■ Publications of James O’Hara

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Over 180 research, miscellaneous and electronic publications, mostly on tachinid flies.

RESEARCH (peer-reviewed papers)

O'Hara, J.E. 2024. Cordyligasterini Townsend, 1914 recognized as the valid tribal name for the former Sophiini Townsend, 1936 (Diptera, Tachinidae). Systema Dipterorum Nomenclatural Notes. IV. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 157: 11–18.

Wyckhuys, K.A.G. + 56 authors in alphabetical order incl. O'Hara, J.E. 2024. Global scientific progress and shortfalls in biological control of the fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda. Biological Control 191: 105460.

Pohjoismäki, J., Bergström, C. & O'Hara, J.E. 2023. Case 3879 – Tachina viridis Fallén, 1810 (currently Gymnocheta viridis; Insecta, Diptera, Tachinidae): proposed conservation of current usage by designation of a neotype. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 80: 53-64.

Martins, C., Afonso, C., Valente, C., Reis, A.R., O'Hara, J., Lumbers, J., Branco, M. & Gonçalves, C.I. 2023. Anagonia lasiophthalma (Diptera: Tachinidae): survey, identification, and biological traits of a new biological control agent of the Eucalyptus snout beetle, Gonipterus platensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Biological Control 187 (Article 105136): 11 pp.

O'Hara, J.E. 2022. Type species fixed under Article 70.3.2 of the Code for generic names in the Tachinidae (Diptera). Systema Dipterorum Nomenclatural Notes. II. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 143: 17-32.

Badano, D., Lenzi, A., O'Hara, J.E., Miller, K.B., Di Giulio, A., Di Giovanni, F. and Cerretti, P. 2022. A world review of the bristle fly parasitoids of webspinners. BMC Zoology 7, 37. Preprint.

O'Hara, J.E., Wood, D.M. and González, C.R. 2021. Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta, Diptera) of Chile. ZooKeys 1064: 1-200.

Whitmore, D., Gaimari, S.D., Nihei, S.S., Evenhuis, N.L., Kurina, O., Borkent, C.J., Sinclair, B.J., O'Hara, J.E., Zhang, Z.-Q., Moulton, J.K., Ribeiro, G.C., Bickel, D.J. et al. 2021. Review. Twenty years of Dipterology through the pages of Zootaxa. Zootaxa 4979: 166-189.

Stireman, J.O. III, Cerretti, P., O'Hara, J.E. and Moulton, J.K. 2021. Extraordinary diversification of the "bristle flies" (Diptera: Tachinidae) and its underlying causes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 133: 216-236.

O'Hara, J.E. Zhang, C.-t. and Shima, H. 2020. Tachinidae. Pp. 845–970. In: Yang, D., Wang, M.-q. and Li, W.-l., eds. Species catalogue of China. Volume 2. Animals. Insecta (VI). Diptera (3). Cyclorrhaphous Brachycera. Science Press, Beijing. 1170 pp. [In Chinese.]

Stireman, J.O. III, Cerretti, P., O'Hara, J.E., Blaschke, J.D. and Moulton, J.K. 2019. Molecular phylogeny and evolution of world Tachinidae (Diptera). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 139: 106358. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.12.002

Blaschke, J.D., O'Hara, J.E. and Moulton, J.K. 2019. Biodiversity survey and molecular identification of the Phasiinae (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 121: 1-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.121.1.1

O'Hara, J.E. 2019. Superfamily Oestroidea. Pp. 428–429. In: 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. and Skevington, J.H. Diptera of Canada. ZooKeys 819: 397–450. [In: Langor, D.W. and Sheffield, C.S., editors, The biota of Canada – a biodiversity assessment. Part 1: The terrestrial arthropods. ZooKeys 819: 520 pp.]

Sabbahi, R., Royer, L., O'Hara, J.E. and Bennett, A.M.R. 2018. A review of known parasitoids of hemlock looper Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in Canada and first records of egg and larval parasitoids in Labrador forests. Canadian Entomologist 150: 499-510.

Blaschke, J.D., Stireman, J.O. III, O'Hara, J.E., Cerretti, P. and Moulton, J.K. 2018. Molecular phylogenetics and piercer evolution in the bug-killing flies (Diptera: Tachinidae: Phasiinae). Systematic Entomology 43: 218-238.

