Mr Geoff Hancock
- Honorary Lecturer (School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine)
- Honorary Research Fellow (Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery Division)
email:
Geoff.Hancock@glasgow.ac.uk
R213B Level 2, Museum & Art Gallery, Main Building
Publications
2018
Hancock, E.G. (2018) Three new species and new distributional records of craneflies (Diptera, Tipulidae and Limoniidae) from Saudi Arabia, 2013-2014. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 154, pp. 113-120.
Hancock, E.G. (2018) John Russell Malloch: amateur naturalist to professional taxonomist. In: MacGregor, Arthur (ed.) Naturalists in the Field: Collecting, Recording and Preserving the Natural World from the Fifteenth to the Twenty-First Century. Series: Emergence of natural history (2). Brill: Leiden, pp. 730-758. ISBN 9789004323841
Hancock, E.G. (2018) Some early spring records of craneflies from sandy stream margins in Stirlingshire, 2016. Cranefly News, 33, 9.
Hancock, E.G., Horsfield, D. and Alexander, K.N.A. (2018) Rearing of Tephrochlamys flavipes (Zetterstedt, 1838) (Diptera, Heleomyzidae) from fungus in Britain. Dipterists Digest, 24, 168.
2017
Hancock, E. G. and Reilly, M. (2017) Possibly the oldest stuffed tuna in the world: Scouler's Glasgow fish-market find. Archives of Natural History, 44(1), pp. 170-173. (doi: 10.3366/anh.2017.0425)
Downie, J. R., Hancock, E. G., White, S. A. , Broderick, A. C. and Godley, B. J. (2017) Natural history contributions of the University of Glasgow Exploration Society to Scotland and the World. Glasgow Naturalist, 26(4),
Hancock, E. G. (2017) Anisopodidae (wood or window gnats). In: Kirk-Spriggs, Ashley H. and Sinclair, Bradley J. (eds.) Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. South African National Biodiversity Institute: Pretoria, pp. 633-640. ISBN 9781928224129
Hancock, E.G. and Horsfield, D. (2017) A brachypterous population of Dicranomyia sera from Dornoch, Sutherland. Cranefly News, 32, 8.
Hancock, E.G. and Moore, P.J. (2017) Alexander Cuthbertson (1901-1942): from Scotland to Rhodesia, a dipterist’s journey. Dipterists Digest, 24, pp. 1-31.
2016
Knowler, J.T. and Hancock, E.G. (2016) Variation in the Common White Wave Cabera pusaria (L.) (Lep.: Geometridae) including a Scottish example of the form heyeraria Herrich-Schäffer and notes on the male genitalia of the species. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 128(2), pp. 90-93.
Hancock, E.G. (2016) A new species of Mycetobia from the Neotropical region with a note on Mycetobia limanda Stone, 1966 (Diptera, Anisopodidae; Mycetobiinae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 152, pp. 253-258.
Hancock, E.G. (2016) Thaumalea pyrenaica Edwards, 1929, (Diptera; Thaumaleidae) recorded from northwest Spain. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 152, pp. 299-301.
Hancock, E.G., Kramer, J. and Lyszkowski, R.M. (2016) A European record of the Nearctic species Nephrotoma suturalis wulpiana (Bergroth, 1888) in Portugal (Diptera, Tipulidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 152, pp. 157-161.
2015
Hong, X.-Y., Ricarte, A., Marcos-García, M. Á., Hancock, E. G. and Rotheray, G. E. (2015) Neotropical Copestylum macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae) breeding in fruits and flowers, including 7 new species. PLoS ONE, 10(11), e0142441. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142441) (PMID:26580811) (PMCID:PMC4651555)
Baker, R.A. and Hancock, E.G. (2015) Compiling collectors in the Caribbean: biographical notes on some insect collectors in Trinidad and Tobago during the British Colonial period. Living World, 2015, pp. 15-22.
Hancock, E. G. (2015) The shaping role of Johan Christian Fabricius (1745–1808): William Hunter’s insect collection and entomology in eighteenth century London. In: Hancock, E. Geoffrey, Pearce, Nick and Campbell, Mungo (eds.) William Hunter's World: The Art and Science of Eighteenth-Century Collecting. Series: Histories of material culture and collecting, 1700–1950. Ashgate: Farnham, Surrey, pp. 151-163. ISBN 9781409447740
Hancock, E. G., Hewitt, S. M., Horsfield, D., Lyszkowski, R. M., MacGowan, I., Ricarte, A., Rotheray, G. E. and Watt, K. (2015) Nematocera flies recorded in Serra do Courel, northwest Spain, May 2012 (Diptera: Anisopodidae, Blepharoceridae, Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae, Tipulidae and Trichoceridae) including descriptions of two new species of Limoniidae. Zootaxa, 3911(2), pp. 231-244. (doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3911.2.5) (PMID:25661608)
Hancock, E.G. (2015) Apparent bivoltine pattern of Molophilus pusillus Edwards and some other cranefly emergence patterns in Scotland, 2009 (Diptera: Tipulidae, Limoniidae). Dipterists Digest, 22(1), pp. 29-32.
Hancock, E.G. (2015) A British record of Crioceris macilenta Weise, 1880 (Chrysomelidae), a Mediterranean leaf beetle, in Liverpool, 2012. Coleopterist, 24(1), pp. 63-65.
Hancock, E.G. (2015) The collection, the natural world. 2. Insects. In: MacGregor, Arthur (ed.) The Cobbe Cabinet of Curiosities: An Anglo-Irish Country House Museum. Series: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Yale University Press: New Haven, pp. 132-145. ISBN 9780300204353
Hancock, E.G. and Hancock, N. (2015) Four new invertebrate species including the first insect records from Rockall, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, 2014. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 151, pp. 63-66.
Hancock, E.G., Quirce, C. and Marcos-García, M.A. (2015) A second European record for Nephrotoma ferruginea (Fabricius, 1805), a potential insect pest, with other Iberian records of Nephrotoma species (Diptera,Tipulidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 151, pp. 149-153.
Ricarte, A., Marcos-Garcia, M. Á., Hancock, E.G. and Rotheray, G. E. (2015) Revision of the New World genus Quichuana Knab, 1913 (Diptera: Syrphidae), including descriptions of 24 new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 166(1), pp. 72-131. (doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00842.x)
Robinson, J., Hancock, E. G., Hewitt, S. M. and Mann, D. (2015) The terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Mingulay, including 18 new species records for the Outer Hebrides. Glasgow Naturalist, 26(2), pp. 71-83.
Rotheray, G.E., Horsfield, D., Ayre, K. and Hancock, E.G. (2015) The early stages and development sites of four species of Heleomyzidae (Diptera). Dipterists Digest, 22(2), pp. 111-122.
2014
Hancock, E. G. and Brown, G. (2014) An unusual preparation of an eighteenth-century spider and its consequences. Journal of the Institute of Conservation, 37(2), pp. 110-119. (doi: 10.1080/19455224.2014.915225)
Burns, M., Hancock, G., Robinson, J., Cornforth, I. and Blake, S. (2014) Two novel flight-interception trap designs for low-cost forest insect surveys. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History, 27, pp. 155-162.
Breitling, R. and Hancock, E. G. (2014) Edward Alfred Heath FLS (1839-1907): homeopath, amateur naturalist and beetle collector. Linnean, 30(1), pp. 16-21.
Hancock, E. G., Robinson, R. and Sumner, M. (2014) Hoverfly records from Coll and Tiree (Diptera, Syrphidae). Glasgow Naturalist, 25(5), pp. 122-124.
Hancock, E.G. (2014) Notes on the pupae of Dicranomyia goritiensis. Cranefly News, 28, 8.
Hancock, E.G. (2014) Tipula (Pterelachisus) irrorata Macquart, 1826, its first discovery in Britain: the Glasgow connection with a note on Robert Henderson. Cranefly News, 28, pp. 7-8. 10.
O'Connor, J.P. and Hancock, E.G. (2014) Notes on caddisflies (Trichoptera) collected by J.J.F.X. King in Co. Down including two species new to Northern Ireland. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 126, pp. 110-113.
Ricarte, A., Rotheray, G. E., Lyszkowski, R. M., Hancock, E. G., Hewitt, S. M., Watt, K. R., Horsfield, D. and MacGowan, I. (2014) The syrphids of Serra do Courel, Northern Spain and description of a new Cheilosia Meigen species (Diptera: Syrphidae). Zootaxa, 3793(4), pp. 401-422. (doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.1) (PMID:24870181)
Rotheray, G.E., Bland, K.B. and Hancock, E.G. (2014) Paranthomyza nitida (Diptera, Anthomyzidae) life history in Scotland. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 150, pp. 7-18.
2013
Dobson, R.M., Hutchins, D. and Hancock, E.G. (2013) Notes on the occurrence and distribution of Coleoptera in Scotland associated with The Reverend William Little. Transactions of Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, 87, pp. 17-35.
Langton, P. H. and Hancock, E. G. (2013) Telmatogeton murrayi Sæther and T. japonicus Tokunaga (Diptera, Chironomidae) new to Britain. Dipterists Digest, 20(2), pp. 157-160.
Rotheray, G.E., Hancock, E.G. and Lyszkowski, R.M. (2013) The psilid fly Imantimyia albiseta (Schrank) (Diptera, Psilidae) in Scotland. Dipterists Digest, 20(2), pp. 131-134.
2012
Burgon, J.D., Hancock, E.G. and Downie, J.R. (2012) An investigation into the Amblyomma tick (Acari: Ixodidae) infections of the Cane Toad (Rhinella marina) at Four Sites in Northern Trinidad. Living World, 2012, pp. 60-66.
