Research Interests:

Dr. Bai has been engaged in the systematics and evolution of insects, e.g. scarabs and ice crawlers. On the basis of inheriting the traditional taxonomy, he has opened up a new research direction of the new taxonomy driven by new technologies such as quantification, Big Data and Artificial Intelligence. The main academic achievements are as follows. (1) He systematically revised the Chinese Scarabaeoidea and Grylloblattodea, built a database on Chinese insect type specimens, and published a new insect order, 4 new families, and more than 200 new genera. (2) In the three key aspects of taxonomic research (character cognition, character comparison, character evolution), new technology innovation-driven research has been carried out, including the development of new instruments and new software in digital and three-dimensional technologies, the integration of quantitative geometric morphometrics and erection on the new research paradigm. The establishment of a new insect order, Alienoptera, and the systematic status of some important extinction groups were revealed. The origin of dung feeding behavior was investigated. An Intelligent Identification System of World Beetles (BICS, http://beetle.ioz.ac.cn/) was created. Scan the QR code to access the Intelligent Identification System of World Beetles (BICS, http://beetle.ioz.ac.cn/)

Awards and Honors:

1997 - 1998  Academic Excellence Scholarship of Hebei University 1999 - 2000  Academic Excellence Scholarship of Hebei University 1997 - 2003  Excellence Student Cadre of Hebei University 2001 - 2004  Academic Excellence Scholarship of Hebei University 2006 - 2007  Scholarships for Excellence of the UK government's Department for Education and Skills and the Chinese Ministry of Education  2007 Academic Excellence Scholarship of Chinese Academy of Sciences 2012 German Humboldt Foundation Fellowship 2016 First prize of the Chou Io Entomological Classification Award Foundation 2019 Youth International Cooperation Award of Chinese Academy of Sciences

Professional Activities:

Research Grants:

Selected Publications:

[#contributed equally; *corresponding author] Li J.*, Wang W.C., Li L.L., Ding Q., Bai M. 2024. Hexagon-based adaptive hierarchies for efficient point-in-spherical-polygon tests on GPUs. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, online (https://doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2023.2284908; news: https://www.cas.cn/syky/202312/t20231201_4989672.shtml; http://www.ioz.ac.cn/gb2018/xwdt/kyjz/202312/t20231201_6939298.html) Zhao Z.Y.#, Lu Y.Y.#, Tong Y.J., Chen X., Bai M.* 2023. PENet: A phenotype encoding network for automatic extraction and representation of morphological discriminative features. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14(12): 3035–3046. (news: https://www.cas.cn/syky/202310/t20231020_4981875.shtml; http://www.ioz.ac.cn/gb2018/xwdt/kyjz/202310/t20231019_6903801.html; https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/cYBJ8fAs7NW4UvdZ2hkLsA) Lee S., Seung J., Yang Y.B., Orr M., Lee M., Tak J.H., Vogler A.P., Bai M.*, Lee S.* 2023. The Water‐Exclusion Trap (WET): A 3D printable window trap collector that prevents DNA degradation. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 14(11): 2774–2779. (news: https://www.cas.cn/syky/202309/t20230919_4971042.shtml; http://www.ioz.ac.cn/gb2018/xwdt/kyjz/202309/t20230918_6882761.html) Lu Y.Y., Ahrens D., Shih C., Jenkins Shaw J., Yang X.K., Ren D.*, Bai M.* 2023. A Cretaceous chafer beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) with exaggerated hind legs—insight from comparative functional morphology into a possible spring movement. Biology, 12(2): 237. (news: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/LDjk5G0-57rjxZsnzvguDQ) Fan Z.