Cong Wei

 

Professor；PhD advisor

　　Member of the Ninth Committee of Insect Fauna and Classification, The Entomological Society of China

　　New Century Excellent Talents in Universities of Ministry of Education of China

　　Email: congwei@nwsuaf.edu.cn

　　Tel: 13468836915

 

　　Research Focus

　　Phylogeny and differentiation of the cicada tribe Tibicinini （Hemiptera: Cicadidae） based on morphological, bioacoustic and molecular data （supported by The National Natural Science Foundation of China）；

　　Behavioral Ecology and systematic status of the mute cicadas （Hemiptera: Cicadidae） （supported by The National Natural Science Foundation of China）；

　　Fauna Sinica （Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadidae） （supported by The National Natural Science Foundation of China）。

　　Representative papers

　　1. Luo C.Q. & Wei C.* 2015. Intraspecific sexual mimicry for finding females in a cicada: males produce “female sounds” to gain reproductive benefit. Animal Behaviour, 102: 69-76

　　2. Zhou W.T., Nan X.N, Zheng Z., Wei C., Hong He*. 2015. Analysis of inter-individual bacterial variations in the gut of cicada Meimuna mongolica （Hemiptera: Cicadidae）。 Journal of Insect Science, 15（1）： 131

　　3. Li Q.L., Zhong H.Y., Zhang Y.L., Wei C.* 2015. Comparative morphology of the distal segments of Malpighian tubules in cicadas and spittlebugs, with reference to their functions and evolutionary indications to Cicadomorpha （Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha）。 Zoologischer Anzeiger, 258: 54-68

　　4. Wang X. & Wei C.* 2014. Review of the cicada genus Platylomia St?l （Hemiptera, Cicadidae） from China, with description and bioacoustics of a new species from Mts Qinling. Zootaxa, 3811: 137-145

　　5. Yang M.S., Chen X., Huo W.X., Wei C.* 2014. Morphological variation versus genetic divergence: a taxonomic implication to Mogannia spp. （Hemiptera: Cicadidae）。 Systematics and Biodiversity, 12: 456-472

　　Major and research direction

　　Insect systematics and biodiversity.

　　Representatives of presentations/abstracts of postgraduates participated international congress

　　1. Luo C.Q. 2013. Diverse acoustic signals in the remarkable cicada Subpsaltria yangi Chen with both timbalsand stridulatory organs.14th International Auchenorrhyncha Congress. Yangling, China, 7-12 July, 2013, pp.P40-42.

　　2. Hou Z.H. 2015. Ecology of nymphs of the cicada Meimuna mongolica. Annual Conference of The Chinese Entomological Society of China. Shengyang, China, 23-26, September, 2015.

　　3. Wang X. 2015. Homology of cicadas of Oncotympana, Sonata and Hyalessa, and remarkable intraspecific variability of Hyalessa maculaticollis （Hemiptera: Cicadidae）。 Annual Conference of Insect Fauna and Classification, The Chinese Entomological Society of China. Yizhou, China, 15-17 July, 2015.

　　Academic Awards of Postgraduates

　　Qinglong Li, Zehai Hou, Changqing Luo and so on, have been rewarded the National Postgraduate Scholarship.