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References by Snelling, R. R.
Snelling, R. R. 1981. Systematics of social Hymenoptera. Pp. 369-453 in: Hermann, H. R. (ed.) 1981. Social insects. Volume 2. New York: Academic Press, xiii + 491 pp.
Blum, M. S.; Jones, T. H.; Snelling, R. R.; Overal, W. L.; Fales, H. M.; Highet, R. J. 1982. Systematic implications of the exocrine chemistry of some Hypoclinea species. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 10:91-94.
Snelling, R. R. 1982a ("1981"). The taxonomy and distribution of some North American Pogonomyrmex and descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 80:97-112. PDF
Snelling, R. R. 1982b. A revision of the honey ants, genus Myrmecocystus, first supplement (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 81:69-86. PDF
Blum, M. S.; Jones, T. H.; Lloyd, H. A.; Fales, H. M.; Snelling, R. R.; Lubin, Y.; Torres, J. 1985. Poison gland products of Solenopsis and Monomorium species. Journal of Entomological Science 20:254-257.
Snelling, R. R. 1985. [Untitled. Camponotus bakeri Wheeler 1904 (elevated from subspecies of C. hyatti).]. P. 24 in: Miller, S. E. 1985. The California Channel Islands - past, present and future: an entomological perspective. Pp. 3-28 in: Menke, A. S.; Miller, D. R. (eds.) 1985. Entomology of the California Channel Islands. Proceedings of the first symposium. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 178 pp.
Snelling, R. R.; Buren, W. F. 1985. Description of a new species of slave-making ant in the Formica sanguinea group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Great Lakes Entomologist 18:69-78. PDF
Schmidt, J. O.; Schmidt, P. J.; Snelling, R. R. 1986. Pogonomyrmex occidentalis, an addition to the ant fauna of Mexico, with notes on other species of harvester ants from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The Southwestern Naturalist 31:395-396.
Snelling, R. R. 1986. New synonymy in Caribbean ants of the genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 88:154-156. PDF
Blum, M. S.; Snelling, R. R.; Duffield, R. M.; Hermann, H. R.; Lloyd, H. A. 1988. Mandibular gland chemistry of Camponotus (Myrmothrix) abdominalis: chemistry and chemosystematic implications (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 481-490 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) 1988. Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp.
Duffield, R. M.; Wheeler, J. W.; Snelling, R. R. 1988. Mellein in the mandibular glands of worker Camponotus ferrugineus (Fabr.): an anomoly [sic] in the subgenus Camponotus. Pp. 475-480 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) 1988. Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp.
Snelling, R. R. 1988. Taxonomic notes on Nearctic species of Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 55-78 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) 1988. Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp. PDF
Lloyd, H. A.; Blum, M. S.; Snelling, R. R.; Evans, S. L. 1989. Chemistry of mandibular and Dufour's gland secretions of ants in genus Myrmecocystus. Journal of Chemical Ecology 15:2589-2599.
Davidson, D. W.; Foster, R. B.; Snelling, R. R.; Lozada, P. W. 1991. Variable composition of some tropical ant-plant symbioses. Pp. 145-162 in: Price, P. W.; Lewinsohn, T. M.; Fernandes, G. W.; Benson, W. W. (eds.) 1991. Plant-animal interactions. Evolutionary ecology in tropical and temperate regions. New York: J. Wiley, xiv + 639 pp.
Snelling, R. R.; Cover, S. P. 1992. Description of a new Proceratium from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 99:49-53. PDF
Snelling, R. R.; Longino, J. T. 1992. Revisionary notes on the fungus-growing ants of the genus Cyphomyrmex, rimosus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini). Pp. 479-494 in: Quintero, D.; Aiello, A. (eds.) 1992. Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: selected studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, xxii + 692 pp. PDF
Snelling, R. R. 1992a. Two unusual new myrmicine ants from Cameroon (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 99:95-101. PDF
Snelling, R. R. 1992b. A newly adventive ant of the genus Pheidole in southern California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 91:121-125. PDF
Blum, M. S.; Musthak Ali, T. M.; Jones, T. H.; Snelling, R. R. 1994. Identification of a chemical releaser of alarm behavior for workers of Harpegnathos saltator Jerd. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Memorabilia Zoologica 48:17-22.
Perfecto, I.; Snelling, R. R. 1995. Biodiversity and the transformation of a tropical agroecosystem: ants in coffee plantations. Ecological Applications 5:1084-1097.
Torres, J. A.; Snelling, R. R. 1995 ("1992"). Los himenópteros de Isla de Mona. Acta Científica (Puerto Rico) 6:87-102.

Notes: Ants pp. 93-96.

Snelling, R. R. 1995a. Systematics of Nearctic ants of the genus Dorymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 454:1-14. PDF
Snelling, R. R. 1995b. [Review of: Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp.]. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 88:593.
Jones, T. H.; Torres, J. A.; Snelling, R. R.; Spande, T. F. 1996. Primary tetradecenyl amines from the ant Monomorium floricola. Journal of Natural Products 59:801-802.
