Exchange of knowledge and skills between SRI LANKA and TAIWAN 18 - 20 January 2017 Symposium and Workshop on Advances in Entomological Research Postgraduate Institute of Science University of Peradeniya Department of Zoology Department of Entomology Faculty of Science National Chung Hsing University Diamond Jubilee Celebration - University of Peradeniya - 2017 SRI LANKA-TAIWAN JOINT SYMPOSIUM AND WORKSHOP ON ADVANCES IN ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH Exchange of Knowledge and Skills between Sri Lanka and Taiwan 18 - 20 January 2017 POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA SRI LANKA DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY FACULTY OF SCIENCE UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA SRI LANKA DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY TAIWAN Copyright © 2017 by Postgraduate Institute of Science All rights reserved. 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ISBN 978-955-8787-12-0 Published by Postgraduate Institute of Science (PGIS) University of Peradeniya Peradeniya 20400 SRI LANKA Printed by Sanduni Offset Printers (Pvt) Ltd. 1/4, Sarasavi Uyana Goodshed Road Sarasavi Uyana, Peradeniya 20400 SRI LANKA Printed in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Organizing Committee ...................................................................................................... iv Workshop Program - Day I ............................................................................................... v Workshop Program - Day II .............................................................................................. vi Oral Presentations - List of Abstracts .............................................................................. vii Poster Presentations - List of Abstracts ........................................................................... x Abstracts of Presentations Session I - Oral Presentations .......................................................................................... 1 Session II - Oral Presentations .......................................................................................... 7 Session III - Oral Presentations ........................................................................................ 13 Session IV - Poster Presentations ..................................................................................... 18 Author Index ..................................................................................................................... 26 iii ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Prof. H.M.D. Namal Priyantha Director, Postgraduate Institute of Science Coordinators of the Workshop and Symposium Dr. W.A.I.P. Karunaratne Dr. W.A.P.P. de Silva Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science Editor of Proceedings Prof. J.P. Edirisnghe Emeritus Professor Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science Cover design and Page setup Dr. S.P. Abeysundara Department of Statistics and Computer Science, Faculty of Science iv PROGRAMME WORKSHOP ON ADVANCES IN ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH Exchange of knowledge and skills between Sri Lanka and Taiwan 18th-19th January, 2017 Day I 18th January 2017 Inaugural Session – PGIS Auditorium 8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Registration 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Inauguration 9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Tea Technical Sessions – Department of Zoology 9:30 - 12:30 p.m. Technical Session I: Survey of insect biodiversity and community structure survey at family level Prof. Jeng-Tze Yang, Mr. Ming-Shu Chan and Mr. Chi-Chun Liao Department of Entomology, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan 12:30 -1:30 p.m. Lunch 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. Technical Session II: Identification of common mosquitoes of Sri Lanka Ms. Thilini C. Weeraratne and Dr. Priyanka de Silva Department of Zoology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 4:30 p.m. Tea v PROGRAMME WORKSHOP ON ADVANCES IN ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH Exchange of knowledge and skills between Sri Lanka and Taiwan 18th-19th January, 2017 Day II 19th January 2017 8:00 - 9:30 a.m. Technical Sessions III: Identification of common bees of Sri Lanka Prof. J.P. Edirisinghe, Dr. W.A. Inoka P. Karunaratne and Ms. Saumya Silva Department of Zoology, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 9:30 - 10:00 a.m. Tea 10:30 - 12:30 p.m. Technical Sessions III: Identification of bees (continued...) 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. Technical Session IV: Application of local knowledge in Taiwan on insect pest management Prof. Lekhnath Kafle Department of Tropical Agriculture and International Cooperation, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Technical Session V: Application of classical conditioning techniques on honey bee behaviour Prof. En-Cheng Yang, Mr. Ting-Shuo Wang, and Mr. Cheng-Kang Tang Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, Taiwan. 