatid mite fauna (833 species in their data) was richer, by far, than that of any other country in the world. Even Brazil, with its vast territory and low latitudes (where biodiversity is usually thought to peak) has far fewer recorded species (576 in a more recent report; Oliveira *et al.* 2017). This illogical result must relate to intensity of effort; i.e., it reflects the overwhelming number of new records and new species discovered by Prof. Aoki himself and the group of researchers, both professional and amateur, that he has fostered.

## Background and education

Professor Aoki was born in Kyoto in June 1935. His family had a long history in Japan as aristocrats in the service of the Emperor. During the Edo period, his family were masters of a castle. After the Edo period, they were members of the aristocracy of modern Japan.

With this family background, Prof. Aoki attended Gakushuin Elementary, Middle, and High Schools, known as schools for the Emperor's family. He was passionate about three hobbies in elementary school: building model locomotives, collecting stamps, and collecting insects. However, his monetary allowance was insufficient to satisfy all three, so a decision was needed, which he left to chance: in the fifth grade he marked these choices on the sides of a hexagonal pencil and rolled it ten times. “Insect collecting” came out the most, starting a more focused episode of his youth. When he entered the Gakushuin Middle High School, he founded the Biology Club and became its first leader. He also founded a “Youth Insect Club” jointly with another student and published a journal.

At that time in Japan, entomology was strongly linked to agriculture, so he enrolled in the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Tokyo. However, when choosing a research topic for his senior thesis, he decided to do something other than wield his insect-collecting net, which he had done since high school. He casually read a book entitled “Diseases and Animals” by Prof. Manabu Sasa, one of the founders of Japanese acarology, and the last chapter of the book contained only about ten lines relating to oribatid mites. But these included two phrases—“little-studied” and “incredibly mysterious and beautiful forms”—that would give direction to his thesis and to his eventual career. Not knowing where to start, since no one in Japan could advise him, he sought and received help from senior foreign acarologists, including
## Introduction

Dr. Jun-ichi Aoki, Professor Emeritus of Yokohama National University, passed away on November 11, 2022, at the age of 87. Professor Jun-ichi Aoki specialized in the ecology and taxonomy of oribatid mites (soil zoology) and, less well-known to acarologists, the taxonomy of beetles (insects), on which he worked later in his career. When Prof. Aoki published his first new species description (Aoki, 1958: 1, given the serial numbers in the supplement), only six species of oribatid mites had been recorded from Japan, but this list grew dramatically during his career. According to his own assessment (Aoki 2008: 345), by 2008 Prof. Aoki and/or his disciples had described about 460 species, of which, Prof. Aoki discovered and described about 300 independently (Aoki 2008: 345).

The studies of Prof. Aoki extended far beyond Japan, into other parts of Asia and Pacific islands. Collectively, he discovered and described more than 150 new species from the Hawaiian Islands, Mainland China (Yunnan Province), Taiwan, South Korea, and Indonesia, where he collected samples himself, and from the Mariana Islands, New Guinea, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, and other countries, based on specimens sent to him. Aoki (2008: 345; translated) stated, "This is not a boast, but rather a demonstration of how little research has been done on the oribatid mites (except Europe), especially in Asia, including Japan (at the time)".

Professor Aoki's influence also can be seen indirectly. In a graphic analysis of the global distribution of oribatid mite diversity (Maraun et al. 2007), Japan was a distinct "outlier". Given its mostly temperate latitude and relatively small size, it is surprising that Japan's reported oribatid mite fauna (833 species in their data) was richer, by far, than that of any other country in the world. Even Brazil, with its vast territory and low latitudes (where biodiversity is usually thought to peak) has far fewer recorded species (576 in a more recent report; Oliveira et al. 2017). This illogical result must relate to intensity of effort; i.e., it reflects the overwhelming number of new records and new species discovered by Prof. Aoki himself and the group of researchers, both professional and amateur, that he has fostered.

## Background and education

Professor Aoki was born in Kyoto in June 1935. His family had a long history in Japan as aristocrats in the service of the Emperor. During the Edo period, his family were masters of a castle. After the Edo period, they were members of the aristocracy of modern Japan.

With this family background, Prof. Aoki attended Gakushuin Elementary, Middle, and High Schools, known as schools for the Emperor's family. He was passionate about three hobbies in elementary school: building model locomotives, collecting stamps, and collecting insects. However, his monetary allowance was insufficient to satisfy all three, so a decision was needed, which he left to chance: in the fifth grade he marked these choices on the sides of a hexagonal pencil and rolled it ten times. "Insect collecting" came out the most, starting a more focused episode of his youth. When he entered the Gakushuin Middle High School, he founded the Biology Club and became its first leader. He also founded a "Youth Insect Club" jointly with another student and published a journal.

At that time in Japan, entomology was strongly linked to agriculture, so he enrolled in the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Tokyo. However, when choosing a research topic for his senior thesis, he decided to do something other than wield his insect-collecting net, which he had done since high school. He casually read a book entitled "Diseases and Animals" by Prof. Manabu Sasa, one of the founders of Japanese acarology, and the last chapter of the book contained only about ten lines relating to oribatid mites. But these included two phrases—"little-studied" and "incredibly mysterious and beautiful forms"—that would give direction to his thesis and to his eventual career. Not knowing where to start, since no one in Japan could advise him, he sought and received help from senior foreign acarologists, including
<figure><img src="image_3.png" /><figcaption>**Figure 2** Professor Jun-ichi Aoki and his wife, Satoko Aoki. Spain (2012).</figcaption></figure>

M. Sellnick in Germany, M. Hammer in Denmark, L. van der Hammen in the Netherlands and others, who exchanged mail with him.

Beginning with mite collecting in the Utsukushigahara mountain area, Nagano Prefecture, he spent most of his financial allowance and time on this project, fascinated by a series of mites whose shapes under the microscope reminded him of “a turtle, a lantern, a ghost, a spaceship, a heavy tank, and a medieval warrior in armour” (Aoki 2008: 345, translated), revealing the truth of Prof. Sasa’s descriptions of “incredibly mysterious and beautiful forms.”

In March 1958, he graduated from the Department of Agriculture, with a thesis entitled “Taxonomic study of the Japanese Camisiidae” (Aoki 1958: 1). Then, in March 1963, he graduated from the Graduate School of Biology, the University of Tokyo, with a Doctor of Agriculture, having produced a doctoral thesis entitled “Studies on the relationship between vegetation and soil and the community structure of the oribatid mites in Nikko.” By the time he received his doctorate, he had already published 23 papers. One-third of the species he had encountered from various areas of Japan were identifiable, using standard monographs such as Willmann (1931) and other literature, but two-thirds were not; this set the stage for his professional career.

**Professional positions, service, and awards**

Professor Aoki started his career as a Senior Researcher of the Entomology Department at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum (hereafter Bishop Museum), Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1964 and became a Curator of the Department of Zoology, National Science Museum, Tokyo, in 1965. A decade later, in April 1975, he became an Associate Professor of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at Yokohama National University, where soon after, in April 1977, he was promoted to the position of Professor. Beginning with his appointment there in 1975, he
<figure><img src="image_5.png" /><figcaption>**Figure 2** Professor Jun-ichi Aoki and his wife, Satoko Aoki. Spain (2012).</figcaption></figure>

M. Sellnick in Germany, M. Hammer in Denmark, L. van der Hammen in the Netherlands and others, who exchanged mail with him.

Beginning with mite collecting in the Utsukushigahara mountain area, Nagano Prefecture, he spent most of his financial allowance and time on this project, fascinated by a series of mites whose shapes under the microscope reminded him of “a turtle, a lantern, a ghost, a spaceship, a heavy tank, and a medieval warrior in armour” (Aoki 2008: 345, translated), revealing the truth of Prof. Sasa’s descriptions of “incredibly mysterious and beautiful forms.”

In March 1958, he graduated from the Department of Agriculture, with a thesis entitled “Taxonomic study of the Japanese Camisiidae” (Aoki 1958: 1). Then, in March 1963, he graduated from the Graduate School of Biology, the University of Tokyo, with a Doctor of Agriculture, having produced a doctoral thesis entitled “Studies on the relationship between vegetation and soil and the community structure of the oribatid mites in Nikko.” By the time he received his doctorate, he had already published 23 papers. One-third of the species he had encountered from various areas of Japan were identifiable, using standard monographs such as Willmann (1931) and other literature, but two-thirds were not; this set the stage for his professional career.

**Professional positions, service, and awards**

Professor Aoki started his career as a Senior Researcher of the Entomology Department at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum (hereafter Bishop Museum), Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1964 and became a Curator of the Department of Zoology, National Science Museum, Tokyo, in 1965. A decade later, in April 1975, he became an Associate Professor of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at Yokohama National University, where soon after, in April 1977, he was promoted to the position of Professor. Beginning with his appointment there in 1975, he
encouraged the use of soil animals, including mites, as biological indicators and established methods for their use, in addition to his conventional research in the taxonomy and ecology of oribatid mites. In April 1994, he became the Director of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at Yokohama National University and later, in April 2000, Director of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History (serving concurrently for one year). In March 2001, he retired from Yokohama National University and became Professor Emeritus.

Outside of his employed positions, Professor Aoki served his profession in significant ways. For two years, beginning in 1976, he was president of the Research Group of Soil Zoology. He became the first president of the Japanese Society of Soil Zoology in May 1978, the first president of the Acarological Society of Japan in January 1992 (Aoki 1992: BF 01) and the president of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology in January 1994. He subsequently served as president of these societies on several occasions.

Professor Aoki received numerous awards. Among them were the Zoological Science Award (for scientific paper) from the Zoological Society of Japan in 1968, the Award of Japanese Society of Soil Zoology in 1989, Award of the Zoological Society of Japan in 1998, the Award of the Nakayama Foundation for Human Science in 1999 (Aoki 2000: BF 02, 2016: BF 12), the Award of Minakata Kumagusu Archives in 2001 (Aoki 2011: BF 04), the Achievement Award of the Ecological Society of Japan in 2003, the Award of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology in 2008 (Aoki 2008: 345) and the Honorary Lifetime Member of the International Congresses of Acarology in 2018.

Representative studies – ecology and biological indicators

A selection of Prof. Aoki's contributions to science might first include his study of forest microhabitats (Aoki 1967: 51). It confirms the originality of his ideas and has been his most often-cited work. He clearly showed that different species of mites were dominant in various small, circumscribed microhabitats, such as mosses, lichens, fallen trees (their decayed wood, but also under the bark and under the tree itself), or a 10-meter square of the forest floor. The idea of such microhabitat specificity in oribatid mites may be based on Prof. Aoki's childhood experiences, in which he scoured different environments to collect rare insects.

Another study (Aoki 1973: 95) attracted great interest at the third International Congress of Acarology in Prague, Czech Republic, which was the first overseas congress he attended. Oribatid mites have a pair of specialized sensory setae (sensilli) on the prodorsum that usually are large and conspicuous, and their morphology is an essential trait in identifying species. Following another original idea, he found that three general forms could be recognized— arboreal, soil-transitional, and soil-specialized—and only arboreal species have a short, swollen sensillus. This result showed that while sensillus shape is a critical taxonomic trait for most oribatid mites, due to convergence it could not be relied upon to distinguish among the arboreal species.

Following an idea that proved very influential, Professor Aoki proposed using soil animals as environmental indicators. As an example, Aoki and Harada (1982: 179) studied succession of soil fauna in the tropical rainforests of Borneo through a survey of mites and other soil animals. Sampled habitats ranged from slash-and-burn agricultural fields to natural forests at different levels of vegetation succession and disturbance. With collaborations from nearly 30 Japanese specialists they found many soil animals disappeared when natural forests were lost due to slash-and-burn agriculture. Then, as the vegetation recovered from grassland, to shrubland, to secondary forest, many soil animals recovered as well, but some types seem permanently lost.

Establishing methodology is an important step in any new endeavour. At a broad scale, he proposed an environmental assessment method (mainly for temperate zones) by scoring 34 taxa of soil animals based on their occurrence or absence in response to environmental changes (Aoki 1988: 220, 1989: 228). At a finer scale, establishing a method of using oribatid mites
encouraged the use of soil animals, including mites, as biological indicators and established methods for their use, in addition to his conventional research in the taxonomy and ecology of oribatid mites. In April 1994, he became the Director of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at Yokohama National University and later, in April 2000, Director of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History (serving concurrently for one year). In March 2001, he retired from Yokohama National University and became Professor Emeritus.

Outside of his employed positions, Professor Aoki served his profession in significant ways. For two years, beginning in 1976, he was president of the Research Group of Soil Zoology. He became the first president of the Japanese Society of Soil Zoology in May 1978, the first president of the Acarological Society of Japan in January 1992 (Aoki 1992: BF 01) and the president of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology in January 1994. He subsequently served as president of these societies on several occasions.

Professor Aoki received numerous awards. Among them were the Zoological Science Award (for scientific paper) from the Zoological Society of Japan in 1968, the Award of Japanese Society of Soil Zoology in 1989, Award of the Zoological Society of Japan in 1998, the Award of the Nakayama Foundation for Human Science in 1999 (Aoki 2000: BF 02, 2016: BF 12), the Award of Minakata Kumagusu Archives in 2001 (Aoki 2011: BF 04), the Achievement Award of the Ecological Society of Japan in 2003, the Award of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology in 2008 (Aoki 2008: 345) and the Honorary Lifetime Member of the International Congresses of Acarology in 2018.

Representative studies – ecology and biological indicators

A selection of Prof. Aoki's contributions to science might first include his study of forest microhabitats (Aoki 1967: 51). It confirms the originality of his ideas and has been his most often-cited work. He clearly showed that different species of mites were dominant in various small, circumscribed microhabitats, such as mosses, lichens, fallen trees (their decayed wood, but also under the bark and under the tree itself), or a 10-meter square of the forest floor. The idea of such microhabitat specificity in oribatid mites may be based on Prof. Aoki's childhood experiences, in which he scoured different environments to collect rare insects.

Another study (Aoki 1973: 95) attracted great interest at the third International Congress of Acarology in Prague, Czech Republic, which was the first overseas congress he attended. Oribatid mites have a pair of specialized sensory setae (sensilli) on the prodorsum that usually are large and conspicuous, and their morphology is an essential trait in identifying species. Following another original idea, he found that three general forms could be recognized— arboreal, soil-transitional, and soil-specialized—and only arboreal species have a short, swollen sensillus. This result showed that while sensillus shape is a critical taxonomic trait for most oribatid mites, due to convergence it could not be relied upon to distinguish among the arboreal species.

Following an idea that proved very influential, Professor Aoki proposed using soil animals as environmental indicators. As an example, Aoki and Harada (1982: 179) studied succession of soil fauna in the tropical rainforests of Borneo through a survey of mites and other soil animals. Sampled habitats ranged from slash-and-burn agricultural fields to natural forests at different levels of vegetation succession and disturbance. With collaborations from nearly 30 Japanese specialists they found many soil animals disappeared when natural forests were lost due to slash-and-burn agriculture. Then, as the vegetation recovered from grassland, to shrubland, to secondary forest, many soil animals recovered as well, but some types seem permanently lost.

Establishing methodology is an important step in any new endeavour. At a broad scale, he proposed an environmental assessment method (mainly for temperate zones) by scoring 34 taxa of soil animals based on their occurrence or absence in response to environmental changes (Aoki 1988: 220, 1989: 228). At a finer scale, establishing a method of using oribatid mites
as environmental indicators was a remarkable achievement of Prof. Aoki during his time at Yokohama National University. Conducted over 40 years and throughout Japan, his studies showed that some species disappear with only slight human impact, others are less affected, and still others persist even in impoverished environments.

Taking advantage of this, he selected 100 species that clearly responded to environmental changes and scored them on a sensitivity scale (ranging from 5 for most sensitive to 1 for least sensitive). The average score of its oribatid mite community thus indicates the naturalness of the environment (e.g., Aoki 1995: 266, 2008: 345). Since only six species of Japanese oribatid mites were named when he began his studies, this unique tool could not have been developed without his tireless efforts. "If Japanese oribatid mites had not been given scientific names, identification would not have been possible initially, and environmental indicators would not have been established." (Aoki 2008: 345, translated).

Even good indicator species require an appropriate sampling method to be used effectively. In a sequence of ideas typical of Prof. Aoki, he used knowledge gained earlier (Aoki 1967: 51), to develop the “gleaning method” for collecting soil samples for environmental indexing (Aoki 1978: 139). The various microhabitats in the environment under study are sampled in turn, which more effectively reveals the mite community than does the conventional method of quantitative soil sampling, in which multiple soil sampling cores are driven into the soil. Unfortunately, many of his papers on environmental indexing are written only in Japanese, so they have not been widely disseminated. Some of them have been introduced in English (Shimano 2011).

Representative studies – taxonomy

Professor Aoki's taxonomic studies on oribatid mites are numerous and widely admired for their descriptive clarity and superb illustrations that accurately capture the mite's form. His comprehensive, two-part taxonomic revision of Otocepheidae, a family with high species diversity in East Asia, comprised nearly 150 pages (Aoki 1965: 33, 1967: 52) and established his reputation as a notable taxonomist. Another well-known publication is his 89-page revision of Phthiracaridae and Oribotritiidae of Japan (Aoki 1980: 164). Setting aside the large monographic works, including a book on the oribatid mites of the Ryukyu Islands (see below), Prof. Aoki also is well known for having discovered interesting individual species, as shown by the following examples.

Clearly, his description of *Archegozetes longisetosus* Aoki, 1965 has had the most influence worldwide, though this is not well recognized or appreciated in Japan. The studied material was selected from about 10,000 specimens of oribatid mites collected from Thailand (Malay Peninsula) by a soil zoologist, taxonomist of Protura, Dr. Gentaro Imadaté. [As an aside, this species was described in German (Aoki 1965: 32), like all of his early descriptions of new species; the university entrance exam in German better suited his language skills at that time, and he continued to use it until his ability in English increased.] *Archegozetes longisetosus* was subsequently established in culture by Dr. Roy A. Norton of the State University of New York, based on individuals from Puerto Rico, and freely disseminated to researchers. Beginning in the mid-1990s, this species has been used as a model organism for oribatid mites and even for chelicerates in general (Thomas 2000, Heethoff *et al*. 2013), and the number of studies—on topics as diverse as development, genetics, morphology, chemical ecology, and ecotoxicity— now approaches 100. As a student of Prof. Aoki, I am proud to note that many of these papers have his name in the title: “*Archegozetes longisetosus* Aoki, 1965”.

Several interesting studies relate to oribatid mites having relationships with insects. In research conducted at the Bishop Museum in Hawaii, he studied a species of oribatid mite that lives on weevils in a New Guinea forest. These weevils are flightless and the mites burrow into a type of lichen that grows on their back. The mites are unique not only in their habitat but also in their morphology, which exhibits sexual dimorphism. Such dimorphism was
as environmental indicators was a remarkable achievement of Prof. Aoki during his time at Yokohama National University. Conducted over 40 years and throughout Japan, his studies showed that some species disappear with only slight human impact, others are less affected, and still others persist even in impoverished environments.

Taking advantage of this, he selected 100 species that clearly responded to environmental changes and scored them on a sensitivity scale (ranging from 5 for most sensitive to 1 for least sensitive). The average score of its oribatid mite community thus indicates the naturalness of the environment (e.g., Aoki 1995: 266, 2008: 345). Since only six species of Japanese oribatid mites were named when he began his studies, this unique tool could not have been developed without his tireless efforts. "If Japanese oribatid mites had not been given scientific names, identification would not have been possible initially, and environmental indicators would not have been established." (Aoki 2008: 345, translated).

Even good indicator species require an appropriate sampling method to be used effectively. In a sequence of ideas typical of Prof. Aoki, he used knowledge gained earlier (Aoki 1967: 51), to develop the “gleaning method” for collecting soil samples for environmental indexing (Aoki 1978: 139). The various microhabitats in the environment under study are sampled in turn, which more effectively reveals the mite community than does the conventional method of quantitative soil sampling, in which multiple soil sampling cores are driven into the soil. Unfortunately, many of his papers on environmental indexing are written only in Japanese, so they have not been widely disseminated. Some of them have been introduced in English (Shimano 2011).

Representative studies – taxonomy

Professor Aoki's taxonomic studies on oribatid mites are numerous and widely admired for their descriptive clarity and superb illustrations that accurately capture the mite's form. His comprehensive, two-part taxonomic revision of Otocepheidae, a family with high species diversity in East Asia, comprised nearly 150 pages (Aoki 1965: 33, 1967: 52) and established his reputation as a notable taxonomist. Another well-known publication is his 89-page revision of Phthiracaridae and Oribotritiidae of Japan (Aoki 1980: 164). Setting aside the large monographic works, including a book on the oribatid mites of the Ryukyu Islands (see below), Prof. Aoki also is well known for having discovered interesting individual species, as shown by the following examples.

Clearly, his description of *Archegozetes longisetosus* Aoki, 1965 has had the most influence worldwide, though this is not well recognized or appreciated in Japan. The studied material was selected from about 10,000 specimens of oribatid mites collected from Thailand (Malay Peninsula) by a soil zoologist, taxonomist of Protura, Dr. Gentaro Imadaté. [As an aside, this species was described in German (Aoki 1965: 32), like all of his early descriptions of new species; the university entrance exam in German better suited his language skills at that time, and he continued to use it until his ability in English increased.] *Archegozetes longisetosus* was subsequently established in culture by Dr. Roy A. Norton of the State University of New York, based on individuals from Puerto Rico, and freely disseminated to researchers. Beginning in the mid-1990s, this species has been used as a model organism for oribatid mites and even for chelicerates in general (Thomas 2000, Heethoff *et al*. 2013), and the number of studies—on topics as diverse as development, genetics, morphology, chemical ecology, and ecotoxicity— now approaches 100. As a student of Prof. Aoki, I am proud to note that many of these papers have his name in the title: “*Archegozetes longisetosus* Aoki, 1965”.

