| The evolution and biogeography of the austral horse fly tribe Scionini (Diptera: Tabanidae: Pangoniinae) inferred from multiple mitochondrial and nuclear genes BD Lessard, SL Cameron, KM Bayless, BM Wiegmann, DK Yeates Molecular phylogenetics and Evolution 68 (3), 516-540, 2013 | 58 | 2013 |
| Limited understanding of bushfire impacts on Australian invertebrates ME Saunders, PS Barton, JRM Bickerstaff, L Frost, T Latty, BD Lessard, ... Insect Conservation and Diversity 14 (3), 285-293, 2021 | 52 | 2021 |
| Taxon sampling to address an ancient rapid radiation: a supermatrix phylogeny of early brachyceran flies (Diptera) S Shin, KM Bayless, SL Winterton, T Dikow, BD Lessard, DK Yeates, ... Systematic entomology 43 (2), 277-289, 2018 | 42 | 2018 |
| Nocturnal oviposition behavior of blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in the southern hemisphere (South Africa and Australia) and its forensic implications KA Williams, JF Wallman, BD Lessard, RJ Kavazos, Christopher, ... Forensic Sci Med Pathol, 1-12, 2017 | 42 | 2017 |
| Detection of the Japanese encephalitis vector mosquito Culex tritaeniorhynchus in Australia using molecular diagnostics and morphology BD Lessard, N Kurucz, J Rodriguez, J Carter, CM Hardy Parasites & vectors 14 (1), 411, 2021 | 38 | 2021 |
| Pollen DNA metabarcoding reveals cryptic diversity and high spatial turnover in alpine plant–pollinator networks F Encinas‐Viso, J Bovill, DE Albrecht, J Florez‐Fernandez, B Lessard, ... Molecular Ecology 32 (23), 6377-6393, 2023 | 35 | 2023 |
| Edible insects: A roadmap for the strategic growth of an emerging Australian industry R Ponce-Reyes, BD Lessard https://research.csiro.au/edibleinsects/, 2021 | 34 | 2021 |
| A guide to public engagement for entomological collections and natural history museums in the age of social media BD Lessard, AL Whiffin, AL Wild Annals of the Entomological Society of America 110 (5), 467-479, 2017 | 31 | 2017 |
| Phylogenomics reveals accelerated late Cretaceous diversification of bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) X Li, LC Teasdale, KM Bayless, AG Ellis, BM Wiegmann, CJE Lamas, ... Cladistics 37 (3), 276-297, 2021 | 29 | 2021 |
| Revision of the Hermetiinae of Australia (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) BD Lessard, DK Yeates, NE Woodley Austral Entomology 58 (1), 122-136, 2019 | 26 | 2019 |
| Revision of the austral horse fly tribe S cionini (D iptera: T abanidae) BD Lessard Austral Entomology 53 (2), 203-239, 2014 | 14 | 2014 |
| Anzomyia (Diptera: Tabanidae: Pangoniinae: Scionini): a new genus of Australian and New Zealand horse fly, including the description of three new species BD Lessard, DK Yeates Insect Systematics & Evolution 43 (2), 101-116, 2012 | 13 | 2012 |
| New species of the Australian horse fly subgenus Scaptia (Plinthina) Walker 1850 (Diptera: Tabanidae), including species descriptions and a revised key BD Lessard, DK Yeates Australian Journal of Entomology 50 (3), 241-252, 2011 | 13 | 2011 |
| Review of Australian Sarginae soldier fly genera (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with first records of Cephalochrysa, Formosargus and Microchrysa BD Lessard, DK Yeates, NE Woodley Records of the Australian Museum 72 (2), 23-43, 2020 | 12 | 2020 |
| Generic revision of the Chiromyzinae soldier flies of Australia (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), including the first record of Boreoides Hardy, 1920, from New Zealand BD Lessard, DK Yeates, NE Woodley Austral Entomology 59 (2), 302-322, 2020 | 10 | 2020 |
| Seven New Australian Species of the Southern Hemisphere Horse Fly Subgenus Scaptia (Pseudoscione) (Diptera: Tabanidae), Including Descriptions and a … BD Lessard, DK Yeates Journal of medical entomology 49 (6), 1206-1225, 2014 | 7 | 2014 |
| Ancient origin of an urban underground mosquito Y Haba, PipPop Consortium‡, P Korlević, E McAlister, MKN Lawniczak, ... Science 390 (6771), eady4515, 2025 | 6 | 2025 |
| Incorrect report of cryptic species within Chrysomya rufifacies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) BD Lessard, JF Wallman, M Dowton Invertebrate Systematics 23 (6), 507-514, 2010 | 6 | 2010 |
| First record of the mosquito Aedes (Downsiomyia) shehzadae (Diptera: Culicidae) in Australia: A unique discovery aided by citizen science C Webb, J Clancy, SL Doggett, E McAlister, C Williams, S Fricker, ... Journal of Vector Ecology 47 (1), 133-137, 2022 | 5 | 2022 |
| Review of the Stratiomyinae soldier flies of Australia (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with a new genus and first records of Prosopochrysa de Meijere, 1907 BD Lessard, DK Yeates, NE Woodley Insect Systematics & Evolution 51 (4), 584-609, 2020 | 5 | 2020 |
