Dong Ren

Dong Ren, Chinese entomologist.

中文: 任东

• Key Lab of Insect Evolution and Environmental Changes, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China.

Taxon names authored

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• 140 taxon names authored by Dong Ren

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1995

• Ren, D. 1995. Systematic description of fossils. Insect fossils. Pp. 47–121. In: Ren, D., Lu, L.W., Guo, Z.G. & Ji, S.A. (eds.) 北京与邻区侏罗-白垩纪动物群及其地层 [Faunae and stratigraphy of Jurassic-Cretaceous in Beijing and the adjacent areas]. Beijing: Seismic Publishing House. 222 pp. [in Chinese with English abstract]. ISBN 9787502812348. Reference page. 

2002

• Ren, D. & Oswald, J.D. 2002. A new genus of kalligrammatid lacewings from the Middle Jurassic of China (Neuroptera: Kalligrammatidae). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (B), (317) PDF. Reference page. 

2005

• Tan, J.-J., Ren, D. & Liu, M. 2005. New ommatids from the Late Jurassic of western Liaoning, China (Coleoptera: Archostemata). Insect Science 12(3): 207–216. DOI: 10.1111/j.1005-295X.2005.00026.x . Reference page. 

2006

• Ren, D., Tan, J. & Ge, S. 2006. New fossil ommatid (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae) from Jehol Biota of western Liaoning, China. Progress in Natural Science 16(6): 639–643. DOI: 10.1080/10020070612330046 . Reference page. 
• Tan, J.-J., Ren, D. 2006. Ovatocupes: a new cupedid genus (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Cupedidae) from the Jehol Biota (Late Jurassic) of western Liaoning, China. Entomological News 117(2): 223–232. PDF. Reference page. 
• Tan, J., Ren, D., Shih, C. & Ge, S. 2006. New fossil beetles of the family Ommatidae (Coleoptera: Archostemata) from the Jehol Biota of China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 80(4): 474–485. DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2006.tb00266.x . Reference page. 
• Zhang, B.-L., Fleck, G., Huang, D.-Y., Nel, A., Ren, D., Cheng, X.-D. & Lin, Q.-B. 2006. New isophlebioid dragonflies (Odonata: Isophlebioptera: Campterophlebiidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China. Zootaxa 1339: 51–68. Abstract & excerpt Reference page. 

2007

• Sun, J.-H., Ren, D. & Shih, C.-K. 2007. Middle Jurassic Nannochoristidae fossils from Daohugou, Inner Mongolia in China (Insecta, Mecoptera). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 32(2): 405–411. [in Chinese with English abstract]. PDF Reference page. 
• Tan, J., Huang, D. & Ren, D. 2007. First record of fossil Mesocupes from China (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Cupedidae). Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 81(5): 688–696. DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2007.tb00993.x . Reference page. 
• Tan, J.J. & Ren, D. 2007. Two exceptionally well-preserved catiniids (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Catiniidae) from the Late Mesozoic of northeastern China. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100(5): 666–672. DOI: 10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[666:TEWCCA]2.0.CO;2 .
• Tan, J.J., Ren, D. & Shih, C.K. 2007. New ommatids of Ommatinae (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Ommatidae) from the Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China. Progress in Natural Science 17(7): 803–811. DOI: 10.1080/10002007088537476 Reference page. 
• Tan, J., Ren, D. & Shih, C. 2007. New beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera: Archostemata) from the Late Mesozoic of North China. Annales Zoologici 57(2): 231–247. ResearchGate . Reference page. 

2008

• Gao, T. & Ren, D. 2008. Description of a new fossil Anthoxyela species (Hymenoptera, Xyelidae) from Yixian Formation of Northeast China. Zootaxa 1842: 56–62. Abstract & excerpt.

2009

• Gao, T., Ren, D. & Shih, C. 2009. Abrotoxyela gen. nov. (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Xyelidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Zootaxa 2094: 52–59. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2094.1.6 . ResearchGate .
• Gao, T., Ren, D. & Shih, C. 2009. The first Xyelotomidae (Hymenoptera) from the Middle Jurassic in China. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 102(4): 588–596. DOI: 10.1603/008.102.0402 .
• Liu, Y., Ren, D. & Prokop, J. 2009. Discovery of a new Namurian archaeorthopterid from Ningxia, China (Insecta: Archaeorthoptera). Zootaxa 2032: 63–68. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 
• Tan, J. & Ren, D. 2009. Mesozoic archostematan fauna from China. Science Press, Beijing, 347 pp. ISBN 9787030246073. Reference page. 
• Yue, Y-L., Zhao, Y-Y. & Ren, D. 2009. Glabrimycetoporus amoenus, a new tachyporine genus and species of Mesozoic Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) from Liaoning, China. Zootaxa 2225(1): 63–68. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2225.1.4 . Reference page. 
• Ren, D. & Makarkin, V.N. 2009. Ascalochrysidae – a new lacewing family from the Mesozoic of China (Insecta: Neuroptera: Chrysopoidea). Cretaceous Research 30: 1217–1222. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.06.004 Reference page. 

