References by Wilson, E. O.
Wilson, E. O. 1988a. The current status of ant taxonomy. Pp. 3-10 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) 1988. Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp.
Wilson, E. O. 1988b. The biogeography of the West Indian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 214-230 in: Liebherr, J. K. (ed.) 1988. Zoogeography of Caribbean insects. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, ix + 285 pp.
Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp.
Hölldobler, B.; Obermayer, M.; Wilson, E. O. 1992. Communication in the primitive cryptobiotic ant Prionopelta amabilis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology. A. Sensory, Neural and Behavioral Physiology 171:9-16.
Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.
Wilson, E. O. 2003b. La hiperdiversidad como fenómeno real: el caso de Pheidole. Pp. 363-370 in: Fernández, F. (ed.) 2003. Introducción a las hormigas de la región Neotropical. Bogotá: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, xxvi + 424 pp.
Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 2005a. The rise of the ants: a phylogenetic and ecological explanation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102:7411-7414. PDF
Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 2005b. Eusociality: origin and consequences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102:13367-13371. PDF
Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 2008. The superorganism. The beauty, elegance, and strangeness of insect societies. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, xxi + 522 pp.

Notes: Publication date (November 2008) from publisher's web site (http://books.wwnorton.com/books/978-0-393-06704-0/).

Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 2010. The leafcutter ants. Civilization by instinct. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 160 pp.
Sarnat, E. M.; Rabeling, C.; Economo, E. P.; Wilson, E. O. 2014. First record of a species from the New World Pheidole flavens-complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) introduced to the southwestern Pacific. BioInvasions Records 3:7 pp. PDF

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Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Pheidole mosenopsis Pheidole mosenopsis Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole multispina Pheidole multispina Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole napoensis Pheidole napoensis Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole nasifer Pheidole nasifera Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole naylae Pheidole naylae Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole nebulosa Pheidole nebulosa Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole nesiota Pheidole nesiota Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole nigricula Pheidole nigricula Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole nitella Pheidole nitella Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole noar Pheidole noar Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole nubicola Pheidole nubicola Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole oaxacana Pheidole oaxacana Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole obrima Pheidole obrima Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole oliveirai Pheidole oliveirai Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole olsoni Pheidole olsoni Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole onyx Pheidole onyx Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole otisi Pheidole otisi Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole palenquensis Pheidole palenquensis Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole paraensis Pheidole paraensis Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole pariana Pheidole pariana Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole peckorum Pheidole peckorum Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole pedana Pheidole pedana Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole pelor Pheidole pelor Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole peltastes Pheidole peltastes Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole pepo Pheidole pepo Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole perdiligens Pheidole perdiligens Wilson, 2003a Species Synonym Original combination
Pheidole perkinsi Pheidole perkinsi Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole perpilosa Pheidole perpilosa Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole perryorum Pheidole perryorum Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole peruviana Pheidole peruviana Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Statistics
Published between 1951–2023
Taxon descriptions between 1951–2008
No. of references 153
No. of described taxa (including combinations) 473
No. of described taxa (valid, including combinations) 395
No. of described taxa (protonyms only) 438
Names belonging to author
Author name No. of references
Wilson, E. O. 153