References by Ward, P. S.
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Ward, P. S. 1980a. A systematic revision of the Rhytidoponera impressa group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Australia and New Guinea. Australian Journal of Zoology 28:475-498. PDF
Ward, P. S. 1980b. Genetic variation and population differentiation in the Rhytidoponera impressa group, a species complex of ponerine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Evolution 34:1060-1076. PDF
Ward, P. S.; Taylor, R. W. 1981. Allozyme variation, colony structure and genetic relatedness in the primitive ant Nothomyrmecia macrops Clark (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 20:177-183. PDF
Ward, P. S. 1981a. Ecology and life history of the Rhytidoponera impressa group. I. Habitats, nest sites, and foraging behavior. Psyche (Cambridge) 88:89-108. PDF
Ward, P. S. 1981b. Ecology and life history of the Rhytidoponera impressa group. II. Colony origin, seasonal cycles, and reproduction. Psyche (Cambridge) 88:109-126. PDF
Ward, P. S. 1983a. Genetic relatedness and colony organization in a species complex of ponerine ants. I. Genotypic and phenotypic composition of colonies. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 12:285-299. PDF
Ward, P. S. 1983b. Genetic relatedness and colony organization in a species complex of ponerine ants. II. Patterns of sex ratio investment. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 12:301-307. PDF
Ward, P. S. 1984. A revision of the ant genus Rhytidoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in New Caledonia. Australian Journal of Zoology 32:131-175. PDF
Ward, P. S. 1985a. Taxonomic congruence and disparity in an insular ant fauna: Rhytidoponera in New Caledonia. Systematic Zoology 34:140-151. PDF
Ward, P. S. 1985b. The Nearctic species of the genus Pseudomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Quaestiones Entomologicae 21:209-246. PDF
Ward, P. S. 1986. Functional queens in the Australian greenhead ant, Rhytidoponera metallica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 93:1-12. PDF
Ward, P. S. 1987. Distribution of the introduced Argentine ant (Iridomyrmex humilis) in natural habitats of the lower Sacramento Valley and its effects on the indigenous ant fauna. Hilgardia 55(2):1-16. PDF
Ward, P. S. 1988. Mesic elements in the western Nearctic ant fauna: taxonomic and biological notes on Amblyopone, Proceratium, and Smithistruma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 61:102-124. PDF
Ward, P. S. 1989a. Systematic studies on pseudomyrmecine ants: revision of the Pseudomyrmex oculatus and P. subtilissimus species groups, with taxonomic comments on other species. Quaestiones Entomologicae 25:393-468. PDF
Ward, P. S. 1989b. Genetic and social changes associated with ant speciation. Pp. 123-148 in: Breed, M. D.; Page, R. E. (eds.) 1989. The genetics of social evolution. Boulder: Westview Press, 213 pp.
Ward, P. S. 1990. The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): generic revision and relationship to other formicids. Systematic Entomology 15:449-489. PDF
Ward, P. S. 1991. Phylogenetic analysis of pseudomyrmecine ants associated with domatia-bearing plants. Pp. 335-352 in: Huxley, C. R.; Cutler, D. F. (eds.) 1991. Ant-plant interactions. Oxford: Oxford University Press, xviii + 601 pp. PDF
Baroni Urbani, C.; Bolton, B.; Ward, P. S. 1992. The internal phylogeny of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 17:301-329. PDF
Ward, P. S. 1992. Ants of the genus Pseudomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Dominican amber, with a synopsis of the extant Antillean species. Psyche (Cambridge) 99:55-85. PDF
Frumhoff, P. C.; Ward, P. S. 1992. Individual-level selection, colony-level selection, and the association between polygyny and worker monomorphism in ants. American Naturalist 139:559-590. PDF
Ward, P. S. 1993. Systematic studies on Pseudomyrmex acacia-ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 2:117-168. PDF

Notes: Errata in J. Hym. Res. 3:309-310. (1994.10.15)

Ward, P. S. 1994. Adetomyrma, an enigmatic new ant genus from Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), and its implications for ant phylogeny. Systematic Entomology 19:159-175. PDF
Ward, P. S. 1995. Ants on the run. [Review of: Gotwald, W. H., Jr. 1995. Army ants: the biology of social predation. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, xviii + 302 pp.]. Science (Washington, D. C.) 270:319-320. PDF
Ward, P. S. 1996. A new workerless social parasite in the ant genus Pseudomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a discussion of the origin of social parasitism in ants. Systematic Entomology 21:253-263. PDF
Ward, P. S.; Bolton, B.; Shattuck, S. O.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1996. A bibliography of ant systematics. University of California Publications in Entomology 116:1-417.