Hancock, E. G. (2012) The Australian landhopper, Arcitalitrus dorrieni (Hunt, 1925), Crustacea, Amphipoda, in Glasgow. Glasgow Naturalist, 25(4), (doi: http://www.glasgownaturalhistory.org.uk/gn25_4/hancock.pdf)
Hancock, E. G. (2012) Hoverfly species (Diptera, Syrphidae) collected near Rowardennan, Loch Lomondside, August, 2011. Glasgow Naturalist, 25(4), (doi: http://www.glasgownaturalhistory.org.uk/gn25_4/hancock_2.pdf)
Hancock, E. G. and Williams, P. (2012) An early preserved example of Phylloxera infesting British grape vines. Archives of Natural History, 39(2), pp. 351-354. (doi: 10.3366/anh.2012.0104)
Morris, M.G. and Hancock, E.G. (2012) Alary polymorphism in species of Apion (s. str.) (Apionidae) – a postscript. Coleopterist, 21(3), pp. 127-128.
Ricarte, A., Nedeljkovic, Z., Rotheray, G.E., Lyszkowski, R., Hancock, E.G., Watt, K., Hewitt, S.M., Horsfield, D. and Wilkinson, G. (2012) Syrphidae (Diptera) from the Greek island of Lesvos, with description of two new species. Zootaxa, 3175, pp. 1-23.
Rotheray, G.E. and Hancock, E.G. (2012) Puparial morphology and development sites of Neottiophilum praestum, Allopiophila vulgaris, Mycetaulus bipunctatus and Prochyliza varipes (Diptera, Piophilidae). Dipterists Digest, 19(2), pp. 107-124.
Rotheray, G.E., Hancock, E.G. and Thornham, D.G. (2012) A new species of Nepenthosyrphus de Meijere (Diptera, Syrphidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 149, pp. 15-21.
2011
Breitling, R. , Coleing, A., Peixoto, T., Nagle, H., Hancock, E. G., Kelsh, R. N. and Székely, T. (2011) An overview of the spider fauna of Maio (Cape Verde Islands), with some additional recent records (Arachnida, Araneae). Zoologia Caboverdiana, 2(2), pp. 43-52.
Brown, G. V., Starr Douglas, A. and Hancock, E. G. (2011) The use of thorns and spines as pins in an eighteenth century insect collection. Linnean, 27(1), pp. 14-21.
Hancock, E. G., Brown, G. V. and Jowett, B. (2011) Pinned down: the role of pins in the evolution of eighteenth century museum insect collections. Museum History Journal, 4(1), pp. 29-46. (doi: 10.1179/mhj.2011.4.1.29)
Gemmell, L., Hancock, E.G. and Robinson, J. (2011) A second Scottish record of Mallota cimbiciformis (Fallén) (Diptera, Syrphidae). Dipterists Digest, 18, pp. 71-72.
Hancock, E.G. (2011) Additional records of Actenoptera hilarella (Zetterstedt, 1847) (Diptera, Piophilidae, Neottiophilinae) from Scotland, and notes on the J.J.F.X. King Collection. Dipterists Digest, 18, pp. 1-3.
Hancock, E.G. (2011) Cranefly records from Tiree and Coll, 20-26 June 2010, including a second Scottish site for Erioptera nielseni de Meijere (Diptera, Limoniidae). Cranefly News, 21, pp. 1-3.
Hancock, E.G. (2011) A long-tailed blue butterfly, Lampides boeticus (Linn.), import to Glasgow. Glasgow Naturalist, 25(3), pp. 99-100.
Hancock, E.G. (2011) Order Diptera, family Limoniidae. In: van Harten, Antonius (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the United Arab Emirates, Volume 4. Dar Al Ummah Printing: Abu Dhabi, pp. 684-695. ISBN 9789948161165
Hancock, E.G. and Robinson, J. (2011) Water beetles from St Kilda, an annotated list. Glasgow Naturalist, 25(3), pp. 97-99.
Maddison, L.M. and Hancock, E.G. (2011) Another record of Sciara militaris Nowicki (Diptera, Sciaridae) from Scotland. Dipterists Digest, 18, pp. 53-54.
2010
Mann, D. J., Hancock, G., Robinson, J. and Foster, G. (2010) Technical note: short-necked oil beetle on Coll. Scottish Invertebrate News, 1(2), pp. 6-7.
Downie, J.R., Hancock, E.G. and Muir, A.P. (2010) The diet of the paradoxical frog Pseudis paradoxa in Trinidad, West Indies. Herpetological Journal, 20(2), pp. 111-114.
Hancock, E.G. (2010) A live record of Trogoderma ornatum (Say, 1825) (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) in Britain. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 146, pp. 13-16.
Hancock, E.G. (2010) Richardiidae. In: Brown, B.V., Borkent, A., Cumming, J.M., Wood, D.M., Woodley, N.E. and Zumbado, M. (eds.) Manual of Central American Diptera. NRC Research Press: Ottawa, pp. 871-879. ISBN 9780660199580
Hancock, E.G. (2010) Some cranefly records from Socotra, Yemen (Diptera, Tipulidae; Limoniidae) including a new species of Idiocera. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 146, pp. 87-90.
Hancock, E.G. (2010) Thoracic spiracular gill structure of Lipsothrix (Diptera, Limoniidae). Bulletin of the Dipterists Forum, 69, p. 20.
Hancock, E.G. and Hounsome, M.V. (2010) Charles Arthur William “Bill” Pettitt (20 August 1937 – 26 March 2009): Zoological Curator at Manchester Museum. Natural Sciences Collections Association News, 19, pp. 2-6.
2009
Hancock, E.G. and Dobson, R.M. (2009) Obituary - Alexander Reid Hill, 1919-2006. Glasgow Naturalist, 25(2), pp. 101-103.
Hancock, E. G. and Douglas, A. S. (2009) William Hunter's Goliath beetle, Goliathus goliatus (Linnaeus, 1771), re-visited. Archives of Natural History, 36(2), pp. 218-230. (doi: 10.3366/E0260954109000953)
Hancock, E.G. (2009) A most curious beetle from the insect collection of William Hunter (1718-1783). Scarabs, 40, pp. 5-6.
Hancock, E.G. (2009) Notes on collecting adult Dicranota robusta Lundstroem. Cranefly News, 19, p. 3.
Hancock, E.G. (2009) One of Darwin’s beetles in Glasgow. Antenna, 33(3), pp. 133-134.
Hancock, E.G. (2009) Ptychopteridae. In: Brown, B.V., Borkent, A., Cumming, J.M., Wood, D.M., Woodley, N.E. and Zumbado, M. (eds.) Manual of Central American Diptera. NRC Research Press: Ottawa, pp. 357-358. ISBN 9780660198330
Hancock, E.G. and Amorim, D.S. (2009) Anisopodidae (wood gnats or window gnats). In: Brown, B.V., Borkent, A., Cumming, J.M., Wood, D.M., Woodley, N.E. and Zumbado, M. (eds.) Manual of Central American Diptera. NRC Research Press: Ottawa, pp. 341-344. ISBN 9780660198330
Hancock, E.G., Dobson, R.M. and Williams, J. (2009) The Reverend William Little (1797? -1867), a preliminary account of his entomological activities. Transactions of Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, 83, pp. 5-16.
Hancock, G. E., Hewitt, S. M., Godfrey, A. and Mullin, M. (2009) Thoracic spiracular gill structure of Lipsothrix (Diptera, Limoniidae) in Britain described from scanning electron micrographs. Zoosymposia, 3, pp. 77-87.
Rotheray, G. E., Marcos-Garcia, M.-A., Hancock, G., Perez-Banon, C. and Maier, C. T. (2009) Neotropical Copestylum (Diptera, Syrphidae) breeding in Agavaceae and Cactaceae including seven new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 156(4), pp. 697-749. (doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00503.x)
2008
Hancock, E.G., Thomas, A. and Francis, P. (2008) Obituary – John [Robson Allan] Gray, 1942-2007. Museums Journal, 2008, p. 57.
Brown, G. and Hancock, E.G. (2008) A most curious beetle from the insect collection of William Hunter (1718-1783). Linnean, 24(3), pp. 26-32.
Dobson, R.M. and Hancock, E.G. (2008) Historical review of a cabinet of Coleoptera from Thomas George Bishop's collection connected with James Francis Stephens. Glasgow Naturalist, 25(1), pp. 9-14.
Hancock, E.G., Robinson, J. and Corbett, G.B. (2008) Additions to the list of Myriapoda from St Kilda. Glasgow Naturalist, 25(1), pp. 92-93.
Hancock, E.G. (2008) Larval habitat preferences in Palaearctic Gnophomyia (Diptera, Limoniidae) with a key to adults. Sahlbergia, 14, pp. 13-16.
Hancock, E.G. (2008) People and historical notes - James Joseph Francis Xavier King (1855-1933). Cranefly Recording Scheme Newsletter, 17, pp. 6-7.
Hancock, E.G., Broadsmith-Brown, G., Douglas, A.S. and Vane-Wright, R.I. (2008) William Hunter’s museum and discovery of the Madagascan swallowtail butterfly, Pharmacophagus antenor (Drury, 1773). Antenna, 32(1), pp. 10-17.
Lang, P., Hancock, E.G., Murphy, K.J. and Watt, R.L. (2008) Mating cluster behaviour in the solitary bee Colletes succinctus (Linn.), Hymenoptera, Colletidae. Glasgow Naturalist, 25(1), pp. 90-91.
