Branstetter, M. G. 2009. The ant genus Stenamma Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) redefined, with a description of a new genus Propodilobus. Zootaxa 2221:41-57. PDF

Branstetter, M. G. 2012. Origin and diversification of the cryptic ant genus Stenamma Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), inferred from multilocus molecular data, biogeography and natural history. Systematic Entomology 37:478-496. PDF

Branstetter, M. G.; Sáenz, L. 2012. Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala. Pp. 221-268 in: Cano, E. B.; Schuster, J. C. (eds.) 2012. Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp. PDF

Branstetter, M. G. 2013. Revision of the Middle American clade of the ant genus Stenamma Westwood (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae). ZooKeys 295:1-277. PDF

MacGown, J. A.; Schiefer, T. L.; Branstetter, M. G. 2015. First record of the genus Leptanilloides (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae) from the United States. Zootaxa 4006 (2):392-400. PDF

Blaimer, B. B.; LaPolla, J. S.; Branstetter, M. G.; Lloyd, M. W.; Brady, S. G. 2016. Phylogenomics, biogeography and diversification of obligate mealybug-tending ants in the genus Acropyga. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 102:20-29. 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.05.030 PDF

Ward, P. S.; Branstetter, M. G. 2017. The acacia ants revisited: convergent evolution and biogeographic context in an iconic ant/plant mutualism. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London. Series B 284:1-9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2569 PDF

Notes: Phylogeny of Pseudomyrmex ferrugineus group

Pierce, M. P.; Branstetter, M. G.; Longino, J. T. 2017. Integrative taxonomy reveals multiple cryptic species within Central American Hylomyrma Forel, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 25:131-143. PDF

Branstetter, M. G.; Jesovnik, A.; Sosa-Calvo, J.; Lloyd, M. W.; Faircloth, B. C.; Brady, S. G.; Schultz, T. R. 2017. Dry habitats were crucibles of domestication in the evolution of agriculture in ants. Proceedings of the Royal Society. Series B. 284:1-10. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0095 PDF

Branstetter, M. G.; Longino, J. T.; Ward, P. S.; Faircloth, B. C. 2017. Enriching the ant tree of life: enhanced UCE bait set for genome-scale phylogenetics of ants and other Hymenoptera. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 8:768-776. 10.1111/2041-210X.12742 PDF

Branstetter, M. G.; Danforth, B. N.; Pitts, J. P.; Faircloth, B. C.; Ward, P. S.; Buffington, M. L.; Gates, M. W.; Kula, R. R.; Brady, S. G. 2017. Phylogenomic insights into the evolution of stinging wasps and the origins of ants and bees. Current Biology 27:1019-1025. 10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.027 PDF

Branstetter, M. G.; Longino, J. T. 2019. Ultra-conserved element phylogenomics of New World Ponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) illuminates the origin and phylogeographic history of the endemic exotic ant Ponera exotica. Insect Systematics and Diversity 3 (2): 1:1-13. 10.1093/isd/ixz001 PDF

Longino, J. T.; Branstetter, M. G. 2020. Phylogenomic species delimitation, taxonomy, and 'bird guide' identification of the Neotropical ant genus Rasopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 4(2):1:1-33. 10.1093/isd/ixaa004 PDF

Longino, J. T.; Branstetter, M. G. 2021. Integrating UCE phylogenomics with traditional taxonomy reveals a trove of New World Syscia species (Formicidae: Dorylinae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 5(2):1-51. 10.1093/isd/ixab001 PDF

Camacho, G. P.; Franco, W.; Branstetter, M. G.; Pie, M. R.; Longino, J. T.; Schultz, T. R.; Feitosa, R. M. 2022. UCE phylogenomics resolves major relationships among ectaheteromorph ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ectatomminae, Heteroponerinae): a new classification for the subfamilies and the description of a new genus. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1): 5:1-20. 10.1093/isd/ixab026 PDF

Branstetter, M. G.; Longino, J. T. 2022. UCE phylogenomics of New World Cryptopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) elucidates genus boundaries, species boundaries, and the vicariant history of a temperate–tropical disjunction. Insect Systematics & Diversity 6(1):6:1-23. 10.1093/isd/ixab031 PDF

Ward, P. S.; Branstetter, M. G. 2022. Species paraphyly and social parasitism: phylogenomics, morphology, and geography clarify the evolution of the Pseudomyrmex elongatulus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a Mesoamerican ant clade. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1): 4:1-31. 10.1093/isd/iaxb025 PDF

Branstetter, M. G.; Longino, J. T.; Reyes-López, J. L.; Brady, S. G.; Schultz, T. R. 2022. Out of the temperate zone: a phylogenomic test of the biogeographical conservatism hypothesis in a contrarian clade of ants. Journal of Biogeography 49 (9):1640-1653. [online early] 10.1111/jbi.14462 PDF

Probst, R. S.; Longino, J. T.; Branstetter, M. G. 2024. Evolutionary déjà vu? A case of convergent evolution in an ant-plant association. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 291 (2026):20241214, 10 pp. 10.1098/rspb.2024.1214 PDF

Notes: Myrmelachista symbiosis, convergence

DuVal, M. E. L.; Probst, R. S.; Branstetter, M. G.; Longino, J. T. 2025. Untangling the ant claws: the army ant Labidus mars is a Neivamyrmex (Formicidae: Dorylinae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 9 (3):ixaf016, 9 pp. [online early] 10.1093/isd/ixaf016 PDF

Doré, M.; Borowiec, M. L.; Branstetter, M. G.; Camacho, G. P.; Fisher, B. L.; Longino, J. T.; Ward, P. S.; Blaimer, B. B. 2025. Evolutionary history of ponerine ants highlights how the timing of dispersal events shapes modern biodiversity. Nature Communications 16, 8297:1-17. 10.1038/s41467-025-63709-3 PDF

Pérez-Flores, O.; Branstetter, M. G.; Longino, J. T.; Matos-Maraví, P.; Borovanska, M.; Janda, M. 2025. A phylogenomic overview of the ant genus Tapinoma Foerster, 1850 (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae), with the phylogeographic history of the ghost ant Tapinoma melanocephalum. Insect Systematics and Diversity 9 (5):ixaf035, 18 pp. [online early] 10.1093/isd/ixaf035 PDF

Fisher, B. L.; Branstetter, M. G.; Blaimer, B. B.; Borowiec, M. L.; Camacho, G. P.; Doré, M; Ward, P. S.; Longino, J. T. 2025. A genus-level classification of the ant subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1264:281-349. 10.3897/zookeys.1264.173399 PDF