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Of Dr Syoziro Birthday. of Odonatology Japan”, Generation of Dragonfly Odonalologica 13 (2): 187-213 June I. 1984 To Dr Syoziro Asahina on his 70th birthday K. Inoue¹and S . Eda² 1 5-9, Fuminosato 4-chome, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545, Japan of Oral department Pathology, Matsumoto Dental College, 1780 Gobara, Hirooka, Shiojiri, Nagano 399-07, Japan Received December 20, 1983 A short appreciation of the odona- tological work of S. ASAH1NA, at present Guest Scientist at the National Institute of Health, Tokyo, Charter Member, Member of Honour and Past President of the International Odonatological Society, and Editor of - Tomba Acta odonalologica, (inclu- ding a list of taxa dedicated to him) is followed by an annotated checklist of new names of taxa and forms'he has described or proposed in insects (108 in the Odonata), and by his entomolo- gical bibliography (1928-1983; 632 titles, inch 376 on the Odonata). Most of his odonatological work is devoted to taxonomy and to the sino-japanese and oriental fauna. We are honoured to write this short appreciation of Dr Syoziro Asahina the on occasion ofhis 70th birthday. He might well be called the "Father of odonatology in Japan”, and most of the present generation of dragonfly workers in have been Japan brought up under his influence or with his guidance. 188 K Inoue & S. Eda SYOZIRO ASAHINA was born on June 10, 1913 in Tokyo. We two got with him than acquainted more a quarterofa century ago. However, even so, we consider ourselves unable his to review many accomplishments, therefore we have invited him to this prepare himself an autobiography, to follow appreciation. Dr Asahina seems to have been destined from birth to become a great Yasuhiko entomologist. His father was professor ofPharmacology and taught how collect excellent schooleducation, youngSyoziro to insects. After an high an but essential which the with "informal", part of period were numerousfield trips his father and with the Field Meeting Group of the Tokyo Entomological entered the Society, he Zoology course at the Tokyo University. his Asahina In early days, was generally interestedin anumber ofinsect orders. It June the that was on 10, 1928, during one of Entomological Society field trips, he got particularly and decisively fascinated by dragonflies. Soon thereafter he discovered that the Odonata taxonomy of Japanese presented numerous serious difficulties. Many taxa hadbeen describedby de Selys Longchamps, Martin. Ris, such Fraser, and by Japanese workers as e.g. Oguma and Okumura. he had Unfortunately, soon tofind out that many descriptions were inadequate. he took their Consequently, upon himself to try to clarify status by examining scattered the world - and elaborate type specimens over a time-consuming undertaking. When this hadbeen accomplished, and the numerous outstanding taxonomicproblems solved, he embarked on the description of new taxa. In Iconographia insectorum japonicorum (I950i) he treated all the Japanese odonatespecies known at that time, with good illustrations, drawn by himself. In 1956 he began a series ofpapers on Japanese Odonata (1956b-I958p). These served as good guides, resulting in a rapid growth in Japan ofodonatology and odonatologists, to whom he has always been generous with his help and encouragement. the authors Asahina when he One of present (K.t.) wrote to Dr for the first lime in August 1951, was a student of Osaka University. He reported the discovery ofAeshna juncea and A. nigroflavaat Ml Koya in Wakayama Prefecture, upon which Dr Asahina remarked that this constituted new south-western records for these northern species and merited publication, tnoue's study of odonatology essentially started with this encouragement and stimulation. The other author (S.E.) Dr the lime the Genera! the met Asahina for first on October 20, 1954, during Meeting of Japan Entomological Society held at the National Science Museum in Tokyo. At that lime Eda was a A " student at Tokyo Dental College. ccording to Eda 's "Insect Diary hisfirst recorded impressionof Dr ". Asahina was that of "a sociable scholar On April 15. 