Peter Scott Cranston

Peter Scott Cranston (born 1950), Australian entomologist.

Evolution, Ecology and Genetics, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia: pscranston[at]ucdavis.edu

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Tang, H.-Q., Cranston, P.S., Zhao, J.-G., Lok, C.-W., Wong, K.C. & Li, Z.-Q. 2014. The immature stages of Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) nodosum (Johannsen) and Polypedilum (Tripodura) masudai (Tokunaga) (Diptera, Chironomidae, Chironominae). Zootaxa 3893(3): 416–428. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3893.3.6 Reference page.

Cranston, P.S., Krell, F.-T., Walker, K. & Hewes, D. 2015. Wiley's Early View constitutes valid publication for date-sensitive nomenclature. Systematic Entomology 40(1): 2–4. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12119 . Reference page.
Cranston, P.S. & Krosch, M.N. 2015: Nomenclatural corrections to Australian species of Cricotopus (Wulp) (Diptera; Chironomidae). Zootaxa 3980(2): 298–300. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3980.2.11. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Drayson, N., Cranston, P.S. & Krosch, M.N. 2015: Taxonomic review of the chironomid genus Cricotopus v.d. Wulp (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Australia: keys to males, females, pupae and larvae, description of ten new species and comments on Paratrichocladius Santos Abreu. Zootaxa 3919(1): 1–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3919.1.1. Reference page.
Simonsen, T., Winterton, S., Weirauch, C., Cranston, P. & Vilhelmsen, L. 2015. Editorial. Systematic Entomology 40(1): 1. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12116 Reference page.

Cranston, P.S. 2016. Conochironomus (Diptera: Chironomidae) in Asia: new and redescribed species and vouchering issues. Zootaxa 4109(3): 315–331. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4109.3.3. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Cranston, P.S., Martin, J., Mulder, M. & Spies, M. 2016. Clarification of Einfeldia Kieffer, 1922 (Diptera: Chironomidae) with E. australiensis (Freeman, 1961), comb. n. based on immature stages. Zootaxa 4158(4): 491–506. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4158.4.3. Full article Reference page.
Cranston, P.S., Martin, J. & Spies, M. 2016. Cryptic species in the nuisance midge Polypedilum nubifer (Skuse) (Diptera: Chironomidae) and the status of Tripedilum Kieffer. Zootaxa 4079(4): 429–447. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4079.4.3. Full article (PDF)Reference page.

Cranston, P.S. 2017. A new genus and species of Australian Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) tolerant to mine waste. Zootaxa 4263(2): 369–377. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.2.10. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Tang, H-Q. & Cranston, P.S. 2017. Nilodosis Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) from South China: a new species and generic overview. Zootaxa 4353(2): 339–346. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.2.5. Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Cranston, P.S. 2018. Kribiodorum Kieffer (= Stelechomyia Reiss) (Diptera: Chironomidae) extends into the Oriental region: three new species and expanded diagnoses. Zootaxa 4486(4): 535–547. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4486.4.7 Reference page.
Cranston, P.S. & Tang, H-Q. 2018. Skusella Freeman (Diptera: Chironomidae): new species, immature stages from Africa, Asia and Australia, and expanded distributions. Zootaxa 4450(1): 41–65. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4450.1.3 PDF Reference page.

Cranston, P.S. 2019. Riethia (Kieffer 1917) (Diptera: Chironomidae) revised for the Austro-Pacific region. Zootaxa 4646(3): 461–500. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4646.3.3 pdf Reference page.
Cranston, P.S. 2019. Identification guide to genera of aquatic larval Chironomidae (Diptera) of Australia and New Zealand. Zootaxa 4706(1): 71–102. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4706.1.3 pdf Reference page.

Cranston, P.S. 2020. Life histories of Paucispinigera Freeman, Paraborniella Freeman and Paratendipes Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) with phylogenetic considerations. Zootaxa 4853(4): 527–547. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4853.4.3 full article pdf Reference page.