LaPolla, J. S. 2006. Description of the male of Acropyga paleartica Menozzi, 1936 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8:171-173. PDF
LaPolla, J. S. 2009. Taxonomic revision of the Southeast Asian ant genus Euprenolepis. Zootaxa 2046:1-25. 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
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.; 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.; 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.; 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.; 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.; 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.; 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.; Dlussky, G. M.; Perrichot, V. 2013. Ants and the fossil record. Annual Review of Entomology 58:609-630. 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.; 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.; 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.; 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
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.; 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.; 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
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
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.; Schneider, S. A. 2023. Trophobiosis between a new species of Acropyga (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) and new Neochavesia (Hemiptera, Xenococcidae) from Peru, and establishment of the Acropyga smithii species-group. ZooKeys 1154:1-16. [online early] 10.3897/zookeys.1154.97578 PDF
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.; 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
Lappano, E. R. 1958. A morphological study of larval development in polymorphic all-worker broods of the army ant Eciton burchelli. Insectes Sociaux 5:31-66. PDF