Cerretti, P., Stireman, J.O. III, Pape, T., O'Hara, J.E., Marinho, M.A.T., Rognes, K. and Grimaldi, D.A. 2017. First fossil of an oestroid fly (Diptera: Calyptratae: Oestroidea) and the dating of oestroid divergences. PLoS ONE 12(8): e0182101.

Inclán, D.J., O'Hara, J.E., Stireman, J.O. III, Shima, H., Pohjoismäki, J., Lo Giudice, G. and Cerretti, P. 2017. The monophyly of the Glaurocarini (Diptera: Tachinidae: Tachininae) with the description of a new species of Semisuturia from Australia. Insect Systematics & Evolution 49 [2018]: 1–22.

O'Hara, J.E. and Cerretti, P. 2016. Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta, Diptera) of the Afrotropical Region, with the description of seven new genera. ZooKeys 575: 1-344. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E., Cerretti, P. and Dahlem, G.A. 2015. First North American record of the Palaearctic rhinophorid Stevenia deceptoria (Loew) (Diptera: Rhinophoridae). Zootaxa 4058: 293–295.

Ellenrieder, N. von, Hauser, M., Kinnee, S., O'Hara, J.E., Stireman, J.O. III, Cerretti, P. and Wood, D.M. 2015. First record of a parasitoid tachinid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) on a dragonfly (Odonata: Calopterygidae). Studia Dipterologica 21 [2014]: 335–341.

Rognes, K., O'Hara, J.E. and Cerretti, P. 2015. The identity of Tachina westermanni Wiedemann, 1819 (Diptera: Calliphoridae or Tachinidae) with a solution to a nomenclatural problem. Zootaxa 3957: 467–479.

Cerretti, P., O'Hara, J.E., Winkler, I.S., Lo Giudice, G. and Stireman, J.O. III. 2015. Two tribes hidden in one genus: the case of Agaedioxenis Villeneuve (Diptera: Tachinidae: Exoristinae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 15: 489–512. doi: 10.1007/s13127-015-0211-0

Winkler, I.S., Blaschke, J.D., Davis, D.J., Stireman, J.O. III, O'Hara, J.E., Cerretti, P. and Moulton, J.K. 2015. Explosive radiation or uninformative genes? Origin and early diversification of tachinid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 88: 38–54.

Michelsen, V. and O'Hara, J.E. 2014. A review of genus-group names in Diptera (Insecta) that J.C. Fabricius "borrowed" from other dipterists and proposed as new in his systematic works from 1775 to 1805. Zootaxa 3873: 73–81.

Cerretti, P., O'Hara, J.E., Wood, D.M., Shima, H., Inclan, D.J. and Stireman, J.O. III 2014. Signal through the noise? Phylogeny of the Tachinidae (Diptera) as inferred from morphological evidence. Systematic Entomology 39: 335–353.

Cerretti, P., Lo Giudice, G. and O'Hara, J.E. 2014. A new Loewia Egger (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Turkey, with taxonomic and nomenclatural remarks on congeners. Zootaxa 3754: 450–460.

O'Hara, J.E., Raper, C.M., Pont, A.C. and Whitmore, D. 2013. Reassessment of Paleotachina Townsend and Electrotachina Townsend and their removal from the Tachinidae (Diptera). ZooKeys 361: 27–37.

O'Hara, J.E. 2013. History of tachinid classification (Diptera, Tachinidae). ZooKeys 316: 1–34.

Mulieri, P.R., Patitucci, L.D., Bachmann, A.O. and O'Hara, J.E. 2013. The type specimens of Tachinidae (Diptera) housed in the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales “Bernardino Rivadavia”, Buenos Aires. Zootaxa 3670: 157–176.

Cerretti, P., Wood, D.M. and O'Hara, J.E. 2012. Neoethilla, a new genus for the first record of the Ethillini from the New World (Diptera, Tachinidae, Exoristinae). ZooKeys 242: 25–41.

O'Hara, J.E. 2012. Review of the tachinid fly diversity in the Gila National Forest, New Mexico. New Mexico Botanist, Special Issue No. 3 [= Proceedings of the Third Natural History of the Gila Symposium, October 14–16, 2010, Western New Mexico University, Silver City, New Mexico]: 32–41.

O'Hara, J.E. 2012. Review of Euthera (Diptera: Tachinidae) in North America with the description of a new species. Canadian Entomologist 144: 206–215.

