Tseng WZ, Hsiao Y. Cabras A and Cheng RC*. First molecular phylogeny estimate of the tribe Mecopini (Curculionidae: Conoderinae) unveils its polyphyletic nature at the tribal and generic level. Zoological Studies.
Huang YM, Lo YY, Cheng RC*. 2024. Re-description of five species of Parasteatoda and one species of Campanicola (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Biodiversity.
Tseng WZ and Cheng RC*. 2024. Phylogenetic analyses of Eucryptorrhynchus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) reveal a cryptic species within eurytopic E. scrobiculatus (Motschulsky, 1854). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 72:324–334.
Lo YY, Cheng RC*, Lin CP. 2024. Integrative species delimitation and five new species of lynx spiders (Araneae, Oxyopidae) in Taiwan. PLoS ONE. 19(5): e0301776.
Hsiao YC, Cheng RC*. 2024. First Record of Erigone atra Blackwall, 1833 in Taiwan (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Taiwanese Journal of Entomological Studies. 9(1):7–8.
Hsu JY, Chou CC, Liao CP, Lin JW, Cheng RC, Huang WS. 2023. Negative density‐regulated contest performance promotes conflict resolution in a tree lizard. Functional Ecology. 37(12):3040–3051.
Tseng WZ, Cheng RC*, Hsiao Y, Chiu MC. 2023. Rediscovery of Sternechosomus octotuberculatus Voss, 1958 provides evidence for Sternechosomus Voss, 1958 as a new subjective synonym of Physarchus Pascoe, 1865 (Curculionidae: Molytinae: Metatygini). Zootaxa. 5380(2):196–200.
Lo YY, Wei C, Cheng RC*. 2023. Tree-dwelling wolves: a new arboreal Hogna species (Araneae: Lycosidae) from Taiwan. Zootaxa. 5353(1):047–059.
Yu KP, Lo YY, Cheng RC, Raven Robert, Kuntner M. 2023. Discovery of a new intertidal trapdoor spider of the genus Idioctis (Araneae: Barychelidae), with a generic range extension to Taiwan. The Journal of Arachnology. 51(2):238–248
Tseng WZ and Cheng RC. 2023. Formal Record of Mecopus hopei Rosenschöld, 1838 (Curculionidae: Conoderinae) in Taiwan. Taiwanese Journal of Entomological Studies. 8(3):78–79.
Kuntner M, Čandek K, Gregorič M, Turk E, Hamilton CA, Chamberland L, Starrett J, Cheng RC, Coddington JA, Agnarsson I, Bond JE. 2023. Increasing information content and diagnosability in family-level classifications. Systematic Biology. 96(2): 401–411.
Okumura K, Cheng RC. 2023. A new synonymy of Coelotes oshimaensis Shimojana 2000 (Araneae: Agelenidae: Coelotinae) in Japan. Acta Arachnologica. 72(1):17–21.
Mammola S, Malumbres-Olarte J, Arabesky V, Barrales-Alcalá DA, Barrion-Dupo AL, Benamú MA, Bird TL, Bogomolova M, Cardoso P, Chatzaki M, Cheng RC, Chu TA, Classen-Rodríguez LM, Čupić I, Dhiya’ulhaq N, Picard A, El-Hennawy HK, Elverici M, Fukushima CS, Ganem Z, Gavish-Regev E, Gonnye NT, Hacala A, Haddad CR, Hesselberg T, Ho TAT, Into T, Isaia M, Jayaraman D, Karuaera N, Khalap R, Khalap K, Kim D, Korhonen T, Kralj-Fišer S, Land H, Lin SW, Loboda S, Lowe E, Lubin Y, Martínez A, Mbo Z, Miličić M, Kioko GM, Nanni V, Norma-Rashid Y, Nwankwo D, Painting CA, Pang A, Pantini P, Pavlek M, Pearce R, Petcharad B, Pétillon J, Raberahona OC, Saarinen JA, Segura-Hernández L, Sentenská L, Uhl G, Walker L, Warui CM, Wiśniewski K, Zamani A, Chuang A and Scott C. 2022. The global spread of misinformation on spiders. Current Biology. 32(16): R871–R873.
Mammola S, Malumbres-Olarte J, Arabesky V, Barrales-Alcalá DA, Barrion-Dupo AL, Benamú MA, Bird TL, Bogomolova M, Cardoso P, Chatzaki M, Cheng RC, Chu TA, Classen-Rodríguez LM, Čupić I, Dhiya’ulhaq N, Picard A, El-Hennawy HK, Elverici M, Fukushima CS, Ganem Z, Gavish-Regev E, Gonnye NT, Hacala A, Haddad CR, Hesselberg T, Ho TAT, Into T, Isaia M, Jayaraman D, Karuaera N, Khalap R, Khalap K, Kim D, Korhonen T, Kralj-Fišer S, Land H, Lin SW, Loboda S, Lowe E, Lubin Y, Martínez A, Mbo Z, Miličić M, Kioko GM, Nanni V, Norma-Rashid Y, Nwankwo D, Painting CA, Pang A, Pantini P, Pavlek M, Pearce R, Petcharad B, Pétillon J, Raberahona OC, Saarinen JA, Segura-Hernández L, Sentenská L, Uhl G, Walker L, Warui CM, Wiśniewski K, Zamani A, Scott C and Chuang A. 2022. An expert-curated global database of online newspaper articles on spiders and spider bites. Scientific Data. 9:109.
Li YY, Tsai JM, Wu CY, Chiu YF, Li HY, Warrit N, Wan YC, Lin YP, Cheng RC* and Su YC. 2022. In silico assessment of probe-capturing strategies and effectiveness in the spider sub-lineage Araneoidea (Order: Araneae). Diversity. 14(3):184.
