References by Fisher, B. L.
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Blaimer, B. B.; Fisher, B. L. 2013b. Taxonomy of the Crematogaster degeeri-species-assemblage in the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 51:1-64. PDF
Yoshimura, M.; Fisher, B. L. 2014. A revision of the ant genus Mystrium in the Malagasy region with description of six new species and remarks on Amblyopone and Stigmatomma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Amblyoponinae). ZooKeys 394:1-99. PDF
Bolton, B.; Fisher, B. L. 2014. The Madagascan endemic myrmicine ants related to Eutetramorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): taxonomy of the genera Eutetramorium Emery, Malagidris nom. n., Myrmisaraka gen. n., Royidris gen. n., and Vitsika gen. n. Zootaxa 3791 (1):1-99. PDF
Brady, S. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Schultz, T. R.; Ward, P. S. 2014. The rise of army ants and their relatives: diversification of specialized predatory doryline ants. BMC Evolutionary Biology 14 (93):1-14. 10.1186/1471-2148-14-93 PDF
Rakotonirina, J. C.; Fisher, B. L. 2014. Revision of the Malagasy ponerine ants of the genus Leptogenys Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3836 (1):1-163. PDF
Fischer, G.; Azorsa, F.; Fisher, B. L. 2014. The ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): synonymisation of Pheidologeton Mayr under Carebara, establishment and revision of the C. polita species group. ZooKeys 438:57-112. PDF
Sharaf, M. R.; Fisher, B. L.; Aldawood, S. A. 2014. Notes on ants of the genus Strumigenys F. Smith, 1860 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Arabian Peninsula, with a key to species. Sociobiology 61(3):293-299. PDF
Helms, J. A.; Peeters, C.; Fisher, B. L. 2014. Funnels, gas exchange and cliff jumping: Natural history of the cliff dwelling ant Malagidris sofina. Insectes Sociaux 61:357-365. 10.1007/s00040-014-0360-8 PDF
Hita Garcia, F.; Fisher, B. L. 2014a. The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae): synonymisation of Decamorium Forel under Tetramorium, and taxonomic revision of the T. decem species group. ZooKeys 411:67-103. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Fisher, B. L. 2014a. Two new Paraparatrechina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) species from the Seychelles, with notes on the hypogaeic weissi species-group. ZooKeys 414:139-155. PDF
Hita Garcia, F.; Fisher, B. L. 2014b. Taxonomic revision of the cryptic ant genus Probolomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Proceratiinae) in Madagascar. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 61:65-76. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Fisher, B. L. 2014b. Then there were five: a reexamination of the ant genus Paratrechina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 422:35-48. PDF
Hita Garcia, F.; Fisher, B. L. 2014c. The hyper-diverse ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Malagasy region – taxonomic revision of the T. naganum, T. plesiarum, T. schaufussii, and T. severini species groups. ZooKeys 413:1-170. PDF
Overson, R.; Fisher, B. L. 2015. Taxonomic revision of the genus Prionopelta (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Malagasy region. ZooKeys 507:115-150. PDF
Hita Garcia, F.; Fisher, B. L. 2015. Taxonomy of the hyper-diverse ant genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) – first record of the T. setigerum species group and additions to the Malagasy species groups with an updated illustrated identification key. ZooKeys 512:121-153. PDF
Ward, P. S.; Brady, S. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Schultz, T. R. 2015. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 40:61-81. 10.1111/syen.12090 PDF
Csősz, S.; Fisher, B. L. 2015. Diagnostic survey of Malagasy Nesomyrmex species-groups and revision of hafahafa group species via morphology based cluster delimitation protocol. ZooKeys 526:19-59. PDF
Blaimer, B. B.; Brady, S. G.; Schultz, T. R.; Lloyd, M. W.; Fisher, B. L.; Ward, P. S. 2015. Phylogenomic methods outperform traditional multi-locus approaches in resolving deep evolutionary history: a case study of formicine ants. BMC Evolutionary Biology 15 (271):1-14. 10.1186/s12862-015-0552-5 PDF
Esteves, F. A.; Fisher, B. L. 2015. A subfamília Amblyoponinae na região Neotropical. Pp. 13-22 in: Delabie, J. H. C.; Feitosa, R. M.; Serrão, J. E.; Mariano, C. S. F.; Majer, J. D. (eds.) 2015. As formigas poneromorfas do Brasil. Ilhéus-Bahia: Editora da UESC, 477 pp. PDF
Ward, P. S.; Blaimer, B. B.; Fisher, B. L. 2016. A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex. Zootaxa 4072:343-357. PDF
Rakotonirina, J. C.; Csősz, S.; Fisher, B. L. 2016. Revision of the Malagasy Camponotus edmondi species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae): integrating qualitative morphology and multivariate morphometric analysis. ZooKeys 572:81-154. 10.3897/zookeys.572.7177 PDF
Ward, P. S.; Fisher, B. L. 2016. Tales of dracula ants: the evolutionary history of the ant subfamily Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 41:683-693. 10.1111/syen.12186 PDF
Esteves, F. A.; Fisher, B. L. 2016. Taxonomic revision of Stigmatomma Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region. Biodiversity Data Journal 4:237 pp. e8032. 10.3897/BDJ.4.e8032 PDF
Larabee, F. J.; Fisher, B. L.; Schmidt, C. A.; Matos-Maraví, P.; Janda, M.; Suarez, A. V. 2016. Molecular phylogenetics and diversification of trap-jaw ants in the genera Anochetus and Odontomachus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 103:143-154. 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.07.024 PDF
Fisher, B. L.; Bolton, B. 2016. Ants of the world. Ants of Africa and Madagascar. A guide to the genera. Berkeley: University of California Press, ix + 503 pp.