Gates, M.W., Lill, J.T., Kula, R.R., O’Hara, J.E., Wahl, D.B., Smith, D.R., Whitfield, J.B., Murphy, S.M. and Stoepler, T.M. 2012. Review of parasitoid wasps and flies (Hymenoptera, Diptera) associated with Limacodidae (Lepidoptera) in North America, with a key to genera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 114: 24–110.

Sinclair, B.J., Cumming, J.M. Brooks, S.E., O’Hara, J.E. and Skevington, J.H., editors. 2012. Ottawa Dipterology 1937–1989) – Festschrift commemorating the coordinators of the Manual of Nearctic Diptera and their contributions to building the Canadian National Collection of Insects. Part 2. Canadian Entomologist 144 1): i + 1–195.

O'Hara, J.E., Cerretti, P., Pape, T. and Evenhuis, N.L. 2011. Nomenclatural studies toward a world list of Diptera genus-group names. Part II: Camillo Rondani. Zootaxa 3141: 1–268.
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Sinclair, B.J., Cumming, J.M. Brooks, S.E., O’Hara, J.E. and Skevington, J.H., editors. 2011. Ottawa Dipterology (1937–1989) – Festschrift commemorating the coordinators of the Manual of Nearctic Diptera and their contributions to building the Canadian National Collection of Insects. Part 1. Canadian Entomologist 143 (6): ii + 539–740.

Cumming, J.M., Sinclair, B.J., Brooks, S.E., O'Hara, J.E. and Skevington, J.H. 2011. The history of dipterology at the Canadian National Collection of Insects, with special reference to the Manual of Nearctic Diptera. Canadian Entomologist 143: 539–577.

O'Hara, J.E. 2011. Cyber nomenclaturalists and the “CESA itch”. Zootaxa 2933: 57–64.
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O'Hara, J.E. and Evenhuis, N.L. 2011. Case 3539. Sturmia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, Senometopia Macquart, 1834 and Drino Robineau-Desvoidy, 1863 (Insecta, Diptera, Tachinidae): proposed conservation of usage. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 68: 61–64.

Evenhuis, N.L., O'Hara, J.E., Pape, T. and Pont, A.C. 2010. Nomenclatural studies toward a world list of Diptera genus-group names. Part I: André-Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy. Zootaxa 2373: 1-265.
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O'Hara, J.E., Shima, H. and Zhang, C.-t. 2009. Annotated catalogue of the Tachinidae (Insecta: Diptera) of China. Zootaxa 2190: 1-236.
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O'Hara, J.E. 2009. Resurrection of the name Pachycheta Portschinsky for a genus of Tachinidae (Diptera). Zootaxa 1989: 66-68.
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O'Hara, J.E. 2008. Tachinid flies (Diptera: Tachinidae). Pp. 3675–3686. In: Capinera, J.L., ed., Encyclopedia of Entomology. Second Edition. Vol. 4, S–Z. Springer, Dordrecht. lxiii + 3225-4346 pp.
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Evenhuis, N.L. and O'Hara, J.E. 2008. The status of Mesnil's 1949 Die Fliegen genus-group names (Diptera: Tachinidae). Zootaxa 1827: 65-68.

O'Hara, J.E. 2007. A new species of Myiopharus Brauer and Bergenstamm (Diptera: Tachinidae) parasitic on adults of the sunflower beetle, Zygogramma exclamationis (Fabricius). Zootaxa 1521: 31-41.
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Stireman, J.O., O'Hara, J.E. and D.M. Wood. 2006. Tachinidae: evolution, behavior, and ecology. Annual Review of Entomology 51: 525-555.

O'Hara, J.E. 2005. A review of the tachinid parasitoids (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Nearctic Choristoneura species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with keys to adults and puparia. Zootaxa 938: 1-46.
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O'Hara, J.E. and D.A. Gray. 2005. Two new orthopteran hosts of North American Polideini (Diptera: Tachinidae). Entomological News 115 2004): 171-172.

Reeves, W.K. and J.E. O'Hara. 2004. First report of Strongygaster triangulifera (Diptera: Tachinidae) as a parasitoid of a cantharid beetle, Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Coleoptera: Cantharidae). Canadian Entomologist 136: 661-662.

Cossentine, J., Jensen, L., Deglow, E., Bennett, A., Goulet, H., Huber, J. and J. O'Hara. 2004. The parasitoid complex affecting Choristoneura rosaceana and Pandemis limitata in organically managed apple orchards. BioControl 49: 359-372.