Robinson, J. and Hancock, E.G. (2008) The morphology and colour polymorphism of the St Kildan weevil Ceutorhynchus insularis Dieckmann, 1971 (Coleoptera; Curculionidae). Entomologists Monthly Magazine, 144, pp. 211-216.
2007
Ricarte, A., Marcos-garcía, M.A., Rotheray, G.E. and Hancock, E.G. (2007) The early stages and breeding sites of 10 Cerioidini flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 100(6), pp. 914-924. (doi: 10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[914:TESABS]2.0.CO;2)
Douglas, A. S. and Hancock, E. G. (2007) Insect collecting in Africa during the eighteenth century and William Hunter's collection. Archives of Natural History, 34(2), pp. 293-306. (doi: 10.3366/anh.2007.34.2.293)
Rotheray, G.E., Hancock, E.G. and Marcos-Garcia, M.A. (2007) Neotropical Copestylum (Diptera, Syrphidae) breeding in bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) including 22 new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 150(2), pp. 267-317. (doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00288.x)
Brown, G. and Hancock, E.G. (2007) The historical repairs of butterflies and moths from the eighteenth century collection of William Hunter, University of Glasgow. Natural Sciences Collections Association News, 12, pp. 15-19.
Hancock, E.G. (2007) Agrilus sulcicollis Lacordaire (Coleoptera, Buprestidae), an old un-noticed British occurrence. Coleopterist, 16(2), pp. 97-99.
2006
Hancock, E. G. (2006) Flatworm (Platythelminthes, Tricladida) records from Colonsay, including two species new to Scotland. Glasgow Naturalist, 24(3), p. 64.
Hancock, E..G., Marcos-Garcia, M.-A. and Rotheray, G.E. (2006) Ptychopteridae - a fly family new to the Neotropical Region and description of a new species. Zootaxa, 1351, pp. 61-68.
Hancock, E.G. (2006) Records of craneflies (Diptera:Tipulidae and Limoniidae) from Yemen including new species. In: Krupp, Friedhelm (ed.) Fauna of Arabia, Volume 21. King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology: Riyadh, pp. 357-364. ISBN 3929907755
Rotheray, G. E., Hancock, E. G., Marcos-Garcia, M. A. and Zumbado, M. (2006) Early stages and breeding sites of three species of Neotropical Ornidia (Diptera, Syrphidae). Studia Dipterologica, 12(2), pp. 419-427.
2005
Hancock, E.G. (2005) Notes on Molophilus (Diptera, Limoniidae) including a description of a new European species. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 141, pp. 59-63.
Hancock, E.G. (2005) William Hunter’s insect collection and emerging descriptive taxonomy in the eighteenth century. Natural Sciences Collections Association News, 4, pp. 8-13.
Hancock, E.G. (2005) William Hunter’s insect collection, addition and appendices. Natural Sciences Collections Association News, 5, pp. 9-10.
Hancock, E.G. and Dyer, H.M. (2005) Finding Ceutorhynchus weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) again on St Kilda. Coleopterist, 14(1), pp. 39-42.
Hutchins, D. and Hancock, E.G. (2005) Some early records of Pelophila borealis Paykull (Col: Carabidae) on the Scottish mainland. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 117(2), pp. 49-50.
Mann, D.J., Hancock, E.G. and Morris, M.G. (2005) History of the genus Lixus Fabricius (Curculionidae) in Britain with comments on nomenclature. Coleopterist, 14(2), pp. 65-80.
Moore, P.G. and Hancock, E.G. (2005) Alexander Patience (1865-1954): Glasgow's little-known Edwardian carcinologist. Glasgow Naturalist, 24(2), pp. 119-129.
Zonfrillo, B. and Hancock, E.G. (2005) Abundance and patterns of occurrence in butterflies from Ailsa Craig, Ayrshire. Glasgow Naturalist, 24(2), pp. 137-140.
2004
De Villalobos, C., Hancock, E. G. and Zanca, F. (2004) Redescription and sexual dimorphism of Chordodes balzani Camerano, 1896 (Nematomorpha). Journal of Natural History, 38(18), pp. 2305-2313. (doi: 10.1080/00222930310001625923)
Ferrer, J., Barclay, M. V.L. and Hancock, E. G. (2004) Discovery of Lost J. C. Fabricius (1775) and A. G. Olivier (1795) Types of Coleoptera in the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, Scotland. Annales Zoologici, 54(4), pp. 775-781.
Hancock, E.G. (2004) Adam White. In: Lightman, Bernard (ed.) Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Scientists. Thoemmes Continuum: Bristol, pp. 2147-2148. ISBN 9781855069992
2003
Pérez-Bañón, C., Rotheray, G., Hancock, G., Marcos-García, M. A. and Zumbado, M. A. (2003) Immature stages and breeding sites of some neotropical saprophagous syrphids (Diptera: Syrphidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 96(4), pp. 458-471. (doi: 10.1603/0013-8746(2003)096[0458:ISABSO]2.0.CO;2)
Hancock, E.G. (2003) Scottish insect records for 2001. Glasgow Naturalist, 24(1), pp. 29-33.
2002
Hancock, E.G. (2002) Alien insects in Scotland. Glasgow Naturalist, 23(Suppl),
Hancock, G. (2002) Insects and Research at Glasgow. In: University Museums in Scotland Conference, St Andrews, UK, 7-8 Nov 2002,
2001
E. Rotheray, G., Hancock, G., Hewitt, S., Horsfield, D., MacGowan, I., Robertson, D. and Watt, K. (2001) The biodiversity and conservation of saproxylic Diptera In Scotland. Journal of Insect Conservation, 5(2), pp. 77-85. (doi: 10.1023/A:1011329722100)
Hancock, E.G. (2001) The genus Aradus in Scotland and the confusion of corticalis (L.) with betulae (L.), Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Aradidae. Glasgow Naturalist, 23(5), pp. 56-57.
Hancock, E.G. (2001) Obituary - Edward Frank Hancock (1921-2001). Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 113, pp. 171-174.
Hancock, E.G. (2001) Scottish Insect Records for 1998 and 1999. Glasgow Naturalist, 23(5), pp. 48-52.
Hancock, E.G. (2001) Scottish Insect Records for 2000. Glasgow Naturalist, 23(6), pp. 53-56.
McGowan, A., Broderick, A.C., Deeming, J., Godley, B.J. and Hancock, E.G. (2001) Dipteran infestation of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtle nests in northern Cyprus. Journal of Natural History, 35(4), pp. 573-581. (doi: 10.1080/00222930151098233)
2000
Hancock, E.G. (2000) Nicobium castaneum (Olivier) (Anobiidae) as a medieval import? Coleopterist, 9, p. 99.
Hancock, E.G., Rotheray, G.E. and Zumbado, M. (2000) A new larval habitat in Helius (Diptera, Limoniidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 136, pp. 91-93.
Rotheray, G.E., Marcos-Garcia, M.-A., Hancock, E.G. and Gilbert, F. (2000) The systematic position of Alipumilio and Nausigaster based on early stages (Diptera, Syrphidae). Studia Dipterologica, 7(1), pp. 133-144.
Rotheray, G. E., Zumbado, M., Hancock, E. G. and Thompson, F. C. (2000) Remarkable aquatic predators in the genus Ocyptamus (Diptera, Syrphidae). Studia Dipterologica, 7(2), pp. 385-389.
1999
Barabás, S.P. and Hancock, E.G. (1999) Asymmetrical colour and wing-folding in Tithrone roseipennis (Saussure 1870) a neotropical praying mantis (Mantodea Hymenopodidae). Tropical Zoology, 12(2), pp. 325-334. (doi: 10.1080/03946975.1999.10539398)
Hancock, E. G. (1999) Hidden Wildlife: the resident population of invertebrates. The natural history of the Botanic Gardens. Glasgow Naturalist, 23(4), pp. 59-64.
Hancock, E. G. (1999) Scottish Insect Records for 1997. Glasgow Naturalist, 23(4), pp. 55-58.
1998
Hancock, E.G. (1998) Zoology Museum Insect Project (ZIP). Biology Curator, 11, pp. 10-11.
Hancock, E. G. (1998) John Russell Malloch (1875-1963), his early life and contribution to entomology in Scotland. [Research Reports or Papers]
Hancock, E.G. (1998) The natural history of the Glasgow Botanic Gardens. Glasgow Naturalist, 23(3), pp. 40-56.
Hancock, E.G. (1998) Scottish Insect Records for 1996. Glasgow Naturalist, 23(3), pp. 27-30.
Rotheray, G.E., Hancock, E.G. and Maier, C.T. (1998) The larvae of two Ceriana (Diptera, Syrphidae) in exuded tree sap. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 134, pp. 223-228.
1997
Broderick, A. C. and Hancock, E. G. (1997) Insect infestation of Mediterranean marine turtle eggs. Herpetological Review, 28(4), pp. 190-191.
Hancock, E.G. (1997) Accidental damage leading to retrospective valuation of historically unique molluscan specimen. In: Nudds, J.R. and Pettitt, C.W. (eds.) The Value and Valuation of Natural Science Collections: Proceedings of the International Conference, Manchester, 1995. Geological Society: London, pp. 246-248. ISBN 9781897799765
Hancock, E.G. (1997) Craneflies (Diptera: Tipulidae and Limoniidae) of Saudi Arabia and Oman. In: Krupp, Friedhelm and Mahnert, Volker (eds.) Fauna of Arabia, Volume 16. King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology: Riyadh, pp. 341-352. ISBN 3723400167
Hancock, E.G. (1997) Scottish Insect Records for 1995. Glasgow Naturalist, 23(2), pp. 25-29.
