Yang Liu

Yang Liu, Chinese herpetologist and ornithologist

• State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol / The Museum of Biology, College of Ecology and Evolution, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, P.R. China
• Kadoorie Conservation China, Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden, Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, Hong Kong, P.R. China

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 24 taxon names authored by Yang Liu

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2012

• Liu, S.-Y., Sun, Z.-Y., Liu, Y., Wang, H., Guo, P. & Murphy, R.W. 2012. A new vole from Xizang, China and the molecular phylogeny of the genus Neodon (Cricetidae: Arvicolinae). Zootaxa 3235(1): 1–22. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3235.1.1 Reference page. 

2014

• Alström, P., Hooper, D.M., Liu, Y., Olsson, U., Mohan, D., Gelang, M., Manh, H.L., Zhao, J., Lei, F.-M. & Price, T.D. 2014. Discovery of a relict lineage and monotypic family of passerine birds. Biology Letters 10(3): 20131067. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.1067 ResearchGate Reference page. 

2015

• Liu, Y., He, Z-Q. & Ma, L-B. 2015. A new species of subgenus Eulandrevus Gorochov, 1988 (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Landrevinae) from China. Zootaxa 4013(4): 594–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4013.4.9. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Wang, Y-Y., Lau, M.W-N., Yang, J-H., Chen, G-L., Liu, Z-Y., Pang, H. & Liu, Y. 2015. A new species of the genus Odorrana (Amphibia: Ranidae) and the first record of Odorrana bacboensis from China. Zootaxa 3999(2): 235–254. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.2.4. Preview (PDF). Reference page. 
• Alström, P.; Xia, C.; Rasmussen, P.C.; Olsson, U.; Dai, B.; Zhao, J.; Leader, P.J., Carey, G.J.; Dong, L.; Cai, T.; Holt, P.I., Manh, H.L.; Song, G.; Liu, Y.; Zhang, Y-Y.; & Lei, F. 2015. Integrative taxonomy of the Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli complex reveals a new species from central China. Avian Research 6: 9. Full article. Reference page. 
• Chen, D., Liu, Y., Davison, G.W.H., Dong, L., Chang, J., Gao, S., Li, S-H. & Zhang, Z-W. 2015. Revival of the genus Tropicoperdix Blyth 1859 (Phasianidae, Aves) using multilocus sequence data. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 1175(2): 429–438 DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12273 Reference page. 

2016

• Liu, Y., Li, Z., Jia, L-Y. & Huang, D-W. 2016. Description of two new species from China in a new species group of the fig wasp genus Sycophaga Westwood (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Agaonidae: Sycophaginae). Zootaxa 4196(4): 569–578. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.4.6. Reference page. 

2017

• Liu, Y., Rasplus, J-Y., Noort, S.V., Li, Z. & Huang, D-W. 2017. Sycidiphaga, a new genus of Sycophaginae Walker, 1975 (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea, Agaonidae) associated with Ficus subgenus Sycidium in southern China. Zootaxa 4306(1): 91–107. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4306.1.5. Reference page. 
• Liu, S.-Y., Jin, W., Liu, Y., Murphy, R.W., Lu, B., Hao, H.-B., Liao, R., Sun, Z.-Y., Tang, M.-K., Chen, W.-C. & Fu, J.-R. 2017. Taxonomic position of Chinese voles of the tribe Arvicolini and the description of two new species from Xizang, China. Journal of Mammalogy 98(1): 166–182. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyw170 Reference page. 
• Tahir, U.B., Deng, Q., Li, S., Liu, Y., Wang, Z. & Gu, Z-M. 2017. First record of a new epibionts suctorian ciliate Tokophrya huangmeiensis sp.n. (Ciliophora, Phyllopharyngea) from redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus von Martens 1868. Zootaxa 4269(2): 287–295. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.2.7. Reference page. 
• Liu, S.-Y., Jin, W., Liao, R., Sun, Z.-Y., Zeng, T., Fu, J.-R., Liu, Y., Wang, X., Li, P.-F., Tang, M.-K., Chen, L., Dong, L., Han, M. & Gou, D. 2017. Phylogenetic study of Ochotona based on mitochondrial Cyt b and morphology with a description of one new subgenus and five new species. Acta Theriologica Sinica 37(1):1-43. DOI: 10.16829/j.slxb.201701001 Reference page. 

2018

• Liu, Q., Zhong, G.-H., Wang, P., Liu, Y. & Guo, P. 2018. A new species of the genus Hebius (Squamata: Colubridae) from Sichuan, China. Zootaxa 4483(2): 385–394. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4483.2.10. Reference page. 

2022

• Feng, C., Yang, X.-K., Li, Z.-Q. & Liu, Y. 2022. Revision of Sphenoraia Clark, 1865 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) from China, with descriptions of two new species. ZooKeys 1132: 51–83. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1132.89858 . Reference page. 
• Liu, S.-Y., Zhou, C.-G., Meng, G.-L., Wan, T., Tang, M.-K., Yang, C.-T., Murphy, R.W., Fan, Z.-X., Liu, Y., Zeng, T., Zhao, Y. & Liu, S.-L. 2022. Evolution and diversification of Mountain voles (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Communications Biology 5(1): 1417. DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-04371-z Reference page. 
• Wei C-T., Sangster, G., Olsson, U., Rasmussen, P.C., Svensson, L., Yao, C-T., Carey, G.J., Leader, P.J., Zhang, R., Chen, G-L., Song, G., Lei, F., Wilcove, D.S., Alström, P. & Liu, Y. 2022. Cryptic species in a colorful genus: Integrative taxonomy of the bush robins (Aves, Muscicapidae, Tarsiger) suggests two overlooked species. Molecular Phylogenentics and Evolution. 175: 107580. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107580 Reference page. 

2023

• Feng, C., Yang, X.-K., Liu, Y. & Li, Z.-Q. 2023. Revision of Aplosonyx Chevrolat, 1836 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) from China, with descriptions of three new species. ZooKeys 1154: 159–222. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1154.98336 . Reference page. 
• Su, X., Li, W., Liu, W-G., Ahrens, D., Zheng, Y-J. & Liu, Y. 2023. An update to the taxonomy of Serica MacLeay, 1819 (sensu lato) from China (Coleoptera, Scarabeidae, Sericinae, Sericini). ZooKeys 1185: 181-198. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1185.109154 Reference page. 

2025

• Song, H.-M., Qi, S., Wang, H.-T., Gong, Y.-N., Liu, Y. & Wang, Y.-Y. 2025. Definition and taxonomic revision of the karst-associated Odorrana lipuensis group (Anura, Ranidae), with a new species from Guangdong, China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101: 935–952. DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.142746 Reference page.