#, Wang L.Y.#, Xiao L.#, Tan B., Luo B., Ren T.Y., Liu L.*, Zhang Z.S.*, Bai M.* 2023. Lampshade web spider Ectatosticta davidi chromosome-level genome assembly provides evidence for its phylogenetic position. Communications Biology, 6(1): 748. Bai M.*, Zhou L.W., Tong Y.J., Yin F. 2023. Risk assessment and warning system for strategic biological resources in China. The Innovation Life, 1: 100004. Kundrata R.*, Packova G., Li Y.D., Hsiao Y., Jenkins Shaw J., Ferreira V.S., Bai M., Cai C.Y. 2024. Further mysteries solved in Mysteriomorphidae (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar: discovery of female specimens, and synonymy of Trapezioceps recently described as Cantharidae. Cretaceous Research, 154: 105756. Abbas M., Bai M., Hassan M.A.*, Yang X.K., Masroor R. 2023. Taxonomic study of the Tribe Onitini Laporte, 1840 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Northern Pakistan. Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 25(2): 405–416. Ahrens D., Liu W.G., Lukic D., Bai M. 2023. A taxonomic review of Microserica Brenske, 1894 from continental Asia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa, 5241(1): 1–115. Arriaga-Varela E.*, Szawaryn K., Jenkins Shaw J., Bai M., Ren D., Tomaszewska W. 2023. Remarkable diversity of the handsome fungus beetles genus Cretaparamecus (Coleoptera: Endomychidae: Merophysiinae) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research, 151: 105664. Ge Y.C., Shi C.M., Bai M., Cao Z.Y., Cao L.P., Wang Z.Y.*, Dong J.G.*, Wang Y.Y.* 2023. Molecular data confirm Monolepta hieroglyphica (Motschulsky, 1858) and M. quadriguttata (Motschulsky, 1860) being synonyms of M. signata (Oliver, 1808). Insect Systematics & Evolution, 1(aop): 1–11. He P., Li Y.F., Huo T.T., Meng F.Y.*, Peng C., Bai M. 2023. Priority planting area planning for cash crops under heavy metal pollution and climate change: A case study of Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14: 1080881. Jenkins Shaw J.*, Bai M.*, Solodovnikov A. 2023. Evolutionary assessment of the rove beetle subfamily Proteininae Erichson, 1839 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) triggered by the X-ray based description of its first fossil in Baltic amber from Denmark. Journal of Natural History, 57(17-20): 1138–1151. Lee S.#, Kim W.#, Rakotonirina J.C., Bai M.* 2023. First report of non-native bamboo longhorn beetle, Chlorophorus annularis (Fabricius, 1787) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Madagascar. BioInvasions Records, 12(4): 973–979. Liu J., Yang Y.H., Yan Z.H., Wang H.S., Bai M.*, Shi C.M., Li J.* 2023. Analysis of the mitogenomes of two helotid species provides new insights into the phylogenetic relationship of the basal Cucujoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera). Biology, 12(1): 135. Wang S.Y., Lu Y.Y., Han M.Y., Li L.L., He P., Shi A.M.*, Bai M.* 2023. Using MaxEnt model to predict the potential distribution of three potentially invasive scarab beetles in China. Insects, 14(3): 239. Yang Q.X., Wang Y.Y., Lücking R., Lumbsch H.T., Du Z.Y., Chen Y.K., Bai M., Ren D., Wei J.C., Li H.*, Wang Y.J.*, Wei X.L.* 2023. The Jurassic epiphytic macrolichen Daohugouthallus reveals the oldest lichen-plant interaction in a Mesozoic forest ecosystem. Iscience, 26(1): 105770 Yu Y.Y., Lee S., Jin L.J., Bai M.* 2023. Mitochondrial genome of Euchirus longimanus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and phylogenetic relationship of Euchirini. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 26(4): 102156. Zhang M.N., Ruan Y.Y.*, Bai M., Chen X.Q.*, Li L.X., Yang X.K., Meng Z.Y., Liu Y., Du X.Y. 2023. Geometric morphometric analysis of genus Chaetocnema (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticini) with insights on its subgenera classification and morphological diversity. Diversity, 15(8): 918. Zhao Y.C., Wang X.P.