Chen-Yang Cai

Chen-Yang Cai (1988–), Chinese paleoentomologist.

中文: 蔡晨阳

• State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 39 East Beijing Rd., Nanjing 210008, China.
• Graduate School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 19A Yuquanlu, Beijing 100049, China.

Taxon names authored

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• 83 taxon names authored by Chen-Yang Cai

Publications

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2012

• Cai, C-Y., Huang, D-Y., Thayer, M.K. & Newton, A.F. 2012. Glypholomatine rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): a southern hemisphere Recent group recorded from the Middle Jurassic of China. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 85(3): 239–244. DOI: 10.2317/JKES120531.1 Reference page. 
• Cai, C., Short, A.E.Z. & Huang, D. 2012. The first skiff beetle (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Hydroscaphidae) from early Cretaceous Jehol Biota. Journal of Paleontology 86(1): 116–119. DOI: 10.1666/11-050.1 Reference page. 
• Huang, D.-Y., Engel, M.S., Cai, C.-Y., Wu, H. & Nel, A. 2012. Diverse transitional giant fleas from the Mesozoic era of China. Nature 483: 201–204. DOI: 10.1038/nature10839 Reference page. 

2013

• Cai, C-Y. & Huang, D-Y. 2013. Sinanthobium daohugouense, a tiny new omaliine rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China. The Canadian Entomologist 145(5): 496–500. DOI: 10.4039/tce.2013.33 Reference page. 
• Cai, C-Y. & Huang, D-Y. 2013. Discussion on the systematic position of the oxyteline rove beetle Anotylus archaicus Yue, Makranczy & Ren, 2012 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 44(2): 203–212. DOI: 10.1163/1876312x-44032091 . Reference page. 
• Cai, C-Y. & Huang, D-Y. 2013. Mesocoprophilus clavatus, a new oxyteline rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from the Early Cretaceous of China. Insect Systematics & Evolution 44(2): 213–220. Reference page. 
• Cai, C-Y., Yan, E.V., Beattie, R., Wang, B. & Huang, D-Y. 2013. First rove beetles from the Jurassic Talbragar Fish Bed of Australia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Journal of Paleontology 87(4): 650–656. DOI: 10.1666/12-136 Reference page. 
• Cai, C-Y., Thayer, M.K., Huang, D-Y., Wang, X-D. & Newton, A.F. 2013. A basal oxyteline rove beetle (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from the Early Cretaceous of China: Oldest record for the tribe Euphaniini. Comptes Rendus Palevol 12(3): 159–163. DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2013.02.002 Reference page. 
• Huang, D.Y., Engel, M.S., Cai, C.Y. & Nel, A. 2013. Mesozoic giant fleas from northeastern China (Siphonaptera): Taxonomy and implications for palaeodiversity. Chinese Science Bulletin 58(14): 1682–1690. DOI: 10.1007/s11434-013-5769-3 . Reference page. 

2014

• Cai, C.-Y., Thayer, M.K., Engel, M.S., Newton, A.F., Ortega-Blanco, J., Wang, B,, Wang, X.-D. & Huang, D.-Y. 2014. Early origin of parental care in Mesozoic carrion beetles. PNAS 111(39): 14170–14174. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1412280111 Reference page. 
• Cai, C-Y., Clarke, D.J., Huang, D-Y. & Nel, A. 2014. A new genus and species of Steninae from the late Eocene of France (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Alcheringa 38(4): 557–562. DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2014.924351 Reference page. 
• Cai, C.-Y. & Huang, D.-Y. 2014. Diverse oxyporine rove beetles from the Early Cretaceous of China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Systematic Entomology 39(3): 500–505. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12069 Reference page. 
• Cai, C-Y. & Huang, D-Y. 2014. The oldest micropepline beetle from Cretaceous Burmese amber and its phylogenetic implications (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Naturwissenschaften 101(10): 813–817. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-014-1221-z Reference page. 

2015

• Cai, C-Y., Beattie, R. & Huang, D-Y. 2015. Jurassic olisthaerine rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): 165 million years of morphological and probably behavioral stasis. Gondwana Research 28(1): 425–431. DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2014.03.007 Reference page. 
• Cai, C.-Y., Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A. & Huang, D.-Y. 2015. Jurassic artematopodid beetles and their implications for the early evolution of Artematopodidae (Coleoptera). Systematic Entomology 40(4): 779–788. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12131 . Reference page. 
• Cai, C-Y. & Huang, D-Y. 2015. The oldest aleocharine rove beetle (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) in Cretaceous Burmese amber and its implications for the early evolution of the basal group of hyper-diverse Aleocharinae. Gondwana Research 28: 1579–1584. DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2014.09.016 Reference page. 
• Cai, C-Y. & Huang, D-Y. 2015 [2014]. The oldest osoriine rove beetle from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Cretaceous Research 52(B): 495–500. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.03.020 Reference page. 

