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Name:
 LIANG Hongbin
Subject:
 Zoology
Tel/Fax:
 +86-10-64807253  / 
E-mail:
 lianghb@ioz.ac.cn
Address:
 National Zoological Museum of China, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, P. R. China
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Born in Feb. 1970 in Henan Province, China. PhD in 1997 at Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Curator in Insect Section of National Zoological Museum of China. Working on taxonomy of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Visits to US and Japan several times for collaboration, established tight relationship with specialists in US, Japan, Italy, Germany and Russia for Carabidae research. Won twice (in year 2005 and 2007) second-rate prize of National Advancement in Technology Awards. One outstanding paper (Coleopterists Bulletin, 2007) awarded by American Coleopterological Society. In the near future, focusing on taxonomy of Oriental Carabidae, Crioceridae and Hispidae. Supervising four students for master degrees studying Chlaeniini and Lebiini of Carabidae, Crioceridae, and Hispidae respectively.

Research Interests:

Biology and ecology of crop aphids; taxonomy on ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae).

Awards and Honors:

Professional Activities:

Research Grants:

Grants from National Science Foundation of China, Grants from Public Welfare Project from Ministry of Agriculture of the People’s Republic of China. Collaborating with California Academy of Sciences on the project of Gaoligong Biodiversity Survey, Collaborating with Kyoto University on the molecular systematics on East Asia ground beetles.

Selected Publications:
  1. Shi H.L. & H.B. Liang* 2008. A new species and new subgenus of the genus Elaphrus from North China, with cladistic analysis of taxa of the tribe Elaphrini (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Zootaxa, 1933: 33–42
  2. Liang H.B. & D. Kavanaugh. 2007. Review of the genus Dendrocellus Schmidt-G?bel (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Dryptini), with descriptions of seven New Species. Coleopterists Bulletin, 61(1): 1-39
  3. Kataev. B. & H.B. Liang. 2007. Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Harpalus in China, with descriptions of new taxa (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini). Zootaxa, 1604: 1-20
  4. Kavanaugh D. & H.B. Liang. 2006. Three additional new species of Aristochroa Tschitschérine (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini) from the Gaoligongshan of Western Yunnan Province, China. Proceedings of California Academy of Sciences, 57(24): 709-730
  5. Liang H.B. & Kavanaugh D. 2005. A review on Onycholabis Bates (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Platynini), with description of a new species. Coleopterists Bulletin, 59: 507-520