Schär, S.; Nash, D. R. 2014. Evidence that microgynes of Myrmica rubra ants are social parasites that attack old host colonies. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27:2396-2407. 10.1111/jeb.12482 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

Schär, S. 2024. Ants of Kamchatka: checklist, DNA-barcoding and key (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Alpine Entomology 8:19-28. [online early] 10.3897/alpento.8.114185 PDF