Jeffrey H. Skevington

Jeffrey H. Skevington, Canadian entomologist.

Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, K.W. Neatby Building, Ottawa, ON, K1A 0C6, Canada.

Taxon names authored

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• 3 taxon names authored by Jeffrey H. Skevington

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2001

• Skevington, J.H. & Yeates, D.K. 2001. Phylogenetic classification of Eudorylini (Diptera: Pipunculidae). Systematic Entomology 26(4): 421–452. DOI: 10.1046/j.0307-6970.2001.00160.x PDF Reference page. 
• Skevington, J.H. 2001. Revision of Australian Clistoabdominalis (Diptera: Pipunculidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 15: 695–761. DOI: 10.1071/IT00038 ResearchGate Reference page. 

2009

• Courtney, G.W., Pape, T., Skevington, J.H. & Sinclair, B.J. 2009. Biodiversity of Diptera. pp. 185–222 in: Foottit, R.G. & Adler, P.H. (eds.) 2009. Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-1-118-94553-7 DOI: 10.1002/9781118945568.ch9 Reference page. 

2011

• Wiegmann, B.M., Trautwein, M.D., Winkler, I.S., Barr, N.B., Kim, J.-W., Lambkin, C., Bertone, M.A., Cassel, B.K., Bayless, K.M., Heimberg, A.M., Wheeler, B.M., Peterson, K.J., Pape, T., Sinclair, B.J., Skevington, J.H., Blagoderov, V., Caravas, J., Kutty, S.N., Schmidt-Ott, U., Kampmeier, G.E., Thompson, F.C., Grimaldi, D.A., Beckenbach, A.T., Courtney, G.W., Friedrich, M., Meier, R. & Yeates, D.K. 2011. Episodic radiations in the fly tree of life. PNAS 108(14): 5690–5695. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.10126751 . Reference page. 

2012

• Skevington, J.H. & Thompson, F.C. 2012. Review of New World Sericomyia (Diptera: Syrphidae), including description of a new species. The Canadian Entomologist 144: 216–247. DOI: 10.4039/tce.2012.24 ResearchGate Reference page. 

2013

• Lambkin, C.L., Sinclair, B.J., Pape, T., Courtney, G.W., Skevington, J.H., Meier, R., Yeates, D.K., Blagoderov, V. & Wiegmann, B.M. 2013. The phylogenetic relationships among infraorders and superfamilies of Diptera based on morphological evidence. Systematic Entomology 38(1): 164–179. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00652.x ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Locke, M.M. & Skevington, J.H. 2013. Revision of Nearctic Dasysyrphus Enderlein (Diptera: Syrphidae). Zootaxa 3660(1): 1–80. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3660.1.1 Reference page. 
• Wright, S.G. & Skevington, J.H. 2013. Revision of the subgenus Episyrphus (Episyrphus) Matsumura (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Australia. Zootaxa 3683(1): 51–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3683.1.3 Reference page. 
• Miranda, G.F.G., Young, A.D., Locke, M.M., Marshall, S.A., Skevington, J.H. & Thompson, F.C. 2013. Key to the Genera of Nearctic Syrphidae. Canadian Journal of Arthropod Identification 23: 1–351. DOI: 10.3752/cjai.2013.23 Reference page. 

2014

• Thompson, F.C. & Skevington, J.H. 2014. Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera. Zootaxa 3847(1): 97–114. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.1.5 Reference page. 
• Miranda, G.F.G. Marshall, S.A. & Skevington, J.H. 2014. Revision of the genus Pelecinobaccha Shannon, description of Relictanum gen. nov., and redescription of Atylobaccha flukiella (Curran, 1941) (Diptera: Syrphidae). Zootaxa 3819(1): 1–154. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3819.1.1 PDF Reference page. 

