References by Elmes, G. W.
Elmes, G. W. 1971. An experimental study on the distribution of heathland ants. Journal of Animal Ecology 40:495-499.
Elmes, G. W. 1973. Miniature queens of the ant Myrmica rubra L. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomologist 106:133-136.
Elmes, G. W. 1976. Some observations on the microgyne form of Myrmica rubra L. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 23:3-22.
Elmes, G. W. 1978. A morphometric comparison of three closely related species of Myrmica (Formicidae), including a new species from England. Systematic Entomology 3:131-145. PDF
Elmes, G. W. 1980. Queen number in colonies of ants of the genus Myrmica. Insectes Sociaux 27:43-60.
Elmes, G. W. 1981. An aberrant form of Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander (Hym. Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 28:27-31.
Elmes, G. W.; Clarke, R. T. 1981. A biometric investigation of variation of workers of Myrmica ruginodis Nylander (Formicidae). Pp. 121-140 in: Howse, P. E.; Clement, J.-L. (eds.) 1981. Biosystematics of social insects. Systematics Association Special Volume No. 19. London: Academic Press, 346 pp.
Elmes, G. W.; Wardlaw, J. C. 1981. The quantity and quality of overwintered larvae in five species of Myrmica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Zoology (London) 193:429-446.
Elmes, G. W. 1982. The phenology of five species of Myrmica (Hymenoptera Formicidae) from South Dorset, England. Insectes Sociaux 29:548-560.
Elmes, G. W.; Wardlaw, J. C. 1983a. A comparison of the effect of temperature on the development of large hibernated larvae of four species of Myrmica (Hymenoptera:Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 30:106-118.
Elmes, G. W.; Wardlaw, J. C. 1983b. A comparison of the effect of a queen upon the development of large hibernated larvae of six species of the genus Myrmica (Hym. Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 30:134-148.
Elmes, G. W.; Thomas, J. A. 1985. Morphometrics as a tool in identification: a case study of Myrmica from France (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Actes des Colloques Insectes Sociaux 2:97-108. PDF
Thomas, J. A.; Elmes, G. W.; Wardlaw, J. C.; Woyciechowski, M. 1989. Host specificity among Maculinea butterflies in Myrmica ant nests. Oecologia (Berlin) 79:452-457.
Elmes, G. W. 1991a. The social biology of Myrmica ants. Actes des Colloques Insectes Sociaux 7:17-34.
Elmes, G. W. 1991b. Mating strategy and isolation between the two forms, macrogyna and microgyna, of Myrmica ruginodis (Hym. Formicidae). Ecological Entomology 16:411-423.
Elmes, G. W. 1994. A population of the social parasite Myrmica hirsuta Elmes (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) recorded from Jutland, Denmark, with a first description of the worker caste. Insectes Sociaux 41:437-442.
Wardlaw, J. C.; Elmes, G. W. 1996. Exceptional colony size in Myrmica species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomologist 115:191-196.
Elmes, G. W.; Radchenko, A. G. 1998. Ants of the genus Myrmica from Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Chinese Journal of Entomology 18:217-224. PDF
Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G. W. 1998. Taxonomic revision of the ritae species-group of the genus Myrmica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Vestnik Zoologii 32(4):3-27. PDF
Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G. W.; Collingwood, C. A. 1999. [Untitled. Myrmica brancuccii Radchenko, Elmes & Collingwood, sp. n.]. Pp. 30-31 in: Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G. W. 1999a. Ten new species of Myrmica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Himalaya. Vestnik Zoologii 33(3):27-46. PDF
Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G. W. 1999a. Ten new species of Myrmica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Himalaya. Vestnik Zoologii 33(3):27-46. PDF
Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G. W. 1999b. First description of the female of Myrmica ritae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), with some notes on the ritae group. Vestnik Zoologii 33(6):95-98. PDF
Elmes, G. W.; Radchenko, A. G.; Kim, B.-J. 2001. Two new species of Myrmica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Korea. Korean Journal of Biological Sciences 5:107-112. PDF
Radchenko, A. G.; Zhou, S.; Elmes, G. W. 2001. New and rare Myrmica species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from southern China. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 51:211-219. PDF
Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G. W. 2001a. First record of the genus Myrmica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from northern Vietnam, with a description of two new species. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 51:221-225.
Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G. W. 2001b. A taxonomic revision of the ant genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 from the Himalaya (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomologica Basiliensia 23:237-276. PDF
Elmes, G. W.; Radchenko, A. G.; Aktaç, N. 2002. Four new Myrmica species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Turkey. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 52:157-171. PDF
Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G. W. 2002. First descriptions of the sexual forms of seven Himalayan Myrmica species (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Vestnik Zoologii 36(5):35-46. PDF
Radchenko, A. G.; Elmes, G. W.; Woyciechowski, M. 2002. An appraisal of Myrmica bergi Ruzsky, 1902 and related species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 52:409-421. PDF
Radchenko, A.; Elmes, G. W.; Czechowska, W.; Stankiewicz, A.; Czechowski, W.; Sielezniew, M. 2003. First records of Myrmica vandeli Bondroit and M. tulinae Elmes, Radchenko et Aktaç (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for Poland, with a key for the scabrinodis- and sabuleti-complexes. Fragmenta Faunistica (Warsaw) 46:47-57.
Taxa originally described by author (including combinations)
Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Myrmica hirsuta Elmes, 1978 Species Valid
Myrmica mirabilis Elmes & Radchenko, 1998 Species Valid
Myrmica martensi Radchenko & Elmes, 1998 Species Valid
Myrmica rigatoi Radchenko & Elmes, 1998 Species Valid
Myrmica boltoni Radchenko & Elmes, 1998 Species Valid
Myrmica urbanii Radchenko & Elmes, 1998 Species Valid
Myrmica collingwoodi Radchenko & Elmes, 1998 Species Valid
Myrmica rhytida Radchenko & Elmes, 1999a Species Valid
Myrmica nitida Radchenko & Elmes, 1999a Species Valid
Myrmica williamsi Radchenko & Elmes, 1999a Species Valid
Myrmica villosa Radchenko & Elmes, 1999a Species Valid
Myrmica ordinaria Radchenko & Elmes, 1999a Species Valid
Myrmica wittmeri Radchenko & Elmes, 1999a Species Valid
Myrmica vittata Radchenko & Elmes, 1999a Species Valid
Myrmica petita Radchenko & Elmes, 1999a Species Valid
Myrmica wardi Radchenko & Elmes, 1999a Species Valid
Myrmica brancuccii Radchenko et al., 1999 Species Valid
Myrmica koreana Elmes et al., 2001 Species Valid
Myrmica hyungokae Elmes et al., 2001 Species Synonym
Myrmica titanica Radchenko & Elmes, 2001a Species Valid
Myrmica yamanei Radchenko & Elmes, 2001a Species Valid
Myrmica foreliana Radchenko & Elmes, 2001a Species Valid
Myrmica sinensis Radchenko et al., 2001 Species Valid
Myrmica angulata Radchenko et al., 2001 Species Valid
Myrmica draco Radchenko et al., 2001 Species Valid
Myrmica tamarae Elmes et al., 2002 Species Valid
Myrmica tulinae Elmes et al., 2002 Species Valid
Myrmica anatolica Elmes et al., 2002 Species Valid
Myrmica jennyae Elmes et al., 2002 Species Valid
Myrmica afghanica Radchenko & Elmes, 2003b Species Valid
Statistics
Published between 1971–2010
Taxon descriptions between 1978–2010
No. of references 49
No. of described taxa (including combinations) 56
No. of described taxa (valid, including combinations) 53
No. of described taxa (protonyms only) 56
Names belonging to author
Author name No. of references
Elmes, G. W. 49
Elmes, G.W. 0