Hancock, E.G. and Horsfield, D. (1997) Ormosia fascipennis a short-palped cranefly (Diptera, Limoniidae) new to the British Isles. Dipterists Digest, 4(2), pp. 68-71.
Hancock, E.G. and Whittington, A.E. (1997) A review of the status of Drepanepteryx phalaenoides (Linn.) in Scotland (Neuroptera; Hemerobiidae). Glasgow Naturalist, 22(3), pp. 23-24.
Watt, K.R., Hancock, E.G., Horsfield, D. and MacGowan, I. (1997) Rare and local Diptera from the Tay reed beds in Scotland. Dipterists Digest, 4(1), pp. 30-34.
1996
Hancock, E.G. (1996) Another British record of Cydia amplana (Hubner) (Lepidoptera; Tortricidae) - a rare vagrant or new coloniser? Entomologist's Gazette, 47, pp. 179-180.
Hancock, E.G. (1996) Scottish Insect Records for 1994. Glasgow Naturalist, 23(1), pp. 37-39.
Hancock, E.G., Robertson, D.M. and Macgowan, I. (1996) Saproxylic Diptera in Scotland 1. Additions to the British fauna of Mycetobia (Diptera; Mycetobiidae). Dipterists Digest, 3(1), pp. 32-35.
Hancock, E.G. and Ward, A. (1996) The effect of shade on the relative abundance of insects in water traps in the tropics. Entomologist, 115(2), pp. 91-96.
1995
Downie, J.R., Disney, R.H.L., Collins, L. and Hancock, E.G. (1995) A new species of Megaselia (Diptera, Phoridae) whose larvae prey upon the eggs of Leptodactylus fuscus (Anura, Leptodactylidae). Journal of Natural History, 29(4), pp. 993-1003. (doi: 10.1080/00222939500770371)
Hancock, E.G. (1995) Insect records from the west of Scotland in 1993. Glasgow Naturalist, 22(5), pp. 501-504.
1994
Hancock, E.G. (1994) Insect records from the west of Scotland in 1992. Glasgow Naturalist, 24(4), pp. 381-384.
Hancock, E.G. (1994) Phoracantha recurva Newman (Cerambycidae) as a live import to the British Isles. Coleopterist, 3(2), pp. 45-48.
Whiteley, D., Garland, S.P. and Hancock, E.G. (1994) A survey of Diptera on South Uist and adjacent Outer Hebridean islands. Dipterists Digest, 14, pp. 32-43.
Whiteley, D., Hancock, E.G., Plant, A.R., Bland, K.P. and Horsfield, D. (1994) A survey of Diptera on the Isle of Rum. Dipterists Digest, 14, pp. 2-27.
1993
Hancock, E. G. (1993) Museum pests from pigeon nests. Journal of Biological Curation, 1(3-4), pp. 41-43.
Hancock, E.G. (1993) Insect records from the west of Scotland in 1991 and some records of Coleoptera for 1990. Glasgow Naturalist, 22(3), pp. 251-254.
Hancock, E.G. (1993) Notes on saproxylic insects and those specific to ancient woodland. Native Woodlands Discussion Group Newsletter, 18, pp. 42-45.
1992
Hancock, E. G. (1992) Alexander Patience and his work on woodlice (Crustacea, Isopoda) in the Clyde area with a list of recorded species. Glasgow Naturalist, 22(2), pp. 133-139.
Hancock, E. G. (1992) Insect records from the west of Scotland in 1990. Glasgow Naturalist, 22(2), pp. 159-161.
Hancock, E. G. (1992) Some records of terrestrial invertebrates from Rum National Nature Reserve, 1990. Glasgow Naturalist, 22(2), pp. 169-189.
Hancock, E.G. (1992) Asymmetrical antennae in the hawthorn shieldbug, Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale (L.). British Journal of Entomology and Natural History, 5, pp. 93-94.
1991
Dance, S. P. and Hancock, E. G. (1991) Butterflies, Moths and Other Insects. Series: Classic natural history prints. Studio Editions: London. ISBN 9781851703913
Hancock, E.G. (1991) Winter activity in the common window gnat Sylvicola cinctus (Fabr.), Anisopodidae. Dipterists Digest, 8, pp. 18-21.
1990
Hancock, E.G. (1990) The dotted rustic (Rhyacia simulans (Hufnagel)), Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, in the west of Scotland. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 102, pp. 285-286.
Hancock, E.G. (1990) Notes on the biology of Dicranota robusta Lundstroem (Diptera; Tipulidae). Dipterists Digest, 6, pp. 20-22.
Hancock, E.G. (1990) Some cranefly (Diptera; Tipulidae, Anisopodidae, Ptychopteridae) records from Kerry, Ireland, 1982. Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society, 13, pp. 137-140.
1989
1988
Hancock, E. G. and Wheeler, A. (1988) An addition to the archival record of Mungo Park (1771–1806), African explorer. Archives of Natural History, 15(3), pp. 311-315. (doi: 10.3366/anh.1988.15.3.311)
Hancock, E.G. (1988) A cranefly Tipula (Savtshenkia) invenusta Riedel (Diptera; Tipulidae) new to the British Isles. Entomologist, 107(2), pp. 96-98.
1987
Hancock, E.G. (1987) Heliothis peltigera (D.&S.) the bordered straw (Lepidoptera; Noctuidae) as an occasional Scottish migrant. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 99, pp. 271-272.
Hancock, E.G. (1987) Natural history. In: Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum. Collins: London, pp. 10-35. ISBN 9780004356822
Hancock, E.G. (1987) Some cranefly (Diptera, Tipulidae) records from the River Clyde at Carmyle, Glasgow. Glasgow Naturalist, 21(3), pp. 356-357.
1986
Hancock, E.G. (1986) Provincial Museums and Zoological Collections. In: A National Plan for Systematic Collections?, Cardiff, UK, 6-9 Jul 2012, pp. 19-25.
Hancock, E.G. and Wallace, I.D. (1986) Unusual foodplants of Svensson's copper underwing (Amphipyra svenssoni Fletcher) and the mouse (A. tragopoginis (Clerck)) Lepidoptera; Noctuidae. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 98, pp. 7-8.
1985
Hancock, E.G. (1985) Rye's Beetles: A Catalogue of E.C. Rye's Type Specimens in Bolton Museum. Series: Occasional papers (Bolton Museum and Art Gallery) (5). Bolton Museum and Art Gallery: Bolton.
1983
Hancock, E.G. (1983) Further record of Craspedecusta sowerbeyi Lankester in Lancashire. Naturalist, 108, pp. 119-120.
1981
Hancock, E.G. and Pettitt, C.W. (1981) Natural Science collection research units, their origin, aims and current status. Museums Journal, 81(2), pp. 73-74.
1980
Hancock, E.G. and Pettitt, C.W. (Eds.) (1980) A Register of Natural Science Collections and Collectors in North-West England. Manchester Museum: Manchester.
Hancock, E.G. (1980) The Care and Maintenance of Biological Collections - Challenges and Constraints. In: Museums Association Conference, 1980, pp. 14-16.
Hancock, E.G. (1980) One of those dreadful combats - a surviving display from William Bullock's London Museum. Museums Journal, 79(4), pp. 172-175.
Hancock, E.G. and Morgan, P.J. (1980) A survey of zoological and botanical collections in museums in Great Britain. [Research Reports or Papers]
Hancock, E.G. and Pettitt, C.W. (1980) A register of collections and collectors in northwest England – The first edition. Museums Journal, 79(4), pp. 185-187.
1979
Hancock, E.G. (1979) The craneflies in Bradford Museum. Naturalist, 104, pp. 23-27.
Hancock, E.G. and Pettitt, C.W. (1979) Collections and collectors in north-west England (Botany, Geology and Zoology). Vol 1. Catalogue; Vol 2. Indices. [Research Reports or Papers]
1978
Hancock, E.G. (1978) Another rediscovered collection of aphid slides made by Francis Walker. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 63(3), pp. 295-303. (doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1978.tb02567.x)
Hancock, E.G. (1978) The northwest collection research unit. Museums Journal, 77(4), p. 188.
Hancock, E.G. (1978) Researching your collections - natural sciences. Transactions of the Museum Assistants' Group, 15, pp. 9-12.
1977
Hancock, E.G. (1977) Additional insect records from Puffin Island. Proceedings of the Birmingham Natural History, 23(4), pp. 239-241.
Hancock, E.G. (1977) Zoological collections in north-west England. Museums Journal, 77(3), p. 130.
1976
Hancock, E.G. (1976) A list of zoological collections of note in Bolton Museum. Biology Curators' Group Newsletter, 1(3), pp. 2-11.
Hancock, E.G., Howell, A.C. and Torrens, H.S. (1976) Geological collections and collectors of note in Bolton Museum. Geological Curators' Group Newsletter, 1(7), pp. 323-335.
1975
Hancock, E.G. and Gray, J.R.A. (1975) Some insects from light traps set at Leighton Moss. Nature in Lancashire, 5, pp. 19-26.
1974
Hancock, E.G. (1974) Antennal variation in Erioptera pilipes (Fabricius), Diptera; Tipulidae. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 86, pp. 197-198.
Hancock, E.G. (1974) Araneid types in Liverpool Museum. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, 3(3), pp. 74-77.
Hancock, E.G. (1974) Some records of craneflies for 1973. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 86, pp. 239-241.
Hancock, E.G., Smith, P.H. and Harris, J.I. (1974) The natterjack toad in southwest Lancashire in 1972. Nature in Lancashire, 4, pp. 44-48.
