Snelling, R. R. 1963. The United States species of fire ants of the genus Solenopsis, subgenus Solenopsis Westwood, with synonymy of Solenopsis aurea Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). California Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Entomology. Occasional Papers 3:1-15. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1965a. Studies on California ants. 1. Leptothorax hirticornis Emery, a new host and descriptions of the female and ergatoid male (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 64:16-21. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1965b. Studies on California ants. 2. Myrmecina californica M. R. Smith (Hymenoptera; Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 64:101-105. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1966. The female of Eucryptocerus placidus (F. Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 65:37-40. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1967. Studies on California ants. 3. The taxonomic status of Proceratium californicum Cook (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 124:1-10. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1968a. Taxonomic notes on some Mexican cephalotine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 132:1-10. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1968b. Studies on California ants. 4. Two species of Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 70:350-358. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1968c. A new species of Eurhopalothrix from El Salvador (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 154:1-4. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1969a. The repository of the T. W. Cook ant types (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 68:57-58.

Snelling, R. R. 1969b. Taxonomic notes on the Myrmecocystus melliger complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 170:1-9. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1969c. Notes on the systematics and dulosis of some western species of Formica, subgenus Raptiformica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 71:194-197. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1970. Studies on California ants, 5. Revisionary notes on some species of Camponotus, subgenus Tanaemyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 72:390-397. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1971a. Studies on California ants. 6. Three new species of Myrmecocystus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 214:1-16. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1971b. A new species of Simopelta from Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 70:16-17. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1973a. Two ant genera new to the United States (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 236:1-8. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1973b. The ant genus Conomyrma in the United States (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 238:1-6. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1973c. Studies on California ants. 7. The genus Stenamma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 245:1-38. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1974. Studies on California ants. 8. A new species of Cardiocondyla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 82:76-81. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1975. [Untitled. Taxonomic actions attributed to R.R. Snelling.]. Pp. 22-23 in: Hunt, J. H.; Snelling, R. R. 1975. A checklist of the ants of Arizona. Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science 10:20-23. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1975. Descriptions of new Chilean ant taxa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 274:1-19. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1976. A revision of the honey ants, genus Myrmecocystus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Science Bulletin 24:1-163. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1979a. Three new species of the Palaeotropical arboreal ant genus Cataulacus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 315:1-8. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1979b. Aphomomyrmex and a related new genus of arboreal African ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 316:1-8. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1981. Systematics of social Hymenoptera. Pp. 369-453 in: Hermann, H. R. (ed.) 1981. Social insects. Volume 2. New York: Academic Press, xiii + 491 pp.

Snelling, R. R. 1982a ("1981"). The taxonomy and distribution of some North American Pogonomyrmex and descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 80:97-112. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1982b. A revision of the honey ants, genus Myrmecocystus, first supplement (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 81:69-86. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1985. [Untitled. Camponotus bakeri Wheeler 1904 (elevated from subspecies of C. hyatti).]. P. 24 in: Miller, S. E. 1985. The California Channel Islands - past, present and future: an entomological perspective. Pp. 3-28 in: Menke, A. S.; Miller, D. R. (eds.) 1985. Entomology of the California Channel Islands. Proceedings of the first symposium. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 178 pp.

Snelling, R. R. 1986. New synonymy in Caribbean ants of the genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 88:154-156. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1988. Taxonomic notes on Nearctic species of Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 55-78 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) 1988. Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1992a. Two unusual new myrmicine ants from Cameroon (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 99:95-101. PDF