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.