PUBLICATIONS

• Referreed Journal Articles and Books
• Book Reviews
• Non-Refereed Articles and Books
• Theses
• Conference Abstracts
• Government Reports
• Electronic Publications

  Refereed Journal Articles and Books

Rafael, J. A. and Skevington, J. H. (2007). Pipunculidae. In: B. V. Brown et al. (eds), Manual of Central American Diptera. In press.

Skevington, J.H. and Földvári, M. (2007). Revision of Fijian Tomosvaryella Aczél (Diptera: Pipunculidae). Fiji Arthropods. 8: 27-40.

Skevington, J. H., Goolsby, J. A. and Setamou, M. (2007). New Records of Pipunculidae attacking Proconiine sharpshooters - the implications for parasitism of Homalodisca coagulata (Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Proconiini). The Canadian Entomologist. Under revision.

Skevington, J. H., Kehlmaier, C. and Stĺhls, G. (2007). Molecular barcoding: Mixed results for big-headed flies (Diptera: Pipunculidae). Zootaxa. 1423: 1-26.

Skevington, J. H., Thompson, F. C. and Camras, S. (2007). Conopidae. In: B. V. Brown et al. (eds), Manual of Central American Diptera. In press.

Stuke, J.-H. and Skevington, J. H. (2007). The Conopidae of Costa Rica (Diptera). Part 1: Conopinae – Conopini & Topidomyiini). Zootaxa. 1528: 1-40.

Thompson, F. C., Skevington, J. H. and Camras, S. (2007). A conspectus of Neotropical Conopidae. Myia. In Press.

Van Gossum, H., Beatty, C. D., Charlat, S., Waqa, H., Markwell, T., Skevington, J. H., Tuiwawa, M. and Sherratt, T. N. (2007). Male rarity and putative sex-role reversal in Fijian damselflies (Odonata). Journal of Tropical Ecology. 23: 591-598.

Skevington, J.H. (2006). Revision of Fijian Collinias Aczél (Diptera: Pipunculidae). Fiji Arthropods. 5: 13-43.

Skevington, J.H. (2005). Revision of Nearctic Nephrocerus Zetterstedt (Diptera: Pipunculidae). Zootaxa. 977: 1-36.

Skevington, J. H. and De Meyer, M. (2004). Pipunculidae research by Elmo Hardy: Another founding event on the Hawaiian Islands. Bishop Museum Bulletin in Entomology. 12: 13-25.

Skevington, J. H. (2003). Revision of Australian Eudorylas Aczél (Diptera, Pipunculidae). Studia dipterologica. 9(2): 621-672.

Skevington, J. H. (2002). Intimate neighbours: Parasitoids and parasites. In Exploring the diversity of life: Diptera (Skevington, J. H. & Dang, P. T., eds.), Biodiversity 3(4): pp. 8-12. Tropical Conservancy, Ottawa, Canada.

Skevington, J. H. (2002). Phylogenetic revision of Australian members of the Allomethus genus group (Diptera: Pipunculidae). Insect Systematics and Evolution. 33(2): 133-161.

Skevington, J. H. & Dang, P. T. E. (Editors). (2002). Exploring the diversity of flies (Diptera). Biodiversity 3(4): 3-27.

De Meyer, M., and Skevington, J. (2001). Eudorylas Aczél, 1940 (Insecta, Diptera): Proposed conservation by the designation of Pipunculus fuscipes Zetterstedt, 1844 as the type species. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. Case 3132. 58(1): 19-23.

Skevington, J. H. (2001). Revision of Australian Clistoabdominalis (Diptera: Pipunculidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy. 5(5): 695-761.

Skevington, J. H., and Yeates, D. K. (2001). Phylogenetic classification of Eudorylini (Diptera, Pipunculidae). Systematic Entomology. 26(4): 421-452.

De Meyer, M., and Skevington, J. H. (2000). First addition to the World Catalogue of Pipunculidae. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelle de Belgique, Entomologie. 70: 5-11.