2010

• Bai, M., Krell, F.T., Ren, D. & Yang, X. 2010. A new, well-preserved species of Glaresidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Jehol Biota of China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 84(4): 676–679. DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00229.x Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Gao, T., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Ren, D. & Shih, C. 2010. The first Praesiricidae (Hymenoptera) from northeast China. Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 46(1–2): 148–153. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2010.10697650 . Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G., Ponomarenko, A.G., Prokin, A.A., Chang, H., Nikolajev, G.V. & Ren, D. 2010. Current knowledge of Mesozoic Coleoptera from Daohugou and Liaoning (northeast China). Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 84(4): 783–792. DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2010.00253.x . PDF. Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G., Chang, H., Ren, D. & Kun, S.C. 2010. Family Lasiosynidae n. fam., new palaeoendemic Mesozoic family from the infraorder Elateriformia (Coleoptera: Polyphaga). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.) 46: 67–87. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2010.10697640 . Reference page. 
• Ponomarenko, A.G. & Ren, D. 2010. First record of Notocupes (Coleoptera: Cupedidae) in locality Daohugou, Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Annales Zoologici 60(2): 169–171. DOI: 10.3161/000345410X516812 . PDF. Reference page. 
• Prokin, A.A. & Ren, D. 2010. [New Mesozoic diving beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) from China.] Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2010(5): 47–53. (in Russian). [English translation: Paleontological Journal 44(5): 526–533. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030110050072 . ResearchGate .] Reference page. 
• Yue, Y-L., Ren, D. & Solodovnikov, A.Y. 2010. Megolisthaerus chinensis gen. et sp. n. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae incertae sedis): an enigmatic rove beetle lineage from the Early Cretaceous. Insect Systematics & Evolution 41(4): 317–327. DOI: 10.1163/187631210X527034 Reference page. 
• Yue, Y-L., Zhao, Y-Y. & Ren, D. 2010. Three new Mesozoic staphylinids (Coleoptera) from Liaoning, China. Cretaceous research 31(1): 61–70. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2009.09.005 Reference page. 
• Zhang, K., Yang, D., Ren, D. & Shih, C. 2010. An evolutional special case in the lower Orthorrhapha: some attractive fossil flies from the Middle Jurassic of China (Insecta: Diptera: Brachycera). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 158(3): 563–572. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00552.x . Reference page. 
• Zhang, K.Y., Yang, D., Ren, D. & Shih, C.K. 2010. New archisargids from China (Insecta: Diptera). Entomological Science 13(1): 75–80. DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2009.00350.x . Reference page. 

2011

• Cui, Y., Béthoux, O. & Ren, D. 2011. Intraindividual variability in Sinonamuropteridae forewing venation (Grylloblattida; Late Carboniferous): taxonomic and nomenclatural implications. Systematic Entomology 36(1): 44–56. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00545.x . Reference page. 
• Gu, J.-J., Béthoux, O. & Ren, D. 2011. Longzhua loculata n. gen. n. sp., one of the most completely documented Pennsylvanian Archaeorthoptera (Insecta; Ningxia, China). Journal of Paleontology 85(2): 303–314. DOI: 10.1666/10-085.1 . PDF. Reference page. 
• Guo, Y. & Ren, D. 2011. A new cockroach genus of the family Fuziidae from northeastern China (Insecta: Blattida). Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 85(2): 501–506. DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2011.00418.x Reference page. 
• Selden, P.A., Shih, C.K. & Ren, D. 2011. A golden orb-weaver spider (Araneae: Nephilidae: Nephila) from the Middle Jurassic of China. Biology Letters 7(5): 775-778. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0228 Reference page. 
• Zhang, K., Yang, D. & Ren, D. 2011. A new brachyceran family Origoasilidae fam. nov. from the Late Mesozoic of China (Insecta: Diptera). Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 85(5): 994–997. DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2011.00233.x .

