Publication

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1. Selected Papers (1o)

Cai, C., Clarke, D.J., Yin, Z., Fu, Y., Huang, D., 2019. A specialized prey-capture apparatus in mid-Cretaceous rove beetles. Current Biology 29(4), R116–R117. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.002
Cai, C., Lawrence, J.F., Yamamoto, S., Leschen, R.A., 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
Cai, C., Escalona, H.E., Li, L., Yin, Z., Huang, D., Engel, M.S., 2018. Beetle pollination of cycads in the Mesozoic. Current Biology 28(17), 2806–2812. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.036
Huang, D., Hormiga, G., Cai, C., Su, Y., Yin, Z., Xia, F., Giribet, G., 2018. Origin of spiders and their spinning organs illuminated by mid-Cretaceous amber fossils. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2(4), 623–627. doi:10.1038/s41559-018-0475-9
Cai, C., Leschen, R.A.B., Hibbett, D.S., Xia, F., Huang, D., 2017. Mycophagous rove beetles highlight diverse mushrooms in the Cretaceous. Nature Communications 8, 14894. doi:10.1038/ncomms14894
Cai, C., Engel, M.S., Newton, A.F., Eldredge, K.T., Huang, D., 2017. Early evolution of specialized termitophily in Cretaceous rove beetles. Current Biology 27(8), 1229–1235. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.009
Cai, C., Newton, A.F., Thayer, M.K., Leschen, R.A.B., Huang, D., 2016. Specialized proteinine rove beetles shed light on insect–fungal associations in the Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283, 20161439. doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.1439
Cai, C., Thayer, M.K., Engel, M.S., Newton, A.F., Ortega-Blanco, J., Wang, B., Wang, X., Huang, D., 2014. Early origin of parental care in Mesozoic carrion beetles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 111(39), 14170–14174. doi:10.1073/pnas.1412280111
Huang, D., Nel, A., Cai, C., Lin, Q., Engel, M.S., 2013. Amphibious flies and paedomorphism in the Jurassic period. Nature 495, 94–97. doi:10.1038/nature11898
Huang, D., Engel, M.S., Cai, C., Wu, H., Nel, A., 2012. Diverse transitional giant fleas from the Mesozoic era of China. Nature 483, 201–204. doi:10.1038/nature10839

2. Publication List

Cai, C., Huang, D., 2010. Current knowledge on Jurassic staphylinids of China (Insecta, Coleoptera). Earth Science Frontier 17(Special Issue), 151–153.
Cai, C., Huang, D., Solodovnikov, A., 2011. A new species of Hesterniasca (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Tachyporinae) from Early Cretaceous of China with discussion of its systematic position. Insect Systematics & Evolution 42(2), 213–220.
Dong, F., Cai, C., Huang, D., 2011. Revision of five Mesozoic beetles from southern China. Acta Palaeontogica Sinica 50(4), 481–491 [in Chinese with English summary].
Huang, D., Engel, M.S., Cai, C., Wu, H., Nel, A., 2012. Diverse transitional giant fleas from the Mesozoic era of China. Nature 483, 201–204.
Huang, D., Cai, C., Chen, A., 2012. The homonymy of Xishania with reference to Xishania fusiformis Hong, 1981 and X. longiusula Hu, 2002. Acta Palaeontogica Sinica 51(1), 90–94 [in Chinese with English summary].
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), 1136–1139.
Cai, C., Huang, D., Thayer, M.K. Newton, A.F., 2012. Glypholomatine rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), a Southern Hemisphere Recent group newly recorded from the Middle Jurassic of China. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 85(3), 239–244.
Huang, D., Nel, A., Cai, C., Lin, Q., Engel, M.S., 2013. Amphibious flies and paedomorphism in the Jurassic period. Nature 495, 94–97.
Cai, C., Huang, D., 2013. Megolisthaerus, interpreted as staphylinine rove beetle (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) based on new Early Cretaceous material from China. Cretaceous Research 40, 207–211.