4:30 p.m. Tea vi PROGRAMME SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCES IN ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH Exchange of knowledge and skills between Sri Lanka and Taiwan 20th January, 2017 Oral Presentations - List of Abstracts SESSION I - PGIS Title and Authors Page No. Invited Presentation CONTROL OF VECTORS OF MOSQUITO BORNE DISEASES IN SRI LANKA 01 S.H.P.P. Karunaratne REGULATION OF GENES RELATED TO IMMUNE SIGNALING AND 02 DETOXIFICATION IN Apis mellifera (HYMENOPTERA: APIDAE) BY AN INHIBITOR OF HISTONE DEACETYLATION Y.T. Hu, C.K. Tang, E.C. Yang, P.C. Wu and Y.L. Wu TAXONOMIC DIVERSITY OF ANTS (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) 03 RECORDED FROM TWO DISTRICTS IN THE DRY ZONE OF SRI LANKA R. K. Sriyani Dias, M. K. C. G. Gunathilake, K. R. K. A. Kosgamage and H. A. W. S. Peiris DIVERSITY OF BUTTERFLIES IN DIFFERENT HABITAT TYPES IN MATARA 04 DISTRICT, SRI LANKA G.P.K.S. Pathiraja, H.A.S.D.Perera and H.C.E.Wegiriya FORM, FUNCTION, AND INSPIRATION: BIOMECHANICAL STRATEGIES 05 LEARNED FROM INSECT ATTACHMENT Y.C. Tsai, Y. Chen, W.T. Yueh, M.C. Shih and K.J. Chi MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND POPULATION STRUCTURE OF SRI 06 LANKAN ANOPHELINE MOSQUITOES (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE) T.C. Weeraratne, S.N. Surendran and S.H.P.P. Karunaratne vii PROGRAMME SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCES IN ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH Exchange of knowledge and skills between Sri Lanka and Taiwan 20th January, 2017 Oral Presentations - List of Abstracts SESSION II – PGIS Title and Authors Page No. DEVELOPMENT OF IMMUNOASSAYS FOR DETECTION OF NEONICOTINOID 07 PESTICIDE RESIDUES C.H.Tsai, M.H. Ho, S.K. Lin, J.F. Sheen and J.C. Hsu A PRELIMINARY STUDY ON ORNITHOPHILIC MOSQUITOES (CULICIDAE: 08 DIPTERA) OF SRI LANKA D. Chathuranga, S.H.P.P. Karunaratne and W.A.P.P. de Silva EFFECT OF WILD AND ORNAMENTAL PLANT COMPOSITIONS ON INSECT 09 RICHNESS AND DIVERSITY S. A. E. C. Wijesinghe, W. A. I. P. Karunarathne and K. Yakandawala THE FIRST RECORD AND STATUS OF ANEURETUS SIMONI EMERY, 1893 10 (FORMICIDAE, ANEURETINAE) IN LENAGALA FOREST RESERVE OF SRI LANKA AND A PRELIMINARY ANT INVENTORY OF THE FOREST W.S. Udayakantha and R.K.S. Dias FIRST REPORT TO SHOW THE EMERGING RESISTANCE TO AMITRAZ AND 11 FLUMETHRIN IN RHIPICEPHALUS SANGUINEUS (BROWN DOG TICK) IN SRI LANKA: A CASE STUDY AT POLICE KENNELS, KANDY K.M.U.J.Bandara, D.M.A.P. Dissanayake, W.A.P.P. de Silva and S.H.P.P. Karunaratne IDENTIFICATION OF WOLBACHIA STRAINS IN WILD MOSQUITO 12 POPULATIONS IN KANDY DISTRICTOF SRI LANKA N.W.N.P. Nugapola, W.A.P.P. de Silva and S.H.P.P. Karunaratne viii PROGRAMME SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCES IN ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH Exchange of knowledge and skills between Sri Lanka and Taiwan 20th January, 2017 Oral Presentations - List of Abstracts SESSION III - PGIS Title and Authors Page No. DIVERSITY AND ECOLOGY OF MEALYBUGS (HEMIPTERA: 13 PSEUDOCOCCIDAE) IN DIFFERENT AGRO-ECOLOGICAL REGIONS OF SRI LANKA U.G.A.I. Sirisena, G.W. Watson, K.S. Hemachandra and H.N.P. Wijayagunasekara RECONSTRUCTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF HONEY BEE BRAIN BY USING 14 MICRO-CT TECHNOLOGY T.S. Wang, Y.F. Tsai, H.H. Chang, C.H. Cheng and E.C. Yang COMBINED EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE AND TISSUE TYPE ON 15 DEVELOPMENT OF LUCILIA CUPRINA (DIPTERA: CALLIPHORIDAE) Y.T.B. Bambaradeniya, W.A.I.P. Karunaratne, I. Goonerathne , R.B. Kotakadeniya and J.K.Tomberlin NEWLY RECORDED FOREST TERMITE GENERA AND SPECIES FROM 16 CENTRAL HILLS OF SRI LANKA I.I. Hemachandra, J.P. Edirisinghe, W.A.I.P. Karunaratne and C.V.S. Gunatilleka Invited Presentation TAXONOMY OF THE TAIWANESE LEAF BEETLES (CHRYSOMELIDAE): PAST, 17 PRESENT, AND FUTURE C.F. Lee ix PROGRAMME SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCES IN ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH Exchange of knowledge and skills between Sri Lanka and Taiwan 20th January, 2017 Poster Presentations - List of Abstracts SESSION IV - PGIS Title and Authors Page No. APPLICATION OF LOCAL KNOWLEDGE ON MANAGEMENT OF 18 DIAMONDBACK MOTH IN CABBAGE Lekhnath Kafle and Mandira Katwal MORPHOLOGY OF MANDIBLE ADAPTATIONS IN GRASSHOPPERS 19 (ORTHOPTERA: CAELIFERA) TO FOOD PLANTS FROM SUBTROPICAL FOREST ECOSYSTEM, CENTRAL TAIWAN T.F. Hsiao, J.T. Yang and M.Y. Chen ESTIMATIONOF TIME OF COLONIZATION USING ANIMAL WOUND MYIASIS- 20 CAUSING FLY, CHRYSOMYA BEZZIANA: A CASE STUDY W.R.U.A. Bandara, W.A.I.P. Karunaratne, R.M. Fuward, A. Dangolla and A.D.H. Yasakeerthi THE NOTCHED-FRONS KATYDID FROM TAIWAN (ORTHOPTERA: 21 TETTIGONIIDAE: CONOCEPHALINAE: COPIPHORINI): REDESCRIPTIONS AND KEYS C. Sri-In and J.T. Yang PATTERN OF ELEVATION DISTRIBUTION OF ORTHOPTERA IN TAIWAN 22 M.S. Chan and J.T. Yang EVALUATION OF TAXONOMIC CHARACTER OF COXAL SPINES IN FORELEG 23 OF Hierodula patellifera (MANTODEA: MANTIDAE) C.C. Liao and J.T. Yang IMPORTANCE OF FLOWERING PLANTS