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
Hypoponera lepida Hypoponera lepida Bolton & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Hypoponera meridia Hypoponera meridia Bolton & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Hypoponera mixta Hypoponera mixta Bolton & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Hypoponera molesta Hypoponera molesta Bolton & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Hypoponera obtunsa Hypoponera obtunsa Bolton & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Hypoponera odiosa Hypoponera odiosa Bolton & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Hypoponera perparva Hypoponera perparva Bolton & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Hypoponera producta Hypoponera producta Bolton & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Hypoponera pulchra Hypoponera pulchra Bolton & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Hypoponera quaestio Hypoponera quaestio Bolton & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Hypoponera regis Hypoponera regis Bolton & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Hypoponera rigida Hypoponera rigida Bolton & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Hypoponera segnis Hypoponera segnis Bolton & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Hypoponera surda Hypoponera surda Bolton & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Hypoponera tecta Hypoponera tecta Bolton & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Hypoponera tristis Hypoponera tristis Bolton & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Hypoponera venusta Hypoponera venusta Bolton & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Tetramorium mahafaly Tetramorium mahafaly Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia boltoni Nylanderia boltoni LaPolla & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia brevisetula Nylanderia brevisetula LaPolla & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia impolita Nylanderia impolita LaPolla & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia luteafra Nylanderia luteafra LaPolla & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia scintilla Nylanderia scintilla LaPolla & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia silvula Nylanderia silvula LaPolla & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia umbella Nylanderia umbella LaPolla & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia usambarica Nylanderia usambarica LaPolla et al., 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Tanipone Tanipone Bolton & Fisher, 2012 Genus Valid
Vicinopone Vicinopone Bolton & Fisher, 2012 Genus Valid
Simopone amana Simopone amana Bolton & Fisher, 2012 Species Valid Original combination
Simopone brunnea Simopone brunnea Bolton & Fisher, 2012 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