Rob Cannings’ Publications
July 2013
Publications in Refereed Journals
1. Cannings, R.A. 1974. Another record of the Flammulated Owl in Canada. Canadian Field- Naturalist 88(2): 234-235.
2. Cannings, R.A. 1975. A new species of Chironomus (Diptera: Chironomidae) from saline lakes in British Columbia. The Canadian Entomologist 107: 447-450.
3. Cannings, R.A. 1975. Some Chironomidae (Diptera) new to British Columbia and Canada. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 72: 23-25.
4. Cannings, R.A. 1975. The Parasitic Jaeger in the British Columbia Interior. Syesis 8: 395-396.
5. Scudder, G.G.E., R.A. Cannings and K.M. Stuart. 1976. An annotated checklist of the Odonata (Insecta) of British Columbia. Syesis 9: 143-162.
6. Cannings, R.A. and G.G.E. Scudder. 1978. The littoral Chironomidae (Diptera) of saline lakes in central British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Zoology 56: 1144-1155.
7. Cannings, R.A. 1978. The distribution of Tanypteryx hageni Selys (Odonata: Petaluridae) in British Columbia. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 75: 18-19.
8. Cannings, R.A. and G.G.E. Scudder. 1979. The phenology of the Chironomidae (Diptera) in saline lakes in central British Columbia. Verh. Internat. Verein. Limnol. 20: 2641-2646.
9. Cannings, R.A. and G.P. Doerksen. 1979. The larva of Ischnura erratica Calvert (Odonata: Coenagriidae) with ecological notes on the species. The Canadian Entomologist 111(3): 327- 331.
10. Cannings, R.A. and R.J. Cannings. 1979. A northerly range extension for Cramptonomyia spenceri Alexander (Diptera: Pachyneuridae). Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 76: 16.
11. Cannings. R.A., S.G. Cannings and R.J. Cannings. 1980. The distribution of the genus Lestes in a saline lake series in central British Columbia, Canada (Zygoptera: Lestidae). Odonatologica 9(1): 19-28.
12. Cannings, S.G. and R.A. Cannings. 1980. The larva of Coenagrion interrogatum (Odonata: Coenagrionidae), with notes on the species in the Yukon. The Canadian Entomologist 112: 438- 441.
13. Cannings, R.A. 1980. New distributional records of Odonata from the Province of Newfoundland, Canada. Notulae odonatologicae 1(5): 88.
14. Cannings, R.A. 1980. Some Odonata from the Crowsnest Pass Region, Alberta, Canada. Notulae odonatologicae 1(5): 88-89.
15. Paulson, D.R. and R.A. Cannings. 1980. Distribution, natural history and relationships of Ischnura erratica Calvert (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Odonatologica 9(2): 147-153.
16. Cannings, R.A. 1980. Ecological notes on Sympetrum madidum (Hagen) in British Columbia, Canada (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Notulae odonatologicae 1(6): 97-99.
17. Cannings, R.A. 1980. Dasyhelia oppressa (Ceratopogonidae) and Mycetobia divergens (Anisopodidae): two Diptera new to British Columbia. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 77: 37.
18. Cannings, R.A. 1981. The larva of Sympetrum madidum (Hagen) (Odonata: Libellulidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 57(2): 341-346.
19. Summerbell, R.C. and R.A. Cannings. 1981. Fungi and Brillia retifinis (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the decomposition of conifer leaves in a British Columbia stream. Syesis 14: 125-130.
20. Cannings, R.A. 1982. Obituary: George P. Doerksen. Odonatologica 11(1): 59-62.
21. Cannings, R.A. 1982. Notes on the biology of Aeshna sitchensis Hagen (Anisoptera: Aeshnidae). Odonatologica 11(3): 219-223.
22. Cannings, R.A. 1982. The larvae of the Tarnetrum subgenus of Sympetrum with a description of the larva of Sympetrum nigrocreatum Calvert (Odonata: Libellulidae). Advances in Odonatolology 1: 9-14.
23. Cannings, R.A. and S.G. Cannings. 1983. Odonata collected in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada, during the Seventh International Symposium of Odonatology. Notulae odonatologicae 2(2): 23-24.
24. Cannings, R.A. and S.G. Cannings. 1983. The Odonata of the Brooks Peninsula, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 80: 46-51.
25. Cannings, R.A. 1983. Libellula subornata (Odonata: Libellulidae) in Canada. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 80: 54-55.
26. Cannings, R.A. 1984. Noteworthy Odonata collected by participants in the Seventh International Symposium of Odonatology. Notulae odonatologicae 2(4): 53-55.
27. Cannings, S.G. and R.A. Cannings. 1985. The Larva of Somatochlora sahlbergi Trybom (Odonata: Corduliidae) with notes on the species in the Yukon Territory, Canada. Odonatologica 14(4): 3l9-330.
28. Cannings, R.A. and S.G. Cannings. l987. The Odonata of some saline lakes in British Columbia, Canada: ecological distribution and zoogeography. Advances in Odonatology 3: 7-21.
29. Cannings, R.A. and J.G. Fisher. 1987. Ptilodactyla serricollis (Coleoptera: Ptilodactylidae) in British Columbia. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 84: 52.
30. Cannings, R.A. 1987. The Ground Mantis, Litaneutria minor (Dictuoptera: Mantidae), in British Columbia. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 84: 64-65.
31. Cannings, R.A. 1988. Pantala hymenaea (Say) (Anisoptera: Libellulidae) new to British Columbia, Canada, with notes on its status in the northwestern United States. Notulae odonatologicae 3(2): 31-32.
32. Cannings, R.A. 1989. The Robber Flies (Diptera: Asilidae) of a Festuca grassland in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 86: 14-26.
