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References by MacKay, W. P.
Fernández, F.; Palacio, E. E.; MacKay, W. P.; MacKay, E. S. 1996. Introducción al estudio de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Colombia. Pp. 349-412 in: Andrade, M. G.; Amat García, G.; Fernández, F. (eds.) 1996. Insectos de Colombia. Estudios escogidos. Bogotá: Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 541 pp.

Notes: Copublished with Centro Editorial Javeriano.

Gonzalez Villareal, D.; MacKay, W. P.; Rebeles Manriguez, A.; Vinson, S. B. 1996 ("1995"). New records for the ant Cheliomyrmex morosus in Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 103:219-220.
MacKay, W. P. 1996. A revision of the ant genus Acanthostichus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 27:129-179. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Fagerlund, R. 1997. Range expansion of the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), into New Mexico and extreme western Texas. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 99:757-758. PDF
MacKay, W. P. 1997a. A revision of the Neotropical ants of the genus Camponotus, subgenus Myrmostenus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 99:194-203. PDF
Mackay, W. P.; MacKay, E. E. 1997a. Una nueva especie de hormiga del género Trachymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) del Estado de Chihuahua, México. Sociobiology 30:43-49. PDF
Mackay, W. P. 1997b. [Untitled. Camponotus (Myrmentoma) melinus W. Mackay, new species.]. Pp. 326-327 in: Mackay, W. P.; MacKay, E. E. 1997b. A revision of the Neotropical ants of the montivagus species complex, genus Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 30:319-334. PDF
Mackay, W. P.; MacKay, E. E. 1997b. A revision of the Neotropical ants of the montivagus species complex, genus Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 30:319-334. PDF
Mackay, W. P. 1997c. [Untitled. Camponotus pertusus W. Mackay, new species.]. Pp. 330-331 in: Mackay, W. P.; MacKay, E. E. 1997b. A revision of the Neotropical ants of the montivagus species complex, genus Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 30:319-334. PDF
MacKay, W. P. 1998a. A remarkable new species of Paratrechina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the state of Colima, Mexico. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 74:99-101. PDF
MacKay, W. P. 1998b. A new army ant from southern Texas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The Southwestern Naturalist 43:333-335. PDF
Mackay, W. P. 1998c. Dos especies nuevas de hormigas de la tribu Attini de Costa Rica y México: Mycetosoritis vinsoni y Mycocepurus curvispinosus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista de Biología Tropical 46:421-426. PDF
Mackay, W. P. 2000. A review of the New World ants of the subgenus Myrafant, (genus Leptothorax) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 36:265-444. PDF
Mackay, W. P.; Buschinger, A. 2002. A new species of the ant genus Leptothorax (subgenus Myrafant) from Alberta, Canada. Sociobiology 40:539-545.
Mackay, W. P.; López-Castro, C.; Fernández, F. 2002. A new, high altitude Colombian species of the ant genus Camponotus with dimorphic males and females (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 40:421-430. PDF
Mackay, W.; Mackay, E. 2002. The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Lewiston, New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 400 pp. PDF
MacKay, W. P. 2003. Subfamilia Cerapachyinae. Pp. 277-280 in: Fernández, F. (ed.) 2003. Introducción a las hormigas de la región Neotropical. Bogotá: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, xxvi + 424 pp.
Fernández, F.; Mackay, W. P. 2003. The myrmicine ants of the Adelomyrmex laevigatus species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 41:593-604. PDF
Mackay, W. P. 2003. Adelomyrmex laevigatus Mackay sp. n. Pp. 8-9 in: Fernández, F.; Mackay, W. P. 2003. The myrmicine ants of the Adelomyrmex laevigatus species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 41:593-604. PDF
Morgan, C.; Mackay, W.; Pacheco, J. 2003. A new Gnamptogenys of the striatula group from Bolivia, (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 42:553-558.
Pacheco, J.; MacKay, W.; Morgan, C. 2004. A new species of Gnamptogenys Roger of the sulcata group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Bolivia. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 106:434-437. PDF
Mackay, W. P. 2004. A new species of the ant genus Acanthostichus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Paraguay, and a description of the gyne of A. brevicornis Emery. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 106:97-101. PDF
Mackay, W. P.; MacKay, E. E. 2004. A new species of the ant genus Leptogenys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with inflated mandibles. Sociobiology 43:255-258.
