van Elst, T.; Eriksson, T. H.; Gadau, J.; Johnson, R. A.; Rabeling, C.; Taylor, J. E.; Borowiec, M. L. 2021. Comprehensive phylogeny of Myrmecocystus honey ants highlights cryptic diversity and infers evolution during aridification of the American Southwest. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 155: Article 107036:1-12. 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107036 PDF

Notes: Phylogeny, divergence dating, ancestral state reconstruction

Degueldre, F.; Mardulyn, P.; Kuhn, A.; Pinel, A.; Karaman, C.; Lebas, C.; Schifani, E.; Bračko, G.; Wagner, H. C.; Kiran, K.; Borowiec, L.; Passera, L.; Abril, S.; Espadaler, X.; Aron, S. 2021. Evolutionary history of inquiline social parasitism in Plagiolepis ants. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 155:107016, 6 pp. [online early] 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107016 PDF

Mera-Rodríguez, D.; Jourdan, H.; Ward, P. S.; Shattuck, S.; Cover, S. P.; Wilson, E. O.; Rabeling, C. 2023. Biogeography and evolution of social parasitism in Australian Myrmecia bulldog ants revealed by phylogenomics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 186 (107825):1-18. [online early] 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107825 PDF