2012

• Bai, M., Ahrens, D., Yang, X-K. & Ren, D. 2012. New fossil evidence of the early diversification of scarabs: Alloioscarabaeus cheni (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Insect science 19(2): 159–171. DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2011.01460.x . Reference page. 
• Cai, Y., Zhao, Y., Shih, C. & Ren, D. 2012. A new genus of Scolebythidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) from the Early Cretaceous of China. Zootaxa 3504: 56–66. Preview Reference page. 
• Beutel, R.G., Wang, B., Tan, J.-J., Ge, S.-Q., Ren, D. & Yang, X-K. 2012. On the phylogeny and evolution of Mesozoic and extant lineages of Adephaga (Coleoptera, Insecta). Cladistics 29(2): 147–165. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00420.x Reference page. 
• Fikáček, M., Prokin, A., Angus, R.B., Ponomarenko, A., Yue, Y., Ren, D. & Prokop, J. 2012. Revision of Mesozoic fossils of the helophorid lineage of the superfamily Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera: Polyphaga). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52(1): 89–127. PDF Reference page. 
• Fikáček, M., Prokin, A., Angus, R.B., Ponomarenko, A., Yue, Y., Ren, D. & Prokop, J. 2012. Phylogeny and the fossil record of the Helophoridae reveal Jurassic origin of extant hydrophiloid lineages (Coleoptera: Polyphaga). Systematic Entomology 37(3): 420–447. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00630.x . Reference page. 
• Gao, T.-p., Shih, C.-k., Xu, X., Wang, S. & Ren, D. 2012. Mid-Mesozoic flea-like ectoparasites of feathered or haired vertebrates. Current Biology 22(8): 732–735. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.03.012 . Reference page. 
• Li, Y.-J., Nel, A., Ren, D., Zhang, B.-L. & Pang, H. 2012. Reassessment of the Jurassic damsel-dragonfly genus Karatawia (Odonata: Campterophlebiidae). Zootaxa 3417: 64–68. Preview Reference page. 
• Li, Y.J., Nel, A., Ren, D. & Pang, H. 2012. Redescription of the damsel-dragonfly Parafleckium senjituense on the basis of a more complete specimen (Odonata: Isophlebioptera: Campterophlebiidae). Zootaxa 3597: 53–56. Preview Reference page. 
• Liu, L., Shih, C.K. & Ren, D. 2012. Two new species of Ptychopteridae and Trichoceridae from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China (Insecta: Diptera: Nematocera). Zootaxa 3501: 55–62. Preview Reference page. 
• Nikolajev, G.V. & Ren, D. 2012. The earliest known species of the genus Pleocoma LeConte (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Pleocomidae) from the Mesozoic of China. Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal 2012(5): 49–52. [in Russian, English translation in Paleontological Journal 46(5): 495–498. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030112050061] Reference page. 
• Tan, J., Ren, D., Shih, C. & Yang, X. 2012. New schizophorid fossils from China and possible evolutionary scenarios for Jurassic archostematan beetles. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11(1): 47–62. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2011.637515 . Reference page. 
• Wang, M., Shih, C. & Ren, D. 2012. Platyxyela gen. nov. (Hymenoptera, Xyelidae, Macroxyelinae) from the Middle Jurassic of China. Zootaxa 3456: 82–88. Preview. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3456.1.4. ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Wei, D., Shih, C.K. & Ren, D. 2012. Arcofuzia cana gen. et sp. n. (Insecta, Blattaria, Fuziidae) from the Middle Jurassic sediments of Inner Mongolia, China. Zootaxa 3597: 25–32. Preview Reference page. 
• Yan, Z., Bai, M. & Ren, D. 2012. A new fossil Hybosoridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Yixian Formation of China. Zootaxa 3478: 201–204. Preview Reference page. 
• Yang, Q., Makarkin, V.N. & Ren, D. 2012. New fossil Mesochrysopidae (Neuroptera) from the Mesozoic of China. Zootaxa 3597: 1–14. Preview Reference page. 
• Yu, Y., Leschen, R.A.B., Slipinski, A., Ren, D. & Pang, H. 2012. The first fossil bark-gnawing beetle from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae). Annales Zoologici 62(2): 245–252. DOI: 10.3161/000345412X652765 . Reference page. 

