References by Wilson, E. O.
Wilson, E. O. 1988a. The current status of ant taxonomy. Pp. 3-10 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) 1988. Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp.
Wilson, E. O. 1988b. The biogeography of the West Indian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 214-230 in: Liebherr, J. K. (ed.) 1988. Zoogeography of Caribbean insects. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, ix + 285 pp.
Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp.
Hölldobler, B.; Obermayer, M.; Wilson, E. O. 1992. Communication in the primitive cryptobiotic ant Prionopelta amabilis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology. A. Sensory, Neural and Behavioral Physiology 171:9-16.
Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.
Wilson, E. O. 2003b. La hiperdiversidad como fenómeno real: el caso de Pheidole. Pp. 363-370 in: Fernández, F. (ed.) 2003. Introducción a las hormigas de la región Neotropical. Bogotá: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, xxvi + 424 pp.
Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 2005a. The rise of the ants: a phylogenetic and ecological explanation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102:7411-7414. PDF
Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 2005b. Eusociality: origin and consequences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102:13367-13371. PDF
Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 2008. The superorganism. The beauty, elegance, and strangeness of insect societies. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, xxi + 522 pp.

Notes: Publication date (November 2008) from publisher's web site (http://books.wwnorton.com/books/978-0-393-06704-0/).

Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 2010. The leafcutter ants. Civilization by instinct. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 160 pp.
Sarnat, E. M.; Rabeling, C.; Economo, E. P.; Wilson, E. O. 2014. First record of a species from the New World Pheidole flavens-complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) introduced to the southwestern Pacific. BioInvasions Records 3:7 pp. PDF

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Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Pheidole rugiceps Pheidole rugiceps Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole ruida Pheidole ruida Wilson, 2003a Species Synonym Original combination
Pheidole rutilana Pheidole rutilana Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole sabella Pheidole sabella Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole sabina Pheidole sabina Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole sagax Pheidole sagax Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole sagittaria Pheidole sagittaria Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole sarpedon Pheidole sarpedon Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole scabriventris Pheidole scabriventris Wilson, 2003a Species Synonym Original combination
Pheidole scalaris Pheidole scalaris Wilson, 2003a Species Synonym Original combination
Pheidole scimitara Pheidole scimitara Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole scitula Pheidole scitula Wilson, 2003a Species Synonym Original combination
Pheidole scolioceps Pheidole scolioceps Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole securiger Pheidole securigera Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole seligmanni Pheidole seligmanni Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole servilia Pheidole servilia Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole setsukoae Pheidole setsukoae Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole sicaria Pheidole sicaria Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole sigillata Pheidole sigillata Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole simonsi Pheidole simonsi Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole sitiens Pheidole sitiens Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole spathicornis Pheidole spathicornis Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole spathipilosa Pheidole spathipilosa Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole specularis Pheidole specularis Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole sphaerica Pheidole sphaerica Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole spilota Pheidole spilota Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole stigma Pheidole stigma Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole strigosa Pheidole strigosa Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole styrax Pheidole styrax Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole subnuda Pheidole subnuda Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Statistics
Published between 1951–2024
Taxon descriptions between 1951–2008
No. of references 154
No. of described taxa (including combinations) 473
No. of described taxa (valid, including combinations) 395
No. of described taxa (protonyms only) 438
Names belonging to author
Author name No. of references
Wilson, E. O. 154