Several interesting studies relate to oribatid mites having relationships with insects. In research conducted at the Bishop Museum in Hawaii, he studied a species of oribatid mite that lives on weevils in a New Guinea forest. These weevils are flightless and the mites burrow into a type of lichen that grows on their back. The mites are unique not only in their habitat but also in their morphology, which exhibits sexual dimorphism. Such dimorphism was
little-known among oribatid mites at that time, and a new family, Symbioribatidae Aoki, 1966, was proposed for the new species *Symbioribates papuensis* Aoki, 1966 (Aoki 1966: 39). As an aside to demonstrate his sense of humour, Prof. Aoki once told me an anecdote from his time at the Bishop Museum. His name, Jun-ichi, is unusual for a Japanese name to be transliterated with a hyphen, but he wanted to emphasize the correct pronunciation, with two syllables. He joked with his museum colleagues at the time that the pronunciation of “Jun-ichi” without the hyphen resembled “itchy in June”, which is perfect for mites.

Another fascinating mite is *Aribates javensis* Aoki, Takaku and Ito, 1994, described as a new species in a new genus and family (Aoki, Takaku and Ito 1994: 254). Originally found by Ito and Takaku (1994) on Java Island, in an ant nest (*Myrmecina* sp.), this oribatid mite is flabby and cannot walk by itself. It is assisted in its migration by ants, which also feed it and help it to moult. However, when the ants are starved for lack of food, the mites eventually are preyed upon by the ants as an “emergency food”. Professor Aoki gave this unique mite the scientific name *Aribates javensis*, using the Japanese word “Ari” meaning “ant”. After three decades, this extraordinary mite remains the sole member of the family Aribatidae, and the only truly specialized myrmecophilous oribatid mite.

Sometimes, the circumstances behind a species description highlight Prof. Aoki's unique research. For example, when he and his son visited an amusement park on the roof of a department store in central Tokyo, he found moss between the tiles. He stripped it off with his car keys, put it in a cigarette box he was carrying, and brought it home. In the moss he found mites of Scutoverticidae, a family that had never been recorded in Japan (Aoki, 1983: B 07, 2000: 312). The mite was later described and named *Scutovertex japonicus* Aoki, 2000, with the platform at Japan Railways Sannomiya Station, Kobe City, as the type locality. Similarly, Prof. Aoki described the mite *Zygoribatula vicina* Aoki, 2000 based on specimens collected from the steps of a pedestrian bridge near his Yokohama National University as the type locality (Aoki, 2000: 312). A total of 20 species of oribatid mites were found in mosses on concrete buildings throughout Japan (Aoki 2000: 312).

In Japan, *Oribatula sakamorii* Aoki, 1970, like *S. japonicus*, seems to prefer the poor urban environment, and is often found in the soil of roadside plantings. However, since humans have built concrete structures only recently, Prof. Aoki believed that their natural habitat is somewhere in the natural environment, and he wanted to find their “Hometown” (Aoki 2000: 312). On the coast of Iki Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, west of Japan, Prof. Aoki noticed a rocky, windswept shrubland. The evergreen shrubs, resistant to sea breezes, grow clinging to the dry rocks, a natural vegetation virtually untouched by humans. The soil samples from this shrubland revealed a large number of *O. sakamorii*. This was the moment when the “Hometown” of this species was found. “The vegetation under the city’s highways is windblown, dry, and the soil is poor, much like the windswept shrublands on the coast. Perhaps *O. sakamori*, blown through the air by the wind, landed on urban roadside plantings and settled here, thinking it was just like their home” (Aoki 2008: 345, translated). Similarly, Prof. Aoki and I sought the “Hometown” of *S. japonicus* in various locations throughout Japan, targeting mosses growing on limestone rocks (e.g. Aoki, 2009: 354a). However, the mite has not yet been found in the natural environment.

Any discussion of Prof. Aoki's taxonomic work should mention two other points. First, he was a superb illustrator. Wherever he goes on the earth, the author hears praise such as "Prof. Aoki's drawings of oribatid mites are simply beautiful." More concrete evidence is provided by textbooks and numerous other synoptic works on mites. With Prof. Aoki's permission, they include many drawings of oribatid mites that he created to illustrate descriptions of new species. Professor Aoki took great pleasure in such activity, so it must have been very difficult for him when, in his later years, Parkinson's disease prevented him from drawing well.

Second, Prof. Aoki used not only formal scientific names in his taxonomic works, but also always proposed a Japanese name for each species that related to some particular, easily understood trait (Aoki, 2016: 385). This made the mites more relatable, and probably was one of the reasons for the formation of a group of researchers interested in oribatid mites. The
little-known among oribatid mites at that time, and a new family, Symbioribatidae Aoki, 1966, was proposed for the new species *Symbioribates papuensis* Aoki, 1966 (Aoki 1966: 39). As an aside to demonstrate his sense of humour, Prof. Aoki once told me an anecdote from his time at the Bishop Museum. His name, Jun-ichi, is unusual for a Japanese name to be transliterated with a hyphen, but he wanted to emphasize the correct pronunciation, with two syllables. He joked with his museum colleagues at the time that the pronunciation of “Jun-ichi” without the hyphen resembled “itchy in June”, which is perfect for mites.

Another fascinating mite is *Aribates javensis* Aoki, Takaku and Ito, 1994, described as a new species in a new genus and family (Aoki, Takaku and Ito 1994: 254). Originally found by Ito and Takaku (1994) on Java Island, in an ant nest (*Myrmecina* sp.), this oribatid mite is flabby and cannot walk by itself. It is assisted in its migration by ants, which also feed it and help it to moult. However, when the ants are starved for lack of food, the mites eventually are preyed upon by the ants as an “emergency food”. Professor Aoki gave this unique mite the scientific name *Aribates javensis*, using the Japanese word “Ari” meaning “ant”. After three decades, this extraordinary mite remains the sole member of the family Aribatidae, and the only truly specialized myrmecophilous oribatid mite.

Sometimes, the circumstances behind a species description highlight Prof. Aoki's unique research. For example, when he and his son visited an amusement park on the roof of a department store in central Tokyo, he found moss between the tiles. He stripped it off with his car keys, put it in a cigarette box he was carrying, and brought it home. In the moss he found mites of Scutoverticidae, a family that had never been recorded in Japan (Aoki, 1983: B 07, 2000: 312). The mite was later described and named *Scutovertex japonicus* Aoki, 2000, with the platform at Japan Railways Sannomiya Station, Kobe City, as the type locality. Similarly, Prof. Aoki described the mite *Zygoribatula vicina* Aoki, 2000 based on specimens collected from the steps of a pedestrian bridge near his Yokohama National University as the type locality (Aoki, 2000: 312). A total of 20 species of oribatid mites were found in mosses on concrete buildings throughout Japan (Aoki 2000: 312).

In Japan, *Oribatula sakamorii* Aoki, 1970, like *S. japonicus*, seems to prefer the poor urban environment, and is often found in the soil of roadside plantings. However, since humans have built concrete structures only recently, Prof. Aoki believed that their natural habitat is somewhere in the natural environment, and he wanted to find their “Hometown” (Aoki 2000: 312). On the coast of Iki Island in Nagasaki Prefecture, west of Japan, Prof. Aoki noticed a rocky, windswept shrubland. The evergreen shrubs, resistant to sea breezes, grow clinging to the dry rocks, a natural vegetation virtually untouched by humans. The soil samples from this shrubland revealed a large number of *O. sakamorii*. This was the moment when the “Hometown” of this species was found. “The vegetation under the city’s highways is windblown, dry, and the soil is poor, much like the windswept shrublands on the coast. Perhaps *O. sakamori*, blown through the air by the wind, landed on urban roadside plantings and settled here, thinking it was just like their home” (Aoki 2008: 345, translated). Similarly, Prof. Aoki and I sought the “Hometown” of *S. japonicus* in various locations throughout Japan, targeting mosses growing on limestone rocks (e.g. Aoki, 2009: 354a). However, the mite has not yet been found in the natural environment.

Any discussion of Prof. Aoki's taxonomic work should mention two other points. First, he was a superb illustrator. Wherever he goes on the earth, the author hears praise such as "Prof. Aoki's drawings of oribatid mites are simply beautiful." More concrete evidence is provided by textbooks and numerous other synoptic works on mites. With Prof. Aoki's permission, they include many drawings of oribatid mites that he created to illustrate descriptions of new species. Professor Aoki took great pleasure in such activity, so it must have been very difficult for him when, in his later years, Parkinson's disease prevented him from drawing well.

Second, Prof. Aoki used not only formal scientific names in his taxonomic works, but also always proposed a Japanese name for each species that related to some particular, easily understood trait (Aoki, 2016: 385). This made the mites more relatable, and probably was one of the reasons for the formation of a group of researchers interested in oribatid mites. The
publication of Prof. Aoki's engaging words in junior high school Japanese-language textbooks (Mitsumura Books Publisher: Kato 2013) from 1993 to 2001 under the title "Small Indicators in Nature" may also have contributed to the relatively large number of Japanese researchers on oribatid mites.

## Biogeography - Oribatid Mites of the Ryukyu Islands

The book "Oribatid Mites of the Ryukyu Islands" (Aoki, 2009: 354a) summarizes the biogeographical study of 323 species of oribatid mites found in the Ryukyu Islands (Nansei Islands, archipelago), a group of islands of various sizes in the subtropical zone of Japan that Prof. Aoki particularly loved. The Ryukyu Islands have well-known distribution boundaries such as the Miyake, Watase, and Hachisuka lines. In contrast to his early predictions, Prof. Aoki found that many species are indeed distributed according to the boundary lines. Also, he found good correlation between an island's dimensions (area × height) and its oribatid mite fauna; in short, the greater the area of an island and the more significant the elevation difference, the more diverse the environment of that island and, therefore, the greater the number of species of oribatid mites in its fauna.

Professor Aoki's work is especially convincing because of the effort he routinely expended on any project. Ryukyu Islands are composed of a large number of islands, and he sampled the oribatid mite fauna from each one of those inhabited by humans. In fact, Prof. Aoki visited all the many human-inhabited, small islands of the entire Japanese archipelago, and revealed their oribatid mite faunas.

When I received a complimentary copy of the book, a letter from Prof. Aoki was attached. In his words (translated): "After completing my research on the Ryukyu Islands, I have a strong impression that the subtropical zone of Japan is one of the most biodiverse areas in the world. Amid the beautiful and lovely nature of the islands, I spend my daytime picking through the detritus of the forests for oribatid mites research and my evenings enjoying the local spirits, flying fish, Okinawa Shallot, and Okinawa Tofu .. I remember the hardships and joys of 40 years of field research."

## An international perspective

Prof. Aoki started his research with much hard work and the advice of several overseas acarologists who communicated with him. The results of his research attracted much international attention, and eventually he himself became the advisor, working with foreign students and young researchers from throughout East Asia who wanted to study oribatid mites. In doing so he formed a large and international research group. Indeed, his laboratory was one of the favourite places for foreign researchers to visit, consulting with Prof. Aoki, and conducting joint research with him and his students.

As Prof. Bayartogtokh related to me, it was a distinct pleasure for foreign researchers to be with Prof. Aoki, who was patient in his careful guidance, and affable and gentlemanly in social situations. They recall that, after laboratory seminars, he often cooked food himself to share with the group, and liked to spend hours talking with his students and guests. In fact, it was researchers whom Jun-ichi Aoki had helped and guided who went on to build a foundation during the early days of soil zoology and acarological research in South Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan, and Mongolia (e.g. Wen et al. 1984: 199; Choi and Aoki 1985: 205; Aoki and Wang 1986: 212; Bayartogtokh and Aoki 1997: 285; Aoki et al. 1997: 276).

## Some final thoughts

It should be clear that Prof. Aoki was a multifaceted, highly talented and influential man. For those who knew him well, perhaps it was not so surprising that after retiring from his public
publication of Prof. Aoki's engaging words in junior high school Japanese-language textbooks (Mitsumura Books Publisher: Kato 2013) from 1993 to 2001 under the title "Small Indicators in Nature" may also have contributed to the relatively large number of Japanese researchers on oribatid mites.

## Biogeography - Oribatid Mites of the Ryukyu Islands

The book "Oribatid Mites of the Ryukyu Islands" (Aoki, 2009: 354a) summarizes the biogeographical study of 323 species of oribatid mites found in the Ryukyu Islands (Nansei Islands, archipelago), a group of islands of various sizes in the subtropical zone of Japan that Prof. Aoki particularly loved. The Ryukyu Islands have well-known distribution boundaries such as the Miyake, Watase, and Hachisuka lines. In contrast to his early predictions, Prof. Aoki found that many species are indeed distributed according to the boundary lines. Also, he found good correlation between an island's dimensions (area × height) and its oribatid mite fauna; in short, the greater the area of an island and the more significant the elevation difference, the more diverse the environment of that island and, therefore, the greater the number of species of oribatid mites in its fauna.

Professor Aoki's work is especially convincing because of the effort he routinely expended on any project. Ryukyu Islands are composed of a large number of islands, and he sampled the oribatid mite fauna from each one of those inhabited by humans. In fact, Prof. Aoki visited all the many human-inhabited, small islands of the entire Japanese archipelago, and revealed their oribatid mite faunas.

When I received a complimentary copy of the book, a letter from Prof. Aoki was attached. In his words (translated): "After completing my research on the Ryukyu Islands, I have a strong impression that the subtropical zone of Japan is one of the most biodiverse areas in the world. Amid the beautiful and lovely nature of the islands, I spend my daytime picking through the detritus of the forests for oribatid mites research and my evenings enjoying the local spirits, flying fish, Okinawa Shallot, and Okinawa Tofu .. I remember the hardships and joys of 40 years of field research."

## An international perspective

Prof. Aoki started his research with much hard work and the advice of several overseas acarologists who communicated with him. The results of his research attracted much international attention, and eventually he himself became the advisor, working with foreign students and young researchers from throughout East Asia who wanted to study oribatid mites. In doing so he formed a large and international research group. Indeed, his laboratory was one of the favourite places for foreign researchers to visit, consulting with Prof. Aoki, and conducting joint research with him and his students.

As Prof. Bayartogtokh related to me, it was a distinct pleasure for foreign researchers to be with Prof. Aoki, who was patient in his careful guidance, and affable and gentlemanly in social situations. They recall that, after laboratory seminars, he often cooked food himself to share with the group, and liked to spend hours talking with his students and guests. In fact, it was researchers whom Jun-ichi Aoki had helped and guided who went on to build a foundation during the early days of soil zoology and acarological research in South Korea, Mainland China, Taiwan, and Mongolia (e.g. Wen et al. 1984: 199; Choi and Aoki 1985: 205; Aoki and Wang 1986: 212; Bayartogtokh and Aoki 1997: 285; Aoki et al. 1997: 276).

## Some final thoughts

It should be clear that Prof. Aoki was a multifaceted, highly talented and influential man. For those who knew him well, perhaps it was not so surprising that after retiring from his public
<figure><img src="image_4.png" /><figcaption>**Figure 3** Various memories of Prof. Jun-ichi Aoki. A. Welcoming His Majesty the Emperor (presently the Emperor Emeritus) as Director of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History (KPMNH) with uniform of museum (2000). B. Attending the 14th International Congress of Acarology in Kyoto, Japan (2014), meeting his good friend Prof. Reinhart Schuster and dedicating "Oribatid Mites of the Ryukyu Islands" (Aoki 2009; see text). C. Meeting and toasting with Professor Roy A. Norton nearby KPMNH (2007). D. The model of oribatid mites he used in a television program of NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) (around 2005). E. The 1999 calendar that he had printed to commemorate winning the Award of the Zoological Society of Japan; on the cover are spread all the figures of oribatid mites that he had described as new species (1998). F. A commemorative photo of Prof. Aoki (left of center in the front row, his wife Satoko Aoki, right of center) with his disciples and colleagues (author, left most of the middle row) at his 76th birthday party (2015).</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="image_6.png" /><figcaption>**Figure 3** Various memories of Prof. Jun-ichi Aoki. A. Welcoming His Majesty the Emperor (presently the Emperor Emeritus) as Director of the Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History (KPMNH) with uniform of museum (2000). B. Attending the 14th International Congress of Acarology in Kyoto, Japan (2014), meeting his good friend Prof. Reinhart Schuster and dedicating "Oribatid Mites of the Ryukyu Islands" (Aoki 2009; see text). C. Meeting and toasting with Professor Roy A. Norton nearby KPMNH (2007). D. The model of oribatid mites he used in a television program of NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) (around 2005). E. The 1999 calendar that he had printed to commemorate winning the Award of the Zoological Society of Japan; on the cover are spread all the figures of oribatid mites that he had described as new species (1998). F. A commemorative photo of Prof. Aoki (left of center in the front row, his wife Satoko Aoki, right of center) with his disciples and colleagues (author, left most of the middle row) at his 76th birthday party (2015).</figcaption></figure>
post he changed his research focus to studies of “cholydiid beetles” of which he described 32 new species (including one subspecies) in two new genera over about a decade, from 2008 to 2019 (Aoki 2012: B 27, 2013: B 29; Yoshitomi 2023).

At a more personal level, he loved to eat excellent food and have energetic conversations with many people. At the annual conference of the Acarological Society of Japan, Prof. Aoki also promoted holding a tennis tournament before the conference and an overnight stay, to facilitate exchanges with both young and well-known members of the society. It is no exaggeration to say that these practices laid the foundation for the development of acarology in Japan today. In the briefest summary, Prof. Aoki devoted many years to animal taxonomy and environmental indicators of soil animals, made a major contribution to understanding the diversity of oribatid mites, especially in East Asia, and was a great help in starting oribatid mite research in neighbouring countries.

From a professional standpoint, Prof. Aoki's positive effects on students and contemporaries worldwide were immense, and he will be remembered with the greatest veneration. Generations of students have benefited from his encyclopedic knowledge of oribatid mite systematics and ecology, and his influence on my own career in acarology and soil zoology was immeasurable.

His wife told me that Prof. Jun-ichi Aoki's last words were, “I have done all I can do.” I am convinced that these words were the most appropriate for his achievements. It would have been a blessing to have spent more time with him, and I join with many to sincerely pray for the repose of his soul.

## Literature of Professor Aoki, Jun-ichi (as a list)

His scientific articles and essays (listed in the supplement) are provided in PDF format as a single file by S. Shimano (me, author). Please contact me directly and I will send you the single file personally. (university address: sim@hosei.ac.jp; private: mitesproto@gmail.com)

## Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Mrs. Satoko Aoki, wife of Prof. Jun-ichi Aoki, for providing some photographs and once again express condolences to her.

I thank Prof. Bayartogtokh for contributing his thoughts and advice, particularly about Prof. Aoki's international influence; Prof. Aoki was very proud of Bayra as an active oribatid mite researcher. I also thank Dr. Wataru Hagino, one of Prof. Aoki's Japanese disciples, for his careful checking of my list of Prof. Aoki's publications, and Mr. Tadashi Kubota for sharing information on the count of Japanese species and those with which Prof. Aoki was involved.

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Prof. Masamichi T. Ito (Surugadai University) for his efforts. Professor Ito made some parts of the PDF files in consultation with me to archive Prof. Aoki's literature when he was affiliated with Yokohama National University (YNU). Finally, I would like to sincerely express my gratitude to my mentor and good friend, Prof. Roy A. Norton, for his careful review and correction of the manuscript.

## ORCID

Satoshi Shimano https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8672-4362

## References

The Prof. Aoki's articles with serial numbers in the supplements are not included.
post he changed his research focus to studies of “cholydiid beetles” of which he described 32 new species (including one subspecies) in two new genera over about a decade, from 2008 to 2019 (Aoki 2012: B 27, 2013: B 29; Yoshitomi 2023).

At a more personal level, he loved to eat excellent food and have energetic conversations with many people. At the annual conference of the Acarological Society of Japan, Prof. Aoki also promoted holding a tennis tournament before the conference and an overnight stay, to facilitate exchanges with both young and well-known members of the society. It is no exaggeration to say that these practices laid the foundation for the development of acarology in Japan today. In the briefest summary, Prof. Aoki devoted many years to animal taxonomy and environmental indicators of soil animals, made a major contribution to understanding the diversity of oribatid mites, especially in East Asia, and was a great help in starting oribatid mite research in neighbouring countries.

From a professional standpoint, Prof. Aoki's positive effects on students and contemporaries worldwide were immense, and he will be remembered with the greatest veneration. Generations of students have benefited from his encyclopedic knowledge of oribatid mite systematics and ecology, and his influence on my own career in acarology and soil zoology was immeasurable.

His wife told me that Prof. Jun-ichi Aoki's last words were, “I have done all I can do.” I am convinced that these words were the most appropriate for his achievements. It would have been a blessing to have spent more time with him, and I join with many to sincerely pray for the repose of his soul.

## Literature of Professor Aoki, Jun-ichi (as a list)

His scientific articles and essays (listed in the supplement) are provided in PDF format as a single file by S. Shimano (me, author). Please contact me directly and I will send you the single file personally. (university address: sim@hosei.ac.jp; private: mitesproto@gmail.com)

## Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Mrs. Satoko Aoki, wife of Prof. Jun-ichi Aoki, for providing some photographs and once again express condolences to her.

I thank Prof. Bayartogtokh for contributing his thoughts and advice, particularly about Prof. Aoki's international influence; Prof. Aoki was very proud of Bayra as an active oribatid mite researcher. I also thank Dr. Wataru Hagino, one of Prof. Aoki's Japanese disciples, for his careful checking of my list of Prof. Aoki's publications, and Mr. Tadashi Kubota for sharing information on the count of Japanese species and those with which Prof. Aoki was involved.

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Prof. Masamichi T. Ito (Surugadai University) for his efforts. Professor Ito made some parts of the PDF files in consultation with me to archive Prof. Aoki's literature when he was affiliated with Yokohama National University (YNU). Finally, I would like to sincerely express my gratitude to my mentor and good friend, Prof. Roy A. Norton, for his careful review and correction of the manuscript.

## ORCID

Satoshi Shimano https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8672-4362

## References

The Prof. Aoki's articles with serial numbers in the supplements are not included.
Heethoff M., Bergmann P., Laumann M., Norton R.A. 2013. The 20th anniversary of a model mite: a review of current knowledge about *Archegozetes longisetosus* (Acari, Oribatida). Acarologia, 53: 353-368. https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20132108

Ito F., Takaku G. 1994. Obligate myrmecophily in an oribatid mite: novel symbiont of ants in the Oriental tropics. Naturwissenschaften, 81: 180-182. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01134538

Kato Y. 2013. Reading Japanese junior high school textbooks (11): “Little Indicators in Nature” (Aoki J.), “Chimpanzees as Conveyors of Culture” (Matsuzawa T). Liberation (Human Rights Research Fukuoka/Fukuoka Institute for Human Rights Studies)*, 151: 131-138. (In Japanese.)