2016

• Young, A.D., Marshall, S.A. & Skevington, J.H. 2016. Revision of Platycheirus Lepeletier and Serville (Diptera: Syrphidae) in the Nearctic north of Mexico. Zootaxa 4082(1): 1–317. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4082.1.1 Full article (PDF) ISBN 978-1-77557-897-0 (paperback) ISBN 978-1-77557-898-7 (Online edition) Reference page. 
• Miranda, G.F.G., Skevington, J.H., Marshall, S.A. & Kelso, S. 2016. The genus Ocyptamus Macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae): A molecular phylogenetic analysis. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 74(2): 161–176. DOI: 10.3897/asp.74.e31845 ResearchGate Reference page. 

2018

• Borkent, A., Brown, B.V., Adler, P.H., Amorim, D. de S., Barber, K.N., Bickel, D.J., Boucher, S., Brooks, S.E., Burger, J., Burington, Z.L., Capellari, R.S., Costa, D.N.R., Cumming, J.M., Curler, G., Dick, C.W., Epler, J.H., Fisher, E., Gaimari, S.D., Gelhaus, J., Grimaldi, D.A., Hash, J., Hauser, M., Hippa, H., Ibáñez-Bernal, S., Jaschhof, M., Kameneva, E.P., Kerr, P.H., Korneyev, V., Korytkowski, C.A.(†), Kung, G-A., Kvifte, G.M., Lonsdale, O., Marshal, S.A., Mathis, W.N., Michelsen, V., Naglis, S., Norrbom, A.L., Paiero, S.M., Pape, T., Pereira-Colavite, A., Pollet, M., Rochefort, S., Rung, A., Runyon, J., Savage, J., Silva, V.C., Sinclair, B.J., Skevington, J.H., Stireman, J.O. III, Swann, J., Vilkamaa, P., Wheeler, T.(†), Whitworth, T.L., Wong, M.A., Wood, D.M., Woodley, N.E., Yau, T., Zavortnik, T.J. & Zumbado, M.A. 2018. Remarkable fly (Diptera) diversity in a patch of Costa Rican cloud forest: Why inventory is a vital science. Zootaxa 4402(1): 53–90. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4402.1.3 Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2019

• Marques, D.W.A., Skevington, J.H. & Rafael, J.A. 2019. Revision of the genus Amazunculus Rafael (Diptera: Pipunculidae), with description of six new species. Zootaxa 4577(3): 439–472. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4577.3.2 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Moran, K.M. & Skevington, J.H. 2019. Revision of world Sphecomyia Latreille (Diptera, Syrphidae). Zookeys 836: 15–79. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.836.30326 Reference page. 
• Motamedinia, B., Skevington, J.H. & Kelso, S. 2019. Revision of Claraeola (Diptera, Pipunculidae) in the Middle East based on morphology and DNA barcodes. Zookeys 873: 85–111. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.873.36645 Reference page. 
• Reemer, M., Skevington, J.H. & Kelso, S. 2019. Revision of the Neotropical hoverfly genus Peradon Reemer (Diptera, Syrphidae, Microdontinae). ZooKeys 896: 1–93. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.896.36493 . Reference page. 
• Savage, J., Borkent, A., Brodo, F., Cumming, J.M., Curler, G., Currie, D.C., deWaard, J.R., Gibson, J.F., Hauser, M., Laplante,L., Lonsdale, O., Marshall, S.A., O'Hara, J.E., Sinclair, B.J. & Skevington, J.H. 2019. Diptera of Canada. Pp 397–450. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.819.27625 Reference page. 
• Skevington, J., Young, A., Locke, M. & Moran, K. 2019. New Syrphidae (Diptera) of North-eastern North America. Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e36673. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e36673 Reference page. 
• Skevington, J.H., Locke, M.M., Young, A.D., Moran, K.M., Crins, W.J. & Marshall, S.A. 2019. Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America. Princeton Field Guides 118. Princeton University Press. 515 pp. DOI: 10.2307/j.ctv7xbrvz JSTOR ISBN 978-0691189406 (print) ISBN 978-0691192512 (ebook) Reference page. 

