(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 () is the scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such as arach ...

. His research focused on

hemiptera Hemiptera (; ) is an order (biology), order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, Reduviidae, assassin bugs, Cimex, bed bugs, and shield bugs. ...

, including

aphid Aphids are small sap-sucking insects and members of the superfamily Aphidoidea. Common names include greenfly and blackfly, although individuals within a species can vary widely in color. The group includes the fluffy white woolly aphids. A t ...

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 ...

, and

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

s. He published more than 420 articles. Taxa named after him include: * '' Takahashilecanium'' * '' Xenolecanium takahashii'' * '' Rhachisphora takahashii'' * ''

Melanaphis takahashii ''Melanaphis'' is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Aphididae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution, native to the Old World, far more diverse in southeastern Asia. Species: *'' Melanaphis arthraxonophaga'' *'' Melanaphis arundin ...

'' * '' Aclerda takahashii'' * '' Dicranomyia takahashii'' * '' Rhyacobates takahashii'' * '' Ormosia takahashii'' * '' Aleurotuberculatus takahashii'' * '' Aleyrodes takahashii'' * '' Rhinopsylla takashii'' * '' Setaleytodes takahashia'' * ''

Isotomurus takahashii ''Isotomurus'' is a genus of elongate-bodied springtails in the family Isotomidae. There are at least 40 described species in ''Isotomurus''. Species These 40 species belong to the genus ''Isotomurus'': * '' Isotomurus aequalis'' (Macgillivray ...

'' * '' Asterobemisia takahashii'' * ''

Dialeurolonga takahashi Aleyrodidae is a large hemipteran family comprising the whiteflies. It contains the following species: Aleyrodinae Westwood, 1840 *''Acanthaleyrodes'' Takahashi, 1931 :*'' Acanthaleyrodes callicarpae'' Takahashi, 1931 :*''Acanthaleyrodes styraci ...

'' * '' Togepsylla takahashii''

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