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Publications of James E. O'Hara

 

 

Over 80 research, miscellaneous and electronic publications, mostly on tachinid flies.

RESEARCH (peer-reviewed papers)

O'Hara, J.E., Shima, H. and Zhang, C.-t. 2009. Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of China. Zootaxa 2190: 1-236.
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O'Hara, J.E. 2009. Resurrection of the name Pachycheta Portschinsky for a genus of Tachinidae (Diptera). Zootaxa 1989: 66-68.
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O'Hara, J.E. 2008. Tachinid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae). Pp. 3675–3686. In: Capinera, J.L., ed., Encyclopedia of Entomology. Second Edition. Vol. 4, S–Z. Springer, Dordrecht. lxiii + 3225-4346 pp.
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Evenhuis, N.L. and O'Hara, J.E. 2008. The status of Mesnil's 1949 Die Fliegen genus-group names (Diptera: Tachinidae). Zootaxa 1827: 65-68.

O'Hara, J.E. 2007. A new species of Myiopharus Brauer and Bergenstamm (Diptera: Tachinidae) parasitic on adults of the sunflower beetle, Zygogramma exclamationis (Fabricius). Zootaxa 1521: 31-41.
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Stireman, J.O., O'Hara, J.E. and D.M. Wood. 2006. Tachinidae: evolution, behavior, and ecology. Annual Review of Entomology 51: 525-555.

O'Hara, J.E. 2005. A review of the tachinid parasitoids (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Nearctic Choristoneura species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with keys to adults and puparia. Zootaxa 938: 1-46.
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O'Hara, J.E. and D.A. Gray. 2005. Two new orthopteran hosts of North American Polideini (Diptera: Tachinidae). Entomological News 115 (2004): 171-172.

Reeves, W.K. and J.E. O'Hara. 2004. First report of Strongygaster triangulifera (Diptera: Tachinidae) as a parasitoid of a cantharid beetle, Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Coleoptera: Cantharidae). Canadian Entomologist 136: 661-662.

Cossentine, J., Jensen, L., Deglow, E., Bennett, A., Goulet, H., Huber, J. and J. O'Hara. 2004. The parasitoid complex affecting Choristoneura rosaceana and Pandemis limitata in organically managed apple orchards. BioControl 49: 359-372.

Bostanian, N., Goulet, H., O'Hara, J., Masner, L., and G. Racette. 2004. Toward insecticide free apple orchards: flowering plants to attract beneficial arthropods. Biocontrol Science and Technology 14: 25-37.

O'Hara, J.E. and D.M. Wood. 2004. Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of America north of Mexico. Memoirs on Entomology, International 18. 410 pp.
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Gemeno, C., O'Hara, J.E. and J.S. Strazanac. 2003. First record of parasitism of cockroaches (Blattaria: Blattellidae) by Anisia optata (Diptera: Tachinidae). Entomological News 113 (2002): 303-305.

O'Hara, J.E. 2002. Revision of the Polideini (Tachinidae) of America north of Mexico. Studia dipterologica. Supplement 10, 170 pp.

Kuhlmann, U., Sarazin, M.J. and J.E. O'Hara. 2001. Forficula auricularia L., European earwig (Dermaptera: Forficulidae). Pp. 127-131. In Mason, P.G. and Huber, J.T., eds., Biological control programmes in Canada, 1981-2000. CABI Publishing, Wallingford and New York. xiv + 583 pp.

O'Hara, J.E., Floate, K.D. and B.E. Cooper. 2000. The Sarcophagidae (Diptera) of cattle feedlots in southern Alberta. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 72: 167-176.

O'Hara, J.E. 1999. Tachinidae (Diptera) parasitoids of bertha armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). The Canadian Entomologist 131: 11-28.
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Li, S.Y., Fitzpatrick, S.M., Troubridge, J.T., Sharkey, M.J., Barron, J.R. and J.E. O'Hara. 1999. Parasitoids reared from the obliquebanded leafroller (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) infesting raspberries. The Canadian Entomologist 131: 399-404.

