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References by MacKay, W. P.
MacKay, W. P. 1980. A new harvester ant from the mountains of southern California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The Southwestern Naturalist 25:151-156. PDF
MacKay, W. P. 1981. A comparison of the nest phenologies of three species of Pogonomyrmex harvester ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 88:25-74. PDF
MacKay, W. P. 1982. An altitudinal comparison of oxygen consumption rates in three species of Pogonomyrmex harvester ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Physiological Zoology 55:367-377. PDF
MacKay, E. E.; MacKay, W. P. 1985. Apoyo a la actual division generica de hormigas usando etologia comparativa (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Folia Entomologica Mexicana 61:179-188.
MacKay, W. P. 1985. Acanthostichus sanchezorum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), una nueva especie de Colombia. Sociobiology 11:127-131. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; MacKay, E. E.; Perez Dominguez, J. F.; Valdez Sanchez, L. I.; Orozco, P. V. 1985. Las hormigas del estado de Chihuahua Mexico: el genero Pogonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 11:39-54. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Perez Dominguez, J. F.; Valdez Sanchez, L. I. 1985. The army ants of the state of Chihuahua Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ecitoninae). The Southwestern Naturalist 30:611-612. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Van Vactor, S. 1985. New host record for the social parasite Pogonomyrmex anergismus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 87:863. PDF
MacKay, W. P. 1988. [Untitled. Pheidole wheelerorum W. MacKay new species.]. Pp. 96-98 in: MacKay, W. P.; Lowrie, D.; Fisher, A.; MacKay, E. E.; Barnes, F.; Lowrie, D. 1988. The ants of Los Alamos County, New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 79-131 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) 1988. Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Lowrie, D.; Fisher, A.; MacKay, E. E.; Barnes, F. 1988. The ants of Los Alamos County, New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 79-131 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) 1988. Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; MacKay, E. E. 1988 ("1986"). Las hormigas de Colombia: arrieras del género Atta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Colombiana de Entomología 12(1):23-30. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Vinson, S. B. 1988 ("1989"). Rediscovery of the ant Gnamptogenys hartmani (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in eastern Texas. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 91:127. PDF
MacKay, W. P. 1989. A new Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from southern New Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 97:47-49. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Vinson, S. B. 1989a. Two new ants of the genus Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) from eastern Texas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 91:175-178. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Vinson, S. B. 1989b. A guide to species identification of New World ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 16:3-47. PDF
MacKay, W. P. 1991 ("1990"). Anochetus brevidentatus, new species, a second fossil Odontomachiti ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 99:138-140. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Rebeles, A.; Arredondo, H.; Rodriguez, A.; Gonzalez, D.; Vinson, S. B. 1991. Impact of the slashing and burning of a tropical rain forest on the native ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 18:257-268. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Anderson, R. S. 1992 ("1991"). New distributional records for the ant genus Ponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in North America. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 99:696-699. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Anderson, R. S. 1993. New distributional records for the ant genus Smithistruma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in southern United States. The Southwestern Naturalist 38:388-389. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Baena, M. L. 1993. A new "horned" fungus growing ant, Cyphomyrmex castagnei, from Colombia. Sociobiology 23:31-37. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Elias, S. A. 1993 ("1992"). Late Quaternary ant fossils from packrat middens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): implications for climatic change in the Chihuahuan desert. Psyche (Cambridge) 99:169-184. PDF
Maes, J.-M.; MacKay, W. P. 1993. Catálogo de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomología 23:1-46. PDF
MacKay, W. P. 1993a. The status of the ant Leptothorax pergandei Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 21:287-297. PDF
MacKay, W. P. 1993b. A review of the New World ants of the genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 22:1-148. PDF
MacKay, W. P. 1993c. Succession of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on low-level nuclear waste sites in northern New Mexico. Sociobiology 23:1-11. PDF
García-Pérez, J. A.; MacKay, W. P.; González-Villarreal, D.; Camacho-Trujillo, R. 1994 ("1992"). Estudio preliminar de la mirmecofauna del Parque Nacional Chipinque, Nuevo León, México y su distribución altitudinal. Folia Entomologica Mexicana 86:185-190.