*, Lee S., Bai M.* 2023. Furcanthicus gen. nov., a new genus of oriental Anthicini (Coleoptera, Anthicidae), with description of three new species. Insects, 14(2): 102. Ahrens D., Fabrizi S., Bai M., Liu W.G. 2022. Taxonomic revision of Serica MacLeay, 1819 (sensu lato) from China and adjacent areas (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini), with updates on Nipponoserica Nomura, 1972. Zootaxa, 5186(1): 1–83. Bui V.B.*, Tran D.V., Bui T.D., Le B.T., Bai M. 2022. Changes in taxonomic and functional diversity of dung beetles along a forest disturbance gradient in tropical karst ecosystems on islands of Vietnam. Ecological Research, 37(4): 544–553. Cheng L.X., Tong Y.J., Zhao Y.C., Sun Z.B., Wang X.P.*, Ma F.Z.*, Bai M.* 2022. Study on the Relationship between Richness and Morphological Diversity of Higher Taxa in the Darkling Beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Diversity, 14: 60. Feng S.H.#, Bai M.#, Rivas-González I., Li C., Liu S.P., Tong Y.J., Yang H.D., Chen G.J., Xie D., Sears K.E., Franco M.L., Gaitan-Espitia J.D., Nespolo R.F., Johnson W.E., Yang H.M., Brandies P.A., Hogg C.J., Belov K., Renfree M., Helgen K.M., Boomsma J.J., Schierup M.H., Zhang G.J.* 2022. Incomplete lineage sorting and phenotypic evolution in marsupials. Cell, 185: 1646–1660. (news: https://www.cas.cn/syky/202204/t20220421_4832312.shtml; https://www.cas.cn/cm/202204/t20220421_4832261.shtml) Hong D.Y., Zhuang W.Y., Zhu M., Ma K.P., Wang X.Q., Huang D.W., Zhang Y.L., Ren G.D., Bu W.J., Cai W.Z., Ren D., Yang D., Liang A.P., Bai F.Y., Zhang R.Z., Lei F.M., Li S.Q., Kong H.Z., Cai L., Dai Y.C., Zhu C.D., Yang Q.S., Chen J., Sha Z.L., Jiang J.P., Che J., Wu D.H., Li J.T., Wang Q., Wei X.L., Bai M., Liu X.Y., Chen X.X., Qiao G.X. 2022. Positioning taxonomic research for the future. Zoological Systematics, 47(3): 185–187. (news: http://news.sohu.com/a/729981329_121687424) Jenkins Shaw J., Solodovnikov A., Bai M.*, Zyla D. 2022. New Burmese amber rove beetle fossils assigned to the rare extant subfamily Coomaniinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Insects, 13(9): 767. Jin L.J., Li Y.J., Bai M.* 2022. The complete mitochondrial genome of Tenomerga trabecula (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Cupedidae) and phylogenetic analysis among Coleoptera. Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 7(2): 328–330. Jin L.J., Li Y.J., Bai M.* 2022. The complete mitochondrial genome of Tenomerga trabecula (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Cupedidae) and phylogenetic analysis among Coleoptera. Mitochondrial DNA Part B-Resources, 7: 328–330. Li S., Yoshizawa K., Wang Q.Z., Ren D., Bai M., Yao Y.Z.* 2022. New genus and species of Empheriidae (Insecta: Psocodea: Trogiomorpha) and their implication for the phylogeny of Infraorder Atropetae. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 10: 907903. Li Y.D., Tihelka E., Marshall C.J., Maddison D.R., Bai M., Huang D.Y., Cai C.Y. 2022. Mesoceratocanthus fossils from the Early Cretaceous of China reinterpreted as the earliest passaloids (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Ameghiniana, 59(3): 201–209. Li Y.J., Nie R.E.*, Lu Y.Y., Lee S., Zhao Z.Y., Wu L., Sun H.Y.*, Bai M.* 2022. Seven new mitochondrial genomes of phytophagous scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and phylogenetic implications. Zootaxa, 5138(3): 324–338. Liang F.Y., Li S., Liu X.Y., Bai M., Yao Y.Z.* 2022. A new genus and species of the family Archaeatropidae (Psocodea: Trogiomorpha) from mid-Cretaceous amber of northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research, 138: 105233. Liu X.Q., Wang X.P.