Herting, B., Tschorsnig, H.-P. and J.E. O'Hara. 1999. Case 3084. Musca geniculata De Geer, 1776 and Stomoxys cristata Fabricius, 1805 (currently Siphona geniculata and Siphona cristata; Insecta, Diptera): proposed conservation of usage of the specific names by the replacement of the lectotype of M. geniculata by a neotype. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 56: 235-239.

Barraclough, D. and J.E. O'Hara. 1998. Obscuromyia, a remarkable new genus of the endemic Australian tribe Myiotrixini (Diptera: Tachinidae: Tachininae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 825-832.

O'Hara, J.E. and D.M. Wood. 1998. Tachinidae (Diptera): nomenclatural review and changes, primarily for America north of Mexico. The Canadian Entomologist 130: 751-774.

O'Hara, J.E. 1996. Earwig parasitoids of the genus Triarthria Stephens (Diptera: Tachinidae) in the New World. The Canadian Entomologist 128: 15-26.

O'Hara, J.E. 1996. The tachinid taxa of Louis P. Mesnil, with notes on nomenclature (Insecta: Diptera). The Canadian Entomologist 128: 115-165.

O'Hara, J.E. 1995. Henry Walter Bates - his life and contributions to biology. Archives of Natural History 22: 195-219.

Lipa, J.J., Vargas-Osuna, E., O'Hara, J.E., Wood, D.M., Tschorsnig, H.P., Santiago-Álvarez, C., Aldebis, H.K., Hernández-Crespo, P. and P. Caballero. 1995. Some observations on tachinid parasitoids of Ocnogyna baetica (Rambur) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) in Spain. Entomologia Generalis 20: 73-80.

O'Hara, J.E. 1994. Revision of Nearctic species of Ceromya Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae). The Canadian Entomologist 126: 775-806.

O'Hara, J.E. 1993. Revision of the species of Frontiniella Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae). The Canadian Entomologist 125: 11- 45.

O'Hara, J.E. and B.E. Cooper. 1992. Revision of the Nearctic species of Cyzenis Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae). The Canadian Entomologist 124: 785-813.

O'Hara, J.E. and M.J. Kennedy. 1991. Development of the nematode eyeworm, Thelazia skrjabini (Nematoda: Thelazioidea), in experimentally infected face flies, Musca autumnalis (Diptera: Muscidae). Journal of Parasitology 77: 417- 425.

O'Hara, J.E. 1991. Revision of Nearctic species of Actia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae). The Canadian Entomologist 123: 745-776.

O'Hara, J.E. 1989. Systematics of the genus group taxa of the Siphonini (Diptera: Tachinidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae 25: 1-229.

O'Hara, J.E. and M.J. Kennedy. 1989. Prevalence and intensity of Thelazia spp. (Nematoda: Thelazioidea) in a Musca autumnalis (Diptera: Muscidae) population from central Alberta. Journal of Parasitology 75: 803-806.

O'Hara, J.E. 1988. Survey of first instars of the Siphonini (Diptera: Tachinidae). Entomologicae scandinavica 18: 367-382.

O'Hara, J.E. 1988. Description of the Diptera families collected at the Wagner and Bistcho peatlands. Natural History Occasional Paper of the Provincial Museum of Alberta 10: 77-82.

O'Hara, J.E. 1988. Correlation between wing size and position of a hind crossvein in the Siphonini (Diptera: Tachinidae). Journal of Natural History 22: 1141-1146.

O'Hara, J.E. 1985. Oviposition strategies in the Tachinidae, a family of beneficial parasitic flies. University of Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Bulletin 8(2): 31-34.

O'Hara, J.E. 1985. Actia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Insecta: Diptera): request for designation of type species. Z.N.(S.) 2491. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 42: 93-97.