Cai, C., Thayer, M.K., Huang, D., Wang, X., 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.
Cai, C., Yan, E.V., Vasilenko, D.V., 2013. First record of Sinoxytelus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Urey locality of Transbaikalia, Russia, with discussion on its systematic position. Cretaceous Research 41, 237–241.
Cai, C., Huang, D., 2013. A new species of small-eyed Quedius (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae) from the Early Cretaceous of China. Cretaceous Research 44, 54–57.
Cai, C., Yan, E.V., Beattie, R., Wang, B., Huang, D., 2013. First rove beetles from the Jurassic Talbragar fish bed of Australia (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Journal of Paleontology 87(4), 650–656.
Cai, C., Wang, B., 2013. The oldest silken fungus beetle from the Early Cretaceous of southern China (Coleoptera, Cryptophagidae, Atomariinae). Alcheringa 37(4), 452–455.
Cai, C., Huang, D., 2013. Sinanthobium daohugouense, a tiny new omaliine rove beetle from the Middle Jurassic of China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). The Canadian Entomologist 145(5), 496–500.
Huang, D., Engel, M.S., Cai, C., Nel, A., 2013. Mesozoic giant fleas from northeastern China (Siphonaptera), taxonomy and implications for palaeodiversity. Chinese Science Bulletin 58(14), 1682–1690.
Cai, C., Huang, D., 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.
Cai, C., Huang, D., 2013. Mesocoprophilus clavatus, a new oxyteline rove beetle (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the Early Cretaceous of China. Insect Systematics & Evolution 44(2), 213–220.
Cai, C., Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A., Huang, D., 2014. First fossil tooth-necked fungus beetle (Coleoptera, Derodontidae), Juropeltastica sinica gen. n. sp. n. from the Middle Jurassic of China. European Journal of Entomology 111(2), 299–302.
Cai, C., Huang, D., Newton, A.F., Thayer, M.K., 2014. Mesapatetica aenigmatica, a new genus and species of rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 87(2), 219–224.
Cai, C., Huang, D., 2014. Diverse oxyporine rove beetles from the Early Cretaceous of China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Systematic Entomology 39(3), 500–505.
Cai, C., Huang, D., 2014. The oldest micropepline beetle from Cretaceous Burmese amber and its phylogenetic implications (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Naturwissenschaften 101(10), 813–817.
Cai, C., Clarke, D., Huang, D., Nel, A., 2014. A new genus and species of Steninae from the late Eocene of France (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Alcheringa 38(4), 557–562.
Cai, C., Thayer, M.K., Engel, M.S., Newton, A.F., Ortega-Blanco, J., Wang, B., Wang, X., Huang, D., 2014. Early origin of parental care in Mesozoic carrion beetles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 111(39), 14170–14174.
Cai, C., Newton, A.F., Huang, D., Tang, L., 2014. A new species of Platydracus Thomson, 1858 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae) from the upper Eocene Florissant beds, Colorado, USA. Palaeoworld 23, 321–326.
Azar, D., Huang, D., Cai, C., Nel, A., 2015. The earliest records of pachytroctid booklice from Lebanese and Burmese Cretaceous ambers (Psocodea, Troctomorpha, Nanopsocetae, Pachytroctidae). Cretaceous Research 52, 336–347.
Liu, Y., Shi, H., Cai, C., Liang, H., Huang, D., 2015. The first record of Cretaceous ground beetle (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Oodini) from Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 52, 427–430.
Cai, C., Ślipiński, A., Huang, D., 2015. First false jewel beetle (Coleoptera, Schizopodidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of China. Cretaceous Research 52, 490–494.
Cai, C., Huang, D., 2015. The oldest osoriine rove beetle from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Cretaceous Research 52, 495–500.
