必要があって，琉球の昆虫を扱った系統地理の論文を調べている．
Maekawa,K, N. Lo, O Kitade, T. Miura and T. Matsumoto (1999) Molecular phylogeny and geographic distribution of wood-feeding cockroaches in East Asian islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 13(2): 360–376.／リュウキュウクチキゴキブリやオオゴキブリなど．リュウキュウクチキゴキブリ（タイワンクチキを含む）は（（奄美）+（徳之島））+（（沖縄）+（八重山））+台湾．オオゴキブリは（（本州・四国・屋久島・種子島）+（八重山））+台湾．いずれも台湾と日本のもので分かれている．
Kiyoshi, T. (2008) Differentiation of golden-ringed dragonfly Anotogaster sieboldii (Selys, 1854) (Cordulegastridae: Odonata) in the insular East Asia revealed by the mitochondrial gene genealogy with taxonomic implications. J. Zool. Syst. Evol. Res., 46(2): 105–109.／オニヤンマ．結果は（本土・朝鮮・屋久島+（奄美）+（沖縄））+（（八重山）+（台湾）+（中国東部））．沖縄と八重山の間で大きく分かれている．
Kawazoe, K., A. Kawakita, Y, Kameda and M. Kato (2008) Redundant species, cryptic host-associated divergence, and secondary shift in Sennertia mites (Acari: Chaetodactylidae) associated with four large carpenter bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopa) in the Japanese island arc. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 49: 503–513.／クマバチ類．（キムネクマバチ+アカアシセジロクマバチ）+（アマミクマバチ+オキナワクマバチ））の関係にある．
Sota, T., H. Liang, Y. Enokido and M. Hori (2011) Phylogeny and divergence time of island tiger beetles of the genus Cylindera (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae) in East Asia. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 102: 715–727.
