References by Williams, J. L.
Williams, J. L.; LaPolla, J. S. 2016. Taxonomic revision and phylogeny of the ant genus Prenolepis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 4200:201-258. 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.2.1 PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Williams, J. L.; Fan, E. 2017. Acropyga oreithauma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a new species from Panama. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 143:1-5. PDF
Williams, J. L.; LaPolla, J. S. 2018. Two new Prenolepis species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Indomalaya and Australasia, with a redescription of P. dugasi from Vietnam. Zootaxa 4441 (1):171-180. 10.11646/zootaxa.4441.1.10 PDF
Williams, J. L.; Lucky, A. 2020. Non-native and invasive Nylanderia crazy ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the world: integrating genomics to enhance taxonomic preparedness. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 113:318-336. 10.1093/aesa/saz039 PDF

Notes: Advance Access Publication Date: 16 March 2020

Williams, J. L.; Zhang, Y. M.; Lloyd, M. W.; LaPolla, J. S.; Schultz, T. R.; Lucky, A. 2020. Global domination by crazy ants: phylogenomics reveals biogeographical history and invasive species relationships in the genus Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 45:730-744. 10.1111/syen.12423 PDF
Williams, J. L.; Zhang, Y. M.; LaPolla, J. S.; Schultz, T. R.; Lucky, A. 2022. Phylogenetic delimitation of morphologically cryptic species in globetrotting Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species complexes. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1): 10:1-15. 10.1093/isd/iaxb027 PDF
Williams, J. L. 2022. Description of Prenolepis rinpoche sp. nov. from Nepal, with discussion of Asian Prenolepis species biogeography. Asian Myrmecology 15: e015008:1-9. [online early] 10.20362/am.015008 PDF
Williams, J. L.; Punnath, A.; Fernández, M. B.; Calcaterra, L. A.; LaPolla, J. S.; Lucky, A. 2024. “Picking up signals” in male genital morphospace and integrating phylogenomics to delimit Neotropical Nylanderia Emery species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 8(5), 6:1-18. [online early] 10.1093/isd/ixae028 PDF

Notes: Nylanderia phylogeny

Williams, J. L.; Williams, J. F.; LaPolla, J. S.; Lucky, A. 2025. Nylanderia of the World, Part IV: Taxonomic contributions to the American Clade I of New World Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 5569 (3):549-593. 10.11646/zootaxa.5569.3.10 PDF
Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Prenolepis darlena Prenolepis darlena Williams & LaPolla, 2016 Species Valid Original combination
Prenolepis fustinoda Prenolepis fustinoda Williams & LaPolla, 2016 Species Valid Original combination
Prenolepis mediops Prenolepis mediops Williams & LaPolla, 2016 Species Valid Original combination
Prenolepis shanialena Prenolepis shanialena Williams & LaPolla, 2016 Species Valid Original combination
Acropyga oreithauma Acropyga oreithauma LaPolla et al., 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Prenolepis lakekamu Prenolepis lakekamu Williams & LaPolla, 2018 Species Valid Original combination
Prenolepis nepalensis Prenolepis nepalensis Williams & LaPolla, 2018 Species Valid Original combination
Prenolepis rinpoche Prenolepis rinpoche Williams, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia breviscapa Nylanderia breviscapa Williams et al., 2025 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia contraria Nylanderia contraria Williams et al., 2025 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia lazulina Nylanderia lazulina Williams et al., 2025 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia luceata Nylanderia luceata Williams et al., 2025 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia mendax Nylanderia mendax Williams et al., 2025 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia mosaica Nylanderia mosaica Williams et al., 2025 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia polita Nylanderia polita Williams et al., 2025 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia usul Nylanderia usul Williams et al., 2025 Species Valid Original combination
Statistics
Published between 2016–2025
Taxon descriptions between 2016–2025
No. of references 9
No. of described taxa (including combinations) 16
No. of described taxa (valid, including combinations) 16
No. of described taxa (protonyms only) 16
Names belonging to author
Author name No. of references
Williams, J. L. 9