2016

• Cai, C-Y., Newton, A.F., Thayer, M.K., Leschen, R.A.B. & Huang, D-Y. 2016. Specialized proteinine rove beetles shed light on insect-fungal associations in the Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) 283 (20161439): 1-8; online supplement (4 pp.). DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1439 . Reference page. 
• Engel, M.S., Huang, D., Breitkreuz, L.C.V., Azar, D., Cai, C. & Alvarado, M. 2016. A new twisted-wing parasitoid from mid-Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Strepsiptera). Cretaceous Research 58: 160–167. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.008 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Huang, D.-Y., Bechly, G., Nel, P., Engel, M.S., Prokop, J., Azar, D., Cai, C.-Y., van de Kamp, T., Staniczek, A.H., Garrouste, R., Krogmann, L., dos Santos Rolo, T., Baumbach, T., Ohlhoff, R., Shmakov, A.S., Bourgoin, T. & Nel, A. 2016. New fossil insect order Permopsocida elucidates major radiation and evolution of suction feeding in hemimetabolous insects (Hexapoda: Acercaria). Scientific Reports 6: 23004. DOI: 10.1038/srep23004 . Reference page. 
• Myskowiak, J., Huang, D., Azar, D., Cai, C., Garrouste, R. & Nel, A. 2016. New lacewings (Insecta, Neuroptera, Osmylidae, Nymphidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Burmese amber and Crato Formation in Brazil. Cretaceous Research 59: 214–227. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2015.10.029 Reference page. 

2017

• Azar, D., Hakim, M., Huang, D., Cai, C. & Nel, A. 2017. New fossil booklice from the Cretaceous amber of Myanmar (Psocodea: Troctomorpha: Amphientometae: Manicapsocidae). Cretaceous Research 70: 8–14. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.09.013 Reference page. 
• Cai, C-Y., Huang, D-Y., Newton, A.F., Eldredge, K.T. & Engel, M.S. 2017. Early evolution of specialized termitophily in Cretaceous beetles. Current Biology 27(8): 1229–1235, online supplements (8 pp.). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.009 Reference page. 
• Cai, C-Y., Lü, L., Caron, E., Bortoluzzi, S., Newton, A.F., Thayer, M.K. & Huang, D-Y. 2017 [2016]. First piestine rove beetle in Eocene Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Piestinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 89 (4): 345-357. Reference page. 
• Engel, M.S., Huang, D., Thomas, J.C. & Cai, C. 2017 (print) [2016 (online)]. A new genus and species of pygidicranid earwigs from the Upper Cretaceous of southern Asia (Dermaptera: Pygidicranidae). Cretaceous Research 69: 178-183. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.09.009 . Reference page. 
• Lü, L., Cai, C-Y. & Huang, D-Y. 2017 [2016]. The earliest oxyteline rove beetle in amber and its systematic implications (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae). Cretaceous Research 69: 169–177. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.09.008 Reference page. 
• Yin, Z-W., Parker, J., Cai, C-Y., Huang, D-Y. & Li, L-Z. 2017 [2018]. A new stem bythinine in Cretaceous Burmese amber and early evolution of specialized predatory behaviour in pselaphine rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16(7): 531–541. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2017.1313790 . Reference page. 

2018

• Cai, C-Y., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F., Yin, Z-W. & Huang, D-Y. 2018. A new genus of dasycerine rove beetles from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber and its phylogenetic implications (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Cretaceous Research 84: 431–436. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.12.004 Reference page. 
• Engel, M.S., Huang, D-Y., Cai, C-Y. & Alqarni, A.S. 2018. A new lineage of braconid wasps in Burmese Cenomanian amber (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). ZooKeys 730: 73–84. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.730.22585. Reference page. 
• Yin, Z-W. & Cai, C-Y. 2018. A new fossil species of Euroleptochromus Jałoszyński (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa 4500(1): 146–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4500.1.10 Reference page. 
• Yin, Z-W., Cai, C-Y. & Huang, D-Y. 2018 [2017]. Last major gap in scydmaenine evolution filled (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Cretaceous Research 84: 62–68. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2017.10.026 . Reference page. 
• Yin, Z-W., Cai, C-Y. & Newton, A.F. 2018. Beetle with long ‘nose’—A bizarre stem scydmaenine in amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Cretaceous research 89: 98–106. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2018.03.019 Reference page. 
• Yin, Z-W., Zhou, D-Y. & Cai, C-Y. 2018. The genus Scydmobisetia Jałoszyński & Yamamoto, 2016 in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae). Entomologische Blätter und Coleoptera 114: 483-490. Reference page. 