Bostanian, N., Goulet, H., O'Hara, J., Masner, L., and G. Racette. 2004. Toward insecticide free apple orchards: flowering plants to attract beneficial arthropods. Biocontrol Science and Technology 14: 25-37.

O'Hara, J.E. and D.M. Wood. 2004. Catalogue of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of America north of Mexico. Memoirs on Entomology, International 18. 410 pp.
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Gemeno, C., O'Hara, J.E. and J.S. Strazanac. 2003. First record of parasitism of cockroaches (Blattaria: Blattellidae) by Anisia optata (Diptera: Tachinidae). Entomological News 113 (2002): 303-305.

O'Hara, J.E. 2002. Revision of the Polideini (Tachinidae) of America north of Mexico. Studia dipterologica. Supplement 10, 170 pp.

Kuhlmann, U., Sarazin, M.J. and J.E. O'Hara. 2001. Forficula auricularia L., European earwig (Dermaptera: Forficulidae). Pp. 127-131. In Mason, P.G. and Huber, J.T., eds., Biological control programmes in Canada, 1981-2000. CABI Publishing, Wallingford and New York. xiv + 583 pp.

O'Hara, J.E., Floate, K.D. and B.E. Cooper. 2000. The Sarcophagidae (Diptera) of cattle feedlots in southern Alberta. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 72: 167-176.

O'Hara, J.E. 1999. Tachinidae (Diptera) parasitoids of bertha armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). The Canadian Entomologist 131: 11-28.
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Li, S.Y., Fitzpatrick, S.M., Troubridge, J.T., Sharkey, M.J., Barron, J.R. and J.E. O'Hara. 1999. Parasitoids reared from the obliquebanded leafroller (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) infesting raspberries. The Canadian Entomologist 131: 399-404.

Herting, B., Tschorsnig, H.-P. and J.E. O'Hara. 1999. Case 3084. Musca geniculata De Geer, 1776 and Stomoxys cristata Fabricius, 1805 (currently Siphona geniculata and Siphona cristata; Insecta, Diptera): proposed conservation of usage of the specific names by the replacement of the lectotype of M. geniculata by a neotype. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 56: 235-239.

Barraclough, D. and J.E. O'Hara. 1998. Obscuromyia, a remarkable new genus of the endemic Australian tribe Myiotrixini (Diptera: Tachinidae: Tachininae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 12: 825-832.

O'Hara, J.E. and D.M. Wood. 1998. Tachinidae (Diptera): nomenclatural review and changes, primarily for America north of Mexico. The Canadian Entomologist 130: 751-774.

O'Hara, J.E. 1996. Earwig parasitoids of the genus Triarthria Stephens (Diptera: Tachinidae) in the New World. The Canadian Entomologist 128: 15-26.

O'Hara, J.E. 1996. The tachinid taxa of Louis P. Mesnil, with notes on nomenclature (Insecta: Diptera). The Canadian Entomologist 128: 115-165.

O'Hara, J.E. 1995. Henry Walter Bates - his life and contributions to biology. Archives of Natural History 22: 195-219.

Lipa, J.J., Vargas-Osuna, E., O'Hara, J.E., Wood, D.M., Tschorsnig, H.P., Santiago-Álvarez, C., Aldebis, H.K., Hernández-Crespo, P. and P. Caballero. 1995. Some observations on tachinid parasitoids of Ocnogyna baetica (Rambur) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) in Spain. Entomologia Generalis 20: 73-80.

O'Hara, J.E. 1994. Revision of Nearctic species of Ceromya Robineau-Desvoidy(Diptera: Tachinidae). The Canadian Entomologist 126: 775-806.

O'Hara, J.E. 1993. Revision of the species of Frontiniella Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae). The Canadian Entomologist 125: 11-45.

O'Hara, J.E. and B.E. Cooper. 1992. Revision of the Nearctic species of Cyzenis Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae). The Canadian Entomologist 124: 785-813.

O'Hara, J.E. and M.J. Kennedy. 1991. Development of the nematode eyeworm, Thelazia skrjabini (Nematoda: Thelazioidea), in experimentally infected face flies, Musca autumnalis (Diptera: Muscidae). Journal of Parasitology 77: 417- 425.

O'Hara, J.E. 1991. Revision of Nearctic species of Actia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae). The Canadian Entomologist 123: 745-776.

O'Hara, J.E. 1989. Systematics of the genus group taxa of the Siphonini (Diptera: Tachinidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae 25: 1-229.

