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References by Wilson, E. O.
Wilson, E. O. 1976a. The organization of colony defense in the ant Pheidole dentata Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 1:63-81. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1976b. A social ethogram of the Neotropical arboreal ant Zacryptocerus varians (Fr. Smith). Animal Behavior 24:354-363. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1976c. Behavioral discretization and number of castes in an ant species. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 1:141-154. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1976d. Which are the most prevalent ant genera? Studia Entomologica 19:187-200. PDF
Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1977a. The number of queens: an important trait in ant evolution. Naturwissenschaften 64:8-15.
Wilson, E. O. 1977a. [Review of: Wheeler, G. C., Wheeler, J. 1976. Ant larvae: review and synthesis. Mem. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 7:1-108.]. Science (Washington, D. C.) 195:975.
Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1977b. Weaver ants: social establishment and maintenance of territory. Science (Washington, D. C.) 195:900-902.
Wilson, E. O. 1977b ("1976"). The first workerless parasite in the ant genus Formica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 83:277-281. PDF
Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1977c. Weaver ants. Scientific American 237(6):146-154.
Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1978. The multiple recruitment systems of the African Weaver ant Oecophylla longinoda (Latreille) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 3:19-60. PDF
Oster, G. F.; Wilson, E. O. 1978. Caste and ecology in the social insects. Princeton: Princeton University Press, xv + 352 pp.
Wilson, E. O. 1978. Division of labor in fire ants based on physical castes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Solenopsis). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 51:615-636.
Wilson, E. O. 1979. The evolution of caste systems in social insects. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 123:204-210.
Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 1980. Sex differences in cooperative silk-spinning by weaver ant larvae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 77:2343-2347.
Wilson, E. O. 1981a. Epigenesis and the evolution of social systems. Journal of Heredity 72:70-77.
Wilson, E. O. 1981b. Communal silk-spinning by larvae of Dendromyrmex tree-ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 28:182-190.
Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1983a. Queen control in colonies of weaver ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 76:235-238.
Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1983b. The evolution of communal nest-weaving in ants. American Scientist 71:490-499.
Wilson, E. O. 1984a. The relation between caste ratios and division of labor in the ant genus Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 16:89-98.
Wilson, E. O. 1984b. Tropical social parasites in the ant genus Pheidole, with an analysis of the anatomical parasitic syndrome (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 31:316-334. PDF
Wilson, E. O.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1985 ("1984"). Behavior of the cryptobiotic predaceous ant Eurhopalothrix heliscata, n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Basicerotini). Insectes Sociaux 31:408-428. PDF
Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 1985. Caste-specific techniques of defense in the polymorphic ant Pheidole embolopyx (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 32:3-22.
Wilson, E. O. 1985a. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 1. Two new myrmicine genera and an aberrant Pheidole. Psyche (Cambridge) 92:1-9. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1985b. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 2. The first fossil army ants. Psyche (Cambridge) 92:11-16. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1985c. Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 3. The subfamily Dolichoderinae. Psyche (Cambridge) 92:17-37. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1985d. The sociogenesis of insect colonies. Science (Washington, D. C.) 228:1489-1495.
Wilson, E. O. 1985e. Invasion and extinction in the West Indian ant fauna: evidence from the Dominican amber. Science (Washington, D. C.) 229:265-267.
Wilson, E. O. 1985f. Ants from the Cretaceous and Eocene amber of North America. Psyche (Cambridge) 92:205-216. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1985g. The principles of caste evolution. Fortschritte der Zoologie 31:307-324.
Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 1986. Ecology and behavior of the Neotropical cryptobiotic ant Basiceros manni (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Basicerotini). Insectes Sociaux 33:70-84. PDF
Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Pheidole arboricola Pheidole arboricola Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole arctos Pheidole arctos Wilson, 2003a Species Synonym Original combination
Pheidole ariel Pheidole ariel Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole arietans Pheidole arietans Wilson, 2003a Species Synonym Original combination
Pheidole aripoensis Pheidole aripoensis Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole astur Pheidole astur Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole aurea Pheidole aurea Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole azteca Pheidole azteca Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole bajaensis Pheidole bajaensis Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole bellatrix Pheidole bellatrix Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole beloceps Pheidole beloceps Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole bidens Pheidole bidens Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole binasifer Pheidole binasifera Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole bison Pheidole bison Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole boliviana Pheidole boliviana Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole boltoni Pheidole boltoni Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole boruca Pheidole boruca Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole brachyops Pheidole brachyops Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole brandaoi Pheidole brandaoi Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole browni Pheidole browni Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole bufo Pheidole bufo Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole bulliceps Pheidole bulliceps Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole bureni Pheidole bureni Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole calimana Pheidole calimana Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole caltrop Pheidole caltrop Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole camilla Pheidole camilla Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole caracalla Pheidole caracalla Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole cardiella Pheidole cardiella Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole cardinalis Pheidole cardinalis Wilson, 2003a Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole carinata Pheidole carinata 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