Schilder, K.; Heinze, J.; Hölldobler, B. 1999. Colony structure and reproduction in the thelytokous parthenogenetic ant Platythyrea punctata (F. Smith) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 46:150–158. 10.1007/s000400050126 PDF

Tsuji, K.; Egashira, K.; Hölldobler, B. 1999. Regulation of worker reproduction by direct physical contact in the ant Diacamma sp. from Japan. Animal Behavior 58(2):337-343. PDF

Sauer, C.; Stackebrandt, E.; Gadau, J.; Hölldobler, B.; Gross, R. 2000. Systematic relationships and cospeciation of bacterial endosymbionts and their carpenter ant host species: proposal of the new taxon Candidatus Blochmannia gen. nov. International Journal of Systematic & Evolutionary Microbiology 50:1877-1886. PDF

Federle, W.; Rohrseitz, K.; Hölldobler, B. 2000. Attachment forces of ants measured with a centrifuge: better 'wax-runners' have a poorer attachment to a smooth surface. Journal of Experimental Biology 203:505-512. PDF

Liefke, C.; Hölldobler, B.; Maschwitz, U. 2001. Recruitment behavior in the ant genus Polyrhachis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 14:637-657.

Federle, W.; Brainerd, E. L.; McMahon, T. A.; Hölldobler, B. 2001. Biomechanics of movable pretarsal adhesive organ in ants and bees. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 98:6215-6220. 10.1073/pnas.111139298 PDF

Dietemann, V.; Hölldobler, B.; Peeters, C. 2002. Caste specialization and differentiation in reproductive potential in the phylogenetically primitive ant Myrmecia gulosa. Insectes Sociaux 49:289-298.

Hölldobler, B.; Liebig, J.; Alpert, G. D. 2002. Gamergates in the myrmicine genus Metapone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Naturwissenschaften 89:305-307.

Hölldobler, B.; Oldham, N. J.; Alpert, G. D.; Liebig, J. 2002. Predatory behavior and chemical communication in two Metapone species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Chemoecology 12:147-151.

Paul, J.; Roces, F.; Hölldobler, B. 2002. How do ants stick out their tongues? Journal of Morphology 254:39-52.

Kronauer, D. J. C.; Gadau, J.; Hölldobler, B. 2003. Genetic evidence for intra- and interspecific slavery in honey ants (genus Myrmecocystus). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences 270:805-810. PDF

Kronauer, D. J. C.; Hölldobler, B.; Gadau, J. 2004. Phylogenetics of the New World honey ants (genus Myrmecocystus) estimated from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32:416-421. PDF

Federle, W.; Baumartner, W.; Hölldobler, B. 2004. Biomechanics of ant adhesive pads: frictional forces are rate- and temperature-dependent. Journal of Experimental Biology 206:67-74. 10.1242/jeb.00716 PDF

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.

Plowes, N. J. R.; Johnson, R. A.; Hölldobler, B. 2013. Foraging behavior in the ant genus Messor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Myrmecological News 18:33-49. PDF