Skevington, J. H., and Yeates, D. K. (2000). Phylogeny of the Syrphoidea (Diptera) inferred from mtDNA sequences and morphology with particular reference to classification of the Pipunculidae (Diptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 16(2): 212-224.

Winterton, S. L., Skevington, J. H., Irwin, M. E., and Yeates, D. K. (2000). Phylogenetic revision of Bonjeania Irwin & Lyneborg (Diptera: Therevidae). Systematic Entomology. 25(3): 295-324.

Skevington, J. H. (1999). Cephalosphaera Enderlein, a genus of Pipunculidae (Diptera) new for Australia, with descriptions of four new species. Australian Journal of Entomology. 38(4): 247-256.

Skevington, J. H. (1999). New Canadian records of Asilidae (Diptera) from an endangered Ontario ecosystem. Great Lakes Entomologist. 32(4): 257-265.

Skevington, J., and Marshall, S. A. (1998). Systematics of New World Pipunculus (Diptera: Pipunculidae). Thomas Say Publications, Entomological Society of America, Lanham, Maryland. 201 pp.

Skevington, J., and Carmichael, I. (1997). Dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata) of Bosanquet (North Lambton County, Ontario). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Ontario. 128: 3-12.

Skevington, J., and Marshall, S. A. (1997). First record of a big-headed fly Eudorylas alternatus (Cresson) (Diptera: Pipunculidae), reared from the subfamily Cicadellinae (Homoptera: Cicadellidae), with an overview of pipunculid-host associations in the Nearctic region. The Canadian Entomologist. 129: 387-398.

Book Reviews

Skevington, J. H. (2001) Review of: "Hotspots - Earth's Biologically Richest and Most Endangered Terrestrial Ecosystems" by Mittermeier, R. A., Myers, N., Gil, P. R. and Mittermeier, C. G. (Eds.). CEMEX S.A. and Conservation International, Mexico City. 431 pp. Biodiversity. Journal of Life on Earth 3(1), 39-40.

Skevington, J. H. (1999). Review of: "Insects. Their Spermatozoa and Phylogeny" by B. G. M. Jamieson, R. Dallai, and B. A. Afzelius. Science Publishers, Inc., Enfield, New Hampshire, USA. 555 pp. Australian Journal of Entomology. 38(4): 388-390.

Non-refereed Articles and Books

Skevington, J.H. and Holdsworth, J. M. (2007). Checklist of the Birds of Oxford County. Woodstock Field Naturalists' Club. 1st Edition: 8 pp.

Skevington, J. (2006). Pipunculidae Tree of Life. Fly Times . 36: 7.

Skevington, J. (2006). Syrphidae of Ontario. Fly Times . 36: 7.

Skevington, J. (2005). Insect watching - Where on earth do I start? The Cardinal . 199: 13-15.

O'Hara, J. E., Skevington, J. H. and Hansen, D. E. (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: 5-8.

Skevington, J.H. (2004). Gray Flycatcher: Third record for Ontario. Ontario Birds . 22(2): 89-96.

Skevington, J. (2002). Overview of the 5^th International Congress of Dipterology - Brisbane, Australia, 29 September to 4 October 2002. Fly Times. 29: 4-6.

Skevington, J. (2001). Pipunculidae. Entomological Society of Queensland News Bulletin. 28(9): 170-180.

Skevington, J., Caloren, D., Stead, K., and Zufelt, K. (2001). Insects of North Lambton. Lambton Wildlife Incorporated, Sarnia, Ontario. 181 pp.

Skevington, J. (1997). Insect diversity in an endangered Ontario ecosystem. Entomological Society of Queensland News Bulletin. 25(8): 111-116.

Skevington, J. (1997). New butterfly records for Oxford Co. & other areas. Toronto Entomologists Association Occasional Publication. 29: 6-7.

Skevington, J., Banks, P., and Connop, J. (1997). Insect inventory project - A closer look at hover flies. Earthways. January, 1997: 2-3.

Skevington, J. (1996). LWI conducting insect inventory on two Port Franks properties. Earthways. Summer 1996: 2.