33. Cannings, R.A. 1989. Enallagma basidens Calvert, a dragonfly new to Canada, with notes on the expansion of its range in North America (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Notulae odonatologicae 3(4): 53-55.
34. Cannings, R.A. 1989. An Asian Hornet, Vespa simillima xanthoptera (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in North America. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 86: 91.
35. Cannings, R.A. and C.S. Guppy. 1989. Glover's Silkmoth, Hyalophora gloveri (Strecker) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), new to British Columbia. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 86: 89-90.
36. Hebda, R.J., B.G. Warner, and R.A. Cannings. 1990. Pollen, plant macrofossils, and insects from fossil woodrat (Neotoma cinerea) middens in British Columbia. Geographie physique et Quaternaire 44(2): 227-234.
37. Cannings, S.G., R.A. Cannings, and R.J. Cannings. 1991. The distribution of the dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) of the Yukon Territory, Canada, with notes on ecology and behaviour. Royal British Columbia Museum Contributions to Natural Science 13: 1-26.
38. Cannings, R.A. and R.W. Garrison. 1991. Sympetrum signiferum, a new species of dragonfly (Odonata: Libellulidae) from western Mexico and Arizona. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 84: 474-479.
39. Cannings, R.A. 1993. New synonymy of Rhadiurgus variablis (Zetterstedt) (Diptera: Asilidae) with notes on morphology, natural history, and geographical variation. The Canadian Entomologist 125: 337-354.
40. Charlton, R.E. and R.A. Cannings. 1993. The larva of Williamsonia fletcheri Williamson (Anisoptera: Corduliidae). Odonatologica 22: 335-343.
41. Cannings, S.G. and R.A. Cannings. 1994. The Odonata of northern Cordilleran peatlands. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 169: 89-110.
42. Cannings, R.A. 1994. Robber Flies (Diptera: Asilidae) new to Canada, British Columbia, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories with notes on distribution and habitat. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia. 91: 19-26.
43. Cannings, R.A. 1996. The status and relationship of Lasiopogon montanus Schiner and L. bellardii Jaennicke (Diptera: Asilidae), two common robber flies from the mountains of Western and Central Europe. Entomologica scandinavica 27: 347-359.
44. Cannings, R.A. 1996. The Blue Darners: dragonflies of the genus Aeshna in British Columbia. Cordillera 3 (1): 28-38.
45. Cannings, R.A. 1997. Tramea lacerata Hagen new to British Columbia, Canada, with notes on its status in the northwestern United States (Anisoptera: Libellulidae). Notulae odonatologicae 4 (9): 148-149.
46. Kenner, R.D., R.A. Cannings and S.G. Cannings. 2000. The larva of Leucorrhinia patricia Walker (Odonata: Libellulidae). International Journal of Odonatology 3(1): 1-10.
47. Cannings, R.A., S.G. Cannings and G.G.E. Scudder. 2001. Insect Collections, Surveys and Conservation in British Columbia in the 20th Century. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 98: 17-32.
48. Cannings, R.A. and G.G.E. Scudder. 2001. An overview of systematics studies concerning the insect fauna of British Columbia. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 98: 33-60.
49. Scudder, G.G.E., K.M. Needham, R.D. Kenner, R.A. Cannings and S.G. Cannings. 2001. Aquatic insects in British Columbia: 100 years of study. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 98: 61-82.
50. Simaika, J.P. and R.A. Cannings. 2004. Lestes disjunctus Selys and L. forcipatus Rambur (Odonata: Lestidae): Some Solutions for Identification. Journal of the Entomological Society of BC 101: 131-140.
51. Borkent, C.J. and R.A. Cannings. 2004. Polistes dominulus (Christ) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) in British Columbia: First collection records of an invasive European paper wasp in Canada. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 101: 149-150.
52. Cannings, R.A., S.G. Cannings, L.R. Ramsay and G.E. Hutchings. 2005. Four species of Odonata new to British Columbia, Canada. Notulae odonatologicae 6(5): 45-49.
53. Catling, P.M., R.A. Cannings and P.M. Brunelle. 2005. An annotated checklist of the Odonata of Canada. Bulletin of American Odonatology 9(1): 1-20.
54. Copley, C. and R.A. Cannings. 2005. Notes on the status of the Eurasian moths Noctua pronuba and N. comes (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 102: 83-84.
55. Cannings, R.A. and J.P. Simaika. 2005. Lestes disjunctus Selys and L. forcipatus Rambur (Odonata: Lestidae): An evaluation of status and distribution in British Columbia. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 102: 57-63.
56. Simaika, J.P. and R.A. Cannings. 2006. The Odonata of Hamilton Marsh, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Notulae odonatologicae 6(7): 72-79.
57. Cannings, R.A. and S.G. Cannings. 2006. The Mantispidae (Insecta: Neuroptera) of Canada, with notes on morphology, ecology and distribution. The Canadian Entomologist. 138: 531-544.
58. Cannings, R.A. 2006. Geoffrey G.E. Scudder: zoologist, conservationist, educator. 2006. The Canadian Entomologist: 138: ix-xix.
59. Cannings, R.A. 2006. A review of the distribution and natural history of Apiocera barri and Nemomydas pantherinus (Diptera: Apioceridae and Mydidae), two rare asiloid flies from the southern Interior of British Columbia. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 103: 55-60.
60. Swann, J., R.D. Kenner, R.A. Cannings and C. R. Copley. 2006. Exaireta spinigera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae): the first published North American records of an Australian soldier fly. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 103: 71-72.
61. Shelley, R.M., R.A. Cannings, P.T. LePage and K.J. White. 2006. A glomeridesmid milliped in Canada (Diplopoda: Glomeridesmidae). Entomological News 118(2): 199-202.
62. Cannings, R.A. 2007. Recent range expansion of the Praying Mantis, Mantis religiosa Linnaeus (Mantodea: Mantidae), in British Columbia. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 104:73-80.
