Research Interests:
Systematics, evolution, and biogeography of water beetles.
Books:
Larson, D. J., Alarie, Y. and Roughley, R. E. 2000. Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with an emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 982 pp.
Publications:
Alarie, Y., Michat, M.C., and K.B. Miller. 2011. Notation of primary setae and poreson larvae of Dytiscinae (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), with phylogenetic considerations. Zootaxa 3087: 1-55.
Toledo, M., Megna, Y.S. and Alarie, Y. 2011. Description of a new species of Laccodytes Régimbart, 1895 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Laccophilinae) from Cuba. Zootaxa 2792: 63-67.
Alarie, Y., Short, A., M. Garcia, and L. Joly. 2011. Larval morphology of Meruidae and its phylogenetic implications (Coleoptera: Hydradephaga). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 104(1): 25-36.
Michat, M.C., Alarie, Y. and Watts, C.H.S. 2011. Larval morphology of Allodessus Guignot (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Aquatic Insects 33: 27-40.
Michat, M.C., Alarie, Y. and Watts, C.H.S. 2010. Descriptions of the first instar larva of hypogaeic species Neobidessodes limestoneensis (Watts & Humphreys) and of the third instar larva of Hydroglyphus balkei Hendrich (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Bidessini) with phylogenetic considerations. Zootaxa 2658: 38-50.
Balke, M., Wewalka, G., Alarie, Y. and Ribera, I. 2010. Dytiscidae: the genus Rhantus Dejean. In Water Beetles of New Caledonia, 129-148. Jach & Balke (eds.) Koleopterologische Rundschau 459 pp.
Alarie, Y. and Longing, S. 2010. Description of the larvae of Heterosternuta sulphurius (Matta and Wolfe) with a key of identification of the known species of Heterosternuta Strand. The Coleopterists Bulletin 64: 85-90.
Fairn, E., Alarie, Y. and A. Schulte-Hostedde. 2009. Temporal variation of adult sex ratio in the whirligig beetle Dineutus nigrior Roberts (Coleoptera:Gyrinidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 63(3): 298-300.
Alarie, Y., Michat, M.C., Nilsson, A.N., Archangelsky, M. and L. Hendrich 2009. Larval morphology of Rhantus Dejean (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Colymbetinae): descriptions of 21 species and phylogenetic considerations. Zootaxa 2317: 1-102.
Alarie, Y., Michat, M.C. and C.H.S. Watts. 2009. Larval morphology of Paroster Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae): reinforcement of the hypothesis of monophyletic origin and discussion of phenotypic accommodations to a subterranean environment. Zootaxa 2274: 1-44.
Michat, M. C. and Alarie , Y. 2009. Phylogenetic relationships of Notaticus Zimmermann (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) based on larval morphology. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 102(5): 797-808.
Miller, K.B., Gibson, J.R. and Alarie, Y. 2009. North American stygobiontic diving beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae) with description of Ereboporus naturaconservatus Miller, Gibson and Alarie, new genus and species from Texas, USA. The Coleopterists Bulletin 63(2): 191-202.
Alarie, Y. Megna, Y. S.and A. Deler-Hernández. 2009. First West Indies records of Thermonectus succinctus (Aubé, 1838), with notes on other Cuban species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 79: 5-16.
Alarie, Y. 2009. Hydradephaga of the Magdalen Island Archipelago. Koleopterologische Rundschau 79: 17-25.
Fairn, E. R., A. I. Schulte-Hostedde, and Y. Alarie. 2008. Attachment site and infestation parameters of parasitic water mites on the whirligig beetle Dineutus nigrior Roberts (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae). (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae). Aquatic Insects 30(3): 223-228.
Babin-Fenske, J., Anand, M. and Y. Alarie. 2008. Rapid morphological change in stream beetle museum specimens correlates with climate change. Ecological Entomology 33: 646-651.
Fairn, E., Schulte-Hostedde, A. and Y. Alarie. 2008. Water mite parasitism is associated with body condition and sex of the whirligig beetle Dineutus nigrior Roberts (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae). Ecoscience 15(3): 327-331.
Michat, M. and Y. Alarie. 2008. Morphology and chaetotaxy of larval Hypodessus cruciatus (Régimbart) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae), and analysis of the phylogenetic relationships of the Bidessini based on larval characters. Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 43(2): 135-146.
Alarie, Y., M. C. Michat, Archangelsky, M., and H. M. James. 2007. Larval morphology of Liodessus Guignot: generic characteristics, descriptions of five species and comparisons with other members of the tribe Bidessini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae). Zootaxa 1516: 1-21.
Michat, M. C. Alarie, Y., P.L.M. Torres and Y. Suarez. 2007. Larval morphology of the diving beetle Celina and the phylogeny of ancestral hydroporines. Invertebrate Systematics 21: 239-254.
Alarie, Y. and M. Michat. 2007. Phylogenetic analysis of Hydroporinae (Coleoptera:Dytiscidae) based on larval morphology, with description of first-instar Laccornellus lugubris. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100: 655-665.