2013

• Cui, Y. & Ren, D. 2013. Neotype designation for Sinonamuropteris ningxiaensis Peng, Hong et Zhang, 2005 (Grylloblattida: Sinonamuropteridae). Zootaxa 3694(6): 596–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3694.6.7 Reference page. 
• Gao, T., Shih, C., Rasnitsyn, A.P. & Ren, D. 2013. Hoplitolyda duolunica gen. et sp. nov. (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Praesiricidae), the Hitherto Largest Sawfly from the Mesozoic of China. PLoS ONE 8(5): e62420. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062420 . Reference page. 
• Gao, T., Shih, C., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Xu, X., Wang, S. & Ren, D. 2013. New transitional fleas from China highlighting diversity of Early Cretaceous ectoparasitic insects. Current Biology 23(13): 1261–1266. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2013.05.040 . Reference page. 
• Gao, Y., Yao, Y. & Ren, D. 2013. New genus and species of Rhyacophilidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Middle Jurassic of China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 87(6): 1495–1500. DOI: 10.1111/1755-6724.12153 Reference page. 
• Li, Y., Nel, A., Shih, C., Ren, D. & Pang, H. 2013. The first euthemistid damsel-dragonfly from the Middle Jurassic of China (Odonata, Epiproctophora, Isophlebioptera). ZooKeys 261: 41–50. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.261.4371 Reference page. 
• Shi G., Zhu Y., Shih C. & Ren D. 2013. A new axymyiid genus with two new species from the Middle Jurassic of China (Diptera: Nematocera: Axymyiidae). Acta Geologica Sinica (English edition) 87(5): 1228–1234. DOI: 10.1111/1755-6724.12123 .
• Solodovnikov, A.Y., Yue, Y-L., Tarasov S.I. & Ren, D. 2013. Extinct and extant rove beetles meet in the matrix: Early Cretaceous fossils shed light on the evolution of a hyperdiverse insect lineage (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae). Cladistics 29(4): 360–403. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00433.x . Reference page. 
• Yang, Q., Wang, Y-J., Labandeira, C.C., Shih, C-K., & Ren, D. 2014. Mesozoic lacewings from China provide phylogenetic insight into evolution of the Kalligrammatidae (Neuroptera). BMC Evolutionary Biology 14: 126. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-126 . Reference page. 
• Yao, Y., Cai, W., Rider, D.A. & Ren, D. 2013. Primipentatomidae fam. nov. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha), an extinct insect family from the Cretaceous of north-eastern China. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11(1): 63–82. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2011.639814 Reference page. 
• Yu, Y., Ślipiński, A., Shih, C.-K., Pang, H. & Ren, D. 2013. A new fossil jewel beetle (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China. Zootaxa 3637(3): 355–360. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3637.3.7 Reference page. 
• Selden, P.A., Shih, C.K. & Ren, D. 2013. A giant spider from the Jurassic of China reveals greater diversity of the orbicularian stem group. Naturwissenschaften 100(12): 1171–1181. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-013-1121-7 Reference page. 
• Wang, M., Rasnitsyn, A.P. & Ren, D. 2013. A new sawfly fossil from the lower Cretaceous of China elucidates antennal evolution in the lower Hymenoptera (Pamphilioidea: Praesiricidae: Archoxyelydinae subfam.n.). Systematic Entomology 38(3): 577–584. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12014 . Reference page. 
• Zhang, W., Shih, C., Labandeira, C.C., Sohn, J.-C., Davis, D.R., Santiago-Blay, J.A., Flint, O., Ren, D. 2013. New fossil Lepidoptera (Insecta: Amphiesmenoptera) from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of northeastern China. PLoS ONE 8(11): e79500. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079500 Reference page. 

2014

• Dong, F., Shih, C. & Ren, D. 2014. Two new species of Trichoceridae from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Inner Mongolia, China. ZooKeys 411: 145–160. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.411.6858 . Reference page. 
• Dong, Q., Yao, Y. & Ren, D. 2014. New fossil Progonocimicidae (Hemiptera: Coleorrhyncha: Progonocimicoidea) from the Upper Mesozoic of northeastern China, with a phylogeny of Coleorrhyncha. Systematic Entomology 39(4): 773–782. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12085 Reference page. 
• Fikáček, M., Prokin, A., Yan, E., Yue, Y., Wang, B., Ren, D. & Beattie, R. 2014. Modern hydrophilid clades present and widespread in the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea: Hydrophilidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170(4): 710–734. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12114 Reference page. 
• Gao, T., Shih, C., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Xu, X., Wang, S. & Ren, D. 2014. The first flea with fully distended abdomen from the Early Cretaceous of China. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14: 168. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-014-0168-1 . Reference page. 
• Hu, H., Yao, Y. & Ren, D. 2014. New fossil Procercopidae (Hemiptera, Cicadomorpha) from the Early Cretaceous of northeastern China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 88(3): 725–729. DOI: 10.1111/1755-6724.12232 Reference page. 
• Lin, X., Shih, C. & Ren, D. 2014. Two new species of Mesoplecia (Insecta: Diptera: Protopleciidae) from the late Middle Jurassic of China. Zootaxa 3838(5): 545–556. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3838.5.3 Reference page. 
• Shi, G.-F., Shih, C.-K. & Ren, D. 2014. A new genus with two new species of mesosciophilids from the Middle Jurassic of China (Diptera: Nematocera: Mesosciophilidae). Journal of Natural History 49(19–20): 1147–1158. DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.951085 Reference page. 
• Wang, M., Rasnitsyn, A.P. & Ren, D. 2014. Two New Fossil Sawflies (Hymenoptera, Xyelidae, Xyelinae) from the Middle Jurassic of China. Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition) 88(4): 1027–1033. DOI: 10.1111/1755-6724.12269 . Reference page. 
• Wang, M., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Shih, C. & Ren, D. 2014. A new Cretaceous genus of xyelydid sawfly illuminating nygmata evolution in Hymenoptera. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14: 131. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-14-131 . Reference page. 
• Wang, M., Shih, C., Ren, D. & Rasnitsyn, A.P. 2014. A new fossil genus in Pamphiliidae (Hymenoptera) from China. Alcheringa 38(3): 391–397. DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2014.884366 . Reference page. 
• Yang, Q., Makarkin, V.N. & Ren, D. 2014. Two new species of Kalligramma Walther (Neuroptera: Kalligrammatidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 107(5): 917–925. DOI: 10.1603/AN14032 Reference page. 
• Yu, Y., Ślipiński, A., Leschen, R.A.B., Ren, D. & Pang, H. 2014. Enigmatic Mesozoic bark-gnawing beetles (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae) from the Jiulongshan Formation in China. Annales Zoologici 64(4): 667-676. DOI: 10.3161/000345414X685947 Reference page. 
• Zhang, K., Yang, D. & Ren, D. 2014. New short-horned flies (Diptera: Eremochaetidae) from the Early Cretaceous of China. Zootaxa 3760(3): 479–486. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3760.3.15 Reference page. 

