OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Canadian Entomologist is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Physiological responses of Parthenium beetles, Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), to fluctuating temperature stress	19
New records and range extensions of Carabidae of Ontario’s boreal forest – CORRIGENDUM	14
Capture of the oak ambrosia beetle within the host tree canopy	13
Pest characteristics of Trigonorhinus sp. (Coleoptera: Anthribidae) and the developmental process of its galls in Caragana liouana Zhao Y. Chang and Yakovlev	11
A new species of Cinara (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from Japan, and concomitant specimen data publication	10
First record in Brazil ofBrachymeria annulata(Fabricius) (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) andTrichospilus diatraeaeCherian and Margabandhu (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) parasitising pupae ofIri	10
Stability ofMetarhizium anisopliae(Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) isolates during repeatedin vitrosubculture and evaluation of an oil-in-water mycoinsecticide	9
Forest tent caterpillar (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) across Canada, 1938–2001: I. Periodic outbreaks; episodic impacts	9
Introduction and establishment of biological control agents for control of emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis) in Canada	9
Dynamic changes in the physiological characteristics of Coridius chinensis (Hemiptera: Dinidoridae) between diapause and post-diapause development periods	9
Fitness consequences of feeding-by-remating interactions in female Cerambyx welensii (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae)	7
Rice root aphids, Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale, and cannabis aphids, Phorodon cannabis (Hemiptera: Aphididae), are parasitised by Aphelinus varipes (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)	7
New and little-known Canadian Lasioglossum (Dialictus) (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) and an emended key to species	6
An integrative phylogenetic analysis of eastern NearcticLeuctra(Plecoptera: Leuctridae), with an emphasis on the fauna of a southern Appalachian Highlands landscape	6
New Eocene giant lacewings with once-banded wings (Neuroptera: Polystoechotidae) of the Okanagan Highlands at McAbee, Canada, and Republic, United States of America	6
Responses of Megacyllene andesiana and Oreodera bituberculata (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) to anti-2,3-hexanediol, fuscumol, and fuscumol acetate in Peru	6
New Canadian records and range expansion for Pterallastes thoracicus Loew (Diptera: Syrphidae)	6
Nunavik Sentinels: documenting northern insect biodiversity and supporting Indigenous youth leadership through participatory research and education	6
New record of Calliphora stelviana (Diptera: Calliphoridae) at low elevation in southern Canada	5
Using 3D printing as a tool to study nesting behaviours of paracoprid dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)	5
Pests associated with two brassicaceous oilseeds and a cover crop mix under evaluation as fallow replacements in dryland production systems of the northern Great Plains	5
Partial exploitation of host egg patches resulting from a high rejection rate of healthy hosts cautions the mechanistic use of functional response models	5
Trapping studies reveal phenology and reproductive behaviour in two solitary sweat bees (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)	5
North American hymenopteran parasitoids of emerald ash borer larvae: seasonal abundance and interaction with introduced Asian parasitoids	4
Automatic counting and identification of two Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophilidae) morphs with image-recognition artificial intelligence	4

Relative effects of black, purple, and green multiple-funnel traps on catches of arboreal and saproxylic beetles in forest understoreys	4
Attraction of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) to synthetic volatile pheromone lures during field bioassays in western Idaho, United States of America, community analysis, and a method to design region-speci	4
Insights into dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) distribution along an elevational gradient in a tepui table-top mountain in the Brazilian Amazon	4
Fruitful female fecundity after feeding Gryllodes sigillatus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) royal jelly	4
Mantid expansion into North American salt marshes	3
Patterns of diversity in stream macroinvertebrate communities in a low-gradient agricultural stream (Sydenham River, Ontario, Canada) were driven by surficial geology and catchment position	3
Tests of durable Nzi traps for horseflies (Diptera: Tabanidae) in the United States of America, the Sudan, and the Philippines	3
Unravelling the identity of pest thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) of bananas (Musaceae) in Brazil	3
The history and current state of cluster flies (Diptera: Polleniidae:Pollenia) in North America, with new Canadian provincial records	3
Functional response in coccinellid beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is modified by prey-density experience	3
A global review of orange wheat blossom midge,Sitodiplosis mosellana(Géhin) (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), and integrated pest management strategies for its management	3
Primary structure and expression of vitellogenin A and vitellogenin B in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria (Orthoptera: Acrididae)	3
The first Odonata from the early Eocene Allenby Formation of the Okanagan Highlands, British Columbia, Canada (Anisoptera, Aeshnidae and cf. Cephalozygoptera, Dysagrionidae)	3
A binomial sampling method for estimating the density of blueberry aphid, Ericaphis fimbriata (Hemiptera: Aphididae), in commercial highbush blueberry	3
Variation in ground-dwelling arthropod communities across differently managed infiltration basins	3
Assessment of the Aphodius fimetarius–Aphodius pedellus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) species complex in Canada	3
Effect of different diet on the survivorship, life cycle, and fecundity of eri silkworm Samia cynthia ricini Boisduval (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)	3
The establishment of the association between the Japanese beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) and the parasitoid Istocheta aldrichi (Diptera: Tachinidae) in Québec, Canada	3
Zygogramma bicolorata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): an exotic biocontrol agent of the noxious weed, Parthenium hysterophorus (Asteraceae)	3
