Chenyang Cai

Professor at Nanjing Institute of Geology & Palaeontology, CAS. Phylogenomics, Beetle, Amber, Mesozoic Terrestrial Ecosystem, Fossil, Tree of Life. He/Him

[Chenyang Cai @caichenyang]

An Updated Evolutionary History of Beetles

[Erik Tihelka @ETihelka]

Happy news. Our new preprint “Integrated phylogenomics and fossil data illuminate the evolution of beetles“ is now out on #bioRxiv. @glpcjd @caichenyang https://t.co/gA7wic1kr4

[藻類農園FARMO @kumejimarl]

【白亜紀の琥珀から現れたクワガタ】
ミャンマー産白亜紀の琥珀から、南半球に現生種をもつ希少なクワガタムシ亜科「Lampriminae」の最古の化石が発見された。

この新属新種Prostreptocerus burmiticusは、発達した大アゴや湾曲した爪など、当時から性的二形や戦闘行動があったことを示す特徴を持つ。現生の系統との類似は、大陸移動以前の分布と進化を物語っている。

そんな昔からクワ���タっていたんですね。そうなると個人的に気になるのはカブトムシもいたかどうか。
https://t.co/igrN4h1qZb

[Trends in Ecology & Evolution @Trends_Ecol_Evo]

Online now: Rainforest ecology in the shade of deep time https://t.co/lWJYcIVp38

[Fucking Young! magazine @Fuckingyoung]

Studio Wenjüe Lu, founded by Lulu (Wenjue Lu) and Michael (Chufeng Fang), unveiled their Collection 2023 with a presentation and performance piece titled “NEITHER” during @nyfw https://t.co/oEwRr2t1O4

[People's Daily, China @PDChina]

Chinese scientists have found the fossil of Jeholia longchengi from Jehol Biota in northeast China's Liaoning, marking the first Mesozoic scorpion ever unearthed in the country. This rare scorpion fossil, dating back 125 million years, could provide insights into reconstructing the trophic dynamics of Jehol palaeo-food webs.

[Emmanuel Arriaga Varela @E_Arriaga_V]

Our new paper: An unusual coccinelloid fossil https://t.co/rvfwVKcwF2

[Royal Society Publishing @RSocPublishing]

A light in the dark: a mid-Cretaceous bioluminescent firefly with specialized antennal sensory organs | https://t.co/EooR9aJoLA #ProcB @caichenyang @ETihelka

[Chenyang Cai @caichenyang]

A light in the dark: a mid-Cretaceous bioluminescent firefly with specialized antennal sensory organs | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences https://t.co/zff9ZHbvWd

[Chenyang Cai @caichenyang]

Following the last, we, in Cai et al. 2022-RSOS, formally treated Silphidae as a subfamily of the evolving family Staphylinidae, based on available phylogenomic data. Here Sikes and colleagues agree with this, with a critical review of evidence!

[Priyantha Wijesinghe @elaphrornis]

Large carrion and burying beetles evolved from Staphylinidae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Silphinae): a review of the evidence https://t.co/jjKGoPh6wv via @ZooKeys_Journal

[Phil Donoghue @glpcjd]

Cai et al. Resolving incongruences in insect phylogenomics: A reply to Boudinot et al. (2023) https://t.co/Av6gvnjhYe

[Corentin Jouault @JouaultCorentin]

Thrilled to see our new international collaboration published! Cretaceous beetles of the Jinju Formation (Coleoptera): An overview of the Jinju Formation, its coleopteran diversity, and past and future research
https://t.co/d6jR51KCVl 🤩🥳

[China Science @ChinaScience]

Chinese researchers have found the first fossil record of a group of Cretaceous water striders in copulation, which are trapped in amber dating back to some 100 million years ago in Myanmar, revealing the mating behavior and potential sexual conflicts among ancient insects.

[Royal Society Publishing @RSocPublishing]

New from #Proc B: Group mating in Cretaceous water striders https://t.co/9GfOC4WXLs | #Behaviour #Evolution #Palaeontology

[David Peris @David_Peris_]

🚨New publication🚨
We have described two new kateretid beetle species (Coleoptera: Kateretidae) in syninclusion with angiosperm pollen grains in the Cretaceous amber from Myanmar 👇https://t.co/S3QekBonog
#labpaleoecology @IBB_botanic @caichenyang

[Evolutionary Genomics @evol_genomics]

Ant backbone phylogeny resolved by modelling compositional heterogeneity among sites in genomic data https://t.co/SCYZshPbex @CommsBio