Snelling, R. R. 1981. Systematics of social Hymenoptera. Pp. 369-453 in: Hermann, H. R. (ed.) 1981. Social insects. Volume 2. New York: Academic Press, xiii + 491 pp.

Blum, M. S.; Jones, T. H.; Snelling, R. R.; Overal, W. L.; Fales, H. M.; Highet, R. J. 1982. Systematic implications of the exocrine chemistry of some Hypoclinea species. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 10:91-94.

Snelling, R. R. 1982a ("1981"). The taxonomy and distribution of some North American Pogonomyrmex and descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 80:97-112. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1982b. A revision of the honey ants, genus Myrmecocystus, first supplement (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 81:69-86. PDF

Blum, M. S.; Jones, T. H.; Lloyd, H. A.; Fales, H. M.; Snelling, R. R.; Lubin, Y.; Torres, J. 1985. Poison gland products of Solenopsis and Monomorium species. Journal of Entomological Science 20:254-257.

Snelling, R. R. 1985. [Untitled. Camponotus bakeri Wheeler 1904 (elevated from subspecies of C. hyatti).]. P. 24 in: Miller, S. E. 1985. The California Channel Islands - past, present and future: an entomological perspective. Pp. 3-28 in: Menke, A. S.; Miller, D. R. (eds.) 1985. Entomology of the California Channel Islands. Proceedings of the first symposium. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 178 pp.

Snelling, R. R.; Buren, W. F. 1985. Description of a new species of slave-making ant in the Formica sanguinea group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Great Lakes Entomologist 18:69-78. PDF

Schmidt, J. O.; Schmidt, P. J.; Snelling, R. R. 1986. Pogonomyrmex occidentalis, an addition to the ant fauna of Mexico, with notes on other species of harvester ants from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The Southwestern Naturalist 31:395-396.

Snelling, R. R. 1986. New synonymy in Caribbean ants of the genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 88:154-156. PDF

Blum, M. S.; Snelling, R. R.; Duffield, R. M.; Hermann, H. R.; Lloyd, H. A. 1988. Mandibular gland chemistry of Camponotus (Myrmothrix) abdominalis: chemistry and chemosystematic implications (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 481-490 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) 1988. Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp.

Duffield, R. M.; Wheeler, J. W.; Snelling, R. R. 1988. Mellein in the mandibular glands of worker Camponotus ferrugineus (Fabr.): an anomoly [sic] in the subgenus Camponotus. Pp. 475-480 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) 1988. Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp.

Snelling, R. R. 1988. Taxonomic notes on Nearctic species of Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 55-78 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) 1988. Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp. PDF

Lloyd, H. A.; Blum, M. S.; Snelling, R. R.; Evans, S. L. 1989. Chemistry of mandibular and Dufour's gland secretions of ants in genus Myrmecocystus. Journal of Chemical Ecology 15:2589-2599.

Davidson, D. W.; Foster, R. B.; Snelling, R. R.; Lozada, P. W. 1991. Variable composition of some tropical ant-plant symbioses. Pp. 145-162 in: Price, P. W.; Lewinsohn, T. M.; Fernandes, G. W.; Benson, W. W. (eds.) 1991. Plant-animal interactions. Evolutionary ecology in tropical and temperate regions. New York: J. Wiley, xiv + 639 pp.

Snelling, R. R.; Cover, S. P. 1992. Description of a new Proceratium from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 99:49-53. PDF

Snelling, R. R.; Longino, J. T. 1992. Revisionary notes on the fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex, rimosus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini). Pp. 479-494 in: Quintero, D.; Aiello, A. (eds.) 1992. Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: selected studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, xxii + 692 pp. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1992a. Two unusual new myrmicine ants from Cameroon (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 99:95-101. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1992b. A newly adventive ant of the genus Pheidole in southern California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 91:121-125. PDF

Blum, M. S.; Musthak Ali, T. M.; Jones, T. H.; Snelling, R. R. 1994. Identification of a chemical releaser of alarm behavior for workers of Harpegnathos saltator Jerd. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Memorabilia Zoologica 48:17-22.

Perfecto, I.; Snelling, R. R. 1995. Biodiversity and the transformation of a tropical agroecosystem: ants in coffee plantations. Ecological Applications 5:1084-1097.

Torres, J. A.; Snelling, R. R. 1995 ("1992"). Los himenópteros de Isla de Mona. Acta Científica (Puerto Rico) 6:87-102.

Notes: Ants pp. 93-96.

Snelling, R. R. 1995a. Systematics of Nearctic ants of the genus Dorymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 454:1-14. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1995b. [Review of: Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp.]. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 88:593.

Jones, T. H.; Torres, J. A.; Snelling, R. R.; Spande, T. F. 1996. Primary tetradecenyl amines from the ant Monomorium floricola. Journal of Natural Products 59:801-802.

Jones, T. H.; Torres, J. A.; Spande, T. F.; Garraffo, H. M.; Blum, M. S.; Snelling, R. R. 1996. Chemistry of venom alkaloids in some Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) species from Puerto Rico. Journal of Chemical Ecology 22:1221-1236.

Torres, J. A.; Snelling, R. R. 1997. Biogeography of Puerto Rican ants: a non-equilibrium case? Biodiversity and Conservation 6:1103-1121.

Snelling, R. R. 1998. Insects part 1: the social Hymenoptera. Pp. 39-47, 131-143 in: Mack, A. L. (ed.) 1998. A biological assessment of the Lakekamu Basin, Papua New Guinea. Washington, D.C.: Conservation International, 187 pp.

Snelling, R. R.; Torres, J. A. 1998. Camponotus ustus Forel and two similar new species from Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 469:1-10. PDF

Gorman, J. S. T.; Jones, T. H.; Spande, T. F.; Snelling, R. R.; Torres, J. A.; Garraffo, H. M. 1998. 3-Hexyl-5-methylindolizidine isomers from thief ants, Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) species. Journal of Chemical Ecology 24:933-943. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1999a. [Untitled. Cephalotes kukulcan Snelling new species.]. Pp. 402-410 in: De Andrade, M. L.; Baroni Urbani, C. 1999. Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 271:1-889. PDF