Conservation & Evolutionary Biology Lab
 
Department of Entomology,
National Taiwan University

​Research in our lab focuses on the biodiversity, behavioral ecology, phylogenetics and other applications in insects, birds, amphibian and reptiles, especially Pachyrhynchus weevils.

Pachyrhynchus is a group of tropical weevils which displays astonishing colouration and extremely high insular species diversity. Most Pachyrhynchus weevils distribute in the Philippine Archipelago; each species has extremely restricted distributional range owing to the fused elytra and limited dispersal ability. Except field studies, we also use molecular tools to answer questions related to conservation, ecology and evolution issues.