Maraun M., Schatz H., Scheu S. 2007. Awesome or ordinary? Global diversity patterns of oribatid mites. Ecography, 30: 209-216. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2007.0906-7590.04994.x

Oliveira A.R., Argolo P.S., De Moraes G.J., Norton R.A., Schatz H. 2017. A checklist of the oribatid mite species (Acari: Oribatida) of Brazil. Zootaxa, 4245: 1-89. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4245.1.1

Shimano S. 2011. Aoki's oribatid-based bioindicator systems. Zoosymposia (Proceedings of the 13th International Congress of Acarology), 6: 200-209. https://doi.org/10.11646/zoosymposia.6.1.30

Thomas R.H. 2000. Mites as models in development and genetics. In: Bernini F., Nannelli R., Nuzzaci G., de Lillo E. (Eds.). Acarid Phylogeny and Evolution: Adaptation in Mites and Ticks. Proceedings of the IV Symposium of the European Association of Acarologists, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. p. 21-26.

Willmann C. 1931. Moosmilben oder Oribatiden (Cryptostigmata). In: Dahl, F. (Ed.) Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, Bd. 22, vol. 5, Gustav Fischer, Jena. p. 79-200. (In German.)

Yoshitomi H. 2023. Beetle Private Collection of late Dr. Jun-ichi Aoki. Sayabane New Series, (51): 16-19. (In Japanese.)

## Supplement: Literature of Professor Aoki, Jun-ichi

Note: The serial numbers of Prof. Jun-ichi Aoki's Scientific Articles and Essays [Aoki-] were mostly assigned and managed by Prof. Aoki himself. He also stamped the numbers on original reprints and PDF files. In case of overlapping publications, Prof. Aoki added a sequential letter after the number. For example, 064a, 064b, 064c... Prof. Aoki did not actively assign number to his books and book chapters. His book chapters are organized. The chapters written by Prof. Aoki of "reports" are not included in the "IV. Book Chapters" part. Duplications with "Aoki numbers [Aoki-]" and Books [Aoki-B, -BC] are indicated at the end of each.

Following his designation is another letter meant to indicate general topics; these were assigned by S. Shimano (author): t = Taxonomy in Acarology and/or Soil Zoology; e = Ecology in Acarology and/or Soil Zoology; o = others; te = Taxonomy of Entomology.

Publications written in languages other than English are annotated by author. Titles and/or journal names marked with * have been translated from Japanese by author (other title and/or journal name are original). The translation from Japanese to English is intended to give a rough understanding of the contents.

### I. Scientific Articles and Essays assigned [Aoki-]

Aoki-001 t Aoki J. 1958. *Zwei Heminothrus*-Arten aus Japan (Acarina: Oribatei). Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 31(2): 121-125. (In German.)

Aoki-002 t Aoki J. 1958. Einige Phthiracariden aus Utsukushigahara, Mitteljapan (Acarina: Oribatei). Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 31(3): 171-175. (In German.)

Aoki-003 t Aoki J. 1958. Eine neue Art von der Gattung Oribotritia JACOT (Acarina: Oribatei). Acta Arachnologica, 16(1): 18-20. (In German.) https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.16.18

Aoki-004 t Aoki J. 1958. Eine neue Gattung von Carabodidae aus der Insel Hachijo, Japan (Acarina: Oribatei). Zoological Magazine, 67(12): 390-392. (In Japanese, with German summary.)

Aoki-005 t Aoki J. 1959. Die Moosmilben (Oribatei) aus Südjapan. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 21(1): 1-22. (In German.)

Aoki-006 t Aoki J. 1959. Record of oribatid mites from Japan. Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology, 10(3): 127-135. (In Japanese, with English summary.) https://doi.org/10.7601/mez.10.127

Aoki-007 t Aoki J. 1959. Zur Kenntnis der Oribatiden im Pilz. I. Berichte über einige Arten aus Nikko. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 32(3): 156-161. (In German.)

Aoki-008 t Aoki J. 1960. Eine dreikrallige Gattung der Familie Perlohmanniidae (Acarina: Oribatei). Japanese Journal of Zoology, 12(4): 507-511. (In German.)

Aoki-009 e Aoki J. 1960. Injury to plants caused by oribatid mites. Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology, 4(2): 136-137. (In Japanese.) https://doi.org/10.1303/jjaez.4.136

Aoki-010 t Aoki J. 1961. Beschreibungen von neuen Oribatiden Japans. Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology, 5(1): 64-69. (In German.) https://doi.org/10.1303/jjaez.5.64

Aoki-011 e Aoki J. 1961. Observations on oribatid mite fauna in soils under two different vegetation, *Quercus acutissima* CARRUTH. and *Pinus densiflora* SIEB. et ZUCC. Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology, 5(2): 81-91. (In Japanese, with English summary.) https://doi.org/10.1303/jjaez.5.81

Aoki-012 o Aoki J. 1961 Between acarology and pedology. Pedologist, 5(1): 23-31. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-013 t Aoki J. 1961. Notes on the oribatid mites (I). Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 22(6): 75-79.
Heethoff M., Bergmann P., Laumann M., Norton R.A. 2013. The 20th anniversary of a model mite: a review of current knowledge about *Archegozetes longisetosus* (Acari, Oribatida). Acarologia, 53: 353-368. https://doi.org/10.1051/acarologia/20132108

Ito F., Takaku G. 1994. Obligate myrmecophily in an oribatid mite: novel symbiont of ants in the Oriental tropics. Naturwissenschaften, 81: 180-182. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01134538

Kato Y. 2013. Reading Japanese junior high school textbooks (11): “Little Indicators in Nature” (Aoki J.), “Chimpanzees as Conveyors of Culture” (Matsuzawa T). Liberation (Human Rights Research Fukuoka/Fukuoka Institute for Human Rights Studies)*, 151: 131-138. (In Japanese.)

Maraun M., Schatz H., Scheu S. 2007. Awesome or ordinary? Global diversity patterns of oribatid mites. Ecography, 30: 209-216. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2007.0906-7590.04994.x

Oliveira A.R., Argolo P.S., De Moraes G.J., Norton R.A., Schatz H. 2017. A checklist of the oribatid mite species (Acari: Oribatida) of Brazil. Zootaxa, 4245: 1-89. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4245.1.1

Shimano S. 2011. Aoki's oribatid-based bioindicator systems. Zoosymposia (Proceedings of the 13th International Congress of Acarology), 6: 200-209. https://doi.org/10.11646/zoonosymposia.6.1.30

Thomas R.H. 2000. Mites as models in development and genetics. In: Bernini F., Nannelli R., Nuzzaci G., de Lillo E. (Eds.). Acarid Phylogeny and Evolution: Adaptation in Mites and Ticks. Proceedings of the IV Symposium of the European Association of Acarologists, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. p. 21-26.

Willmann C. 1931. Moosmilben oder Oribatiden (Cryptostigmata). In: Dahl, F. (Ed.) Die Tierwelt Deutschlands, Bd. 22, vol. 5, Gustav Fischer, Jena. p. 79-200. (In German.)

Yoshitomi H. 2023. Beetle Private Collection of late Dr. Jun-ichi Aoki. Sayabane New Series, (51): 16-19. (In Japanese.)

## Supplement: Literature of Professor Aoki, Jun-ichi

Note: The serial numbers of Prof. Jun-ichi Aoki's Scientific Articles and Essays [Aoki-] were mostly assigned and managed by Prof. Aoki himself. He also stamped the numbers on original reprints and PDF files. In case of overlapping publications, Prof. Aoki added a sequential letter after the number. For example, 064a, 064b, 064c... Prof. Aoki did not actively assign number to his books and book chapters. His book chapters are organized. The chapters written by Prof. Aoki of "reports" are not included in the "IV. Book Chapters" part. Duplications with "Aoki numbers [Aoki-]" and Books [Aoki-B, -BC] are indicated at the end of each.

Following his designation is another letter meant to indicate general topics; these were assigned by S. Shimano (author): t = Taxonomy in Acarology and/or Soil Zoology; e = Ecology in Acarology and/or Soil Zoology; o = others; te = Taxonomy of Entomology.

Publications written in languages other than English are annotated by author. Titles and/or journal names marked with * have been translated from Japanese by author (other title and/or journal name are original). The translation from Japanese to English is intended to give a rough understanding of the contents.

### I. Scientific Articles and Essays assigned [Aoki-]

Aoki-001 t Aoki J. 1958. *Zwei Heminothrus*-Arten aus Japan (Acarina: Oribatei). Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 31(2): 121-125. (In German.)

Aoki-002 t Aoki J. 1958. Einige Phthiracariden aus Utsukushigahara, Mitteljapan (Acarina: Oribatei). Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 31(3): 171-175. (In German.)

Aoki-003 t Aoki J. 1958. Eine neue Art von der Gattung Oribotritia JACOT (Acarina: Oribatei). Acta Arachnologica, 16(1): 18-20. (In German.) https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.16.18

Aoki-004 t Aoki J. 1958. Eine neue Gattung von Carabodidae aus der Insel Hachijo, Japan (Acarina: Oribatei). Zoological Magazine, 67(12): 390-392. (In Japanese, with German summary.)

Aoki-005 t Aoki J. 1959. Die Moosmilben (Oribatei) aus Südjapan. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 21(1): 1-22. (In German.)

Aoki-006 t Aoki J. 1959. Record of oribatid mites from Japan. Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology, 10(3): 127-135. (In Japanese, with English summary.) https://doi.org/10.7601/mez.10.127

Aoki-007 t Aoki J. 1959. Zur Kenntnis der Oribatiden im Pilz. I. Berichte über einige Arten aus Nikko. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 32(3): 156-161. (In German.)

Aoki-008 t Aoki J. 1960. Eine dreikrallige Gattung der Familie Perlohmanniidae (Acarina: Oribatei). Japanese Journal of Zoology, 12(4): 507-511. (In German.)

Aoki-009 e Aoki J. 1960. Injury to plants caused by oribatid mites. Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology, 4(2): 136-137. (In Japanese.) https://doi.org/10.1303/jjaez.4.136

Aoki-010 t Aoki J. 1961. Beschreibungen von neuen Oribatiden Japans. Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology, 5(1): 64-69. (In German.) https://doi.org/10.1303/jjaez.5.64

Aoki-011 e Aoki J. 1961. Observations on oribatid mite fauna in soils under two different vegetation, *Quercus acutissima* CARRUTH. and *Pinus densiflora* SIEB. et ZUCC. Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology, 5(2): 81-91. (In Japanese, with English summary.) https://doi.org/10.1303/jjaez.5.81

Aoki-012 o Aoki J. 1961 Between acarology and pedology. Pedologist, 5(1): 23-31. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-013 t Aoki J. 1961. Notes on the oribatid mites (I). Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 22(6): 75-79.
Aoki-014 t Aoki J. 1961. On six new oribatid mites from Japan. Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology, 12(4): 233-238. https://doi.org/10.7601/mez.12.233

Aoki-015 e Aoki J. 1962. Distribution of oribatid mites in pasture soils of Japan. Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology, 13(1): 11-15. (In Japanese, with English summary.) https://doi.org/10.7601/mez.13.11

Aoki-016 e Aoki J. 1962. Untersuchungen über die Zönosen der Oribatiden in Nikko in Beziehung zu Pflanzendeckung und Boden. I. Beschreibungen der Pflanzendeckung, des Bodens und der Oribatiden im Untersuchungsgebiete. Japanese Journal of Ecology, 12(5): 169-180. (In Japanese, with German summary.)

Aoki-017 e Aoki J. 1962. Untersuchungen über die Zönosen der Oribatiden in Nikko in Beziehung zu Pflanzendeckung und Boden. II. Analyse der Oribatidenzönosen (horizontale Vergleichung). Japanese Journal of Ecology, 12(6): 203-216. (In Japanese, with German summary.)

Aoki-018 e Aoki J. 1963. Untersuchungen über die Zönosen der Oribatiden in Nikko in Beziehung zu Pflanzendeckung und Boden. III. Analyse der Oribatidenzönosen (vertikale Vergleichung). Japanese Journal of Ecology, 13(3): 96-104. (In Japanese, with German summary.)

Aoki-019 e Aoki J. 1963. Untersuchungen über die Zönosen der Oribatiden in Nikko in Beziehung zu Pflanzendeckung und Boden. IV. Pflanzendeckungen und Oribatidenzönosen. Japanese Journal of Ecology, 13(4): 139-151. (In Japanese, with German summary.)

Aoki-020 e Aoki J. 1963. An observation on the prevalence of *Liodes* sp. (Oribatei) in a main hall of a Buddhist temple in Northern Japan. Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology, 14(3): 183-185. (In Japanese, with English summary.) https://doi.org/10.7601/mez.14.183

Aoki-021 t Aoki J. 1963. Einige neue Oribatiden aus dem Kaiserlichen Palastgarten Japans. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 36(4): 218-224. (In German)

Aoki-022 o Aoki J. 1964. Oribatid mites in Tanzawa Mountains. In: Kanagawa Prefecture (Ed.). Tanzawa Oyama Academic Investigation Report.* Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama. p. 386-392. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-023 e Aoki J. 1964. Untersuchungen über die Zönosen der Oribatiden in Nikko in Beziehung zu Pflanzendeckung und Boden. V. Bodeneigenschaften und Oribatidenzönosen. Japanese Journal of Ecology, 14(3): 105-116. (In Japanese, with German summary.)

Aoki-024 t Aoki J. 1964. A new aquatic oribatid mites from Kauai Island. Pacific Insects, 6(3): 483-488.

Aoki-025 t Aoki J. 1964. Der erste Bericht über die Familie Zerconidae aus Japan (Acari: Mesostigmata). Pacific Insects, 6(3): 489-493. (In German.)

Aoki-026 t Aoki J. 1964. Some oribatid mites (Acarina) from Laysan Island. Pacific Insects, 6(4): 649-664.

Aoki-027 t Aoki J. 1965. Studies on oribatei (Acarina) from the South Pacific. I. *Apotomocephalus gressitti* n. gen., n. sp. (Family Carabodidae) from Blak Island. Pacific Insects, 7(2): 295-300.

Aoki-028 t Aoki J. 1964. Studies on oribatei (Acarina) from the South Pacific. II. *Eutegaeus papuensis* n. sp. from New Guinea with a note on the genus. Pacific Insects, 7(2): 301-308.

Aoki-029 t Aoki J. 1965. Notes on the species of the genus *Epilohmannnia* from the Hawaiian Islands (Acarina: Oribatei). Pacific Insects, 7(2): 309-315.

Aoki-030 t Aoki J. 1965. Neue Oribatiden von der Insel Sado (Acarina: Oribatei). Japanese Journal of Zoology, 14(3): 1-12. (In German.)

Aoki-031 t Aoki J. 1965. Studies on the oribatid mites of Japan I. Two members of the genus *Hermanniella*. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 8(2): 125-130.

Aoki-032 t Aoki J. 1965. Oribatiden (Acarina) Thailands. I. *Nature and Life in Southeast Asia*, 4: 129-193. (In German.)

Aoki-033 t Aoki J. 1965. A preliminary revision of the family Otocepheidae (Acari, Cryptostigmata) I. Subfamily Otocepheinae. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 8(3): 259-341.

Aoki-034 t Aoki J. 1965. Oribatid mites (Acarina: Oribatei) from Himalaya with descriptions of several new species. Journal of the College of Arts and Sciences, Chiba University, 4(3): 289-302.

Aoki-035 t Aoki J. 1966. Studies on the oribatid mites of Japan II. *Trichthonius simplex* spec. nov. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 9(1): 1-7.

Aoki-036 t Sakakibara I., Aoki J. 1966. *Podoribates cuspidatus*, a new oribatid mites of the family Mochlozetidae (Acari: Cryptostigmata). Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology, 17(1): 22-24. https://doi.org/10.7601/mez.17.22

Aoki-037 e Aoki J., Hasegawa K. 1966. On epidemic of grain itch in the central part of Japan and mites concerned. Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology, 17(1): 29-36. (In Japanese, with English summary.) https://doi.org/10.7601/mez.17.29

Aoki-038 t Aoki J. 1966. A remarkable new oribatid mite from south Japan. (Cryptostigmata: Tokunocephidae, fam. nov.). Acarologia, 8(2): 358-364.

Aoki-039 t Aoki J. 1966. Epizoic symbiosis: an oribatid mite, *Symbioribates papuensis*, representing a new family, from cryptogamic plants growing on backs of Papuan weevils (Acari: Cryptostigmata). Pacific Insects, 8(1): 281-289.

Aoki-040 t Aoki J. 1966. Nachtragsarten der Familie Zerconidae aus Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 9(2): 61-68. (In German.)

Aoki-041 t Aoki J. 1966. A new species of soil mite, *Malaconothrus japonicus*, from Central Japan (Cryptostigmata; Malaconothridae). Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 39(3): 169-172.

Aoki-042 t Aoki J. 1966. The large-winged mites of Japan (Acari: Cryptostigmata). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 9(3): 257-275.

Aoki-043 o Aoki J. 1966. 1. Animal communities and animal taxonomy. (Symposium "Problems in Measuring the Productivity of Terrestrial Animal Communities").* Japanese Journal of Ecology, 16(2): 79-82. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-044 o Aoki J. 1966. Mites living in soil. Natural Science and Museum, 33(7-8): 107-117. (In Japanese.)
Aoki-014 t Aoki J. 1961. On six new oribatid mites from Japan. Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology, 12(4): 233-238. https://doi.org/10.7601/mez.12.233

Aoki-015 e Aoki J. 1962. Distribution of oribatid mites in pasture soils of Japan. Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology, 13(1): 11-15. (In Japanese, with English summary.) https://doi.org/10.7601/mez.13.11

Aoki-016 e Aoki J. 1962. Untersuchungen über die Zönosen der Oribatiden in Nikko in Beziehung zu Pflanzendeckung und Boden. I. Beschreibungen der Pflanzendeckung, des Bodens und der Oribatiden im Untersuchungsgebiete. Japanese Journal of Ecology, 12(5): 169-180. (In Japanese, with German summary.)

Aoki-017 e Aoki J. 1962. Untersuchungen über die Zönosen der Oribatiden in Nikko in Beziehung zu Pflanzendeckung und Boden. II. Analyse der Oribatidenzönosen (horizontale Vergleichung). Japanese Journal of Ecology, 12(6): 203-216. (In Japanese, with German summary.)

Aoki-018 e Aoki J. 1963. Untersuchungen über die Zönosen der Oribatiden in Nikko in Beziehung zu Pflanzendeckung und Boden. III. Analyse der Oribatidenzönosen (vertikale Vergleichung). Japanese Journal of Ecology, 13(3): 96-104. (In Japanese, with German summary.)

Aoki-019 e Aoki J. 1963. Untersuchungen über die Zönosen der Oribatiden in Nikko in Beziehung zu Pflanzendeckung und Boden. IV. Pflanzendeckungen und Oribatidenzönosen. Japanese Journal of Ecology, 13(4): 139-151. (In Japanese, with German summary.)

Aoki-020 e Aoki J. 1963. An observation on the prevalence of *Liodes* sp. (Oribatei) in a main hall of a Buddhist temple in Northern Japan. Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology, 14(3): 183-185. (In Japanese, with English summary.) https://doi.org/10.7601/mez.14.183

Aoki-021 t Aoki J. 1963. Einige neue Oribatiden aus dem Kaiserlichen Palastgarten Japans. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 36(4): 218-224. (In German)

Aoki-022 o Aoki J. 1964. Oribatid mites in Tanzawa Mountains. In: Kanagawa Prefecture (Ed.). Tanzawa Oyama Academic Investigation Report.* Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama. p. 386-392. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-023 e Aoki J. 1964. Untersuchungen über die Zönosen der Oribatiden in Nikko in Beziehung zu Pflanzendeckung und Boden. V. Bodeneigenschaften und Oribatidenzönosen. Japanese Journal of Ecology, 14(3): 105-116. (In Japanese, with German summary.)

Aoki-024 t Aoki J. 1964. A new aquatic oribatid mites from Kauai Island. Pacific Insects, 6(3): 483-488.

Aoki-025 t Aoki J. 1964. Der erste Bericht über die Familie Zerconidae aus Japan (Acari: Mesostigmata). Pacific Insects, 6(3): 489-493. (In German.)

Aoki-026 t Aoki J. 1964. Some oribatid mites (Acarina) from Laysan Island. Pacific Insects, 6(4): 649-664.

Aoki-027 t Aoki J. 1965. Studies on oribatei (Acarina) from the South Pacific. I. *Apotomocepheus gressitti* n. gen., n. sp. (Family Carabodidae) from Blak Island. Pacific Insects, 7(2): 295-300.

Aoki-028 t Aoki J. 1964. Studies on oribatei (Acarina) from the South Pacific. II. *Eutegaeus papuensis* n. sp. from New Guinea with a note on the genus. Pacific Insects, 7(2): 301-308.

Aoki-029 t Aoki J. 1965. Notes on the species of the genus *Epilohmannnia* from the Hawaiian Islands (Acarina: Oribatei). Pacific Insects, 7(2): 309-315.

Aoki-030 t Aoki J. 1965. Neue Oribatiden von der Insel Sado (Acarina: Oribatei). Japanese Journal of Zoology, 14(3): 1-12. (In German.)

Aoki-031 t Aoki J. 1965. Studies on the oribatid mites of Japan I. Two members of the genus *Hermanniella*. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 8(2): 125-130.

Aoki-032 t Aoki J. 1965. Oribatiden (Acarina) Thailands. I. *Nature and Life in Southeast Asia*, 4: 129-193. (In German.)

Aoki-033 t Aoki J. 1965. A preliminary revision of the family Otocepheidae (Acari, Cryptostigmata) I. Subfamily Otocepheinae. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 8(3): 259-341.

Aoki-034 t Aoki J. 1965. Oribatid mites (Acarina: Oribatei) from Himalaya with descriptions of several new species. Journal of the College of Arts and Sciences, Chiba University, 4(3): 289-302.