Articles
Hancock, E.G. (2018) Three new species and new distributional records of craneflies (Diptera, Tipulidae and Limoniidae) from Saudi Arabia, 2013-2014. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 154, pp. 113-120.
Hancock, E.G. (2018) Some early spring records of craneflies from sandy stream margins in Stirlingshire, 2016. Cranefly News, 33, 9.
Hancock, E.G., Horsfield, D. and Alexander, K.N.A. (2018) Rearing of Tephrochlamys flavipes (Zetterstedt, 1838) (Diptera, Heleomyzidae) from fungus in Britain. Dipterists Digest, 24, 168.
Hancock, E. G. and Reilly, M. (2017) Possibly the oldest stuffed tuna in the world: Scouler's Glasgow fish-market find. Archives of Natural History, 44(1), pp. 170-173. (doi: 10.3366/anh.2017.0425)
Downie, J. R., Hancock, E. G., White, S. A. , Broderick, A. C. and Godley, B. J. (2017) Natural history contributions of the University of Glasgow Exploration Society to Scotland and the World. Glasgow Naturalist, 26(4),
Hancock, E.G. and Horsfield, D. (2017) A brachypterous population of Dicranomyia sera from Dornoch, Sutherland. Cranefly News, 32, 8.
Hancock, E.G. and Moore, P.J. (2017) Alexander Cuthbertson (1901-1942): from Scotland to Rhodesia, a dipterist’s journey. Dipterists Digest, 24, pp. 1-31.
Knowler, J.T. and Hancock, E.G. (2016) Variation in the Common White Wave Cabera pusaria (L.) (Lep.: Geometridae) including a Scottish example of the form heyeraria Herrich-Schäffer and notes on the male genitalia of the species. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 128(2), pp. 90-93.
Hancock, E.G. (2016) A new species of Mycetobia from the Neotropical region with a note on Mycetobia limanda Stone, 1966 (Diptera, Anisopodidae; Mycetobiinae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 152, pp. 253-258.
Hancock, E.G. (2016) Thaumalea pyrenaica Edwards, 1929, (Diptera; Thaumaleidae) recorded from northwest Spain. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 152, pp. 299-301.
Hancock, E.G., Kramer, J. and Lyszkowski, R.M. (2016) A European record of the Nearctic species Nephrotoma suturalis wulpiana (Bergroth, 1888) in Portugal (Diptera, Tipulidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 152, pp. 157-161.
Hong, X.-Y., Ricarte, A., Marcos-García, M. Á., Hancock, E. G. and Rotheray, G. E. (2015) Neotropical Copestylum macquart (Diptera: Syrphidae) breeding in fruits and flowers, including 7 new species. PLoS ONE, 10(11), e0142441. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0142441) (PMID:26580811) (PMCID:PMC4651555)
Baker, R.A. and Hancock, E.G. (2015) Compiling collectors in the Caribbean: biographical notes on some insect collectors in Trinidad and Tobago during the British Colonial period. Living World, 2015, pp. 15-22.
Hancock, E. G., Hewitt, S. M., Horsfield, D., Lyszkowski, R. M., MacGowan, I., Ricarte, A., Rotheray, G. E. and Watt, K. (2015) Nematocera flies recorded in Serra do Courel, northwest Spain, May 2012 (Diptera: Anisopodidae, Blepharoceridae, Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae, Tipulidae and Trichoceridae) including descriptions of two new species of Limoniidae. Zootaxa, 3911(2), pp. 231-244. (doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3911.2.5) (PMID:25661608)
Hancock, E.G. (2015) Apparent bivoltine pattern of Molophilus pusillus Edwards and some other cranefly emergence patterns in Scotland, 2009 (Diptera: Tipulidae, Limoniidae). Dipterists Digest, 22(1), pp. 29-32.
Hancock, E.G. (2015) A British record of Crioceris macilenta Weise, 1880 (Chrysomelidae), a Mediterranean leaf beetle, in Liverpool, 2012. Coleopterist, 24(1), pp. 63-65.
Hancock, E.G. and Hancock, N. (2015) Four new invertebrate species including the first insect records from Rockall, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, 2014. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 151, pp. 63-66.
Hancock, E.G., Quirce, C. and Marcos-García, M.A. (2015) A second European record for Nephrotoma ferruginea (Fabricius, 1805), a potential insect pest, with other Iberian records of Nephrotoma species (Diptera,Tipulidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 151, pp. 149-153.
Ricarte, A., Marcos-Garcia, M. Á., Hancock, E.G. and Rotheray, G. E. (2015) Revision of the New World genus Quichuana Knab, 1913 (Diptera: Syrphidae), including descriptions of 24 new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 166(1), pp. 72-131. (doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00842.x)
Robinson, J., Hancock, E. G., Hewitt, S. M. and Mann, D. (2015) The terrestrial invertebrate fauna of Mingulay, including 18 new species records for the Outer Hebrides. Glasgow Naturalist, 26(2), pp. 71-83.
Rotheray, G.E., Horsfield, D., Ayre, K. and Hancock, E.G. (2015) The early stages and development sites of four species of Heleomyzidae (Diptera). Dipterists Digest, 22(2), pp. 111-122.
Hancock, E. G. and Brown, G. (2014) An unusual preparation of an eighteenth-century spider and its consequences. Journal of the Institute of Conservation, 37(2), pp. 110-119. (doi: 10.1080/19455224.2014.915225)
Burns, M., Hancock, G., Robinson, J., Cornforth, I. and Blake, S. (2014) Two novel flight-interception trap designs for low-cost forest insect surveys. British Journal of Entomology and Natural History, 27, pp. 155-162.
Breitling, R. and Hancock, E. G. (2014) Edward Alfred Heath FLS (1839-1907): homeopath, amateur naturalist and beetle collector. Linnean, 30(1), pp. 16-21.
Hancock, E. G., Robinson, R. and Sumner, M. (2014) Hoverfly records from Coll and Tiree (Diptera, Syrphidae). Glasgow Naturalist, 25(5), pp. 122-124.
Hancock, E.G. (2014) Notes on the pupae of Dicranomyia goritiensis. Cranefly News, 28, 8.
Hancock, E.G. (2014) Tipula (Pterelachisus) irrorata Macquart, 1826, its first discovery in Britain: the Glasgow connection with a note on Robert Henderson. Cranefly News, 28, pp. 7-8. 10.
O'Connor, J.P. and Hancock, E.G. (2014) Notes on caddisflies (Trichoptera) collected by J.J.F.X. King in Co. Down including two species new to Northern Ireland. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 126, pp. 110-113.
Ricarte, A., Rotheray, G. E., Lyszkowski, R. M., Hancock, E. G., Hewitt, S. M., Watt, K. R., Horsfield, D. and MacGowan, I. (2014) The syrphids of Serra do Courel, Northern Spain and description of a new Cheilosia Meigen species (Diptera: Syrphidae). Zootaxa, 3793(4), pp. 401-422. (doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3793.4.1) (PMID:24870181)
Rotheray, G.E., Bland, K.B. and Hancock, E.G. (2014) Paranthomyza nitida (Diptera, Anthomyzidae) life history in Scotland. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 150, pp. 7-18.
Dobson, R.M., Hutchins, D. and Hancock, E.G. (2013) Notes on the occurrence and distribution of Coleoptera in Scotland associated with The Reverend William Little. Transactions of Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, 87, pp. 17-35.
Langton, P. H. and Hancock, E. G. (2013) Telmatogeton murrayi Sæther and T. japonicus Tokunaga (Diptera, Chironomidae) new to Britain. Dipterists Digest, 20(2), pp. 157-160.
Rotheray, G.E., Hancock, E.G. and Lyszkowski, R.M. (2013) The psilid fly Imantimyia albiseta (Schrank) (Diptera, Psilidae) in Scotland. Dipterists Digest, 20(2), pp. 131-134.
Burgon, J.D., Hancock, E.G. and Downie, J.R. (2012) An investigation into the Amblyomma tick (Acari: Ixodidae) infections of the Cane Toad (Rhinella marina) at Four Sites in Northern Trinidad. Living World, 2012, pp. 60-66.
Hancock, E. G. (2012) The Australian landhopper, Arcitalitrus dorrieni (Hunt, 1925), Crustacea, Amphipoda, in Glasgow. Glasgow Naturalist, 25(4), (doi: http://www.glasgownaturalhistory.org.uk/gn25_4/hancock.pdf)
Hancock, E. G. (2012) Hoverfly species (Diptera, Syrphidae) collected near Rowardennan, Loch Lomondside, August, 2011. Glasgow Naturalist, 25(4), (doi: http://www.glasgownaturalhistory.org.uk/gn25_4/hancock_2.pdf)
Hancock, E. G. and Williams, P. (2012) An early preserved example of Phylloxera infesting British grape vines. Archives of Natural History, 39(2), pp. 351-354. (doi: 10.3366/anh.2012.0104)
Morris, M.G. and Hancock, E.G. (2012) Alary polymorphism in species of Apion (s. str.) (Apionidae) – a postscript. Coleopterist, 21(3), pp. 127-128.
Ricarte, A., Nedeljkovic, Z., Rotheray, G.E., Lyszkowski, R., Hancock, E.G., Watt, K., Hewitt, S.M., Horsfield, D. and Wilkinson, G. (2012) Syrphidae (Diptera) from the Greek island of Lesvos, with description of two new species. Zootaxa, 3175, pp. 1-23.
Rotheray, G.E. and Hancock, E.G. (2012) Puparial morphology and development sites of Neottiophilum praestum, Allopiophila vulgaris, Mycetaulus bipunctatus and Prochyliza varipes (Diptera, Piophilidae). Dipterists Digest, 19(2), pp. 107-124.