Skevington, J. (1996). Lambton Insect Inventory. Ontario Insects. 2(1) : 6-7.

Skevington, J. (1996). Third annual North Lambton butterfly count. Earthways. Summer 1996: 4-5.

Skevington, J. (1996). Third annual North Lambton butterfly count a huge success. Ontario Insects. 2(1): 13-14.

Hess, Q. F., Skevington, J., and Kobayashi, L. (1995). Lambton County butterfly counts: Results from two years. Ontario Insects. 1(1): 9.

Skevington, J. (1990). Following the giant swallowtail in 1989. Long Point Bird Observatory Newsletter. Spring: 22.

Skevington, J., Collier, B., and Woodrow, T. (1990). A Birding Guide to the Long Point Area. Long Point Bird Observatory, Port Rowan, Ontario. 44 pp.

Skevington, J. (1987). A comparison of the Woodstock Field Naturalists' Club annual Christmas Bird Counts from 1979 (the 46th count) to 1986 (the 53rd count). Woodstock Field Naturalists' Newsletter. March-April: 4-5.

Skevington, J. (1987). Average arrival dates of migrating birds - Oxford County. Woodstock Field Naturalists' Newsletter. March-April: 7-8.

Theses

Skevington, J. (2000). Pipunculidae (Diptera) systematics: Spotlight on the diverse tribe Eudorylini in Australia. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Queensland. 446 pp.

Skevington, J. (1993). Systematics of New World Pipunculus Latreille (Diptera, Pipunculidae). M.Sc. Thesis, University of Guelph. 499 pp.

Conference Abstracts

Lambkin, C. L., Pape, T., Courtney, G. W., Blagoderov, V. A., Skevington, J. H., Sinclair, B. J., Yeates, D. K., Meier, R. and Wiegmann, B. M. Flytree Morphology: Preliminary analysis of the first tier dataset. In: "6th International Congress of Dipterology". p. 149, Fukuoka, Japan.

Lambkin, C. L., Trueman, J. W. H., Yeates, D. K., Holston, K. C., Webb, D. W., Hauser, M., Metz, M. A., Hill, H. N., Skevington, J. H., Yang, L., Irwin, M. E. and Wiegmann, B. M. A supertree for the stiletto flies (Diptera: Therevidae) using constraint trees and the parsimony ratchet to overcome low taxon overlap. In: "6th International Congress of Dipterology". p. 150, Fukuoka, Japan.

Skevington, J. H., Cumming, J. M., Sinclair, B. J., Wiegmann, B. M., Moulton, J. K. and Cassel, B. (2006). Phylogeny of the Lower Cyclorrhapha (Diptera). In: "6th International Congress of Dipterology". p. 238, Fukuoka, Japan.

Skevington, J. H., Cumming, J. M., Moulton, J. K., Wiegmann, B. M., Sinclair, B. J. and Cassel, B. (2004). Unravelling the Relationships of Higher Flies, the Cyclorrhapha branch of the Diptera Tree of Life. In: "Entomology. Strength in Diversity. XXII International Congress of Entomology", Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Skevington, J. H. and Luna, R. (2003). Molecular Barcoding - Mixed results for Pipunculidae (Diptera). In: "2003 Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Canada and the Entomological Society of British Columbia". p. 62, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.

Skevington, J. H., Cumming, J.M., Sinclair, B.J., Wiegmann, B.M., and Moulton, J.K. (2002). Molecular and morphological evidence supporting relationships within Eremoneura: Focus on Cyclorrhapha. In: "Fifth International Congress of Dipterology. Abstracts Volume". (Yeates, D.K., Bickel, D., Clarke, T., Dadour, I., Elson-Harris, M., Foley, D., Lambkin, C., Merritt, D., Schneider, M., and Skevington, J., Eds.). pp. 221-222, Brisbane, Australia.

Skevington, J. H. (1999). Systematics of the Eudorylini (Diptera, Pipunculidae). In: "Inaugural Conference of Zoological and Entomological Postgraduate Students" (P. Bouchard, Ed.), p. 5, Currimundi, Queensland, Australia.