Aoki-035 t Aoki J. 1966. Studies on the oribatid mites of Japan II. *Trichthonius simplex* spec. nov. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 9(1): 1-7.

Aoki-036 t Sakakibara I., Aoki J. 1966. *Podoribates cuspidatus*, a new oribatid mites of the family Mochlozetidae (Acari: Cryptostigmata). Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology, 17(1): 22-24. https://doi.org/10.7601/mez.17.22

Aoki-037 e Aoki J., Hasegawa K. 1966. On epidemic of grain itch in the central part of Japan and mites concerned. Japanese Journal of Sanitary Zoology, 17(1): 29-36. (In Japanese, with English summary.) https://doi.org/10.7601/mez.17.29

Aoki-038 t Aoki J. 1966. A remarkable new oribatid mite from south Japan. (Cryptostigmata: Tokunocephidae, fam. nov.). Acarologia, 8(2): 358-364.

Aoki-039 t Aoki J. 1966. Epizoic symbiosis: an oribatid mite, *Symbioribates papuensis*, representing a new family, from cryptogamic plants growing on backs of Papuan weevils (Acari: Cryptostigmata). Pacific Insects, 8(1): 281-289.

Aoki-040 t Aoki J. 1966. Nachtragsarten der Familie Zerconidae aus Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 9(2): 61-68. (In German.)

Aoki-041 t Aoki J. 1966. A new species of soil mite, *Malaconothrus japonicus*, from Central Japan (Cryptostigmata; Malaconothridae). Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 39(3): 169-172.

Aoki-042 t Aoki J. 1966. The large-winged mites of Japan (Acari: Cryptostigmata). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 9(3): 257-275.

Aoki-043 o Aoki J. 1966. 1. Animal communities and animal taxonomy. (Symposium "Problems in Measuring the Productivity of Terrestrial Animal Communities").* Japanese Journal of Ecology, 16(2): 79-82. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-044 o Aoki J. 1966. Mites living in soil. Natural Science and Museum, 33(7-8): 107-117. (In Japanese.)
Aoki-045 t Aoki J. 1966. Oribatid mites from bird's nests on Midway Island (Acari: Cryptostigmata). Pacific Insects, 8(3): 770-776.

Aoki-046 t Aoki J. 1966. Results of the speleological survey in South Korea 1966 V. Damaeid mites (Acari, Cryptostigmata) found in a limestone cave of South Korea. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 9(4): 563-569.

Aoki-047 t Aoki J. 1966. The second representative of the genus *Hafenrefferia* Oudemans (Acari; Cryptostigmata) found in Central Japan. Acta Arachnologica, 20(1): 1-5. https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.20.1

Aoki-048 t Aoki J. 1967. Oribatiden (Acarina) Thailands. II. Nature and Life in Southeast Asia. Nature and Life in Southeast Asia, 5: 189-207. (In German.)

Aoki-049 t Aoki J. 1967. *Sphodrocepheus mitratus*, the second representative of the genus found in Central Japan (Acari; Cryptostigmata). Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 40(2): 111-114.

Aoki-050 e Kikuzawa K., Saichuae P., Niijima K., Tanaka M., Aoki J. 1967. On the sampling and extracting technique for soil micro-arthropods. Japanese Journal of Ecology, 17(1): 20-28.

Aoki-051 e Aoki J. 1967. Microhabitats of oribatid mites on a forest floor. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 10(2): 133-140.

Aoki-052 t Aoki J. 1967. A preliminary revision of the family Otocepheidae (Acari, Cryptostigmata). II. Subfamily Tetracondylinae. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 10(3): 298-359.

Aoki-053 t Aoki J. 1967. The soil mites of the genera *Liacarus* and *Xenillus* from the Kanto district, Central Japan. Miscellaneous Reports of the Research Institute for Natural Resources, 69: 123-130.

Aoki-054 o Aoki J. 1968. A guide to the study of ticks and mites (I).* Nature and Insects, 3(2): 11-14. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-055 o Aoki J. 1968. A guide to the study of ticks and mites (II).* Nature and Insects, 3(5): 27-29. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-056 t Aoki J. 1968. A new soil mite representing the new genus *Nemacepheus* (Acari: Tectocepheidae) found in Mt. Goyò, North Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, (1): 117-120.

Aoki-057 o Aoki J. 1968. The dawn of soil zoology.* Natural Science and Museum, 35(5-6): 69-75. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-058 t Aoki J. 1968. Occurrence of the mites of the genus *Asca* in Japan, with description of a new species and a male form of *A. aphidioides* (Linné) (Acari, Blattisocidae). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 11(1): 150-152.

Aoki-059a t Aoki J. 1968. The first record of the mites of the genus *Asca* from Japan. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 4: 30-32. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-059b t Aoki J. 1969. A new species of the genus *Xiphobelba* from New Britain Island (Acari, Cryptostigmata). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 11: 269-274.

Aoki-060 t Aoki J. 1968. Classificatory characters of Otocepheidae. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 4: 32-33. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-061 o Kawakatu M., Aoki J. 1968. Invasive *Bipalium* species collected at the Imperial Palace.* The Heredity, 22(10): 45-47. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-062 o Aoki J. 1968. Problems in the identification of soil animals.* Edaphologia, (2): 7-13. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-063 o Aoki J. 1968. Underground mites. The Insectarium, 5(12): 8-11. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-064 t Aoki J. 1969. Taxonomic investigations on free-living mites in the subalpine forest on Shiga heights IBP area. III. Cryptostigmata. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 12(1): 117-141.

Aoki-065 o Aoki J. 1969. Tatami and mites.* Life and Environment, 14(4): 21-24. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-066 t Aoki J., Fujikawa T. 1969. Description of a new species of the genus *Hafenrefferia* Jacot (Acari, Tenuialidae) taxonomic notes on oribatid mites of Hokkaido. I. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 42(4): 216-219.

Aoki-067 t Fujikawa T., Aoki J. 1969. Notes on two species of the genus *Perlohmannia* Berlese (Acari, Perlohmanniidae) taxonomic notes on oribatid mites of Hokkaido. II. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 42(4): 220-225.

Aoki-068 o Aoki J. 1969. Ecology of mites: a history of the relationship between mites and humans.* Environmental Sanitation, 16(10): 2-7. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-069 o Kawakatu M., Aoki J. 1969. Additional notes on *Bipalium kewense* Moseley collected from the garden of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Collecting and Breeding, 31(12): 374-377. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-070 t Aoki J. 1970. A peculiar new species of the genus *Phyllhermannia* collected at Mt. Fiji (Acari: Hermanniidae). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 13(1): 71-75.

Aoki-071 t Aoki J. 1969. Eine neue Unterart der Bodenmilben aus Fujisan (Fudschijama) (Acari: Euphthiracaridae). Acta Arachnologica, 22(2): 27-30. (In German.) https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.22.27

Aoki-072 o Aoki J. 1970. What kind of bugs are mites?* Nature and Insects, 5(2): 3-9. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-073 t Aoki J., Suzuki K. 1970. A new species of the genus *Pedrocortesella* from Japan (Acari, Cryptostigmata). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 13(2): 117-120.

Aoki-074 t Suzuki K., Aoki J. 1970. A new species of oribatid mite, *Galumnella nipponica*, from Central Japan (Acari: Cryptostigmata). Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 43(3): 166-169.

Aoki-075 t Fujikawa T., Aoki J. 1970. Five species of the genus *Liacarus* Michael (Acari: Liacaridae). Taxonomic notes on oribatid mites of Hokkaido. III. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 43(3): 158-165.

Aoki-076 t Aoki J. 1970. The oribatid mites of the islands of Tsushima. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 13(3): 395-442.

Aoki-077 t Aoki J., Yoshida K. 1970. A new oribatid mite, *Cosmohermannia frondosus*, gen. n. et sp. n. from Yaku-shima island. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 26(1): 1-4.
Aoki-045 t Aoki J. 1966. Oribatid mites from bird's nests on Midway Island (Acari: Cryptostigmata). Pacific Insects, 8(3): 770-776.

Aoki-046 t Aoki J. 1966. Results of the speleological survey in South Korea 1966 V. Damaeid mites (Acari, Cryptostigmata) found in a limestone cave of South Korea. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 9(4): 563-569.

Aoki-047 t Aoki J. 1966. The second representative of the genus *Hafenrefferia* Oudemans (Acari; Cryptostigmata) found in Central Japan. Acta Arachnologica, 20(1): 1-5. https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.20.1

Aoki-048 t Aoki J. 1967. Oribatiden (Acarina) Thailands. II. Nature and Life in Southeast Asia. Nature and Life in Southeast Asia, 5: 189-207. (In German.)

Aoki-049 t Aoki J. 1967. *Sphodrocepheus mitratus*, the second representative of the genus found in Central Japan (Acari; Cryptostigmata). Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 40(2): 111-114.

Aoki-050 e Kikuzawa K., Saichuae P., Niijima K., Tanaka M., Aoki J. 1967. On the sampling and extracting technique for soil micro-arthropods. Japanese Journal of Ecology, 17(1): 20-28.

Aoki-051 e Aoki J. 1967. Microhabitats of oribatid mites on a forest floor. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 10(2): 133-140.

Aoki-052 t Aoki J. 1967. A preliminary revision of the family Otocepheidae (Acari, Cryptostigmata). II. Subfamily Tetracondylineae. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 10(3): 298-359.

Aoki-053 t Aoki J. 1967. The soil mites of the genera *Liacarus* and *Xenillus* from the Kanto district, Central Japan. Miscellaneous Reports of the Research Institute for Natural Resources, 69: 123-130.

Aoki-054 o Aoki J. 1968. A guide to the study of ticks and mites (I).* Nature and Insects, 3(2): 11-14. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-055 o Aoki J. 1968. A guide to the study of ticks and mites (II).* Nature and Insects, 3(5): 27-29. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-056 t Aoki J. 1968. A new soil mite representing the new genus *Nemacepheus* (Acari: Tectocepheidae) found in Mt. Goyò, North Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, (1): 117-120.

Aoki-057 o Aoki J. 1968. The dawn of soil zoology.* Natural Science and Museum, 35(5-6): 69-75. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-058 t Aoki J. 1968. Occurrence of the mites of the genus *Asca* in Japan, with description of a new species and a male form of *A. aphidioides* (Linné) (Acari, Blattisocidae). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 11(1): 150-152.

Aoki-059a t Aoki J. 1968. The first record of the mites of the genus *Asca* from Japan. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 4: 30-32. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-059b t Aoki J. 1969. A new species of the genus *Xiphobelba* from New Britain Island (Acari, Cryptostigmata). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 11: 269-274.

Aoki-060 t Aoki J. 1968. Classificatory characters of Otocepheidae. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 4: 32-33. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-061 o Kawakatu M., Aoki J. 1968. Invasive *Bipalium* species collected at the Imperial Palace.* The Heredity, 22(10): 45-47. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-062 o Aoki J. 1968. Problems in the identification of soil animals.* Edaphologia, (2): 7-13. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-063 o Aoki J. 1968. Underground mites. The Insectarium, 5(12): 8-11. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-064 t Aoki J. 1969. Taxonomic investigations on free-living mites in the subalpine forest on Shiga heights IBP area. III. Cryptostigmata. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 12(1): 117-141.

Aoki-065 o Aoki J. 1969. Tatami and mites.* Life and Environment, 14(4): 21-24. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-066 t Aoki J., Fujikawa T. 1969. Description of a new species of the genus *Hafenrefferia* Jacot (Acari, Tenuialidae) taxonomic notes on oribatid mites of Hokkaido. I. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 42(4): 216-219.

Aoki-067 t Fujikawa T., Aoki J. 1969. Notes on two species of the genus *Perlohmannia* Berlese (Acari, Perlohmanniidae) taxonomic notes on oribatid mites of Hokkaido. II. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 42(4): 220-225.

Aoki-068 o Aoki J. 1969. Ecology of mites: a history of the relationship between mites and humans.* Environmental Sanitation, 16(10): 2-7. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-069 o Kawakatu M., Aoki J. 1969. Additional notes on *Bipalium kewense* Moseley collected from the garden of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Collecting and Breeding, 31(12): 374-377. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-070 t Aoki J. 1970. A peculiar new species of the genus *Phyllhermannia* collected at Mt. Fiji (Acari: Hermanniidae). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 13(1): 71-75.

Aoki-071 t Aoki J. 1969. Eine neue Unterart der Bodenmilben aus Fujisan (Fudschijama) (Acari: Euphthiracaridae). Acta Arachnologica, 22(2): 27-30. (In German.) https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.22.27

Aoki-072 o Aoki J. 1970. What kind of bugs are mites?* Nature and Insects, 5(2): 3-9. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-073 t Aoki J., Suzuki K. 1970. A new species of the genus *Pedrocortesella* from Japan (Acari, Cryptostigmata). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 13(2): 117-120.

Aoki-074 t Suzuki K., Aoki J. 1970. A new species of oribatid mite, *Galumnella nipponica*, from Central Japan (Acari: Cryptostigmata). Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 43(3): 166-169.

Aoki-075 t Fujikawa T., Aoki J. 1970. Five species of the genus *Liacarus* Michael (Acari: Liacaridae). Taxonomic notes on oribatid mites of Hokkaido. III. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 43(3): 158-165.

Aoki-076 t Aoki J. 1970. The oribatid mites of the islands of Tsushima. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 13(3): 395-442.

Aoki-077 t Aoki J., Yoshida K. 1970. A new oribatid mite, *Cosmohermannia frondosus*, gen. n. et sp. n. from Yaku-shima island. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 26(1): 1-4.
Aoki-078 o Aoki J. 1970. My thinking of Natural conservation. Natural Science and Museum, 37(11-12): 290-295. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-079 t Suzuki K., Aoki J. 1970. Some new species of oribatid mites from the Izu peninsula I. *Grypoceramus acutus* gen. n. et sp. n. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 43(4): 207-210.

Aoki-080 t Aoki J. 1970. A new species of oribatid mite found on melon fruits in greenhouses. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 13(4): 581-584.

Aoki-081 t Aoki J. 1970. Descriptions of oribatid mites collected by smoking of trees with insecticides. I. Mt. Ishizuchi and Mt. Odaigahara. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 13(4): 585-602.

Aoki-082 t Aoki J. 1971. A new species of oribatid mite, *Thamacarus moribei*, from the west coast of Red sea, with record of two other species of the family Lohmanniidae. Japanese Journal of Zoology, 16(3): 127-129.

Aoki-083 o Aoki J. 1971. Plant residue cleaners.* Chemistry Today, (1): 19-27. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-084 o Aoki J. 1971. Investigating method for soil animals. The Journal of Biological Education, 11(8): 1-7. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-085 t Aoki J., Fujikawa T. 1971. Occurrence of a Japanese representative of the North American genus *Megeremaeus* (Acari, Megeremaeidae). Taxonomic notes on oribatid mites of Hokkaido. IV. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 44(2): 109-112.

Aoki-086 t Aoki J., Fujikawa T. 1971. A new species of the genus *Allodamaeus* Banks (Acari, Gymnodamaeidae). Taxonomic notes on oribatid mites of Hokkaido. V. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 44(2): 113-116.

Aoki-087 e Aoki J. 1971. Differences in the number of soil animals detected by different extraction methods.* Edaphologia, (5): 5-8. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-088 o Aoki J. 1971. A brief view of Europe by an Acarologist. Natural Science and Museum, 38(11-12): 17-30. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-089 t Yamamoto Y., Aoki J. 1971. The fauna of the lava caves around Mt. Fuji-san. VII. Malaconothridae (Acari, Cryptostigmata). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 14(4): 579-583.

Aoki-090 e Aoki J. 1971. Influence of highway road construction on soil mesofauna. In: Fuji Kyuko Co., Ltd. (Ed.). Fuji-san: results of the co-operative scientific survey of Mt. Fuji. Fuji Kyuko Co., Ltd., Fuji-yoshida. p. 727-731. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-091 o Sudzuki M., Aoki J. 1971. Fauna of forest soil of Mt. Fuji. In: Fuji Kyuko Co., Ltd. (Ed.). Fuji-san: results of the co-operative scientific survey of Mt. Fuji. Fuji Kyuko Co., Ltd., Fuji-yoshida. p. 789-796. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-092 t Chinone S., Aoki J. 1972. Soil mites of the family Brachychthoniidae from Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 15(2): 217-251.

Aoki-093 o Aoki J. 1972. A list of the oribatid mites collected at Kurokawa-mura, northern part of Niigata prefecture, Japan. In: Baba K. (Ed.). Organisms in Tainai valley, Iide mountain massif. Baba, Kintaro, Kurokawa village. p. 249-251. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-094 t Aoki J., Fujikawa T. 1972. A new genus of oribatid mites, exhibiting both the characteristic features of the families Charassobatidae and Cymbaeremaeidae (Acari: Cryptostigmata). Acarologia, 14(2): 258-267.

Aoki-095 e Aoki J. 1973. Soil mites (oribatids) climbing trees. In: Daniel M. and Rosický B. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress of Acarology. Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V., NY. p. 59-65. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2709-0_9

Aoki-096a o Aoki J. 1973. Collection story of a trip to Iriomote Island, Japan.* Edaphologia, (8): 22-26. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-096b o Aoki J. 1973. Oribatei. In: Uéno M. (Ed.). Freshwater Biology of Japan. The late Tamiji Kawamura's Freshwater Biology of Japan, enlarged and revised edition. Hokuryukan Publishing, Tokyo. p. 396-401. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-097 t Aoki J. 1973. Oribatid mites from Iriomote-jima, the southernmost island of Japan (I). Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, (6): 85-101.

Aoki-098 o Aoki J. 1973. Decomposers of biological remains and predators.* Natural Science and Museum, 40(4): 167-170. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-099 o Aoki J. 1973. A peaceful resident of the forest–Oribatid mites.* Natural Science and Museum, 40(4): 193-196. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-100 t Aoki J. 1973. Oribatid mites from Mt. Poroshiri in Hokkaido, North Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 46(4): 241-252.

Aoki-101 t Aoki J. 1974. Descriptions of oribatid mites collected by smoking of trees with insecticides. II. A new subspecies of the genus *Ommatocephalus* from Mt. Odaigahara. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 17(1): 53-55.

Aoki-102 t Aoki J., Ohkubo N. 1974. A proposal of new classification of the family Oripodidae (s. lat.), with description of new species. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 17(2): 117-147.

Aoki-103 t Aoki J., Ohnishi J. 1974. New species and record of oribatid mites from Hokkaido, North Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 17(2): 149-156.

Aoki-104 t Aoki J., Ohkubo N. 1974. A new species of the genus *Phauloppia* (Acari, Oribatulidae) collected from bead-trees. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 47(2): 115-120.

Aoki-105 o Aoki J. 1974. Human disturbance of nature and soil animals.* In: Japan Private School Education Research Institute. (Ed.).* Proceedings of the 17th Workshop on Biology Education, Proceedings of the Workshop on Science Education in 1973. Japan Private School Education Research Institute, Tokyo. (17 pp.) (In Japanese.)

Aoki-106 t Aoki J. 1974. The first record of the intertidal oribatid genus, *Fortuynia*, from Asia. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 47(3): 170-174.
Aoki-078 o Aoki J. 1970. My thinking of Natural conservation. Natural Science and Museum, 37(11-12): 290-295. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-079 t Suzuki K., Aoki J. 1970. Some new species of oribatid mites from the Izu peninsula I. *Grypoceramus acutus* gen. n. et sp. n. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 43(4): 207-210.

Aoki-080 t Aoki J. 1970. A new species of oribatid mite found on melon fruits in greenhouses. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 13(4): 581-584.

Aoki-081 t Aoki J. 1970. Descriptions of oribatid mites collected by smoking of trees with insecticides. I. Mt. Ishizuchi and Mt. Odaigahara. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 13(4): 585-602.

Aoki-082 t Aoki J. 1971. A new species of oribatid mite, *Thamacarus moribei*, from the west coast of Red sea, with record of two other species of the family Lohmanniidae. Japanese Journal of Zoology, 16(3): 127-129.

Aoki-083 o Aoki J. 1971. Plant residue cleaners.* Chemistry Today, (1): 19-27. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-084 o Aoki J. 1971. Investigating method for soil animals. The Journal of Biological Education, 11(8): 1-7. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-085 t Aoki J., Fujikawa T. 1971. Occurrence of a Japanese representative of the North American genus *Megeremaeus* (Acari, Megeremaeidae). Taxonomic notes on oribatid mites of Hokkaido. IV. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 44(2): 109-112.

Aoki-086 t Aoki J., Fujikawa T. 1971. A new species of the genus *Allodamaeus* Banks (Acari, Gymnodamaeidae). Taxonomic notes on oribatid mites of Hokkaido. V. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 44(2): 113-116.

Aoki-087 e Aoki J. 1971. Differences in the number of soil animals detected by different extraction methods.* Edaphologia, (5): 5-8. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-088 o Aoki J. 1971. A brief view of Europe by an Acarologist. Natural Science and Museum, 38(11-12): 17-30. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-089 t Yamamoto Y., Aoki J. 1971. The fauna of the lava caves around Mt. Fuji-san. VII. Malaconothridae (Acari, Cryptostigmata). Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 14(4): 579-583.

Aoki-090 e Aoki J. 1971. Influence of highway road construction on soil mesofauna. In: Fuji Kyuko Co., Ltd. (Ed.). Fuji-san: results of the co-operative scientific survey of Mt. Fuji. Fuji Kyuko Co., Ltd., Fuji-yoshida. p. 727-731. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-091 o Sudzuki M., Aoki J. 1971. Fauna of forest soil of Mt. Fuji. In: Fuji Kyuko Co., Ltd. (Ed.). Fuji-san: results of the co-operative scientific survey of Mt. Fuji. Fuji Kyuko Co., Ltd., Fuji-yoshida. p. 789-796. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-092 t Chinone S., Aoki J. 1972. Soil mites of the family Brachychthoniidae from Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 15(2): 217-251.

