Chung-Kun Shih

Chung-Kun Shih (1950–), Chinese palaeoentomologist. Also known as Chungkun Shih, ChungKun Shih or Chung Kun Shih.

中文: 史宗冈

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

Taxon names authored

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• 59 taxon names authored by Chung-Kun Shih

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2005

• Ren, D. & Shih, C.K. 2005. The first discovery of fossil Eomeropids from China (Insecta, Mecoptera). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 2005(2): 275–280. Reference page. 

2006

• 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. 

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.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. 

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 (PDF). 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 .

2010

• 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., 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. 
• 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

• 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. 

2012

• 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. 
• 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. 
• 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. 
• 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. 

2013

• 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. 
• 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
• 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. 
• 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. 
• 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. 
• 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. 
• 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., 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. 

2015

• 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. 
• 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. 
• 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. 
• 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., 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

• 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. 
• Wang, C., Shih, C-K., Rasnitsyn, A.P. & Wang, M. 2016. Two new species of Prolyda from the Middle Jurassic of China (Hymenoptera, Pamphilioidea). ZooKeys 569: 71-80. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.569.7249 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. 

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. 
• 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. 

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. 
• 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. 

2020

• 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. 
• 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. 
• 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. 

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. 

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

• Feng, Q., Zhuang, J., Shih, C., Ren, D. & Wang, Y. 2024. The oldest fossil record of Philopotinae (Diptera: Acroceridae) from the mid-Cretaceous amber of Northern Myanmar. Zootaxa 5497(3): 435–443. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.3.8 . 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.