References by Fisher, B. L.
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Fisher, B. L. 1995. Ant diversity patterns along an elevational gradient in eastern Madagascar. [Abstract.]. Pp. 19, 84-85 in: Patterson, B. D.; Goodman, S. M.; Sedlock, J. L. (eds.) 1995. Environmental change in Madagascar. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 143 pp.
Fisher, B. L. 1996a. Origins and affinities of the ant fauna of Madagascar. Pp. 457-465 in: Lourenço, W. R. (ed.) 1996. Biogéographie de Madagascar. Paris: ORSTOM Éditions, x + 588 pp.
Fisher, B. L. 1996b. Ant diversity patterns along an elevational gradient in the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andringitra, Madagascar. Fieldiana Zoology (n.s.)85:93-108. PDF
Fisher, B. L. 1997a. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 31:269-302.
Fisher, B. L. 1997b. A comparison of ant assemblages (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) on serpentine and non-serpentine soils in northern California. Insectes Sociaux 44:23-33.
Fisher, B. L. 1998. Ant diversity patterns along an elevational gradient in the Réserve Spéciale d'Anjanaharibe-Sud and on the western Masoala Peninsula, Madagascar. Fieldiana Zoology (n.s.)90:39-67.
Fisher, B. L.; Robertson, H. G. 1999. Silk production by adult workers of the ant Melissotarsus emeryi (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in South African fynbos. Insectes Sociaux 46:78-83.
Fisher, B. L. 1999a. Improving inventory efficiency: a case study of leaf-litter ant diversity in Madagascar. Ecological Applications 9:714-731.
Fisher, B. L. 1999b. Ant diversity patterns along an elevational gradient in the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andohahela, Madagascar. Fieldiana Zoology (n.s.)94:129-147.
Fisher, B. L.; Girman, D. J. 2000. Biogeography of ants in eastern Madagascar. Pp. 331-344 in: Lourenço, W. R.; Goodman, S. M. (eds.) 2000. Diversité et endémisme à Madagascar. Actes du II colloque international biogéographie de Madagascar. Paris: Société de Biogéographie, vi + 379 pp. PDF
Fisher, B. L. 2000. The Malagasy fauna of Strumigenys. Pp. 612-696 in: Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65:1-1028.
Fisher, B. L. 2000a. Ant inventories along elevational gradients in tropical wet forests in Eastern Madagascar. Pp. 41-49 in: Agosti, D.; Majer, J.; Alonso, L.; Schultz, T. (eds.) 2000. Sampling ground-dwelling ants: case studies from the world's rain forests. Perth, Australia: Curtin University School of Environmental Biology (Bulletin No. 18), xii + 75 pp. PDF
Fisher, B. L. 2002. Ant diversity patterns along an elevational gradient in the Réserve Spéciale de Manongarivo, Madagascar. Boissiera 59:311-328.
Fisher, B. L.; Robertson, H. G. 2002. Comparison and origin of forest and grassland ant assemblages in the high plateau of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biotropica 34:155-167.
Fisher, B. L. 2003. Formicidae, ants. Pp. 811-819 in: Goodman, S. M.; Benstead, J. P. (eds.) 2003. The natural history of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, xxi + 1709 pp.
Fisher, B. L. 2004. Diversity patterns of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) along an elevational gradient on Monts Doudou in southwestern Gabon. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 28:269-286.
Saux, C.; Fisher, B. L.; Spicer, G. S. 2004. Dracula ant phylogeny as inferred by nuclear 28S rDNA sequences and implications for ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33:457-468. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Fisher, B. L. 2005. A remarkable new species of Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Gabon, with a key to the Afrotropical species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (4)56:601-605. PDF
Fisher, B. L. 2005. A new species of Discothyrea Roger from Mauritius and a new species of Proceratium Roger from Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 56 (35):657-667. PDF
Smith, M. A.; Fisher, B. L.; Hebert, P. D. N. 2005. DNA barcoding for effective biodiversity assessment of a hyperdiverse arthropod group: the ants of Madagascar. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. B. Biological Sciences 360:1825-1834. PDF
Ward, P. S.; Brady, S. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Schultz, T. R. 2005. Assembling the ant "Tree of Life" (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten 7:87-90. PDF
Brady, S. G.; Schultz, T. R.; Fisher, B. L.; Ward, P. S. 2006. Evaluating alternative hypotheses for the early evolution and diversification of ants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 103:18172-18177. PDF
Fisher, B. L. 2006. Boloponera vicans gen.n. and sp.n. and two new species of the Plectroctena genus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8:111-118. PDF
Ouellette, G. D.; Fisher, B. L.; Girman, D. J. 2006. Molecular systematics of basal subfamilies of ants using 28S rRNA (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40:359-369. PDF
Fisher, B. L. 2007. A new species of Probolomyrmex from Madagascar. Pp. 146-152 in: Snelling, R. R.; Fisher, B. L.; Ward, P. S. (eds.) 2007. Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80:690 pp. PDF
Fisher, B. L.; Bolton, B. 2007. The ant genus Pseudaphomomyrmex Wheeler, 1920 a junior synonym of Tapinoma Foerster, 1850. Zootaxa 1427:65-68. PDF
Fisher, B. L.; Cover, S. P. 2007. Ants of North America. A guide to genera. Berkeley: University of California Press, xiv + 194 pp.
