Lining Wang. School of GeoSciences, Yangtze University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430100, China. State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China. wanglining.stu@yangtzeu.edu.cn
Lining Wang earned his bachelor’s degree in 2023 from the School of GeoSciences at Yangtze University. Since 2023, he has been pursuing a master’s degree at the School of Geosciences, Yangtze University. From 2024 to 2025, he is engaged in a joint training program at the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research focuses on Cretaceous hemipteran insects.
Jacek Szwedo. Laboratory of Evolutionary Entomology and Museum of Amber Inclusions, Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, Faculty of Biology, University of Gdańsk, PL80-308 Gdansk, Poland. jacek.szwedo@ug.edu.pl
Prof. Jacek Szwedo earned his degree in Environmental Biology from the University of Silesia in 1990 and completed his PhD in 1997 under the supervision of Prof. Aleksander Herczek. He has held academic and research positions at the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the University of Silesia in Katowice, and the University of Gdańsk. Currently, he serves on the Council of the Discipline of Biological Sciences at the University of Gdańsk and holds the position of President of the Polish Taxonomic Society. He has previously served on the boards of both the Polish Taxonomic Society and the Silesian Entomological Society. His research specializes in Hemiptera, with a particular focus on Fulgoromorpha and Cicadomorpha.
De Zhuo. Beijing Xiachong Amber Museum, Beijing 100023, China. zhuode113@163.com
De Zhuo obtained both his Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the University of Bologna, Italy, and later conducted research as a visiting scholar at Auburn University, USA. He is the founder of a private equity fund with a focus on macroeconomic analysis and blockchain industry research, offering in-depth insights into emerging blockchain sectors. Since 2014, he has been actively engaged in the study of Burmese amber, publishing dozens of academic papers and describing over sixty new species. He is also the founder and current Director of the Beijing Xiachong Amber Museum.
Chuantao Xiao. School of GeoSciences, Yangtze University, Wuhan, Hubei, 430100, China. (Corresponding author) ctxiao@yangtzeu.edu.cn
Professor Chuantao Xiao obtained his bachelor's degree in Geology and Paleontology from China University of Geosciences in 1986, followed by a master’s degree in 1989 and a doctoral degree in 2011, both from the same institution. Since 2002, he has been serving as a professor in the School of Geosciences at Yangtze University. His research interests lie in evolutionary palaeontology, palaeoecology, and carbonate sedimentation. He has led or participated in numerous research projects, including four funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.
Cihang Luo. State Key Laboratory of Palaeobiology and Stratigraphy, Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing, 210008, China. (Corresponding author) chluo@nigpas.ac.cn
Dr. Cihang Luo was born in 1998 in China. He earned his bachelor's degree in Geology from the School of Geosciences at Yangtze University in 2020. From 2020 to 2022, he pursued a master's degree at the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he transitioned directly into a doctoral program in September 2022. He received his PhD in 2025 and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the same institute. His research focuses on the origin and early evolution of Hexapoda and parasitic worms.