Bolton, B.; Fisher, B. L. 2016. [New genera attributed to B. Bolton and B. L. Fisher]. Pp: 274-276, 302-304 in: Fisher, B. L.; Bolton, B. 2016. Ants of the world. Ants of Africa and Madagascar. A guide to the genera. Berkeley: University of California Press, ix + 503 pp.
Satria, R.; Sasaki, O.; Viet, B. T.; Oguri, E.; Syoji, K.; Fisher, B. L.; Yamane, S.; Eguchi, K. 2016. Description of the first Oriental species of the ant genus Xymmer (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae). Zootaxa 4168:141-150. 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.1.7 PDF
Ward, P. S.; Brady, S. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Schultz, T. R. 2016. Phylogenetic classifications are informative, stable, and pragmatic: the case for monophyletic taxa. Insectes Sociaux 63:489-492. 10.1007/s00040-016-0516-9 PDF
Csősz, S.; Fisher, B. L. 2016a. Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy members of the Nesomyrmex angulatus species group using the automated morphological species delineation protocol NC-PART-clustering. PeerJ 4:35 pp. e1796. 10.7717/peerj.1796 PDF
Csősz, S.; Fisher, B. L. 2016b. Toward objective, morphology-based taxonomy: a case study on the Malagasy Nesomyrmex sikorai species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). PLoS ONE 11 (4):31 pp. e0152454. 10.1371/journal.pone.0152454 PDF
Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Nesomyrmex hirtellus Nesomyrmex hirtellus Csősz & Fisher, 2016a Species Valid Original combination
Stigmatomma bolabola Stigmatomma bolabola Esteves & Fisher, 2016 Species Valid Original combination
Stigmatomma irayhady Stigmatomma irayhady Esteves & Fisher, 2016 Species Valid Original combination
Stigmatomma janovitsika Stigmatomma janovitsika Esteves & Fisher, 2016 Species Valid Original combination
Stigmatomma liebe Stigmatomma liebe Esteves & Fisher, 2016 Species Valid Original combination
Stigmatomma roahady Stigmatomma roahady Esteves & Fisher, 2016 Species Valid Original combination
Stigmatomma sakalava Stigmatomma sakalava Esteves & Fisher, 2016 Species Valid Original combination
Stigmatomma tsyhady Stigmatomma tsyhady Esteves & Fisher, 2016 Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex flavus Nesomyrmex flavus Csősz & Fisher, 2016c Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex nitidus Nesomyrmex nitidus Csősz & Fisher, 2016c Species Valid Original combination
Erromyrma Erromyrma Bolton & Fisher, 2016 Genus Valid
Lividopone Lividopone Bolton & Fisher, 2016 Genus Valid
Nesomyrmex brevicornis Nesomyrmex brevicornis Csősz & Fisher, 2016d Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex brunneus Nesomyrmex brunneus Csősz & Fisher, 2016d Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex cingulatus Nesomyrmex cingulatus Csősz & Fisher, 2016d Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex edentatus Nesomyrmex edentatus Csősz & Fisher, 2016d Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex flavigaster Nesomyrmex flavigaster Csősz & Fisher, 2016d Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex longiceps Nesomyrmex longiceps Csősz & Fisher, 2016d Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex minutus Nesomyrmex minutus Csősz & Fisher, 2016d Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex punctaticeps Nesomyrmex punctaticeps Csősz & Fisher, 2016d Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex sellaris Nesomyrmex sellaris Csősz & Fisher, 2016d Species Valid Original combination
Xymmer phungi Xymmer phungi Satria et al., 2016 Species Valid Original combination
Camponotus efitra Camponotus efitra Rakotonirina et al., 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Camponotus maintikibo Camponotus maintikibo Rakotonirina et al., 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Camponotus mita Camponotus mita Rakotonirina et al., 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Camponotus jodina Camponotus jodina Rasoamanana et al., 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Camponotus karaha Camponotus karaha Rasoamanana et al., 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Camponotus longicollis Camponotus longicollis Rasoamanana et al., 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Camponotus lamosy Camponotus lamosy Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018 Species Valid Original combination
Camponotus liandia Camponotus liandia Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2018 Species Valid Original combination
Statistics
Published between 1995–2024
Taxon descriptions between 2000–2023
No. of references 125
No. of described taxa (including combinations) 640
No. of described taxa (valid, including combinations) 615
No. of described taxa (protonyms only) 617
Names belonging to author
Author name No. of references
Fisher, B. L. 125