Alarie, Y. and M. C. Michat. 2007. Primary setae and pores on the maxilla of larvae of the subfamily Hydroporinae (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae): ground plan pattern reconsidered. The Coleopterists Bulletin 61: 310-317.
Fery, H., Petrov, P.N. and Alarie, Y. 2007. Notes on the identity of Oerodytes dauricus (Motschulsky, 1860) and other members of the O. alaskanus – clade (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 39: 65-78.
Fairn, E., Alarie, Y. and A. Schulte-Hostedde 2007. Sexual size dimorphism in the diving beetle Laccophilus maculosus Say (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 61: 409-418.
Miller, K.B., Alarie, Y. and Whiting, M. F. 2007. Description of the larva of Notaticus fasciatus Zimmermann (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae ) associated with adults using DNA sequence data. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 100: 787-797.
Fairn, E., Alarie, Y. and A. Schulte-Hostedde. 2007. Sexual size and shape dimorphism in Dineutus nigrior Roberts (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 61: 113-120.
Fairn, E., Schulte-Hostedde, A. and Y. Alarie 2007. Sexual selection on accessory glands, genitalia, and protarsal pads in the whirligig beetle Dineutus nigrior Roberts (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae). Ethology 113: 257-266.
Balke, M., Wewalka, G., Alarie, Y., and Ribera, I. 2007. Molecular phylogeny of Pacific Colymbetini: radiation of New Caledonian and Fiijan species. Zoologica Scripta 36: 173-200.
Michat, M. and Alarie, Y. 2006. The larvae of Amarodytes duponti (Aubé) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae), with comments on Bidessini larval morphology and chaetotaxy. Zootaxa 1351: 1-13.
Alarie, Y. 2006. Amphizoidae, Aspidytidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae and Paelobiidae (Coleoptera, Adephaga). World Catalogue of Insects, Volume 7. The Coleopterists Bulletin 60: 305-306.
Cook, L. Alarie, Y., and Babin-Fenske, J. 2006. Morphometric analysis of Dineutus emarginatus Say (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae); subspecies designation reconsidered. The Coleopterists Bulletin 60: 235-241.
Arnott, S.E, Jackson, A., and Y. Alarie. 2006. The distribution and potential effects of water beetles in lakes recovering from acidification. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 25: 811-824.
Alarie, Y. and G. L. Challet. 2006. Larval description and phylogenetic placement of the South African endemic genus Andex Sharp (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99: 743-754. pdf
Miller, K.B., Alarie, Y. and Whiting, M. F. 2006. Description of the larva of Notaticus fasciatus Zimmermann (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae ) associated with adults using DNA sequence data. Annals of the Entomological Society of America [in press]
Alarie, Y. and Y. S. Megna. 2006. Larval morphology of Cuban specimens of Pachydrus obniger (Chevrolat) (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 76: 43-49. pdf
Shaverdo, H. and Y. Alarie. 2006. Description of larvae of Canthyporus kenyensis Bilardo & Sanfilippo (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae) with implication for the phylogeny of the tribe Hydroporini. Aquatic Insects 28: 113-130. pdf
Schulte-Hostedde, A. and Y. Alarie. 2006. Morphological patterns of sexual selection in the diving beetle Graphoderus liberus. Evolutionary Ecology Research 8: 891-901.
Alarie, Y. and S. Hughes. 2006. Larval morphology of Hoperius Fall and Meladema Laporte (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae) and phylogenetic implications for the the tribe Colymbetini. Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, Genova. 85: 307-334. pdf
Alarie, Y. and G.L. Challet. 2006. Description of the larva of Prismopes suturalis Sharp (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae) with implications for the phylogeny of the Hyphydrini. Aquatic Insects 28: 31-46. pdf
Belzile, N., Y-W. Chen, J.M. Gunn, J. Tong, Y. Alarie, T. Delonchamp, and C-Y. Yang. 2006. The effect of selenium on mercury assimilation by freshwater organisms. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 63: 1-10. pdf
Miller, K.B., Y. Alarie, G.W. Wolfe, and M.F. Whiting. 2005. Association of insect life stages using DNA sequences: the larvae of Philodytes umbrinus (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Systematic Entomology 30: 499-509. pdf
Alarie, Y. and D.T. Bilton. 2005. Larval morphology of the new adephagan family Aspidytidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) with phylogenetic implications. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98: 417-430. pdf
Alarie, Y. and C.H.S. Watts. 2005. Larvae of four species of the Hyphydrus lyratus species-group (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae). Australian Journal of Entomology 44: 244-251. pdf
Alarie, Y. 2005. World Catalogue of Insects, volume 3, Dytiscidae (Coleoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 98: 150.
Alarie, Y. and L.-J. Wang. 2004. Larval morphology of the Taiwan endemic species Rhantus formosanus Kamiya (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 74: 147-156.
Alarie, Y., R.G. Beutel, and C.H.S. Watts. 2004. Larval morphology of the Hygrobiidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscoidea) with phylogenetic considerations. European Journal of Entomology 101: 293-311.