Mackay, W. P.; Mackay, M. A.; MacKay, E. E. 2004. An unusual new carpenter ant of the genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Nicaragua. Sociobiology 43:459-465. PDF
Vásquez-Bolaños, M.; Mackay, W. P. 2004. Una especie nueva de la hormiga cosechadora del género Pogonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de México. Sociobiology 44:283-287. PDF
Mackay, W. P.; Maes, J.-M.; Rojas Fernández, P.; Luna, G. 2004. The ants of North and Central America: the genus Mycocepurus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Insect Science 4 (27):7 pp. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; MacKay, E. E. 2006. A new species of the ant genus Pachycondyla F. Smith, 1858 from Ecuador (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8:49-51. PDF
Johnson, T.; Mackay, W.; Pacheco, J.; Negrete-Yankelevich, S.; Gove, A. D. 2006. The rediscovery of the ant Temnothorax striatulus. Sociobiology 28:837-840.
Pacheco, J.; Herrera, H. W.; MacKay, W. 2007. A new species of Thief Ant of the genus Solenopsis from the Galapagos Islands (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 50:1075-1086. PDF
Lattke, J. E.; Fernández, F.; Arias-Penna, T. M.; Palacio, E. E.; MacKay, W.; MacKay, E. 2008. Género Gnamptogenys Roger. Pp. 66-100 in: Jiménez, E.; Fernández, F.; Arias, T.M.; Lozano-Zambrano, F. H. (eds.) 2008. Sistemática, biogeografía y conservación de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia. Bogotá: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, xiv + 609 pp. PDF
Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Pogonomyrmex montanus Pogonomyrmex montanus MacKay, 1980 Species Valid Original combination
Acanthostichus sanchezorum Acanthostichus sanchezorum MacKay, 1985 Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole wheelerorum Pheidole wheelerorum MacKay, 1988 Species Valid Original combination
Aphaenogaster punctaticeps Aphaenogaster punctaticeps MacKay, 1989 Species Valid Original combination
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) puncticeps Solenopsis puncticeps MacKay & Vinson, 1989a Species Synonym Original combination
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) subterranea Solenopsis subterranea MacKay & Vinson, 1989a Species Valid Original combination
†Anochetus brevidentatus †Anochetus brevidentatus MacKay, 1991 Species Valid Original combination
Dolichoderus baenae Dolichoderus baenae MacKay, 1993b Species Valid Original combination
Dolichoderus fernandezi Dolichoderus fernandezi MacKay, 1993b Species Valid Original combination
Dolichoderus haradae Dolichoderus haradae MacKay, 1993b Species Valid Original combination
Dolichoderus inermis Dolichoderus inermis MacKay, 1993b Species Valid Original combination
†Dolichoderus intermedius †Dolichoderus intermedius MacKay, 1993b Species Valid Original combination
Dolichoderus laurae Dolichoderus laurae MacKay, 1993b Species Valid Original combination
Dolichoderus longicollis Dolichoderus longicollis MacKay, 1993b Species Valid Original combination
Dolichoderus piceus Dolichoderus piceus MacKay, 1993b Species Valid Original combination
Dolichoderus shattucki Dolichoderus shattucki MacKay, 1993b Species Valid Original combination
Dolichoderus smithi Dolichoderus smithi MacKay, 1993b Species Valid Original combination
Dolichoderus voraginosus Dolichoderus voraginosus MacKay, 1993b Species Valid Original combination
Cyphomyrmex castagnei Cyphomyrmex castagnei MacKay & Baena, 1993 Species Valid Original combination
Lasius xerophilus Lasius xerophilus MacKay & MacKay, 1994 Species Valid Original combination
Acanthostichus arizonensis Acanthostichus arizonensis MacKay, 1996 Species Valid Original combination
Acanthostichus bentoni Acanthostichus bentoni MacKay, 1996 Species Valid Original combination
Acanthostichus brevinodis Acanthostichus brevinodis MacKay, 1996 Species Valid Original combination
Acanthostichus concavinodis Acanthostichus concavinodis MacKay, 1996 Species Valid Original combination
Acanthostichus emmae Acanthostichus emmae MacKay, 1996 Species Valid Original combination
Acanthostichus flexuosus Acanthostichus flexuosus MacKay, 1996 Species Valid Original combination
Acanthostichus laevigatus Acanthostichus laevigatus MacKay, 1996 Species Valid Original combination
Acanthostichus lattkei Acanthostichus lattkei MacKay, 1996 Species Valid Original combination
Acanthostichus punctiscapus Acanthostichus punctiscapus MacKay, 1996 Species Valid Original combination
Acanthostichus quirozi Acanthostichus quirozi MacKay, 1996 Species Valid Original combination
Statistics
Published between 1980–2020
Taxon descriptions between 1980–2018
No. of references 102
No. of described taxa (including combinations) 224
No. of described taxa (valid, including combinations) 141
No. of described taxa (protonyms only) 155
Names belonging to author
Author name No. of references
MacKay, W. P. 43
MacKay, W. 5
Mackay, W. P. 41
Mackay, W. 13