Rotheray, G.E., Hancock, E.G. and Thornham, D.G. (2012) A new species of Nepenthosyrphus de Meijere (Diptera, Syrphidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 149, pp. 15-21.
Breitling, R. , Coleing, A., Peixoto, T., Nagle, H., Hancock, E. G., Kelsh, R. N. and Székely, T. (2011) An overview of the spider fauna of Maio (Cape Verde Islands), with some additional recent records (Arachnida, Araneae). Zoologia Caboverdiana, 2(2), pp. 43-52.
Brown, G. V., Starr Douglas, A. and Hancock, E. G. (2011) The use of thorns and spines as pins in an eighteenth century insect collection. Linnean, 27(1), pp. 14-21.
Hancock, E. G., Brown, G. V. and Jowett, B. (2011) Pinned down: the role of pins in the evolution of eighteenth century museum insect collections. Museum History Journal, 4(1), pp. 29-46. (doi: 10.1179/mhj.2011.4.1.29)
Gemmell, L., Hancock, E.G. and Robinson, J. (2011) A second Scottish record of Mallota cimbiciformis (Fallén) (Diptera, Syrphidae). Dipterists Digest, 18, pp. 71-72.
Hancock, E.G. (2011) Additional records of Actenoptera hilarella (Zetterstedt, 1847) (Diptera, Piophilidae, Neottiophilinae) from Scotland, and notes on the J.J.F.X. King Collection. Dipterists Digest, 18, pp. 1-3.
Hancock, E.G. (2011) Cranefly records from Tiree and Coll, 20-26 June 2010, including a second Scottish site for Erioptera nielseni de Meijere (Diptera, Limoniidae). Cranefly News, 21, pp. 1-3.
Hancock, E.G. (2011) A long-tailed blue butterfly, Lampides boeticus (Linn.), import to Glasgow. Glasgow Naturalist, 25(3), pp. 99-100.
Hancock, E.G. and Robinson, J. (2011) Water beetles from St Kilda, an annotated list. Glasgow Naturalist, 25(3), pp. 97-99.
Maddison, L.M. and Hancock, E.G. (2011) Another record of Sciara militaris Nowicki (Diptera, Sciaridae) from Scotland. Dipterists Digest, 18, pp. 53-54.
Mann, D. J., Hancock, G., Robinson, J. and Foster, G. (2010) Technical note: short-necked oil beetle on Coll. Scottish Invertebrate News, 1(2), pp. 6-7.
Downie, J.R., Hancock, E.G. and Muir, A.P. (2010) The diet of the paradoxical frog Pseudis paradoxa in Trinidad, West Indies. Herpetological Journal, 20(2), pp. 111-114.
Hancock, E.G. (2010) A live record of Trogoderma ornatum (Say, 1825) (Coleoptera, Dermestidae) in Britain. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 146, pp. 13-16.
Hancock, E.G. (2010) Some cranefly records from Socotra, Yemen (Diptera, Tipulidae; Limoniidae) including a new species of Idiocera. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 146, pp. 87-90.
Hancock, E.G. (2010) Thoracic spiracular gill structure of Lipsothrix (Diptera, Limoniidae). Bulletin of the Dipterists Forum, 69, p. 20.
Hancock, E.G. and Hounsome, M.V. (2010) Charles Arthur William “Bill” Pettitt (20 August 1937 – 26 March 2009): Zoological Curator at Manchester Museum. Natural Sciences Collections Association News, 19, pp. 2-6.
Hancock, E.G. and Dobson, R.M. (2009) Obituary - Alexander Reid Hill, 1919-2006. Glasgow Naturalist, 25(2), pp. 101-103.
Hancock, E. G. and Douglas, A. S. (2009) William Hunter's Goliath beetle, Goliathus goliatus (Linnaeus, 1771), re-visited. Archives of Natural History, 36(2), pp. 218-230. (doi: 10.3366/E0260954109000953)
Hancock, E.G. (2009) A most curious beetle from the insect collection of William Hunter (1718-1783). Scarabs, 40, pp. 5-6.
Hancock, E.G. (2009) Notes on collecting adult Dicranota robusta Lundstroem. Cranefly News, 19, p. 3.
Hancock, E.G. (2009) One of Darwin’s beetles in Glasgow. Antenna, 33(3), pp. 133-134.
Hancock, E.G., Dobson, R.M. and Williams, J. (2009) The Reverend William Little (1797? -1867), a preliminary account of his entomological activities. Transactions of Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, 83, pp. 5-16.
Hancock, G. E., Hewitt, S. M., Godfrey, A. and Mullin, M. (2009) Thoracic spiracular gill structure of Lipsothrix (Diptera, Limoniidae) in Britain described from scanning electron micrographs. Zoosymposia, 3, pp. 77-87.
Rotheray, G. E., Marcos-Garcia, M.-A., Hancock, G., Perez-Banon, C. and Maier, C. T. (2009) Neotropical Copestylum (Diptera, Syrphidae) breeding in Agavaceae and Cactaceae including seven new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 156(4), pp. 697-749. (doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00503.x)
Hancock, E.G., Thomas, A. and Francis, P. (2008) Obituary – John [Robson Allan] Gray, 1942-2007. Museums Journal, 2008, p. 57.
Brown, G. and Hancock, E.G. (2008) A most curious beetle from the insect collection of William Hunter (1718-1783). Linnean, 24(3), pp. 26-32.
Dobson, R.M. and Hancock, E.G. (2008) Historical review of a cabinet of Coleoptera from Thomas George Bishop's collection connected with James Francis Stephens. Glasgow Naturalist, 25(1), pp. 9-14.
Hancock, E.G., Robinson, J. and Corbett, G.B. (2008) Additions to the list of Myriapoda from St Kilda. Glasgow Naturalist, 25(1), pp. 92-93.
Hancock, E.G. (2008) Larval habitat preferences in Palaearctic Gnophomyia (Diptera, Limoniidae) with a key to adults. Sahlbergia, 14, pp. 13-16.
Hancock, E.G. (2008) People and historical notes - James Joseph Francis Xavier King (1855-1933). Cranefly Recording Scheme Newsletter, 17, pp. 6-7.
Hancock, E.G., Broadsmith-Brown, G., Douglas, A.S. and Vane-Wright, R.I. (2008) William Hunter’s museum and discovery of the Madagascan swallowtail butterfly, Pharmacophagus antenor (Drury, 1773). Antenna, 32(1), pp. 10-17.
Lang, P., Hancock, E.G., Murphy, K.J. and Watt, R.L. (2008) Mating cluster behaviour in the solitary bee Colletes succinctus (Linn.), Hymenoptera, Colletidae. Glasgow Naturalist, 25(1), pp. 90-91.
Robinson, J. and Hancock, E.G. (2008) The morphology and colour polymorphism of the St Kildan weevil Ceutorhynchus insularis Dieckmann, 1971 (Coleoptera; Curculionidae). Entomologists Monthly Magazine, 144, pp. 211-216.
Ricarte, A., Marcos-garcía, M.A., Rotheray, G.E. and Hancock, E.G. (2007) The early stages and breeding sites of 10 Cerioidini flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 100(6), pp. 914-924. (doi: 10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[914:TESABS]2.0.CO;2)
Douglas, A. S. and Hancock, E. G. (2007) Insect collecting in Africa during the eighteenth century and William Hunter's collection. Archives of Natural History, 34(2), pp. 293-306. (doi: 10.3366/anh.2007.34.2.293)
Rotheray, G.E., Hancock, E.G. and Marcos-Garcia, M.A. (2007) Neotropical Copestylum (Diptera, Syrphidae) breeding in bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) including 22 new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 150(2), pp. 267-317. (doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2007.00288.x)
Brown, G. and Hancock, E.G. (2007) The historical repairs of butterflies and moths from the eighteenth century collection of William Hunter, University of Glasgow. Natural Sciences Collections Association News, 12, pp. 15-19.
Hancock, E.G. (2007) Agrilus sulcicollis Lacordaire (Coleoptera, Buprestidae), an old un-noticed British occurrence. Coleopterist, 16(2), pp. 97-99.
Hancock, E. G. (2006) Flatworm (Platythelminthes, Tricladida) records from Colonsay, including two species new to Scotland. Glasgow Naturalist, 24(3), p. 64.
Hancock, E..G., Marcos-Garcia, M.-A. and Rotheray, G.E. (2006) Ptychopteridae - a fly family new to the Neotropical Region and description of a new species. Zootaxa, 1351, pp. 61-68.
Rotheray, G. E., Hancock, E. G., Marcos-Garcia, M. A. and Zumbado, M. (2006) Early stages and breeding sites of three species of Neotropical Ornidia (Diptera, Syrphidae). Studia Dipterologica, 12(2), pp. 419-427.
Hancock, E.G. (2005) Notes on Molophilus (Diptera, Limoniidae) including a description of a new European species. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 141, pp. 59-63.
Hancock, E.G. (2005) William Hunter’s insect collection and emerging descriptive taxonomy in the eighteenth century. Natural Sciences Collections Association News, 4, pp. 8-13.
Hancock, E.G. (2005) William Hunter’s insect collection, addition and appendices. Natural Sciences Collections Association News, 5, pp. 9-10.
Hancock, E.G. and Dyer, H.M. (2005) Finding Ceutorhynchus weevils (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) again on St Kilda. Coleopterist, 14(1), pp. 39-42.
Hutchins, D. and Hancock, E.G. (2005) Some early records of Pelophila borealis Paykull (Col: Carabidae) on the Scottish mainland. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 117(2), pp. 49-50.
