Blaimer, B. B. 2010. Taxonomy and natural history of the Crematogaster (Decacrema)-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Madagascar. Zootaxa 2714:1-39. PDF

Blaimer, B. B. 2012a. Untangling complex morphological variation: taxonomic revision of the subgenus Crematogaster (Oxygyne) in Madagascar, with insight into the evolution and biogeography of this enigmatic ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 37:240-260. PDF

Blaimer, B. B. 2012b. Taxonomy and species-groups of the subgenus Crematogaster (Orthocrema) in the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 199:23-70. PDF

Blaimer, B. B. 2012c. A subgeneric revision of Crematogaster and discussion of regional species-groups (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3482:47-67. PDF

Blaimer, B. B. 2012d. Acrobat ants go global – Origin, evolution and systematics of the genus Crematogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65:421-436. PDF

Blaimer, B. B.; Fisher, B. L. 2013a. How much variation can one ant species hold? Species delimitation in the Crematogaster kelleri-group in Madagascar. PLoS ONE 8 (7):e68082. 10.1371/journal.pone.0068082 PDF

Blaimer, B. B. 2013a. [New species attributed to Blaimer]. Pp. 20-28 in: Blaimer, B. B.; Fisher, B. L. 2013a. How much variation can one ant species hold? Species delimitation in the Crematogaster kelleri-group in Madagascar. PLoS ONE 8 (7):e68082. PDF

Blaimer, B. B.; Fisher, B. L. 2013b. Taxonomy of the Crematogaster degeeri-species-assemblage in the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 51:1-64. PDF

Blaimer, B. B. 2013b. [New species of Crematogaster attributed to B. B. Blaimer]. Pp. 17-59 in: Blaimer, B. B.; Fisher, B. L. 2013b. Taxonomy of the Crematogaster degeeri-species-assemblage in the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 51:1-64. PDF

Blaimer, B. B.; Brady, S. G.; Schultz, T. R.; Lloyd, M. W.; Fisher, B. L.; Ward, P. S. 2015. Phylogenomic methods outperform traditional multi-locus approaches in resolving deep evolutionary history: a case study of formicine ants. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15 (271):1-14. 10.1186/s12862-015-0552-5 PDF

Ward, P. S.; Blaimer, B. B.; Fisher, B. L. 2016. A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex. Zootaxa 4072:343-357. PDF

Blaimer, B. B.; LaPolla, J. S.; Branstetter, M. G.; Lloyd, M. W.; Brady, S. G. 2016. Phylogenomics, biogeography and diversification of obligate mealybug-tending ants in the genus Acropyga. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 102:20-29. 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.05.030 PDF

Blaimer, B. B.; Ward, P. S.; Schultz, T. R.; Fisher, B. L.; Brady, S. G. 2018. Paleotropical diversification dominates the evolution of the hyperdiverse ant tribe Crematogastrini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 2 (5):1-14. 10.1093/isd/ixy013 PDF

Notes: Phylogeny of Crematogastrini

Price, S. L.; Blanchard, B. L.; Powell, S.; Blaimer, B. B.; Moreau, C. S. 2022. Phylogenomics and fossil data inform the systematics and geographic range evolution of a diverse neotropical ant lineage. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1):9:1-13. 10.1093/isd/ixab023 PDF

Ward, P. S.; Blaimer, B. B. 2022. Taxonomy in the phylogenomic era: species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships among North American ants of the Crematogaster scutellaris group (Formicidae: Hymenoptera). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 194:893-937. PDF

Kirchner, M.; Bertone, M.; Blaimer, B. B.; Youngsteadt, E. 2023. Colony structure and redescription of males in the rarely collected arboreal ant, Aphaenogaster mariae Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 125 (1):77-88. 10.4289/0013-8797.125.1.77 PDF

Ward, P. S.; Fisher, B. L.; Wernegreen, J. J.; Blaimer, B. B. 2025. Evolutionary history, novel lineages and symbiont coevolution in the ant tribe Camponotini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 50 (3):646-676. 10.1111/syen.12678 PDF

Notes: Published "online early" 20 May 2025 with different pagination.

Doré, M.; Borowiec, M. L.; Branstetter, M. G.; Camacho, G. P.; Fisher, B. L.; Longino, J. T.; Ward, P. S.; Blaimer, B. B. 2025. Evolutionary history of ponerine ants highlights how the timing of dispersal events shapes modern biodiversity. Nature Communications 16, 8297:1-17. 10.1038/s41467-025-63709-3 PDF

Fisher, B. L.; Branstetter, M. G.; Blaimer, B. B.; Borowiec, M. L.; Camacho, G. P.; Doré, M; Ward, P. S.; Longino, J. T. 2025. A genus-level classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1264:281-349. 10.3897/zookeys.1264.173399 PDF