63. Cannings, R.A., J.W. Miskelly, C.A.H. Schiffer, K.L.A. Lau and K.M. Needham. 2007. Meconema thalassinum (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae), a foreign katydid established in British Columbia. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 104: 91-92.
64. Cannings, R.A. and G. Roberts. 2007. The caddisfly family Helicopsychidae (Insecta: Trichoptera) new to British Columbia. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 104: 89-90.
65. Cannings, R.A. and G.G.E. Scudder. 2009. Eleodes obscurus (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae): confirmation of a Canadian population and possible northward expansion from Washington State into British Columbia in the Okanagan Valley. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 106: 81-82.
66. Scudder, G.G.E. and R.A. Cannings. 2009. A checklist of the Neuropterid insects of British Columbia (Insecta: Megaloptera, Neuroptera and Raphidioptera) with a summary of their geographic distribution. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 106: 17-23.
67. Cannings, R.A., M.A. Branham and R.H. McVickar. 2010. The fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) of British Columbia, with special emphasis on the light-flashing species and their distribution, status and biology. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 107: 33-41.
68. Cannings, R. A. 2011. Efferia okanagana, a new species of robber fly (Diptera: Asilidae) from the grasslands of southern British Columbia, Canada, with notes on taxonomy, biology, distribution and conservation status. The Canadian Entomologist. 143: 578-593.
69. Fraser, D.F., E. Elle, C.R. Copley and R.A. Cannings. 2012. Changes in the status and distribution of the Yellow-faced Bumble Bee (Bombus vosnesenskii) (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in British Columbia. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 109: 31-37.
70. Cannings, R.A. and J. Kahanpää. 2013. Lasiopogon septentrionalis, a robber fly (Diptera: Asilidae) new to the European fauna. Entomologica Fennica 24: 113-116.
Non-refereed Publications (scientific notes, book chapters, book reviews, obituaries, internet publications, abstracts and other articles)
1. Cannings, R.A. 1958. The Curlew Nest. Blue Jay 41(3): 127.
2. Cannings, R.A. 1972. An emergence trap for aquatic insects. Vancouver Natural History Society Discovery 1(2): 48-53.
3. Cannings, R.A. 1975. Notes on some British Columbia dragonflies. The Victoria Naturalist 31(7): 109-115.
4. Cannings, R.A. 1980. Field trip to Ascot Pond. The Victoria Naturalist 37(2): 31-33.
5. Cannings, R.A. 1980. Kings Pond field trip fascinates. British Columbia Naturalist 18(4): 12- 13.
6. Cannings. R.A. 1981. Quick's Bottom -- an entomological experience. The Victoria Naturalist 37(6):113-116.
7. Cannings, R.A. 1981. Boreus elegans, the ESBC insect. Boreus 1(1): 2.
8. Cannings, R.A. 1981. Richard Guppy. Boreus 1(1): 7-8.
9. Cannings, R.A. 1981. New beetle for Canada? Boreus 1(2): 8-9.
10. Cannings, R.A. 1981. New find in Okanagan nettles. Boreus 1(2):9.
11. Cannings, R.A. 1981. Brooks Peninsula report. Boreus 2(1): 12-13.
12. Cannings, R.A. 1981. George Doerksen (an obituary). Boreus 2(1): 14.
13. Cannings, R.A. 1981. From Arsenic to DDT: A History of Entomology in Western Canada (book review). Boreus1(2): 17-19.
14. Cannings, R.A. 1982. Dragonfly Days. Nature Canada 11(2): 12-17.
15. Cannings, R.A. 1982. From Arsenic to DDT: A History of Entomology in Western Canada (book review). British Columbia Historical News 15(4): 32-33.
16. Cannings, R.A. 1982. Six poems by Robert A. Cannings. Malahat Review 63: 132-135.
17. Cannings, R.A. 1982. Robert Herbert Carcasson 1918-1982. Boreus 2(2): 12-13.
18. Cannings, R.A. 1983. Field trips handbook of the Seventh International Symposium of Odonatology, Calgary. Societas Internationalis Odonatologica (S.I.O.), Calgary. 24 pp.
19. Cannings, R.A. 1983. The World Underfoot. B.C. Provincial Museum Discovery 11(2): 2.
20. Cannings, R.A. 1983. The Yukon Insect Project (abstract of paper). P. 8, In W.A. Charnetski (ed.). Proceedings of the thirty-first annual meeting of the Entomological Society of Alberta held in conjunction with the Entomological Society of Canada, Penticton, B.C.
21. Cannings, R.A. 1983. Laphria ventralis Williston – new to Canada. Boreus 3(1): 4.
22. Cannings, R.A. 1984. Magpies. P. 71, In A.F. Pater (ed.) Anthology of Magazine Verse and Yearbook of American Poetry. Monitor Book Co., Beverly Hills. 698pp.
23. Cannings, R.A., R.J. Cannings, and S.G. Cannings. 1984. British Columbia -- Vaseux Lake. Pp. 22-24, In J.C. Finlay (ed.). A Bird Finding Guide to Canada. Hurtig Publishers Ltd., Edmonton. 387 pp.
24. Cannings, R.A., R.J. Cannings and S.G. Cannings. 1984.British Columbia -- Riske Creek, Becher's Prairie. Pp. 40-42, In J.C. Finlay (ed.). A Bird Finding Guide to Canada. Hurtig Publishers Ltd., Edmonton. 387 pp.
25.Cannings, R.A. 1984. Flying Dragons. Wildlife Review 10(10): 30-33.
26. Allen, G.A. and R.A. Cannings. 1985. Museum Collections and Life-history Studies. In E.H. Miller (ed.) Museum Collections: Their Roles and Future in Biological Research. British Columbia Provincial Museum Occasional Paper No. 25. 222 pp.
