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References by Ward, P. S.
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Lucky, A.; Ward, P. S. 2010. Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Leptomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2688:1-67. PDF
Ward, P. S.; Brady, S. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Schultz, T. R. 2010. Phylogeny and biogeography of dolichoderine ants: effects of data partitioning and relict taxa on historical inference. Systematic Biology 59:342-362. PDF
Ward, P. S. 2011. Integrating molecular phylogenetic results into ant taxonomy (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 15:21-29. PDF
Ward, P. S.; Sumnicht, T. P. 2012. Molecular and morphological evidence for three sympatric species of Leptanilla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on the Greek island of Rhodes. Myrmecological News 17:5-11. PDF
Johnson, B. R.; Borowiec, M. L.; Chiu, J. C.; Lee, E. K.; Atallah, J.; Ward, P. S. 2013. Phylogenomics resolves evolutionary relationships among ants, bees, and wasps. Current Biology 23:2058-2062. PDF
Brady, S. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Schultz, T. R.; Ward, P. S. 2014. The rise of army ants and their relatives: diversification of specialized predatory doryline ants. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14 (93):1-14. 10.1186/1471-2148-14-93 PDF
Ward, P. S. 2014. The phylogeny and evolution of ants. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 45:23-43. PDF
Ward, P. S.; Brady, S. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Schultz, T. R. 2015. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 40:61-81. 10.1111/syen.12090 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
Chomicki, G.; Ward, P. S.; Renner, S. S. 2015. Macroevolutionary assembly of ant/plant symbioses: Pseudomyrmex ants and their ant-housing plants in the Neotropics. Proceedings of the Royal Society. Series B. 282 (1819):20152200, 55 pp. 10.1098/rspb.2015.2200 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
Boudinot, B. E.; Probst, R. S.; Brandão, C. R. F.; Feitosa, R. M.; Ward, P. S. 2016. Out of the Neotropics: newly discovered relictual species sheds light on the biogeographical history of spider ants (Leptomyrmex, Dolichoderinae, Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 41:658-671. 10.1111/syen.12181 PDF
Ward, P. S.; Fisher, B. L. 2016. Tales of dracula ants: the evolutionary history of the ant subfamily Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 41:683-693. 10.1111/syen.12186 PDF
Ward, P. S.; Brady, S. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Schultz, T. R. 2016. Phylogenetic classifications are informative, stable, and pragmatic: the case for monophyletic taxa. Insectes Sociaux 63:489-492. 10.1007/s00040-016-0516-9 PDF
Ward, P. S. 2017. A review of the Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus and Pseudomyrmex goeldii species groups: acacia-ants and relatives (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 4227 (4):524-542. 10.11646/zootaxa.4227.4.3 PDF
Ward, P. S.; Branstetter, M. G. 2017. The acacia ants revisited: convergent evolution and biogeographic context in an iconic ant/plant mutualism. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B 284:1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2569 PDF

Notes: Phylogeny of Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus group

Branstetter, M. G.; Longino, J. T.; Ward, P. S.; Faircloth, B. C. 2017. Enriching the ant tree of life: enhanced UCE bait set for genome-scale phylogenetics of ants and other Hymenoptera. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 8:768-776. 10.1111/2041-210X.12742 PDF
Branstetter, M. G.; Danforth, B. N.; Pitts, J. P.; Faircloth, B. C.; Ward, P. S.; Buffington, M. L.; Gates, M. W.; Kula, R. R.; Brady, S. G. 2017. Phylogenomic insights into the evolution of stinging wasps and the origins of ants and bees. Current Biology 27:1019-1025. 10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.027 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

