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  1. Generative AI for Scientific Illustration in Insect Taxonomy: A Human‐Supervised High‐Efficiency Workflow

    Article • Zoologica Scripta, September 2026, Wiley

    Yalin Zhang

  2. A new genus of Coelidiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) from the Oriental Region with a key to regional genera

    Article • Zootaxa, August 2026, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  3. New insights into the tribal‐level phylogeny and historical biogeography of Iassinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) revealed by phylogenomics

    Article • Systematic Entomology, July 2026, Wiley

    Yalin Zhang

  4. Taxonomy of the tribe Rhotanini (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Derbidae) from China

    Article • Zootaxa, May 2026, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  5. Phylogeny of Cicadellidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) based on internal anatomical structures

    Article • Systematic Entomology, April 2026, Wiley

    Yalin Zhang

  6. Toward a new phylogeny-based classification of Flatidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha): a diversification shaped by angiosperm expansion

    Article • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, March 2026, Elsevier

    Yalin Zhang

  7. Three new species of the newly recorded genus Monochorhynchus Muir, 1917 from China, with observations on the fine structure of the mouthparts (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Derbidae)

    Article • European Journal of Taxonomy, February 2026, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle

    Yalin Zhang

  8. Taxonomy of the leafhopper genus Limentinus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) with description of three new species from Madagascar

    Article • Zootaxa, February 2026, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  9. Phylogeny and morphological character evolution in the Idiocerus group (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

    Article • Insect Systematics & Evolution, February 2026, De Gruyter

    Yalin Zhang

  10. Three new species of the leafhopper genus Petalocephala from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Ledrinae)

    Article • Zootaxa, February 2026, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  11. First record of the microleafhopper genera Mjolnirus and Shumka from China (Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini), with description of two new species

    Article • Zootaxa, February 2026, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  12. Taxonomic study of leafhopper genera Balala and Kalasha (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Hylicinae) with three new species, and a new name to replace the homonym Imbricatala Zhang & Tang

    Article • Zootaxa, January 2026, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  13. Three new species of genus Drabescus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Drabescini) from Malaysia

    Article • Zootaxa, January 2026, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  14. Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Arboridia from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini)

    Article • Zootaxa, January 2026, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  15. Analyses of expanded anchored‐hybrid phylogenomic datasets support revisions to the higher classification of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

    Article • Systematic Entomology, January 2026, Wiley

    Yalin Zhang

  16. Bumblebee Diversity in Different Habitat Types and Along an Altitudinal Gradient at a Forest–Grassland Ecotone in the East Range of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

    Article • Insects, December 2025, MDPI AG

    Yalin Zhang

  17. Notes of the leafhopper genus Mitjaevia Dworakowska from China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), with descriptions of eight new species

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2025, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  18. Descriptions of new taxa and records of the microleafhopper tribe Alebrini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China

    Article • Zootaxa, October 2025, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  19. Review of the genus Proutista Kirkaldy from China with morphological interpretation of reduced female genitalia (Hemiptera: Derbidae)

    Article • Zootaxa, September 2025, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  20. Taxonomy of eurymeline leafhoppers from Xizang, China (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) with two new genera and three new species

    Article • Zootaxa, August 2025, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  21. Taxonomy of the leafhopper genus Distantasca (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini) with description of a new species from Australia

    Article • Zootaxa, July 2025, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  22. Two new species of tribe Coelidiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) from the Oriental Reigon

    Article • Zootaxa, July 2025, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  23. Revision of the Oriental Roxasella leafhopper group: phylogeny, morphological evolution, biogeography, and description of 14 new species

    Article • Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, July 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Yalin Zhang

  24. Whole‐genome phylogenomics provides new insights into the phylogeny and evolution of Macropsini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

    Article • Systematic Entomology, May 2025, Wiley

    Yalin Zhang

  25. One new species and three new records of the leafhopper genus Agnesiella Dworakowska (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae) from China

    Article • ZooKeys, May 2025, Pensoft Publishers

    Yalin Zhang

  26. On the genus Otiocerus with a new species and two new combinations to Shellenius (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Derbidae)

    Article • Zootaxa, May 2025, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  27. Phylogeny, molecular species delimitation, and biogeography of the cryptic subgenus Ulopsina (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Ulopinae)

    Article • Insect Systematics and Diversity, May 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Yalin Zhang

  28. The morphology of integumental brochosomes in Cicadellidae (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha)

    Article • Arthropod Structure & Development, May 2025, Elsevier

    Yalin Zhang

  29. Revision of the genus Shizuka Matsumura with description of five new species (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Derbidae)

    Article • Zootaxa, April 2025, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  30. Molecular species delimitation of the Idioscopus clypealis species group (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae) reveals two new morphologically cryptic species from China

    Article • Insect Systematics & Evolution, April 2025, De Gruyter

    Yalin Zhang

  31. Review of the genus Ishiharella Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), with description of two new species