27. Cannings, R.A. 1985. Grassland Ecology and Classification Symposium Proceedings (book review). Boreus 5(1): 11-13.
28. Cannings, R.A. 1986. James Grant (1920-1986). Boreus 6(1): 8-9.
29. Cannings, R.A. l987. Grasslands. (Book Review). Vancouver Natural History Society Discovery l6(l): 23-25.
30. Cannings, R.A. l987. Swimmer's Itch -- it's a pain, but a fascinating parasite story. The Victoria Naturalist 43(6): l7-l8.
31. Cannings, R.A. l987. Dragonflies in the western Chilcotin. Walkeria 2(2): 6-7.
32. Cannings, R.A. 1988. Blow Flies and Baby Birds. Royal British Columbia Museum Discovery 17(2): 54-55.
33. Cannings, R.A. 1988. Dragonflies -- Naturalists' Handbooks. (book review) Entomological Society of Canada Bulletin 20(2): 8.
34. Cannings, R.A. 1988. Dragons and Damsels. Royal British Columbia Museum Note 2(88): 1- 2.
35. Cannings, R.A. 1989. A wet week in Wells Gray Park. Walkeria 4(1): 1-2.
36. Cannings, R.A. 1990. James Grant 1920-1986. Boreus 10(2): 2-4.
37. Cannings, R.A. 1992. Insects. Pp. 22-26 In J. and C. Finlay (eds.). Ocean to Alpine: a British Columbia Nature Guide. Lone Pine Press, Edmonton. 255 pp.
38. Cannings, R.A. 1992. The conservation of insects and their habitats (book review). Entomological Society of Canada Bulletin 24: 89-90.
39. Cannings, R.A. 1994. Across the Bering Strait: a biologist's adventures in Far-eastern Russia. Royal British Columbia Museum Discovery: 22(1): 1-2.
40. Cannings, R.A. 1994. A phylogenetic study of Lasiopogon (Diptera: Asilidae): preliminary results. (Abstract). P. 33 In J.E. O’Hara (ed.). Abstract volume. Third International Congress of Dipterology. Guelph, ON. 270 pp.
41. Cannings, R.A. 1994. Behind the Scenes, Royal British Columbia Museum. Cordillera 1(1): 45-46.
42. Cannings, R.A. 1995. Highway robbers: the fascinating world of robber flies. Royal British Columbia Museum Discovery 23(7): 1-2.
43. Cannings, S.G. and R.A. Cannings. 1995. Rare invertebrates of the South Okanagan. Wildlife in British Columbia at Risk brochure. British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks, Victoria. 6pp.
44. Cannings, R.A. 1997. Yorke Edwards: A Natural Thinker. Cordillera 4(1): 7-12.
45. Cannings, R.A. 1997. Bugs and Big Sage: the 1996 insect foray. Boreus 17(1): 4-5.
46. Cannings, R.A. 1997. The Robber Flies (Diptera: Asilidae) of the Yukon. Pp. 637-662 In H.V. Danks and J.A.Downes (Eds.). Insects of the Yukon. Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), Ottawa. 1034 pp.
47. Cannings, S.G. and R.A. Cannings. 1997. Dragonflies (Odonata) of the Yukon. Pp. 169-200 In H.V. Danks and J.A.Downes (Eds.). Insects of the Yukon. Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods), Ottawa. 1034 pp.
48. Cannings, R.A. and S.G. Cannings. 1997. Terrestrial arthropods of Brooks Peninsula. In R.J Hebda and J.C. Haggarty (eds). Brooks Peninsula: an Ice-Age Refugium on Vancouver Island. B.C. Parks Occasional Paper No. 5. Victoria.
49. Cannings, R.A. 1998. The Butterflies of North America (book review). Vancouver Natural History Society Discovery 27(2): 82-83.
50. Cannings, R.A. 1998. Caddisfly Architecture. Cordillera 4(2): 6-7.
51. Cannings, R.A. 1998. Mantidflies: Rare, Astounding and Strange. Royal British Columbia Museum Discovery 26(2): 1-2.
52. Cannings, R.A. and S.G. Cannings 1998. Odonata (Damselflies and Dragonflies) in G.G.E. Scudder and I.M. Smith, (eds.). Assessment of species diversity in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone. Burlington: Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network. http://www.naturewatch.ca/eman/reports/publications/99_montane/odonata/intro.html
53. Cannings, R.A. 1998. Robber Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) in G.G.E. Scudder and I.M. Smith, (eds.). Assessment of species diversity in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone. Burlington: Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network. http://www.naturewatch.ca/eman/reports/publications/99_montane/robber_f/intro.html
54. Cannings, R.A. 1999. The great firefly hunt. Boreus 19(1): 9.
55. Cannings, R.A., S.G. Cannings and L.R. Ramsay. 2000. The dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) of the Columbia Basin, British Columbia: field surveys, collections development and public education. Royal British Columbia Museum: Living Landscapes Project . On Internet: http://rbcm1.rbcm.gov.ca/living landscapes/www_dragon/toc.html.
56. Cannings, R.A. 2000. Dragons and damsels in the Kootenays. Royal British Columbia Museum Discovery 28(2): 1-2.
57. Cannings, R.A. and S.G. Cannings. 2000. Post Meeting Field Trip, Annual Meeting of the Dragonfly Society of the Americas, 27 July-1 August 2000, British Columbia. Argia 12(3): 6-7.
58. Cannings, R.A. 2000. James Grant and Harold Madsen – the names behind the ESBC Student Awards. Boreus 20(2): 4-5
59. Cannings, R.A. 2000. Dragonfly Society of the Americas Annual Field Meeting, 27 July –1 August 2000, Nanaimo and points East. Boreus 20(2): 7-8.
