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Liang-Jong Wang

  • Position:Associate Researcher
Research interests / job descriptionSystematic Entomology, Forest Entomology, Biodiversity, Forest health management
EducationPh. D. Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University. (2004)
B.S. Department of Plant pathology and Entomology, National Taiwan University. (1994)
Experience2023.08~ Associate Researcher, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, MOA.
2016~2023.07 Associate Researcher, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, COA.
2012~2016 Assistant Researcher, Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, COA.
2008~2012 Assistant Researcher, Taiwan Ariculture Research Institute, COA.
TEL886-2-23039978 ext 2667
Emailjosephwang23@tfri.gov.tw
  1. Mattia De Vivo, Min-Hsun Chou, Shu-Ping Wu, Yi-Hsiu Kuan, Wei-Yun Chen, Wang LJ, Brett Morgan, Guan-Jie Phang, Jen-Pan Huang*. (2023). Genomic tools for comparative conservation genetics among three recently diverged stag beetles (Lucanus, Lucanidae). Insect Conservation and Diversity 16:853–869.. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12678. (SCI)
  2. Chia-Hsuan Sung, Wang LJ, Chang-Wen Huang*. (2023). Rapid species identification of Meretrix lusoria and three other Meretrix clams using PCR and RFLP analysis of the mitochondrial COII gene. Journal of Marine Science and Technology 31(3): 226-235. (SCI)
  3. Shao-Hua Wei, Wang LJ, Ming-Ying Lin*. (2023). Temperature-dependent biology and population performances of the Coffee Berry Borer Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) on artificial diet. Insects 14, 499. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14060499. (SCI)
  4. Chia-Hsuan Sung, Chen-Cheng Cheng, Chang-Wen Huang, Wang LJ*. (2023). Characterization and phylogenetic analysis of the first complete Mitochondrial genome of Gnathophyllum americanum (Guérin-Méneville, 1855) (Malacostraca: Decapoda: Palaemonidae). Fishes 8, 238. (SCI)
  5. Tzi-Yuan Wang, King-Siang Goh, Wang LJ, Li-Ling Wu, Feng-Yu Wang*, Yu-Wei Wu*. (2023). Long-read genome sequencing of Abscondita cerata (Coleoptera: Lampyridae), the endemic firefly of Taiwan. Zoological Studies 62: 25. DOI: doi:10.6620/ZS.2023.62-25. (SCI)
  6. Goh K, Wang LJ, Ni J, Wang TY. (2022). Luminescent characteristics and mitochondrial COI barcodes of nine cohabitated Taiwanese fireflies. PeerJ 10:e14195. (SCI)  
  7. Wang LJ, Chou YW, & Huang JP. (2022). Testing the effect of sampling effort on inferring phylogeographic history in Psolodesmus mandarinus (Calopterygidae, Odonata). Diversity 14, 809. (SCI)
  8. Hsu MH, Yang YL, Wu ML, & Wang LJ*. (2022). Shift of host range for the immature stages of the lanternfly, Pyrops watanabei (Matsumura) (Hemiptera, Fulgoridae) native to Taiwan. Insects 13, 1826. (SCI)
  9.  Alarie, Y, Michat MC, Watanabe K, Shaverdo H, Wang LJ, & Watts CS. (2022). An outlook on larval morphology of Copelatinae diving beetles with phylogenetic considerations (Coleoptera: Adephaga, Dytiscidae). Zootaxa 5175(2): 151-205. (SCI)
  10.  Wang, LJ, Cherng JJ & Ong U. (2022). New Records of Cyclosomus inustus Andrewes (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cyclosomini) in Taiwan and Kinmen. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 28(1): 112-115.
  11. Wang LJ, Lin L, Sun CH, Lin MY & Hsu MH. (2022). The complete mitochondrial genome of Philus pallescens Bates, 1866 (Coleoptera : Vesperidae) and its phylogenetic implications. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 7(3): 448-450. (SCI)
  12. Liu HC, Ma CH, FIKÁČEK M, & Wang LJ*. (2021). Annotated Catalogue of the Water Scavenger Beetles from Orchid Island, Taiwan (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 27(2): 301-309.