Mann, D.J., Hancock, E.G. and Morris, M.G. (2005) History of the genus Lixus Fabricius (Curculionidae) in Britain with comments on nomenclature. Coleopterist, 14(2), pp. 65-80.
Moore, P.G. and Hancock, E.G. (2005) Alexander Patience (1865-1954): Glasgow's little-known Edwardian carcinologist. Glasgow Naturalist, 24(2), pp. 119-129.
Zonfrillo, B. and Hancock, E.G. (2005) Abundance and patterns of occurrence in butterflies from Ailsa Craig, Ayrshire. Glasgow Naturalist, 24(2), pp. 137-140.
De Villalobos, C., Hancock, E. G. and Zanca, F. (2004) Redescription and sexual dimorphism of Chordodes balzani Camerano, 1896 (Nematomorpha). Journal of Natural History, 38(18), pp. 2305-2313. (doi: 10.1080/00222930310001625923)
Ferrer, J., Barclay, M. V.L. and Hancock, E. G. (2004) Discovery of Lost J. C. Fabricius (1775) and A. G. Olivier (1795) Types of Coleoptera in the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow, Scotland. Annales Zoologici, 54(4), pp. 775-781.
Pérez-Bañón, C., Rotheray, G., Hancock, G., Marcos-García, M. A. and Zumbado, M. A. (2003) Immature stages and breeding sites of some neotropical saprophagous syrphids (Diptera: Syrphidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 96(4), pp. 458-471. (doi: 10.1603/0013-8746(2003)096[0458:ISABSO]2.0.CO;2)
Hancock, E.G. (2003) Scottish insect records for 2001. Glasgow Naturalist, 24(1), pp. 29-33.
Hancock, E.G. (2002) Alien insects in Scotland. Glasgow Naturalist, 23(Suppl),
E. Rotheray, G., Hancock, G., Hewitt, S., Horsfield, D., MacGowan, I., Robertson, D. and Watt, K. (2001) The biodiversity and conservation of saproxylic Diptera In Scotland. Journal of Insect Conservation, 5(2), pp. 77-85. (doi: 10.1023/A:1011329722100)
Hancock, E.G. (2001) The genus Aradus in Scotland and the confusion of corticalis (L.) with betulae (L.), Hemiptera-Heteroptera, Aradidae. Glasgow Naturalist, 23(5), pp. 56-57.
Hancock, E.G. (2001) Obituary - Edward Frank Hancock (1921-2001). Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 113, pp. 171-174.
Hancock, E.G. (2001) Scottish Insect Records for 1998 and 1999. Glasgow Naturalist, 23(5), pp. 48-52.
Hancock, E.G. (2001) Scottish Insect Records for 2000. Glasgow Naturalist, 23(6), pp. 53-56.
McGowan, A., Broderick, A.C., Deeming, J., Godley, B.J. and Hancock, E.G. (2001) Dipteran infestation of loggerhead (Caretta caretta) and green (Chelonia mydas) sea turtle nests in northern Cyprus. Journal of Natural History, 35(4), pp. 573-581. (doi: 10.1080/00222930151098233)
Hancock, E.G. (2000) Nicobium castaneum (Olivier) (Anobiidae) as a medieval import? Coleopterist, 9, p. 99.
Hancock, E.G., Rotheray, G.E. and Zumbado, M. (2000) A new larval habitat in Helius (Diptera, Limoniidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 136, pp. 91-93.
Rotheray, G.E., Marcos-Garcia, M.-A., Hancock, E.G. and Gilbert, F. (2000) The systematic position of Alipumilio and Nausigaster based on early stages (Diptera, Syrphidae). Studia Dipterologica, 7(1), pp. 133-144.
Rotheray, G. E., Zumbado, M., Hancock, E. G. and Thompson, F. C. (2000) Remarkable aquatic predators in the genus Ocyptamus (Diptera, Syrphidae). Studia Dipterologica, 7(2), pp. 385-389.
Barabás, S.P. and Hancock, E.G. (1999) Asymmetrical colour and wing-folding in Tithrone roseipennis (Saussure 1870) a neotropical praying mantis (Mantodea Hymenopodidae). Tropical Zoology, 12(2), pp. 325-334. (doi: 10.1080/03946975.1999.10539398)
Hancock, E. G. (1999) Hidden Wildlife: the resident population of invertebrates. The natural history of the Botanic Gardens. Glasgow Naturalist, 23(4), pp. 59-64.
Hancock, E. G. (1999) Scottish Insect Records for 1997. Glasgow Naturalist, 23(4), pp. 55-58.
Hancock, E.G. (1998) Zoology Museum Insect Project (ZIP). Biology Curator, 11, pp. 10-11.
Hancock, E.G. (1998) The natural history of the Glasgow Botanic Gardens. Glasgow Naturalist, 23(3), pp. 40-56.
Hancock, E.G. (1998) Scottish Insect Records for 1996. Glasgow Naturalist, 23(3), pp. 27-30.
Rotheray, G.E., Hancock, E.G. and Maier, C.T. (1998) The larvae of two Ceriana (Diptera, Syrphidae) in exuded tree sap. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 134, pp. 223-228.
Broderick, A. C. and Hancock, E. G. (1997) Insect infestation of Mediterranean marine turtle eggs. Herpetological Review, 28(4), pp. 190-191.
Hancock, E.G. (1997) Scottish Insect Records for 1995. Glasgow Naturalist, 23(2), pp. 25-29.
Hancock, E.G. and Horsfield, D. (1997) Ormosia fascipennis a short-palped cranefly (Diptera, Limoniidae) new to the British Isles. Dipterists Digest, 4(2), pp. 68-71.
Hancock, E.G. and Whittington, A.E. (1997) A review of the status of Drepanepteryx phalaenoides (Linn.) in Scotland (Neuroptera; Hemerobiidae). Glasgow Naturalist, 22(3), pp. 23-24.
Watt, K.R., Hancock, E.G., Horsfield, D. and MacGowan, I. (1997) Rare and local Diptera from the Tay reed beds in Scotland. Dipterists Digest, 4(1), pp. 30-34.
Hancock, E.G. (1996) Another British record of Cydia amplana (Hubner) (Lepidoptera; Tortricidae) - a rare vagrant or new coloniser? Entomologist's Gazette, 47, pp. 179-180.
Hancock, E.G. (1996) Scottish Insect Records for 1994. Glasgow Naturalist, 23(1), pp. 37-39.
Hancock, E.G., Robertson, D.M. and Macgowan, I. (1996) Saproxylic Diptera in Scotland 1. Additions to the British fauna of Mycetobia (Diptera; Mycetobiidae). Dipterists Digest, 3(1), pp. 32-35.
Hancock, E.G. and Ward, A. (1996) The effect of shade on the relative abundance of insects in water traps in the tropics. Entomologist, 115(2), pp. 91-96.
Downie, J.R., Disney, R.H.L., Collins, L. and Hancock, E.G. (1995) A new species of Megaselia (Diptera, Phoridae) whose larvae prey upon the eggs of Leptodactylus fuscus (Anura, Leptodactylidae). Journal of Natural History, 29(4), pp. 993-1003. (doi: 10.1080/00222939500770371)
Hancock, E.G. (1995) Insect records from the west of Scotland in 1993. Glasgow Naturalist, 22(5), pp. 501-504.
Hancock, E.G. (1994) Insect records from the west of Scotland in 1992. Glasgow Naturalist, 24(4), pp. 381-384.
Hancock, E.G. (1994) Phoracantha recurva Newman (Cerambycidae) as a live import to the British Isles. Coleopterist, 3(2), pp. 45-48.
Whiteley, D., Garland, S.P. and Hancock, E.G. (1994) A survey of Diptera on South Uist and adjacent Outer Hebridean islands. Dipterists Digest, 14, pp. 32-43.
Whiteley, D., Hancock, E.G., Plant, A.R., Bland, K.P. and Horsfield, D. (1994) A survey of Diptera on the Isle of Rum. Dipterists Digest, 14, pp. 2-27.
Hancock, E. G. (1993) Museum pests from pigeon nests. Journal of Biological Curation, 1(3-4), pp. 41-43.
Hancock, E.G. (1993) Insect records from the west of Scotland in 1991 and some records of Coleoptera for 1990. Glasgow Naturalist, 22(3), pp. 251-254.
Hancock, E.G. (1993) Notes on saproxylic insects and those specific to ancient woodland. Native Woodlands Discussion Group Newsletter, 18, pp. 42-45.
Hancock, E. G. (1992) Alexander Patience and his work on woodlice (Crustacea, Isopoda) in the Clyde area with a list of recorded species. Glasgow Naturalist, 22(2), pp. 133-139.
Hancock, E. G. (1992) Insect records from the west of Scotland in 1990. Glasgow Naturalist, 22(2), pp. 159-161.
Hancock, E. G. (1992) Some records of terrestrial invertebrates from Rum National Nature Reserve, 1990. Glasgow Naturalist, 22(2), pp. 169-189.
Hancock, E.G. (1992) Asymmetrical antennae in the hawthorn shieldbug, Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale (L.). British Journal of Entomology and Natural History, 5, pp. 93-94.
Hancock, E.G. (1991) Winter activity in the common window gnat Sylvicola cinctus (Fabr.), Anisopodidae. Dipterists Digest, 8, pp. 18-21.
Hancock, E.G. (1990) The dotted rustic (Rhyacia simulans (Hufnagel)), Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, in the west of Scotland. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 102, pp. 285-286.
Hancock, E.G. (1990) Notes on the biology of Dicranota robusta Lundstroem (Diptera; Tipulidae). Dipterists Digest, 6, pp. 20-22.