60. Cannings, R.A. 2000. Dragons and Damsels in the Columbia - Kootenay Region. Boreus 20(2): 9-10.
61. Kenner, R.D. and R.A. Cannings. 2000. Rediscovery of the Western Pondhawk (Erythemis collocata [Hagen]) in the Lower Fraser Valley. Discovery 29(2): 50-52
62. Cannings, R.A. 2001. The dragonflies of the Columbia Basin, BC. Research Links (Parks Canada) 9(1): 4-5, 10.
63. Cannings, R.A. 2001. Help a Kid. Boreus 21(1): 4-5.
64. Cannings, R.A. 2001. Boreus elegans, the ESBC Insect. Boreus 21(1): 3.
65. Cannings, R.A. 2002. Rare dragonflies of British Columbia. Wildlife at Risk in British Columbia brochure. British Columbia Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management and Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection, Victoria, B.C. 6pp.
66. Cannings, R.A. 2002. William E. Ricker (1908-2001). Boreus 21(2):11-13.
67. Cannings, R.A. 2002. The dragonflies of northern British Columbia: field surveys, collections development and public education. Abstract of a paper presented at the annual general meeting, Entomological Society of BC, 27 September 2001, Summerland, BC. Boreus 21(2): 16.
68. Cannings, R.A. 2002. Dragonflies: Behavior and Ecology of Odonata. (book review). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada 34(2): 99-100.
69. Cannings, R.A. 2002. The dragonflies of northern British Columbia: field surveys, collections development, conservation and public education. Abstract in proceedings for the Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Canada and the Entomological Society of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, 5-9 October 2002.
70. Cannings, R.A., S.G. Cannings, R.J. Cannings and E.J. Cannings. 2003. Stephen Robert Cannings 1914-2003. BC Naturalist 41(2): 4-5.
71. Cannings, R.A. 2003. Assassins in the grass: robber flies of British Columbia’s grasslands. BC Grasslands. September 2003: 15, 27. http://www.bcgrasslands.org/docs/sept%202003.pdf
72. Cannings, R.A. 2003. Giant Robotic Insects: a new temporary exhibit at the Royal BC Museum. Boreus 23(2): 16-17.
73. Cannings, R.A. and G.G.E. Scudder. 2003. Key to the Orders of Insects in British Columbia. In Klinkenberg, B. (Editor), 2010. E-Fauna BC: Electronic Atlas of the Fauna of British Columbia [www.efauna.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/documents/KeystotheOrdersofInsecxts2003Canning sScudder.pdf
74. Allombert, S., J-L. Martin and R.A. Cannings. 2003. Entomological research in Haida Gwaii: from studies of deer-insect interaction to a faunal inventory. Poster. Insects in Shifting Environments: 2003 Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Canada and the Entomological Society of British Columbia. Kelowna, BC
75. Cannings, R.A. 2004. Resources for the study of the Odonata in Canada. Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods). 23(1): 25-33. http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/news23_1/bscspring2004.pdf
76. Cannings, R.A. 2004. For Love of Insects (book review). Discovery 33(1): 50-53.
77. Cannings, R.A., E.J. Cannings, S.G. Cannings and R.J. Cannings. 2004. Stephen Robert Cannings (1914-2003): Naturalist, Conservationist, Photographer and Educator. Okanagan History 68: 54-66.
78. Cannings, R.A. and L.R. Ramsay. 2005. The conservation status of British Columbia’s dragonflies: species at risk, inventory and status ranks (abstract). P. 7 in Proceedings of a symposium on invertebrate species at risk in British Columbia, 22 October 2005, Victoria, BC. 14 pp.
79. Cannings, R.A. 2005. Caddisfly Architecture. NatureWild 6(3): 12-13.
80. Cannings, R.A. and G.G.E. Scudder. 2005-06. The Insects of British Columbia: insect orders and families. In Klinkenberg, B. (Editor), 2010. E-Fauna BC: Electronic Atlas of the Fauna of British Columbia [www.efauna.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/InsectsofBritishColumbia.html 81. Ramsay, L.R. and R.A. Cannings. 2005. Determining the status of British Columbia's dragonflies. In T.D. Hooper (Ed.) Proceedings of the Species at Risk 2004 Pathways to Recovery Conference March 2-6, 2004, Victoria, British Columbia. Species at Risk 2004 Pathways to Recovery Conference Organizing Committee, Victoria, BC.
82: Cannings, R.A. and A. Lelej. 2005. Pavel Andreyevich Lehr: 1923-2005. Boreus 25(2): 33- 34.
83. Cannings, R.A., P.A. Catling and P.M. Brunelle. 2006. New subspecific status for Macromia rickeri Walker. Argia 17(4): 23.
84. Catling, P.A., R.A. Cannings and P.M. Brunelle. 2006. An annotated checklist of the Odonata of Canada: Update -- November 2005. Argia 17(4): 26-28.
85. Cannings, R.A. and A. Lelej. 2006. Pavel Andreyevich Lehr: 1923-2005. Fly Times 36: 9-10.
86. Cannings, R.A. 2006. A Dazzle of Dragonflies (book review). Great Plains Research 16(2): 215-216.
87. Cannings, R.A. 2006. ESC Gold Medal awarded to Richard Ring. Boreus 26(2): 29-31.
88. Cannings, R.A. 2007. Dragonfly genera of the New World (book review). Florida Entomologist 90(1): 290-291.
89. Cannings, R.A. 2007. Checklist of the Trichoptera (Caddisflies) of British Columbia. In Klinkenberg, B. (Editor), 2010. E-Fauna BC: Electronic Atlas of the Fauna of British Columbia [www.efauna.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/documents/TrichopteraofBC2007.pdf
90. Cannings, R.A. 2007. An undescribed order of millipedes (Class Diplopoda) discovered in British Columbia. Boreus 27(2): 16-17.