Yu KP, Kuntner M, Cheng RC*. 2022. Phylogenetic evidence for an independent origin of extreme sexual size dimorphism in a genus of araneid spiders (Araneae: Araneidae). Invertebrate Systematics. 36(1):48–62.
Turk E, Bond J, Cheng RC, Čandek K, Hamilton CA, Gregorič M, Kralj-Fišer S and Kuntner M. 2021. A Natural Colonisation of Asia: Phylogenomic and Biogeographic History of Coin Spiders (Araneae: Nephilidae: Herennia). Diversity. 13(11):515.
Tseng WZ and Cheng RC. 2021. First record of genus Phaeopholus Roelofs, 1873 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Hyperinae) in Taiwan. Taiwanese Journal of Entomological Studies. 6(2):6–12.
Lo YY, Cheng RC and Lin CP. 2021. Species delimitation and taxonomic revision of Oxyopes (Araneae: Oxyopidae) of Taiwan, with description of two new species. Zootaxa. 4927(1):058–086.
Kuntner M, Hamilton CA, Cheng RC, Gregorič M, Lupše N, Lokovšek T, Lemmon EM, Lemmon AL, Agnarsson I, Coddington JA and Bond JE. 2019. Golden orbweavers ignore biological rules: phylogenomic and comparative analyses unravel a complex evolution of sexual size dimorphism. Systematic Biology. 68(4):555–572.
Cheng RC, Zhang SC, Chen YC, Lee CY, Chou YL, Ye HY, Liao CP and Tso IM. 2017. Nutrients-intake determines the post-maturity molting in the golden orb-web spider Nephila pilipes (Araneae: Nephilidae). Journal of Experimental Biology. 220(12):2260–2264.
Kuntner M, Cheng RC, Kralj-Fišer S, Liao CP, Schneider JM and Elgar MA. The evolution of genital complexity and mating rates in sexually size dimorphic spiders. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16:242.
Kuntner M., Gregorič M, Cheng RC, and Li D. 2016. Leaf masquerade in an orb web spider. The Journal of Arachnology. 44(3):397–400.
Agnarsson I, LeQuier SM, Kuntner M, Cheng RC, Coddington JA and Binford G. 2016. Mitochondrial phylogeography of Caribbean Argiope argentata and a new species from Cuba (Araneae: Araneidae). Zookeys. 625:25–44.
Lupše N, Cheng RC and Kuntner M. 2016. Coevolution of female and a component of male genitalia to avoid genital size mismatches in sexually dimorphic spiders. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16:161.
Coddington JA, Agnarsson I, Cheng RC, Čandek K, Driskell A, Frick H, Gregorič M, Kropf C, Kweskin M, Lokovšek T, Pipan M, Vidergar N, Kuntner M. 2016. DNA barcode data accurately identify higher taxa. PeerJ. 4:e2201.
Gregorič M, Šuen K, Cheng RC, Kralj-Fišer S, and Kuntner M. 2016. Spider behaviours include oral sexual encounters. Scientific Reports. 6:25128.
Kralj-Fier S, Čandek K, Lokovšek T, Čelik T, Cheng RC, Elgar MA, and Kuntner M. 2016. Mate choice and sexual size dimorphism, not personality, explain female aggression and sexual cannibalism in raft spiders. Animal Behavior. 111: 49–55.
Xu X, Liu F, Cheng RC, Chen J, Xu X, Zhang Z, Ono H, Pham DS, Norma-Rashid Y, Arnedo MA, Kuntner M and Li D. 2015. Extant primitively segmented spiders have recently diversified from an ancient lineage. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 282(1808):20142486.
Cheng RC and Kuntner M. 2015. Disentangling the size and shape components of sexual dimorphism. Evolutionary Biology. 42(2):223–234.
Kuntner M, Pristovšek U, Cheng RC, Li D, Zhang S, Tso IM, Liao CP, Miller J and Kralj-Fišer S. 2015. Eunuch supremacy: Evolution of post-mating spider emasculation. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 69(1): 117–126.
Cheng RC and Kuntner M. 2014. Phylogeny suggests nondirectional and isometric evolution of sexual size dimorphism in argiopine spiders. Evolution 68(10): 2861–2872.
Agnarsson I, Cheng RC and Kuntner M. 2014. A multi-clade test supports the intermediate dispersal model of biogeography. PLoS One. 9(1):e86780.
Blamires SJ, Lai CH, Cheng RC, Liao CP, Shen PS and Tso IM. 2012. Body spot coloration of a nocturnal sit-and-wait predator visually lures prey. Behavioral Ecology. 23(1):69–74.
Huang JN, Cheng RC, Li D and Tso IM. 2011. Salticid predation as one potential driving force of ant mimicry in jumping spiders. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 278(1710):1356–1364.
Tseng HJ, Cheng RC, Wu SH, Blamires SJ and Tso IM. 2011. Trap barricading and decorating by a well-armored sit-and-wait predator: Extra protection or prey attraction? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 65(12):2351–2359.
Cheng RC, Yang EC, Lin PC, Herberstein ME, and Tso IM. 2010. Insect form vision as one potential shaping force of spider web decoration design. Journal of Experimental Biology. 213:759–768.
Cheng RC and Tso IM. 2007. Signaling by decorating webs: luring prey or deterring predators? Behavioral Ecology. 18(6):1085–1091.
Tso IM, Tseng L, Chuang CY and Cheng RC. 2005. A comparison of spider diversity in different area of Yang Ming Shan National Park. Journal of National Park. 15(1):1–20. (in Chinese)