- Finnegan, R. J. 1963. The storage of ambrosia fungus spores by the pitted ambrosia beetle, Corthylus punctatissimus Zimm (Coleoptera: Scolytidae). Canadian Entomologist 95137-139.
- Davidson, A. G., R. Pommerleau, B. W. Dance, R. I. Finnegan, W. L. Sippel, and e. al. 1964. A review of the Dutch elm disease. Canada Department of Forestry, Forest Entomology and Pathology Branch, Bi-monthly Progress Report 20/4. 8 p.
- Finnegan, R. J. 1950. Bionomics of the native elm bark beetle Hylurgopinus rufipes (Eichhoff) in Quebec. Unpublished thesis, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton.
- Finnegan, R. J. 1957. Elm bark beetles in southwestern Ontario . Canadian Entomologist 89:275-280.
- Finnegan, R. J. 1964a. Insectes dans les pepinieres et les plantations . Canada Department of Forestry, Entomology and Pathology Branch, Annual Report 1964:52-53.
- Finnegan, R. J. 1964b. Role des insectes dans la transmission de la maladie hollandaise de l'Orme, Ceratocystis ulmi (Buism.) C. Moreau. Phytoprotection 45(3):117-124.
- Finnegan, R. J. 1967. Notes on the biology of the pitted ambrosia beetle, Corthylus punctatissimus (Coleoptera: Scolytidae), in Ontario and Quebec . Canadian Entomologist 99:49-54.
- Finnegan, R. J., and C. Gagnon. 1964. Xyloterinus politus (Say), another possible vector of the Dutch elm disease . Canada Department of Forestry, Forest Entomology and Pathology Branch, Bi-monthly Progress Report 20:2-3.
- Finnegan, R. J., H. G. McPhee, and W. Y. Watson. 1959. An ambrosia beetle, Corthylus punctatissimus Zimm., attacking maple regeneration . Canada Department of Forestry, Forest Entomology and Pathology Branch, Bi-monthly Progress Report 15(5):2.
- Finnegan, R. J., and W. L. Sippel. 1964. Vectors of the disease. Pages 3-4 in A review of the Dutch elm disease. Canada Department of Forestry, Forest Entomology and Pathology Branch, Bi-monthly Progress Report 20(4). 8 p.
- Finnegan, R. J., and W. L. Sippel. 1967. Vectors of the disease. Pages 7-11 in A. G. Davidson (ed.), Dutch elm disease. Canada Department of Forestry and Rural Development, Canadian Forestry Service, Publication 1187. 23 p,
- Smerlis, E., and R. J. Finnegan. 1981. Bark beetle carriers of Gremmeniella abietina and other pathogenic microfungi . Canada Department of the Environment, Canadian Forestry Service, Research Notes 1:2-4.