91. Cannings, R.A. 2007. From all over the map: Museums and the public’s role in documenting new or expanding populations. Abstract in Proceedings of A Symposium on Alien Invertebrate species in BC. 20 October 2007, Pacific Forestry Centre, Victoria, BC. Journal of the Entomological Society of British Columbia 104: 93-94.
92. Cannings, R.A., L.R. Ramsay and S.G. Cannings. 2007. Odonata inventories in British Columbia, Canada: Determining the conservation status of odonata species. Pp. 137-151 in B.K. Tyagi,(ed.). Odonata -- Biology of Dragonflies. Scientific Publishers (India). 366 pp.
93. Scudder, G.G.E.S. and R.A. Cannings. 2007. Checklist of the Orthopteroid Insects of British Columbia. In Klinkenberg, B. (Editor), 2010. E-Fauna BC: Electronic Atlas of the Fauna of British Columbia [www.efauna.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/documents/Checklist_Orthopteroid_Insects_BC_09.pdf
94. Cannings, R.A. 2008. Dunes, dragonflies and dikdiks: a short trip to Namibia and South Africa. Boreus 28(1): 32-34.
95. Cannings, R.A. 2008. Grassland dragonflies. BC Grasslands (Summer 2008): 15-17.
96. Cannings, R.A. 2008. Book Review: Ladybugs of Alberta. Vancouver Natural History Society Discovery 37(2): 57-59.
97. Cannings, R.A. 2008. Address to the Convocation at Okanagan College, Kelowna, BC, 7 June 2008 (text of speech). RBCM Website
98. Cannings, R.A. 2008. Checklist of the yellowjacket and paper wasps of British Columbia. 2008. In Klinkenberg, B. (Editor), 2010. E-Fauna BC: Electronic Atlas of the Fauna of British Columbia [www.efauna.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/documents/YellowjacketPaperWaspsofBCCannings. pdf
99. Cannings, R.A. 2008. Simuliidae (Black Flies) of British Columbia. In Klinkenberg, B. (Editor), 2010. E-Fauna BC: Electronic Atlas of the Fauna of British Columbia [www.efauna.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/documents/SimuliidaeofBCBlackflies.pdf
100. Cannings, R.A. 2008. The Tabanidae (Horse Flies and Deer Flies) of British Columbia. In Klinkenberg, B. (Editor), 2010. E-Fauna BC: Electronic Atlas of the Fauna of British Columbia [www.efauna.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/documents/TabanidaeofBCHorsefliesjuly2008.pdf
101. Cannings, R.A. 2008. Checklist of the Mecoptera (Scorpionflies and Relatives) of British Columbia. In Klinkenberg, B. (Editor), 2010. E-Fauna BC: Electronic Atlas of the Fauna of British Columbia [www.efauna.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/documents/MecopteraofBC2008.pdf
102. Cannings, R.A. 2008. Checklist of the Odonata (Dragonflies and Damselflies) of British Columbia. In Klinkenberg, B. (Editor), 2010. E-Fauna BC: Electronic Atlas of the Fauna of British Columbia [www.efauna.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/documents/OdonataofBritishColumbiaCannings.pdf
103. Cannings, R.A. 2008. Checklist of the Siphonaptera (Fleas) of British Columbia. In Klinkenberg, B. (Editor), 2010. E-Fauna BC: Electronic Atlas of the Fauna of British Columbia [www.efauna.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/documents/SiphonapteraFleasofBC.pdf
104. Cannings, R.A. 2008. Checklist of the Strepsiptera (Twisted-winged Parasites) of British Columbia. In Klinkenberg, B. (Editor), 2010. E-Fauna BC: Electronic Atlas of the Fauna of British Columbia [www.efauna.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/documents/StrepsipteraofBC2008.pdf
105. Cannings, R.A. 2008. Some biodiversity studies in British Columbia insect collections. Abstract in proceedings for the Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Canada and the Entomological Society of Ontario, Ottawa, ON, 19-22 October 2008.
106. Cannings, R.A., L.R. Ramsay, S.G. Cannings and C.R. Copley. 2008. The Dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Northern British Columbia: Field Surveys, Collections Development and Public Education, 2000-2005. Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, BC. http://www.livinglandscapes.bc.ca/northwest/dragonflies/title.htm
107. Scudder, G.G.E.S. and R.A. Cannings. 2008. Checklist of the Megaloptera (Dobsonflies and Alderflies) of British Columbia. In Klinkenberg, B. (Editor), 2010. E-Fauna BC: Electronic Atlas of the Fauna of British Columbia [www.efauna.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/documents/MegalopteraofBCDobsonfliesAlderflies 2008.pdf
108. Scudder, G.G.E.S. and R.A. Cannings. 2008. Checklist of the Neuroptera (Lacewings, Mantidflies and Antlions) of British Columbia. In Klinkenberg, B. (Editor), 2010. E-Fauna BC: Electronic Atlas of the Fauna of British Columbia [www.efauna.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
109. Scudder, G.G.E.S. and R.A. Cannings. 2008. Checklist of the Raphidioptera (Snakeflies) of British Columbia. In Klinkenberg, B. (Editor), 2010. E-Fauna BC: Electronic Atlas of the Fauna of British Columbia [www.efauna.bc.ca]. Lab for Advanced Spatial Analysis, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC. http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/documents/SnakefliesRaphidiopteraofBC2008.pdf
110. Cannings, R.A. 2009. Book Review: The dragonflies and damselflies of South Africa. Argia 21(1): 16-19.
111. Cannings, R.A. 2009. Bruce Naylor Award: Thank You. Text of a speech. Boreus 29(2): 40-41. http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Natural_History/Insects-and-Relatives.aspx?id=878.
112. Cannings, R.A. 2009. Book Review: The dragonflies and damselflies of South Africa. Florida Entomologist 92(2): 404-405.