Azar, D., Huang, D., Cai, C., Nel, A., 2015. The first trichomyiine from Burmese Cretaceous amber (Diptera, Psychodidae, Trichomyiinae). Cretaceous Research 53, 48–58.
Cai, C., Beattie, R., Huang, D., 2015. Jurassic olisthaerine rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae): 165 million years of morphological and probably behavioral stasis. Gondwana Research 28(1), 425–431.
Huang, D., Azar, D., Cai, C., Nel, A., 2015. New damselfly genera in the Cretaceous Burmese amber attributable to the Platystictidae and Platycnemididae Disparoneurinae (Odonata, Zygoptera). Cretaceous Research 56, 237–243.
Huang, D., Azar, D., Cai, C., Romain Garrouste, Nel, A., 2015. The first Mesozoic pleasing lacewing (Neuroptera, Dilaridae). Cretaceous Research 56, 274–277.
Cai, C., Huang, D., 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(4), 1579–1584.
Cai, C., Lawrence, J.F., Ślipiński, A., Huang, D., 2015. Jurassic artematopodid beetles and their implications for the early evolution of Artematopodidae (Coleoptera). Systematic Entomology 40(4), 779–788.
Cai, C., Ślipiński, A., Huang, D., 2015. The oldest root-eating beetle from the Middle Jurassic of China (Coleoptera, Monotomidae). Alcheringa 39(4), 488–493.
Huang, D., Cai, C., Jiang, J., Su, Y., Liao, H., 2015. The Dahugou bed and fossil record of its basal conglomerate section. Acta Palaeontogica Sinica 54(3), 351–357 [in Chinese with English summary].
Cai, C., Leschen, R.A.B., Liu, Y., Huang, D., 2015. First fossil jacobsoniid beetle (Coleoptera), Derolathrus groehni n. sp. from Eocene Baltic amber. Journal of Paleontology 89(5), 762–767.
Jiang, J., Cai, C., Huang, D., 2016. Progonocimicids (Hemiptera, Coleorrhyncha) from the Middle Jurassic Haifanggou Formation, western Liaoning, northeast China support stratigraphic correlation with the Daohugou beds. Alcheringa 41(1), 53–61.
Engel, M.S., Huang, D., Breitkreuz, L.C.V., Cai, C., Alvarado, M., 2016. Two new species of mid-Cretaceous webspinners in amber from northern Myanmar (Embiodea, Clothodidae, Oligotomidae). Cretaceous Research 58, 118–124.
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.
Engel, M.S., Huang, D., Abdulaziz S. Alqarni, Cai, C., 2016. A remarkable evanioid wasp in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Hymenoptera, Evanioidea). Cretaceous Research 60, 121–127.
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.
Cai, C., Hsiao, Y., Huang, D., 2016. A new genus and species of polypore fungus beetle in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Tetratomidae, Eustrophinae). Cretaceous Research 60, 275–280.
Engel, M.S., Huang, D., Alqarni, A.S., Cai, C., 2016. An unusual new lineage of sawflies (Hymenoptera) in Upper Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 60, 281–286.
Engel, M.S., Breitkreuz, L.C.V., Cai, C., Alvarado, M., Azar, D., Huang, D., 2016. The first Mesozoic microwhip scorpion (Palpigradi), a new genus and species in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. The Science of Nature 103(3–4), 1–7.
Cai, C., Huang, D., 2016. Cretoleptochromus archaicus gen. et sp. nov., a new genus of ant-like stone beetles in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) Cretaceous Research 63, 7–13.
Huang, D., Azar, D., Engel, M.S., Garrouste, R., Cai, C., Nel, A., 2016. The first araripeneurine antlion in Burmese amber (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae) Cretaceous Research 63, 1–6.
Cai, C., Huang, D., 2016. The first Mesozoic palmetto beetle (Coleoptera, Smicripidae) in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 64, 45–49.
Huang, D., Azar, D., Engel, M.S., Cai, C., Garrouste, R., Nel, A., 2016. A new genus of alderflies (Megaloptera, Sialidae) in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 64, 7–11.
