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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
Pachycondyla minuta Rasopone minuta MacKay & MacKay, 2010 Species Valid
Cyphomyrmex andersoni Mycetophylax andersoni MacKay & Serna, 2010 Species Valid
Cyphomyrmex snellingi Mycetophylax snellingi MacKay & Serna, 2010 Species Valid
Oxyepoecus bidentatus Oxyepoecus bidentatus Delsinne & Mackay, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Oxyepoecus striatus Oxyepoecus striatus Mackay & Delsinne, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole acutilobata Pheidole acutilobata Mackay et al., 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Dinoponera hispida Dinoponera hispida Lenhart et al., 2013 Species Valid Original combination
Dinoponera snellingi Dinoponera snellingi Lenhart et al., 2013 Species Synonym Original combination
Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) reburrus Camponotus reburrus Mackay, 2013 Species Valid Original combination
Bothroponera umgodikulula Bothroponera umgodikulula Joma & Mackay, 2013 Species Unavailable Original combination
Solenopsis abjectior Solenopsis abjectior Pacheco & Mackay, 2013 Species Valid Original combination
Solenopsis isopilis Solenopsis isopilis Pacheco & Mackay, 2013 Species Valid Original combination
Solenopsis longinoi Solenopsis longinoi Pacheco & Mackay, 2013 Species Valid Original combination
Solenopsis melina Solenopsis melina Pacheco & Mackay, 2013 Species Valid Original combination
Solenopsis patriciae Solenopsis patriciae Pacheco & Mackay, 2013 Species Valid Original combination
Solenopsis striata Solenopsis striata Pacheco & Mackay, 2013 Species Valid Original combination
Solenopsis vinsoni Solenopsis vinsoni Pacheco & Mackay, 2013 Species Valid Original combination
Solenopsis impolita Solenopsis impolita Moreno-Gonzalez et al., 2013 Species Valid Original combination
Solenopsis johnsoni Solenopsis johnsoni Pacheco et al., 2013 Species Valid Original combination
Solenopsis ocellata Solenopsis ocellata Moreno-Gonzalez et al., 2013 Species Valid Original combination
Solenopsis pulleni Solenopsis pulleni Pacheco et al., 2013 Species Valid Original combination
Solenopsis quadridentata Solenopsis quadridentata Pacheco et al., 2013 Species Valid Original combination
Solenopsis whitfordi Solenopsis whitfordi Mackay et al., 2013 Species Valid Original combination
Bothroponera umgodikulula Bothroponera umgodikulula Joma & Mackay, 2015 Species Valid Original combination
Bothroponera notaula Bothroponera notaula Joma & Mackay, 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Bothroponera pilosuperficia Bothroponera pilosuperficia Joma & Mackay, 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Bothroponera ryderae Bothroponera ryderae Joma & Mackay, 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Aphaenogaster montana Aphaenogaster montana Mackay, 2017a Species Valid Original combination
Aphaenogaster punctatissima Aphaenogaster punctatissima Mackay, 2017b Species Valid Original combination
Aphaenogaster reticulaticeps Aphaenogaster reticulaticeps Mackay, 2017c 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) 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