Aoki-093 o Aoki J. 1972. A list of the oribatid mites collected at Kurokawa-mura, northern part of Niigata prefecture, Japan. In: Baba K. (Ed.). Organisms in Tainai valley, Iide mountain massif. Baba, Kintaro, Kurokawa village. p. 249-251. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-094 t Aoki J., Fujikawa T. 1972. A new genus of oribatid mites, exhibiting both the characteristic features of the families Charassobatidae and Cymbaeremaeidae (Acari: Cryptostigmata). Acarologia, 14(2): 258-267.

Aoki-095 e Aoki J. 1973. Soil mites (oribatids) climbing trees. In: Daniel M. and Rosický B. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress of Acarology. Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V., NY. p. 59-65. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2709-0_9

Aoki-096a o Aoki J. 1973. Collection story of a trip to Iriomote Island, Japan.* Edaphologia, (8): 22-26. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-096b o Aoki J. 1973. Oribatei. In: Uéno M. (Ed.). Freshwater Biology of Japan. The late Tamiji Kawamura's Freshwater Biology of Japan, enlarged and revised edition. Hokuryukan Publishing, Tokyo. p. 396-401. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-097 t Aoki J. 1973. Oribatid mites from Iriomote-jima, the southernmost island of Japan (I). Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, (6): 85-101.

Aoki-098 o Aoki J. 1973. Decomposers of biological remains and predators.* Natural Science and Museum, 40(4): 167-170. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-099 o Aoki J. 1973. A peaceful resident of the forest-Oribatid mites.* Natural Science and Museum, 40(4): 193-196. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-100 t Aoki J. 1973. Oribatid mites from Mt. Poroshiri in Hokkaido, North Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 46(4): 241-252.

Aoki-101 t Aoki J. 1974. Descriptions of oribatid mites collected by smoking of trees with insecticides. II. A new subspecies of the genus *Ommatocephalus* from Mt. Odaigahara. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 17(1): 53-55.

Aoki-102 t Aoki J., Ohkubo N. 1974. A proposal of new classification of the family Oripodidae (s. lat.), with description of new species. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 17(2): 117-147.

Aoki-103 t Aoki J., Ohnishi J. 1974. New species and record of oribatid mites from Hokkaido, North Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 17(2): 149-156.

Aoki-104 t Aoki J., Ohkubo N. 1974. A new species of the genus *Phauloppia* (Acari, Oribatulidae) collected from bead-trees. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 47(2): 115-120.

Aoki-105 o Aoki J. 1974. Human disturbance of nature and soil animals.* In: Japan Private School Education Research Institute. (Ed).* Proceedings of the 17th Workshop on Biology Education, Proceedings of the Workshop on Science Education in 1973. Japan Private School Education Research Institute, Tokyo. (17 pp.) (In Japanese.)

Aoki-106 t Aoki J. 1974. The first record of the intertidal oribatid genus, *Fortuynia*, from Asia. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 47(3): 170-174.
Aoki-107 t Aoki J., Nakatamari S. 1974. Oribatid mites from Iriomote-jima, the southernmost island of japan (II). *Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo*, (7): 129-134.

Aoki-108 t Aoki J. 1974. Oribatid mites from Korea. I. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 20(3-4): 233-241.

Aoki-109 o Aoki J. 1974. Mites infesting the Earth.* Tosho High School Newsletter, Biology* 136: 4-6. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-110 t Aoki J. 1974. A new species of oribatid mite found in the middle of Tokyo. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 17(4): 283-285.

Aoki-111 t Aoki J. 1975. Taxonomic notes on some little known oribatid mites of Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo. Series A, Zoology, 1(1): 57-65.

Aoki-112 t Aoki J. 1975. Two species of the primitive oribatid genus *Gehypochthonius* from Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 48(1): 55-59.

Aoki-113 t Aoki J. 1974. Mizunami amber and fossil insects. 3. Arachnida: Acarina. Bulletins of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, (1): 397-400 + pl. 113. (In Japanese, with English summary.) Addenda. Bulletins of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, (2): 114. (English Addenda.)

Aoki-114 t Aoki J. 1975. Oribatid mites from Korea (Acari). II. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 21(3-4): 233-239.

Aoki-115 e Chiba S., Abe T., Aoki J., Imadaté G., Ishikawa K., Kondoh M., Shiba M., Watanabe H. 1975. Studies on the productivity of soil animals in Pasoh forest reserve, west Malaysia. I. Seasonal change in the density of soil mesofauna: Acari, Collembola and others. Science Reports of the Hirosaki University, 22(2): 87-124.

Aoki-116 e Aoki J. 1976. Oribatid mite fauna near the Mt. Fuji forest borderline.* Edaphologia, (14): 1-6. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-117 o Aoki J. 1976. On the Japanese term "Community": A zoologist's thoughts.* Edaphologia, (14): 45-48. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-118 o Aoki J., Imadaté G., Ishikawa K., Niijima K., Morikawa K., Nakane T., Shiba M., Suzuki S., Watanabe Y. 1976. Soil animals in the imperial palace and the house of prince Hitachi. Edaphologia, (14): 25-44. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-119 t, e Aoki, J. 1976. Zonation of oribatid mite communities around Sesshogawara of Kusatsu, a spouting area of sulfurous acid gas, with description of two new species. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 2: 177-186.

Aoki-120 t Aoki, J., Fukuyama K. 1976. A peculiar new species of the genus *Suctobelbella* (Acari, Oribatida) from Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 49(3): 209-212.

Aoki-121 e Aoki, J. 1976. Vertical distribution of oribatid mites in Yaku Island, South Japan. Revue d'Écologie et de Biologie du Sol, 13(1): 93-102.

Aoki-122 e Fujita N., Nishiide T., Aoki J. 1976. Vertical distribution of oribatid mites on Mt. Nitsutoge, Central Japan. Acta Arachnologica, 27(1): 16-30. (In Japanese, with English summary.) https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.27.16

Aoki-123 t Aoki J. 1976. The oribatid mites of *Pseudosasa*-grass zone at the highest point of the Island of Yaku-shima, South Japan. *Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo*, (9): 145-150.

Aoki-124 t Aoki J. 1976. Oribatid mites from the IBP study area, Pasoh Forest Reserve, West Malaysia. Nature and Life in Southeast Asia, 7: 39-59.

Aoki-125 e Aoki J., Harada H., Miyawaki A. 1977. Relation between fauna of soil mites (Oribatei) and human impacts in four main natural forest regions in Kanagawa prefecture, Central Japan. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 3: 121-133. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-126 e Harada H., Oshio I., Aoki J. 1977. Oribatid mite communities under different vegetation in the campus of Yokohama National University, Central Japan. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 3: 135-145. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-127 o Aoki J. 1977. Identification problems in synecological surveys. Newsletter of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology (Doubutsu-bunnrui-gakkai-kaihou), 50: 12-14. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-128 e Aoki J., Harada H. 1977. Soil faunal studies in the Sasago area of the Chuo Expressway under construction.* Edaphologia, (16): 15-25. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-129 o Aoki J. 1976. Recent advances in soil zoology in Japan. *Pedologist*, 20(2): 108-119. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-130 e Aoki J., Ishikawa K., Shiba M. 1977. Soil mites of the shrine forest of Meiji-jingu in the central part of Tokyo. In: Kitazawa Y. (Ed.). Research Report on the Biomass of Wild Animals in Various Ecosystems.* Environment Agency-Rikkyo University, Tokyo. p. 81-107. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-131a e Ishikawa K., Shiba M., Aoki J. 1977. Soil mites of a secondary forest of Musashi-murayama in the Western Suburb in Tokyo. In: Kitazawa Y. (Ed.). Research Report on the Biomass of Wild Animals in Various Ecosystems.* Environment Agency-Rikkyo University, Tokyo. p. 109-134. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-131b e Aoki J. 1977. Acari-Oribatida. In: Kitazawa Y. (Ed.). Ecosystem analysis of the subalpine coniferous forest of the Shigayama IBP area, Central Japan. JIBP synthesis volume 15. Japanese Committee for the International Biological Program. University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo. p. 107-110.

Aoki-132 t Aoki J. 1977. Two new *Peloribates*-species (Acari, Oribatida) collected from lichens growing on tombstones in Ichihara-shi, Central Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 50(3): 187-190.

Aoki-133 t Aoki J. 1977. Three species of the genus *Eohypochthonius* from Japan. *Acarologia*, 19(1): 117-122.
Aoki-107 t Aoki J., Nakatamari S. 1974. Oribatid mites from Iriomote-jima, the southernmost island of japan (II). *Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo*, (7): 129-134.

Aoki-108 t Aoki J. 1974. Oribatid mites from Korea. I. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 20(3-4): 233-241.

Aoki-109 o Aoki J. 1974. Mites infesting the Earth.* Tosho High School Newsletter, Biology* 136: 4-6. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-110 t Aoki J. 1974. A new species of oribatid mite found in the middle of Tokyo. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, 17(4): 283-285.

Aoki-111 t Aoki J. 1975. Taxonomic notes on some little known oribatid mites of Japan. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo. Series A, Zoology, 1(1): 57-65.

Aoki-112 t Aoki J. 1975. Two species of the primitive oribatid genus *Gehypochthonius* from Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 48(1): 55-59.

Aoki-113 t Aoki J. 1974. Mizunami amber and fossil insects. 3. Arachnida: Acarina. Bulletins of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, (1): 397-400 + pl. 113. (In Japanese, with English summary.) Addenda. Bulletins of the Mizunami Fossil Museum, (2): 114. (English Addenda.)

Aoki-114 t Aoki J. 1975. Oribatid mites from Korea (Acari). II. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 21(3-4): 233-239.

Aoki-115 e Chiba S., Abe T., Aoki J., Imadaté G., Ishikawa K., Kondoh M., Shiba M., Watanabe H. 1975. Studies on the productivity of soil animals in Pasoh forest reserve, west Malaysia. I. Seasonal change in the density of soil mesofauna: Acari, Collembola and others. Science Reports of the Hirosaki University, 22(2): 87-124.

Aoki-116 e Aoki J. 1976. Oribatid mite fauna near the Mt. Fuji forest borderline.* Edaphologia, (14): 1-6. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-117 o Aoki J. 1976. On the Japanese term "Community": A zoologist's thoughts.* Edaphologia, (14): 45-48. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-118 o Aoki J., Imadaté G., Ishikawa K., Niijima K., Morikawa K., Nakane T., Shiba M., Suzuki S., Watanabe Y. 1976. Soil animals in the imperial palace and the house of prince Hitachi. Edaphologia, (14): 25-44. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-119 t, e Aoki, J. 1976. Zonation of oribatid mite communities around Sesshogawara of Kusatsu, a spouting area of sulfurous acid gas, with description of two new species. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 2: 177-186.

Aoki-120 t Aoki, J., Fukuyama K. 1976. A peculiar new species of the genus *Suctobelbella* (Acari, Oribatida) from Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 49(3): 209-212.

Aoki-121 e Aoki, J. 1976. Vertical distribution of oribatid mites in Yaku Island, South Japan. Revue d'Écologie et de Biologie du Sol, 13(1): 93-102.

Aoki-122 e Fujita N., Nishiide T., Aoki J. 1976. Vertical distribution of oribatid mites on Mt. Nitsutoge, Central Japan. Acta Arachnologica, 27(1): 16-30. (In Japanese, with English summary.) https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.27.16

Aoki-123 t Aoki J. 1976. The oribatid mites of *Pseudosasa*-grass zone at the highest point of the Island of Yaku-shima, South Japan. *Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo*, (9): 145-150.

Aoki-124 t Aoki J. 1976. Oribatid mites from the IBP study area, Pasoh Forest Reserve, West Malaysia. Nature and Life in Southeast Asia, 7: 39-59.

Aoki-125 e Aoki J., Harada H., Miyawaki A. 1977. Relation between fauna of soil mites (Oribatei) and human impacts in four main natural forest regions in Kanagawa prefecture, Central Japan. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 3: 121-133. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-126 e Harada H., Oshio I., Aoki J. 1977. Oribatid mite communities under different vegetation in the campus of Yokohama National University, Central Japan. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 3: 135-145. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-127 o Aoki J. 1977. Identification problems in synecological surveys. Newsletter of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology (Doubutsu-bunnrui-gakkai-kaihou), 50: 12-14. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-128 e Aoki J., Harada H. 1977. Soil faunal studies in the Sasago area of the Chuo Expressway under construction.* Edaphologia, (16): 15-25. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-129 o Aoki J. 1976. Recent advances in soil zoology in Japan. *Pedologist*, 20(2): 108-119. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-130 e Aoki J., Ishikawa K., Shiba M. 1977. Soil mites of the shrine forest of Meiji-jingu in the central part of Tokyo. In: Kitazawa Y. (Ed.). Research Report on the Biomass of Wild Animals in Various Ecosystems.* Environment Agency-Rikkyo University, Tokyo. p. 81-107. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-131a e Ishikawa K., Shiba M., Aoki J. 1977. Soil mites of a secondary forest of Musashi-murayama in the Western Suburb in Tokyo. In: Kitazawa Y. (Ed.). Research Report on the Biomass of Wild Animals in Various Ecosystems.* Environment Agency-Rikkyo University, Tokyo. p. 109-134. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-131b e Aoki J. 1977. Acari-Oribatida. In: Kitazawa Y. (Ed.). Ecosystem analysis of the subalpine coniferous forest of the Shigayama IBP area, Central Japan. JIBP synthesis volume 15. Japanese Committee for the International Biological Program. University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo. p. 107-110.

Aoki-132 t Aoki J. 1977. Two new *Peloribates*-species (Acari, Oribatida) collected from lichens growing on tombstones in Ichihara-shi, Central Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 50(3): 187-190.

Aoki-133 t Aoki J. 1977. Three species of the genus *Eohypochthonius* from Japan. *Acarologia*, 19(1): 117-122.
Aoki-134 t Aoki J. 1977. Studies on Oribatei (Acarina) from the South Pacific. III. *Cosmohermannia monstruosa*, n. sp. from New Guinea. Pacific Insects, 17(2-3): 229-232.

Aoki-135 t Aoki J. 1977. New and interesting species of oribatid mites from Kakeroma Island, Southwest Japan. Acta Arachnologica, 27(special number): 85-93. https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.27.Specialnumber_85

Aoki-136 t Aoki J. 1977. Discovery of a mite of the genus *Caenosamerus* from Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 50(4): 255-258.

Aoki-137 e Shiba M., Aoki J., Ishikawa K. 1978. Soil mites of the beech forest of Machigasawa at the foot of Mt. Tanigawa-dake, Central Japan. In: Kitazawa Y. (Ed.). Research Report on the Biomass of Wild Animals in Various Ecosystems.* Environment Agency-Rikkyo University, Tokyo. p. 101-127. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-138 e Aoki J., Ishikawa K., Shiba M., Harada H. 1978. Soil mites of *Miscanthus sinensis*–grasslands in Nashigahara and Kirigamine, Central Japan. In: Kitazawa Y. (Ed.). Research Report on the Biomass of Wild Animals in Various Ecosystems.* Environment Agency-Rikkyo University, Tokyo. p. 129-155. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-139 e Aoki J. 1978. Oribatid fauna of Aokigahara on the Northwestern slope of Mt. Fuji investigated by the two different sampling methods, coring and gleaning. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 4: 149-154. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-140 e Harada H., Aoki J. 1978. Oribatid mite communities under different vegetations in Oki Island. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 4: 155-164. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-141 e Aoki J., Kuriki G. 1978. Cutting open for a forest pass and changes in the soil microarthropod fauna–A study in the vicinity of Tsuchiyu Spa, Fukushima. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 4: 165-174. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-142 e Aoki J. 1978. Monitoring methods using soil mites. In: Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority (Ed.). A manual for monitoring biological reactions: A survey of natural environment management planning methods.* Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority, Kobe City. p. 135-144. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-143 e Aoki J. 1978. Report on soil mite community survey in Setouchi District. In: Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority (Ed.). A manual for monitoring biological reactions: A survey of natural environment management planning methods.* Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority, Kobe City. p. 1-15. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-144 o Aoki J. 1978. Investigations on soil fauna of the Bonin Islands. II. Ecological distribution of the agate snail, *Achatina fulica*, and some possibilities of its ecological control. Edaphologia, (18): 21-28. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-145 t Aoki J. 1978. New carabodid mites (Acari: Oribatei) from the Bonin Islands. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, (11): 81-89.

Aoki-146 e Aoki J., Harada H. 1978. Investigations on soil fauna of the Bonin Islands. I. Soil arthropod communities. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, (11): 91-106. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-147 o Aoki J. 1978. Forest soil organisms.* The Heredity, 32(11): 2-7. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-148 o Aoki J. 1978. Oribatid mites.* The Heredity, 32(11): 21-27. (In Japanese)

Aoki-149 e Aoki J., Ishikawa K., Shiba M., Harada H. 1979. Soil mites of a Castanopsis-forest in Iriomote Island, South Japan, in comparison with those of the other four ecosystems studied previously. In: Kitazawa Y. (Ed.). Research Report on the Biomass of Wild Animals in Various Ecosystems.* Environment Agency-Rikkyo University, Tokyo. p. 151-183. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-150 e Aoki J. 1979. A study on the concept and methods of soil faunal survey in relation to road construction.* In: Japan Highway Public Corporation, Incorporated Association for Road Afforestation and Conservation (Ed.).* Fundamental Study on the Influence of Road Construction on the Ecology of Plants and Animals.* Japan Highway Public Corporation, Incorporated Association for Road Afforestation and Conservation, Tokyo.* p. 69-96. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-151 o Aoki J. 1979. Concept of bioindicators for soil animals.* In: Monji S. (Ed.). The Role of Biological Indicators in the Measurement of Environmental Change (B-S2-2).* Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, "Environmental Science" Special Research Study Review Group, Tokyo.* p. 47-65. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-152 o Aoki J. 1979. The Bernice Pauahi Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii. Natural Science and Museum, 46(2): 95-96. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-153 o Aoki J. 1979. Development and soil animals.* In: Committee of Infrastructure Planning and Management (Ed.). Textbook of the 12th Seminar on Civil Engineering Planning. Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Tokyo.* p. 61-74. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-154 o Aoki J. 1979. Mites on foods.* Journal of the Brewing Society of Japan, 74(9): 604-608. (In Japanese.) https://doi.org/10.6013/jbrewsocjapan1915.74.604

Aoki-155 t Aoki J. 1979. A new oribatid mite of the family Liodidae from Mt. Fuji. Edaphologia, (19): 25-30.

Aoki-156 e Aoki J., Harada H. 1979. Vertical distribution of oribatid mites on Mt. Senjo, Central, Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, (12): 139-149. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-157 o Aoki J., Chiba S., Abe T., Watanabe H., Matsumoto T., Saitou T., Ishikawa K. 1979. Report on the 2nd French-Japanese Seminar on Soil Zoology.* Edaphologia, (19): 45-53. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-158 o Aoki J. 1979. Soil animals in Ogasawara.* The Nature and Animals, 9(8): 28-32. (In Japanese.)
Aoki-134 t Aoki J. 1977. Studies on Oribatei (Acarina) from the South Pacific. III. *Cosmohermannia monstruosa*, n. sp. from New Guinea. Pacific Insects, 17(2-3): 229-232.

Aoki-135 t Aoki J. 1977. New and interesting species of oribatid mites from Kakeroma Island, Southwest Japan. Acta Arachnologica, 27(special number): 85-93. https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.27.Specialnumber_85

Aoki-136 t Aoki J. 1977. Discovery of a mite of the genus *Caenosamerus* from Japan. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 50(4): 255-258.

Aoki-137 e Shiba M., Aoki J., Ishikawa K. 1978. Soil mites of the beech forest of Machigasawa at the foot of Mt. Tanigawa-dake, Central Japan. In: Kitazawa Y. (Ed.). Research Report on the Biomass of Wild Animals in Various Ecosystems.* Environment Agency-Rikkyo University, Tokyo. p. 101-127. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-138 e Aoki J., Ishikawa K., Shiba M., Harada H. 1978. Soil mites of *Miscanthus sinensis*–grasslands in Nashigahara and Kirigamine, Central Japan. In: Kitazawa Y. (Ed.). Research Report on the Biomass of Wild Animals in Various Ecosystems.* Environment Agency-Rikkyo University, Tokyo. p. 129-155. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-139 e Aoki J. 1978. Oribatid fauna of Aokigahara on the Northwestern slope of Mt. Fuji investigated by the two different sampling methods, coring and gleaning. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 4: 149-154. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-140 e Harada H., Aoki J. 1978. Oribatid mite communities under different vegetations in Oki Island. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 4: 155-164. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-141 e Aoki J., Kuriki G. 1978. Cutting open for a forest pass and changes in the soil microarthropod fauna–A study in the vicinity of Tsuchiyu Spa, Fukushima. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 4: 165-174. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-142 e Aoki J. 1978. Monitoring methods using soil mites. In: Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority (Ed.). A manual for monitoring biological reactions: A survey of natural environment management planning methods.* Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority, Kobe City. p. 135-144. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-143 e Aoki J. 1978. Report on soil mite community survey in Setouchi District. In: Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority (Ed.). A manual for monitoring biological reactions: A survey of natural environment management planning methods.* Honshu-Shikoku Bridge Authority, Kobe City. p. 1-15. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-144 o Aoki J. 1978. Investigations on soil fauna of the Bonin Islands. II. Ecological distribution of the agate snail, *Achatina fulica*, and some possibilities of its ecological control. Edaphologia, (18): 21-28. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-145 t Aoki J. 1978. New carabodid mites (Acari: Oribatei) from the Bonin Islands. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, (11): 81-89.