MacKay, W. P.; MacKay, E. E. 1994. Lasius xerophilus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a new ant species from White Sands National Monument, New Mexico. Psyche (Cambridge) 101:37-43. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Porter, S.; Fowler, H. G.; Vinson, S. B. 1994. A distribução das formigas lava-pés (Solenopsis spp.) no Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 24:307-317.
MacKay, W. P. 1995. New distributional records for the ant genus Cardiocondyla in the New World (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 71:169-172. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Cover, S. P.; Heinze, J.; Hölldobler, B. 1995. Range extensions for the ant Leptothorax pergandei (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a mesic forest species discovered in the Chihuahuan Desert. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 97:888. PDF
Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Acanthostichus truncatus Acanthostichus truncatus MacKay, 1996 Species Valid Original combination
Camponotus (Myrmostenus) convexiclypeus Camponotus convexiclypeus MacKay, 1997a Species Valid Original combination
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) melinus Camponotus melinus Mackay, 1997b Species Valid Original combination
Camponotus pertusus Camponotus pertusus Mackay, 1997c Species Synonym Original combination
Trachymyrmex carinatus Trachymyrmex carinatus Mackay & MacKay, 1997a Species Valid Original combination
Paratrechina laevigata Nylanderia laevigata MacKay, 1998a Species Valid
Neivamyrmex isodentatus Neivamyrmex isodentatus MacKay, 1998b Species Synonym Original combination
Mycetosoritis vinsoni Mycetosoritis vinsoni Mackay, 1998c Species Valid Original combination
Mycocepurus curvispinosus Mycocepurus curvispinosus Mackay, 1998c Species Valid Original combination
Leptothorax (Myrafant) adustus Temnothorax adustus Mackay, 2000 Species Valid
Leptothorax (Myrafant) andersoni Temnothorax andersoni Mackay, 2000 Species Valid
Leptothorax (Myrafant) bestelmeyeri Temnothorax bestelmeyeri Mackay, 2000 Species Valid
Leptothorax (Myrafant) bicolor Temnothorax bicolor Mackay, 2000 Species Valid
Leptothorax (Myrafant) brevispinosus Temnothorax brevispinosus Mackay, 2000 Species Valid
Leptothorax (Myrafant) bristoli Temnothorax bristoli Mackay, 2000 Species Valid
Leptothorax (Myrafant) chandleri Temnothorax chandleri Mackay, 2000 Species Valid
Leptothorax (Myrafant) cokendolpheri Temnothorax cokendolpheri Mackay, 2000 Species Valid
Leptothorax (Myrafant) coleenae Temnothorax coleenae Mackay, 2000 Species Valid
Leptothorax (Myrafant) emmae Temnothorax emmae Mackay, 2000 Species Valid
Leptothorax (Myrafant) josephi Temnothorax josephi Mackay, 2000 Species Valid
Leptothorax (Myrafant) liebi Temnothorax liebi Mackay, 2000 Species Valid
Leptothorax (Myrafant) lindae Temnothorax lindae Mackay, 2000 Species Synonym
Leptothorax (Myrafant) maryanae Temnothorax maryanae Mackay, 2000 Species Synonym
Leptothorax (Myrafant) melinus Temnothorax melinus Mackay, 2000 Species Synonym
Leptothorax (Myrafant) mexicanus Temnothorax mexicanus Mackay, 2000 Species Valid
Leptothorax (Myrafant) ocellatus Temnothorax ocellatus Mackay, 2000 Species Synonym
Leptothorax (Myrafant) oxynodis Temnothorax oxynodis Mackay, 2000 Species Valid
Leptothorax (Myrafant) punctaticeps Temnothorax punctaticeps Mackay, 2000 Species Valid
Leptothorax (Myrafant) punctatissimus Temnothorax punctatissimus Mackay, 2000 Species Valid
Leptothorax (Myrafant) punctithorax Temnothorax punctithorax Mackay, 2000 Species Valid
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