O'Hara, J.E. and M.G. McIntyre. 1984. A method of storing insect genitalia for taxonomic study. Entomological News 95: 70-72.

O'Hara, J.E. 1984. Baeomyia n. g. (Diptera: Tachinidae): descriptions and notes about phylogenetic and zoogeographic relationships. Canadian Journal of Zoology 62: 1387-1396.

O'Hara, J.E. 1983. Two bilateral gynandromorphs in the Calyptratae (Diptera): Hydrotaea meteorica (Linn.) (Muscidae) and Siphona hokkaidensis Mesnil (Tachinidae). Canadian Entomologist 115: 379-386.

O'Hara, J.E. 1983. A new species of Siphona (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Australia. International Journal of Entomology 25: 79-83.

O'Hara, J.E. 1982. Classification, phylogeny and zoogeography of the North American species of Siphona Meigen (Diptera: Tachinidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae 18: 261-380.

  

MISCELLANEOUS (non peer-reviewed papers and electronic products)

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2009. The Tachinid Times 22, 22 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 2008. World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 4.0. PDF document, 71 pp. [Published on the Internet]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2008. The Tachinid Times 21, 27 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 2008. Cataloguing the Tachinidae. The Tachinid Times 21: 6–10.

O'Hara, J.E. 2007. Final Announcement for the 2007 Field Meeting of the North American Dipterists Society. Silver City, New Mexico, 13–16 August 2007. Fly Times 38: 4-5. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2007. The Tachinid Times 20, 30 pages. [Internet version]

Brooks, S.E., Cumming, J.M., O'Hara, J.E., Skevington, J.H. and B.E. Cooper. 2007. Diptera types in the Canadian National Collection of Insects. Supplement. Third edition. PDF document, 51 pp. [Published on the Internet]

O'Hara, J.E. 2006. Second Announcement for the 2007 Field Meeting of the North American Dipterists Society: Silver City, New Mexico, 13-16 August 2007. Fly Times 37: 5-7. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 2006. World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 2. PDF document, 70 pp. [Published online. Revised in 2007.]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2006. The Tachinid Times 19, 22 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 2005. World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. PDF document, 69 pp. [Published online. Revised in 2006, 2007.]

O'Hara, J.E. 2005. First Announcement for the 2007 Field Meeting of the North American Dipterists Society. Fly Times 35: 6-9. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2005. The Tachinid Times 18, 25 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 2004. Tachinidae Resources. Diptera Data Dissemination Disk. Volume 2. Washington, D.C.

O'Hara, J.E. and D.M. Wood. 2004. Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of America north of Mexico. PDF document, 42 pp. [Published electronically on the Internet.]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2004. The Tachinid Times 17, 20 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E., Skevington, J.H. and D.E. Hansen. 2004. A reappraisal of tachinid diversity in Carnarvon N.P., Australia, and estimation of the size of the Australian Tachinidae fauna. The Tachinid Times 17: 8-10.

Cooper, B.E., Cumming, J.M. and J.E. O'Hara. 2003. Diptera types in the Canadian National Collection of Insects. Supplement. Second edition. PDF document, 42 pp. [Published electronically on the Internet.]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2003. The Tachinid Times 16, 20 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 2003. The tachinid fauna of Carnarvon National Park, Queensland, as revealed by hilltop collecting. The Tachinid Times 16: 5-8.

O'Hara, J.E. 2002. ESC Finance Committee Report. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada 34: 174.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2002. The Tachinid Times 15, 19 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 2002. Spring collecting in the Sonoran desert. The Tachinid Times 15: 3-4.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2001. The Tachinid Times 14, 15 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 2001. ESC Finance Committee Report. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada 33: 8-9.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2000. The Tachinid Times 13, 21 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 2000. Update of tachinid names in Arnaud's (1978) Host-Parasite Catalog of North American Tachinidae. The Tachinid Times 13: 2-3.

O'Hara, J.E. 2000. Some corrections to Sabrosky's Family-group names in Diptera. The Tachinid Times 13: 3-4.