O'Hara, J.E. and M.J. Kennedy. 1989. Prevalence and intensity of Thelazia spp. (Nematoda: Thelazioidea) in a Musca autumnalis (Diptera: Muscidae) population from central Alberta. Journal of Parasitology 75: 803-806.

O'Hara, J.E. 1988. Survey of first instars of the Siphonini (Diptera: Tachinidae). Entomologicae scandinavica 18: 367-382.

O'Hara, J.E. 1988. Description of the Diptera families collected at the Wagner and Bistcho peatlands. Natural History Occasional Paper of the Provincial Museum of Alberta 10: 77-82.

O'Hara, J.E. 1988. Correlation between wing size and position of a hind crossvein in the Siphonini (Diptera: Tachinidae). Journal of Natural History 22: 1141-1146.

O'Hara, J.E. 1985. Oviposition strategies in the Tachinidae, a family of beneficial parasitic flies. University of Alberta Agriculture and Forestry Bulletin 8(2): 31-34.

O'Hara, J.E. 1985. Actia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Insecta: Diptera): request for designation of type species. Z.N.(S.) 2491. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 42: 93-97.

O'Hara, J.E. and M.G. McIntyre. 1984. A method of storing insect genitalia for taxonomic study. Entomological News 95: 70-72.

O'Hara, J.E. 1984. Baeomyia n. g. (Diptera: Tachinidae): descriptions and notes about phylogenetic and zoogeographic relationships. Canadian Journal of Zoology 62: 1387-1396.

O'Hara, J.E. 1983. Two bilateral gynandromorphs in the Calyptratae (Diptera): Hydrotaea meteorica (Linn.) Muscidae) and Siphona hokkaidensis Mesnil (Tachinidae). Canadian Entomologist 115: 379-386.

O'Hara, J.E. 1983. A new species of Siphona (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Australia. International Journal of Entomology 25: 79-83.

O'Hara, J.E. 1982. Classification, phylogeny and zoogeography of the North American species of Siphona Meigen (Diptera: Tachinidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae 18: 261-380.

MISCELLANEOUS (non peer-reviewed papers and electronic products)

O'Hara, J.E. 2023. Does the Sante Malaise trap really catch more insects than the Bugdorm Malaise trap? Fly Times 71: 23–25. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2023. The Tachinid Times 36, 80 pages. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E. 2023. In the footsteps of C.H. Merriam and C.H.T. Townsend on the San Francisco Peaks of Arizona, USA. The Tachinid Times 36: 4–17. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E. 2023. Tachinidae of the Canadian Maritimes with a survey in New Brunswick. The Tachinid Times 36: 37–64. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2022. The Tachinid Times 35, 67 pages. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E. and Henderson, S.J. 2022. Cataloguing the world Tachinidae (Diptera). The Tachinid Times 35: 4–21. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2021. The Tachinid Times 34, 81 pages. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E. 2021. How to make your tachinids stand out in a crowd. The Tachinid Times 34: 42–52. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E. 2021. Differences vs. similarities: Monty Wood's approach to tachinid classification (Diptera: Tachinidae). The Tachinid Times 34: 42–52. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E. and Cerretti, P. 2021. Misidentifications have consequences: examples from Tachinidae (Diptera) and recommendations. The Tachinid Times 34: 25–26. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E. Henderson, S.J. and Wood, D.M. 2020. Preliminary checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the world. Version 2.1. PDF document, 1039 pp. [Published on the Internet]

O’Hara, J.E., Henderson, S.J. 2020. World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 11.0. PDF document, 90 pp. [Published on the Internet]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2020. The Tachinid Times 33, 72 pages. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E., Henderson, S.J. and Wood, D.M. 2020. Announcing ... Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World. The Tachinid Times 33: 41–44. | Get PDF |

Stireman, J.O. III, O'Hara, J.E. and Perilla López, J.M. 2020. A brief survey of tachinids from the Ozark Plateau of Missouri, USA.. The Tachinid Times 33: 25–40. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E. Henderson, S.J. and Wood, D.M. 2019. Preliminary checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the world. Version 1.0. PDF document, 681 pp.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2019. The Tachinid Times 32, 87 pages. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E., Henderson, S.J. and Wood, D.M. 2019. Introducing the ... Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World. The Tachinid Times 32: 20–36. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E. 2019. Revisiting homonyms in the genus Tachina Meigen (Diptera: Tachinidae). The Tachinid Times 32: 56–64. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E. 2019. Report on the 9th International Congress of Dipterology, Windhoek, Namibia. The Tachinid Times 32: 65–66. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E. & Henderson, S.J. 2018. World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 10.0. PDF document, 89 pp. [Published on the Internet]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2018. The Tachinid Times 31, 59 pages. | Get PDF |

