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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Publications

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• 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. 

• 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.