Member list

Current members

Lan-Wei Yeh
Ecology and evolution of Taiwanese Carabus ground beetles.
Chung-Hsin Huang
Master topic: Flucuating Asymmetry and Developmental Asymmetry of Cyclommatus mniszechi; PhD topic: Evolution of Mandible Morphology and Fighting Behavior in Stag Beetles
Ying-Yuan Lo
Systematics, Behavior and Evolution of Lynx Spiders.
Leocris Batucan Jr.
New Species and DNA Barcoding of the Mayfly (Ephemeroptera) in Mt. Malindang, Mindanao, Philippines.
Chun-Yu Lin
Parasitoid Wasps of Damselflies; Phylogenetics and Evolution Histories of Treehoppers
Hsu-Yi Lin
Fighting Behavior of Odontolabis siva parryi Stag Beetles
Sheng Lin
Transcriptome Profiling Psolodesmus mandarinus mandarinus Damselfly
Pei-Hsuan Chang
Thermal Adaptation and Habitat Preference of Psolodesmus mandarinus Damselfly
Min-Chen Lin
Disruptive Camauflage of Colors of Pachyrhynchus Weevils.
Masahiko Tanahashi
Ecology and Evolution of Pachyrhynchus Weevils.
Su-Ping Lin
Symbiotic Yeasts of Stag Beetles
Jun-Ying Wang
Conservation of Mortonagrion hirosei Damselflies
Chin-Han Hsiao
Fighting Behavior of Rhaetulus crenatus Stag Beetles
Wei-Zhe Tseng
Systematics and Evolution of Weevils
Cheng-Tse Yung
Maternal Gift of Pachyrhynchus sarcitis Weevils

Past members

Jo-Fan Wang
Territorial behavior, trait evolution.
Yu-Hsun Hsu
Mating strategy, behavioural ecology, molecular ecology, population genetics, molecular phylogenetics, biostatistics.
Yi-Shou Yang
Reproductive Isolation of Psolodesmus mandarinus subspecies.
Wataru Kojima
Evolution of male sexual traits in Taiwanese scarab beetles.
Zhen-Yi Chen
Fighting behavior and reproductive strategy of stag beetles.
Teng-Yu Liu
Fighting behaviour and life history observation of a stag beetle Rhaetulus crenatus crenatus.
Princess Angelie S. Casas
Insect Diversity and Evolution
Lu-Yi Wang
Defense Mechanism of Pachyrhynchus weevils.
Hui-Yun Tseng
Aposematic coloration, island biogeography.
Yu-Jen Yu
Variation and Adaptation of wings.
Yen-Ting Chen
Systematics and evolution of insects.
Yun-Chieh Cheng
Damselfly larval diet, molecular evolution.
Tai-Chia Chiang
The effect of aposematic colors of Pachyrhynchus weevils on avian predators.
Yong-Chao Su
Behavioral ecology, sociobiology, population genetics, and molecular phylogenetics.
I-Ting Hsiao
Variation of genitalia in Euphaea amphicyana.
Jyun-Huei Huang
The fighting behavior of a stag beetle, Rhaetulus crenatus.
Shi-Ting Wu
Membracis Phyllotropis.
Chiao-Wei Lin
The fighting behavior of a stag beetle, Rhaetulus crenatus.
Wei-Liang Xiao
Variation of wing veins in Euphaea amphicyana.
Hung-Nien Chen
1. The effect of typhoon on survivalship of Matrona cyanoptera. 2. Modes of phenotypic variation in Euphaea amphicyana.
Chu-Yen Cheng
Phylogeography of a Philippine's treehopper, Leptocentrus reponens.
Che-Yu Kuan
Variation of mandibles in stag beetles.
Yat-Hung Lee
Speciation of Euphaea damselflies.
Ming-Yu Chen
Phylogeography and population history of the treehoppers, Centrochares horifficus from the Philippines Archipelago.
Shao-Chang Huang
Visual Communication of Matrona cyanoptera
Jen-Pan Huang
Population Genetics and Phylogeographic Analyses of Formosan Damselfly, Euphaea Formosa (Insecta: Odonata: Euphaeidae) from Taiwan
Wei-Yun Chen
Molecular and Phylogenetic Characterization of Endosymbiotic Bacteria of the Froghopper, Okiscarta uchidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cercopidae)

Visiting scholars and students

Jillian del Sol
Behavioral Ecology; Mating System Ecology; Weapon Ecology and Evolution; Evolutionary Biology
Ian Dela Cruz
New Species and DNA Barcoding of the Stonefly (Plecoptera) in Mt. Malindang, Mindanao, Philippines.
Shinya Komata
Ecology & Evolution of Wing Polymorphism in a Mimetic Swallowtail Butterfly, Papilio memnon.
Vanitha Williams
Predatory potential of waterbug, Diplonychus rusticus and dragonfly, Diplacodes trivialis on mosquito larvae.
Marina Vilenica
Dragonfly composition (Insecta, Odonata) in wetland area of Turopolje region, Croatia
Klaas-Douwe 'KD' B. Dijkstra
History, diversity and identification of dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata).
Erin McCullough
" Diversification of weapon form: aerodynamic costs of beetle horns.
Ashley E. King

Ashley E. King

Ashley E. King

Title

PhD student, University of Montana (NSC-NSF exchange student 2006-7)

Species: Allomyrina dichotomus

Project

Intrasexual combat and intersexual antagonistic co-evolution in horned beetles.

Abstrct

Please visit Ashley's web page.

I am studying alternative male mating tactics in the horned beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus (also referred to as Allomyrina dichotoma). I began the PhD program at the University of Montana in the fall of 2005 and completed my first field season in Taiwan in the summer of 2006 as a part of the NSF (National Science Foundation in the US)/NSC (National Science Council in Taiwan) East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes program. I work in collaboration with Dr. Chung-Ping Lin at Tunghai University in Taiwan, Yi-Bin Fan at the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, and Yoshihito Hongo at Kyoto University in Japan. My field site in Nantou county, Taiwan is located at Lian Hwa-Tz Station run by the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute. Both Taiwan and Japan, where other populations of this beetle species can be found, will be the sites of my research.

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