Stireman, J.O. III, O'Hara, J.E. and Perilla López, J.M. 2018. Tachinid collecting in the Rocky Mountains of Western Montana, U.S.A. The Tachinid Times 31: 4–13. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E. 2018. In Memoriam. Roger Ward Crosskey (1930–2017). The Tachinid Times 31: 44–49. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2017. The Tachinid Times 30, 48 pages. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E. and Henderson, S.H. 2017. Discovery of the tachinid Triarthria setipennis (Fallén) in Ottawa, Ontario, with notes on parasitism of the European earwig. The Tachinid Times 30: 14–20. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E. 2016. World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 9.0. PDF document, 93 pp. [View current version on the Internet]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2016. The Tachinid Times 29, 51 pages. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E. 2016. Teratological specimens and the curious case of Girschneria Townsend. The Tachinid Times 29: 7–10. | Get PDF |

O’Hara, J.E., and Stireman, J.O. III. 2016. Tachinidae of the Red River Gorge area of eastern Kentucky. The Tachinid Times 29: 13–17. | Get PDF |

Stireman, J.O. III, O’Hara, J.E., Cerretti, P. and Inclán, D.J. 2016. Tachinid collecting in temperate South America. Expeditions of the World Tachinidae Project. Part III: Chile. The Tachinid Times 29: 20–40. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2015. The Tachinid Times 28, 32 pages. | Get PDF |

Stireman, J.O. III, O'Hara, J.E., Moulton, J.K., Cerretti, P., Winkler, I.S., Blaschke, J.D. and Burington, Z.L. 2015. Phylogeny of World Tachinidae Project. Continuing progress towards a phylogeny of Tachinidae. The Tachinid Times 28: 4–7. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E. 2015. Vera Andreevna Richter 1936–2015. The Tachinid Times 28: 18–19. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E. 2015. 8th International Congress of Dipterology, Potsdam, Germany, August 2014. The Tachinid Times 28: 20–21. | Get PDF |

Brooks, S.E., Sinclair, B.J., Cumming, J.M., O’Hara, J.E., Skevington, J.H., Lonsdale, O. and Cooper, B.E. 2015. Diptera types in the Canadian National Collection of Insects. Supplement. Edition 4.0. PDF document, 95 pp. [Published on the Internet]

O'Hara, J.E. 2014. World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 8.0. PDF document, 87 pp. [View current version on the Internet]

O'Hara, J.E. 2014. New tachinid records for the United States and Canada. The Tachinid Times 27: 34–40. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E., Cerretti, P., Stireman, J.O. III and Winkler, I.S. 2014. Chasing tachinids 'Down Under'. Expeditions of the Phylogeny of World Tachinidae Project. Part II. Eastern Australia. The Tachinid Times 27: 20–31. | Get PDF |

Roslin, T., O'Hara, J.E., Várkonyi, G. and Wirta, H.K. 2014. Studying tachinids at the top of the world. Notes on the tachinids of Northeast Greenland. The Tachinid Times 27: 4–10. | Get PDF |

Winkler, I.S., Stireman, J.O. III, Moulton, J.K., O'Hara, J.E., Cerretti, P. and Blaschke, J.D. 2014. Progress towards a molecular phylogeny of Tachinidae, year two. The Tachinid Times 27: 11–14. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2014. The Tachinid Times 27, 50 pages. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E. 2013. Where in the world are all the tachinid genera? The Tachinid Times 26: 10–16. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E. 2013. A visit to the Vienna Museum with a brief history of the tachinid collection. The Tachinid Times 26: 30–38. | Get PDF |

Cerretti, P., O'Hara, J.E., Stireman, J.O. III, Winkler, I.S. and Kirk-Spriggs, A.H. 2013. To 'Die Hel' and back. Expeditions of the Phylogeny of World Tachinidae Project. Part I: Western Cape, South Africa. The Tachinid Times 26: 20–29. | Get PDF |