Coleoptera associated with intermittent streams and their riparian zones in south coastal British Columbia	2
Coleoptera associated with intermittent streams and their riparian zones in south coastal British Columbia – CORRIGENDUM	2
Canada’s response to invasion by Asian longhorned beetle (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in Ontario	2
Bright ideas: comparison of LED and black-light fluorescent light performance on the capture of macromoth assemblages in western Newfoundland’s boreal forest, Canada	2
Generalist predators, increased plant density, and lower temperature reduce flea beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) damage to canola (Brassicaceae) stems and cotyledons	2
First report of Leptoglossus occidentalis (Hemiptera: coreidae) feeding on Rubus (Rosaceae) fruit	2
Evidence for multiple mating by female eastern carpenter bees, Xylocopa virginica (Hymenoptera: Apidae)	2
A review of Ellescus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in North America: new species and synonyms revealed through integrative taxonomy – ERRATUM	2
The influence of nonnative earthworms (Annelida: Crassiclitellata: Lumbricidae) on oribatid mite communities in a boreal forest stand	2
Susceptibility of iris (Iridaceae) to larval infestation by Neorthacheta dissimilis (Diptera: Scathophagidae)	2
Reduced avian predation on an ultraviolet-fluorescing caterpillar model	2
Uncovering the Brazilian Orthocentrinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) fauna: high diversity at high elevation	2
The tachinid fly, Pentatomophaga latifascia (Diptera: Tachinidae), may help control Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in early spring in northern Japan	2
The distribution of the hemlock woolly adelgid (Hemiptera: Adelgidae) in Canada	2
Habitat type affects the structure but not the composition of dung beetle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae) assemblages in a tropical deciduous forest of southeastern Mexico	2
Eocene giant ants, Arctic intercontinental dispersal, and hyperthermals revisited: discovery of fossil Titanomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formiciinae) in the cool uplands of British Columbia	2
Long-term responses of ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) to clear-cutting and wildfire in lodgepole pine stands of western Alberta, Canada	2
New records and range extensions of Carabidae of Ontario’s boreal forest	2
The biota of Canada: checklist of the centipedes of Canada (Myriapoda: Chilopoda)	2
Cerambycid pheromones affect catches ofPhymatodes aeneus(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) andThanasimus undatulus(Coleoptera: Cleridae) in ethanol-baited multiple-funnel traps in the Pacific No	2
The subgenus Arctotipula Alexander in the genus Tipula Linnaeus (Diptera: Tipulidae) on Wrangel Island, Russia (Chukotka Autonomous Okrug)	2
The parasitoid complex of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), in Canada: impact and status	1
A review of Ellescus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in North America: new species and synonyms revealed through integrative taxonomy	1
An update on the identity of Longitarsus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) species introduced or relocated in Canada for the biological control of tansy ragwort (Asteraceae)	1
Impacts of elevated carbon dioxide on the development and reproductive biology of Choristoneura fumiferana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)	1
Endangered Oarisma poweshiek larvae vary their graminoid forage in Manitoba, Canada	1
A comparison of molecular screening versus dissection and rearing methods to estimate parasitism of Lygus nymphs by Peristenus wasps: size matters	1
Forest tent caterpillar (Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae) across Canada, 1938–2001: II. Emergent periodicity from asynchronous eruptive anomalies	1
Spotted-wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Diptera: Drosophilidae), exhibits large-scale spatial genetic structure across Canada but not fruit host–associated genetic structure	1
Nontarget impacts of insecticide-based population control of eastern spruce budworm (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) on nontarget caterpillar communities and parasitism	1
Insect pest complexes associated with wheat and canola crops in the Canadian Prairies Ecozone: pest risk in response to variable climates using bioclimatic models	1

Citizen science reveals the establishment of Chamaesphecia empiformis (Esper) (Lepidoptera: Sesiidae), a long-lost biological control agent for Euphorbia cyparissias (Euphorbiaceae), in	1
Species composition of the parasitoid genus Eurytoma (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) varies at a local scale in Diplolepis variabilis (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) galls	1
Pleistocene grasshoppers, fleas, thrips, and mites: rare and new records from Arctic ground squirrel middens in east Beringia in Yukon Territory, Canada	1
ThePlasmodium falciparuminfection status of two major anopheline vectors in three hyper-, meso-, and hypoendemic districts in Odisha, India	1
Species composition and seasonal abundance of synanthropic flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in the Winnipeg area, Manitoba, Canada, 1978–1980	1
Pheromone trap monitoring reveals the continued absence of swede midge in the Northern Great Plains	1
First detection of the woolly alder sawfly, Eriocampa ovata (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae), in Manitoba, Canada, on novel host Alnus hirsuta ‘Harbin’ (Betulaceae)	1
Repeated short-term thermal stress and its impact on reproductive fitness in parthenium beetle, Zygogramma bicolorata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)	1
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	1
An investigation of demographic and component Allee effects in the Madagascar hissing cockroach	1
Methods for estimating and modelling spruce budworm development rates at constant temperatures	1
The native snail shell–nesting beeOsmia conjuncta(Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) exploits a local abundance of exoticCepaeasnails (Stylommatophora: Helicidae), choosing empty shells by size,	1
Protoptila coloma (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae): a new species record for Canada	1
Three new species ofTamalia(Hemiptera, Aphididae, Tamaliinae) associated with leaf galls onArbutus,Arctostaphylos, andComarostaphylisin North America	1
Spatial distribution of chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae, Philopteridae) infesting Canada geese and mallards (Aves: Anatidae), in Manitoba, Canada	1