References by Wilson, E. O.
Wilson, E. O. 1951a. Variation and adaptation in the imported fire ant. Evolution 5:68-79. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1951b ("1950"). A new Leptothorax from Alabama (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 57:128-130. PDF
Eisner, T.; Wilson, E. O. 1952. The morphology of the proventriculus of a formicine ant. Psyche (Cambridge) 59:47-60. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1952a. Notes on Leptothorax bradleyi Wheeler and L. wheeleri M. R. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomological News 63:67-71. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1952b. O complexo Solenopsis saevissima na America do Sul (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro 50:49-59. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1952c. The Solenopsis saevissima complex in South America (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro 50:60-68. PDF
Brown, W. L., Jr.; Wilson, E. O. 1953. [Review of: Cook, T. W. 1953. The ants of California. Palo Alto: Pacific Books, 462 pp.]. Entomological News 64:163-164.
Wilson, E. O.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953. The subspecies concept and its taxonomic application. Systematic Zoology 2:97-111. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1953a. On Flanders' hypothesis of caste determination in ants. Psyche (Cambridge) 60:15-20.
Wilson, E. O. 1953b. The origin and evolution of polymorphism in ants. Quarterly Review of Biology 28:136-156. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1953c. Origin of the variation in the imported fire ant. Evolution 7:262-263.
Brown, W. L., Jr.; Wilson, E. O. 1954. The case against the trinomen. Systematic Zoology 3:174-176.
Wilson, E. O. 1954a ("1953"). The ecology of some North American dacetine ants. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 46:479-495. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1954b. A new interpretation of the frequency curves associated with ant polymorphism. Insectes Sociaux 1:75-80. PDF
Wilson, E. O.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1955. Revisionary notes on the sanguinea and neogagates groups of the ant genus Formica. Psyche (Cambridge) 62:108-129. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1955a. A monographic revision of the ant genus Lasius. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 113:1-201. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1955b. Ecology and behavior of the ant Belonopelta deletrix Mann (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 62:82-87. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1955c. Division of labor in a nest of the slave-making ant Formica wheeleri Creighton. Psyche (Cambridge) 62:130-133.
Wilson, E. O. 1955d. The status of the ant genus Microbolbos Donisthorpe. Psyche (Cambridge) 62:136. PDF
Brown, W. L., Jr.; Wilson, E. O. 1956. Character displacement. Systematic Zoology 5:49-64.
Wilson, E. O. 1956. Feeding behavior in the ant Rhopalothrix biroi Szabó. Psyche (Cambridge) 63:21-23. PDF
Wilson, E. O.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1956. New parasitic ants of the genus Kyidris, with notes on ecology and behavior. Insectes Sociaux 3:439-454. PDF
Wilson, E. O.; Eisner, T.; Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1956. Aneuretus simoni Emery, a major link in ant evolution. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 115:81-99. PDF
Brown, W. L., Jr.; Wilson, E. O. 1957a. Dacetinops, a new ant genus from New Guinea. Breviora 77:1-7. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1957a. The discovery of cerapachyine ants on New Caledonia, with the description of new species of Phyracaces and Sphinctomyrmex. Breviora 74:1-9. PDF
Brown, W. L., Jr.; Wilson, E. O. 1957b. A new parasitic ant of the genus Monomorium from Alabama, with a consideration of the status of genus Epixenus Emery. Entomological News 68:239-246. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1957b. The tenuis and selenophora groups of the ant genus Ponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 116:355-386. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1958a. The beginnings of nomadic and group-predatory behavior in the ponerine ants. Evolution 12:24-36.
Wilson, E. O.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958a. The worker caste of the parasitic ant Monomorium metoecus Brown and Wilson, with notes on behavior. Entomological News 69:33-38. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1958b. The fire ant. Scientific American 198(3):36-41. PDF
Taxa originally described by author (including combinations)
Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Temnothorax tuscaloosae Wilson, 1951b Species Valid
Leptothorax tuscaloosae Wilson, 1951b Species Obsolete combination Original combination
Lasius productus Wilson, 1955a Species Valid
Lasius crispus Wilson, 1955a Species Synonym
Lasius sitiens Wilson, 1955a Species Valid
Lasius crypticus Wilson, 1955a Species Valid
Lasius talpa Wilson, 1955a Species Valid
Lasius fallax Wilson, 1955a Species Valid
Lasius (Cautolasius) Wilson, 1955a Subgenus Valid
Kyidris yaleogyna Wilson & Brown, 1956 Species Obsolete combination Original combination
Strumigenys media Wilson & Brown, 1956 Species Valid
Kyidris media Wilson & Brown, 1956 Species Obsolete combination Original combination
Strumigenys yaleogyna Wilson & Brown, 1956 Species Valid
Dacetinops Brown & Wilson, 1957a Genus Valid
Dacetinops cibdelus Brown & Wilson, 1957a Species Valid
Monomorium advena Brown & Wilson, 1957b Species Valid
Monomorium metoecus Brown & Wilson, 1957b Species Synonym
Zasphinctus caledonicus Wilson, 1957a Species Valid
Phyracaces dumbletoni Wilson, 1957a Species Obsolete combination Original combination
Phyracaces cohici Wilson, 1957a Species Obsolete combination Original combination
Lioponera dumbletoni Wilson, 1957a Species Valid
Lioponera cohici Wilson, 1957a Species Valid
Sphinctomyrmex caledonicus Wilson, 1957a Species Obsolete combination Original combination
Cerapachys dumbletoni Wilson, 1957a Species Obsolete combination
Cerapachys cohici Wilson, 1957a Species Obsolete combination
Ponera ratardorum Wilson, 1957b Species Synonym
Ponera excedra Wilson, 1957b Species Synonym
Ponera xenagos Wilson, 1957b Species Valid
Ponera syscena Wilson, 1957b Species Valid
Ponera huonica Wilson, 1957b Species Synonym
Statistics
Published between 1951–2016
Taxon descriptions between 1951–2008
No. of references 152
No. of described taxa (including combinations) 463
No. of described taxa (valid, including combinations) 397
No. of described taxa (protonyms only) 438
Names belonging to author
Author name No. of references
Wilson, E. O. 152