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

Snelling, R. R. 1992b. A newly adventive ant of the genus Pheidole in southern California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 91:121-125. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1995a. Systematics of Nearctic ants of the genus Dorymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 454:1-14. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1995b. [Review of: Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp.]. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 88:593.

Snelling, R. R. 1998. Insects part 1: the social Hymenoptera. Pp. 39-47, 131-143 in: Mack, A. L. (ed.) 1998. A biological assessment of the Lakekamu Basin, Papua New Guinea. Washington, D.C.: Conservation International, 187 pp.

Snelling, R. R. 1999a. [Untitled. Cephalotes kukulcan Snelling new species.]. Pp. 402-410 in: De Andrade, M. L.; Baroni Urbani, C. 1999. Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 271:1-889. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 1999b. [Untitled. Cephalotes chacmul Snelling new species.]. Pp. 611-615 in: De Andrade, M. L.; Baroni Urbani, C. 1999. Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 271:1-889. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 2000. A review of the Camponotus montivagus complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 36:599-611. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 2001. Two new species of thief ants (Solenopsis) from Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 37:511-525. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 2005. Wasps, ants, and bees: aculeate Hymenoptera. Pp. 283-296 in: Lazell, J. 2005. Island. Fact and theory in nature. Berkeley: University of California Press, xx + 382 pp. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 2006. Taxonomy of the Camponotus festinatus complex in the United States of America (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8:83-97. PDF

Snelling, R. R. 2007. A review of the arboreal Afrotropical ant genus Axinidris. Pp. 551-579 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

Snelling, R. R. 2008. A new name for Myopias punctigera (Emery 1901), not M. maligna var. punctigera (Emery 1900) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 110 (1):261. PDF

Snelling, R. R.; Borowiec, M. L.; Prebus, M. M. 2014. Studies on California ants: a review of the genus Temnothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 372:27-89. PDF

Snelling, R. R.; Buren, W. F. 1985. Description of a new species of slave-making ant in the Formica sanguinea group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Great Lakes Entomologist 18:69-78. PDF

Snelling, R. R.; Cover, S. P. 1992. Description of a new Proceratium from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 99:49-53. PDF

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.

Snelling, R. R.; George, C. D. 1979. The taxonomy, distribution and ecology of California desert ants. Report to California Desert Plan Program, Bureau of Land Management. Riverside: U.S. Dept. Interior, 335 + 89 pp.

Notes: Copies of this work were sent to "selected institutional and personal research libraries".

Snelling, R. R.; Hunt, J. H. 1976 ("1975"). The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Chilena de Entomología 9:63-129. PDF

Snelling, R. R.; Longino, J. T. 1992. Revisionary notes on the fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex, rimosus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini). Pp. 479-494 in: Quintero, D.; Aiello, A. (eds.) 1992. Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: selected studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, xxii + 692 pp. PDF

Snelling, R. R.; Snelling, G. C.; Schmidt, J. O.; Cover, S. P. 2009. The sexual castes of Pogonomyrmex anzensis Cole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 18:315-321. PDF

Snelling, R. R.; Torres, J. A. 1998. Camponotus ustus Forel and two similar new species from Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 469:1-10. PDF

Snodgrass, R. E. 1910. The thorax of the Hymenoptera. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 39:37-91.

Snodgrass, R. E. 1941. The male genitalia of Hymenoptera. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 99(14):1-86.