Ward, P. S. 2019. Subfamilia Pseudomyrmecinae. Capítulo 33. Pp. 1089-1113 in: Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J.; Delsinne, T. (eds.) 2019d. Hormigas de Colombia. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp. PDF
Borowiec, M. L.; Rabeling, C.; Brady, S. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Schultz, T. R.; Ward, P. S. 2019. Compositional heterogeneity and outgroup choice influence the internal phylogeny of the ants. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 134:111-121. 10.1016/j.ympev.2019.01.024 PDF
Ward, P. S.; Boudinot, B. E. 2021. Grappling with homoplasy: taxonomic refinements and reassignments in the ant genera Camponotus and Colobopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 79:37-56. 10.3897/asp.79.e66978 PDF
Ward, P. S.; Branstetter, M. G. 2022. Species paraphyly and social parasitism: phylogenomics, morphology, and geography clarify the evolution of the Pseudomyrmex elongatulus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a Mesoamerican ant clade. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1): 4:1-31. 10.1093/isd/iaxb025 PDF
Ward, P. S. 2022. The ant genus Tetraponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical region: taxonomic review and key to species. Zootaxa 5102 (1):1-70. 10.11646/zootaxa.5102.1.1 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
Romiguier, J.; Borowiec, M. L.; Weyna, A.; Helleu, Q.; Loire, E.; La Mendola, C.; Rabeling, C.; Fisher, B. L.; Ward, P. S.; Keller, L. 2022. Ant phylogenomics reveals a natural selection hotspot preceding the origin of complex eusociality. Current Biology 32:2942-2947. 10.1016/j.cub.2022.05.001 PDF
Mera-Rodríguez, D.; Jourdan, H.; Ward, P. S.; Shattuck, S.; Cover, S. P.; Wilson, E. O.; Rabeling, C. 2023. Biogeography and evolution of social parasitism in Australian Myrmecia bulldog ants revealed by phylogenomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 186 (107825):1-18. [online early] 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107825 PDF
Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Rhytidoponera confusa Rhytidoponera confusa Ward, 1980a Species Valid Original combination
Rhytidoponera enigmatica Rhytidoponera enigmatica Ward, 1980a Species Valid Original combination
Rhytidoponera aquila Rhytidoponera aquila Ward, 1984 Species Valid Original combination
Rhytidoponera arborea Rhytidoponera arborea Ward, 1984 Species Valid Original combination
Rhytidoponera depilis Rhytidoponera depilis Ward, 1984 Species Valid Original combination
Rhytidoponera insularis Rhytidoponera insularis Ward, 1984 Species Valid Original combination
Rhytidoponera koumensis Rhytidoponera koumensis Ward, 1984 Species Valid Original combination
Rhytidoponera litoralis Rhytidoponera litoralis Ward, 1984 Species Valid Original combination
Rhytidoponera luteipes Rhytidoponera luteipes Ward, 1984 Species Valid Original combination
Rhytidoponera mimica Rhytidoponera mimica Ward, 1984 Species Valid Original combination
Rhytidoponera nitidiventris Rhytidoponera nitidiventris Ward, 1984 Species Valid Original combination
Rhytidoponera opaciventris Rhytidoponera opaciventris Ward, 1984 Species Valid Original combination
Rhytidoponera terrestris Rhytidoponera terrestris Ward, 1984 Species Valid Original combination
Pseudomyrmex leptosus Pseudomyrmex leptosus Ward, 1985b Species Valid Original combination
Pseudomyrmex seminole Pseudomyrmex seminole Ward, 1985b Species Valid Original combination
Proceratium compitale Proceratium compitale Ward, 1988 Species Valid Original combination
Smithistruma arizonica Strumigenys arizonica Ward, 1988 Species Valid
Smithistruma chiricahua Strumigenys chiricahua Ward, 1988 Species Valid
Smithistruma reliquia Strumigenys reliquia Ward, 1988 Species Valid
Pseudomyrmex alustratus Pseudomyrmex alustratus Ward, 1989a Species Valid Original combination
Pseudomyrmex cretus Pseudomyrmex cretus Ward, 1989a Species Valid Original combination
Pseudomyrmex laevifrons Pseudomyrmex laevifrons Ward, 1989a Species Valid Original combination
Pseudomyrmex pisinnus Pseudomyrmex pisinnus Ward, 1989a Species Valid Original combination
Pseudomyrmex spiculus Pseudomyrmex spiculus Ward, 1989a Species Valid Original combination
Pseudomyrmex villosus Pseudomyrmex villosus Ward, 1989a Species Valid Original combination
Myrcidris Myrcidris Ward, 1990 Genus Valid
Myrcidris epicharis Myrcidris epicharis Ward, 1990 Species Valid Original combination
Leptanilloidinae Leptanilloidinae Baroni Urbani et al., 1992 Subfamily Synonym
†Pseudomyrmex antiquus †Pseudomyrmex antiquus Ward, 1992 Species Valid Original combination
†Pseudomyrmex avitus †Pseudomyrmex avitus Ward, 1992 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