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
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