Wan-Zhi Cai

Wan-Zhi Cai, Chinese entomologist

• Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Yuanmingyuan West Road, Beijing 100193, China

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 19 taxon names authored by Wan-Zhi Cai

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1995

• Cai, W.Z. 1995. Yangicoris, a new genus of Dicrotelini (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from China. Entomotaxonomia 17: 1–5. Reference page. 

2006

• Cai, W-Z. & Taylor, S.J. 2006. Lentireduvius, a new genus of Peiratinae from Brazil, with a key to the New World genera (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Zootaxa 1360: 51–60. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1360.1.3 . Reference page. 

2008

• Zhao, C.Y., Cai, W.Z. & Zhou, H.Z. 2008. Two new Stenus (Hypostenus) species from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Steninae). Zootaxa 1725: 48–52. Abstract & excerpt. . Reference page. 

2009

• Bai, X-S., Zhang, W. & Cai, W. 2009. Aradacanthia, a first record of a Calisiinae genus (Hemiptera: Aradidae) from China, India and Thailand with description of a new species. Zootaxa 2137: 51–56. Abstract & excerpt DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2137.1.6 Reference page. 
• Liu H., Zhao P., Li S. & Cai W., 2009. Taxonomic status of Velinoides Matsumura (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear genes. Zootaxa, 2080: 55–68 (Abstract & excerpt). Reference page. 
• Zhao, P., Luo, Z. & Cai, W-Z. 2009. Iocoris nodulifemoralis, a new genus and new species of Harpactorinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from China. Zootaxa 2129: 63–68. Abstract & excerpt . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

2011

• Cao, L., Zhao, P. & Cai, W. 2011. Redescription of a little known assassin bug Caunus noctulus Hsiao (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Stenopodainae), with special reference to its sexual dimorphism. Zootaxa 2887: 50–56. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2887.1.2 Reference page. 

2012

• Dai, X., Xun, H., Chang, J., Zhang, J., Hu, B., Li, H., Yuan, X. & Cai, W. 2012. The complete mitochondrial genome of the plant bug Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae: Dicyphini). Zootaxa 3554: 30–44. Preview Reference page. 
• Liu, L., Li, H., Song, F., Song, W., Dai, X., Chang, J. & Cai, W.-Z. 2012. The mitochondrial genome of Coridius chinensis (Hemiptera: Dinidoridae). Zootaxa 3537: 29–40. Preview Reference page. 
• Luo, X., Li, F., Ma, Y. & Cai, W.-Z. 2012. A revision of Chinese pear psyllids (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) associated with Pyrus ussuriensis. Zootaxa 3489: 58–80. Preview Reference page. 
• Yang, H., Cao, L. & Cai, W. 2012. Paralenaeus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Reduviinae) found in China with the description of the second species of the genus. Zootaxa 3281: 56–60. Preview Reference page. 
• Yang, H., Li, H., Dai, X., Chang, J., Cai, W. 2012. New cytogenetic data on Coreoidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) with special reference to Coreidae. Zootaxa 3313: 53–61. Preview Reference page. 

2013

• Ghahari, H., Moulet, P., Cai, W-H. & Karimi, J. 2013. An annotated catalog of the Iranian Reduvioidea (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha). Zootaxa 3718(3): 201–238. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3718.3.1 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. 

2014

• Cao, L-M., Rédei, D., Li, H. & Cai, W-Z. 2014. Revision of the genus Acanthaspis Amyot & Serville (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Reduviinae) from China, with new records of species to adjacent countries. Zootaxa 3892(1): 1–66. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3892.1.1 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 

