Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University

Research interests:

Behavioral ecology, Conservation biology, Evolutionary Biology, Systematics

E-mail: hytseng1216@ntu.edu.tw

Lab: Conservation & Evolutionary Biology Laboratory

Tel: +886233665525

Biography:

Ph.D. in Life Science, Tunghai University               September 2011 – January 2017

M.S. in Life Science, National Chung Hsing University    September 2002 – June 2006

B.S. in Entomology, National Chung Hsing University     September 1998 – June 2002

Publications:

1. Lim, P. X., S.-M. Lin, W.-L. Lin*, Hui-Yun Tseng*. 2023/07. Breeding records, urban habitat, and threats to the masked palm civet in Taiwan. The Journal of Wildlife Management: e22467
2. Amarga, A. K. S., J.-W. Lin, Hui-Yun Tseng, R. G Robbins, M. L. Kwak, S.-M. Lin. 2023/05. New host records of the reptile tick Amblyomma helvolum Koch (Ixodida: Ixodidae: Amblyomminae) in Taiwan. Systematic and Applied Acarology 28(5): 931–943
3. Lin, T.-H., K.-W. Chan, F.-C. Hsu, C.-C. Lin, Hui-Yun Tseng*. 2023/02. Putative source and niche shift pattern of a new alien ant species (Odontomachus troglodytes) in Taiwan. PeerJ 11: e14718.
4. Ye, Y.-J., J.-P. Huang, H. N. Nguyen, R. J. T. Villanueva, A. K. S. Amarga, Hui-Yun Tseng*. 2022/12. Comparative phylogeography in the Taiwan-Luzon volcanic belt indicates fast diversification history of Pachyrhynchus weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 6(6), 4: 1-14.
5. Amarga, A. K. S., C. E. Supsup, Hui-Yun Tseng, M. L. Kwak, S.-M. Lin. 2022. The Asian turtle tick Amblyomma geoemydae Cantor, 1847 (Acari: Ixodidae) in the Philippines: first confirmed local host and locality with a complete host index. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 13: 101958. 
6. Lin, W.-L., K.-H. Chen, C.-P. Liao, Hui-Yun Tseng*. 2022. Short-term exposure of anticoagulant rodenticides leads to the toxin accumulation from prey (Rattus losea) to predator (Elanus caeruleus) Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 233: 113361. 
7. Tseng, Hui-Yun*, H. Chiba*, D. J. Lohman, S.-H. Yen, K. Aduse-Poku, Y. Ohshima, L.-W. Wu. 2022. Out of Asia: Intercontinental dispersals after the Eocene-Oligocene transition shaped the zoogeography of Limenitidinae butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 170: 107444. 
8. Hsu, H.*, Hui-Yun Tseng*, C.-P. Liao, J.-Y. Hsu, W.-S. Huang. 2021. Appearance matters: multiple functional signals of body colours in a weevil. Animal Behaviour 177: 231-240. 
9. Lin, S.-M., T.-W. Li, C.-H. Liou, A. K. S. Amarga, A. Cabras, Hui-Yun Tseng*. 2021. Eggs survive through avian guts—A possible mechanism for transoceanic dispersal of flightless weevils. Ecology and Evolution 11: 7132–7137. 
10. Tseng, Hui-Yun, Jeng, M.-L., Villanueva, R. J. T., and Huang. W.-S. 2021/12. Preliminary survey of Pachyrhynchus weevils on the Babuyan and Batanes islands. Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology 14 (2): 1-6.
11. Liao, C.-P., J.-Y. Hsu, S.-P. Huang, RW Clark, J.-W. Lin, Hui-Yun Tseng, W.-S. Huang. 2021. Sum of fears among intraguild predators drives the survival of green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) eggs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288: 20202631. 
12. Hsiao, Y.-W. Hui-Yun Tseng, H. N. Nguyen, S.-M. Lin. 2021. Asymmetric acoustic signal recognition led to asymmetric gene flow between two parapatric frogs. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 192: 130-143.
13. Chang, Y., Y. Ogawa , G. Jacucci, O. D. Onelli, Hui-Yun Tseng*, S Vignolini*. 2020. Hereditary character of photonics structure in Pachyrhynchus sarcitis weevils: colour changes via one generation hybridization. Advanced Optical Materials 8: 2000432 (Co-corresponding author)
14. Ko, Y.-W., C.-P. Liao, R. W. Clark, J.-Y. Hsu, Hui-Yun Tseng, W.-S. Huang. 2020. Aposematic coloration of prey enhances memory retention in an agamid lizard. Animal Behaviour 161: 1-13. 
15. Lee, C.-Y., D. A. Pike, Hui-Yun Tseng, J.-Y. Hsu, S.-L. Huang, P.-J. L. Shaner, C.-P. Liao, A. Manica, and W.-S. Huang. 2019. When males live longer: Resource-driven territorial behavior drives sex-specific survival in snakes. Science Advances 5: eaar5478. 
16. Tseng, Hui-Yun, C.-P. Liao, J.-Y. Hsu, L.-Y. Wang, W.-S. Huang. 2019. Parental behavior drives large bite force in an insular skink population. Journal of Zoology 307: 223-231. 
17. Ye, H.-Y.*, Hui-Yun Tseng*, C.-P. Liao, C.-P. Lin, W.-S. Huang.2018. Rafting on floating fruit is effective for oceanic dispersal of flightless weevils. Journal of Experimental Biology. 221: jeb190488.(*Equal contribution) 
18. Huang, L.-C., W.-S. Huang, C.-P. Lin, O. M. Nuñeza, Hui-Yun Tseng, H.-C. Tang. 2018. Captive breeding of two insular populations of Pachyrhynchus sarcitis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Lanyu and Babuyan Islands. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 21: 1233-1238. (Corresponding author) 
19. Lee, C.-Y., S.-P. Yo, C. Rulon, J.-Y. Hsu, C.-P. Liao, Hui-Yun Tseng, W.-S. Huang. 2018. The role of different visual characters of weevils signaling aposematism to sympatric lizard predators. Journal of Zoology 306: 36-47. 
20. Tseng, Hui-Yun, W.-S. Huang, M.-L. Jeng, R. J. T. Villanueva, O. M. Nuñeza, C.-P. Lin. 2018. Complex inter-island colonization and peripatric founder speciation promote diversification of flightless Pachyrhynchus weevils in the Taiwan–Luzon volcanic belt. Journal of Biogeography 45(1):89-100.