2019

• Cai, C., Lawrence, J.F., Yamamoto, S., Leschen, R.A.B., Newton, A.F., Ślipiński, A., Yin, Z., Huang, D. & Engel, M.S. 2019. Basal polyphagan beetles in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar: biogeographic implications and long-term morphological stasis. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) 286(1894): 20182175. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2018.2175 . Reference page. 
• Cai, C-Y., Wang, Y-L., Lü, L., Yin, Z-W., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F. & Zhou, Y-L. 2019. Congruence of morphological and molecular phylogenies of the rove beetle subfamily Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Scientific Reports 9, 15137 (2019): 1–11. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-51408-1 Reference page. 
• Fikáček, M., Beutel, R.G., Cai, C-Y., Lawrence, J.F., Newton, A.F., Solodovnikov, A.Yu., Ślipiński, A., Thayer, M.K. & Yamamoto, S. 2019. Reliable placement of beetle fossils via phylogenetic analyses – Triassic Leehermania as a case study (Staphylinidae or Myxophaga?). Systematic Entomology 45(1): 175–187; online supplements. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12386 Reference page. 
• Fu, Y.Z., Cai, C.Y. & Huang, D.Y. 2019. First Mesozoic procercopids in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea). Geological Magazine 157: 506–512. DOI: 10.1017/S0016756819001018 Reference page. 
• Li, Y.-D., Liu, Z.-H., Jarzembowski, E.A., Yin, Z.-W., Huang, D.-Y. & Cai, C.-Y. 2019. Early evolution of Cupedidae revealed by a mid-Cretaceous reticulated beetle from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Archostemata). Systematic Entomology 44(4): 777–786. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12355 . Reference page. 
• Tihelka, E., Huang, D. & Cai, C. 2019 (Online) 2020 (Print). A new genus and species of Micromalthidae from Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata). Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 111(1): 39–46. DOI: 10.1017/S1755691019000185 . Reference page. 
• Tihelka, E., Huang, D. & Cai, C. 2019. New notocupedin beetle in Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae). Palaeoentomology 2(6): 570–575. DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.2.6.5 . Reference page. 
• Tihelka, E., Huang, D. & Cai, C. 2019 (Online) 2020 (Print). New data on Ommatidae (Coleoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 106: 104253. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104253 . Reference page. 
• Yin, Z-W. & Cai, C-Y. 2019. A new species of minute Scydmaenini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 101: 70–75. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.05.001 Reference page. 
• Yin, Z-W., Chandler, D.S. & Cai, C-Y. 2019. Priscaplectus gen. nov. and two new species in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Cretaceous Research 103(104174): 1–10. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.07.004 Reference page. 
• Yin, Z-W., Kurbatov, S.A., Cuccodoro, G. & Cai, C-Y. 2019. Cretobrachygluta gen. nov., the first and oldest Brachyglutini in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 59(1): 101–106. DOI: 10.2478/aemnp-2019-0008 Reference page. 
• Yin, Z-W., Zhou, D-Y., Cai, C-Y., Huang, D-Y. & Engel, M.S. 2019 [2018 online]. Pangusyndicus gen. nov.: a new mid-Cretaceous scydmaenine with reduced antennae and prothoracic gland (Coleoptera, Staphylindiae: Scydmaeninae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17(13): 909–921. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2018.1504129 Reference page. 

2020

• Li, Y.-D., Tihelka, E., Yamamoto, S., Huang, D.-Y. & Cai, C.-Y. 2020. A close affinity of the enigmatic genus Stegocoleus with Lepidomma revealed by new fossil evidence (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae). Palaeoentomology 3(6): 632–640. DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.3.6.15 . Reference page. 
• Li, Y.-D., Yamamoto, S., Huang, D.-Y. & Cai, C.-Y. 2020. A miniaturized ommatid beetle in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 60: e20206063. DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.63 . Reference page. 
• Liu, Y., Tihelka, E., Huang, D-Y., Tian, L. & Cai, C-Y. 2020. A new fossil species of the rove beetle subfamily Protopselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Historical Biology 33(10): 2019–2024. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2020.1762594 Reference page. 
• Liu, Y., Tihelka, E., Tian, L., Huang, D-Y. & Cai, C-Y. 2020. First fossil pseudopsine rove beetle from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pseudopsinae). Zootaxa 4885(1): 76–82. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4885.1.4 Reference page. 
• Liu, Y., Tihelka, E., Yamamoto, S., Yin, Z-W., Huang, D-Y., Tian, L. & Cai, C-Y. 2020. The first fossil record of the rove beetle subfamily Protopselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 110: article 104416. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104416 Reference page. 
• Tihelka, E., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F. & Cai, C-Y. 2020. New Data, Old Story: Molecular Data Illuminate the Tribal Relationships among Rove Beetles of the Subfamily Staphylininae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Insects 11(3), 164: 1–12. DOI: 10.3390/insects11030164 Reference page. 
• Yin, Z-W., Lü, L., Yamamoto, S., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F. & Cai, C-Y. 2020. Dasycerine rove beetles: Cretaceous diversification, phylogeny and historical biogeography (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Dasycerinae). Cladistics 37(2): 185–210. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12430 Reference page. 