Huang, D., Bechly, G., Nel, P., Engel, M.S., Prokop, J., Azar, D., Cai, C., van de Kamp, T., Staniczek, A.H., Garrouste, R., Krogmann, L., dos Santos Rolo, T., Baumbach, T., Ohlhoff1, 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.
Cai, C., Newton, A.F., Thayer, M.K., Leschen, R.A.B., Huang, D., 2016. Specialized proteinine rove beetles shed light on insect–fungal associations in the Cretaceous. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 283, 20161439. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1439.
Cai, C., Lü, L., Caron, E., Bortoluzzi, S., Newton, A.F., Thayer, M. K., Huang, D., 2016. First piestine rove beetle in Eocene Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Piestinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 89(4), 1–13.
Engel, M.S., Huang, D., Alqarni, A.S., Cai, C., Alvarado, M., Breitkreuz, L.C.V., Azar, D. 2017. An apterous scelionid wasp in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae). Comptes Rendus Palevol 16, 5–11.
Cai, C., Huang, D., 2017. A new genus of whip-scorpions in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber: Earliest fossil record of the extant subfamily Thelyphoninae (Arachnida, Thelyphonida, Thelyphonidae). Cretaceous Research 69, 100–105.
Lü, L., Cai, C.^*, Huang, D., 2017. The earliest oxyteline rove beetle in amber and its systematic implications (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae). Cretaceous Research 69, 169–177.
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.
Liu, Y., Cai, C., Huang, D., 2017. First soldier fly from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Diptera, Stratiomyidae). Cretaceous Research 70, 142–146.
Engel, M.S., Huang, D., Thomas, J.C., Cai, C., 2017. A new genus and species of pygidicranid earwigs from the Upper Cretaceous of southern Asia (Dermaptera, Pygidicranidae). Cretaceous Research 69, 178–183.
Cai, C., Háva, J. Huang, D., 2017. The earliest Attagenus species (Coleoptera, Dermestidae, Attageninae) from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 72, 95–99.
Cai, C., Huang, D., 2017. Omma daxishanense sp. nov., a fossil representative of an extant Australian endemic genus recorded from the Late Jurassic of China (Coleoptera, Ommatidae). Alcheringa 41(2), 277–283.
Huang, D., Azar, D., Cai, C., Maksoud, S., Nel, A., Bechly, G., 2017. Mesomegaloprepidae, a remarkable new damselfly family (Odonata, Zygoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 73, 1–13.
Cai, C., Liu, Y., Huang, D., 2017. A new species of Loricera Latreille from Eocene Baltic amber (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Loricerinae). Alcheringa 41(3), 315–320.
Cai, C., Leschen, R.A.B., Hibbett, D.S., Xia, F., Huang, D., 2017. Mycophagous rove beetles highlight diverse mushrooms in the Cretaceous. Nature Communications 8, 14894. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14894.
Azar, D., Huang, D., El-Hajj, L., Cai, C., Nel, A., Maksoud, S., 2017. New Prionoglarididae from Burmese amber (Psocodea: Trogiomorpha: Prionoglaridetae). Cretaceous Research 75, 146–156.
Yin, Z., Cai, C.*, Huang, D., Li, L., 2017. Specialized adaptations for springtail predation in Mesozoic beetles. Scientific Reports 7, 98. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-00187-8.
Fikáček, M.*, Minoshima, Y., Komarek, A., Short, A.E.Z., Huang, D., Cai, C.*, 2017. Cretocrenis burmanicus, the first Mesozoic amber inclusion of the water scavenger beetle (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae). Cretaceous Research 77, 49–55.
Cai, C., Huang, D., Newton, A.F., Eldredge, K.T., Engel, M.S., 2017. Early evolution of specialized termitophily in Cretaceous rove beetles. Current Biology 27(8), 1229–1235.
