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 umphreyi Pheidole umphreyi Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole unicornis Pheidole unicornis Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole valens Pheidole valens Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole variceps Pheidole variceps Wilson, 2003a Species Synonym Original combination
Pheidole veletis Pheidole veletis Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole venatrix Pheidole venatrix Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole verricula Pheidole verricula Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole vestita Pheidole vestita Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole violacea Pheidole violacea Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole viriosa Pheidole viriosa Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole vomer Pheidole vomer Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole wardi Pheidole wardi Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole xanthogaster Pheidole xanthogaster Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole xyston Pheidole xyston Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole yucatana Pheidole yucatana Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole zelata Pheidole zelata Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole zoster Pheidole zoster Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole mutisi Pheidole mutisi Fernández & Wilson, 2008 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