Skevington, J. H., and Yeates, D. K. (1998). Flying high - Hilltopping in the Pipunculidae, a previously unreported phenomenon. In: "Fourth International Congress of Dipterology" (J. W. Ismay, Ed.), pp. 209-210, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Skevington, J. H., and Yeates, D. K. (1998). Relationships within the Syrphoidea. In: "Fourth International Congress of Dipterology" (J. W. Ismay, Ed.), pp. 210-211, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Winterton, S. L., Skevington, J. H., Irwin, M. E., and Yeates, D. K. (1998). Revision of the bizarre genus, Bonjeania Irwin and Lyneborg (Therevidae) from Australia. In: "Fourth International Congress of Dipterology" (J. W. Ismay, Ed.), pp. 248, Oxford, United Kingdom.

Skevington, J. (1997). Relationships of the Syrphoidea (Diptera) and a preliminary look at the systematics of the Australian Neodorylini (Diptera, Pipunculidae). In: "Australian Systematic Botany Society and Society of Australian Systematic Biologists Joint National Conferences" (R. M. Barker and W. R. Barker, Eds.), pp. 57. Joint National Conferences Organizing Committee for Australian Systematic Botany Society, Society of Australian Biologists and Australasian Mycological Society, Adelaide, South Australia.

Skevington, J. (1993). Systematics and Natural History of big-headed flies (Diptera, Pipunculidae). Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Canada and the Entomological Society of Ontario. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

Skevington, J. (1993). Systematics and Natural History of big-headed flies (Diptera, Pipunculidae). North American Dipterist Society Annual Meeting. Texas.

Skevington, J. (1993). Systematics and Natural History of big-headed flies (Diptera, Pipunculidae). University of Guelph Graduate Student Symposium. Guelph, Ontario.

Government Publications - Reports and Commercial Publications

Skevington, J., and Crabe, T. (1997). Wilderness Trail Guide. The Friends of Pinery Park, Grand Bend, Ontario. 16 pp.

Skevington, J., and Crabe, T. (1996). Pinery Provincial Park 1996 Information Guide. For the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. 32 pp.

Skevington, J. (1995). Ipperwash Provincial Park 1995 Information Guide. For the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. 24 pp.

Skevington, J. (1995). Pinery Provincial Park 1995 Information Guide. For the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. 32 pp.

Skevington, J. (1994). Rare insects of Pinery Provincial Park, Ontario. Report for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. 33 pp.

Skevington, J. (1991). Checklist and seasonal status of the birds of Pinery Provincial Park and area. The Friends of Pinery Park, Grand Bend, Ontario. 14 pp.

Skevington, J., and Hooper, C. (1989). The status of red-shouldered hawks (Buteo lineatus) and Cooper's hawks (Accipiter cooperii) in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario. Report for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. 24 pp.

Electronic Publications

Skevington, J. H. Pipunculidae. Edition: 2 November 2005. Access date: 15 December 2005. [http://tolweb.org/tree?group=Pipunculidae].

Skevington, J. H. Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes. Overview of my research at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Edition: 9 September 2007. Access date: 9 September 2007. [http://www.canacoll.org/Diptera/Staff/Skevington/Skevington.htm].

Winterton, S. L., Skevington, J. H., and Lambkin, C. L. Stiletto Flies of Australia. An interactive key to adult Therevidae (Diptera) of the Australasian region. Edition: December 2004. Access date: 18 January 2005. [http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/phpps/ppd/Entomology/Lucid/Therevidae/Austherevid/key/Austherevid/Media/Html/opening_page.html].

De Meyer, M., Skevington, J., Foldvari, M., and Vanden Berghe, E. (2000). The big-headed flies (Diptera: Pipunculidae) of Southern Africa. In: "A catalogue of South African Insects", (M. Villet, Ed.), Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. Edition: 27 June 2000. Access date: 28 June 2000. [http://www.ru.ac.za/zoology/Martin/pipunculidae.html].

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