2020

• Miranda, G.F.G., Skevington, J.H. & Marshall, S.A. 2020. New generic concepts for orphaned lineages formerly treated as part of the genus Ocyptamus Macquart, 1834 (Diptera, Syrphidae). Zootaxa 4822(2): 151–174. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4822.2.1 [full article pdf] Reference page. 
• Motamedinia, B., Skevington, J.H., Kelso, S. 2020. Revision of Eudorylas Aczél, 1940 (Diptera, Pipunculidae) in the Middle East, with the description of four new species. Biodiversity Data Journal 8: e53609. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.8.e53609 Reference page. 
• Young, A.D., Skevington, J.H. & van Steenis, W. 2020. Revision of the Psilota Meigen, 1822 flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Australia. Zootaxa 4737(1): 1–136. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4737.1.1 ResearchGate Reference page. 

2021

• Bybee, S.M., Kalkman, V.J., Erickson, R.J., Frandsen, P.B., Breinholt, J.W., Suvorov, A., Dijkstra, K.-D.B., Cordero-Rivera, A., Skevington, J.H., Abbott, J.C., Sanchez Herrera, M., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E. & Ware, J.L. 2021. Phylogeny and classification of Odonata using targeted genomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 160: 107115. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107115 . Reference page. 
• Jordaens, K., Goergen, G., Skevington, J.H., Kelso, S. & De Meyer, M. 2021. Revision of the Afrotropical species of the hover fly genus Mesembrius Rondani (Diptera, Syrphidae) using morphological and molecular data. ZooKeys 1046: 1–141. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1046.57052 Reference page. 
• Moran, K.M. & Skevington, J.H. 2021. Taxonomic revision of Romaleosyrphus Bigot (Diptera, Syrphidae), including descriptions of seven new species. ZooKeys 1075ː 1–32. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1075.55862 Reference page. 
• Moran, K.M., Skevington, J.H., Kelso, S., Mengual, X., Jordaens, K., Young, A.D., Ståhls, G., Mutin, V., Bot, S., van Zuijen, M., Ichige, K., van Steenis, J., Hauser, M. & van Steenis, W. 2021. A multigene phylogeny of the eristaline flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae), with emphasis on the subtribe Criorhinina. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194(1): 120–135 [2022]. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab006 Reference page. 

2022

• Mengual, X., Mayer, C., Burt, T.O., Moran, K.M., Dietz, L., Nottebrock, G., Pauli, T., Young, A.D., Brasseur, M.V., Kukowka, S., Kelso, S., Etzbauer, C., Bot, S., Hauser, M., Jordaens, K., Miranda, G.F.G., Ståhls, G., van Steenis, W., Peters, R.S. & Skevington, J.H. 2022. Systematics and evolution of predatory flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) based on exon-capture sequencing. Systematic Entomology 48(2): 250–277. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12573 Reference page. 
• Lair, X., Ropars, L., Skevington, J.H., Kelso, S., Geslin, B., Minssieux, E. & Nève, G. 2022. Revision of the genus Pelecocera Meigen, 1822 (Diptera: Syrphidae) from France: taxonomy, ecology and distribution. Zootaxa 5141(1): 1–24. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5141.1.1 ResearchGate Reference page. 

2023

• Grove, S.J. & Skevington, J.H. 2023. Xylota norma sp. nov., a second hoverfly species (Diptera: Syrphidae) in its genus for Tasmania and for Australia. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 37: 1–7. DOI: 10.54102/ajt.ze9cp ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Bergh, J.C., Marek, P.E., Short, B.D., Skevington, J.H. & Thompson, F.C.† 2023. The identity of Neocnemodon calcarata (Loew) (Diptera: Syrphidae), a specialized flower fly predator of Woolly Apple Aphid. Studia dipterologica. Supplement 23: 316 pp. hdl: 10919/117415 Reference page. 

2024

• Aguado-Aranda, P, Ricarte, A., Nedeljković, Z., Hauser, M., Kelso, S., Sainz-Escudero, L., Skevington, J.H. & Marcos-García, M.A. 2024. Unveiling the Mainland vs. Insular Variability of the Eumerus barbarus Species Group (Diptera: Syrphidae) in the Western Mediterranean Basin. Insects 15(4): 239. DOI: 10.3390/insects15040239 ResearchGate Reference page.