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References by LaPolla, J. S.
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DuBois, M. B.; LaPolla, J. S. 1999. A preliminary review of Colombian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) preserved in copal. Entomological News 110:162-172.
LaPolla, J. S. 2002. On the generic placement of Pseudolasius dodo (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with taxonomic notes on the genus. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 128:377-383. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Cover, S. P.; Mueller, U. G. 2002. Natural history of the mealybug-tending ant, Acropyga epedana, with descriptions of the male and queen castes. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 128:367-376.
LaPolla, J. S. 2004a. Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the world. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 33(3):1-130. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Cover, S. P. 2005. New species of Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Guyana, with a list of species known from the country. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 131(3+4):365-374. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Fisher, B. L. 2005. A remarkable new species of Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Gabon, with a key to the Afrotropical species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (4)56:601-605. PDF
LaPolla, J. S. 2005. [Untitled. Pheidole funki and P. schulzi sp. nov. attributed to J.S. LaPolla.]. P. 366, 396 in: LaPolla, J. S.; Cover, S. P. 2005. New species of Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Guyana, with a list of species known from the country. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 131(3+4):365-374. PDF
LaPolla, J. S. 2005a ("2004"). Taxonomic review of the ant genus Pseudolasius (Formicidae: Formicinae) in the Afrotropical region. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 112:97-105. PDF
LaPolla, J. S. 2005b. Ancient trophophoresy: a fossil Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Dominican amber. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 131:21-28. PDF
LaPolla, J. S. 2005c. [Untitled. Pheidole funki LaPolla, new species. Pheidole schultzi LaPolla, new species.]. Pp. 366-370 in: LaPolla, J. S.; Cover, S. P. 2005. New species of Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Guyana, with a list of species known from the country. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 131(3+4):365-374. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Longino, J. T. 2006. An unusual new Brachymyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Costa Rica, with implications for the phylogeny of the Lasiine tribe group. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 108:297-305.
LaPolla, J. S.; Schultz, T. R.; Kjer, K. M.; Bischoff, J. F. 2006. Phylogenetic position of the ant genus Acropyga Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and the evolution of trophophoresy. Insect Systematics and Evolution 37:197-212. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Sosa-Calvo, J. 2006. Review of the ant genus Rogeria (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Guyana. Zootaxa 1330:59-68. PDF
LaPolla, J. S. 2006. Description of the male of Acropyga paleartica Menozzi, 1936 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8:171-173. PDF
LaPolla, J. S. 2006. Pheidole neoschultzi: replacement name for Pheidole schultzi LaPolla, 2005 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a junior homonym of Pheidole schultzei Forel, 1910. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 132:427. PDF
LaPolla, J. S. 2009. Taxonomic revision of the Southeast Asian ant genus Euprenolepis. Zootaxa 2046:1-25. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Cheng, C. H. 2010. [Untitled. New species of Paraparatrechina attributed to LaPolla and Cheng.]. Pp. 7-13, 15-16 in: LaPolla, J. S.; Cheng, C. H.; Fisher, B. L. 2010. Taxonomic revision of the ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) genus Paraparatrechina in the Afrotropical and Malagasy regions. Zootaxa 2387:1-27. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Fisher, B. L. 2010. [Untitled. New species of Paraparatrechina attributed to LaPolla and Fisher.]. Pp. 21-23 in: LaPolla, J. S.; Cheng, C. H.; Fisher, B. L. 2010. Taxonomic revision of the ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) genus Paraparatrechina in the Afrotropical and Malagasy regions. Zootaxa 2387:1-27. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Dlussky, G. M. 2010. Review of fossil Prenolepis genus-group species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 112 (2):258-273. 10.4289/0013-8797-112.2.258 PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Cheng, C. H.; Fisher, B. L. 2010. Taxonomic revision of the ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) genus Paraparatrechina in the Afrotropical and Malagasy regions. Zootaxa 2387:1-27. PDF