2015

• Cui, J-X., Bai, X-S., Heiss, E. & Cai, W.Z. 2015: A new apterous genus of Carventinae (Hemiptera: Aradidae) from China. Zootaxa 3980(1): 143–146. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3980.1.9. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Gao, F., Zhao, P., Webb, M. & Cai, W.Z. 2015: A taxonomic review of the polymorphic assassin bug genus Rihirbus Stål (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae). Zootaxa 3963(4): 502–516. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3963.4.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Ishikawa, T., Cai, W-Z. & Tomokuni, M. 2015: The assassin bug subfamily Tribelocephalinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Japan, with descriptions of eight new species in the genera Opistoplatys and Abelocephala. Zootaxa 3936(2): 151–180. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.2.1. Reference page. 
• Lam, T.X., Cai, W.Z., Tomokuni, M. & Ishikawa, T. 2015: The assassin bug subfamily Harpactorinae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from Vietnam: an annotated checklist of species. Zootaxa 3931(1): 101–116. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3931.1.7. Reference page. 
• Luo, X-Y., Li, F-S. & Cai, W.Z. 2015: A revision of the Chinese species of Cyamophiliopsis (Hemiptera: Psylloidea: Psyllidae) associated with Spiraea (Rosaceae). Zootaxa 3936(3): 387–407. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.5. Reference page. 
• Mukherjee, P., Cai, W.Z. & Saha, G.K. 2015. A new species of Aulacogenia Stål (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Stenopodainae) from India. Zootaxa 3904(3): 415–420. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3904.3.7 Reference page. 
• Wang, J-Y., Wang, B-H., Cao. L-M. & Cai, W-Z. 2015: Ocelliemesina sinica, the second ocelli-bearing genus and species of thread-legged bugs (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae). Zootaxa 3936(3): 429–434. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.3.8. Reference page. 
• Zhao, P., Ren, S-Z., Wang, B-H. & Cai, W-Z. 2015: Cosmosycanus perelegans (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae), a new record from China, with report of its female genitalia. Zootaxa 3936(4): 567–574. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3936.4.6. Reference page. 
• Zhao, P., Ren, S-Z., Wang, B-H. & Cai, W-Z. 2015: A new species of the genus Sphedanolestes Stål 1866 (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from China, with a key to Chinese species. Zootaxa 3985(4): 591–599. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3985.4.8. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 

2016

• Chen, Z., Zhu, G-X., Wang, J-Y. & Cai, W-Z. 2016. Epidaus wangi (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae), a new assassin bug from Tibet, China. Zootaxa 4154(1): 89–95. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4154.1.6. Reference page. 
• Shi, K., Bai, X-S., Wu, Z-Y., Heiss, E. & Cai, W-Z. 2016. Pseudowuiessa, a new genus of brachypterous Mezirinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) from China. Zootaxa 4158(1): 146–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.1.10. Reference page. 
• Wang, J-Y., Li, H. & Cai, W-Z. 2016. Zorotypus weiweii (Zoraptera: Zorotypidae), a new species of angel insects, from Sabah, East Malaysia. Zootaxa 4162(3): 550–558. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4162.3.8. Reference page. 

2017

• Luo, X-Y., Cai, W-Z. & Qiao, G-X. 2017. Half-jumping plant lice – a taxonomic revision of the distinctive psyllid genus Togepsylla Kuwayama with a reassessment of morphology (Hemiptera, Psylloidea). ZooKeys 716: 63—93. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.716.13916. Reference page. 
• Zhang, W.W., Cai, W.Z., Li, W.Z., Yang, X.K. & Ge, S.Q. 2017. A new species of Chresmodidae from Mid-Cretaceous amber discovered in Myanmar. Zoological Systematics 42(2): 243–247. DOI: 10.11865/zs.201714 Reference page. 

