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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
†Iridomyrmex mapesi †Iridomyrmex mapesi Wilson, 1985f Species Unidentifiable Original combination
†Protrechina carpenteri †Protrechina carpenteri Wilson, 1985f Species Valid Original combination
†Sphecomyrma canadensis †Boltonimecia canadensis Wilson, 1985f Species Valid
Eurhopalothrix heliscata Eurhopalothrix heliscata Wilson & Brown, 1985 Species Valid Original combination
Chimaeridris Chimaeridris Wilson, 1989 Genus Valid
Chimaeridris boltoni Chimaeridris boltoni Wilson, 1989 Species Valid Original combination
Chimaeridris burckhardti Chimaeridris burckhardti Wilson, 1989 Species Valid Original combination
Anomalomyrma kubotai Protanilla kubotai Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990 Species Unavailable
Protanilla wallacei Protanilla wallacei Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990 Species Unavailable Original combination
Pheidole nasutoides Pheidole nasutoides Hölldobler & Wilson, 1992 Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole acamata Pheidole acamata Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole aciculata Pheidole aciculata Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole aculifera Pheidole aculifera Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole ademonia Pheidole ademonia Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole aenescens Pheidole aenescens Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole agricola Pheidole agricola Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole alayoi Pheidole alayoi Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole albipes Pheidole albipes Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole alexeter Pheidole alexeter Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole allarmata Pheidole allarmata Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole alpestris Pheidole alpestris Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole alticola Pheidole alticola Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole amabilis Pheidole amabilis Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole amazonica Pheidole amazonica Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole ambigua Pheidole ambigua Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole angulifera Pheidole angulifera Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole angusticeps Pheidole angusticeps Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole anima Pheidole anima Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole arachnion Pheidole arachnion Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole araneoides Pheidole araneoides 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