Wu Dai, Ph.D.

　　Professor of Entomology

　　College of Plant Protection

　　Northwest A&F University

　　Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100 China

　　Email: daiwu@nwsuaf.edu.cn

 

 

　　Research Focus

　　The main research focuses on taxonomy, phylogeny, morphology, anatomy, evolution, biology, molecular biology, chromosome of Homptera.

　　1 A phylogenetic study on Iassinae （Hemiptera: Cicadellidae） and reclassificaiton of its high taxa. the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2010-2012, 0.31 million RMB.

　　2 Phylogeny and reconstruction on classification system of the vector leafhopper subfamily Deltocephalinae （Hemiptera: Cicadellidae）。 National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2013-2016, 0.78 million RMB.

　　3 Revisionary phylogeny of the leafhopper subfamily Megophthalminae （Hemiptera: Cicadellidae） with a revised high-taxa classification. National Natural Science Foundation of China, 2016-2019, 0.64 million RMB.

　　4 Systematic Study on the evolution and morphology of Mouthparts of Auchenorrhycha. West Light Foundation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2013-2015, 80000 RMB.

　　5 Fauna Sinica, Insecta, Iassinae and Megophthalminae, National Key Technology Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, 2015-2019, 300000 RMB.

　　Representative papers （* Corresponding author）

　　1 Yanan Hao, Chris Dietrich, Wu Dai.*  Structure and Sensilla of the Mouthparts of the Spotted Lanternfly Lycorma delicatula （Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae）， a Polyphagous Invasive Planthopper. 2016. PLoS ONE 11（6）： e0156640.

　　2 Tingting Wang, Liuxing Pan, Yalin Zhang, Wu Dai*. Morphology of the mouthparts of the spittlebug Philagra albinotata Uhler （Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Aphrophoridae）。 Arthropod Structure & Development, 2015, 44（2）：121-130.

　　3  Sindhu M. Krishnankutty, Christopher H. Dietrich, Wu Dai, Madhura H. Siddappaji.  Phylogeny and historical biogeography of leafhopper subfamily Iassinae with a revised tribal classification based on morphological and molecular data. Systematic Entomology （2016）， 41, 580-595.

　　4 Wu Dai, Liuxing Pan, Yeping Lu, Li Jin, Chunni Zhang. External morphology of the mouthparts of the whitebacked planthopper Sogatella furcifera （Hemiptera: Delphacidae）， with specialreference to the sensilla. Micron, 2014, 56: 8-16.

　　5 Mei Su, Christopher H. Dietrich, Yalin Zhang, Wu Dai*.Ultrastructure of the spermatozoa of Psammotettix striatus （Linnaeus） and Exitianus nanus （Distant） （Hemiptera:Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae）。Arthropod Structure & Development, 2013, 43:559-570.

　　Major and research direction

　　Agricultural Entomology, Insect Systematics and Biodiversity, Integrated Pest Management.

　　Graduate students to participate in international academic conferences and academic reports

　　1 Huining Zhang, 2015.7.23 Austria. Molecular phylogeny of the tribe Paralimnini. 7th European Hemiptera Congress and 9th International Workshop on Leafhoppers and Planthoppers of Economic Importance.

　　2 Liuxing Pan 2013.7.10 Yangling. Comparative morphology of piercing-sucking mouthparts in four Cicadellinae. 14th International Auchenorrhyncha Congress and 8th International Workshop on Leafhoppers and Planthoppers of Economic Importance

　　3 Yanan Hao 2015.7.16. Structure and sensilla of the mouthparts of the spotted lanternfly Lycormadelicatula.The 14th China Entomological Society of insect classification Flora Annual Conference.

　　Graduate student academic awards

　　Yanan Hao, NWAFU Scholarship in 2015;

　　Huining Zhang, CSC Joint PhD scholarship in 2014;

　　Xuemei Liang, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University Excellent graduation thesisi in 2014;.

　　Graduate employment

　　Fangying Chen, 2015, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Groningen;

　　Tingting Wang, 2015, Teacher, Xi'an Jiaotong University;

　　Long Ma, 2014, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Groningen;

　　Mei Su , 2014 Employee, Pesticide Co., Ltd. Shaanxi Smith Barney;

　　Xuemei Liang , 2014 Employee, Haisheng Group.

　　Liuxing Pan, 2013, Tanghe County Farm Bureau;

　　Huining Zhang, 2013, Ph.D. Candidate Northwest A&F University