    Article • Zootaxa, March 2025, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  32. First record of the leafhopper genus Pedionis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae: Macropsini) from Malaysia with description of a new species

    Article • Zootaxa, December 2024, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  33. Diversity Survey of a Pine Leafhopper Genus Pinopona Viraktamath & Sohi (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Koebeliini: Grypotina) in Yunnan Province, with Description of Two New Species

    Article • Insects, November 2024, MDPI AG

    Yalin Zhang

  34. Eight new species and four new records of the leafhopper genus Agnesiella Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2024, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  35. Phylogeny, biogeography and morphological evolution of the treehopper‐like leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Megophthalminae and Ulopinae

    Article • Systematic Entomology, October 2024, Wiley

    Yalin Zhang

  36. A new genus from southern China in the tribe Nicertini and discussion of distinguishing tribes of Derbinae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Derbidae)

    Article • Zootaxa, September 2024, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  37. Taxonomy of the leafhopper genus Varicopsella (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Eurymelinae: Macropsini) with description of a new species from Thailand

    Article • Zootaxa, September 2024, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  38. Phylogeny and diversification analyses of extant planthopper families (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) based on a mitochondrial dataset reveal ancient lineages originating during the Jurassic and originally feeding on gymnosperms

    Article • Insect Systematics and Diversity, July 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Yalin Zhang

  39. Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Tautoneura Anufriev with four new species and one new record, and one new species for Qadria Mahmood (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini) from China

    Article • Zootaxa, June 2024, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  40. Why cave planthoppers study matters: are Cixiidae a subtroglophile lineage? (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha)

    Article • Subterranean Biology, March 2024, Pensoft Publishers

    Yalin Zhang

  41. A new genus and species in the tribe Penthimiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with a key to genera of the tribe from China

    Article • Zootaxa, January 2024, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  42. Review of the leafhopper tribe Deltocephalini Dallas, 1870 (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) in Pakistan with description of a new species of Paramesodes

    Article • ZooKeys, December 2023, Pensoft Publishers

    HASSAN NAVEED, Yalin Zhang

  43. Taxonomy of the leafhopper genus Adama (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Selenocephalini: Adamina) with description of a new species from Botswana

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2023, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  44. Gyrosus deltodontus, a new genus and species of Ianeirina (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Selenocephalini) from South Africa

    Article • Zootaxa, May 2023, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  45. Mitogenome of the Doleschallia bisaltide and Phylogenetic Analysis of Nymphalinae (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)

    Article • Diversity, April 2023, MDPI AG

    Yalin Zhang

  46. Taxonomy of the leafhopper genus Drabescus Stål (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with description of two new species from China

    Article • Zootaxa, April 2023, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  47. Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Salka Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini) from China, with descriptions of seven new species

    Article • Zootaxa, January 2023, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  48. Taxonomy of the leafhopper genus Angolaia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Selenocephalini) with description of a new species from Zambia

    Article • Zootaxa, December 2022, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  49. Taxonomy of the leafhopper genus Favintiga (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Drabescini) with description of a new species from China

    Article • Zootaxa, December 2022, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  50. Glutathione S-Transferase May Contribute to the Detoxification of (S)-(−)-Palasonin in Plutella xylostella (L.) via Direct Metabolism

    Article • Insects, October 2022, MDPI AG

    Yalin Zhang

  51. Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Mitjaevia Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini) from China, with descriptions of five new species

    Article • Zootaxa, October 2022, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  52. Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Rufitidia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini) from China, with descriptions of two new species

    Article • Zootaxa, September 2022, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  53.  Coframalaxius bletteryi gen. et sp. nov. from subterranean habitat in Southern France (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Cixiidae, Oecleini)

    Article • Subterranean Biology, July 2022, Pensoft Publishers

    Yalin Zhang

  54. Three new species in the genus Chanohirata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Penthimiini) from China

    Article • Zootaxa, April 2022, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  55. Eurhadina (Singhardina) Mahmood (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China: A Review of the Asian Species with Descriptions of 14 New Species

    Article • Insects, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Yalin Zhang

  56. A new species in the leafhopper genus Processina (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Mileewinae: Mileewini) from China

    Article • Zootaxa, February 2022, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  57. Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Agnesiella Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from China, with descriptions of 13 new species

    Article • Zootaxa, February 2022, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  58. New leafhopper species and new records of Typhlocybini (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae) from China

    Article • ZooKeys, January 2022, Pensoft Publishers

    Yalin Zhang

  59. Butterfly Community Diversity in the Qinling Mountains

    Article • Diversity, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Yalin Zhang

  60. Exploring disordered loops in DprE1 provides a functional site to combat drug-resistance in Mycobacterium strains

    Article • European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, January 2022, Elsevier

    Yalin Zhang

  61. The Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of Four Species in the Subfamily Limenitidinae (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) and a Phylogenetic Analysis

    Article • Insects, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Yalin Zhang