2015

• Chen, X-T., Yao, Y-Z. & Ren, D. 2015. A new genus and species of Rhopalidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from the Early Cretaceous of Liaoning Province, China. Zootaxa 4058(1): 135–140. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.9. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Gao, J., Shi, G., Shih, C-K. & Ren, D. 2015. Two new species of Paramesosciophilodes (Diptera, Nematocera, Mesosciophilidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China. ZooKeys 511: 117–129. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.511.8425 . Reference page. 
• Gao, J-Q., Shih, C.K., Kopeć, K., Krzemiński, W. & Ren, D. 2015: New species and revisions of Pediciidae (Diptera) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China and Russia. Zootaxa 3963(2): 240–249. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3963.2.5. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Gao, J-Q., Shih, C.K., Kopeć, K., Krzemiński, W. & Ren, D. 2015: New species and revisions of Pediciidae (Diptera) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China and Russia. Zootaxa 3964(1): 77–86. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.1.4. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Kirejtshuk, A.G., Moseyko, A.G. & Ren, D. 2015. Mesozoic Leaf Beetles of the Tribe Mesolpinini trib. nov. (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from the Lower Cretaceous. Paleontological Journal 49(13): 1424–1435. DOI: 10.1134/S0031030115130043 . PDF Reference page. 
• Lin, X. Shih, C. & Ren, D. 2015. New fossil mesosciophilids (Diptera: Nematocera) from the Yixian Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of western Liaoning, China. Cretaceous Research 54: 86–97. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.11.007 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Lü, Y-N., Liu, X-Y. & Ren, D. 2015. First record of the fossil snakefly genus Mesoraphidia (Insecta: Raphidioptera: Mesoraphidiidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China, with description of a new species. Zootaxa 3999(4): 560–570. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.4.6. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Lu, T., Zhao, Y., Shih, C. & Ren, D. 2015. Three new species of Parandrexis (Coleoptera: Parandrexidae) from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Inner Mongolia, China. Entomotaxonomia 37(2): 111–122. DOI: 10.11680/entomotax.2015017. Internet Archive. Reference page. 
• Nikolajev, G.V. & Ren, D. 2015. A new fossil Lucanidae subfamily (Coleoptera) from the Mesozoic of China. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11: 15–18. Reference page. 
• Wang, M., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Shih, C., Sharkey, M.J. & Ren, D. 2015. New fossils from China elucidating the phylogeny of Praesiricidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Systematic Entomology 41(1): 41–55. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12142 . PDF. Reference page. 
• Wang, M., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Shih, C. & Ren, D. 2014 (Online) 2015 (Print). New fossil records of bizarre Ferganolyda (Hymenoptera: Xyelydidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China. Alcheringa 39(1): 99–108. DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2015.958286 . Reference page. 
• Yu, Y.-L., Ślipiński, A., Leschen, R.A.B., Ren, D. & Pang, H. 2015. New genera and species of bark-gnawing beetles (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae) from the Yixian Formation (Lower Cretaceous) of Western Liaoning, China. Cretaceous Research 53: 89–97. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.11.003 Reference page. 
• Yu, Y.-L., Ślipiński, A., Reid, C., Shih, C.K., Pang, H. & Ren, D. 2015. A new longhorn beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Biota of western Liaoning in China. Cretaceous Research 52: 453–460. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.02.019 Reference page. 