1955 they met again, unexpectedly, at the Dr visit National Science Museum, and Asahina invited Eda for a at his office at the National Dr Institute of Health. On May 18, Eda visited Asahina at his office and learnt many things about seek dragonflies. Thereafter Eda often visited Dr Asahina 's office and sometimes his home to his Also the odonalologicaladvice. he had many opportunitiestoJoin collecting trips to various sites, in in the vicinity of Tokyo as well as Amami-oshima Island and Hokkaido. Results ofsome of trips in various 1958c. 1982m were reportedjointly journals (1956c. I960v, I965J. I974d, I974e, elc.j On October 7, 1957, the inaugural meeting of the Society of Odonatology, Syoziro Asahina 189 Tokyo was held al the Tokyo National Science Museum. The 14 participants includedDr S. Asahina, Prof. T. Esaki, Drs H. Ando, K. Baba, H. Hashimoto Ishida and and T. Shirozu, Messrs S. Eda, K. Inoue, S. K. Miyakawa. It was decided that the Society wouldbe managed by Drs Asahina and Ando and Mr Eda. In fact, this event marked the establishment of the first odonatological society in the world. At first its aim was to maintain effective communication but this embrace among Japanese odonatologists, soon aim was expanded to odonatologists worldwide. Tombo, which was thefirst journal to be devoted started exclusively to odonatology, thefollowing year. Despite many difficulties, the society’s activities have been continued until today. Due largely to Asahina s efforts, Japanese odonatology has madeoutstanding the all the world. As his progress, to benefit ofodonatologists over we learnfrom autobiography, he has visited agreat many ofthem, in variouspartsof the world, has shown kindness who visited and he always great to overseas colleagues Japan. im- Dr Asahina 's entomological opus, exceeding 630 titles, is certainly very the pressive: with close to 380 odonatological publications he ranks among most prolific authors in our discipline. The number of new taxa he described or proposed in dragonflies (108) is also substantial. Thisfigure includes the Japanese Mnais "forms”, which do not fall under the Code, but whose definition has the the mechanisms triggered inquiry into of dragonfly spéciation to an extent hitherto other probably unsurpassed by any single publication. It goes without saying that in the internationalodonatological world Dr Asahina occupies a very prominent position. He is Charter Member and Past President (1981-1983) of the International Odonatological Society (S.I.O.), Managing Editorof Odonatologica (on the Referee Board ofwhich he is serving Member the Editorial Board from its veryfirst issue in 1972), of ofOdonatologi- the Odonata the cal Abstracts, Referee for Eastern Asia on Specialist Group of Species Survival Commission, International Unionfor Conservation ofNature and Natural Resources (I.U.C.N.), etc. Among the numerous international recognitions of his work, it should be mentionedhere only that he was elected Member of Honour of S.I.O. at the Charter Meeting of the Society (Ghent, he Member the the Belgium, 1971), and was a of Committee of Honour of Second InternationalSymposium of Odonatology, Karlsruhe (1973). On July 30, 1973, Dr Asahina's 60th birthday was celebrated at Shinshu University, Matsumoto in Nagano Prefecture in advance of the General Meeting of the Society of Odonatology. A large birthday cake, topped by a dragonfly small cakes made of gelatin and sugar, was presented to him, and replica were shared by all participants. celebrated the the His 70th birthday was during Symposium Banquet of Seventh International Symposium of Odonatology, Calgary, Canada, August 1983. The celebrating was marked by the presentation ofan enormous birthday and To You" almost 100 cake, "Happy Birthday was sang by odonatologists, 190 K. Inoue & S. Eda the representing odonatological community ofover 60 countries. We are happy, and the S.I.O. is with his "This the best proud comment: was day in my life!", .. While Dr Asahina mainly works the on taxonomy of Japanese, Chinese and Southeast Asiatic Odonata and on odonate comparative morphology, he also made significant contributions to the knowledge of Blattaria, Gryl- loblattodea, and some other insect orders. This is also reflected in the names of numerous taxa dedicated to him by various specialists, viz. in Collembola: Tomocerus asahinai Yosii, 1954: - Ephemeroptera:Chiusanophle- bia asahinai M. Veno. 1969; - Odonata: Libdlula quadrimaculata asahinai Schmidt, 196/: Macromidia asahinai Lief- linck, 1971; - Orthoptera: Apterone- mobius asahinai Yamasaki, 1979; - Blattaria: Panesthia âsahinai Roth. 1977; Blattella asahinai Mizukubo, 1981; Isoptera: Hospitalitermes asahinai Mo- rimoto, 1973; - Coleoptera: Megalo- dacne asahinai Chujo, 1936; Acrops Fig. 2. The 70th birthday at the Calgary Symposium: asahinai Kono, 1938: Glipa asahinai cutting the birthday cake. (Photo M. Kiauta) Nakane, 1950; Aphodius asahinai Nakane, 1951; Laius asahinai Nakane, 1955; A gnlu:» asahinai Kurosawa, 1956: Amphimenes asahinai Nakane. 1957; Xanthochroa asahinai Nakane, 1958: Habroloma (Parahabroloma)asahinai Kurosawa. 1959; Apophylia asahinai Chujo. 1962; Issihikia asahinai Chujo, 1962; Ochodaeus asahinai Kurosawa, 1968: Orthocrepis asahinai - Kitnoto, 1971; Cyclommatus albersi asahinai Kurosawa. 1974: Perileptus asahinai S. Ueno, 1974; Neuroptera: Spilosmylus asahinai Nakahara, 1966: - Hymenoptera: Megachile asahinai - Yasumalsu, 1955: - Strepsiptera: Stichotrema asahinai Hiroshima & Kifune, 1974: Diptera: Drosophila (Sophophora)
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