References by MacKay, W. P.
MacKay, W. P. 1980. A new harvester ant from the mountains of southern California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The Southwestern Naturalist 25:151-156. PDF
MacKay, W. P. 1981. A comparison of the nest phenologies of three species of Pogonomyrmex harvester ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 88:25-74. PDF
MacKay, W. P. 1982. An altitudinal comparison of oxygen consumption rates in three species of Pogonomyrmex harvester ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Physiological Zoology 55:367-377. PDF
MacKay, E. E.; MacKay, W. P. 1985. Apoyo a la actual division generica de hormigas usando etologia comparativa (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Folia Entomologica Mexicana 61:179-188.
MacKay, W. P. 1985. Acanthostichus sanchezorum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), una nueva especie de Colombia. Sociobiology 11:127-131. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; MacKay, E. E.; Perez Dominguez, J. F.; Valdez Sanchez, L. I.; Orozco, P. V. 1985. Las hormigas del estado de Chihuahua Mexico: el genero Pogonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 11:39-54. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Perez Dominguez, J. F.; Valdez Sanchez, L. I. 1985. The army ants of the state of Chihuahua Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ecitoninae). The Southwestern Naturalist 30:611-612. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Van Vactor, S. 1985. New host record for the social parasite Pogonomyrmex anergismus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 87:863. PDF
MacKay, W. P. 1988. [Untitled. Pheidole wheelerorum W. MacKay new species.]. Pp. 96-98 in: MacKay, W. P.; Lowrie, D.; Fisher, A.; MacKay, E. E.; Barnes, F.; Lowrie, D. 1988. The ants of Los Alamos County, New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 79-131 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) 1988. Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Lowrie, D.; Fisher, A.; MacKay, E. E.; Barnes, F. 1988. The ants of Los Alamos County, New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 79-131 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) 1988. Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; MacKay, E. E. 1988 ("1986"). Las hormigas de Colombia: arrieras del género Atta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Colombiana de Entomología 12(1):23-30. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Vinson, S. B. 1988 ("1989"). Rediscovery of the ant Gnamptogenys hartmani (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in eastern Texas. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 91:127. PDF
MacKay, W. P. 1989. A new Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from southern New Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 97:47-49. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Vinson, S. B. 1989a. Two new ants of the genus Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) from eastern Texas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 91:175-178. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Vinson, S. B. 1989b. A guide to species identification of New World ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 16:3-47. PDF
MacKay, W. P. 1991 ("1990"). Anochetus brevidentatus, new species, a second fossil Odontomachiti ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 99:138-140. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Rebeles, A.; Arredondo, H.; Rodriguez, A.; Gonzalez, D.; Vinson, S. B. 1991. Impact of the slashing and burning of a tropical rain forest on the native ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 18:257-268. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Anderson, R. S. 1992 ("1991"). New distributional records for the ant genus Ponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in North America. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 99:696-699. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Anderson, R. S. 1993. New distributional records for the ant genus Smithistruma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in southern United States. The Southwestern Naturalist 38:388-389. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Baena, M. L. 1993. A new "horned" fungus growing ant, Cyphomyrmex castagnei, from Colombia. Sociobiology 23:31-37. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Elias, S. A. 1993 ("1992"). Late Quaternary ant fossils from packrat middens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): implications for climatic change in the Chihuahuan desert. Psyche (Cambridge) 99:169-184. PDF
Maes, J.-M.; MacKay, W. P. 1993. Catálogo de las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaraguense de Entomología 23:1-46. PDF
MacKay, W. P. 1993a. The status of the ant Leptothorax pergandei Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 21:287-297. PDF
MacKay, W. P. 1993b. A review of the New World ants of the genus Dolichoderus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 22:1-148. PDF
MacKay, W. P. 1993c. Succession of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on low-level nuclear waste sites in northern New Mexico. Sociobiology 23:1-11. PDF
García-Pérez, J. A.; MacKay, W. P.; González-Villarreal, D.; Camacho-Trujillo, R. 1994 ("1992"). Estudio preliminar de la mirmecofauna del Parque Nacional Chipinque, Nuevo León, México y su distribución altitudinal. Folia Entomologica Mexicana 86:185-190.
