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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
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) 142
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