  13. Hsu MH, Yang YL, Wu ML, & Wang LJ*. (2021). Host plants of the immature stages of the invasive Longan lanternfly, Pyrops candelaria (L.) (Hemiptera, Fulgoridae) in Taiwan. Insects 12: 1022. (SCI)
  14. Chou MH, Tseng WZ, Sang DS, Morgan B, De Vivo M, Kuan YH, Wang LJ, Chen WY & Huang JP. (2021). Incipient speciation and its impact on taxonomic decision: a case study using a sky island sister-species pair of stag beetles (Lucanidae: Lucanus). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 134(3): 745-759. (SCI)
  15. Batucan LS, Hsu YH, Maliszewski JW, Wang LJ & Lin CP. (2021). Novel wing display and divergent agonistic behaviors of two incipient Psolodesmus damselflies. The Science of Nature 108: 49. (SCI)
  16. Wang LJ, Hendrich L, & Balke M. (2021). First records of the diving beetles Hydrovatus subrotundatus Motschulsky, 1859 and Hydrovatus pudicus (Clark, 1863) in Taiwan (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Hydrovatini). Check List 17 (5): 1295–1298. (SCI)
  17. Wang LJ, Wu YW, & Wang TY. (2021). Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Abscondita cerata (Olivier, 1911) (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) and its phylogenetic implications. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 6(9): 2528-2530. (SCI)
  18. Sung CH, Lin CH, Huang CW, & Wang LJ*. (2021). Characterization and phylogenetic analysis of the complete mitochondrial genome of Mytella strigata (Hanley 1843) (Bivalvia: Mytiloida: Mytilidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B 6(8): 2345-2347. (SCI)
  19. Liu TY, Chen CH, Wang LJ, Hung TH, Hsu MH, & Wu ML. (2021). Investigation of Camellia tree diseases in Taiwan and establishment of a rapid detection method for Colletotrichum spp..Taiwan J For Sci 36(1): 1-19.
  20. Hendrich L, Wang LJ, & Balke M. (2021). Taxonomic revision of Australasian diving beetles in the genus Leiodytes Guignot, 1936 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Bidessini). Zootaxa 4990(1): 23-44. (SCI)
  21. Wang LJ, Hsu MH, Wang CH, Chung CH, & Sung CH. (2021). The complete mitochondrial genome of Mnais tenuis Oguma, 1913 (Odonata: Calopterygidae) and its phylogenetic implications. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 6(5): 1648-1649. (SCI)
  22. Wang LJ, Hsu MH, Liu TY, Lin MY, & Sung CH. (2020). Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Euwallacea fornicatus (Eichhoff, 1868) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) and its phylogenetic implications. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 5(3): 3520-3522. (SCI)
  23. Sung CH, Hsiao ST, Wang LJ, Henmi Y, & Huang CW. (2020). The complete mitochondrial genome of Meretrix lusoria (Bivalvia: Veneroida: Veneridae) from Kumamoto, Japan. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 5(3): 2451-2453. (SCI)
  24. Chan WC, Chiu Y, Chang HT, Wang LJ, & Hsu FL. (2019). Investigation of the oxidation stability of 8 plant seed oils. Forest Products Industry 38(2): 99-108.
  25. Wang LJ, Liu TY, Hsu MH, Lin MY, & Sung CH. (2019). The complete mitochondrial genome of Neotermes koshunensis (Shiraki, 1909) (Blattodea: Termitoidae: Kalotermitidae) and its phylogenetic implications. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 4(1): 1940-1942. (SCI)
  26. Wang LJ, Huang JP, Shiao SF, Ko HP, & Sung CH. (2019). Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Lucanus chengyuani (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B 4(2): 3460-3462. (SCI)
  27. Wang LJ, Lin MY, Shiao SF, & Sung CH. (2019). The complete mitochondrial genome of Psolodesmus mandarinus McLachlan, 1870 (Odonata: Calopterygidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B 4(1): 337-339. (SCI)
  28. Wang LJ, & Ko HP. (2018). Description of Lucanus chengyuani sp. nov. from Taiwan, with a key to the species of Taiwanese Lucanus Scopoli (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 24(2): 257-263.
  29. Sung CH, Tseng CT, Lu JK, & Wang LJ*. (2018). The complete mitochondrial genome of Hymenocera picta (Malacostraca: Decapoda: Hymenoceridae), Mitochondrial DNA Part B 3(2): 792-793. (SCI)
  30. Stouthamer R, Rugman-Jones P, Thu PQ, Eskalen A, Thibault T, Hulcr J, Wang LJ, Jordal BH, Chen CY, Cooperband M et al.. (2017). Tracing the origin of a cryptic invader: phylogeography of the Euwallacea fornicatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) species complex. Agricultural and Forest Entomology 19(4): 366-375. (SCI)
  31. Wang LJ, Beaver RA, & Hulcr J. (2017). A new species of ambrosia beetle, Urocorthylus fanii, from Taiwan (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae: Corthylini). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 23(1): 53-56.