Hancock, E.G. (1990) Some cranefly (Diptera; Tipulidae, Anisopodidae, Ptychopteridae) records from Kerry, Ireland, 1982. Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society, 13, pp. 137-140.
Hancock, E.G. (1989) Notes on the window gnats, genus Sylvicola (Diptera; Anisopodidae), in Scotland. Scottish Naturalist, 1989, pp. 3-13.
Hancock, E. G. and Wheeler, A. (1988) An addition to the archival record of Mungo Park (1771–1806), African explorer. Archives of Natural History, 15(3), pp. 311-315. (doi: 10.3366/anh.1988.15.3.311)
Hancock, E.G. (1988) A cranefly Tipula (Savtshenkia) invenusta Riedel (Diptera; Tipulidae) new to the British Isles. Entomologist, 107(2), pp. 96-98.
Hancock, E.G. (1987) Heliothis peltigera (D.&S.) the bordered straw (Lepidoptera; Noctuidae) as an occasional Scottish migrant. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 99, pp. 271-272.
Hancock, E.G. (1987) Some cranefly (Diptera, Tipulidae) records from the River Clyde at Carmyle, Glasgow. Glasgow Naturalist, 21(3), pp. 356-357.
Hancock, E.G. and Wallace, I.D. (1986) Unusual foodplants of Svensson's copper underwing (Amphipyra svenssoni Fletcher) and the mouse (A. tragopoginis (Clerck)) Lepidoptera; Noctuidae. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 98, pp. 7-8.
Hancock, E.G. (1983) Further record of Craspedecusta sowerbeyi Lankester in Lancashire. Naturalist, 108, pp. 119-120.
Hancock, E.G. (1982) The northern rustic (Standfussiana lucernea (Linn.)) Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, in Lancashire. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 94, pp. 233-234.
Hancock, E.G. and Pettitt, C.W. (1981) Natural Science collection research units, their origin, aims and current status. Museums Journal, 81(2), pp. 73-74.
Hancock, E.G. (1980) One of those dreadful combats - a surviving display from William Bullock's London Museum. Museums Journal, 79(4), pp. 172-175.
Hancock, E.G. and Pettitt, C.W. (1980) A register of collections and collectors in northwest England – The first edition. Museums Journal, 79(4), pp. 185-187.
Hancock, E.G. (1979) The craneflies in Bradford Museum. Naturalist, 104, pp. 23-27.
Hancock, E.G. (1978) Another rediscovered collection of aphid slides made by Francis Walker. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 63(3), pp. 295-303. (doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1978.tb02567.x)
Hancock, E.G. (1978) The northwest collection research unit. Museums Journal, 77(4), p. 188.
Hancock, E.G. (1978) Researching your collections - natural sciences. Transactions of the Museum Assistants' Group, 15, pp. 9-12.
Hancock, E.G. (1977) Additional insect records from Puffin Island. Proceedings of the Birmingham Natural History, 23(4), pp. 239-241.
Hancock, E.G. (1977) Zoological collections in north-west England. Museums Journal, 77(3), p. 130.
Hancock, E.G. (1976) A list of zoological collections of note in Bolton Museum. Biology Curators' Group Newsletter, 1(3), pp. 2-11.
Hancock, E.G., Howell, A.C. and Torrens, H.S. (1976) Geological collections and collectors of note in Bolton Museum. Geological Curators' Group Newsletter, 1(7), pp. 323-335.
Hancock, E.G. and Gray, J.R.A. (1975) Some insects from light traps set at Leighton Moss. Nature in Lancashire, 5, pp. 19-26.
Hancock, E.G. (1974) Antennal variation in Erioptera pilipes (Fabricius), Diptera; Tipulidae. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 86, pp. 197-198.
Hancock, E.G. (1974) Araneid types in Liverpool Museum. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, 3(3), pp. 74-77.
Hancock, E.G. (1974) Some records of craneflies for 1973. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 86, pp. 239-241.
Hancock, E.G., Smith, P.H. and Harris, J.I. (1974) The natterjack toad in southwest Lancashire in 1972. Nature in Lancashire, 4, pp. 44-48.
Books
Dance, S. P. and Hancock, E. G. (1991) Butterflies, Moths and Other Insects. Series: Classic natural history prints. Studio Editions: London. ISBN 9781851703913
Hancock, E.G. (1985) Rye's Beetles: A Catalogue of E.C. Rye's Type Specimens in Bolton Museum. Series: Occasional papers (Bolton Museum and Art Gallery) (5). Bolton Museum and Art Gallery: Bolton.
Book Sections
Hancock, E.G. (2018) John Russell Malloch: amateur naturalist to professional taxonomist. In: MacGregor, Arthur (ed.) Naturalists in the Field: Collecting, Recording and Preserving the Natural World from the Fifteenth to the Twenty-First Century. Series: Emergence of natural history (2). Brill: Leiden, pp. 730-758. ISBN 9789004323841
Hancock, E. G. (2017) Anisopodidae (wood or window gnats). In: Kirk-Spriggs, Ashley H. and Sinclair, Bradley J. (eds.) Manual of Afrotropical Diptera. South African National Biodiversity Institute: Pretoria, pp. 633-640. ISBN 9781928224129
Hancock, E. G. (2015) The shaping role of Johan Christian Fabricius (1745–1808): William Hunter’s insect collection and entomology in eighteenth century London. In: Hancock, E. Geoffrey, Pearce, Nick and Campbell, Mungo (eds.) William Hunter's World: The Art and Science of Eighteenth-Century Collecting. Series: Histories of material culture and collecting, 1700–1950. Ashgate: Farnham, Surrey, pp. 151-163. ISBN 9781409447740
Hancock, E.G. (2015) The collection, the natural world. 2. Insects. In: MacGregor, Arthur (ed.) The Cobbe Cabinet of Curiosities: An Anglo-Irish Country House Museum. Series: Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Yale University Press: New Haven, pp. 132-145. ISBN 9780300204353
Hancock, E.G. (2011) Order Diptera, family Limoniidae. In: van Harten, Antonius (ed.) Arthropod fauna of the United Arab Emirates, Volume 4. Dar Al Ummah Printing: Abu Dhabi, pp. 684-695. ISBN 9789948161165
Hancock, E.G. (2010) Richardiidae. In: Brown, B.V., Borkent, A., Cumming, J.M., Wood, D.M., Woodley, N.E. and Zumbado, M. (eds.) Manual of Central American Diptera. NRC Research Press: Ottawa, pp. 871-879. ISBN 9780660199580
Hancock, E.G. (2009) Ptychopteridae. In: Brown, B.V., Borkent, A., Cumming, J.M., Wood, D.M., Woodley, N.E. and Zumbado, M. (eds.) Manual of Central American Diptera. NRC Research Press: Ottawa, pp. 357-358. ISBN 9780660198330
Hancock, E.G. and Amorim, D.S. (2009) Anisopodidae (wood gnats or window gnats). In: Brown, B.V., Borkent, A., Cumming, J.M., Wood, D.M., Woodley, N.E. and Zumbado, M. (eds.) Manual of Central American Diptera. NRC Research Press: Ottawa, pp. 341-344. ISBN 9780660198330
Hancock, E.G. (2006) Records of craneflies (Diptera:Tipulidae and Limoniidae) from Yemen including new species. In: Krupp, Friedhelm (ed.) Fauna of Arabia, Volume 21. King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology: Riyadh, pp. 357-364. ISBN 3929907755
Hancock, E.G. (2004) Adam White. In: Lightman, Bernard (ed.) Dictionary of Nineteenth-Century British Scientists. Thoemmes Continuum: Bristol, pp. 2147-2148. ISBN 9781855069992
Hancock, E.G. (1997) Accidental damage leading to retrospective valuation of historically unique molluscan specimen. In: Nudds, J.R. and Pettitt, C.W. (eds.) The Value and Valuation of Natural Science Collections: Proceedings of the International Conference, Manchester, 1995. Geological Society: London, pp. 246-248. ISBN 9781897799765
Hancock, E.G. (1997) Craneflies (Diptera: Tipulidae and Limoniidae) of Saudi Arabia and Oman. In: Krupp, Friedhelm and Mahnert, Volker (eds.) Fauna of Arabia, Volume 16. King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology: Riyadh, pp. 341-352. ISBN 3723400167
Hancock, E.G. (1987) Natural history. In: Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum. Collins: London, pp. 10-35. ISBN 9780004356822
Edited Books
Hancock, E.G. and Pettitt, C.W. (Eds.) (1980) A Register of Natural Science Collections and Collectors in North-West England. Manchester Museum: Manchester.
Research Reports or Papers
Hancock, E. G. (1998) John Russell Malloch (1875-1963), his early life and contribution to entomology in Scotland. [Research Reports or Papers]
Hancock, E.G. and Morgan, P.J. (1980) A survey of zoological and botanical collections in museums in Great Britain. [Research Reports or Papers]
Hancock, E.G. and Pettitt, C.W. (1979) Collections and collectors in north-west England (Botany, Geology and Zoology). Vol 1. Catalogue; Vol 2. Indices. [Research Reports or Papers]
Conference Proceedings
Hancock, G. (2002) Insects and Research at Glasgow. In: University Museums in Scotland Conference, St Andrews, UK, 7-8 Nov 2002,
Hancock, E.G. (1986) Provincial Museums and Zoological Collections. In: A National Plan for Systematic Collections?, Cardiff, UK, 6-9 Jul 2012, pp. 19-25.
Hancock, E.G. (1980) The Care and Maintenance of Biological Collections - Challenges and Constraints. In: Museums Association Conference, 1980, pp. 14-16.