Stireman, J.O. III, O'Hara, J.E., Moulton, K., Cerretti, P. and Winkler, I.S. 2013. Progress towards a phylogeny of world Tachinidae. Year 1. The Tachinid Times 26: 4–9. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2013. The Tachinid Times 26, 61 pages. | Get PDF |

O'Hara, J.E. 2012. World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 7.0. PDF document, 75 pp. [View current version on the Internet]

Sinclair, B.J., Cumming, J.M. Brooks, S.E., O’Hara, J.E. and Skevington, J.H. 2012. Ottawa Dipterology (1937–1989). [Foreword.] Canadian Entomologist 144 (1): i.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2012. The Tachinid Times 25, 28 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 2012. Looking back on 25 issues of The Tachinid Times. The Tachinid Times 25: 1–2.

O'Hara, J.E. and Evenhuis, N.L. 2012. Corrections to “Nomenclatural studies toward a world list of Diptera genus-group names”. The Tachinid Times 25: 15–16.

Sinclair, B.J., Cumming, J.M. Brooks, S.E., O’Hara, J.E. and Skevington, J.H. 2011. Ottawa Dipterology (1937–1989). [Foreword.] Canadian Entomologist 143 (6): i–ii.

O'Hara, J.E. 2011. World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 6.0. PDF document, 75 pp. [View current version on the Internet]

O'Hara, J.E. 2011. Collecting and preserving tachinid legs for molecular study. The Tachinid Times 24: 11–14.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2011. The Tachinid Times 24, 32 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 2010. World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 5.0. PDF document, 74 pp. [View current version on the Internet]

O'Hara, J.E. and Henderson, S.J. 2010. TachImage Gallery. Fly Times 45: 5–7. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2010. The Tachinid Times 23, 23 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2009. The Tachinid Times 22, 22 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 2008. World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 4.0. PDF document, 71 pp. [View current version on the Internet]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2008. The Tachinid Times 21, 27 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 2008. Cataloguing the Tachinidae. The Tachinid Times 21: 6–10.

O'Hara, J.E. 2007. Field Meeting of the North American Dipterists Society, Silver City, New Mexico, 13-16 August 2007. Fly Times 39: 3-5. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 2007. World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 3. PDF document, 71 pp. [View current version on the Internet]

O'Hara, J.E. 2007. Final Announcement for the 2007 Field Meeting of the North American Dipterists Society. Silver City, New Mexico, 13–16 August 2007. Fly Times 38: 4-5. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2007. The Tachinid Times 20, 30 pages. [Internet version]

Brooks, S.E., Cumming, J.M., O'Hara, J.E., Skevington, J.H. and B.E. Cooper. 2007. Diptera types in the Canadian National Collection of Insects. Supplement. Third edition. PDF document, 51 pp. [View current version on the Internet]

O'Hara, J.E. 2006. Second Announcement for the 2007 Field Meeting of the North American Dipterists Society: Silver City, New Mexico, 13-16 August 2007. Fly Times 37: 5-7. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 2006. World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. Version 2. PDF document, 70 pp. [View current version on the Internet]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2006. The Tachinid Times 19, 22 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 2005. World genera of the Tachinidae (Diptera) and their regional occurrence. PDF document, 69 pp. [View current version on the Internet]

O'Hara, J.E. 2005. First Announcement for the 2007 Field Meeting of the North American Dipterists Society. Fly Times 35: 6-9. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2005. The Tachinid Times 18, 25 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 2004. Tachinidae Resources. Diptera Data Dissemination Disk. Volume 2. Washington, D.C.

O'Hara, J.E. and D.M. Wood. 2004. Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of America north of Mexico. PDF document, 42 pp. [Published electronically on the Internet.]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2004. The Tachinid Times 17, 20 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E., Skevington, J.H. and D.E. Hansen. 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: 8-10.

Cooper, B.E., Cumming, J.M. and J.E. O'Hara. 2003. Diptera types in the Canadian National Collection of Insects. Supplement. Second edition. PDF document, 42 pp. [View current version on the Internet]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2003. The Tachinid Times 16, 20 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 2003. The tachinid fauna of Carnarvon National Park, Queensland, as revealed by hilltop collecting. The Tachinid Times 16: 5-8.

