References by Wilson, E. O.
Wilson, E. O. 1976a. The organization of colony defense in the ant Pheidole dentata Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 1:63-81. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1976b. A social ethogram of the Neotropical arboreal ant Zacryptocerus varians (Fr. Smith). Animal Behavior 24:354-363. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1976c. Behavioral discretization and number of castes in an ant species. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 1:141-154. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1976d. Which are the most prevalent ant genera? Studia Entomologica 19:187-200. PDF
Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1977a. The number of queens: an important trait in ant evolution. Naturwissenschaften 64:8-15.
Wilson, E. O. 1977a. [Review of: Wheeler, G. C., Wheeler, J. 1976. Ant larvae: review and synthesis. Mem. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 7:1-108.]. Science (Washington, D. C.) 195:975.
Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1977b. Weaver ants: social establishment and maintenance of territory. Science (Washington, D. C.) 195:900-902.
Wilson, E. O. 1977b ("1976"). The first workerless parasite in the ant genus Formica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 83:277-281. PDF
Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1977c. Weaver ants. Scientific American 237(6):146-154.
Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1978. The multiple recruitment systems of the African Weaver ant Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 3:19-60. PDF
Oster, G. F.; Wilson, E. O. 1978. Caste and ecology in the social insects. Princeton: Princeton University Press, xv + 352 pp.
Wilson, E. O. 1978. Division of labor in fire ants based on physical castes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Solenopsis). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 51:615-636.
Wilson, E. O. 1979. The evolution of caste systems in social insects. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 123:204-210.
Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 1980. Sex differences in cooperative silk-spinning by weaver ant larvae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 77:2343-2347.
Wilson, E. O. 1981a. Epigenesis and the evolution of social systems. Journal of Heredity 72:70-77.
Wilson, E. O. 1981b. Communal silk-spinning by larvae of Dendromyrmex tree-ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 28:182-190.
Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1983a. Queen control in colonies of weaver ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 76:235-238.
Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1983b. The evolution of communal nest-weaving in ants. American Scientist 71:490-499.
Wilson, E. O. 1984a. The relation between caste ratios and division of labor in the ant genus Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 16:89-98.
Wilson, E. O. 1984b. Tropical social parasites in the ant genus Pheidole, with an analysis of the anatomical parasitic syndrome (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 31:316-334. PDF
Wilson, E. O.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1985 ("1984"). Behavior of the cryptobiotic predaceous ant Eurhopalothrix heliscata, n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Basicerotini). Insectes Sociaux 31:408-428. PDF
Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 1985. Caste-specific techniques of defense in the polymorphic ant Pheidole embolopyx (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 32:3-22.
Wilson, E. O. 1985a. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 1. Two new myrmicine genera and an aberrant Pheidole. Psyche (Cambridge) 92:1-9. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1985b. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 2. The first fossil army ants. Psyche (Cambridge) 92:11-16. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1985c. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 3. The subfamily Dolichoderinae. Psyche (Cambridge) 92:17-37. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1985d. The sociogenesis of insect colonies. Science (Washington, D. C.) 228:1489-1495.
Wilson, E. O. 1985e. Invasion and extinction in the West Indian ant fauna: evidence from the Dominican amber. Science (Washington, D. C.) 229:265-267.
Wilson, E. O. 1985f. Ants from the Cretaceous and Eocene amber of North America. Psyche (Cambridge) 92:205-216. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1985g. The principles of caste evolution. Fortschritte der Zoologie 31:307-324.
Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 1986. Ecology and behavior of the Neotropical cryptobiotic ant Basiceros manni (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Basicerotini). Insectes Sociaux 33:70-84. PDF
Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Pheidole petersoni Pheidole petersoni Wilson, 2003a Species Synonym Original combination
Pheidole petrensis Pheidole petrensis Wilson, 2003a Species Synonym Original combination
Pheidole pholeops Pheidole pholeops Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole pidax Pheidole pidax Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole pilispina Pheidole pilispina Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole pilosior Pheidole pilosior Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole pinicola Pheidole pinicola Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole plato Pheidole plato Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole polymorpha Pheidole polymorpha Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole portalensis Pheidole portalensis Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole potosiana Pheidole potosiana Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole praeses Pheidole praeses Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole prattorum Pheidole prattorum Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole prolixa Pheidole prolixa Wilson, 2003a Species Synonym Original combination
Pheidole prostrata Pheidole prostrata Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole protensa Pheidole protensa Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole psilogaster Pheidole psilogaster Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole pygmaea Pheidole pygmaea Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole quadriceps Pheidole quadriceps Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole quercicola Pheidole quercicola Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole rectiluma Pheidole rectiluma Wilson, 2003a Species Synonym Original combination
Pheidole rectisentis Pheidole rectisentis Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole rectispina Pheidole rectispina Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole rectitrudis Pheidole rectitrudis Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole renae Pheidole renae Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole rhytifera Pheidole rhytifera Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole rosula Pheidole rosula Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole rotundiceps Pheidole rotundiceps Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole roushae Pheidole roushae Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole rubiceps Pheidole rubiceps Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Statistics
Published between 1951–2024
Taxon descriptions between 1951–2008
No. of references 154
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. 154