Junxia Zhang

Junxia Zhang

PhD Candidate

Department of Zoology
University of British Columbia
6270 University Blvd.
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4

jxzhang [at] interchange.ubc.ca
+1-604-827-5249

MS, Hebei University (2002)
BS, Hebei Normal University (1999)

Research Interests

Phylogeny is the evolutionary history of organisms or their parts (for example, genes). A robust phylogeny is the foundation of many studies of evolutionary processes, for instance character evolution, sexual selection and processes controlling geographic distributions. My project is mainly focused on the phylogeny of the spider subfamily Euophryinae (Araneae: Salticidae) using both molecular and morphological data. Besides, I am also interested in the historical biogeography and genital organ evolution of spiders.

Publications

Maddison, W. P., J. X. Zhang and M. R. Bodner. 2007. A basal phylogenetic placement for the salticid spider Eupoa, with descriptions of two new species (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa, 1432: 23-33.
Zhang, J. X., M. S. Zhu and I. M. Tso. 2006. Four new crab spiders from Taiwan (Araneae, Thomisidae). Journal of Arachnology, 34 (1): 77-86.
Zhang, J. X., J. R. Woon, and D. Q. Li. 2006. A new genus and species of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Spartaeinae) from Malaysia. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 54 (2): 241-244.
Maddison, W. P. and J. X. Zhang. 2006. New lyssomanine and hisponine jumping spiders from Africa (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa, 1255: 29-35.
Zhu, M. S., J. X. Zhang and F. Zhang. 2006. Rare spiders of the genus Cyclocosmia (Arachnida: Araneae: Ctenizidae) from tropical and subtropical China. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 54 (1): 133-139.
Agnarsson, I. and J. X. Zhang. 2006. New species of Anelosimus (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Africa and Southeast Asia, with notes on sociality and color polymorphism. Zootaxa, 1147: 1-37.
Zhang, J. X. and D. Q. Li. 2005. Four new and one newly recorded species of the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Lyssomaninae & Spartaeinae) from (sub)tropical China. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 53 (2): 221-229.
Zhang, J. X., M. S. Zhu and D. X. Song. 2004. A review of the Chinese nursery-web spiders (Araneae: Pisauridae). The Journal of Arachnology, 32: 353-417.
Zhang, J. X. and M. S. Zhu. 2004. Two new species of the spider genus Oxyopes (Araneae: Oxyopidae) from China. Acta Arachnologica, Tokyo, 53 (2): 105-108.
Zhu, M. S., D. X. Song and J. X. Zhang. 2003. Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Tetragnathidae. Science Press, Beijing, xvi + 402pp.
Zhang, J. X. 2000. Taxonomy studies on Chinese spiders of the genus Pisaura (Araneae: Pisauridae) I. Acta Arachnologica Sinica, 9 (1): 1-9.