Qian Cong

Qian Cong (Q. Cong)

Entomologist, USA

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Cong, Q. & Grishin, N., 2014: A new Hermeuptychia (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) is sympatric and synchronic with H. sosybius in southeast US coastal plains, while another new Hermeuptychia species – not hermes – inhabits south Texas and northeast Mexico. Zookeys, 379: 43–91. Abstract and full article: DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.379.6394
Shiraiwa, K., Cong, Q. & Grishin, N.V. 2014. A new Heraclides swallowtail (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) from North America is recognized by the pattern on its neck. ZooKeys 468: 85–135. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.468.8565 Reference page.

Cong, Q., Shen, J., Warren, A.D. & Grishin, N.D., 2016. Speciation in Cloudless Sulphurs gleaned from complete genomes. Genome Biology and Evolution March 6th, 2016. PDF. Reference page.

Janzen, D.H., Burns, J.M., Cong. Q., Hallwachs, W., Dapkey, T., Manjunath, R., Hajibabaei M., Hebert, P.D.N. & Grishin, N.V. 2017. Nuclear genomes distinguish cryptic species suggestedby their DNA barcodes and ecology. PNAS 114(31): 8313–8318. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1621504114. PDF. SI Appendix. Reference page.

Li, W., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Zhang, J., Hallwachs, W., Janzen, D.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns. PNAS 116(13): 6232–6237. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1821304116. Text. SI Appendix. Reference page.
Cong, Q., Zhang, J., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0731: 1–56. Zoobank. Reference page.
Zhang, J., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Brockmann, E. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Genomes reveal drastic and recurrent phenotypic divergence in firetip skipper butterflies (Hesperiidae: Pyrrhopyginae). Proc. R. Soc. B 286: 20190609. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0609. Appendix. Reference page.
Zhang, J., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Brockmann, E. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Three new subfamilies of skipper butterflies (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae). ZooKeys 861: 91–105. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.861.34686 Reference page.
Zhang, J., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Opler, P.A. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Changes to North American butterfly names. The Taxonomic Report of The International Lepidoptera Survey 8(2): 1–12. PDF. Reference page.
Zhang, J., Shen, J.H., Cong, Q. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Genomic analysis of the tribe Emesidini (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Zootaxa 4668(4): 475–488. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4668.4.2. Reference page.

Cong, Q., Zhang, J., Shen, J.H., Cao, X.L, Brévignon, C. & Grishin, N.V. 2020. Speciation in North American Junonia from a genomic perspective. Systematic Entomology 45(4): 803–837. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12428 Reference page.
Zhang, J., Brockmann, E., Cong, Q., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2020. A genomic perspective on the taxonomy of the subtribe Carcharodina (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Carcharodini). Zootaxa 4748(1): 182–194. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.10 Reference page.
Zhang, J., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Opler, P.A. & Grishin, N.V. 2020. Genomic evidence suggests further changes of butterfly names. The Taxonomic Report of The International Lepidoptera Survey 8(7): 1–41. PDF. Reference page.

Gallardo, R.J., Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2021. A uniquely patterned new species of Emesis from Honduras (Riodinidae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(1): 53-59. Reference page.

Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2022. Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0921: 1–135. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Zhang, J., Cong, Q. & Grishin, N.V., 2023. Thirteen new species of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from Texas. Insecta Mundi 0969: 1–58. Reference page.