O'Hara, J.E. 2000. An account of a collecting trip to the mountains of southern Arizona and New Mexico, USA. The Tachinid Times 13: 4-7.

O'Hara, J.E. 1999. Update of Tachinid Names in Arnaud (1978). [Published electronically on the Internet and periodically revised.]

O'Hara, J.E. 1999. Internet Resources on the Tachinidae on the ECORC Website. Fly Times 22: 7.

O'Hara, J.E. 1999. ESC Finance Committee Report. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada 31: 114.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1999. The Tachinid Times 12, 20 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 1999. Update on Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America north of Mexico. The Tachinid Times 12: 5-6.

O'Hara, J.E. 1998. Tachinid Morphology. [Published electronically on the Internet and periodically revised.]

O'Hara, J.E. 1998. ESC Finance Committee Report. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada 30: 98-99.

O'Hara, J.E. 1998. Website on Identification Systems for Biocontrol Insects. Pest Management News 10(1): 15.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1998. The Tachinid Times 11, 15 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 1998. What's in a name? Ceranthia samarensis vs. Aphantorhaphopsis samarensis. The Tachinid Times 11: 2-4.

O'Hara, J.E. 1998. Tachinidae Homepage on ECORC web site. The Tachinid Times 11: 6-7.

O'Hara, J.E. 1997. Tachinid Bibliography 1980 - Present. [Published electronically on the Internet and revised annually shortly after publication of The Tachinid Times.]

O'Hara, J.E. 1997. General Information about Tachinid Flies. [Published electronically on the Internet and periodically revised.]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1997. The Tachinid Times 10, 15 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 1997. Recent changes at the Central Experimental Farm. The Tachinid Times 10: 2-3.

O'Hara, J.E. 1997. Sarcophagidae associated with livestock dung in North America. OISTROS 5: 6.

Cooper, B.E. and J.E. O'Hara. 1996. Diptera types in the Canadian National Collection of Insects. Part 4. Tachinidae. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Branch, Publication 1918/B. ISBN 0-662-62254-5. 94 pp. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1996. The Tachinid Times 9, 20 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 1996. Book Review of "Handbook on British Tachinidae", by R. Belshaw. The Tachinid Times 9: 2-3.

O'Hara, J.E. 1996. The Tachinid Times On-line. Bulletin of the Canadian Forum for Biological Control 3(2): 3.

O'Hara, J.E. 1996. Hilltopping Tachinidae from the American Southwest. The Tachinid Times 9: 4-5.

O'Hara, J.E. 1995. The American Southwest Revisited. The Tachinid Times 8: 6-8.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1995. The Tachinid Times 8, 20 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 1995. Book Review of "Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera - Tachinidae", by Herting and Dely-Draskovits. The Tachinid Times 8: 3-4.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1994. The Tachinid Times 7, 18 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 1994. Mounting tachinids from ethanol. The Tachinid Times 7: 3-4.

O'Hara, J.E. 1994. Tachinid collecting in Arizona and New Mexico. The Tachinid Times 7: 4-6.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1994. Abstract Volume, Third International Congress of Dipterology, 15-19 August 1994, Guelph, Canada. 270 pp.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1993. The Tachinid Times 6, 16 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 1993. On the track of unknown tachinids in Arizona and New Mexico. Fly Times 11: 7-9.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1992. The Tachinid Times 5, 17 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 1992. Book Review of "Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions". The American Entomologist. 38: 182- 183.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1991. The Tachinid Times 4, 16 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1990. The Tachinid Times 3, 18 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 1990. Book Review of "Bird blow flies (Protocalliphora) in North America (Diptera: Calliphoridae), with notes on the Palearctic species". Association of Systematics Collections Newsletter 18: 51-52.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1989. The Tachinid Times 2, 12 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1988. The Tachinid Times 1, 24 pages. [Internet version]

  

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Last update: 30 July 2009
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