2016

• Gu, J-J., Yue, Y-L., Shi, F-M., Tian, H. & Ren, D. 2016. First Jurassic grasshopper (Insecta, Caelifera) from China. Zootaxa 4169(2): 377–380. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4169.2.9. Reference page. 
• Liu, S-L., Shih, C-K., Bashkuev, A. & Ren, D. 2016. New Jurassic Hangingflies (Insecta: Mecoptera: Bittacidae) from Inner Mongolia, China. Zootaxa 4067(1): 65–78. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4067.1.5. Reference page. 
• Wang, M., Rasnitsyn, A. P., Li, H., Shih, C., Sharkey, M.J. & Ren, D. 2016. Phylogenetic analyses elucidate the inter-relationships of Pamphilioidea (Hymenoptera, Symphyta). Cladistics 32(3): 239–260. DOI: 10.1111/cla.12129 . Reference page. 
• Xing, C-Y., Shih, C.K., Zhao, Y-Y. & Ren, D. 2016. New Earwigs in Protodiplatyidae (Insecta: Dermaptera) from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of Northeastern China. Zootaxa 4205(2): 180–188. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.2.7. Reference page. 
• Yue, Y-L., Gu, J-J., Yang, Q., Wang, J-M. & Ren, D. 2016. The first fossil species of subfamily Piestinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from the Early Cretaceous of China. Cretaceous Research 63: 63–67. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2016.03.001 Reference page. 
• Zheng, B-Y., Ren, D. & Wang, Y-J. 2016. A new species of Lasiosmylus from the Early Cretaceous, China clarifies its genus-group placement in Ithonidae (Neuroptera). ZooKeys 636: 41-50. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.636.10103. Reference page. 

2017

• Bai, M., Nie, R-E., Zhang, W-W., Ren, D., Shih, C-K. & Yang, X-K. 2016. The first fossil Athyreini beetle (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 17(1) [2017]: 157–162. DOI: 10.1007/s13127-016-0292-4 Reference page. 
• Liu, Z., Ślipiński, A., Lawrence, J.F., Ren, D. & Pang, H. 2017. Palaeoboganium gen. nov. from the Middle Jurassic of China (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Boganiidae): the first cycad pollinators?. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 16(4): 351–360. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2017.1304459 . Reference page. 
• Talamas, E.J., Johnson, N.F., Buffington, M.L. & Ren, D. 2017. Archaeoteleia Masner in the Cretaceous and a new species of Proteroscelio Brues (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea). Pp 241-261 In Talamas, E.J. & Buffington, M.L. (eds.) 2017. Advances in the Systematics of Platygastroidea. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 56: 1–276. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/jhr.56.10388. Reference page. 
• Wang, M., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Yang, Z., Shih, C., Wang, B. & Ren, D. 2017. Mirolydidae, a new family of Jurassic pamphilioid sawfly (Hymenoptera) highlighting mosaic evolution of lower Hymenoptera. Scientific Reports 7: 43944. DOI: 10.1038/srep43944 . Reference page. 
• Yu, Y., Deng, C., Kolibáč, J., Ślipiński, A., Ren, D., Jin, J. & Pang, H. 2017. The First Record of Cretaceous Thaneroclerids (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Burmese Amber. Annales Zoologici 67(3): 549–554. DOI: 10.3161/00034541ANZ2017.67.3.002 . Reference page. 
• Selden, P.A. & Ren, D. 2017. A review of Burmese amber arachnids. Journal of Arachnology 45: 324–343. Reference page. 

2018

• Fang, H., Ren, D., Liu, J-X. & Wang, Y-J. 2018. Revision of the lacewing genus Laccosmylus with two new species from the Middle Jurassic of China (Insecta, Neuroptera, Saucrosmylidae). ZooKeys 790: 115–126. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.790.28286 Reference page. 
• Li, Q-H., Ren, D. & Wang, Y-J. 2018. Revision of the gumilline genus Nilionympha with a new species from the Middle Jurassic of China (Neuroptera: Osmylidae). Zootaxa 4399(1): 146–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4399.1.13 Reference page. 
• Lin, S., Yao, Y-Z. & Ren, D. 2018. A new scale insect of the extinct family Weitschatidae from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coccomorpha). Zootaxa 4407(3): 427–434. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.3.9 Reference page. 
• Wang, M., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Han, G. & Ren, D. 2018. A new genus and species of basal horntail (Hymenoptera, Siricidae) from the Lower Cretaceous of China. Cretaceous Research 91: 195–201. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2018.06.006 . Reference page. 
• Yang, Q., Shi, C-F., Li, X-C., Pang, H. & Ren, D. 2018. The first fossil brown lacewing from the Miocene of the Tibetan Plateau (Neuroptera, Hemerobiidae). ZooKeys 726: 145–154. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.726.21086. Reference page. 
• Yang, Q., Shi, C-F., Ren, D., Wang, Y-J. & Pang, H. 2018. New genus and species of sisyrids (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Late Cretaceous Myanmar amber. ZooKeys 739: 151–158. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.739.22310. Reference page. 