Aoki-146 e Aoki J., Harada H. 1978. Investigations on soil fauna of the Bonin Islands. I. Soil arthropod communities. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, (11): 91-106. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-147 o Aoki J. 1978. Forest soil organisms.* The Heredity, 32(11): 2-7. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-148 o Aoki J. 1978. Oribatid mites.* The Heredity, 32(11): 21-27. (In Japanese)

Aoki-149 e Aoki J., Ishikawa K., Shiba M., Harada H. 1979. Soil mites of a Castanopsis-forest in Iriomote Island, South Japan, in comparison with those of the other four ecosystems studied previously. In: Kitazawa Y. (Ed.). Research Report on the Biomass of Wild Animals in Various Ecosystems.* Environment Agency-Rikkyo University, Tokyo. p. 151-183. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-150 e Aoki J. 1979. A study on the concept and methods of soil faunal survey in relation to road construction.* In: Japan Highway Public Corporation, Incorporated Association for Road Afforestation and Conservation (Ed.).* Fundamental Study on the Influence of Road Construction on the Ecology of Plants and Animals.* Japan Highway Public Corporation, Incorporated Association for Road Afforestation and Conservation, Tokyo.* p. 69-96. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-151 o Aoki J. 1979. Concept of bioindicators for soil animals.* In: Monji S. (Ed.). The Role of Biological Indicators in the Measurement of Environmental Change (B-S2-2).* Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, "Environmental Science" Special Research Study Review Group, Tokyo.* p. 47-65. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-152 o Aoki J. 1979. The Bernice Pauahi Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii. Natural Science and Museum, 46(2): 95-96. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-153 o Aoki J. 1979. Development and soil animals.* In: Committee of Infrastructure Planning and Management (Ed.). Textbook of the 12th Seminar on Civil Engineering Planning. Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Tokyo.* p. 61-74. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-154 o Aoki J. 1979. Mites on foods.* Journal of the Brewing Society of Japan, 74(9): 604-608. (In Japanese.) https://doi.org/10.6013/jbrewsocjapan1915.74.604

Aoki-155 t Aoki J. 1979. A new oribatid mite of the family Liodidae from Mt. Fuji. Edaphologia, (19): 25-30.

Aoki-156 e Aoki J., Harada H. 1979. Vertical distribution of oribatid mites on Mt. Senjo, Central, Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, (12): 139-149. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-157 o Aoki J., Chiba S., Abe T., Watanabe H., Matsumoto T., Saitou T., Ishikawa K. 1979. Report on the 2nd French-Japanese Seminar on Soil Zoology.* Edaphologia, (19): 45-53. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-158 o Aoki J. 1979. Soil animals in Ogasawara.* The Nature and Animals, 9(8): 28-32. (In Japanese.)
Aoki-159 e Aoki J. 1979. Difference in sensitivities of oribatid families to environmental change by human impacts. Revue d'Écologie et de Biologie du Sol, 16(3): 415-422.

Aoki-160 o Aoki J. 1979. Soil animals are important coexistence partners.* Collecting and breeding, 41(10): 542-545. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-161 o Aoki J. 1980. Inhabitants of the soil world-soil Animals.* The Nature and Animals, 10(2): 2-7. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-162 e Harada H., Aoki J. 1979. Vegetational diversity and oribatid mite communities in a grassland of Yokohama, Central Japan. In: Miyawaki A., Okuda S.; with the collaboration of Fujiwara K., Suzuki K., Sasaki Y. (Eds.). Vegetation und Landschaft Japans: festschrift für Reinhold Tüxen: zum 80. Geburtstag am 21. Mai 1979. Bulletin of the Yokohama Phytosociological Society, 16: 423-430.

Aoki-163 e Aoki J. 1980. Faunal and ecological survey on soil micro-arthropods, especially oribatid mites of Minami-daito Island. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 6(1): 119-126. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-164 t Aoki J. 1980. A revision of the oribatid mites of Japan. I. The families Phthiracaridae and Oribotritiidae. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 6(2): 1-89.

Aoki-165 o Aoki J. 1980. Rough classification and identification of soil mites.* Edaphologia, (21): 45-51. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-166 t Aoki J. 1980. A revision of the oribatid mites of Japan. II. The family Euphthiracaridae. Acta Arachnologica, 29(1): 9-24. https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.29.9

Aoki-167 t Aoki J. 1980. A revision of the oribatid mites of Japan. III. Families Protoplophoridae, Archoplophoridae and Mesoplophoridae. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, (18): 5-16.

Aoki-168 t Aoki J. 1980. A revision of the oribatid mites of Japan. IV. The families Archeonothridae, Palaearcaridae and Ctenacaridae. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 53(2): 124-136.

Aoki-169 t Suzuoka H., Aoki J. 1980. A new species of the genus *Ctenobelba* from Japan. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 19: 34-37.

Aoki-170 o Aoki J. 1981. Environmental monitoring by soil mites.* Kagaku, 51(3): 132-141. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-171 e Itoh H., Aoki J. 1981. Oribatid communities in the alpine zone of Mt. Hakusan. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 7: 145-153. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-172 e Aoki J., Harada H. 1981. A comparative study of beech forest: oribatid faunas of Mt. Ashitaka, Mt. Amagi and Mt. Hakone, Central Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, (14): 85-93. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-173 e Aoki J., Kuriki G. 1980. Soil mite communities in the poorest environment under the roadside trees. In: Dindal D. L. (Ed.). Soil biology as related to land use practices. Proceedings of the VII International Soil Zoology Colloquium of the International Society of Soil Science (ISSS). the Office of Pesticide and Toxic Substances, EPA, Washington, D.C. p. 226-232.

Aoki-174 t Aoki J. 1982. New species of oribatid mites from the southern island of Japan. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 8: 173-188.

Aoki-175 t Aoki J. 1982. The Japanese species of the genera *Trichoribates* and *Diapterobates* (Acari: Oribatida). Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 8: 189-205.

Aoki-176 e Harada H., Aoki J. 1982. Oribatid mite communities of Mt. Koma-ga-take in Kiso Mountains. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 8: 207-218. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-177 t Aoki J. 1981. Discovery of the second species of the genus *Nippobodes* from Ohsumi Islands (Acari: Oribatei). Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 36(4): 29-33.

Aoki-178 t McDaniel B., Aoki J. 1982. New distribution records of members of the genus *Eo-hypochthonius* Jacot from Texas and Minnesota. International Journal of Acarology, 8(2): 115-117. https://doi.org/10.1080/01647958208683285

Aoki-179 e Aoki J., Harada H. 1982. Environmental change and soil fauna in East Kalimantan (Borneo). Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 8: 341-378. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-180 e Kuriki G., Aoki J. 1982. Soil microarthropod fauna under roadside trees in Sendai with special reference to oribatid mites. Zoological Magazine, 91(2): 165-176. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-181 t Kaneko N., Aoki J. 1982. Two new oribatid mites from Ashiu experimental forest of Kyoto university. Edaphologia, (27): 15-22.

Aoki-182 e Aoki J. 1983. Oribatid mites of lowland green areas in Kanagawa prefecture. Natural History Report of Kanagawa, 4: 42-47. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-183 t Aoki J., Wen Z.-G. 1983. Two new species of oribatid mites from Shikine Islet. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 9: 165-169.

Aoki-184 e Wen Z.-G., Aoki J. 1983. Oribatid mite communities of Shikine Islet. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 9: 171-181. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-185 o Itoh M., Aoki J. 1983. Urban environment of Yokohama City and soil animal communities. I. Coleopteran fauna surveyed by baited pitfall trap. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 9: 183-196. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-186 e Kosaku A., Aoki J. 1983. Removal and preservation of surface soil and change in soil microarthropod fauna. I. Setting of a small amount of soil on concrete floor. Bulletin of the Institute
Aoki-159 e Aoki J. 1979. Difference in sensitivities of oribatid families to environmental change by human impacts. Revue d'Écologie et de Biologie du Sol, 16(3): 415-422.

Aoki-160 o Aoki J. 1979. Soil animals are important coexistence partners.* Collecting and breeding, 41(10): 542-545. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-161 o Aoki J. 1980. Inhabitants of the soil world-soil Animals.* The Nature and Animals, 10(2): 2-7. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-162 e Harada H., Aoki J. 1979. Vegetational diversity and oribatid mite communities in a grassland of Yokohama, Central Japan. In: Miyawaki A., Okuda S.; with the collaboration of Fujiwara K., Suzuki K., Sasaki Y. (Eds.). Vegetation und Landschaft Japans: festschrift für Reinhold Tüxen: zum 80. Geburtstag am 21. Mai 1979. Bulletin of the Yokohama Phytosociological Society, 16: 423-430.

Aoki-163 e Aoki J. 1980. Faunal and ecological survey on soil micro-arthropods, especially oribatid mites of Minami-daito Island. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 6(1): 119-126. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-164 t Aoki J. 1980. A revision of the oribatid mites of Japan. I. The families Phthiracaridae and Oribotritiidae. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 6(2): 1-89.

Aoki-165 o Aoki J. 1980. Rough classification and identification of soil mites.* Edaphologia, (21): 45-51. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-166 t Aoki J. 1980. A revision of the oribatid mites of Japan. II. The family Euphthiracaridae. Acta Arachnologica, 29(1): 9-24. https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.29.9

Aoki-167 t Aoki J. 1980. A revision of the oribatid mites of Japan. III. Families Protoplophoridae, Archoplophoridae and Mesoplophoridae. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, (18): 5-16.

Aoki-168 t Aoki J. 1980. A revision of the oribatid mites of Japan. IV. The families Archeonothridae, Palaearcaridae and Ctenacaridae. Annotationes Zoologicae Japonenses, 53(2): 124-136.

Aoki-169 t Suzuoka H., Aoki J. 1980. A new species of the genus *Ctenobelba* from Japan. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 19: 34-37.

Aoki-170 o Aoki J. 1981. Environmental monitoring by soil mites.* Kagaku, 51(3): 132-141. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-171 e Itoh H., Aoki J. 1981. Oribatid communities in the alpine zone of Mt. Hakusan. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 7: 145-153. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-172 e Aoki J., Harada H. 1981. A comparative study of beech forest: oribatid faunas of Mt. Ashitaka, Mt. Amagi and Mt. Hakone, Central Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, (14): 85-93. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-173 e Aoki J., Kuriki G. 1980. Soil mite communities in the poorest environment under the roadside trees. In: Dindal D. L. (Ed.). Soil biology as related to land use practices. Proceedings of the VII International Soil Zoology Colloquium of the International Society of Soil Science (ISSS). the Office of Pesticide and Toxic Substances, EPA, Washington, D.C. p. 226-232.

Aoki-174 t Aoki J. 1982. New species of oribatid mites from the southern island of Japan. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 8: 173-188.

Aoki-175 t Aoki J. 1982. The Japanese species of the genera *Trichoribates* and *Diapterobates* (Acari: Oribatida). Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 8: 189-205.

Aoki-176 e Harada H., Aoki J. 1982. Oribatid mite communities of Mt. Koma-ga-take in Kiso Mountains. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 8: 207-218. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-177 t Aoki J. 1981. Discovery of the second species of the genus *Nippobodes* from Ohsumi Islands (Acari: Oribatei). Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 36(4): 29-33.

Aoki-178 t McDaniel B., Aoki J. 1982. New distribution records of members of the genus *Eo-hypochthonius* Jacot from Texas and Minnesota. International Journal of Acarology, 8(2): 115-117. https://doi.org/10.1080/01647958208683285

Aoki-179 e Aoki J., Harada H. 1982. Environmental change and soil fauna in East Kalimantan (Borneo). Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 8: 341-378. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-180 e Kuriki G., Aoki J. 1982. Soil microarthropod fauna under roadside trees in Sendai with special reference to oribatid mites. Zoological Magazine, 91(2): 165-176. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-181 t Kaneko N., Aoki J. 1982. Two new oribatid mites from Ashiu experimental forest of Kyoto university. Edaphologia, (27): 15-22.

Aoki-182 e Aoki J. 1983. Oribatid mites of lowland green areas in Kanagawa prefecture. Natural History Report of Kanagawa, 4: 42-47. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-183 t Aoki J., Wen Z.-G. 1983. Two new species of oribatid mites from Shikine Islet. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 9: 165-169.

Aoki-184 e Wen Z.-G., Aoki J. 1983. Oribatid mite communities of Shikine Islet. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 9: 171-181. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-185 o Itoh M., Aoki J. 1983. Urban environment of Yokohama City and soil animal communities. I. Coleopteran fauna surveyed by baited pitfall trap. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 9: 183-196. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-186 e Kosaku A., Aoki J. 1983. Removal and preservation of surface soil and change in soil microarthropod fauna. I. Setting of a small amount of soil on concrete floor. Bulletin of the Institute
of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 9: 197-202. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-187 e Ohsumi M., Aoki J. 1983. Comparison of mite communities under various vegetation types in the forests of the Kiyosato Institute of Field Education.* Memoirs of the Institute of Field Education, Yokohama National University, 1: 37-47. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-188 t Aoki J. 1982. Oribatid mites from Minami-Iwojima Island. In: Nature Conservation Bureau, Environment Agency of Japan (Ed.). The conservation reports of the Minami-Iwojima wilderness area, Tokyo. Japan Nature Conservation Bureau, Environment Agency of Japan, Tokyo. p. 361-367. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-189 e Aoki J., Harada H. 1983. Proposal of a new distribution map for climatic biogeography of Japan. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 10: 163-170. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-190 e Aoki J. 1983. Analysis of oribatid communities by relative abundance in the species and individual numbers of the three major groups (MGP-analysis). Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 10: 171-176. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-191 e Aoki J., Harada H. 1983. Oribatid fauna of the southern part of the backbone range in Northeast Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, (16): 111-122. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-192 t Aoki J., Maruyama I. 1983. A new tenuialid mite representing a new genus from Central Japan (Acari: Oribatida). Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 26: 19-24.

Aoki-193 t Aoki J. 1983. Some new species of oppiid mites from South Japan (Oribatida: Oppiidae). International Journal of Acarology, 9(4): 165-172. https://doi.org/10.1080/01647958308683332

Aoki-194 t Aoki J. 1984. New and unrecorded oribatid mites from Amami-Ohshima Island, Southwest Japan. Zoological Science, 1: 132-147.

Aoki-195 o Aoki J., Kosaku A. 1983. Animal faunal research; IV. Soil faunal research.* In: Ryokusei Research Institute Inc. (former Research Institute of Vegetation and Greenery) (Ed.). Biological Research on a Former Shibarikyu Gardens Environmental Survey (11), Planned and supervised by the Mitsubishi Estate.* Tokyo Gas, Tokyo. p. 193-216. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-196 o Aoki J. 1984. A modified Tullugren funnel with double porous discs for preventing soil particles from dropping into collecting tube. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 11: 103-105.

Aoki-197 t Aoki J. 1984. New and unrecorded oribatid mites from Kanagawa, Central, Japan. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 11: 107-118.

Aoki-198 t Harada H., Aoki J. 1984. List of oribatid mites found in Kanagawa prefecture. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 11: 119-132. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-199 t Wen Z.-G., Aoki J., Wang X.-Z. 1984. Studies on the oribatid mites of China. I. The first report on the oribatids from Mt. Sheshan, Shanghai. Contributions from Shanghai Institure of Entomology, 4: 295-307. (In Chinese, with English summary.)

Aoki-200 e Harada H., Aoki J. 1985. Bibliography of ecological papers on the oribatid mites of Japan.* Edaphologia, (32): 41-48. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-201 t Aoki J., Honda Y. 1985. A new species of oribatid mite, *Austrachipteria pulla*, from Shikoku, West Japan. Acta Arachnologica, 33(2): 29-33. https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.33.29

Aoki-202 e Aoki J., Harada H. 1985. Formation of environmental protection forests and change in soil fauna, especially oribatid mites. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 12: 125-135. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-203 e Choi S.-S., Aoki J. 1985. Change in soil oribatid fauna in neighboring deciduous forest and artificial conifer forest of *Chamaecyparis obtusa*. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 12: 137-144. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-204 t Harada H., Aoki J. 1985. List of oribatid mites found in Tokyo Metropolis. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 12: 145-157. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-205 t Choi S.-S., Aoki J. 1985. The oribatid mites (Acari: Cryptostigmata) of Korea (2). On the genus *Allodamaeus*-species. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 31: 1-6.

Aoki-206 t Choi S.-S., Aoki J. 1985. The oribatid mites (Acari: Cryptostigmata) of Korea (3) the genus *Defectamerus* AOKI, 1984. Korean Journal of Plant Protection, 24(3): 169-172.

Aoki-207 t Aoki J. 1986. A new oribatid mite of the family Cepheidae (Acari) from Yonezawa in northern Japan. In: Uéno S. (Ed.). Entomological Papers presented to Yoshihiko Kurosawa on the Occasion of his Retirement. The Coleopterists' Association of Japan, Tokyo. p. 33-35.

Aoki-208 t Choi S.-S., Aoki J. 1986. The oribatid mites (Acari: Cryptostigmata) of Korea (4). On the femoralis-group of the genus *Carabodes* C.L. Koch, 1836. Korean Journal of Entomology, 16(1): 27-32.

Aoki-209 t Aoki J. 1986. Two new species of the genus *Fissicepheus* from Shikoku (Acari: Oribatida). In: The Coleopterists' Association of Japan (Ed.). Papers on Entomology presented to Prof. Takehiko Nakane in Commemoration of his Retirement. The Coleopterists' Association of Japan, Tokyo. p. 71-74.

Aoki-210 e Harada H., Aoki J. 1986. Oribatid mite communities in the soil of sandbreak plantation along the Shonan beach. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 13: 207-215. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-211 t Harada H., Aoki J. 1986. List of oribatid mites found in Yamanashi prefecture. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 13: 225-237. (In Japanese.)
of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 9: 197-202. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-187 e Ohsumi M., Aoki J. 1983. Comparison of mite communities under various vegetation types in the forests of the Kiyosato Institute of Field Education.* Memoirs of the Institute of Field Education, Yokohama National University, 1: 37-47. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-188 t Aoki J. 1982. Oribatid mites from Minami-Iwojima Island. In: Nature Conservation Bureau, Environment Agency of Japan (Ed.). The conservation reports of the Minami-Iwojima wilderness area, Tokyo. Japan Nature Conservation Bureau, Environment Agency of Japan, Tokyo. p. 361-367. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-189 e Aoki J., Harada H. 1983. Proposal of a new distribution map for climatic biogeography of Japan. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 10: 163-170. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-190 e Aoki J. 1983. Analysis of oribatid communities by relative abundance in the species and individual numbers of the three major groups (MGP-analysis). Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 10: 171-176. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-191 e Aoki J., Harada H. 1983. Oribatid fauna of the southern part of the backbone range in Northeast Japan. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, (16): 111-122. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-192 t Aoki J., Maruyama I. 1983. A new tenuialid mite representing a new genus from Central Japan (Acari: Oribatida). Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 26: 19-24.

Aoki-193 t Aoki J. 1983. Some new species of oppiid mites from South Japan (Oribatida: Oppiidae). International Journal of Acarology, 9(4): 165-172. https://doi.org/10.1080/01647958308683332

Aoki-194 t Aoki J. 1984. New and unrecorded oribatid mites from Amami-Ohshima Island, Southwest Japan. Zoological Science, 1: 132-147.

Aoki-195 o Aoki J., Kosaku A. 1983. Animal faunal research; IV. Soil faunal research.* In: Ryokusei Research Institute Inc. (former Research Institute of Vegetation and Greenery) (Ed.). Biological Research on a Former Shibarikyu Gardens Environmental Survey (11), Planned and supervised by the Mitsubishi Estate.* Tokyo Gas, Tokyo. p. 193-216. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-196 o Aoki J. 1984. A modified Tullugren funnel with double porous discs for preventing soil particles from dropping into collecting tube. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 11: 103-105.

Aoki-197 t Aoki J. 1984. New and unrecorded oribatid mites from Kanagawa, Central, Japan. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 11: 107-118.

Aoki-198 t Harada H., Aoki J. 1984. List of oribatid mites found in Kanagawa prefecture. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 11: 119-132. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-199 t Wen Z.-G., Aoki J., Wang X.-Z. 1984. Studies on the oribatid mites of China. I. The first report on the oribatids from Mt. Sheshan, Shanghai. Contributions from Shanghai Institure of Entomology, 4: 295-307. (In Chinese, with English summary.)

Aoki-200 e Harada H., Aoki J. 1985. Bibliography of ecological papers on the oribatid mites of Japan.* Edaphologia, (32): 41-48. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-201 t Aoki J., Honda Y. 1985. A new species of oribatid mite, *Austrachipteria pulla*, from Shikoku, West Japan. Acta Arachnologica, 33(2): 29-33. https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.33.29

Aoki-202 e Aoki J., Harada H. 1985. Formation of environmental protection forests and change in soil fauna, especially oribatid mites. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 12: 125-135. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-203 e Choi S.-S., Aoki J. 1985. Change in soil oribatid fauna in neighboring deciduous forest and artificial conifer forest of *Chamaecyparis obtusa*. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 12: 137-144. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-204 t Harada H., Aoki J. 1985. List of oribatid mites found in Tokyo Metropolis. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 12: 145-157. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-205 t Choi S.-S., Aoki J. 1985. The oribatid mites (Acari: Cryptostigmata) of Korea (2). On the genus *Allodamaeus*-species. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 31: 1-6.

Aoki-206 t Choi S.-S., Aoki J. 1985. The oribatid mites (Acari: Cryptostigmata) of Korea (3) the genus *Defectamerus* AOKI, 1984. Korean Journal of Plant Protection, 24(3): 169-172.

Aoki-207 t Aoki J. 1986. A new oribatid mite of the family Cepheidae (Acari) from Yonezawa in northern Japan. In: Uéno S. (Ed.). Entomological Papers presented to Yoshihiko Kurosawa on the Occasion of his Retirement. The Coleopterists' Association of Japan, Tokyo. p. 33-35.

Aoki-208 t Choi S.-S., Aoki J. 1986. The oribatid mites (Acari: Cryptostigmata) of Korea (4). On the femoralis-group of the genus *Carabodes* C.L. Koch, 1836. Korean Journal of Entomology, 16(1): 27-32.

Aoki-209 t Aoki J. 1986. Two new species of the genus *Fissicepheus* from Shikoku (Acari: Oribatida). In: The Coleopterists' Association of Japan (Ed.). Papers on Entomology presented to Prof. Takehiko Nakane in Commemoration of his Retirement. The Coleopterists' Association of Japan, Tokyo. p. 71-74.

Aoki-210 e Harada H., Aoki J. 1986. Oribatid mite communities in the soil of sandbreak plantation along the Shonan beach. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 13: 207-215. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-211 t Harada H., Aoki J. 1986. List of oribatid mites found in Yamanashi prefecture. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 13: 225-237. (In Japanese.)
Aoki-212 t Aoki J., Wang H.-F. 1986. Two oribatid mites injurious to economic plants (Acariformes: Oribatida). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 11(4): 375-378. (In Chinese, with English summary.)

