Douglas Abercrombie McBeath Craig

Douglas Abercrombie McBeath Craig, Ph.D. (1939–2020), Canadian-New Zealand entomologist. Published as Douglas A. Craig. Spouse of Ruth E. G. Craig.

• Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2E9.
• d.craigualberta.ca

Taxon names authored

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• 3 taxon names authored by Douglas Abercrombie McBeath Craig

Eponyms

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• 2 eponyms of Douglas Abercrombie McBeath Craig

Publications

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2003

• Craig, D.A., Currie, D.C. & Vernon, P. 2003. Crozetia Davies (Diptera: Simuliidae): redescription of Cr. crozetensis, Cr. seguyi, number of larval instars, phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography. Zootaxa 259: 1–39. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 

2004

• Borkent, A. & Craig, D.A. 2004. Austroconops Wirth and Lee, a Lower Cretaceous genus of biting midges yet living in Western Australia: a new species, first description of the immatures and discussion of their biology and phylogeny (Diptera, Ceratopogonidae). American Museum Novitates 3449: 1–67. hdl: 2246/2814 . BHL. Reference page. 

2013

• Craig, D.A. & Porch, N. 2013. Subfossils of extinct and extant species of Simuliidae (Diptera) from Austral and Cook Islands (Polynesia): anthropogenic extirpation of an aquatic insect? Zootaxa 3641(4): 448–462. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3641.4.10 Reference page. 

2017

• Craig, D.A. & Evenhuis, N.L. 2017. Society Islands beach bum black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae). Zootaxa 4311(3): 373–388. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4311.3.3. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Craig, D.A., Moulton, J.K. & Currie, D.C. 2017. Taxonomic revision of Paraustrosimulium Wygodzinsky & Coscarón: reassignment of Austrosimulium colboi and description of P. obcidens n. sp. from Western Australia. Zootaxa 4337(4): 451–492. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4337.4.1. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2018

• Craig, D.A., Currie, D.C. & Moulton, J.K. 2018. Reassignment of Western Australia Paracnephia gladiator Moulton & Adler to a new genus, Bunyipellum (Diptera: Simuliidae). Zootaxa 4375(3): 341–357. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4375.3.3 Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Craig, D.A., Currie, D.C. & Moulton, J.K. 2018. Nothogreniera new genus, for two species of Australian "Paracnephia" (Diptera: Simuliidae). Zootaxa 4444(4): 351–380. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4444.4.1 PDF Reference page. 
• Currie, D.C., Craig, D.A. & Moulton, J.K. 2018. A new genus, Protaustrosimulium, for four species of Australian black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae). Zootaxa 4521(3): 301–334. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4521.3.1 pdf Reference page. 

2019

• Craig, D.A. 2019. Redescription of Austrosimulium bancrofti (Taylor) (Diptera: Simuliidae): Australia’s second-worst problem black fly. Zootaxa 4700(4): 536–556. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.4.10 pdf Reference page. 
• Craig, D.A., Currie, D.C., Gil-Azevedo, L.H. & Moulton, J.K. 2019. Austrocnephia, new genus, for five species of ‘Paracnephia’ (Diptera: Simuliidae), with a key to Australian black fly genera. Zootaxa 4627(1): 1–92. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4627.1.1 pdf Reference page. 

Theses

• Craig, D.A. 1966: The biology of some New Zealand Blepharoceridae (Diptera : Nematocera). Unpublished Ph.D. thesis. University of Canterbury, New Zealand. abstract and pdf

Links

• Personal website (last updated Friday, February 26, 2010)