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Overview

Xingyue Liu is affiliated with China Agricultural University in China and has contributed extensively to research in the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Their body of work includes several subfields such as Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Science, and Materials Chemistry.

Their research topics cover a variety of areas, including:

  • Fossil Insects in Amber
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
  • Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Liu's frequent coauthors reflect collaboration with researchers who have worked on overlapping topics or complementary fields. These coauthors include:

  • Yuchen Zheng
  • Horst Aspöck
  • Ulrike Aspöck
  • Bó Wáng
  • Fumio Hayashi

Publication venues where Liu has most commonly published demonstrate an engagement with journals and platforms focused on entomology and biodiversity. Notable venues include:

  • Zootaxa
  • Insects
  • Palaeoentomology
  • Global Biodiversity Information Facility
  • Cretaceous Research

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Liu include:

  • "An integrative phylogenomic approach to elucidate the evolutionary history and divergence times of Neuropterida (Insecta: Holometabola)" (2020), published in BMC Evolutionary Biology
  • "The mid-Miocene Zhangpu biota reveals an outstandingly rich rainforest biome in East Asia" (2021), published in Science Advances
  • "Similar pattern, different paths: tracing the biogeographical history of Megaloptera (Insecta: Neuropterida) using mitochondrial phylogenomics" (2021), published in Cladistics
  • "A NIR ratiometric fluorescent probe for the rapid detection of hydrogen sulfide in living cells and zebrafish" (2023), published in Talanta
  • "TiO2 nanoflowers@Au@MnO2 core-shell composite based on modified Ti foil for flexible supercapacitor electrode" (2022), published in Electrochimica Acta

The diversity of research topics and publication venues illustrates a multidisciplinary approach combining elements of systematics, molecular biology, ecology, and materials chemistry. This diversification also highlights collaborations across biological and chemical sciences, with extensions into applied research domains.

Best Publications

  • Description of the final-instar larva and pupa of Neoneuromus ignobilis Navás, 1932 (Megaloptera: Corydalidae).

    Chengquan Cao;Fangqing Liu;Chao Tong;Yaqian Fang

  • The first mitochondrial genome for the fishfly subfamily Chauliodinae and implications for the higher phylogeny of Megaloptera.

    Yuyu Wang;Xingyue Liu;Shaun L. Winterton;Ding Yang

  • Liverwort Mimesis in a Cretaceous Lacewing Larva

    Xingyue Liu;Gongle (史恭乐) Shi;Fangyuan Xia;Xiumei Lu

  • First record of the dobsonfly genus Protohermes van der Weele, 1907 from Pakistan (Megaloptera: Corydalidae)

    Muhammad Asghar Hassan;Fumio Hayashi;Xingyue Liu

  • Discovery of the twisted-wing parasite family Myrmecolacidae (Insecta: Strepsiptera) from China, with description of two new species of the genus Myrmecolax Westwood, 1861.

    Xiumei Lu;Xingyue Liu

  • Early evolution and historical biogeography of fishflies (Megaloptera: Chauliodinae): implications from a phylogeny combining fossil and extant taxa.

    Xingyue Liu;Yongjie Wang;Chungkun Shih;Dong Ren

  • Early Morphological Specialization for Insect-Spider Associations in Mesozoic Lacewings.

    Xingyue Liu;Weiwei Zhang;Shaun L. Winterton;Laura C.V. Breitkreuz

  • A new genus of mantidflies discovered in the Oriental region, with a higher‐level phylogeny of Mantispidae (Neuroptera) using DNA sequences and morphology

    Xingyue Liu;Shaun L. Winterton;Chao Wu;Ross Piper

  • Is diversification in male reproductive traits driven by evolutionary trade-offs between weapons and nuptial gifts?

    Xingyue Liu;Fumio Hayashi;Laura C. Lavine;Ding Yang

  • Phylogeny of the family Sialidae (Insecta: Megaloptera) inferred from morphological data, with implications for generic classification and historical biogeography

    Xingyue Liu;Fumio Hayashi;Ding Yang

  • Homology of the genital sclerites of Megaloptera (Insecta: Neuropterida) and their phylogenetic relevance

    Xingyue Liu;Yanan Lü;Horst Aspöck;Ding Yang

  • Contribution to understanding the evolution of holometaboly: transformation of internal head structures during the metamorphosis in the green lacewing Chrysopa pallens (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae)

    Chenjing Zhao;Chenjing Zhao;Chenjing Zhao;Yuchen Ang;Mengqing Wang;Caixia Gao

  • The complete mitochondrial genome and its remarkable secondary structure for a stonefly Acroneuria hainana Wu (Insecta: Plecoptera, Perlidae).

    Mingchao Huang;Yuyu Wang;Xingyue Liu;Weihai Li

  • Wing Base Structural Data Support the Sister Relationship of Megaloptera and Neuroptera (Insecta: Neuropterida)

    Chenjing Zhao;Xingyue Liu;Ding Yang

  • The First Mitochondrial Genome for Caddisfly (Insecta: Trichoptera) with Phylogenetic Implications

    Yuyu Wang;Xingyue Liu;Ding Yang

  • Phylogeny of pleasing lacewings (Neuroptera: Dilaridae) with a revised generic classification and description of a new subfamily

    Xingyue Liu;Horst Aspöck;Shaun L. Winterton;Weiwei Zhang

  • New transitional fossil snakeflies from China illuminate the early evolution of Raphidioptera

    Xingyue Liu;Dong Ren;Ding Yang

  • The complete mitochondrial genome of a fishfly, Dysmicohermes ingens (Chandler) (Megaloptera: Corydalidae: Chauliodinae)

    Yuyu Wang;Xingyue Liu;Ding Yang

  • Phylogeny of the subfamily Chauliodinae (Megaloptera: Corydalidae), with description of a new genus from the Oriental Realm

    Xingyue Liu;Ding Yang;Ding Yang

  • Systematics of the Protohermes costalis species-group (Megaloptera: Corydalidae)

    Xingyue Liu;Fumio Hayashi;Ding Yang

  • The phylogeny of brown lacewings (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae) reveals multiple reductions in wing venation.

    Ivonne J. Garzón-Orduña;Imelda Menchaca-Armenta;Atilano Contreras-Ramos;Atilano Contreras-Ramos;Xingyue Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael S. Engel
Michael S. Engel University of Kansas
Dong Ren
Dong Ren Capital Normal University
Robert A. Spicer
Robert A. Spicer The Open University
Karen Meusemann
Karen Meusemann University of Freiburg
Jochen Heinrichs
Jochen Heinrichs Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Torsten Wappler
Torsten Wappler Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt
Antonis Rokas
Antonis Rokas Vanderbilt University
Xin Zhou
Xin Zhou China Agricultural University
Martin H. Villet
Martin H. Villet Rhodes University
Vincent Perrichot
Vincent Perrichot University of Rennes

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