References by Wilson, E. O.
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. 1977c. Weaver ants. Scientific American 237(6):146-154.
Oster, G. F.; Wilson, E. O. 1978. Caste and ecology in the social insects. Princeton: Princeton University Press, xv + 352 pp.
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.
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.
Wilson, E. O. 1985d. The sociogenesis of insect colonies. Science (Washington, D. C.) 228:1489-1495.
Wilson, E. O. 1985g. The principles of caste evolution. Fortschritte der Zoologie 31:307-324.
Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Camponotus (Myrmoturba) navigator Camponotus navigator Wilson & Taylor, 1967b Species Valid Original combination
Camponotus (Myrmamblys) rotumanus Camponotus rotumanus Wilson & Taylor, 1967b Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole (Pheidole) aana Pheidole aana Wilson & Taylor, 1967b Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole (Pheidole) atua Pheidole atua Wilson & Taylor, 1967b Species Valid Original combination
Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) rotumana Polyrhachis rotumana Wilson & Taylor, 1967b Species Valid Original combination
Rogeria exsulans Rogeria exsulans Wilson & Taylor, 1967b Species Valid Original combination
Strumigenys mailei Strumigenys mailei Wilson & Taylor, 1967b Species Valid Original combination
Vollenhovia pacifica Vollenhovia pacifica Wilson & Taylor, 1967b Species Valid Original combination
Formica talbotae Formica talbotae Wilson, 1977b Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole lanuginosa Pheidole lanuginosa Wilson, 1984b Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole neokohli Pheidole neokohli Wilson, 1984b Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole parasitica Pheidole parasitica Wilson, 1984b Species Valid Original combination
Ilemomyrmex Ilemomyrmex Wilson, 1985a Genus Valid
Oxyidris Oxyidris Wilson, 1985a Genus Valid
Ilemomyrmex caecus Ilemomyrmex caecus Wilson, 1985a Species Valid Original combination
Oxyidris antillana Oxyidris antillana Wilson, 1985a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole tethepa Pheidole tethepa Wilson, 1985a Species Valid Original combination
Neivamyrmex ectopus Neivamyrmex ectopus Wilson, 1985b Species Valid Original combination
Azteca alpha Azteca alpha Wilson, 1985c Species Valid Original combination
Azteca eumeces Azteca eumeces Wilson, 1985c Species Valid Original combination
Monacis caribbaea Dolichoderus caribbaeus Wilson, 1985c Species Valid
Dolichoderus dibolia Dolichoderus dibolius Wilson, 1985c Species Valid Original combination
Hypoclinea primitiva Dolichoderus primitivus Wilson, 1985c Species Valid
Monacis prolaminata Dolichoderus prolaminatus Wilson, 1985c Species Valid
Iridomyrmex humiloides Gracilidris humiloides Wilson, 1985c Species Valid
Tapinoma trochis Tapinoma troche Wilson, 1985c Species Valid Original combination
Iridomyrmex hispaniolae Technomyrmex hispaniolae Wilson, 1985c Species Valid
Protrechina Protrechina Wilson, 1985f Genus Valid
Eocenidris Eocenidris Wilson, 1985f Genus Valid
Eocenidris crassa Eocenidris crassa Wilson, 1985f 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