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FEATURED PUBLICATIONS

Here you will find information about the research publications I’ve been involved with. Throughout my research, I’ve had the opportunity to work on many interesting projects that have enriched my understanding and paved the path towards my successful biological Researcher career. I’m proud to showcase my hard work with the list of publications below.

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The latest publications can be found on Google Scholar.

2022:

• Leong, C.M, Tsang, T.P.N. & Guénard, B. (2022) Testing the reliability and ecological implications of ramping rates in the measurement of Critical Thermal maximum. PLoS ONE.

2021:

• Brassard, F., Leong, C.M., Chan, H.-H., & Guénard, B. (2021) High Diversity in Urban Areas: How Comprehensive Sampling Reveals High Ant Species Richness within One of the Most Urbanized Regions of the World. Insects, 13, 358

2020:

• Leong, C.M., Tsang, T.P.N. & Guénard, B. (2020) Critical Thermal maximum measurements and its biological relevance: the case of ants. bioRxiv, 1-29. doi: 10.1101/2020.12.09.417410.

• Ermilov, S.G. & Leong, C.M. (2020) New faunistic and taxonomic data on oribatid mites of southern China (Guangdong and Macao). SPIXIANA, 43, 177-188.

• Brassard, F., Leong, C.M., Chan H.H., Guénard, B. (2020) A new cryptic species and an updated checklist of Strumigenys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Macao SAR, China, with a key to species of the Greater Bay Area. Zookeys, Accepted.

2019:
• Leong, C.M., Guénard, B., Shiao, S. & Lin, C. (2019) Taxonomic revision of the genus Ponera Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Taiwan and Japan, with a key to East Asian species. Zootaxa, 4594, 1-86.
• Pierce, M.P., Leong, C.M. & Guénard, B. (2019) A new species and new record of the cryptobiotic ant genus Ponera Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Hong Kong. Zookeys, 867, 9-21.
• Brassard, F., Leong, C.M., Chan, H.H. & Guénard, B. (2019) Of ants and men: quantifying the effects of urbanization on the myrmecofauna of a large city. 1st Hong Kong Insect Forum: Insect Diversity: Current and Future Perspectives (Conference). University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
• Leong, C.M., Shelomi, M., Lin, C.-C. & Shiao, S.-F. (2019) Necrophilous Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Diverse Habitats in Taiwan. Sociobiology, 66, 209-217.

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2018:
• Leong, C.M., Yamane, S. & Guénard, B. (2018) Lost in the city: discovery of the rare ant genus Leptanilla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Macau with description of Leptanilla macauensis sp. nov. Asian Myrmecology, 10, 1-16.
• Yamane, S., Leong, C.M. & Lin, C.C. (2018) Taiwanese species of the ant genus Technomyrmex (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae). Zootaxa, 4410, 35-56.
• Leong, C.M., Lin, C.C., Shiao, S.F., Nguyen, D.D. & Eguchi, K. (2018) Taxonomic notes on Ponera guangxiensis Zhou, 2001 (Hypmenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae), with a new distribution record from Vietnam and the first description of queen, male, and larva. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 152, 201-215.
• Ermilov, S. & Leong, C.M. (2018) Additions to the knowledge of oribatid mites of the family Lohmanniidae (Acari: Oribatida) in China. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 1278-1289.
• Leong, C.M., Tsai, W.H., Terayama, M., Shiao, S.F. & Lin, C.C. (2018) Description of a new species of the genus Anochetus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Orchid Island, Taiwan. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 21, 124-129.
• Ermilov, S. & Leong, C.M. (2018) Taxonomic data on two species of oribatid mites of the family Galumnidae (Acari, Oribatida), with additions to the fauna of China. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 23, 1766-1781.

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2017:
• Leong, C.M., Shiao, S.F. & Guénard, B. (2017) Ants in the city, a preliminary checklist of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) in Macau, one of the most heavily urbanized regions of the world. Asian Myrmecology 9: 1-20.
• Leong, C.M., Shiao, S.F., Liu, J.J., Lin, C.C. & Yamane, S. (2017) Records of Odontoponera denticulata (F. Smith, 1858) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Taiwan, with a Note on Sculptural Variation in Workers. Japanese Journal of Systematic Entomology 23: 21-27.
• Leong, C.M. (2017) Biological Notes on the Colony of Brachyponera obscurans (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Macau. Taiwanese Journal of Entomological Studies 2: 10-12.

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2015:
• Leong, C.M., Hsiao, Y. & Shiao, S.F. (2015) Polyrhachis (Cyrtomyrma) debilis Emery, 1887 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a new record of ant species in Taiwan. Taiwan Enotomological Society 35: 143-147.
• Hsu, C.F., Hsiao, Y., Leong, C.M., Shih, S.Y. & Yang, P.S. (2015) First record of Necrobia rufipes De Geer, 1775 (Coleoptera: Cleridae) from Taiwan. Far Eastern Entomologist 295: 15-16.

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