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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
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) 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