  32. Wang LJ, Cherng JJ, & Kavanaugh DH. (2017). First records for Cyclosomus inustus Andrewes (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cyclosomini) for Taiwan, with notes on habitat and behavior. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) 64: 107–116.
  33. Balke M, Bergsten J, Wang LJ, & Hendrich L. (2017). A new genus and two new species of Southeast Asian Bidessini as well as new synonyms for Oceanian species (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). ZooKeys 647: 137–151. (SCI)
  34. Huang YH, Hung TH, Chen CH, Wu ML, Wang LJ, & T. Y. Liu. (2016). The probable pathogens cause canker disease of Bombax ceiba and Gummosis of Melia azedarach belong to Botryosphaeria spp. In Taiwan.  Journal of Plant Medicine 58 (1): 39-44.
  35. Notsu Y, Yamasako J, & Wang LJ*. (2016). Biological Notes on Curculionini Weevils Known from Taiwan (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 22(2): 145-146.
  36. Sung CH, Tseng CT, Wang LJ, Li YC, & Lu JK. (2016). The complete mitochondrial genome of Babylonia borneensis (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinidae), Mitochondrial DNA Part A, 27(5): 3534-3535. (SCI)
  37. Su JF, Chen SP, Wang LJ, Wung CY, Chuang KC, & Hsieh TF. (2015). Effects of crop rotation on the impact of lily diseases and pests-a case study at Houli district, Taichung. Plant Protion Bulletin 57(4): 83-102。
  38. Wang LJ. (2015). Yoloides Guignot, 1960, a junior synonym of Yolina Guignot, 1936 with comments on the genera Pachynectes Régimbart, 1903 and Yolina Guignot (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae: Bidessini). Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 21(2): 325-329.
  39. Wang LJ, Cherng JJ, Chang YJ, & Jiang JL. (2013). Description of Rhinocypha taiwana sp. nov. from Taiwan, with a preliminary molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Rhinocypha drusilla-group (Odonata: Chlorocyphidae). International Journal of Odonatology 16(1): 93-107.(SCI)
  40. Liu JC, Wang LJ, Liu WC, & Wu HC. (2009). Biomechanical analyses of dragonfly wing. Journal of Advanced Engineering Vol.4(1): 19-24.
  41. Wewalka G, & Wang LJ. (2007). Three new species of the genus Agnoshydrus Biström, Nilsson & Wewalka from Taiwan and Borneo (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Zeitschrift Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 59: 1-8.
  42. Hendrich L. and Wang LJ. (2006). Taxonomic revision of Australian Clypeodytes (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Bidessini) Entomological Problems 36(1): 1-11.
  43. Alarie Y, & Wang LJ. (2004). Larval morphology of the Taiwan endemic species Rhantus formosanus Kamiya (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 74: 147-156.
  44. Wang LJ, Sato M, & Yang PS. (1998). Note on the genus Leiodytes Guignot (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) with three new species species from Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 4(1): 161-171.
  45. Hebauer F, &. Wang LJ. (1998). New species of the genus Oocyclus Sharp, 1882 from India, Sri Lanka and Taiwan with a key to all known species (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Acta Coleopterologica. 16(1): 37-46.
  46. Wewalka G, & Wang LJ. (1998). Three new species of Microdytes Balfour-Browne from Laos and Borneo. Koleopterologische Rundschau 68: 65-69.
  47. Alarie Y, Wang LJ, Nilsson AN, & Spangler P. (1997). Larval morphology of four genera of the tribe Hyphydrini Sharp (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinaee) with an analysis of their phylogenetic relationships. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 90(6): 709-735. (SCI)
  48. Alarie Y, Wang LJ, & Yang PS. (1996). The description of the larvae of Neonectes babai Sato (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinaee), with a discussion of its phylogenetic relationships with members of the Oreodytes scitulus species group. The Coleopterists Bulletin 50(4): 373-381. (SCI)
  49. Nilsson AN, Wewlaka G, Wang LJ, & Satô M. (1995). An annotated list of Dytiscidae (Coloeptera) recorded from Taiwan. Beiträge zur Entomologie 45: 357-374.