Aoki-213 t Lan W., Xin J.-L., Aoki J. 1986. Two new species of oribatid mites of economic importance from China (Acari: Oribatida). Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 34: 27-31.

Aoki-214a e Ito M. T., Aoki, J. 1987. Oribatid mites of Daiyuzan. In: Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education (Ed.). Report on the Faunal Research in the Designated Natural Monument Area of Kanagawa Prefecture.* Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education, Yokohama. p. 71-80. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-214b e Ito M. T., and Aoki J. 1987. Oribatid mites of Oiso-Komayama. In: Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education (Ed.). Report on the Faunal Research in the Designated Natural Monument Area of Kanagawa Prefecture.* Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education, Yokohama. p. 161-169. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-214c e Ito M. T., Aoki J. 1987. Oribatid mites of Mt. Oyama. In: Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education (Ed.). Report on the Faunal Research in the Designated Natural Monument Area of Kanagawa Prefecture.* Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education, Yokohama. p. 237-243. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-214d e Aoki J., Ito M. T. 1987. Oribatid mites of Fudakake, Tanzawa. In: Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education (Ed.). Report on the Faunal Research in the Designated Natural Monument Area of Kanagawa Prefecture.* Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education, Yokohama. p. 309-319. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-215 t Aoki J. 1987. Three new species of oribatid mites from Yoron Island, South Japan (Acari: Oribatida). International Journal of Acarology, 13(3): 213-216. https://doi.org/10.1080/01647958708683770

Aoki-216 e Aoki J. 1987. Mite explosion in a motel of Yokohama. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 14: 109-110. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-217 e Aoki J. 1987. Oribatid mites inhabiting roof gardens of department stores. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 14: 111-112. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-218 t Aoki J. 1987. Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from the Tokara Islands, southern Japan–I. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 42 (4): 23-27.

Aoki-219 t Aoki J. 1987, Three species of oribatid mites from Kume-jima Island, Southwest Japan. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 36: 25-28.

Aoki-220 e Aoki, J. 1988. Evaluation of the richness of nature using soil animals as indicators.* In: Chiba Prefecture (Ed.). Survey of the Effects of Urbanization and Industrialization on the Gulf Coast Ecosystem II.* Chiba Prefecture, Chiba. p. 3-10. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-221 t Aoki J. 1988. Two new species of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Tarama Island, South Japan. The Biological Magazine Okinawa, (26): 13-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/01647958708683770

Aoki-222 o Aoki J. 1988. "Forest" mites settled in Urban Areas. Collecting and Breeding, 50(10): 431-435. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-223 t Enami Y., Aoki J. 1988. A new species of the genus *Tectodamaeus* (Acari: Damaeidae) from Japan. Acta Arachnologica, 37(1): 33-36.

Aoki-224 t Aoki J. 1988. Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from the Tokara Islands, southern Japan–II. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 43(6): 31-33.

Aoki-225 t Aoki J. 1988. New oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Castanopsis forest of Muroto-zaki, South Japan. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 38: 26-30.

Aoki-226 t Nakamura Y., Aoki J. 1989. A new oribatid species, *Protoribates agricola*, from a cropped andosol in Tukuba, Central Japan. Edaphologia, (40): 21-23.

Aoki-227 e Aoki J., Harada H. 1989. A soil-zoological study of urban ecosystems around Tokyo. In: Miyawaki A. (Ed.). Studies on Ecological Science and Biotechnology for the Conservation and Development of Life Environments.* The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, Yokohama. p. 23-28. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-228 e Aoki, J. 1989. Evaluation of the richness of nature using soil animals as indicators.* In: Chiba Prefecture (Ed.). Manual of Methods for Investigating the Effects of Urbanization and Industrialization on Plants and Animals.* Chiba Prefecture, Chiba. p. 127-143. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-229 t Aoki J. 1989. A revision of the family Nippobodidae (Acari: Oribatida). Acta Arachnologica, 38: 15-20. https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.38.15

Aoki-230 o Aoki J. 1989. Soil animals, large “form” or large “size”? (which kanji character should be used?). * Edaphologia, (41): 25. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-231 t Kuriki G., Aoki J. 1989. Oribatid mites from Yachidaira-moor, Northeast Japan. (I) Redescription of *Trhypochthoniellus setosus*, with special reference to the ontogenetic development. Acta Arachnologica, 38(2): 63-68. https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.38.63

Aoki-232 o Aoki J. 1990. A literature review on soil animals for predicting impacts on the Natural Environment.* In: Numata M. (Ed.). Fundamental Research on the Prediction of Impacts on the Natural Environment in Developed Areas I.* Department of Environment, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba. p. 97-101. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-233 t Aoki J. 1990. New oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Taiwan. I. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 41: 15-18.

Aoki-234 e Watanabe M., Aoki J. 1990. The effects of fire on soil faunal communities in grasslands.* In: Hakone Town (Ed.). Report of Experimental Research on the Vegetation Restoration Project in the Sengokuhara Marshland Experimental Area (2nd Report).* Hakone Town, Hakone. p. 67-75. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-235 o Aoki J. 1990. Distancing from nature.* Iden, 44(9): 4-5. (In Japanese.)
Aoki-212 t Aoki J., Wang H.-F. 1986. Two oribatid mites injurious to economic plants (Acariformes: Oribatida). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica, 11(4): 375-378. (In Chinese, with English summary.)

Aoki-213 t Lan W., Xin J.-L., Aoki J. 1986. Two new species of oribatid mites of economic importance from China (Acari: Oribatida). Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 34: 27-31.

Aoki-214a e Ito M. T., Aoki, J. 1987. Oribatid mites of Daiyuzan. In: Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education (Ed.). Report on the Faunal Research in the Designated Natural Monument Area of Kanagawa Prefecture.* Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education, Yokohama. p. 71-80. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-214b e Ito M. T., and Aoki J. 1987. Oribatid mites of Oiso-Komayama. In: Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education (Ed.). Report on the Faunal Research in the Designated Natural Monument Area of Kanagawa Prefecture.* Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education, Yokohama. p. 161-169. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-214c e Ito M. T., Aoki J. 1987. Oribatid mites of Mt. Oyama. In: Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education (Ed.). Report on the Faunal Research in the Designated Natural Monument Area of Kanagawa Prefecture.* Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education, Yokohama. p. 237-243. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-214d e Aoki J., Ito M. T. 1987. Oribatid mites of Fudakake, Tanzawa. In: Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education (Ed.). Report on the Faunal Research in the Designated Natural Monument Area of Kanagawa Prefecture.* Kanagawa Prefectural Board of Education, Yokohama. p. 309-319. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-215 t Aoki J. 1987. Three new species of oribatid mites from Yoron Island, South Japan (Acari: Oribatida). International Journal of Acarology, 13(3): 213-216. https://doi.org/10.1080/01647958708683770

Aoki-216 e Aoki J. 1987. Mite explosion in a motel of Yokohama. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 14: 109-110. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-217 e Aoki J. 1987. Oribatid mites inhabiting roof gardens of department stores. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 14: 111-112. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-218 t Aoki J. 1987. Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from the Tokara Islands, southern Japan–I. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 42 (4): 23-27.

Aoki-219 t Aoki J. 1987, Three species of oribatid mites from Kume-jima Island, Southwest Japan. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 36: 25-28.

Aoki-220 e Aoki, J. 1988. Evaluation of the richness of nature using soil animals as indicators.* In: Chiba Prefecture (Ed.). Survey of the Effects of Urbanization and Industrialization on the Gulf Coast Ecosystem II.* Chiba Prefecture, Chiba. p. 3-10. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-221 t Aoki J. 1988. Two new species of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Tarama Island, South Japan. The Biological Magazine Okinawa, (26): 13-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/01647958708683770

Aoki-222 o Aoki J. 1988. "Forest" mites settled in Urban Areas. Collecting and Breeding, 50(10): 431-435. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-223 t Enami Y., Aoki J. 1988. A new species of the genus *Tectodamaeus* (Acari: Damaeidae) from Japan. Acta Arachnologica, 37(1): 33-36.

Aoki-224 t Aoki J. 1988. Oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from the Tokara Islands, southern Japan–II. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 43(6): 31-33.

Aoki-225 t Aoki J. 1988. New oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Castanopsis forest of Muroto-zaki, South Japan. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 38: 26-30.

Aoki-226 t Nakamura Y., Aoki J. 1989. A new oribatid species, *Protoribates agricola*, from a cropped andosol in Tukuba, Central Japan. Edaphologia, (40): 21-23.

Aoki-227 e Aoki J., Harada H. 1989. A soil-zoological study of urban ecosystems around Tokyo. In: Miyawaki A. (Ed.). Studies on Ecological Science and Biotechnology for the Conservation and Development of Life Environments.* The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, Yokohama. p. 23-28. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-228 e Aoki, J. 1989. Evaluation of the richness of nature using soil animals as indicators.* In: Chiba Prefecture (Ed.). Manual of Methods for Investigating the Effects of Urbanization and Industrialization on Plants and Animals.* Chiba Prefecture, Chiba. p. 127-143. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-229 t Aoki J. 1989. A revision of the family Nippobodidae (Acari: Oribatida). Acta Arachnologica, 38: 15-20. https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.38.15

Aoki-230 o Aoki J. 1989. Soil animals, large “form” or large “size”? (which kanji character should be used?). * Edaphologia, (41): 25. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-231 t Kuriki G., Aoki J. 1989. Oribatid mites from Yachidaira-moor, Northeast Japan. (I) Redescription of *Trhypochthoniellus setosus*, with special reference to the ontogenetic development. Acta Arachnologica, 38(2): 63-68. https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.38.63

Aoki-232 o Aoki J. 1990. A literature review on soil animals for predicting impacts on the Natural Environment.* In: Numata M. (Ed.). Fundamental Research on the Prediction of Impacts on the Natural Environment in Developed Areas I.* Department of Environment, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba. p. 97-101. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-233 t Aoki J. 1990. New oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Taiwan. I. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 41: 15-18.

Aoki-234 e Watanabe M., Aoki J. 1990. The effects of fire on soil faunal communities in grasslands.* In: Hakone Town (Ed.). Report of Experimental Research on the Vegetation Restoration Project in the Sengokuhara Marshland Experimental Area (2nd Report).* Hakone Town, Hakone. p. 67-75. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-235 o Aoki J. 1990. Distancing from nature.* Iden, 44(9): 4-5. (In Japanese.)
Aoki-236 e Aoki J., Ishiwata S. 1991. Soil animals and aquatic macroinvertebrates of urban green areas. -Case studies in Kamakura and Tokyo-. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 17: 107-119. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-237 e Aoki J. 1991. Comparison of soil fauna in a shrine forest, a golf course development site and a completed golf course site around Takataki.* In: Numata M. (Ed.). Fundamental Research on the Prediction of Impacts on the Natural Environment in Developed Areas II.* Department of Environment, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba. p. 82-88. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-238 t Hu S.-H., Wang X.-Z., Aoki J. 1991. Two new species of the genus Synichotritia (Acari: Oribatida) from China. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 44: 45-48.

Aoki-239a t Aoki J. 1991. Oribatid mites of high altitude forests of Taiwan. I. Mt. Pei-ta-wu shan. Acta Arachnologica, 40(2): 75-84. https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.40.75

Aoki-239b e Aoki J. 1992. A research of the oribatid mite species in the forest of Castanopsis sieboldii in and around the Takadaki Country Club construction site. In: Numata M. (Ed.)* Fundamental Research on the Prediction of Impacts on Natural Environments in Developed Areas III.* Department of Environment, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba. p. 14-17. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-240 t Aoki J. 1992. A new oribatid mite from highmoor of Kushiro, Hokkaido (Oribatida: Banksinomidae). Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 18: 51-53.

Aoki-241 t Harada H., Aoki J. 1992. Bibliography of ecological papers on the oribatid mites of Japan (part II). Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 18: 105-109. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-242 t Aoki J. 1992. Oribatid mites inhabiting orchid plants in greenhouse. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 1(1): 7-13. https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.1.7

Aoki-243 t Yamamoto Y., Aoki J., Wang X.-Z., Hu, S.-H. 1993. Oribatid mites from subtropical forests of Wu-yan-ling, East China. (1) Two new species of the family Malaconothridae (Acari: Oribatei). Edaphologia, (49): 25-31.

Aoki-244 t Choi S.-S., Aoki J. 1993. Three new species of oribatid mites (Acarina, Oribatei) from Korea. Korean Journal of Entomology, 23(1): 23-29.

Aoki-245 t Enami Y., Aoki J. 1993. A new genus and species of oribatid mite from Japan (Acari: Damaeidae). Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 2(1): 15-18. https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.2.15

Aoki-246 e Aoki J. 1993. Research of soil fauna in the Onaridai Research and Education City development area. In: Numata M. (Ed.). Fundamental Research on the Prediction of Impacts on Natural Environments in Developed Areas IV.* Department of Environment, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba. p. 25-36. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-247 t Yamamoto Y., Kuriki G., Aoki J. 1993. Three oribatid mites of the genus Trimalaconothrus found from a bog in the Northeastern part of Japan (Acari: Oribatei: Malaconothridae). Edaphologia, (50): 23-30.

Aoki-248 t Hu S.-H., Aoki J. 1993. Oribatid mites from tropical forests of Yunnan province in China. I. Family Lohmanniidae. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 49: 25-29.

Aoki-249 t Aoki J., Hu S.-H. 1993. Oribatid mites of the family Otocepheidae from Tian-mu Mountain in China (Acari: Oribatida). Acta Arachnologica, 42(1): 1-6. https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.42.1

Aoki-250 t Aoki J., Hu S.-H. 1993. Oribatid mites from tropical forests of Yunnan Province in China. II. Families Galumnidae and Galumnellidae. Zoological Science, 10(5): 835-848.

Aoki-251 t Ohkubo N., Aoki J., Hu S.-H. 1993. Oribatid mites from tropical forests of Yunnan Province in China. III. Family Oppiidae (part 1). Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 2(2): 83-90. https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.2.83

Aoki-252 t Fujikawa T., Fujita M., Aoki J. 1993. Checklist of oribatid mites of Japan (Acari: Oribatida). Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 2(Supplement 1): 1-121. (In Japanese.) https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.2.Supplement_1

Aoki-253 t Aoki J. 1994. Oribatid mites of the Northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia. I. Uracas and Maug Islands. Natural History Research, Special Issue, 1: 181-194.

Aoki-254 t Aoki J., Takaku G., Ito F. 1994. Aribatidae, a new myrmecophilous oribatid mite family from Java. International Journal of Acarology, 20(1): 3-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/01647959408683994

Aoki-255 e Aoki J., Shimano S. 1994. Influence of tranmpling the lawn by cars on oribatid fauna. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 20: 97-100. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-256 e Aoki J. 1996. Soil faunal research in the Sengokuhara marshland.* In: Hakone Town (Ed.). Report of Experimental Research on the Vegetation Restoration Project in the Sengokuhara Marshland Experimental Area (4th Report).* Hakone Town, Hakone. p. 47-77. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-257 e Aoki J. 1994. Soil faunal research in the area around the Yachiyodai Culture Town development site.* In: Numata M. (Ed.). Fundamental Research on the Prediction of Impacts on the Natural Environment in Developed Areas V.* Department of Environment, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba. p. 24-31. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-258 t Shiraishi H., Aoki J. 1994. A new species of the genus Hypochthoniella (Acari: Oribatida) from soils on the suburban roadside in Fukushima City. Edaphologia, (52): 29-32.

Aoki-259 t Aoki J. 1994. New species of oribatid mites from a moor in Hakone, Central Japan. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 51: 35-41.

Aoki-260 o Aoki J. 1994. Discussion on the Japanese names for animal taxa.* Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 51: 69-72. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-261a t Enami Y., Aoki J., Hu S.-H. 1994. Oribatid mites from tropical forests of Yunnan Province in China. IV. Family Damaeidae. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 52: 43-46.
Aoki-236 e Aoki J., Ishiwata S. 1991. Soil animals and aquatic macroinvertebrates of urban green areas. -Case studies in Kamakura and Tokyo-. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 17: 107-119. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-237 e Aoki J. 1991. Comparison of soil fauna in a shrine forest, a golf course development site and a completed golf course site around Takataki.* In: Numata M. (Ed.). Fundamental Research on the Prediction of Impacts on the Natural Environment in Developed Areas II.* Department of Environment, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba. p. 82-88. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-238 t Hu S.-H., Wang X.-Z., Aoki J. 1991. Two new species of the genus Synichotritia (Acari: Oribatida) from China. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 44: 45-48.

Aoki-239a t Aoki J. 1991. Oribatid mites of high altitude forests of Taiwan. I. Mt. Pei-ta-wu shan. Acta Arachnologica, 40(2): 75-84. https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.40.75

Aoki-239b e Aoki J. 1992. A research of the oribatid mite species in the forest of Castanopsis sieboldii in and around the Takadaki Country Club construction site. In: Numata M. (Ed.)* Fundamental Research on the Prediction of Impacts on Natural Environments in Developed Areas III.* Department of Environment, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba. p. 14-17. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-240 t Aoki J. 1992. A new oribatid mite from highmoor of Kushiro, Hokkaido (Oribatida: Banksinomidae). Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 18: 51-53.

Aoki-241 t Harada H., Aoki J. 1992. Bibliography of ecological papers on the oribatid mites of Japan (part II). Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 18: 105-109. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-242 t Aoki J. 1992. Oribatid mites inhabiting orchid plants in greenhouse. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 1(1): 7-13. https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.1.7

Aoki-243 t Yamamoto Y., Aoki J., Wang X.-Z., Hu, S.-H. 1993. Oribatid mites from subtropical forests of Wu-yan-ling, East China. (1) Two new species of the family Malaconothridae (Acari: Oribatei). Edaphologia, (49): 25-31.

Aoki-244 t Choi S.-S., Aoki J. 1993. Three new species of oribatid mites (Acarina, Oribatei) from Korea. Korean Journal of Entomology, 23(1): 23-29.

Aoki-245 t Enami Y., Aoki J. 1993. A new genus and species of oribatid mite from Japan (Acari: Damaeidae). Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 2(1): 15-18. https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.2.15

Aoki-246 e Aoki J. 1993. Research of soil fauna in the Onaridai Research and Education City development area. In: Numata M. (Ed.). Fundamental Research on the Prediction of Impacts on Natural Environments in Developed Areas IV.* Department of Environment, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba. p. 25-36. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-247 t Yamamoto Y., Kuriki G., Aoki J. 1993. Three oribatid mites of the genus Trimalaconothrus found from a bog in the Northeastern part of Japan (Acari: Oribatei: Malaconothridae). Edaphologia, (50): 23-30.

Aoki-248 t Hu S.-H., Aoki J. 1993. Oribatid mites from tropical forests of Yunnan province in China. I. Family Lohmanniidae. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 49: 25-29.

Aoki-249 t Aoki J., Hu S.-H. 1993. Oribatid mites of the family Otocepheidae from Tian-mu Mountain in China (Acari: Oribatida). Acta Arachnologica, 42(1): 1-6. https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.42.1

Aoki-250 t Aoki J., Hu S.-H. 1993. Oribatid mites from tropical forests of Yunnan Province in China. II. Families Galumnidae and Galumnellidae. Zoological Science, 10(5): 835-848.

Aoki-251 t Ohkubo N., Aoki J., Hu S.-H. 1993. Oribatid mites from tropical forests of Yunnan Province in China. III. Family Oppiidae (part 1). Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 2(2): 83-90. https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.2.83

Aoki-252 t Fujikawa T., Fujita M., Aoki J. 1993. Checklist of oribatid mites of Japan (Acari: Oribatida). Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 2(Supplement 1): 1-121. (In Japanese.) https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.2.Supplement_1

Aoki-253 t Aoki J. 1994. Oribatid mites of the Northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia. I. Uracas and Maug Islands. Natural History Research, Special Issue, 1: 181-194.

Aoki-254 t Aoki J., Takaku G., Ito F. 1994. Aribatidae, a new myrmecophilous oribatid mite family from Java. International Journal of Acarology, 20(1): 3-10. https://doi.org/10.1080/01647959408683994

Aoki-255 e Aoki J., Shimano S. 1994. Influence of tranmpling the lawn by cars on oribatid fauna. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 20: 97-100. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-256 e Aoki J. 1996. Soil faunal research in the Sengokuhara marshland.* In: Hakone Town (Ed.). Report of Experimental Research on the Vegetation Restoration Project in the Sengokuhara Marshland Experimental Area (4th Report).* Hakone Town, Hakone. p. 47-77. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-257 e Aoki J. 1994. Soil faunal research in the area around the Yachiyodai Culture Town development site.* In: Numata M. (Ed.). Fundamental Research on the Prediction of Impacts on the Natural Environment in Developed Areas V.* Department of Environment, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba. p. 24-31. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-258 t Shiraishi H., Aoki J. 1994. A new species of the genus Hypochthoniella (Acari: Oribatida) from soils on the suburban roadside in Fukushima City. Edaphologia, (52): 29-32.

Aoki-259 t Aoki J. 1994. New species of oribatid mites from a moor in Hakone, Central Japan. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 51: 35-41.

Aoki-260 o Aoki J. 1994. Discussion on the Japanese names for animal taxa.* Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 51: 69-72. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-261a t Enami Y., Aoki J., Hu S.-H. 1994. Oribatid mites from tropical forests of Yunnan Province in China. IV. Family Damaeidae. Proceedings of the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology, 52: 43-46.
Aoki-261b o Aoki J. 1994. Expectations for the birth of a new museum of natural history.* Kanagawa Prefectural Museum Newsletter*, 27(3): 6-7. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-261c o Aoki J. 1994. Soil management as a biological environment. A challenge to Mother Nature.* The 21st Century Tree*, 9: 2. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-262 o Aoki J. 1995. Life with mites.* Soda and Chlorine, 46 (2): 58-65. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-263 t Aoki J. 1995. Oribatid mites of high altitude forests of Taiwan. II. Mt. Nan-hu-ta Shan. Special Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Coleopterology, Tokyo, 4: 123-130.

Aoki-264 e Aoki J. 1995. Faunal and ecological study on the oribatid mites of Kusiro moor. I. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 21: 187-194. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-265 t Ohkubo N., Aoki J. 1995. Oribatid mites of the Northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia. II. Family Oppiidae from Agrihan and Asuncion Islands. Natural History Research, 3(2): 133-140.