Sosa-Calvo, J.; Schultz, T. R.; LaPolla, J. S. 2010. A review of the dacetine ants of Guyana (Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 19:12-43. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Brady, S. G.; Shattuck, S. O. 2010a. Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Prenolepis genus-group of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 35:118-131. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Brady, S. G.; Shattuck, S. O. 2010b. Designation of a neotype for Paratrechina currens Motschoulsky, 1863. Notulae Naturae 481:1-2. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Brady, S. G.; Shattuck, S. O. 2011. Monograph of Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the world: an introduction to the systematics and biology of the genus. Zootaxa 3110:1-9. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Hawkes, P. G.; Fisher, B. L. 2011. Monograph of Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the World, Part I: Nylanderia in the Afrotropics. Zootaxa 3110:10-36. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Fisher, B. L. 2011. [Untitled. New species of Nylanderia, attributed to J.S. LaPolla and B.L. Fisher.]. Pp. 14-16, 20, 22-24 in: LaPolla, J. S.; Hawkes, P. G.; Fisher, B. L. 2011. Monograph of Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the World, Part I: Nylanderia in the Afrotropics. Zootaxa 3110:10-36. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Hawkes, P. G.; Fisher, B. L. 2011. [Untitled. Nylanderia usambarica sp. nov., attributed to J.S. LaPolla, P.G. Hawkes and B.L. Fisher.]. Pp. 24-25 in: LaPolla, J. S.; Hawkes, P. G.; Fisher, B. L. 2011. Monograph of Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the World, Part I: Nylanderia in the Afrotropics. Zootaxa 3110:10-36. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Kallal, R. J.; Brady, S. G. 2012. A new ant genus from the Greater Antilles and Central America, Zatania (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), exemplifies the utility of male and molecular character systems. Systematic Entomology 37:200-214. PDF
Kallal, R. J.; LaPolla, J. S. 2012. Monograph of Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the World, Part II: Nylanderia in the Nearctic. Zootaxa 3508:1-64. PDF
Gotzek, D.; Brady, S. G.; Kallal, R. J.; LaPolla, J. S. 2012. The importance of using multiple approaches for identifying emerging invasive species: the case of the rasberry crazy ant in the United States. PLoS ONE 7(9):e45314. 10.1371/journal.pone.0045314 PDF
Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Paraparatrechina ocellatula Paraparatrechina ocellatula LaPolla & Fisher, 2010 Species Valid Original combination
Strumigenys acarai Strumigenys acarai Sosa-Calvo et al., 2010 Species Valid Original combination
Pyramica dahlanae Strumigenys dahlanae Sosa-Calvo et al., 2010 Species Valid
Pyramica mariae Strumigenys mariae Sosa-Calvo et al., 2010 Species Valid
Strumigenys royi Strumigenys royi Sosa-Calvo et al., 2010 Species Valid Original combination
Strumigenys waiwai Strumigenys waiwai Sosa-Calvo et al., 2010 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia boltoni Nylanderia boltoni LaPolla & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia brevisetula Nylanderia brevisetula LaPolla & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia impolita Nylanderia impolita LaPolla & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia luteafra Nylanderia luteafra LaPolla & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia scintilla Nylanderia scintilla LaPolla & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia silvula Nylanderia silvula LaPolla & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia umbella Nylanderia umbella LaPolla & Fisher, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia usambarica Nylanderia usambarica LaPolla et al., 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Zatania Zatania LaPolla et al., 2012 Genus Valid
†Zatania electra †Zatania electra LaPolla et al., 2012 Species Valid Original combination
Zatania gloriosa Zatania gloriosa LaPolla et al., 2012 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia magnella Nylanderia magnella Kallal & LaPolla, 2012 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia querna Nylanderia querna Kallal & LaPolla, 2012 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia trageri Nylanderia trageri Kallal & LaPolla, 2012 Species Valid Original combination
Pseudoponerinae Pseudoponerinae LaPolla et al., 2013 Subfamily Unavailable
Paratrechina zanjensis Paratrechina zanjensis LaPolla et al., 2013 Species Valid Original combination
Paraparatrechina illusio Paraparatrechina illusio LaPolla & Fisher, 2014a Species Valid Original combination
Paraparatrechina luminella Paraparatrechina luminella LaPolla & Fisher, 2014a Species Valid Original combination
Paratrechina ankarana Paratrechina ankarana LaPolla & Fisher, 2014b Species Valid Original combination
Paratrechina antsingy Paratrechina antsingy LaPolla & Fisher, 2014b Species Valid Original combination
†Dolichoderus dlusskyi †Dolichoderus dlusskyi LaPolla & Greenwalt, 2015 Species Valid Original combination
†Ktunaxia †Ktunaxia LaPolla & Greenwalt, 2015 Genus Valid
†Ktunaxia jucunda †Ktunaxia jucunda LaPolla & Greenwalt, 2015 Species Valid Original combination
†Proiridomyrmex rotundatus †Proiridomyrmex rotundatus LaPolla & Greenwalt, 2015 Species Valid Original combination
Statistics
Published between 1999–2023
Taxon descriptions between 2004–2023
No. of references 45
No. of described taxa (including combinations) 98
No. of described taxa (valid, including combinations) 93
No. of described taxa (protonyms only) 95
Names belonging to author
Author name No. of references
LaPolla, J. S. 45