Yoshimura, M.; Fisher, B. L. 2007. A revision of male ants of the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): key to subfamilies and treatment of the genera of Ponerinae. Zootaxa 1654:21-40. PDF
Snelling, R. R.; Fisher, B. L.; Ward, P. S. (eds.) 2007. Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80:690 pp.
Fisher, B. L.; Bolton, B. 2007. [Untitled. Descriptions of Technomyrmex anterops sp. nov., Technomyrmex curiosus sp. nov., Technomyrmex docens sp. nov., Technomyrmex innocens sp. nov.]. Pp. 45-53 in: Bolton, B. 2007b. Taxonomy of the dolichoderine ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based on the worker caste. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 35(1):1-150. PDF
Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Strumigenys peyrierasi Strumigenys peyrierasi Fisher, 2000 Species Valid Original combination
Strumigenys rabesoni Strumigenys rabesoni Fisher, 2000 Species Valid Original combination
Strumigenys ravola Strumigenys ravola Fisher, 2000 Species Valid Original combination
Strumigenys rubigus Strumigenys rubigus Fisher, 2000 Species Valid Original combination
Strumigenys schuetzi Strumigenys schuetzi Fisher, 2000 Species Valid Original combination
Strumigenys sphera Strumigenys sphera Fisher, 2000 Species Valid Original combination
Strumigenys silvaini Strumigenys sylvaini Fisher, 2000 Species Valid Original combination
Strumigenys tegar Strumigenys tegar Fisher, 2000 Species Valid Original combination
Strumigenys toma Strumigenys toma Fisher, 2000 Species Valid Original combination
Strumigenys vazimba Strumigenys vazimba Fisher, 2000 Species Valid Original combination
Strumigenys wardi Strumigenys wardi Fisher, 2000 Species Valid Original combination
Discothyrea berlita Discothyrea berlita Fisher, 2005 Species Valid Original combination
Proceratium google Proceratium google Fisher, 2005 Species Valid Original combination
Acropyga bakwele Acropyga bakwele LaPolla & Fisher, 2005 Species Valid Original combination
Boloponera Boloponera Fisher, 2006 Genus Valid
Boloponera vicans Boloponera vicans Fisher, 2006 Species Valid Original combination
Loboponera nobiliae Loboponera nobiliae Fisher, 2006 Species Valid Original combination
Plectroctena thaui Plectroctena thaui Fisher, 2006 Species Valid Original combination
Probolomyrmex tani Probolomyrmex tani Fisher, 2007 Species Valid Original combination
Technomyrmex anterops Technomyrmex anterops Fisher & Bolton, 2007 Species Valid Original combination
Technomyrmex curiosus Technomyrmex curiosus Fisher & Bolton, 2007 Species Valid Original combination
Technomyrmex docens Technomyrmex docens Fisher & Bolton, 2007 Species Valid Original combination
Asphinctopone differens Asphinctopone differens Bolton & Fisher, 2008a Species Valid Original combination
Phrynoponera pulchella Phrynoponera pulchella Bolton & Fisher, 2008b Species Valid Original combination
Phrynoponera transversa Phrynoponera transversa Bolton & Fisher, 2008b Species Valid Original combination
Feroponera Feroponera Bolton & Fisher, 2008c Genus Valid
Centromyrmex decessor Centromyrmex decessor Bolton & Fisher, 2008c Species Valid Original combination
Centromyrmex ereptor Centromyrmex ereptor Bolton & Fisher, 2008c Species Valid Original combination
Centromyrmex fugator Centromyrmex fugator Bolton & Fisher, 2008c Species Valid Original combination
Centromyrmex praedator Centromyrmex praedator Bolton & Fisher, 2008c Species Valid Original combination
Statistics
Published between 1995–2025
Taxon descriptions between 2000–2025
No. of references 131
No. of described taxa (including combinations) 685
No. of described taxa (valid, including combinations) 658
No. of described taxa (protonyms only) 662
Names belonging to author
Author name No. of references
Fisher, B. L. 131