Aoki-266 e Aoki J. 1995. Environmental monitoring using soil animals.* In: Numata M. (Ed.) Predicting the Impacts on the Natural Environment—Results and Research Methods Manual.* Department of Environment, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba. p. 197-271. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-267 e Aoki J. 1995. Oribatid mites from the Siebold's beech forest of Tambara Highland, Central Japan. Shinrin-bunka-kenkyu, 16: 89-94. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-268 t Aoki J. 1996. Two new species of oribatid mites of the family Galumnidae from Okinawa Island. Edaphologia, (56): 1-4.

Aoki-269 e Harada H., Aoki J. 1996. Index of nature richness based on soil animal communities. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 22: 81-92. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-270 o Aoki J. 1996. Urbanization and mites. Journal of Environmental Control Technique, 14(1): 1-7. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-271 o Matsubara M., Chinzei Y., Aoki J. 1996. Two cases of infestation of the conjunctival sac by soil mite. Japanese Review of Clinical Ophthalmology, 90(4): 36-38. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-272 t Aoki J. 1996. *Yambaramerus*, a peculiar new genus of oribatid mite found from Okinawa Island (Oribatida: Ameronothridae). The Biological Magazine Okinawa, (34): 9-12.

Aoki-273 o Aoki J. 1996. Urbanization and animal communities.* Research on Environmental Disruption, 26(2): 36-40. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-274 t Maruyama I., Aoki J. 1996. The first record of *Tenuiala nuda* EWING from Japan and its redescription. Acta Arachnologica, 45(1): 77-80. https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.45.77

Aoki-275a o Aoki J. 1996. Mites and humans: a small but important coexistence partner.* Nikkei Medical, supplement: 30-33. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-275b o Aoki J. 1996. Soil Animals–special reference to the oribatid mites–.* Planta, 68: 36-40. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-275c o Aoki J. 1996. Aquatic animals.* Planta, 68: 41-43. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-275d o Aoki J. 1995. Are fallen leaves garbage?* The 21st Century Tree.* 10: 2. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-275e o Aoki J. 1996. Biodiversity for the sustainment of life. Part 1.* The 21st Century Tree,* 11: 2. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-275f o Aoki J. 1996. Biodiversity for the sustainment of life. Part 2.* The 21st Century Tree,* 12: 2. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-276 t Aoki J., Yamamoto Y., Wen Z.-G., Wang H.-F., Hu S.-H. 1997. A checklist of oribatid mites of China (Acari: Oribatida). First report. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 23: 63-80. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-277 e Harada, H., Aoki J. 1997. An index of environmental naturalness based on oribatid mites. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 23: 81-92. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-278 e Aoki J., Harada H., Takano M., Ito M. T., Abe W., Kurozumi T. 1997. Tanzawa forests from the perspective of soil animals.* In: Environment Department of the Kanagawa Prefectural Government (Ed.). Research Report of the Tanzawa Oyama Natural Environment Comprehensive, a list of Plants and Animals in the Tanzawa Area.* Environment Department of the Kanagawa Prefectural Government, Yokohama. p. 268-288. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-279 t Aoki J., Harada H. 1997. Oribatid mites in the Tanzawa Mountains.* In: Environment Department of the Kanagawa Prefectural Government (Ed.). Research Report of the Tanzawa Oyama Natural Environment Comprehensive, a list of Plants and Animals in the Tanzawa Area.* Environment Department of the Kanagawa Prefectural Government, Yokohama. p. 322-325. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-280 t Shimano S., Aoki J. 1997. A comparative study of two forms in *Rhysotritia ardua* (C. L. KOCH) in Japan. I. Morphology and Distribution. Acta Arachnologica, 46(1): 39-51. (In Japanese, with English summary.) https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.46.39

Aoki-281 t Yamamoto Y., Aoki J. 1997. A new oribatid mite of the genus *Malaconothrus* from Iriomote Island, Southwest Japan (Acari: Oribatei: Malaconothridae). Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 6(1): 43-47. https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.6.43

Aoki-282 t Hirauchi Y., Aoki J. 1997. A new species of the genus *Achipteria* from Mt. Tateyama, Central Japan (Acari: Oribatida). Edaphologia, (59): 5-9.

Aoki-283 t Shimano S., Aoki J. 1997. A new species of oribatid mites of the family Oribotritiidae from Toyama in Central Japan. Edaphologia, (59): 55-59.

Aoki-284 t Aoki J., Ito F. 1997. A new species of oribatid mite collected from ant nests in Oriental tropics. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 6(2): 107-112. https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.6.107

Aoki-285 t Bayartogtokh B., Aoki J. 1997. New species of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatei) from Mongolia. I. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 6(2): 123-132. https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.6.123
Aoki-261b o Aoki J. 1994. Expectations for the birth of a new museum of natural history.* Kanagawa Prefectural Museum Newsletter*, 27(3): 6-7. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-261c o Aoki J. 1994. Soil management as a biological environment. A challenge to Mother Nature.* The 21st Century Tree*, 9: 2. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-262 o Aoki J. 1995. Life with mites.* Soda and Chlorine, 46 (2): 58-65. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-263 t Aoki J. 1995. Oribatid mites of high altitude forests of Taiwan. II. Mt. Nan-hu-ta Shan. Special Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Coleopterology, Tokyo, 4: 123-130.

Aoki-264 e Aoki J. 1995. Faunal and ecological study on the oribatid mites of Kusiro moor. I. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 21: 187-194. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-265 t Ohkubo N., Aoki J. 1995. Oribatid mites of the Northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia. II. Family Oppiidae from Agrihan and Asuncion Islands. Natural History Research, 3(2): 133-140.

Aoki-266 e Aoki J. 1995. Environmental monitoring using soil animals.* In: Numata M. (Ed.) Predicting the Impacts on the Natural Environment—Results and Research Methods Manual.* Department of Environment, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba. p. 197-271. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-267 e Aoki J. 1995. Oribatid mites from the Siebold's beech forest of Tambara Highland, Central Japan. Shinrin-bunka-kenkyu, 16: 89-94. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-268 t Aoki J. 1996. Two new species of oribatid mites of the family Galumnidae from Okinawa Island. Edaphologia, (56): 1-4.

Aoki-269 e Harada H., Aoki J. 1996. Index of nature richness based on soil animal communities. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 22: 81-92. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-270 o Aoki J. 1996. Urbanization and mites. Journal of Environmental Control Technique, 14(1): 1-7. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-271 o Matsubara M., Chinzei Y., Aoki J. 1996. Two cases of infestation of the conjunctival sac by soil mite. Japanese Review of Clinical Ophthalmology, 90(4): 36-38. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-272 t Aoki J. 1996. *Yambaramerus*, a peculiar new genus of oribatid mite found from Okinawa Island (Oribatida: Ameronothridae). The Biological Magazine Okinawa, (34): 9-12.

Aoki-273 o Aoki J. 1996. Urbanization and animal communities.* Research on Environmental Disruption, 26(2): 36-40. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-274 t Maruyama I., Aoki J. 1996. The first record of *Tenuiala nuda* EWING from Japan and its redescription. Acta Arachnologica, 45(1): 77-80. https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.45.77

Aoki-275a o Aoki J. 1996. Mites and humans: a small but important coexistence partner.* Nikkei Medical, supplement: 30-33. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-275b o Aoki J. 1996. Soil Animals–special reference to the oribatid mites–.* Planta, 68: 36-40. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-275c o Aoki J. 1996. Aquatic animals.* Planta, 68: 41-43. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-275d o Aoki J. 1995. Are fallen leaves garbage?* The 21st Century Tree.* 10: 2. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-275e o Aoki J. 1996. Biodiversity for the sustainment of life. Part 1.* The 21st Century Tree,* 11: 2. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-275f o Aoki J. 1996. Biodiversity for the sustainment of life. Part 2.* The 21st Century Tree,* 12: 2. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-276 t Aoki J., Yamamoto Y., Wen Z.-G., Wang H.-F., Hu S.-H. 1997. A checklist of oribatid mites of China (Acari: Oribatida). First report. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 23: 63-80. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-277 e Harada, H., Aoki J. 1997. An index of environmental naturalness based on oribatid mites. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 23: 81-92. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-278 e Aoki J., Harada H., Takano M., Ito M. T., Abe W., Kurozumi T. 1997. Tanzawa forests from the perspective of soil animals.* In: Environment Department of the Kanagawa Prefectural Government (Ed.). Research Report of the Tanzawa Oyama Natural Environment Comprehensive, a list of Plants and Animals in the Tanzawa Area.* Environment Department of the Kanagawa Prefectural Government, Yokohama. p. 268-288. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-279 t Aoki J., Harada H. 1997. Oribatid mites in the Tanzawa Mountains.* In: Environment Department of the Kanagawa Prefectural Government (Ed.). Research Report of the Tanzawa Oyama Natural Environment Comprehensive, a list of Plants and Animals in the Tanzawa Area.* Environment Department of the Kanagawa Prefectural Government, Yokohama. p. 322-325. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-280 t Shimano S., Aoki J. 1997. A comparative study of two forms in *Rhysotritia ardua* (C. L. KOCH) in Japan. I. Morphology and Distribution. Acta Arachnologica, 46(1): 39-51. (In Japanese, with English summary.) https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.46.39

Aoki-281 t Yamamoto Y., Aoki J. 1997. A new oribatid mite of the genus *Malaconothrus* from Iriomote Island, Southwest Japan (Acari: Oribatei: Malaconothridae). Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 6(1): 43-47. https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.6.43

Aoki-282 t Hirauchi Y., Aoki J. 1997. A new species of the genus *Achipteria* from Mt. Tateyama, Central Japan (Acari: Oribatida). Edaphologia, (59): 5-9.

Aoki-283 t Shimano S., Aoki J. 1997. A new species of oribatid mites of the family Oribotritiidae from Toyama in Central Japan. Edaphologia, (59): 55-59.

Aoki-284 t Aoki J., Ito F. 1997. A new species of oribatid mite collected from ant nests in Oriental tropics. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 6(2): 107-112. https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.6.107

Aoki-285 t Bayartogtokh B., Aoki J. 1997. New species of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatei) from Mongolia. I. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 6(2): 123-132. https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.6.123
Aoki-286a t Bayartogtokh B., Aoki J. 1997. Oribatid mites of the genus *Bipassalozetes* MIHELČIČ, 1957 (Acari: Oribatei; Passalozetidae) from Mongolia. Acta Arachnologica, 46(2): 87-99.
https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.46.87

Aoki-286b o Aoki J. 1997. Appearance of special organisms, humans, and the destruction of Earth's Nature.* The 21st Century Tree,* 13: 2. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-286c o Aoki J., Harada H. 1997. 10-2 Soil fauna of a reclaimed land.* In: Numata M., Furota T. (Eds.). Biogeography of Tokyo Bay.* Tsukiji Shokan Publishing, Tokyo. p. 370-382. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-287 t Bayartogtokh B., Aoki J. 1998. Two new species of oribatid mites of the family Mycobatidae (Acari: Oribatei) from Mongolia. Edaphologia, (60): 37-44.

Aoki-288 t Bayartogtokh B., Aoki J. 1998. New and little known species of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Mongolia. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 24: 121-135.

Aoki-289 t Kubota T., Aoki J. 1998. *Hololohmannia alaskensis* from Alaska, representing a new genus and species of the family Perlohmanniidae (Acari: Oribatida). Edaphologia, (60): 17-21.

Aoki-290 t Aoki J. 1998. List of oribatid mites inhabiting forest soils of US Marine Corps in Okinawa. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 24: 141-145. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-291 t Bayartogtokh B., Aoki J. 1998. Oribatid mites of the family Ceratozetidae (Acari: Oribatida) from Mongolia. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 53(1): 1-12.

Aoki-292 t Yamamoto Y., Aoki J. 1998. Two new oribatid mites of the genus *Trimalaconothrus* from Yunnan Province in China (Acari: Oribatida: Malaconothridae). Edaphologia, (61): 15-21.

Aoki-293 t Enami Y., Aoki, J. 1998. Damaeid mites (Acari: Oribatei) from the Kushiro Wetland of Hokkaido, North Japan (I). Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 7 (2): 99-105.
https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.7.99

Aoki-294a t Ichisawa K., Aoki J. 1998. A new species of the genus *Cosmopirnodus* (Oribatida, Oripodidae) caught by water pan traps settled on the rooftop of buildings in Kanagawa Prefecture, Central Japan. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 7(2): 135-138. https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.7.135

Aoki-294b e Aoki J. 1998. Report on the research of oribatid mites in the Kushiro Marsh.* In: Nature Conservation Bureau, Environment Agency (Ed.). Report of Research on the Conservation of Rare Wildlife Species and Wetland Ecosystems.* Nature Conservation Bureau, Environment Agency, Tokyo. p. 229-251. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-295 e Ichisawa K., Kaneko N., Behan-Pelletier V., Aoki J. 1999. Arboreal oribatid fauna of Japanese Red Cedar (*Cryptomeria japonica*). Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 25: 49-53. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-296 t Aoki J. 1999. A new species of the genus *Peloribates* from Japan (Acari: Oribatida). Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 25: 55-58.

Aoki-297 e Itô Y., Aoki J. 1999. Species diversity of soil-inhabiting oribatid mites in Yanbaru, the northern part of Okinawa Honto, and the effects of undergrowth removal on it. Pedobiologia, 43: 110-119. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-4056(24)00496-7

Aoki-298 e Aoki J. 1999. A trombiculid mite collected at sea shore of Manazuru, Central Japan. Actinia, 12: 7-10. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-299 t Bayartogtokh B., Aoki J. 1999. Oribatid mites of the family Phenopelopidae (Acari: Oribatida) from Mongolia. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 8(2): 117-134. https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.8.117

Aoki-300 e Sanada Y., Aoki J. 1999. Distribution of oribatid mites as intermediate hosts of the horse tapeworm in pasture soils of Hidaka in Japan. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 8(2): 159-163. (In Japanese, with English summary.) https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.8.159

Aoki-301 t Bayartogtokh B., Aoki J. 1999. Oribatid mites of the family Tegoribatidae (Acari: Oribatida) from Mongolia. Acta Arachnologica, 48 (2): 107-125. https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.48.107

Aoki-302 t Aoki J., Yamamoto Y. 2000. Four new species of the superfamily Amerobelboidea from Yunnan Province in China (Acari: Oribatida). Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 26: 103-110.

Aoki-303 o Nagano M., Ooki H., Mizutani Y., Shimano S., Aoki J. 2000. List of insects collected in the campus of Yokohama National University (I). Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 26: 123-134. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-304 t Bayartogtokh B., Aoki J. 2000. A new and some little known species of *Eporibatula* (Acari: Oribatida: Oribatulidae), with remarks on taxonomy of the genus. Zoological Science, 17: 991-1012.
https://doi.org/10.2108/zsj.17.991

Aoki-305a Aoki J., Hirauchi Y. 2000. Two new species of the Family Zetomotrichidae (Acari: Oribatida) from Japan. Species Diversity, 5: 351-359. https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.5.351

Aoki-305b t Aoki J. 2000. A new species of the genus *Cosmochthonius* (Acari, Oribatida) from the Imperial Palace, Tokyo. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, (35): 147-149.

Aoki-306 e Aoki J. 2000. Oribatid mites from the Imperial Palace, Tokyo. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, (35): 151-164. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-307 t Aoki J. 2000. Two new species of the family Nippobodidae (Acari: Oribatida) from Yunnan, Southwest China, with a key to the species. In: Aoki J., Wen-ying Y., Imadaté G. (Eds.). Taxonomical Studies on the Soil Fauna of Yunnan Province in Southwest China. Tokai University Press, Tokyo. p. 1-6.

Aoki-308 t Aoki J., Yamamoto Y. 2000. Three new species of oribatid mites from Mt. Yulongxueshan, Yunnan Province in China (Acari: Oribatida). In: Aoki J., Wen-ying Y., Imadaté G. (Eds.). Taxonom-ical Studies on the Soil Fauna of Yunnan Province in Southwest China. Tokai University Press, Tokyo. p. 7-12.
Aoki-286a t Bayartogtokh B., Aoki J. 1997. Oribatid mites of the genus *Bipassalozetes* MIHELČIČ, 1957 (Acari: Oribatei; Passalozetidae) from Mongolia. Acta Arachnologica, 46(2): 87-99.
https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.46.87

Aoki-286b o Aoki J. 1997. Appearance of special organisms, humans, and the destruction of Earth's Nature.* The 21st Century Tree,* 13: 2. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-286c o Aoki J., Harada H. 1997. 10-2 Soil fauna of a reclaimed land.* In: Numata M., Furota T. (Eds.). Biogeography of Tokyo Bay.* Tsukiji Shokan Publishing, Tokyo. p. 370-382. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-287 t Bayartogtokh B., Aoki J. 1998. Two new species of oribatid mites of the family Mycobatidae (Acari: Oribatei) from Mongolia. Edaphologia, (60): 37-44.

Aoki-288 t Bayartogtokh B., Aoki J. 1998. New and little known species of oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Mongolia. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 24: 121-135.

Aoki-289 t Kubota T., Aoki J. 1998. *Hololohmannia alaskensis* from Alaska, representing a new genus and species of the family Perlohmanniidae (Acari: Oribatida). Edaphologia, (60): 17-21.

Aoki-290 t Aoki J. 1998. List of oribatid mites inhabiting forest soils of US Marine Corps in Okinawa. Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 24: 141-145. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-291 t Bayartogtokh B., Aoki J. 1998. Oribatid mites of the family Ceratozetidae (Acari: Oribatida) from Mongolia. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan, 53(1): 1-12.

Aoki-292 t Yamamoto Y., Aoki J. 1998. Two new oribatid mites of the genus *Trimalaconothrus* from Yunnan Province in China (Acari: Oribatida: Malaconothridae). Edaphologia, (61): 15-21.

Aoki-293 t Enami Y., Aoki, J. 1998. Damaeid mites (Acari: Oribatei) from the Kushiro Wetland of Hokkaido, North Japan (I). Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 7 (2): 99-105.
https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.7.99

Aoki-294a t Ichisawa K., Aoki J. 1998. A new species of the genus *Cosmopirnodus* (Oribatida, Oripodidae) caught by water pan traps settled on the rooftop of buildings in Kanagawa Prefecture, Central Japan. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 7(2): 135-138. https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.7.135

Aoki-294b e Aoki J. 1998. Report on the research of oribatid mites in the Kushiro Marsh.* In: Nature Conservation Bureau, Environment Agency (Ed.). Report of Research on the Conservation of Rare Wildlife Species and Wetland Ecosystems.* Nature Conservation Bureau, Environment Agency, Tokyo. p. 229-251. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-295 e Ichisawa K., Kaneko N., Behan-Pelletier V., Aoki J. 1999. Arboreal oribatid fauna of Japanese Red Cedar (*Cryptomeria japonica*). Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 25: 49-53. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-296 t Aoki J. 1999. A new species of the genus *Peloribates* from Japan (Acari: Oribatida). Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 25: 55-58.

Aoki-297 e Itô Y., Aoki J. 1999. Species diversity of soil-inhabiting oribatid mites in Yanbaru, the northern part of Okinawa Honto, and the effects of undergrowth removal on it. Pedobiologia, 43: 110-119.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-4056(24)00496-7

Aoki-298 e Aoki J. 1999. A trombiculid mite collected at sea shore of Manazuru, Central Japan. Actinia, 12: 7-10. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-299 t Bayartogtokh B., Aoki J. 1999. Oribatid mites of the family Phenopelopidae (Acari: Oribatida) from Mongolia. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 8(2): 117-134. https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.8.117

Aoki-300 e Sanada Y., Aoki J. 1999. Distribution of oribatid mites as intermediate hosts of the horse tapeworm in pasture soils of Hidaka in Japan. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 8(2): 159-163. (In Japanese, with English summary.) https://doi.org/10.2300/acari.8.159

Aoki-301 t Bayartogtokh B., Aoki J. 1999. Oribatid mites of the family Tegoribatidae (Acari: Oribatida) from Mongolia. Acta Arachnologica, 48 (2): 107-125. https://doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.48.107

Aoki-302 t Aoki J., Yamamoto Y. 2000. Four new species of the superfamily Amerobelboidea from Yunnan Province in China (Acari: Oribatida). Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 26: 103-110.

Aoki-303 o Nagano M., Ooki H., Mizutani Y., Shimano S., Aoki J. 2000. List of insects collected in the campus of Yokohama National University (I). Bulletin of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Yokohama National University, 26: 123-134. (In Japanese.)

Aoki-304 t Bayartogtokh B., Aoki J. 2000. A new and some little known species of *Eporibatula* (Acari: Oribatida: Oribatulidae), with remarks on taxonomy of the genus. Zoological Science, 17: 991-1012.
https://doi.org/10.2108/zzj.17.991

Aoki-305a Aoki J., Hirauchi Y. 2000. Two new species of the Family Zetomotrichidae (Acari: Oribatida) from Japan. Species Diversity, 5: 351-359. https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.5.351

Aoki-305b t Aoki J. 2000. A new species of the genus *Cosmochthonius* (Acari, Oribatida) from the Imperial Palace, Tokyo. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, (35): 147-149.

Aoki-306 e Aoki J. 2000. Oribatid mites from the Imperial Palace, Tokyo. Memoirs of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, (35): 151-164. (In Japanese, with English summary.)

Aoki-307 t Aoki J. 2000. Two new species of the family Nippobodidae (Acari: Oribatida) from Yunnan, Southwest China, with a key to the species. In: Aoki J., Wen-ying Y., Imadaté G. (Eds.). Taxonomical Studies on the Soil Fauna of Yunnan Province in Southwest China. Tokai University Press, Tokyo. p. 1-6.

Aoki-308 t Aoki J., Yamamoto Y. 2000. Three new species of oribatid mites from Mt. Yulongxueshan, Yunnan Province in China (Acari: Oribatida). In: Aoki J., Wen-ying Y., Imadaté G. (Eds.). Taxonom-ical Studies on the Soil Fauna of Yunnan Province in Southwest China. Tokai University Press, Tokyo. p. 7-12.