2019

• Bai, H., Chang, Y., Shih, C.K., Ren, D. & Wang, Y-J. 2019. New silky lacewings from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Insecta: Neuroptera: Psychopsidae). Zootaxa 4661(1): 182–188. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4661.1.10 Reference page. 
• Du, S., Hu, Z.-K., Yao, Y.-Z. & Ren, D. 2019. New genus and species of the Yuripopovinidae (Pentatomomorpha: Coreoidea) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Cretaceous Research 94: 141–146. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2018.10.022 Reference page. 
• Han, Y., Cai, Y-J., Ren, D. & Wang, Y-J. 2019. A new fossil snipe fly with long proboscis from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China (Diptera: Rhagionidae). Zootaxa 4691(2): 153–160. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4691.2.4 Reference page. 
• Tian, H., Gu, J-J., Yin, X-C. & Ren, D. 2019. The first Elcanidae (Orthoptera, Elcanoidea) from the Daohugou fossil bed of northeastern China. ZooKeys, 897: 19–28. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.897.37608 Reference page. 
• Wang, Y-J., Du, S., Yao, Y-Z. & Ren, D. 2019. A new genus and species of burrower bugs (Heteroptera: Cydnidae) from the mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zootaxa 4585(2): 351–358. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4585.2.9 Reference page. 
• Wang, M., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Zhang, H., Shih, C. & Ren, D. 2019. Revising the systematic position of the extinct family Daohugoidae (basal Hymenoptera). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 17(14): 1245–1255. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2018.1523238 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Wang, Y-M., Wang, M., Shih, C-K., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Yao, J., Ren, D. & Gao, T-P. 2019. A new sawfly of Megalodontesidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Pamphilioidea) with pectinate antennae from the Early Cretaceous of China. ZooKeys 893: 115–123. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.893.38512 Reference page. 
• Yang, Q., Shi, C-F., Pang, H. & Ren, D. 2019. A new genus of giant lacewing (Insecta, Neuroptera, Ithonidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China. Zootaxa 4613(2): 375–378. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4613.2.11 Reference page. 
• Yang, Q., Shi, C-F. & Ren, D. 2019. A new genus and species of berothids (Insecta, Neuroptera) from the Late Cretaceous Myanmar amber. Zookeys, 864: 99–109. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.864.35271 Reference page. 

2020

• Beutel, R.G., Liu, Z., Fikáček, M., Ren, D., Pang, H. & Ślipiński, A. 2020. Burmapseudomorphus planus gen. et sp. nov. – a Late Cretaceous stem group member of the specialized Pseudomorphini (Carabidae, Coleoptera) from northern Myanmar. Cretaceous Research 107: 104274. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104274 . Reference page. 
• Gu, J-J., Tian, H., Wang, J-Y., Zhang, W-Z., Ren, D. & Yue, Y-L. 2020. A world key to the genera of Elcanidae (Insecta, Orthoptera), with a Jurassic new genus and species of Archelcaninae from China. ZooKeys, 954: 65–74. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.954.52088 Reference page. 
• Ma, Y.M., Shih, C.K., Ren, D. & Wang, Y.J. 2020. A new genus of lance lacewings from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65(2): 363–369. DOI: 10.4202/app.00691.2019 . Reference page. 
• Mao, Y., Engel, M.S., Ren, D. & Gao, T-P. 2020. A new species of Astreptolabis in mid-Cretaceous amber from northern Myanmar, with the discovery of the first male of Astreptolabidinae (Dermaptera). ZooKeys, 911: 101–112. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.911.38845 Reference page. 
• Wang, Y., Wang, M., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Shih, C., Ren, D., Kopylov, D.S. & Gao, T. 2020. A new anaxyelid sawfly (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Siricoidea) in mid-Cretaceous Myanmar amber. Cretaceous Research 109: 104372. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2020.104372 . Reference page. 
• Zhang, W-T., Shih, C-K., Shih, Y-H. & Ren, D. 2020. A new macrolepidopteran moth (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Geometridae) in Miocene Dominican amber. ZooKeys, 965: 73–84. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.965.54461 Reference page. 
• Zhang, Y., Shih, C., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Ren, D. & Gao, T. 2020. A new Early Cretaceous flea from China. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65(1): 99–107. DOI: 10.4202/app.00680.2019 . Reference page. 

