Biblio

M. Cordoba, Millar, J., and McDonnell, R., “Development of a high throughput laboratory bioassay for testing potential attractants for terrestrial snails and slugs”, Journal of Economic Entomology, In Press.

R. McDonnell, Lutz, M. S., Howe, D. K., and Denver, D. R., “First Report of the Gastropod-Killing Nematode, Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita, in Oregon, U.S.A”, Journal of Nematology, In Press.

R. McDonnell, “Essential oils and their constituents as novel biorational molluscicides for terrestrial gastropod pests”, in Pesticides Handbook: Essential Oils for Pest Control, Routledge Publishing, 2017.

I. Reich, McDonnell, R., McInerney, C., Callanan, S., and Gormally, M., “EU-protected slug Geomalacus maculosus and sympatric Lehmannia marginatain conifer plantations: what does mark-recapture method reveal about population densities?”, Journal of Molluscan Studies, vol. 83, pp. 27–35, 2017.

O. Holovachov, Boström, S., Tandingan-De-Ley, I., McDonnell, R., Alvarado, S., Paine, T. D., and De Ley, P., “Alloionema similis n. sp., a genetically divergent sibling species of A. appendiculatum Schneider, 1859 (Rhabditida: Alloionematidae) from invasive slugs in California, USA”, Systematic Parasitology, vol. 93, pp. 877–898, 2016.

R. McDonnell, Yoo, J., Patel, K., Rios, L., Hollingsworth, R., Millar, J., and Paine, T., “Can essential oils be used as novel drench treatments for the eggs and juveniles of the pest snail Cornu aspersum in potted plants?”, Journal of Pest Science, vol. 89, pp. 549–555, 2016.

I. Tandingan De Ley, Holovachov, O., McDonnell, R., Bert, W., Paine, T., and De Ley, P., “Description of Phasmarhabditis californica new species and first report of P. papillosa (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) from invasive slugs in the United States”, Nematology, vol. 18, 2016.

R. McDonnell, Santangelo, R., Paine, T., and Hoddle, M., “The feeding behaviour of Rumina decollata (Subulinidae: Gastropoda) raises questions about its efficacy as a biological control agent for Cornu aspersum (Helicidae: Gastropoda)”, Biocontrol Science and Technology, vol. 26, pp. 331–336, 2016.

I. Reich, Gormally, M., A. Allcock, L., McDonnell, R., Castillejo, é, Iglesias, J., Quinteiro, J., and Smith, C. J., “Genetic study reveals close link between Irish and Northern Spanish specimens of the protected Lusitanian slug Geomalacus maculosus”, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 116, no. 1, pp. 156 - 168, 2015.

I. Reich, Gormally, M., A. Allcock, L., McDonnell, R., Castillejo, J., Iglesias, J., Quinteiro, J., and Smith, C. J., “Genetic study reveals close link between Irish and Northern Spanish specimens of the protected Lusitanian slug Geomalacus maculosus”, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. 116, pp. 156–168, 2015.

R. McDonnell, Paine, T. D., Mulkeen, C. J., and Gormally, M. J., “Effects of temperature and prey availability on the malacophagous larval stage of Sepedon spinipes (Scopoli) (Diptera: Sciomyzidae): Potential biocontrol for gastropod vectors of parasitic diseases”, Biological Control, vol. 70, pp. 42–47, 2014.

R. McDonnell, Robinson, D. G., Barr, N., De Ley, I. Tandingan, De Ley, P., and Paine, T. D., “First Report of the Invasive Slug Boettgerilla pallens Simroth, 1912 (Boettgerillidae) in the United States”, American Malacological Bulletin, vol. 32, pp. 209–210, 2014.

S. Lopez, Paine, T. D., De Ley, P., De Ley, I. Tandingan, and McDonnell, R., “Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita (Nematoda: Rhabditidae), a potential biocontrol agent isolated for the first time from invasive slugs in North America”, Nematology, vol. 16, no. 10, pp. 1129 - 1138, 2014.

W. L. Murphy, Knutson, L. V., Chapman, E. G., McDonnell, R., Williams, C. D., Foote, B. A., and Vala, J. C., “Key aspects of the biology of snail-killing Sciomyzidae flies”, Annual Review of Entomology, vol. 57, 2012.

R. McDonnell and Gormally, M. J., “A live trapping method for the protected European slug, Geomalacus maculosus Allman,1843 (Arionidae)”, Journal of Conchology, vol. 40, 2011.

A. Thomas, McDonnell, R., Paine, T. D., and Harwood, J. D., A Field Guide to the Slugs of Kentucky. Lexington, Kentucky: University of Kentucky Press, 2010.

R. McDonnell, Rugman-Jones, P., Backeljau, T., Breugelmans, K., Jordaens, K., Stouthamer, R., Paine, T., and Gormally, M., “Molecular identification of the exotic slug Arion subfuscus sensu lato (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) in California, with comments on the source location of introduced populations”, Biological Invasions, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 61–66, 2010.

R. McDonnell, Paine, T. D., and Gormally, M. J., Slugs: A Guide to the Invasive and Native Fauna of California. University of California Agricultural and Natural Resources Publications, 2009.

R. McDonnell and Gormally, M. J., “Thermal effects on the egg stage of four sciomyzids with reference to phenology and biocontrol potential”, Journal of Applied Entomology, vol. 131, pp. 65–70, 2007.

R. McDonnell, Paine, T. D., and Gormally, M. J., “Trail-Following behaviour in the malacophagous larvae of the aquatic sciomyzid flies Sepedon spinipes spinipes and Dictya montana”, Journal of Insect Behavior, vol. 20, pp. 367–376, 2007.

R. McDonnell, Mulkeen, C. J., and Gormally, M. J., “Sexual dimorphism and the impact of temperature on the pupal and adult stages of Sepedon spinipes spinipes, a potential biological control agent of fascioliasis”, Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, vol. 115, pp. 291–301, 2005.