113. Cannings, R.A. 2010. Rex Kenner (1950-2010). (Obituary). BC Nature 48(1): 10.
114. Cannings, R.A. 2010. Rex Kenner (1950-2010). (Obituary). The Coleopterists Bulletin 64(2): 166–167.
115. Cannings, R.A. 2010. Rex Kenner (1950-2010). (Obituary). Boreus 29(2): 54-59.
116. Cannings, R.A. 2010. Rex Kenner (1950-2010). (Obituary). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada 42(2): 95-97.
117. Cannings, R.A. 2010. Rex Kenner (1950-2010). (Obituary). Argia 22(1): 7-10.
118. Cannings, S., E. Pilgrim, R. Cannings and T. Vogt. 2010. Emeralds at the crossroads: dragonfly hybridization in Beringia. (Poster). Yukon Biodiversity Forum. Whitehorse, Yukon, 10 April 2010.
119. Cannings, R.A. 2010. Insect collections in Canada series: Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, BC. Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada 29(2): 14-26. http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/news29_2/bscfall2010.pdf
120. Cannings, S., E. Pilgrim, R. Cannings and T. Vogt. 2010. Emeralds at the crossroads: dragonfly hybridization in Beringia. (Poster). 37th Annual Natural Areas Conference. Osage Beach, Missouri, 26-29 October 2010.
121. Pohl, G.R., R.A. Cannings and G.G.E. Scudder. 2010. Lepidoptera in British Columbia: a biodiversity perspective. Abstract in proceedings for the Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Canada and the Entomological Society of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, 31 October-3 November 2010.
122. Cannings, R.A. 2010. Calopteryx aequabilis (River Jewelwing) in Northeastern British Columbia. Boreus 30(2): 29-30.
123. Cannings, R.A., M.A. Branham and R.H. McVickar. 2011. The Great Firefly Hunt. BC Nature 49(2): 17-18. http://bcnature.ca/pages/magazine/pdf/11_summer_mag.pdf
124. Cannings, R.A. 2011. Checklist of the bumble bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Bombus) of British Columbia. Boreus 31(1):19-21. http://www.geog.ubc.ca/biodiversity/efauna/documents/BumblebeesofBC2011.pdf
125. Cannings, R.A. 2011. Book Review: Dragonflies and Damselflies: model organisms for ecological and evolutionary research. Florida Entomologist 94(3): 730-731.
126. Cannings, R.A. 2011. Yorke Edwards (1924-2011) – a Natural Thinker. (Obituary). BC Nature 49(3): 11. http://bcnature.ca/pages/magazine/pdf/11_fall_mag.pdf
127. Cannings, R.A. 2011. Hanging from a leaf. Pp. 103-107 in J.Li and M. Barbour (eds.). Wading for Bugs: Discovering Stream Invertebrates with the Experts. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis. 160 pp. [Includes special illustration, p. 144, by RAC]
128. Cannings, R. A. 2011. Efferia okanagana, a new species of robber fly (Diptera: Asilidae) from the grasslands of southern British Columbia, Canada, with notes on taxonomy, biology, distribution and conservation status. Abstract in proceedings for the Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Canada and the Acadian Entomological Society, Halifax, NS, 6-9 November 2011.
130. Cannings, R.A. and S.G. Cannings 2011. Odonata (Damselflies and Dragonflies) of the Montane Cordillera Ecozone. Chapter 10 (Pp 1-31) in G.G.E. Scudder and I.M. Smith, (eds.). Assessment of species diversity in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone (version 2). RBCM Website
131. Cannings, R.A. 2011. Robber Flies (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) in G.G.E. Scudder and I.M. Smith, (eds.). Assessment of species diversity in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone. Chapter 17 (Pp 1-24) in G.G.E. Scudder and I.M. Smith, (eds.). Assessment of species diversity in the Montane Cordillera Ecozone (version 2). RBCM Website
132. Cannings, R.A. 2012. Calopteryx aequabilis (River Jewelwing) in British Columbia. Argia 24(4): 12.
133. Cannings, R.A. 2012. Dragonflies. Pp. 55-78, In A. Nightingale and C. Copley (Eds.). Nature Guide to the Victoria Region. Royal BC Museum and Victoria Natural History Society, Victoria, BC. 240 pp.
134. Cannings, R.A. 2013. Gordon Pritchard 1939-2012. (Obituary). Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada 45(2): 72-75.
135. Cannings, R.A. 2013. Gordon Pritchard 1939-2012. (Obituary). Argia 25(2): 25-29.
Books
1. Cannings, R.A. and K.M. Stuart. 1977. The Dragonflies of British Columbia. B.C. Provincial Museum Handbook No. 35. Victoria, B.C. 254 pp. http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Content_Files/Files/Collections%20and%20Research/Natural %20History/Entomology/Dragonflies_of_BC_Handbook_35.pdf
2. Cannings, R.A., R.J. Cannings and S.G. Cannings. l987. The Birds of the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia. Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, B.C. 420 pp.
3. Cannings, S.G., R.J. Cannings and R.A. Cannings. 1998. The World of Fresh Water. Douglas and McIntyre, Vancouver, B.C. 118 pp.
4. Cannings, R.A. 2002. The Systematics of Lasiopogon (Diptera: Asilidae). Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, B.C. 354 pp. http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Shop/zoology.aspx?id=876
5. Cannings, R.A. 2002. Introducing the Dragonflies of British Columbia and the Yukon. Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, B.C. 96 pp. http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Shop/zoology.aspx?id=870
Theses
1. Cannings, R.A. 1970. Chironomidae and Fish predation in Westwick Lake, British Columbia. B.Sc. (Honours) thesis, Zoology Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
2. Cannings, R.A. 1973. an ecological study of some of the Chironomidae inhabiting a series of saline lakes in central British Columbia, with special reference to Chironomus tentans Fabricius. M.Sc. thesis, Zoology Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
3. Cannings, R.A. 1999. The systematics of Lasiopogon Loew (Diptera: Asilidae). PhD thesis, Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada. Vol. 1 (text and tables), 293 pp; Vol. 2 (figures), 409 pp.