2021

• Chen, G-Y., Xiao, L-F., Liang, J-H., Shih, C-K. & Ren, D. 2021. A new cockroach (Blattodea, Corydiidae) with pectinate antennae from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. ZooKeys 1060ː 155–169. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1060.67216 Reference page. 
• Gao, J., Engel, M.S., Shih, C., Ren, D., Gao, T. 2021. A new genus of anaxyelid wood wasps from the mid-Cretaceous and the phylogeny of Anaxyelidae (Hymenoptera). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 86: 151–169. DOI: 10.3897/jhr.86.73161 . Reference page. 
• Gu, J-J., Yang, X., Huang, R., Yang, G-J., Yue, Y-L. & Ren, D. 2021. New species and material of Hagloidea (Insecta, Ensifera) from the Yanliao biota of China. Zookeys 1033: 183–190. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1033.63571 Reference page. 
• Guo, Y-Y., Shih, C-K., Zhuo, D., Ren, D., Zhao, Y-Y. & Gao, T-P. 2021. The first queen-worker association for Cretaceous Formicidae: the winged caste of Haidomyrmex cerberus. ZooKeys 1048: 69–78. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1048.66920 Reference page. 
• Xiong, S-R., Engel, M.S., Xiao, L-F. & Ren, D. 2021. New archidermapteran earwigs (Dermaptera) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Zookeys 1065ː 129–139. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1065.72720 Reference page. 
• Zhang, X., Yao, Y-Z., Ren, D., Pang, H. & Chen, H-Y. 2021. New mimarachnids (Hemiptera, Fulgoromorpha, Fulgoroidea) in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Zookeys 1057ː 37–48. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1057.66434 Reference page. 

2022

• Cao, Y-Z., Lin, X-D., Shih, C-K. & Ren, D. 2022. Two new species of Itaphlebia (Insecta, Mecoptera, Nannochoristidae) from the late Middle Jurassic of China. ZooKeys 1108ː 175–188. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1108.85378 Reference page. 
• Dai, L., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Shih, C., Wang, M. & Ren, D. 2022. New Fossil Xyelidae (Hymenoptera: Symphyta) from the Mesozoic of Northeastern China. Insects 13(4): 383. DOI: 10.3390/insects13040383 . Reference page. 
• Dai, L., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Shih, C., Ren, D. & Wang, M. 2022. Two new fossil xyelids (Hymenoptera, Xyelidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China. Historical Biology 35(10): 1999–2004. DOI: 10.1080/08912963.2022.2130792 . Reference page. 
• Gao, J., Engel, M.S., Grímsson, F., Gu, L., Ren, D. & Gao, T.-P. 2022. The first xiphydriid wood wasp in Cretaceous amber (Hymenoptera: Xiphydriidae) and a potential association with Cycadales. Fossil Record 24(2): 445–453. DOI: 10.5194/fr-24-445-2022 . Reference page. 

2023

• Li, X.-Q., Rasnitsyn, A.P., Gao, J., Zhang, Y.-J., Shih, C.-K., Ren, D., Zhao, Y.-Y., Gao, T.-P. 2023. New taxa of Sepulcidae (Hymenoptera) from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber. Palaeoentomology 6(2): 133–145. DOI: 10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.2.5 . Reference page. 

2024

• Cui, Y., Bardin, J., Wipfler, B., Demers-Potvin, A., Bai, M., Tong, Y.-J., Chen, G.N., Chen, H., Zhao, Z.-Y., Ren, D. & Béthoux, O. 2024. A winged relative of ice-crawlers in amber bridges the cryptic extant Xenonomia and a rich fossil record. Insect Science. Early View. DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.13338 . Reference page. 
• Dai, R., Du, S., Hu, Z.-K., Ren, D. & Yao, Y.-Z. 2024. New genus and species of Yuripopovinidae (Heteroptera: Pentatomomorpha) from mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber. Palaeoentomology 7(2): 291–298. DOI: 10.11646/PALAEOENTOMOLOGY.7.2.13 Reference page. 
• Guo, D., Engel, M.S., Shih, C. & Ren, D. 2024. New stenurothripid thrips from mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber (Thysanoptera, Stenurothripidae). ZooKeys 1192: 197–212. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1192.117754 Reference page. 
• Jiang, Y-R., Deng, X-R., Shih, C-K., Zhao, Y-Y., Ren, D. & Zhao, Z-P. 2024. Primitive new termites (Blattodea, Termitoidae) in Cretaceous amber from Myanmar. ZooKeys 1197: 115–126. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1197.114452 Reference page. 

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