2025

• Zhang, K., Zhang, Q. & Zhang, Z.-Q. How long do acarid mites live? A survey of lifespan in Acaridae (Sarcoptiformes: Astigmata). Zoosymposia, (2025).
• Zhang, K., Schausberger, P., Holwell, G. & Zhang, Z.-Q. An inverse Lansing effect: Older mothers produce offspring with improved development and growth efficiency. bioRxiv, (2025).
• Zhang, N.*, Zhang, K.*, Liu, Z., Yan, Y., Zhang, Z.-Q. & Xie, L. Inbreeding depression in the predatory mite Stratiolaelaps scimitus: demographic and transcriptomic insights. Pest Management Science, (2025).
• Zhang, K. & Zhang, Z.-Q. Diet-Induced developmental and morphological plasticity in a thelytokous predatory mite Amblyseius herbicolus (Chant) (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Ecology and Evolution 15, (2025).
• Cao, J., Zhang, K., Li, Z. & Zhang, Z.-Q. Individual development and population growth of four phytoseiid predators feeding on Carpoglyphus lactis (Acari: Phytoseiidae, Carpoglyphidae). Systematic and Applied Acarology 30, (2025).
• Xie, L.*, Zhang, K.*, Yan, Y. & Zhang, Z.-Q. Short-term influences of post-maturity diet switching on prey consumption and oviposition in the biocontrol agent Stratiolaelaps scimitus (Acari: Laelapidae). Systematic and Applied Acarology 30, (2025).
• Zhang, K., Cao, J., Li, X. & Zhang, Z.-Q. Investigating interspecific mating in the thelytokous predatory mite Amblyseius herbicolus (Chant) (Acari: Phytoseiidae), with comparative observations from three sexually reproducing phytoseiid species. Experimental and Applied Acarology 95, (2025).
• Zhang, Q.*, Zhang, K.* & Zhang, Z.-Q. Leaf trichome density influences oviposition preference in Phytoseius leaki Schicha (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Systematic and Applied Acarology 30, 826–830 (2025).
• Zhang, K., Zhang, Q. & Zhang, Z.-Q. Fresh and frozen dried fruit mites (Carpoglyphus lactis) supported the rearing of a predatory mite Phytoseius leaki (Acari: Phytoseiidae) with specialised niche requirements. Journal of Stored Products Research 112, (2025).
• Liu, W.*, Zhang, K.*, Li, L. & Zhang, Z.-Q. What factors influence the plasticity of a facultative feeding larval predator Amblydromalus limonicus (Garman & McGregor) (Acari: Phytoseiidae)? Acarologia 65, (2025).
• Yang, Y., Zhang, K. & Zhang, Z.-Q. Predatory mites Amblydromalus limonicus and Amblyseius herbicolus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) as potential biocontrol agents of Eotetranychus sexmaculatus (Acari: Tetranychidae) in avocado: Examining predation on different prey life stages. Journal of Economic Entomology, (2025).
• Chen, X.*, Zhang, K.* & Zhang, Z.-Q. Effects of variable mating opportunity, delay, and male mating experience on the lifespan, female reproductive traits, and offspring traits of Phytoseiulus persimilis (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Experimental and Applied Acarology 94, (2025).