Reports
1. Cannings, R.A. 1974. A preliminary interpretation assessment of the Red Heather Ridge area, Diamond Head, Garibaldi Provincial Park. Parks Branch, Ministry of Recreation and Conservation, Victoria, B.C. 14pp. illustrated.
2. Cannings, R.A. 1974. A preliminary interpretation assessment and plan for the Clearwater Lake Road corridor, Wells Gray Provincial Park. Parks Branch, Ministry of Recreation and Conservation, Victoria, B.C. 33pp. illustrated.
3. Cannings, R.A. 1975. An interpretation assessment of Cape Scott Provincial Park. Parks Branch, Ministry of Recreation and Conservation, Victoria, B.C. 80 pp. illustrated.
4. Cannings, R.A. 1975. A preliminary interpretation assessment of Kitsumakalum Provincial Park, Redsand Lake area. Parks Branch, Ministry of Recreation and Conservation, Victoria, B.C. 13pp. illustrated.
5. Cannings, R.A. 1975. An interpretation assessment of Naikoon Provincial Park. Vol. 1. Parks Branch, Ministry of Recreation and Conservation, Victoria, B.C. 236pp. illustrated.
6. Cannings, R.A. 1975. An interpretation assessment of Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park. Parks Branch, Ministry of Recreation and Conservation, Victoria, B.C. 109pp. illustrated.
7. Cannings, R.A. l977. Biological investigation of the Blue River Headwaters area, Wells Gray Provincial Park. Parks Branch, Ministry of Recreation and Conservation, Victoria, B.C. 28 pp.
8. Cannings, S.G. and R.A. Cannings. 1989. The Nature Trust South Okanagan Critical Area Project: List of invertebrates of special interest. The Nature Trust of British Columbia, Vancouver. 12 pp.
9. Cannings, R.A., L.R. Ramsay and S.G. Cannings. 2005. Dragonflies of conservation concern in northern British Columbia. Report to the Habitat Conservation Trust Fund. Royal British Columbia Museum and BC Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management, Victoria, BC.
10. Heron, J.M., R.G. Bennett, R.A. Cannings, J.J. Hellmann, M. Henigman, S. Lavallee, A. Robinson, G.G.E. Scudder, W. Wartigg. 2004. National recovery strategy for the Hotwater Physa, Physella wrighti. Recovery of Nationally Endangered Wildlife Committee, Ottawa, ON.
11. Heron, J.M., R.G. Bennett, R.A. Cannings, J. Hellmann, M. Henigman, S. Lavallee, A. Robinson, G.G.E. Scudder, W. Wartigg. 2004. National recovery strategy for the Dun Skipper Euphyes vestris western population. Recovery of Nationally Endangered Wildlife Committee, Ottawa, ON.
12. Heron, J.M, R.G. Bennett, R.A. Cannings, J. Hellmann, S. Lavallee, A. Robinson, G.G.E. Scudder, W. Wartigg, B. Woodhouse. 2004. National recovery strategy for the Dromedary Jumping-slug, Hemphillia dromedarius. Recovery of Nationally Endangered Wildlife Committee, Ottawa, ON.
13. Ovaska, K., L. Sopuck, J.M. Heron, R.G. Bennett, R.A. Cannings, J. Hellmann, S. Lavallee, G.G.E. Scudder, W. Woodhouse. 2004. National recovery strategy for the Puget Oregonian Snail, Cryptomastix devia. Recovery of Nationally Endangered Wildlife Committee, Ottawa, ON.
14.Ovaska, K., L. Sopuck, J.M. Heron, R.G. Bennett, R.A. Cannings, J. Hellmann, S. Lavallee, G.G.E. Scudder, W. Woodhouse. 2004. National recovery strategy for the Oregon Forestsnail, Allogona townsendiana. Recovery of Nationally Endangered Wildlife Committee, Ottawa, ON.
15. Cannings, R.A., S.G. Cannings, L.R. Ramsay and R.J. Cannings. 2011. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Olive Clubtail, Stylurus olivaceus, in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. ix + 58 pp.
16. Cannings, R.A. 2012. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Okanagan Efferia, Efferia okanagana, in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. ix + 58 pp.
17. Cannings, R.A. 2012. The identification of dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) for an impact study on areas potentially affected by the BC Hydro Site C Dam project. Keystone Wildlife Research, Surrey, BC. 15 pp + database.
Publications Edited
1. Boreus: Newsletter of the Entomological Society of British Columbia. Vol. l (nos. l & 2) l98l; Vol. 2 (nos. l & 2) l982; Vol. 3 (nos. l & 2) l983; Vol. 4 (nos. l & 2) l984; Vol. 5 (nos. l & 2) l985; Vol. 6 (nos. l & 2) l986; Vol. 7 (nos. l & 2) l987; Vol. 8 (nos. 1 & 2) 1988; Vol. 9 (nos. 1 & 2) 1989; Vol. 10 (nos. 1 & 2) 1990.
2. Cannings, R.A. and A.P. Harcombe (Eds.). 1990. The Vertebrates of British Columbia: scientific and English names. Royal British Columbia Museum Heritage Record No. 20; Wildlife Report No. R-24. Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Recreation and Culture and Ministry of Environment. Victoria, B.C., 16 pp.
3. Cannings, R.A., M. Black and B. Griffin (Eds.). 2004. Web site: Journeys and Transformations: British Columbia Landscapes. Virtual Museum of Canada. Royal British Columbia Museum. http://www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/exhibits/journeys/english/index.html.