Robert A. Cannings

Robert A. Cannings, Canadian entomologist

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

McKnight, T.A. & Cannings, R.A. 2017. Description and phylogenetic classification of Stackelberginia cerberus sp. nov. (Diptera: Asilidae), comprising the first record of this genus from the Nearctic. Zootaxa 4306(4): 567–579. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4306.4.7. Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Cannings, R.A. 2019. Odonata of Canada. Pp 227–241 In Langor, D.W. & Sheffield, C.S. (eds.). The Biota of Canada – A Biodiversity Assessment. Part 1: The Terrestrial Arthropods. ZooKeys 819: 520 pp. Reference page. . DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.819.25780 Reference page.

McKnight, T.A. & Cannings, R.A. 2020. Molecular phylogeny of the genus Lasiopogon (Diptera: Asilidae) and a taxonomic revision of the bivittatus section. Zootaxa 4835(1): 1–115. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4835.1.1 Reference page.

Archibald, S.B & Cannings, R.A. (2021) A new genus and species of Euphaeidae (Odonata, Zygoptera) from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands locality at Republic, Washington, U.S.A.. Zootaxa 4966(3): 392–400. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4966.3.11. PMID 34186607.
Archibald, S.B., Cannings, R.A., Erickson, R.J., Bybee, S.M. & Mathewes, R.W. 2021. The Cephalozygoptera, a new, extinct suborder of Odonata with new taxa from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands, western North America. Zootaxa 4934(1): 1–133. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4934.1.1 . Reference page.

Archibald S.B.; Cannings, R.A. 2022. The first Odonata from the early Eocene Allenby Formation of the Okanagan Highlands, British Columbia, Canada (Anisoptera, Aeshnidae and cf. Cephalozygoptera, Dysagrionidae). The Canadian Entomologist 154(1): e29. doi:10.4039/tce.2022.16.

Cannings, R.A., Klymko, J., Catling, P.M., Savard, M., Lemelin, G., Jones, C.D., Cannings, S.G. & Savard, R.-J. 2024. The Dragonflies and Damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Canada: species list, geographical distribution, status, and conservation ranks. Zootaxa 5410(1): 1–48. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5410.1.1 . Reference page.
Archibald S.B.; Cannings, R.A. 2024. Three new Odonata species (cf. Cephalozygoptera and cf. Dysagrionidae) from the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of British Columbia, Canada, and Washington, United States of America. The Canadian Entomologist 156. doi:10.4039/tce.2024.25.

Archibald, S.B, Evans, J.E., Mathewes R.W. & Cannings, R.A. (2025) The early Eocene Swauka ypresiana n. gen. n. sp., the oldest gossamerwing damselfly (Odonata, Epallagidae, Epallaginae) and first fossil insect described from the Swauk Formation of central Washington, U.S.A.. Journal of Paleontology 98(6): 1048–1052. doi:10.1017/jpa.2024.60.