*, Bai M.*, Jenkins Shaw J. 2022. Decrease in Carabid Beetles in Grasslands of Northwestern China: Further Evidence of Insect Biodiversity Loss. Insects, 13: 35. Lu Y.Y., Ballerio A., Wang S., Zou Z.T., Gorb S.N., Wang T., Li L.L., Ji S., Zhao Z.Y., Li S., Tong Y.J., Chen Y.D., Zhuo D., Luo C.H., Zhang W.W., Liu N., Gu Q.*, Bai M.* 2022. The evolution of conglobation in Ceratocanthinae. Communications Biology, 5(1): 777. (news: https://www.cas.cn/cm/202208/t20220808_4844085.shtml) Orr M.C.*, Feijó A., Chesters D., Vogler A.P., Bossert S., Ferrari R.R., Costello M.J., Hughes A.C., Krogmann L., Ascher J.S., Zhou X., Li D.Z., Bai M., Chen J., Ge D.Y., Luo A.R., Qiao G.X., Williams P.H., Zhang A.B., Ma K.P., Zhang F., Zhu C.D.* 2022. Six steps for building a technological knowledge base for future taxonomic work. National Science Review, 9(12): nwac284. Ricchiardi E.*, Lu Y.Y., Li S., Bai M. 2022. Notes on Paratrichius Janson, 1881 inhabiting Hainan Island, with description of a new species and the definition of two new junior synonyms (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae). Fragmenta entomologica, 54(1): 133–142. Song X.M., Lee S., Wang X.P.*, Bai M.* 2022. New insights into the life history changes can enhance control strategies for Therioaphis trifolii. Agronomy basel, 12(12): 3133. Wang Z.J.#, Feng K.#, Yang F., Liang Y.S., Yun X., Tihelka E., Bai M., Cai C.Y.*, Lei M.* 2022. Breathing colour into fossils: A tomographic system for reconstructing the soft tissue microstructure of amber inclusions. Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 148: 106775. Yang Y.X.*, Zhao W., Geiser M., Zhang W.W., Ren D., Bai M.*, Liu H.Y.* 2022. Taxonomic revision of the mid-Cretaceous genus Sanaungulus Fanti, Damgaard et Ellenberger, 2018 (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from northern Myanmar based on a morphology-based phylogeny. Cretaceous Research, 135: 105217. Zhang L.J.#, Li Y.J.#, Ge X.Y., Li X.Y., Yang Y.X., Bai M., Ge S.Q.* 2022. Mitochondrial genomes of Sternochetus species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and the phylogenetic implications. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 111(1): e21898. Zhao S.Z., Tong Y.J., Teng B., Chen X., Yang X.K., Li J.*, Bai M.* 2022. A species diversity dataset of beetles in Hong Kong-Tei Tong Tsai. Scientific Data, 9: 210. Zhu C.D.*, Luo A.R., Bai M., Orr M.C., Hou Z.E., Ge S.Q., Chen J., Hu Y.B., Zhou X.M., Qiao G.X.*, Kong H.Z., Lu L.M., Jin X.H., Cai L., Wei X.L., Zhao R.L., Miao W., Wang Q.F., Sha Z.L., Lin Q., Qu M., Jiang J.P., Li J.T., Che J., Jiang X.L., Chen X.Y., Gao L.M., Ren Z.X., Xiang C.L., Luo S.X., Wu D.H., Liu D., Peng Y.Q., Su T., Cai C.Y., Zhu T.Q., Cai W.Z., Liu X.Y., Li H., Xue H.J., Ye Z., Chen X.X., Tang P., Wei S.J., Pang H., Xie Q., Zhang F., Zhang F., Peng X.J., Zhang A.B., Gao T.P., Zhou C.F., Shao C., Ma L.B., Wei Z.M., Luan Y.X., Yin Z.W., Dai W., Wei C., Huang X.L., Liu J.X., Chen X.S., Yi T.C., Zhang Z.S., Aishan Z., Li Q., Hu H.Y. 2022. A joint call for actions to advance taxonomy in China. Zoological Systematics, 47(3): 188–197. Ahrens D.*, Liu W.G., Fabrizi S., Bai M. 2021. Taxonomic review on the Trioserica Moser, 1922 species of China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa, 4999(4): 343–355. Fabrizi S., Liu W.G., Bai M., Yang X.K., Ahrens D.* 2021. A monograph of the genus Maladera Mulsant & Rey, 1871 of China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini). Zootaxa, 4922: 1–400. (news: https://www.sohu.com/a/450930212_648402) Gao C.B., Bai M., Fang H., Li J.* 2021. Miridiba hani Gao, a new species from Hainan, China (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Rhizotrogini), with a new combination from Vietnam. Zootaxa, 4996(2): 331–342. Král D., Lu Y.Y., Bai M.