O'Hara, J.E. 2002. ESC Finance Committee Report. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada 34: 174.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2002. The Tachinid Times 15, 19 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 2002. Spring collecting in the Sonoran desert. The Tachinid Times 15: 3-4.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2001. The Tachinid Times 14, 15 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 2001. ESC Finance Committee Report. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada 33: 8-9.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 2000. The Tachinid Times 13, 21 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 2000. Update of tachinid names in Arnaud's (1978) Host-Parasite Catalog of North American Tachinidae. The Tachinid Times 13: 2-3.

O'Hara, J.E. 2000. Some corrections to Sabrosky's Family-group names in Diptera. The Tachinid Times 13: 3-4.

O'Hara, J.E. 2000. An account of a collecting trip to the mountains of southern Arizona and New Mexico, USA. The Tachinid Times 13: 4-7.

O'Hara, J.E. 1999. Update of Tachinid Names in Arnaud (1978). [Published electronically on the Internet and periodically revised.]

O'Hara, J.E. 1999. Internet Resources on the Tachinidae on the ECORC Website. Fly Times 22: 7.

O'Hara, J.E. 1999. ESC Finance Committee Report. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada 31: 114.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1999. The Tachinid Times 12, 20 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 1999. Update on Catalogue of the Tachinidae of America north of Mexico. The Tachinid Times 12: 5-6.

O'Hara, J.E. 1998. Tachinid Morphology. [Published electronically on the Internet and periodically revised.]

O'Hara, J.E. 1998. ESC Finance Committee Report. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada 30: 98-99.

O'Hara, J.E. 1998. Website on Identification Systems for Biocontrol Insects. Pest Management News 10(1): 15.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1998. The Tachinid Times 11, 15 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 1998. What's in a name? Ceranthia samarensis vs. Aphantorhaphopsis samarensis. The Tachinid Times 11: 2-4.

O'Hara, J.E. 1998. Tachinidae Homepage on ECORC web site. The Tachinid Times 11: 6-7.

O'Hara, J.E. 1997. Tachinid Bibliography 1980 - Present. [Published electronically on the Internet and revised annually shortly after publication of The Tachinid Times.]

O'Hara, J.E. 1997. General Information about Tachinid Flies. [Published electronically on the Internet and periodically revised.]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1997. The Tachinid Times 10, 15 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 1997. Recent changes at the Central Experimental Farm. The Tachinid Times 10: 2-3.

O'Hara, J.E. 1997. Sarcophagidae associated with livestock dung in North America. OISTROS 5: 6.

Cooper, B.E. and J.E. O'Hara. 1996. Diptera types in the Canadian National Collection of Insects. Part 4. Tachinidae. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Research Branch, Publication 1918/B. ISBN 0-662-62254-5. 94 pp. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1996. The Tachinid Times 9, 20 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 1996. Book Review of "Handbook on British Tachinidae", by R. Belshaw. The Tachinid Times 9: 2-3.

O'Hara, J.E. 1996. The Tachinid Times On-line. Bulletin of the Canadian Forum for Biological Control 3(2): 3.

O'Hara, J.E. 1996. Hilltopping Tachinidae from the American Southwest. The Tachinid Times 9: 4-5.

O'Hara, J.E. 1995. The American Southwest Revisited. The Tachinid Times 8: 6-8.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1995. The Tachinid Times 8, 20 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 1995. Book Review of "Catalogue of Palaearctic Diptera - Tachinidae", by Herting and Dely-Draskovits. The Tachinid Times 8: 3-4.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1994. The Tachinid Times 7, 18 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 1994. Mounting tachinids from ethanol. The Tachinid Times 7: 3-4.

O'Hara, J.E. 1994. Tachinid collecting in Arizona and New Mexico. The Tachinid Times 7: 4-6.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1994. Abstract Volume, Third International Congress of Dipterology, 15-19 August 1994, Guelph, Canada. 270 pp.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1993. The Tachinid Times 6, 16 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 1993. On the track of unknown tachinids in Arizona and New Mexico. Fly Times 11: 7-9.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1992. The Tachinid Times 5, 17 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 1992. Book Review of "Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions". The American Entomologist. 38: 182- 183.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1991. The Tachinid Times 4, 16 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1990. The Tachinid Times 3, 18 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E. 1990. Book Review of "Bird blow flies (Protocalliphora) in North America (Diptera: Calliphoridae), with notes on the Palearctic species". Association of Systematics Collections Newsletter 18: 51-52.

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1989. The Tachinid Times 2, 12 pages. [Internet version]

O'Hara, J.E., editor. 1988. The Tachinid Times 1, 24 pages. [Internet version]

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