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 Stål (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.