Yin, Z., Cai, C.*, Huang, D., Li, L., 2017. A second species of the genus Cretoleptochromus Cai & Huang (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 75, 115–119.
Cai, C., Huang D., 2017. First fossil Coloninae from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinoidea, Leiodidae). Cretaceous Research 77, 69–74.
Cai, C., Yin, Z., Liu, Y., Huang, D., 2017. Protonicagus tani sp. nov., the first stag beetles from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Lucanidae, Aesalinae, Nicagini). Cretaceous Research 78, 109–112.
Huang, D., Cai, C., Bechly, G., Nel, A., 2017. A new dragonfly family from the mid Cretaceous Burmese amber (Odonata, Aeshnoptera, Burmaeshnidae). Cretaceous Research 78, 8–12.
Huang, D., Cai, C., Nel, A., 2017. A new Burmese amber hawker dragonfly helps to redefine the position of the aeshnopteran family Burmaeshnidae (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnoidea). Cretaceous Research 79, 153–158.
Cai, C., Huang, D., 2017. First definitive fossil agyrtodine beetles: An extant southern hemisphere group recorded from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Staphylinoidea: Leiodidae). Cretaceous Research 78, 161–165.
Cai, C., Huang, D., Newton, A.F., Eldredge, K.T., Engel, M.S., 2017. Response to “Evidence from amber for the origins of termitophily”. Current Biology 27(16), R794–R795.
Huang, D., Nel, A., Cai, C., 2017. An enigmatic hawker dragonfly from the Middle Jurassic of China (Odonata, Aeshnoptera). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 91(3), 459–462.
蔡晨阳, 2017. 远古蘑菇和它的食客们—白垩纪琥珀出新知. 科学 69(6), 14–17.
Wegierek, P., Żyła, D., Homan, A., Cai, C., Huang, D., 2017. New genus and species of the extinct aphid family Szelegiewicziidae and their implications for aphid evolution. The Science of Nature 104(11–12), 95.
Yin, Z., Parker, J., Cai, C.*, Huang, D., Li, L., 2018. A new stem bythinine in Cretaceous Burmese amber and early evolution of specialized predatory behavior in pselaphine rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16(7), 531–541.
Cai, C., Ślipiński, A., Leschen, R.A.B., Yin, Z., Zhuo, D., Huang, D., 2018. The first Mesozoic Jacobson's beetle (Coleoptera, Jacobsoniidae) in Cretaceous Burmese amber and biogeographic stasis. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16(7), 543–550.
Huang, D., Hormiga, G., Cai, C., Su, Y., Yin, Z., Xia, F., Giribet, G., 2018. Origin of spiders and their spinning organs illuminated by mid-Cretaceous amber fossils. Nature Ecology & Evolution 2(4), 623–627.
Yin, Z., Cai, C.*, Huang, D., 2018. Last major gap in scydmaenine evolution filled (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Cretaceous Research 84, 62–68.
Yin, Z., Cai, C., Huang, D., 2018. New zorapterans (Zoraptera) from Burmese amber suggest higher paleodiversity of the order in tropical forests. Cretaceous Research 84, 168–172.
Cai, C., Thayer, M.K., Newton, A.F., Yin, Z., Huang, D., 2018. A new genus of dasycerine rove beetles from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber and its phylogenetic implications (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) Cretaceous Research 84, 431–436.
Cai, C., Huang, D., 2018. First fossil thaneroclerid beetle from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Thanerocleridae). Alcheringa 42(1), 115–119.
Engel, M.S., Huang, D., Cai, C., Alqarni, A.S., 2018. A new lineage of braconid wasps in Burmese Cenomanian amber (Hymenoptera, Braconidae). ZooKeys 730, 73–84.
Fu, Y., Cai, C., Huang, D., 2018. A new fossil sinoalid species from the Middle Jurassic Daohugou beds (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cercopoidea). Alcheringa 42(1), 94–100.