* 2021. Airapus rakovici (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Eupariini), a new species from Fujian, China. Zootaxa, 4920(1): 140–144. Li R.R., Li M., Yan J., Bai M.*, Zhang H.F.* 2021. Five Mitochondrial Genomes of the Genus Eysarcoris Hahn, 1834 with Phylogenetic Implications for the Pentatominae (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Insects, 12: 597. Liu X.Q., Wang H., He D.H., Wang X.P.*, Bai M.* 2021. The Modeling and Forecasting of Carabid Beetle Distribution in Northwestern China. Insects, 12: 168. Liu J.#, Wang Y.Y.#, Zhang R.Y., Shi C.M., Lu W.C., Li J.*, Bai M.* 2021. Three Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of Erotylidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) with Higher Phylogenetic Analysis. Insects, 12: 524. Liu X.Q., Wang X.P.*, Bai M.*, Jenkins Shaw J. 2021. Decrease in carabid beetles in grasslands of northwestern China: Further evidence of insect biodiversity loss. Insects, 13(1): 35. Liu X.Q., Wang H., Wang X.P.*, Bai M.*, He D.H. 2021. Driving factors and their interactions of carabid beetle distribution based on the geographical detector method. Ecological Indicators, 133: 108393. Orr M.C.*, Ferrari R.R., Hughes A.C., Chen J., Ascher J.S., Yan Y.H., Williams P.H., Zhou X., Bai M., Rudoy A., Zhang F., Ma K.P., Zhu C.D.* 2021. Taxonomy must engage with new technologies and evolve to face future challenges. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5: 3–4. Schoville S.D.*, Simon S., Bai M., Beethem Z., Dudko R.Y., Eberhard M.J.B., Frandsen P.B., Kuepper S.C., Machida R., Verheij M., Willadsen P.C., Zhou X., Wipfler B. 2021. Comparative transcriptomics of ice-crawlers demonstrates cold specialization constrains niche evolution in a relict lineage. Evolutionary Applications, 14: 360–382. Shi C., Cai H.H., Jiang R.X., Wang S.*, Engel M.S., Yuan J., Bai M., Yang D., Long C.L., Zhao Z.T., Zhang D.X.*, Zhang X.C.*, Peng H.*, Wang Y.D.*, Spicer R.A.* 2021. Balance scientific and ethical concerns to achieve a nuanced perspective on 'blood amber'. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5: 705–706. Tong Y.J., Yang H.D., Jenkins Shaw J., Yang X.K.*, Bai M.* 2021. The Relationship between Genus/Species Richness and Morphological Diversity among Subfamilies of Jewel Beetles. Insects, 12: 24. Yang Y.X.*, Zhao W., Geiser M., Zhang W.W., Bai M.*, Liu H.Y.* 2021. Review of the genus Burmomiles Fanti, Damgaard & Ellenberger from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Coleoptera, Cantharidae). Cretaceous Research, 128: 104961. Chen Y.D., Leschen R.A.B., Bai M., Yang X.K.* 2020. A new Himalayan species of Alfieriella (Coleoptera: Cryptophagidae). Zootaxa, 4819(3): 571–581. Jaloszynski P.*, Bai M., Wang B. 2020. A new species of the extinct mid-Cretaceous genus Scydmobisetia Jaloszyliski & Yamamoto (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae). Zootaxa, 4802: 582–586. Jenkins Shaw J., Solodovnikov A., Bai M.*, Kaulfuss U. 2020. An amblyopinine rove beetle (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae, Amblyopinini) from the earliest Miocene Foulden Maar fossil-Lagerstaette, New Zealand. Journal of Paleontology, 94: 1082–1088. Jenkins Shaw J., Wang B., Bai M.*, Zyla D. 2020. The Oldest Representative of the Rove Beetle Tribe Pinophilini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae), from Upper Cretaceous Burmese Amber. Insects, 11: 174. Král D., Jakl S., Lu Y.Y., Bai M.* 2020. The genus Ceratophyus Fischer von Waldheim, 1824 (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) in China, along with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 4747(2): 339–349. Yao F.X.#, Shi B.Y.#, Wang X.Q.#, Pan D., Bai M., Yan J., Cumberlidge N., Sun H.Y.