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
Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Leptothorax (Myrafant) tuscaloosae Temnothorax tuscaloosae Wilson, 1951b Species Valid
Cautolasius Lasius (Cautolasius) Wilson, 1955a Subgenus Valid
Lasius (Dendrolasius) crispus Lasius crispus Wilson, 1955a Species Synonym Original combination
Lasius (Lasius) crypticus Lasius crypticus Wilson, 1955a Species Valid Original combination
Lasius (Cautolasius) fallax Lasius fallax Wilson, 1955a Species Valid Original combination
Lasius (Lasius) productus Lasius productus Wilson, 1955a Species Valid Original combination
Lasius (Lasius) sitiens Lasius sitiens Wilson, 1955a Species Valid Original combination
Lasius (Cautolasius) talpa Lasius talpa Wilson, 1955a Species Valid Original combination
Kyidris media Strumigenys media Wilson & Brown, 1956 Species Valid
Kyidris yaleogyna Strumigenys yaleogyna Wilson & Brown, 1956 Species Valid
Dacetinops Dacetinops Brown & Wilson, 1957a Genus Valid
Dacetinops cibdela Dacetinops cibdelus Brown & Wilson, 1957a Species Valid Original combination
Monomorium advena Monomorium advena Brown & Wilson, 1957b Species Valid Original combination
Monomorium metoecus Monomorium metoecus Brown & Wilson, 1957b Species Synonym Original combination
Phyracaces cohici Lioponera cohici Wilson, 1957a Species Valid
Phyracaces dumbletoni Lioponera dumbletoni Wilson, 1957a Species Valid
Sphinctomyrmex caledonicus Zasphinctus caledonicus Wilson, 1957a Species Valid
Ponera caledonica Ponera caledonica Wilson, 1957b Species Synonym Original combination
Ponera elegantula Ponera elegantula Wilson, 1957b Species Valid Original combination
Ponera excedra Ponera excedra Wilson, 1957b Species Synonym Original combination
Ponera huonica Ponera huonica Wilson, 1957b Species Synonym Original combination
Ponera petila Ponera petila Wilson, 1957b Species Valid Original combination
Ponera ratardorum Ponera ratardorum Wilson, 1957b Species Synonym Original combination
Ponera syscena Ponera syscena Wilson, 1957b Species Valid Original combination
Ponera szaboi Ponera szaboi Wilson, 1957b Species Valid Original combination
Ponera szentivanyi Ponera szentivanyi Wilson, 1957b Species Valid Original combination
Ponera xenagos Ponera xenagos Wilson, 1957b Species Valid Original combination
Leptogenys drepanon Leptogenys drepanon Wilson, 1958c Species Valid Original combination
Leptogenys hebrideana Leptogenys hebrideana Wilson, 1958c Species Valid Original combination
Leptogenys indagatrix Leptogenys indagatrix Wilson, 1958c Species Valid Original combination
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