(April 6, 1898—July 17, 1963) was a

Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

entomologist Entomology (from Ancient Greek ἔντομον (''éntomon''), meaning "insect", and -logy from λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study") is the branch of zoology that focuses on insects. Those who study entomology are known as entomologists. In ...

. His research focused on

hemiptera Hemiptera (; ) is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising more than 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and shield bugs. They range in size from ...

, including

aphid Aphids are small sap-sucking insects in the Taxonomic rank, family Aphididae. Common names include greenfly and blackfly, although individuals within a species can vary widely in color. The group includes the fluffy white Eriosomatinae, woolly ...

whiteflies Whiteflies are Hemipterans that typically feed on the undersides of plant leaves. They comprise the family Aleyrodidae, the only family in the superfamily Aleyrodoidea. More than 1550 species have been described. Description and taxonomy The A ...

, and

scale insect Scale insects are small insects of the Order (biology), order Hemiptera, suborder Sternorrhyncha. Of dramatically variable appearance and extreme sexual dimorphism, they comprise the infraorder Coccomorpha which is considered a more convenient g ...

s. He published more than 420 articles. Taxa named after him include: * '' Takahashilecanium'' * '' Xenolecanium takahashii'' * '' Rhachisphora takahashii'' * '' Melanaphis takahashii'' * '' Aclerda takahashii'' * '' Dicranomyia takahashii'' * '' Rhyacobates takahashii'' * '' Ormosia takahashii'' * '' Aleurotuberculatus takahashii'' * '' Aleyrodes takahashii'' * '' Rhinopsylla takashii'' * '' Setaleytodes takahashia'' * '' Isotomurus takahashii'' * '' Asterobemisia takahashii'' * '' Dialeurolonga takahashi'' * '' Togepsylla takahashii''

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