* 2020. Rapid divergent coevolution of Sinopotamon freshwater crab genitalia facilitates a burst of species diversification. Integrative Zoology, 15: 174–186. Nie R.E., Andújar C., Gómez-Rodríguez C., Bai M., Xue H.J., Tang M., Yang C.T., Tang P., Yang X.K.*, Vogler A.P.* 2019. The phylogeny of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae) inferred from mitochondrial genomes. Systematic Entomology, 45: 188–204. Xing L.D.#, Wang D.H.#*, Li G., McKellar R.C., Bai M., Chen H.R., Evans S.E.#* 2019. Possible egg masses from amphibians, gastropods, and insects in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Historical Biology, 1: 1–10. Lu Y.Y., Zorn C., Král D., Bai M.* 2019. Description of Callistethus hamus sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae) from continental Southeast Asia using synchrotron to illustrate the aedeagus. Zookeys, 881: 1–11. Ricchiardi E., Bai M., Li S. 2019. Description of three new species of Paratrichius Janson, 1881 from China and revision of the distribution range of Paratrichius rubrodecoratus (Tesar, 1952) (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini). Zootaxa, 4700(3): 345–355. Qian J., Dang S.P., Wang Z.J., Zhou X., Dan D., Yao B.L.*, Tong Y.J., Yang H.D., Lu Y.Y., Chen Y.D., Yang X.K., Bai M.*, Lei M.* 2019. Large-scale 3D imaging of insects with natural color. Optics Express, 27: 4845–4857. Batelka J., Prokop J.*, Pohl H., Bai M., Zhang W.W., Beutel R.G. 2019. Highly specialized Cretaceous beetle parasitoids (Ripiphoridae) identified with optimized visualization of microstructures. Systematic Entomology, 44(2): 396–407. Xing L.D.#*, O'Connor J.K.#*, Chiappe L.M., McKellar R.C.#, Carroll N., Hu H., Bai M., Lei F.M. 2019. A New Enantiornithine Bird with Unusual Pedal Proportions Found in Amber. Current Biology, 29: 2396–2401. Xing L.D.#, McKellar R.C.#*, O'Connor J.K.#*, Bai M., Tseng K., Chiappe L.M. 2019. A fully feathered enantiornithine foot and wing fragment preserved in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Scientific Reports, 9: 927. Li S.#, Lu Y.Y.#, Wang B., Li J.*, Yang X.K., Bai M.* 2019. Electrorubesopsinae, a new subfamily from the Cretaceous Burmese amber, as the possible sister group of Dynamopodinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 17(4): 347–355. Wu L.#, Nie R.E.#, Bai M.*, Yang Y.X.* 2019. The complete mitochondrial genome of Idgia oculata (Coleoptera: Cleroidea: Prionoceridae) and a related phylogenetic analysis of Cleroidea. Mitochondrial DNA Part B-Resources, 4(1): 491–493. Zhang M.N., Ruan Y.Y., Wan X., Tong Y.J., Yang X.K.*, Bai M.* 2019. Geometric morphometric analysis of the pronotum and elytron in stag beetles: insight into its diversity and evolution. Zookeys, 833: 21–40. Wipfler B., Kocárek P., Richter A., Boudinot B., Bai M.*, Beutel R.G. 2019. Structural features and life habits of Alienoptera (Polyneoptera, Dictyoptera, Insecta). Palaeoentomology, 2(5): 465–473. Bai M., Beutel R.G., Zhang W.W., Wang S., Hornig M., Grohn C., Yan E., Yang X.K.*, Wipfler B.* 2018. A new Cretaceous insect with a unique cephalo-thoracic scissor device. Current Biology, 28: 438–443. (news: https://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2018/1/401330.shtm) Gao C.B., Bai M., Fang H., Yu Z.G. 2018. Four new species of the genus Miridiba Reitter (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from China. Zootaxa, 4527(1): 1–20. Lu Y.Y.#, Nie R.E.#, Shih C.K., Ren D.*, Yang X.K., Bai M.* 2018. New Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation, western Liaoning Province, China: Elucidating the systematics of Mesozoic Hybosoridae. Cretaceous Research, 86: 53–59. Lu Y.Y.#, Zorn C., Král D., Bai M., Yang X.K.* 2018. 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