2018

• Bai, X-S., Heiss, E. & Cai, W-Z. 2018. The Oriental flat bug genus Libiocoris Kormilev, 1957 revisited: re-examination, synonymy, and description of a new genus (Heteroptera, Aradidae). ZooKeys 789: 115–137. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.789.26165 Reference page. 
• Bai, X-S., Heiss, E. & Cai, W-Z. 2018. Aradidae from Vietnam V. Bifurcatoaptera, a new genus of apterous Carventinae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae) from Vietnam. Zootaxa 4450(2): 286–290. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.2.7 Reference page. 
• Bai, X-S., Heiss, E. & Cai, W.Z. 2018. Reconsideration of the apterous carventine genus Crassocoris and description of Paracrassocoris gen. nov. from China (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aradidae). Zootaxa 4455(3): 537–546. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4455.3.9 Reference page. 
• Liu, J., Zhang, W., Cai, W. & Li, H. 2018. Two new species of angel insects in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (Zoraptera: Zorotypidae). Cretaceous Research 90: 259–264. DOI: 10.1016/j.cretres.2018.05.001 . Reference page. 
• Vinokurov, N.N., Cai, W-Z. & Chen, P-P. 2018. Synopsis of the shore bugs of China (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Leptopodomorpha: Saldidae). Zootaxa 4486(2): 129–145. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4486.2.3 Reference page. 

2019

• Bai, X-S., Heiss, E. & Cai, W-Z. 2019. Neocrassocoris, a new apterous genus of Carventinae from China (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Zootaxa 4612(1): 095–102. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4612.1.6. Reference page. 
• Chen, Z., Liu, Y., Li, H. & Cai, W.-Z. 2019. Camarochiloides weiweii gen. n. & sp. n., the first representative of Pachynomidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Borneo. European Journal of Entomology 116(2): 330–340. DOI: 10.14411/eje.2019.036 Reference page. 
• Qian, H.G., Bai, X.S., Heiss, E., Liu, A.P. & Cai, W.Z. 2019. Rotundocoris, a new apterous genus of Carventinae from China (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Zootaxa 4623(3): 526–534. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4623.3.4. Reference page. 
• Shah, S.I.A., Ahmad, A., Li, H. & Cai, W-Z. 2019. First record of Holoptilinae from Pakistan, with the redescription of Holoptilus fasciatus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae). Zootaxa 4695(6): 541–549. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4695.6.4 Reference page. 

2020

• Chen, Z., Li, H. & Cai, W-Z. 2020. A new species of Hornylia Wygodzinsky (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Emesinae) from Thailand. ZooKeys, 917: 105–115. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.917.46887 Reference page. 
• Lam, T.X., Hoa, B.T.Q., Linh, H.N. & Cai, W-Z. 2020. A new species of the assassin bug genus Rihirbus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Vietnam. Zootaxa 4780(3): 587–593. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4780.3.10 Reference page. 
• Wu, Y.-F., Yang, H., Zhou, W., Song, F., Cai, W.-Z. & Li, H. 2020. Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Arma custos (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B 5(3): 2624–2626. DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2020.1780985 Online Reference page. 

2021

• Chen, Z., Lemaître, V.A. & Cai, W-Z. 2021. Taxonomic notes on the tribe Ectinoderini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from the Indochinese Peninsula. European Journal of Entomology 118: 225–239. DOI: 10.14411/eje.2021.024 Reference page. 
• Zhao, Y-S., Galvão, C. & Cai, W-Z. 2021. Rhodnius micki, a new species of Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) from Bolivia. ZooKeys, 1012: 71–93. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1012.54779 Reference page. 

2023

• Wang, J-Y., Chen, Z., Zhao, P. & Cai, W. 2023. Renicoris robustus, a new genus and species of the subfamily Harpactorinae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) from China. Zookeys 1182ː 331–338. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1182.108219 Reference page. 

2024

• He, Z-X., Burckhardt, D., Luo, X-Y., Xu, R-Z., Cai, W-Z. & Song, F. 2024. Melanastera sinica He & Burckhardt, sp. nov., a new psylloid species (Hemiptera, Psylloidea, Liviidae) from China developing on Grewia sp. (Malvaceae). ZooKeys 1204: 191–198. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1204.123740 Reference page.