MacKay, W. P.; MacKay, E. E. 1994. Lasius xerophilus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a new ant species from White Sands National Monument, New Mexico. Psyche (Cambridge) 101:37-43. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Porter, S.; Fowler, H. G.; Vinson, S. B. 1994. A distribução das formigas lava-pés (Solenopsis spp.) no Estado de Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 24:307-317.
MacKay, W. P. 1995. New distributional records for the ant genus Cardiocondyla in the New World (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 71:169-172. PDF
MacKay, W. P.; Cover, S. P.; Heinze, J.; Hölldobler, B. 1995. Range extensions for the ant Leptothorax pergandei (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a mesic forest species discovered in the Chihuahuan Desert. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 97:888. PDF
Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Pogonomyrmex montanus Pogonomyrmex montanus MacKay, 1980 Species Valid Original combination
Acanthostichus sanchezorum Acanthostichus sanchezorum MacKay, 1985 Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole wheelerorum Pheidole wheelerorum MacKay, 1988 Species Valid Original combination
Aphaenogaster punctaticeps Aphaenogaster punctaticeps MacKay, 1989 Species Valid Original combination
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) puncticeps Solenopsis puncticeps MacKay & Vinson, 1989a Species Synonym Original combination
Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) subterranea Solenopsis subterranea MacKay & Vinson, 1989a Species Valid Original combination
†Anochetus brevidentatus †Anochetus brevidentatus MacKay, 1991 Species Valid Original combination
Dolichoderus baenae Dolichoderus baenae MacKay, 1993b Species Valid Original combination
Dolichoderus fernandezi Dolichoderus fernandezi MacKay, 1993b Species Valid Original combination
Dolichoderus haradae Dolichoderus haradae MacKay, 1993b Species Valid Original combination
Dolichoderus inermis Dolichoderus inermis MacKay, 1993b Species Valid Original combination
†Dolichoderus intermedius †Dolichoderus intermedius MacKay, 1993b Species Valid Original combination
Dolichoderus laurae Dolichoderus laurae MacKay, 1993b Species Valid Original combination
Dolichoderus longicollis Dolichoderus longicollis MacKay, 1993b Species Valid Original combination
Dolichoderus piceus Dolichoderus piceus MacKay, 1993b Species Valid Original combination
Dolichoderus shattucki Dolichoderus shattucki MacKay, 1993b Species Valid Original combination
Dolichoderus smithi Dolichoderus smithi MacKay, 1993b Species Valid Original combination
Dolichoderus voraginosus Dolichoderus voraginosus MacKay, 1993b Species Valid Original combination
Cyphomyrmex castagnei Cyphomyrmex castagnei MacKay & Baena, 1993 Species Valid Original combination
Lasius xerophilus Lasius xerophilus MacKay & MacKay, 1994 Species Valid Original combination
Acanthostichus arizonensis Acanthostichus arizonensis MacKay, 1996 Species Valid Original combination
Acanthostichus bentoni Acanthostichus bentoni MacKay, 1996 Species Valid Original combination
Acanthostichus brevinodis Acanthostichus brevinodis MacKay, 1996 Species Valid Original combination
Acanthostichus concavinodis Acanthostichus concavinodis MacKay, 1996 Species Valid Original combination
Acanthostichus emmae Acanthostichus emmae MacKay, 1996 Species Valid Original combination
Acanthostichus flexuosus Acanthostichus flexuosus MacKay, 1996 Species Valid Original combination
Acanthostichus laevigatus Acanthostichus laevigatus MacKay, 1996 Species Valid Original combination
Acanthostichus lattkei Acanthostichus lattkei MacKay, 1996 Species Valid Original combination
Acanthostichus punctiscapus Acanthostichus punctiscapus MacKay, 1996 Species Valid Original combination
Acanthostichus quirozi Acanthostichus quirozi MacKay, 1996 Species Valid Original combination
Statistics
Published between 1980–2025
Taxon descriptions between 1980–2025
No. of references 103
No. of described taxa (including combinations) 246
No. of described taxa (valid, including combinations) 161
No. of described taxa (protonyms only) 176
Names belonging to author
Author name No. of references
MacKay, W. P. 44
MacKay, W. 5
Mackay, W. P. 41
Mackay, W. 13