Moreau, C. S.; Bell, C. D.; Vila, R.; Archibald, S. B.; Pierce, N. E. 2006. Phylogeny of the ants: diversification in the age of angiosperms. Science (Washington, D. C.) 312:101-104. PDF

García, F.; Espadaler, X.; Echave, P.; Vila, R. 2010. Hormigas (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) de los acantilados de L'avenc de Tavertet (Barcelona, Península Ibérica). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 47:363-367. PDF

Espadaler, X.; García, F.; Roig, X.; Vila, R. 2013. Hormigas (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) del Parc del Castell de Montesquiu (Osona, noreste De La Península Ibérica). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa 53:223-227. PDF

Talavera, G.; Espadaler, X.; Vila, R. 2015. Discovered just before extinction? The first endemic ant from the Balearic Islands (Lasius balearicus sp. nov.) is endangered by climate change. Journal of Biogeography 42:589-601. 10.1111/jbi.12438 PDF

Schär, S.; Talavera, G.; Espadaler, X.; Rana, J. D.; Andersen, A. A.; Cover, S. P.; Vila, R. 2018. Do Holarctic ant species exist? Trans-Beringian dispersal and homoplasy in the Formicidae. Journal of Biogeography 00:1-12. 10.1111/jbi.13380 PDF

Schär, S.; Menchetti, M.; Schifani, E.; Hinojosa, J. C.; Platania, L.; Dapporto, L.; Vila, R. 2020. Integrative biodiversity inventory of ants from a Sicilian archipelago reveals high diversity on young volcanic islands (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 20:405-416. 10.1007/s13127-020-00442-3 PDF

Notes: Published online 6 Jun 2020.

Schär, S.; Talavera, G.; Rana, J. D.; Espadaler, X.; Cover, S. P.; Shattuck, S. O.; Vila, R. 2022. Integrative taxonomy reveals cryptic diversity in North American Lasius ants, and an overlooked introduced species. Scientific Reports 12:5970:1-12. 10.1038/s41598-022-10047-9 PDF

Schifani, E.; Alicata, A.; Borowiec, L.; García, F.; Gentile, V.; Gómez, K.; Nalini, E.; Rigato, F.; Schär, S.; Scupola, A.; Vila, R.; Menchetti, M. 2023. Unrecognized for centuries: distribution and sexual caste descriptions of the West European Aphaenogaster species of the subterranea group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1153:141-156. [online early] 10.3897/zookeys.1153.98297 PDF

Schifani, E.; Alicata, A.; Borowiec, L.; García, F.; Gentile, V.; Gómez, K.; Nalini, E.; Rigato, F.; Schär, S.; Scupola, A.; Vila, R.; Menchetti, M. 2023. Unrecognized for centuries: distribution and sexual caste descriptions of the West European Aphaenogaster species of the subterranea group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1153:141-156. [online early] 10.3897/zookeys.1153.98297 PDF

Zięcina, D.; Menchetti, M.; Borowiec, L.; Bračko, G.; Lapeva-Gjonova, A.; Vila, R.; Salata, S. 2024. Taxonomic revision of the Aphaenogaster subterranea species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 74 (2):237-282. 10.3161/00034541ANZ2024.74.2.002 PDF

Borowiec, L.; Menchetti, M.; Salata, S.; Vila, R.; Zięcina, D. 2024. [Untitled. Aphaenogaster asterioni sp. nov. and Aphaenogaster tristis sp. nov. attributed to L. Borowiec, M. Menchetti, S. Salata, R. Vila and D. Zięcina]. Pp. 241-243, 260-265 in: Zięcina, D.; Menchetti, M.; Borowiec, L.; Bračko, G.; Lapeva-Gjonova, A.; Vila, R.; Salata, S. 2024. Taxonomic revision of the Aphaenogaster subterranea species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 74 (2):237-282. 10.3161/00034541ANZ2024.74.2.002 PDF

Espadaler, X.; Vila, R. 2025. Pheidole rosae Forel, 1901 crosses the Atlantic: a third exotic Pheidole in Barcelona, Spain (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d’Història Natural 89 (1):3-7. 10.2436/20.1502.01.196 PDF