References by Economo, E. P.
Casadei-Ferreira, A.; Fischer, G.; Economo, E. P. 2020. Evidence for a thoracic crop in the workers of some Neotropical Pheidole species (Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Arthropod Structure and Development 59:1-7. [online early] 10.1016/j.asd.2020.100977 PDF
Casadei-Ferreira, A.; Economo, E. P.; Feitosa, R. M. 2020. Additions to the taxonomy of Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the southern grasslands of Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 64 (4):21 pp. e20200068. [online early] 10.1590/1806-9665-RBENT-2020-0086 PDF
Dias, R. K. S.; Guénard, B.; Akbar, S. A.; Economo, E. P.; Udayakantha, W. S.; Wachkoo, A. A. 2020. The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Sri Lanka: a taxonomic research summary and updated checklist. ZooKeys 967:1-142. 10.3897/zookeys.967.54432 PDF
Richter, A.; Hita Garcia, F.; Keller, R. A.; Billen, J.; Katzke, J.; Boudinot, B. E.; Economo, E. P.; Beutel, R. G. 2021. The head anatomy of Protanilla lini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae), with a hypothesis of their mandibular movement. Myrmecological News 31:85-114. 10.25849/myrmecol.news_031:85 PDF

Notes: Head anatomy, Protanilla

Klunk, C. L.; Argenta, M. A.; Casadei-Ferreira, A.; Economo, E. P.; Pie, M. R. 2021. Mandibular morphology, task specialization and bite mechanics in Pheidole ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Royal Society Interface 18 (179):24 pp. 20210318. 10.1098/rsif.2021.0318 PDF