Babin. J. and Y. Alarie. 2004. Taxonomic revision of genus Gyretes Brullé (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae) from America north of Mexico. The Coleopterists Bulletin 58: 538-567.
Alarie, Y. and C.H.S. Watts. 2004. Larvae of the dytiscid genus Antiporus Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) and phylogenetic placement in the tribe Hydroporini. Invertebrate Systematics 18: 523-546. pdf
Alarie, Y., and F.J. Butera. 2003. The larva of Matus leechi Young (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae): implication for the larval ground plan of the genus Matus Aubé. Aquatic Insects 25: 63-70.
Alarie, Y., and C.H.S. Watts. 2003. Larval morphology of Allomatus nannup Watts (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 57: 255-264.
Alarie, Y., P.J. Spangler, and W.E. Steiner Jr. 2002. Larval morphology of Agabetes Crotch (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae): the hypothesis of sister-group relationship with the subfamily Laccophilinae revisited. The Coleopterists Bulletin 56: 547-567.
Alarie, Y., M. Archangelsky, A.N. Nilsson, & C.H.S. Watts. 2002. Larval morphology of the genus Lancetes (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae): the hypothesis of sister-group relationship with the subfamily Dytiscinae revisited. The Canadian Entomologist 134: 467-501.
Alarie, Y., & D.T. Bilton. 2001. Larval morphology of Hydrotarsus Falkenstro: Generic Characteristics, Description of H. compuctus (Wollaston), and Analysis of relationship with other members of the tribe Hydroporini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 55: 341-350.
Alarie, Y., J.G. Cuppen, L. Hendrich, & A.N. Nilsson. 2001. Description of larvae of Herophydrus musicus (Klug) and analysis of relationships with members of the genus Hygrotus Stephens (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae). Aquatic Insects 23:193-207.
Alarie, Y. & G. Wewalka. 2001. Description of the mature larva of Glareadessus stocki Wewalka and Bistrom (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), a stygobiontic Bidessini from the Persian Gulf region. The Coleopterists Bulletin 55: 144-151.
Alarie, Y., C.H.S. Watts, and A.N. Nilsson. 2001. Larval morphology of the tribe Matini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Colymbetinae): descriptions of Batrachomatus daemeli, Matus bicarinatus, and Allomatus nannup and phylogenetic relationships. The Canadian Entomologist 133: 165-196.
Alarie, Y., P. Wood, A.M.H. deBruyn and J.G.M. Cuppen. 2001. Descriptions of larvae of Hydroporus ferrugineus Stephens and H. polaris Fall (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae). Aquatic Insects 23: 123-133.
Alarie, Y., A.N. Nilsson, L. Hendrich, and C.H.S. Watts. 2000. Larval morphology of four genera of Laccophilinae (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae) with an analysis of their phylogenetic relationships. Insect Systematics & Evolution 31: 121-164.
Alarie, Y. and M. Balke, 1999. A study of the larva of Carabdytes upin Balke, Hendrich and Wewalka (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae), with comments on the phylogeny of the Colymbetinae. The Coleopterists Bulletin 53: 146-154.
Alarie, Y., A. Nilsson, and L. Hendrich, 1999. Larval morphology of the Palaearctic genera Deronectes Sharp and Scarodytes Gozis (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae) with implications for the phylogeny of the Deronectes-group of genera. Entomologica scandinavica 30: 173-195.
Paquette, D. and Y. Alarie,. 1999. Dytiscid fauna (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in cattail ponds of northeastern Ontario, Canada. The Coleopterists Bulletin 53: 160-166.
Alarie, Y. and J.A. Delgado. 1999. Study of the larvae of Antiporus strigosulus (Brown) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) with implications for the phylogeny of the Hydroporini. Aquatic Insects 21: 99-113.
Alarie, Y. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships of Nearctic Colymbetinae (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae) based on chaetotaxic and porotaxic analysis of head capsule and appendages of larvae. The Canadian Entomologist 130: 803-824.
Alarie, Y. and D. J. Larson. 1998. Larvae of Agabinus Crotch: generic characteristics, description of A. glabrellus (Motschulsky), and comparison with other genera of the subfamily Colymbetinae (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 52: 339-350.
Alarie, Y., H. Joly, and D. Dennie. 1998. Cuticular hydrocarbon analysis of the aquatic beetle Agabus anthracinus Mannerheim (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). The Canadian Entomologist 130: 615-629.
Alarie, Y., P.J. Spangler, and P.D. Perkins. 1998. Study of the larvae of Hydrotrupes palpalis Sharp (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Dytiscidae) with implications for the phylogeny of the Colymbetinae. The Coleopterists Bulletin 52: 313-332.
Alarie, Y., and K. Fritz. 1998. Description of the larval stages of Heterosternuta diversicornis (Sharp) (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae). Entomologica Scandinavica 29: 39-46.
Publications prior to 1998 (pdf)