Yin, Z., Cai, C.*, Newton, A.F., 2018. Beetle with long ‘nose’—A bizarre stem scydmaenine in amber from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae). Cretaceous Research 89, 98–106.
Cai, C., Maier, C.A., Huang, D., 2018. A new riffle beetle in Upper Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Coleoptera: Elmidae). Cretaceous Research 89, 154–159.
Cai, C., Huang, D., 2018. First amber inclusion of a glaresid beetle from the Upper Cretaceous of Myanmar (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Cretaceous Research 90, 115–119.
Yin, Z., Cai, C.*, Huang, D., 2018. A potentially diverse fauna of springtail-hunting scydmaenines during the late Mesozoic (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae). Cretaceous Research 90, 163–167.
Huang, D., Cai, C., Nel, A., 2018. New damsel-dragonflies with “calopterygid”-like wing shape from the Middle Jurassic of China (Odonata: Isophlebioidea: Campterophlebiidae). Geobios 51(3), 181–186.
Cai, C., Yin, Z., Huang, D., 2018. A new ripiphorid beetle from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber sheds light on early evolution of the extant subfamily Ripidiinae (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae). Comptes rendus Palevol 17(6), 351–356.
Cai, C., Huang, D., 2018. First Mesozoic water-penny beetles from Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera: Psephenidae). Cretaceous Research 91, 202–207.
Yin, Z., Cai, C., Huang, D., Engel, M.S., 2018. Zorotypus dilaticeps sp. nov., a remarkable zorapteran (Zoraptera) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 91, 126–130.
Cai, C., Escalona, H.E., Li, L., Yin, Z., Huang, D., Engel, M.S., 2018. Beetle pollination of cycads in the Mesozoic. Current Biology 28(17), 2806–2812.
蔡晨阳, 2018. 探寻恐龙时代的蘑菇. 大自然 5, 24–27.
Huang, D., Cai, C., Nel, A., 2018. A new damsel-dragonfly of the small family Selenothemistidae from the Late Jurassic of China (Odonata, Isophlebioptera). Journal of Paleontology 92(6), 1049–1053.
Yin, Z., Cai, C.*, 2018. A new fossil species of Euroleptochromus Jałoszyński (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from Eocene Baltic amber. Zootaxa 4500(1), 146–150.
Liu, Z., Huang, D., Cai, C., Wang, X., 2018. The core eudicot boom registered in Myanmar amber. Scientific Reports 8(1), 16765. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-35100-4.
Zhou, Y., Caterino, M.S., Ślipiński, A., Cai, C.*, 2018. Cretohisteridae, a new beetle family from the Early Cretaceous of China, and its implications for the early evolution of the basal group of Histeroidea (Coleoptera). Systematic Entomology 43, 716–728.
Yin, Z., Zhou, D., Cai, C.*, 2018. The genus Scydmobisetia Jałoszyński & Yamamoto, 2016 in Upper Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae). Entomologische Blätter und Coleoptera 114, 483–490.
蔡晨阳, 2018. 白垩纪缅甸琥珀中的隐翅虫及其重要生态意义. 科技导报 23: 30–35.
Mao, Y., Liang, K., Su, Y., Li, J., Rao, X., Zhang, H., Xia, F., Fu, Y., Cai, C., Huang, D., 2018. Various amberground marine animals on Burmese amber with discussions on its age. Palaeoentomology 1(1), 91–93.
Huang, D., Cai, C., Fu, Y., Su, Y., 2018. The Middle-Late Jurassic Yanliao entomofauna. Palaeoentomology 1(1), 3–31
Su, Y., Cai, C., Huang, D., 2019. Revision of Phryssonotus burmiticus (Diplopoda, Polyxenida, Synxenidae) in mid-Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 93, 216–224.
Fu, Y., Cai, C., Huang, D., 2019. First hairy cicadas in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Tettigarctidae). Cretaceous Research 93, 285–291.
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