  62. Checklist and keys to Deltocephalinae leafhoppers (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) from Pakistan

    Article • ZooKeys, December 2021, Pensoft Publishers

    HASSAN NAVEED, Yalin Zhang

  63. First records of the Oriental Eurhadina (Singhardina) robusta species group from China with descriptions of five new species (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae)

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2021, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  64. Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Anufrievia Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini) from China, with descriptions of two new species

    Article • Zootaxa, September 2021, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  65. Structural Features and Phylogenetic Implications of 11 New Mitogenomes of Typhlocybinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

    Article • Insects, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Yalin Zhang

  66. Review of the leafhopper genus Hatigoria Distant with one new species (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Hylicinae)

    Article • Zootaxa, July 2021, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  67. Two Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of Mileewinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) and a Phylogenetic Analysis

    Article • Insects, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Yalin Zhang

  68. Characterization of Three Complete Mitogenomes of Flatidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) and Compositional Heterogeneity Analysis in the Planthoppers’ Mitochondrial Phylogenomics

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Yalin Zhang

  69. Taxonomy of the leafhopper genus Nirvanguina (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Drabescini) with description of a new species from China

    Article • Zootaxa, May 2021, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  70. Review of the Pacific leafhopper genus Hecaloidella (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Selenocephalini) with description of sixteen new species

    Article • Zootaxa, March 2021, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  71. The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Four Hylicinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): Structural Features and Phylogenetic Implications

    Article • Insects, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Yalin Zhang

  72. Taxonomic study of the genus Unkanodes (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Delphacidae) from Pakistan, with description of a new species

    Article • ZooKeys, November 2020, Pensoft Publishers

    HASSAN NAVEED, Yalin Zhang

  73. Five new species of the leafhopper genus Limassolla Dlabola (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae)

    Article • Zootaxa, November 2020, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  74. Review of the leafhopper genus Thaia Ghauri and related genera (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini)

    Article • Zootaxa, October 2020, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  75. Taxonomic study of some Afrotropical erythroneurine leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae)

    Article • Zootaxa, October 2020, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  76. Notes on genera of Sarimini with description of two new species in the genera Microsarimodes and Tetrichina (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Issidae)

    Article • Zootaxa, October 2020, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  77. Five new species of the planthopper genus Atracis Stål (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Flatidae) from China

    Article • European Journal of Taxonomy, September 2020, Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle

    Yalin Zhang

  78. Characterization of Two Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of Ledrinae (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) and Phylogenetic Analysis

    Article • Insects, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Yalin Zhang

  79. First record of the family Derbidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) from Pakistan with redescription of Kamendaka saccharivora (Matsumura)

    Article • Zootaxa, August 2020, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  80. Characterization of the Complete Mitochondrial Genome of Drabescus ineffectus and Roxasellana stellata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Drabescini) and Their Phylogenetic Implications

    Article • Insects, August 2020, MDPI AG

    Yalin Zhang

  81. Taxonomy of the Oriental leafhopper genus Parabolopona (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Drabescini) with a new species from China

    Article • Zootaxa, July 2020, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  82. First record of Tettigometridae (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from Pakistan: description of a new species including barcode identification

    Article • Zootaxa, July 2020, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  83. Taxonomic study of the leafhopper genus Singapora (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini) from China with a new species

    Article • Zootaxa, July 2020, Magnolia Press

    Yalin Zhang

  84. A review of the leafhopper genus Pseudosubhimalus Ghauri (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with description of a new species from Pakistan

    Article • Zootaxa, June 2020, Magnolia Press

    HASSAN NAVEED, Yalin Zhang

  85. First report of the Old World leafhopper genus Olidiana McKamey (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Coelidiinae) from Pakistan with description of a new species

    Article • Zootaxa, May 2020, Magnolia Press

    HASSAN NAVEED, Yalin Zhang

  86. First report of an economically important genus Euscelidius (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae: Athysanini) from the Indian subcontinent, with description of a new species

    Article • Zootaxa, April 2020, Magnolia Press

    HASSAN NAVEED, Yalin Zhang

  87. Molecular characterization and functional analysis of pheromone binding protein 1 from Cydia pomonella (L.)

    Article • Insect Molecular Biology, August 2016, Wiley

    Yalin Zhang

  88. Investigation of insecticide-resistance status of Cydia pomonella in Chinese populations

    Article • Bulletin of Entomological Research, March 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Yalin Zhang

  89. Revision of the cricket species of the subfamily Itarinae (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) from China

    Article • The Canadian Entomologist, January 2015, Cambridge University Press

    Yalin Zhang

  90. Cantharidin impedes the activity of protein serine/threonine phosphatase in Plutella xylostella

    Article • Molecular BioSystems, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Yalin Zhang

  91. Catalytic inactivation of alkaline phosphatase by cantharidin, an inhibitor of protein phosphatase

    Article • RSC Advances, January 2014, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Yalin Zhang