2021

• Li, Y.-D. & Cai, C.-Y. 2021. Revisiting the morphology of the Cretaceous ommatid beetle Clessidromma palmeri (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 61: e20216195. DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.95 . Reference page. 
• Li, Y.-D., Huang, D.-Y. & Cai, C.-Y. 2021. New species of Omma Newman from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Archostemata, Ommatidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 68(2): 341–348. DOI: 10.3897/dez.68.74174 . Reference page. 
• Li, Y.-D., Huang, D.-Y. & Cai, C.-Y. 2021. Revisiting the morphology and systematic placement of the enigmatic Cretaceous ommatid beetle Bukhkalius lindae (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 61: e20216128. DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.28 . Reference page. 
• Li, Y.-D., Huang, D.-Y. & Cai, C.-Y. 2021. Revisiting the systematic positions of two “Notocupes” species from the Lower Cretaceous of South China (Coleoptera: Polyphaga). Zootaxa 5005(1): 86–90. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5005.1.7 . Reference page. 
• Li, Y.-D., Tihelka, E., Pang, H., Huang, D.-Y. & Cai, C.-Y. 2021. Limnomma, a new genus of Ommatidae from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou beds (Coleoptera, Archostemata). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 68(2): 299-308. DOI: 10.3897/dez.68.71880 . Reference page. 
• Li, Y.-D., Yamamoto, S., Huang, D.-Y. & Cai, C.-Y. 2021. New species of Paraodontomma from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber with muscle tissue preservation (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae). Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 61: e20216153. DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2021.61.53 . Reference page. 
• Lian, X.-N., Cai, C.-Y. & Huang, D.-Y. 2021. The early assemblage of Middle–Late Jurassic Yanliao biota: checklist, bibliography and statistical analysis of described taxa from the Daohugou beds and coeval deposits. Palaeoentomology 4(2): 95–136. DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.4.2.1 . Reference page. 

2022

• Cai, C., Tihelka, E., Giacomelli, M., Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A., Kundrata, R., Yamamoto, S., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F., Leschen, R.A.B., Gimmel, M.L., Lü, L., Engel, M.S., Bouchard, P., Huang, D., Pisani, D. & Donoghue, P.C.J. 2022. Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles. Royal Society Open Science 9: 211771. DOI: 10.1098/rsos.211771 . [Supplemental material] Reference page. 
• Li, Y-D., Biffi, G., Kundrata, R., Huang, D-Y. & Cai, C-Y. 2022. Nothotytthonyx, a new genus of Malthininae (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. ZooKeys 1092ː 19–30. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1092.81701 Reference page. 
• Li, Y.-D., Jin, Z.-Y., Ślipiński, A., Huang, D.-Y. & Cai, C.-Y. 2022. Parelateriformius from the Middle–Late Jurassic of China reinterpreted as the earliest Dascillidae (Coleoptera: Dascilloidea). Palaeoentomology 5(6): 545–568. DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.5.6.6 . Reference page. 
• Niu, G., Budak, M., Korkmaz, E.M., Doğan, Ö., Nel, A., Wan, S., Cai, C., Jouault, C., Li, M. & Wei, M. 2022. Phylogenomic Analyses of the Tenthredinoidea Support the Familial Rank of Athaliidae (Insecta, Tenthredinoidea). Insects 13(10): 858. DOI: 10.3390/insects13100858 . Reference page. 

2023

• Li, Y.D., Huang, D.Y. & Cai, C.Y. 2023. Oncelytris esquamatus gen. et sp. nov. from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Lucanidae). Zootaxa 5284(1): 192–198. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5284.1.10 . Reference page. 
• Li, Y.-D., Tihelka, E., Yamamoto, S., Newton, A.F., Xia, F.-Y., Liu, Y., Huang, D.-Y. & Cai, C.-Y. 2023. Mesozoic Notocupes revealed as the sister group of Cupedidae (Coleoptera: Archostemata). Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 11: 1015627. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1015627 . Reference page. 
• Li, Y.-D., Tihelka, E., Newton, A.F., Huang, D.-Y. & Cai, C.-Y. 2023. New species of Notocupes (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou beds, with discussion on the generic circumscription. Palaeoentomology 6(4): 398–415. DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.4.11 . Reference page. 

2024

• Bouchard, P., Bousquet, Y., Davies, A.E. & Cai, C-Y. 2024. On the nomenclatural status of type genera in Coleoptera (Insecta). ZooKeys 1194: 1–984. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1194.106440 Reference page.