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References by LaPolla, J. S.
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LaPolla, J. S.; Dlussky, G. M.; Perrichot, V. 2013. Ants and the fossil record. Annual Review of Entomology 58:609-630. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Hawkes, P. G.; Fisher, J. N. 2013. Taxonomic review of the ant genus Paratrechina, with a description of a new species from Africa. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 35:71-82. 10.3897/JHR.35.5628 PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Fisher, B. L. 2014a. Two new Paraparatrechina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) species from the Seychelles, with notes on the hypogaeic weissi species-group. ZooKeys 414:139-155. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Fisher, B. L. 2014b. Then there were five: a reexamination of the ant genus Paratrechina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 422:35-48. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Greenwalt, D. E. 2015. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation. Sociobiology 62:163-174. 10.13102/sociobiology.v62i2.163-174 PDF
Messer, S. J.; Cover, S. P.; LaPolla, J. S. 2016. Nylanderia deceptrix sp. n., a new species of obligately socially parasitic formicine ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 552:49-65. 10.3897/zookeys.552.6475 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
Williams, J. L.; LaPolla, J. S. 2016. Taxonomic revision and phylogeny of the ant genus Prenolepis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 4200:201-258. 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.2.1 PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Williams, J. L.; Fan, E. 2017. Acropyga oreithauma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a new species from Panama. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 143:1-5. PDF
Williams, J. L.; LaPolla, J. S. 2018. Two new Prenolepis species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Indomalaya and Australasia, with a redescription of P. dugasi from Vietnam. Zootaxa 4441 (1):171-180. 10.11646/zootaxa.4441.1.10 PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Barden, P. 2018. A new aneuretine ant from the Paleocene Paskapoo Formation of Canada. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63 (3):435-440. 10.4202/app.00478.2018 PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Kallal, R. J. 2019. Nylanderia of the World Part III: Nylanderia in the West Indies. Zootaxa 4658 (3):401-451. 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.3.1 PDF
Williams, J. L.; Zhang, Y. M.; Lloyd, M. W.; LaPolla, J. S.; Schultz, T. R.; Lucky, A. 2020. Global domination by crazy ants: phylogenomics reveals biogeographical history and invasive species relationships in the genus Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 45:730-744. 10.1111/syen.12423 PDF
Williams, J. L.; Zhang, Y. M.; LaPolla, J. S.; Schultz, T. R.; Lucky, A. 2022. Phylogenetic delimitation of morphologically cryptic species in globetrotting Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species complexes. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1): 10:1-15. 10.1093/isd/iaxb027 PDF
LaPolla, J. S. 2023. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the early Oligocene Canyon Ferry Reservoir deposit. Palaeoentomology 6 (4):385-397. 10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.4.10 PDF
Williams, J. L.; Punnath, A.; Fernández, M. B.; Calcaterra, L. A.; LaPolla, J. S.; Lucky, A. 2024. “Picking up signals” in male genital morphospace and integrating phylogenomics to delimit Neotropical Nylanderia Emery species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 8(5), 6:1-18. [online early] 10.1093/isd/ixae028 PDF

Notes: Nylanderia phylogeny

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 1999–2024
Taxon descriptions between 2004–2023
No. of references 46
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. 46