Jones, T. H.; Torres, J. A.; Spande, T. F.; Garraffo, H. M.; Blum, M. S.; Snelling, R. R. 1996. Chemistry of venom alkaloids in some Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) species from Puerto Rico. Journal of Chemical Ecology 22:1221-1236.
Torres, J. A.; Snelling, R. R. 1997. Biogeography of Puerto Rican ants: a non-equilibrium case? Biodiversity and Conservation 6:1103-1121.
Snelling, R. R. 1998. Insects part 1: the social Hymenoptera. Pp. 39-47, 131-143 in: Mack, A. L. (ed.) 1998. A biological assessment of the Lakekamu Basin, Papua New Guinea. Washington, D.C.: Conservation International, 187 pp.
Snelling, R. R.; Torres, J. A. 1998. Camponotus ustus Forel and two similar new species from Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 469:1-10. PDF
Gorman, J. S. T.; Jones, T. H.; Spande, T. F.; Snelling, R. R.; Torres, J. A.; Garraffo, H. M. 1998. 3-Hexyl-5-methylindolizidine isomers from thief ants, Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) species. Journal of Chemical Ecology 24:933-943. PDF
Snelling, R. R. 1999a. [Untitled. Cephalotes kukulcan Snelling new species.]. Pp. 402-410 in: De Andrade, M. L.; Baroni Urbani, C. 1999. Diversity and adaptation in the ant genus Cephalotes, past and present. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 271:1-889. PDF
Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Myrmecocystus (Endiodioctes) intonsus Myrmecocystus intonsus Snelling, 1976 Species Valid Original combination
Myrmecocystus (Endiodioctes) kathjuli Myrmecocystus kathjuli Snelling, 1976 Species Valid Original combination
Myrmecocystus (Endiodioctes) koso Myrmecocystus koso Snelling, 1976 Species Valid Original combination
Myrmecocystus nequazcatl Myrmecocystus nequazcatl Snelling, 1976 Species Valid Original combination
Myrmecocystus perimeces Myrmecocystus perimeces Snelling, 1976 Species Valid Original combination
Myrmecocystus (Eremnocystus) tenuinodis Myrmecocystus tenuinodis Snelling, 1976 Species Valid Original combination
Cataulacus boltoni Cataulacus boltoni Snelling, 1979a Species Valid Original combination
Cataulacus mckeyi Cataulacus mckeyi Snelling, 1979a Species Valid Original combination
Cataulacus pompom Cataulacus pompom Snelling, 1979a Species Valid Original combination
Petalomyrmex Petalomyrmex Snelling, 1979b Genus Valid
Petalomyrmex phylax Petalomyrmex phylax Snelling, 1979b Species Valid Original combination
Pogonomyrmex (Pogonomyrmex) colei Pogonomyrmex colei Snelling, 1982a Species Valid Original combination
Pogonomyrmex (Ephebomyrmex) laevinodis Pogonomyrmex laevinodis Snelling, 1982a Species Valid Original combination
Myrmecocystus (Eremnocystus) arenarius Myrmecocystus arenarius Snelling, 1982b Species Valid Original combination
Myrmecocystus (Myrmecocystus) christineae Myrmecocystus christineae Snelling, 1982b Species Valid Original combination
Formica gynocrates Formica gynocrates Snelling & Buren, 1985 Species Valid Original combination
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) cuauhtemoc Camponotus cuauhtemoc Snelling, 1988 Species Valid Original combination
Camponotus (Myrmentoma) pavidus Camponotus pavidus Snelling, 1988 Species Homonym Original combination
Atopomyrmex calpocalycolus Atopomyrmex calpocalycola Snelling, 1992a Species Valid Original combination
Leptothorax catalaucoides Nesomyrmex cataulacoides Snelling, 1992a Species Valid
Proceratium tio Proceratium tio Snelling & Cover, 1992 Species Valid Original combination
Cyphomyrmex bicarinatus Cyphomyrmex bicarinatus Snelling & Longino, 1992 Species Valid Original combination
Cyphomyrmex dixus Cyphomyrmex dixus Snelling & Longino, 1992 Species Valid Original combination
Cyphomyrmex nesiotus Cyphomyrmex nesiotus Snelling & Longino, 1992 Species Valid Original combination
Cyphomyrmex podargus Cyphomyrmex podargus Snelling & Longino, 1992 Species Valid Original combination
Dorymyrmex lipan Dorymyrmex lipan Snelling, 1995a Species Valid Original combination
Dorymyrmex paiute Dorymyrmex paiute Snelling, 1995a Species Valid Original combination
Camponotus kaura Camponotus kaura Snelling & Torres, 1998 Species Valid Original combination
Camponotus taino Camponotus taino Snelling & Torres, 1998 Species Valid Original combination
Cephalotes kukulcan Cephalotes kukulcan Snelling, 1999a Species Valid Original combination
Statistics
Published between 1963–2022
Taxon descriptions between 1968–2022
No. of references 80
No. of described taxa (including combinations) 105
No. of described taxa (valid, including combinations) 86
No. of described taxa (protonyms only) 94
Names belonging to author
Author name No. of references
Snelling, R. R. 80