2024

• Liu, Z.*, Zhang, K.* & Zhang, Z.-Q. Phototactic behavior and oviposition of seven species of Phytoseiidae (Acari: Mesostigmata). Pest Management Science, (2024).
• Zhang, K., Liu, Z., & Zhang, Z.-Q. Older mothers produce smaller eggs without compromising offspring quality: a study of a thelytokous mite predator (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research 1–8, (2024).
• Xu, Y.*, Zhang, K.*, Han, X., & Zhang, Z.-Q. Early life food-intake modulates effects of diet restriction on lifespan and fecundity in later life in a predatory mite (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Current Zoology, zoae047 (2024).
• Ma, M., Zhang, K., Fan, Q. & Zhang, Z.-Q. Description of ontogenetic changes in the morphology of Amblyseius herbicolus (Chant, 1959) and Amblyseius lentiginosus Denmark & Schicha, 1974 (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Zootaxa 5485, 7–37 (2024).
• Zhang, L., Zhang, H., Zhang, K., Qin, Y., Yang, M. & Liu, J. Understanding the onion aphid Neotoxoptera formosana’s (Hemiptera: Aphididae) interaction with Allium (Asparagales: Amaryllidaceae) crops: a comprehensive study of feeding patterns and life history traits. Journal of Economic Entomology 117, 500–507 (2024).
• Liu, Z.*, Zhang, K.* & Zhang, Z.-Q. Enhancing the efficiency of egg collection of the astigmatid mite Carpoglyphus lactis (Acari: Carpoglyphidae) as a diet for predatory mites. Systematic and Applied Acarology 29, 355–358 (2024).
• Liu, Z.*, Zhang, K.* & Zhang, Z.-Q. Unintended consequences: the adverse effects of royal jelly supplementation in the predatory mite Amblyseius herbicolus Chant (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Systematic and Applied Acarology 29, 335–345 (2024).
• Wang, J.*, Zhang, K.*, Li, L.* & Zhang, Z.-Q. Development and reproduction of four predatory mites (Parasitiformes: Phytoseiidae) feeding on the spider mites Tetranychus evansi and T. urticae (Trombidiformes: Tetranychidae) and the dried fruit mite Carpoglyphus lactis (Sarcoptiformes: Carpoglyphidae). Systematic and Applied Acarology 29, 269–284 (2024).
• Gu, X.*, Zhang, K.* & Zhang, Z.-Q. Interspecific interactions between two predatory mites of the mould mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae Schrank (Acari: Acaridae), a serious pest of stored products. Journal of Stored Products Research 105, 102255 (2024).
• Han, X.*, Zhang, K.*, Chen, X. & Zhang, Z.-Q. Diet restriction in parents shapes the lives of their offspring: a laboratory study using a predatory mite (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Systematic and Applied Acarology 29, 45–59 (2024).
• Song, Y. Tian, T., Chen, Y., Zhang, K., Yang, M., Liu, J. A mite parasitoid Pyemotes zhonghuajia negatively impacts the fitness traits and immune response of the fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda. Journal of Integrative Agriculture 23, 205–216 (2024).

2023

• Xu, Y.*, Zhang, K.* & Zhang, Z.-Q. The impact of conspecific presence on diet-induced developmental responses in a predatory mite. Systematic and Applied Acarology 28, 1705–1715 (2023).
• Liu, W.*, Zhang, K.* & Zhang, Z.-Q. Larval feeding types shape the predation aggression of predatory mites in both intraspecific and interspecific encounters. Systematic and Applied Acarology 28, 1272–1282 (2023).
• Xu, Y.*, Zhang, K.* & Zhang, Z.-Q. Development, survival, and reproduction of Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot (Acari: Phytoseiidae) feeding on fresh versus frozen eggs of Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari: Tetranychidae). Acarologia 63, 24–30 (2023).
• Han, X.*, Zhang, K.*, Xu, Y. & Zhang, Z.-Q. Temporal variations in diet restrictions on prey requirement and development of a predatory mite. International Journal of Acarology 48, 1–6 (2023).

2022

• Zhang, K. & Zhang, Z.-Q. Social context during ontogeny affects cannibalism and kin recognition of the predatory mite Amblyseius herbicolus at different life stages. Experimental and Applied Acarology 88, 317–328 (2022).
• Zhang, K. & Zhang, Z.-Q. A thelytokous predatory mite is more cannibalistic towards distant kin. Current Zoology 69, 578–584 (2022).
• Zhang, K. & Zhang, Z.-Q. Amblyseius herbicolus mothers prefer to oviposit near eggs of non-kin in the absence of prey Carpoglyphus lactis (Acari: Phytoseiidae, Carpoglyphidae). Systematic and Applied Acarology 27, 2347–2354 (2022).
• Han, X.*, Zhang, K.*, Xu, Y. & Zhang, Z.-Q. Prey requirement and development of a predatory mite under diet restriction: Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot (Phytoseiidae) feeding on Tetranychus urticae Koch (Tetranychidae). Systematic and Applied Acarology 27, 2103–2110 (2022).
• Gu, X.*, Zhang, K.* & Zhang, Z.-Q. Non-consumptive effects of intraguild predator Blattisocius dentriticus (Berlese) on the development and prey consumption of Neoseiulus cucumeris (Oudemans). Systematic and Applied Acarology 27, 1475–1482 (2022).
• Zhang, K. & Zhang, Z.-Q. Kin recognition by cannibals is modulated by hunger level in a generalist predatory mite Amblyseius herbicolus (Chant) (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Journal of Applied Entomology 146, 579–585 (2022).

2021

• Zhang, K. & Zhang, Z.-Q. The dried fruit mite Carpoglyphus lactis (Acari: Carpoglyphidae) is a suitable alternative prey for Amblyseius herbicolus (Acari: Phytoseiidae). Systematic and Applied Acarology 26, 2167–2176 (2021).
• Zhang, K. & Zhang, X. Haemocyte variations in 35 species of grasshoppers and locusts. Science Progress 104, 368504211053551 (2021).

2019

• Zhang, X. & Zhang, K. Cellular response to bacterial infection in the grasshopper Oxya chinensis. Biology Open 8,  bio045864 (2019).

* Co-first authors