Olson, D. M.; Ward, P. S. 1996. The ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Kirindy Forest (tropical dry forest) in western Madagascar. Pp. 161-164 in: Ganzhorn, J. U.; Sorg, J.-P. (eds.) 1996. Ecology and economy of a tropical dry forest in Madagascar. Primate Report 46-1. Göttingen: German Primate Center (DPZ), 382 pp. PDF
Ward, P. S. 1997. Ant soldiers are not modified queens. Nature (London) 385:494-495. PDF
Brady, S. G.; Gadau, J.; Ward, P. S. 1999. Is the ant genus Camponotus paraphyletic? [Abstract.]. Pp. 27-28 in: Publication Committee 1999. 4th International Hymenopterists Conference, 6-11th January 1999, Canberra, Australia. Program and abstracts. Glen Osmond, South Australia: 4th International Hymenopterists Conference, 96 pp.
Gadau, J.; Brady, S. G.; Ward, P. S. 1999. Systematics, distribution and ecology of an endemic California Camponotus quercicola (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 92:514-522. PDF
Ward, P. S. 1999a. Deceptive similarity in army ants of the genus Neivamyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): taxonomy, distribution and biology of N. californicus (Mayr) and N. nigrescens (Cresson). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 8:74-97. PDF
Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Camponotus buchneri subsp. camerounensis Camponotus buchneri camerounensis Ward et al., 2016 Subspecies Valid Original combination
Leptomyrmex relictus Leptomyrmex relictus Boudinot et al., 2016 Species Valid Original combination
Pseudomyrmex evitus Pseudomyrmex evitus Ward, 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Pseudomyrmex feralis Pseudomyrmex feralis Ward, 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Pseudomyrmex micans Pseudomyrmex micans Ward, 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Pseudomyrmex obtusus Pseudomyrmex obtusus Ward, 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Pseudomyrmex parvulus Pseudomyrmex parvulus Ward, 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Pseudomyrmex arcanus Pseudomyrmex arcanus Ward & Branstetter, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Pseudomyrmex capillatus Pseudomyrmex capillatus Ward & Branstetter, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Pseudomyrmex cognatus Pseudomyrmex cognatus Ward & Branstetter, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Pseudomyrmex comitator Pseudomyrmex comitator Ward & Branstetter, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Pseudomyrmex ereptor Pseudomyrmex ereptor Ward & Branstetter, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Pseudomyrmex exoratus Pseudomyrmex exoratus Ward & Branstetter, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Pseudomyrmex fasciatus Pseudomyrmex fasciatus Ward & Branstetter, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Pseudomyrmex nimbus Pseudomyrmex nimbus Ward & Branstetter, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Pseudomyrmex veracruzensis Pseudomyrmex veracruzensis Ward & Branstetter, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Tetraponera cortina Tetraponera cortina Ward, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Tetraponera dispar Tetraponera dispar Ward, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Tetraponera exactor Tetraponera exactor Ward, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Tetraponera furtiva Tetraponera furtiva Ward, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Tetraponera pedana Tetraponera pedana Ward, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Tetraponera pumila Tetraponera pumila Ward, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Tetraponera elegans Tetraponera elegans Ward, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Tetraponera insularis Tetraponera insularis Ward, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Tetraponera kosi Tetraponera kosi Ward, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Tetraponera redacta Tetraponera redacta Ward, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Tetraponera setosa Tetraponera setosa Ward, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Crematogaster detecta Crematogaster detecta Ward & Blaimer, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Crematogaster parapilosa Crematogaster parapilosa Ward & Blaimer, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Crematogaster vetusta Crematogaster vetusta Ward & Blaimer, 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Statistics
Published between 1980–2023
Taxon descriptions between 1980–2022
No. of references 87
No. of described taxa (including combinations) 124
No. of described taxa (valid, including combinations) 119
No. of described taxa (protonyms only) 120
Names belonging to author
Author name No. of references
Ward, P. S. 87