Fischer, G.; Azorsa, F.; Hita Garcia, F.; Mikheyev, A. S.; Economo, E. P. 2015. Two new phragmotic ant species from Africa: morphology and next-generation sequencing solve a caste association problem in the genus Carebara Westwood. ZooKeys 525:77-105. 10.3897/zookeys.525.6057 PDF

Fischer, G.; Fisher, B. L. 2013. A revision of Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the islands of the Southwest Indian Ocean and designation of a neotype for the invasive Pheidole megacephala. Zootaxa 3683:301-356. PDF

Fischer, G.; Hita Garcia, F.; Peters, M. K. 2012. Taxonomy of the ant genus Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographic region: definition of species groups and systematic revision of the Pheidole pulchella group. Zootaxa 3232:1-43. PDF

Fischer, G.; Sarnat, E. M.; Economo, E. P. 2016. Revision and microtomography of the Pheidole knowlesi group, an endemic ant radiation in Fiji (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) Myrmicinae. PLoS ONE 11 (7):41 pp. e0158544. 10.1371/journal.pone.0158544 PDF

Fisher, B. L. 1995. Ant diversity patterns along an elevational gradient in eastern Madagascar. [Abstract.]. Pp. 19, 84-85 in: Patterson, B. D.; Goodman, S. M.; Sedlock, J. L. (eds.) 1995. Environmental change in Madagascar. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 143 pp.

Fisher, B. L. 1996a. Origins and affinities of the ant fauna of Madagascar. Pp. 457-465 in: Lourenço, W. R. (ed.) 1996. Biogéographie de Madagascar. Paris: ORSTOM Éditions, x + 588 pp.

Fisher, B. L. 1996b. Ant diversity patterns along an elevational gradient in the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andringitra, Madagascar. Fieldiana Zoology (n.s.)85:93-108. PDF

Fisher, B. L. 1997a. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 31:269-302.

Fisher, B. L. 1997b. A comparison of ant assemblages (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) on serpentine and non-serpentine soils in northern California. Insectes Sociaux 44:23-33.

Fisher, B. L. 1998. Ant diversity patterns along an elevational gradient in the Réserve Spéciale d'Anjanaharibe-Sud and on the western Masoala Peninsula, Madagascar. Fieldiana Zoology (n.s.)90:39-67.

Fisher, B. L. 1999a. Improving inventory efficiency: a case study of leaf-litter ant diversity in Madagascar. Ecological Applications 9:714-731.

Fisher, B. L. 1999b. Ant diversity patterns along an elevational gradient in the Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andohahela, Madagascar. Fieldiana Zoology (n.s.)94:129-147.

Fisher, B. L. 2000. The Malagasy fauna of Strumigenys. Pp. 612-696 in: Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65:1-1028.

Fisher, B. L. 2000a. Ant inventories along elevational gradients in tropical wet forests in Eastern Madagascar. Pp. 41-49 in: Agosti, D.; Majer, J.; Alonso, L.; Schultz, T. (eds.) 2000. Sampling ground-dwelling ants: case studies from the world's rain forests. Perth, Australia: Curtin University School of Environmental Biology (Bulletin No. 18), xii + 75 pp. PDF

Fisher, B. L. 2002. Ant diversity patterns along an elevational gradient in the Réserve Spéciale de Manongarivo, Madagascar. Boissiera 59:311-328.

Fisher, B. L. 2003. Formicidae, ants. Pp. 811-819 in: Goodman, S. M.; Benstead, J. P. (eds.) 2003. The natural history of Madagascar. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, xxi + 1709 pp.

Fisher, B. L. 2004. Diversity patterns of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) along an elevational gradient on Monts Doudou in southwestern Gabon. Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences 28:269-286.

Fisher, B. L. 2005. A new species of Discothyrea Roger from Mauritius and a new species of Proceratium Roger from Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 56 (35):657-667. PDF

Fisher, B. L. 2006. Boloponera vicans gen.n. and sp.n. and two new species of the Plectroctena genus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8:111-118. PDF

Fisher, B. L. 2007. A new species of Probolomyrmex from Madagascar. Pp. 146-152 in: Snelling, R. R.; Fisher, B. L.; Ward, P. S. (eds.) 2007. Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80:690 pp. PDF

Fisher, B. L. 2008. [Untitled. Anochetus boltoni Fisher sp. nov. Anochetus goodmani Fisher sp. nov.]. Pp. 4-8 in: Fisher, B. L.; Smith, M. A. 2008. A revision of Malagasy species of Anochetus Mayr and Odontomachus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). PLoS ONE 3 (5):e1787. PDF

Fisher, B. L. 2009a. Two new dolichoderine ant genera from Madagascar: Aptinoma gen. n. and Ravavy gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2118:37-52. PDF

Fisher, B. L. 2009b. Biogeography. Pp. 18-37 in: Lach, L.; Parr, C. L.; Abbott, K. (eds) 2009. Ant ecology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, xvii + 410 pp.

Fisher, B. L.; Bolton, B. 2007. [Untitled. Descriptions of Technomyrmex anterops sp. nov., Technomyrmex curiosus sp. nov., Technomyrmex docens sp. nov., Technomyrmex innocens sp. nov.]. Pp. 45-53 in: Bolton, B. 2007b. Taxonomy of the dolichoderine ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based on the worker caste. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 35(1):1-150. PDF

Fisher, B. L.; Bolton, B. 2007. The ant genus Pseudaphomomyrmex Wheeler, 1920 a junior synonym of Tapinoma Foerster, 1850. Zootaxa 1427:65-68. PDF

Fisher, B. L.; Bolton, B. 2016. Ants of the world. Ants of Africa and Madagascar. A guide to the genera. Berkeley: University of California Press, ix + 503 pp.

Fisher, B. L.; Cover, S. P. 2007. Ants of North America. A guide to genera. Berkeley: University of California Press, xiv + 194 pp.

Fisher, B. L.; Girman, D. J. 2000. Biogeography of ants in eastern Madagascar. Pp. 331-344 in: Lourenço, W. R.; Goodman, S. M. (eds.) 2000. Diversité et endémisme à Madagascar. Actes du II colloque international biogéographie de Madagascar. Paris: Société de Biogéographie, vi + 379 pp. PDF

Fisher, B. L.; Robertson, H. G. 1999. Silk production by adult workers of the ant Melissotarsus emeryi (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in South African fynbos. Insectes Sociaux 46:78-83.

Fisher, B. L.; Robertson, H. G. 2002. Comparison and origin of forest and grassland ant assemblages in the high plateau of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biotropica 34:155-167.