Notes: Mandible functional morphology

Boudinot, B. E.; Richter, A.; Katzke, J.; Chaul, J. C. M.; Keller, R. A.; Economo, E. P.; Beutel, R. G.; Yamamoto, S. 2022. Evidence for the evolution of eusociality in stem ants and a systematic revision of †Gerontoformica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 195:1355-1389. 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab097/6523228 PDF
Aibekova, L.; Boudinot, B. E.; Beutel, R. G.; Richter, A.; Keller, R. A.; Hita Garcia, F.; Economo, E. P. 2022. The skeletomuscular system of the mesosoma of Formica rufa workers (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (2): 2:1-26. 10.1093/isd/ixac002 PDF
Gómez, K.; Kouakou, L. M.; Fischer, G.; Hita-Garcia, F.; Katzke, J.; Economo, E. P. 2022. Pheidole klaman sp. nov.: a new addition from Ivory Coast to the Afrotropical pulchella species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae). ZooKeys 1104:129-157. 10.3897/zookeys.1104.81562 PDF
Khalife, A.; Peeters, C.; Economo, E. P. 2022. Minute workers and large soldiers in the subterranean ant Carebara perpusilla: Musculoskeletal consequences of Haller's rule in the thorax. Arthropod Structure and Development 69:101188. 10.1016/j.asd.2022.101188 PDF
Liu, C.; Fischer, G.; Liu, Q.; Peng, Y.-Q.; Economo, E. P.; Guénard, B. 2022. Updating the taxonomy of the ant genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in China with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa 5182 (2):152-164. 10.11646/zootaxa.5182.2.2 PDF
Wang, W. Y.; Soh, E. J. Y.; Yong, G. W. J.; Wong, M. K. L.; Guénard, B.; Economo, E. P.; Yamane, S. 2022. Remarkable diversity in a little red dot: a comprehensive checklist of known ant species in Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with notes on ecology and taxonomy. Asian Myrmecology 15: e015006:1-152. [online early] 10.20362/am.015006 PDF
Richter, A.; Boudinot, B. E.; Hita Garcia, F.; Billen, J.; Economo, E. P.; Beutel, R. G. 2023. Wonderfully weird: the head anatomy of the armadillo ant, Tatuidris tatusia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Agroecomyrmecinae), with evolutionary implications. Myrmecological News 33:35-75. 10.25849/myrmecol.news_033:035 PDF
Griebenow, Z. H.; Richter, A.; van de Kamp, T.; Economo, E. P.; Lieberman, Z. E. 2023. Comparative morphology of male genital skeletomusculature in the Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a standardized muscular terminology for the male genitalia of Hymenoptera. Arthropod Systematics and Phylogeny 81:945-1018. 10.3897/asp.81.e104810 PDF
Ambakina, H.; Gómez, K.; Guénard, B.; Monzenga, J.-C.; Economo, E. P.; Dekoninck, W. 2024. Overview of myrmecological studies and a checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Biodiversity Data Journal 12: e132915:1-95. 10.3897/BDJ.12.e132915 PDF
Hita Garcia, F.; Gómez, K.; Keller, R. A.; Schurian, B.; Economo, E. P. 2025. A never-ending story: updated 3D cyber-taxonomic revision of the ant genus Zasphinctus Wheeler (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Dorylinae) for the Afrotropical region. ZooKeys 1223:1-55. [online early] 10.3897/zookeys.1223.131238 PDF
Casadei-Ferreira, A.; Camacho, G. P.; van de Kamp, T.; Lattke, J. E.; Feitosa, R. M.; Economo, E. P. 2025. Evolution and functional implications of stinger shape in ants. Evolution 79 (1):80-99. [online early] 10.1093/evolut/qpae142 PDF
Griebenow, Z. H.; Richter, A.; Economo, E. P.; Dang, A. V.; Yamada, A. 2025. Four new species of Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from northern Vietnam described with phylogenomics and micro-computed tomography. European Journal of Taxonomy 987:98-145. 10.5852/ejt.2025.987.2867 PDF
Fiorentino, G.; Probst, R.; Richter, A.; Economo, E. P.; Barden, P. 2025. A fossil-informed pattern of body size increase and local extinction in Basiceros dirt ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 292 (2045):20242171 (11 pp.). 10.1098/rspb.2024.2171 PDF
Aibekova, L.; Richter, A.; Beutel, R. G.; van de Kamp, T.; Economo, E. P.; Griebenow, Z.; Boudinot, B. E. 2025. The mesosoma of Protanilla (Leptanillinae) and the groundplan of the Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Journal of Morphology 286 (7):e70064, 26 pp. 10.1002/jmor.70064 PDF
Hamer, M. T.; Katzke, J.; Tang, K. L.; Weemaels, A. I.; Hita-Garcia, F.; Economo, E. P.; Guénard, B. 2025. A revision of the rare Strumigenys mnemosyne (Formicidae; Myrmicinae) group using micro-CT scanning, with the description of three new species, and the virtual repair of a broken paratype. PLoS ONE 20 (9):e0331762, 1-29. 10.1371/journal.pone.0331762 PDF
Richter, A.; Keller, R. A.; Hita Garcia, F.; van de Kamp, T.; Economo, E. P. 2025. The evolution of novel mouthpart interlocking mechanisms in ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 205 (1):zlaf113, 26 pp. [online early] 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf113 PDF
Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Pristomyrmex tsuji Pristomyrmex tsujii Sarnat & Economo, 2013 Species Valid Original combination
Proceratium vinaka Proceratium vinaka Hita Garcia et al., 2015 Species Valid Original combination
Aenictus yangi Aenictus yangi Liu et al., 2015 Species Valid Original combination
Proceratium silisili Proceratium silisili Liu et al., 2015 Species Valid Original combination
Monomorium indicus Monomorium indicus Bharti et al., 2016 Species Unavailable Original combination
Aphaenogaster singaporensis Aphaenogaster singaporensis Bharti et al., 2016 Species Unavailable Original combination
Pheidole drogon Pheidole drogon Sarnat et al., 2016 Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole viserion Pheidole viserion Sarnat et al., 2016 Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole kava Pheidole kava Fischer et al., 2016 Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole ululevu Pheidole ululevu Fischer et al., 2016 Species Valid Original combination
Tetramorium jarawa Tetramorium jarawa Agavekar et al., 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Tetramorium krishnani Tetramorium krishnani Agavekar et al., 2017 Species Valid Original combination
Strumigenys anorak Strumigenys anorak Sarnat et al., 2019 Species Valid Original combination
Strumigenys artemis Strumigenys artemis Sarnat et al., 2019 Species Valid Original combination
Strumigenys avatar Strumigenys avatar Sarnat et al., 2019 Species Valid Original combination
Strumigenys gunter Strumigenys gunter Sarnat et al., 2019 Species Valid Original combination
Strumigenys oasis Strumigenys oasis Sarnat et al., 2019 Species Valid Original combination
Strumigenys parzival Strumigenys parzival Sarnat et al., 2019 Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole abakytan Pheidole abakytan Casadei-Ferreira et al., 2020 Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole abaticanga Pheidole abaticanga Casadei-Ferreira et al., 2020 Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole cangussu Pheidole cangussu Casadei-Ferreira et al., 2020 Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole curupira Pheidole curupira Casadei-Ferreira et al., 2020 Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole mapinguari Pheidole mapinguari Casadei-Ferreira et al., 2020 Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole obapara Pheidole obapara Casadei-Ferreira et al., 2020 Species Valid Original combination
†Gerontoformica sternorhabda †Gerontoformica sternorhabda Boudinot et al., 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole klaman Pheidole klaman Gómez et al., 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Protanilla rong Protanilla rong Griebenow et al., 2025 Species Valid Original combination
Leptanilla belantanoides Leptanilla belantanoides Griebenow et al., 2025 Species Valid Original combination
Leptanilla phthirigyna Leptanilla phthirigyna Griebenow et al., 2025 Species Valid Original combination
†Basiceros enana †Basiceros enana Fiorentino et al., 2025 Species Valid Original combination
Statistics
Published between 2012–2025
Taxon descriptions between 2013–2025
No. of references 51
No. of described taxa (including combinations) 31
No. of described taxa (valid, including combinations) 28
No. of described taxa (protonyms only) 30
Names belonging to author
Author name No. of references
Economo, E. P. 51