References by Cover, S. P.
Cover, S. P. 1990. [Untitled. Keys to the ant genera of the Nearctic and Neotropical regions. Based on the worker caste.]. Pp. 62-81 in: Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp.
Cover, S. P.; Tobin, J. E.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ant community of a tropical lowland rainforest site in Peruvian Amazonia. Pp. 699-700 in: Veeresh, G. K.; Mallik, B.; Viraktamath, C. A. (eds.) 1990. Social insects and the environment. Proceedings of the 11th International Congress of IUSSI, 1990. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., xxxi + 765 pp.
Heinze, J.; Hölldobler, B.; Cover, S. P. 1992. Queen polymorphism in the North American harvester ant, Ephebomyrmex imberbiculus. Insectes Sociaux 39:267-273.
Snelling, R. R.; Cover, S. P. 1992. Description of a new Proceratium from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 99:49-53. 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
Heinze, J.; Cover, S. P.; Hölldobler, B. 1998 ("1995"). Neither worker, nor queen: an ant caste specialized in the production of unfertilized eggs. Psyche (Cambridge) 102:173-185.
Deyrup, M.; Cover, S. 1998. Two new species of Smithistruma Brown (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Florida. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 100:214-221.
Deyrup, M.; Davis, L.; Cover, S. 2000. Exotic ants in Florida. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 126:293-326.
LaPolla, J. S.; Cover, S. P.; Mueller, U. G. 2002. Natural history of the mealybug-tending ant, Acropyga epedana, with descriptions of the male and queen castes. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 128:367-376.
Cover, S.; Wilson, E. O.; Nasrecki, P. 2003. Encyclopedia of life: should species description equal gene sequence? A reply. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18:612. PDF
Cover, S.; Deyrup, M. 2004. [Untitled. Leptothorax palustris Cover and Deyrup, new species.]. Pp. 52-55 in: Deyrup, M.; Cover, S. 2004a. A new species of the ant genus Leptothorax from Florida, with a key to the Leptothorax of the southeast (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Florida Entomologist 87:51-59. PDF
Longino, J. T.; Cover, S. 2004. A revision of the Aphaenogaster phalangium complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Zootaxa 655:1-12. PDF
Deyrup, M.; Cover, S. 2004a. A new species of the ant genus Leptothorax from Florida, with a key to the Leptothorax of the southeast (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Florida Entomologist 87:51-59. PDF
Deyrup, M.; Cover, S. 2004b. A new species of Odontomachus ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from inland ridges of Florida, with a key to Odontomachus of the United States. Florida Entomologist 87:136-144. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Cover, S. P. 2005. New species of Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Guyana, with a list of species known from the country. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 131(3+4):365-374. PDF
Archibald, S. B.; Cover, S. P.; Moreau, C. S. 2006. Bulldog ants of the Eocene Okanagan Highlands and history of the subfamily (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99:487-523. PDF
Deyrup, M.; Cover, S. P. 2007. A new species of Crematogaster from the pinelands of the southeastern United States. Pp 100-112 in: Snelling, R. R.; Fisher, B. L.; Ward, P. S. (eds.) 2007. Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80:690 pp. PDF
Fisher, B. L.; Cover, S. P. 2007. Ants of North America. A guide to genera. Berkeley: University of California Press, xiv + 194 pp.
Rabeling, C.; Cover, S. P. 2007. [Untitled. Trachymyrmex pomonae Rabeling & Cover, new species.]. Pp. 14-16 in: Rabeling, C.; Cover, S. P.; Johnson, R. A.; Mueller, U. G. 2007. A review of the North American species of the fungus-gardening ant genus Trachymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1664:1-53. PDF
Rabeling, C.; Cover, S. P.; Johnson, R. A.; Mueller, U. G. 2007. A review of the North American species of the fungus-gardening ant genus Trachymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1664:1-53. PDF
Cover, S. P.; Deyrup, M. 2007. A new ant genus from the southwestern United States. Pp 89-99 in: Snelling, R. R.; Fisher, B. L.; Ward, P. S. (eds.) 2007. Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80:690 pp. PDF
Snelling, G. C.; Cover, S. P. 2009. The status of Neivamyrmex goyahkla and Neivamyrmex ndeh (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 18:282-284. PDF
Snelling, R. R.; Snelling, G. C.; Schmidt, J. O.; Cover, S. P. 2009. The sexual castes of Pogonomyrmex anzensis Cole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 18:315-321. PDF
Johnson, R. A.; Cover, S. P. 2015. A taxonomic revision of the seed-harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on Hispaniola. Zootaxa 3972 (2):231-249. PDF
Messer, S. J.; Cover, S. P.; LaPolla, J. S. 2016. Nylanderia deceptrix sp. n., a new species of obligately socially parasitic formicine ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 552:49-65. 10.3897/zookeys.552.6475 PDF
Shattuck, S. O.; Cover, S. 2016. Taxonomy of some little-understood North American ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 4175:10-22. 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.1.2 PDF
Schär, S.; Talavera, G.; Espadaler, X.; Rana, J. D.; Andersen, A. A.; Cover, S. P.; Vila, R. 2018. Do Holarctic ant species exist? Trans-Beringian dispersal and homoplasy in the Formicidae. Journal of Biogeography 00:1-12. 10.1111/jbi.13380 PDF
Gray, K. W.; Cover, S. P.; Johnson, R. A.; Rabeling, C. 2018. The dacetine ant Strumigenys arizonica, an apparent obligate commensal of the fungus-growing ant Trachymyrmex arizonensis in southwestern North America. Insectes Sociaux 65:401-410. 10.1007/s00040-018-0625-8 PDF
Messer, S. J.; Cover, S. P.; Rabeling, C. 2020. Two new species of socially parasitic Nylanderia ants from the southeastern United States. ZooKeys 921:23-48. 10.3897/zookeys.921.46921 PDF
Borowiec, M. L.; Cover, S. P.; Rabeling, C. 2021. The evolution of social parasitism in Formica ants revealed by a global phylogeny. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 118 (38):10 pp. e2026029118. 10.1073/pnas.2026029118 PDF
Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Proceratium tio Proceratium tio Snelling & Cover, 1992 Species Valid Original combination
Smithistruma archboldi Strumigenys archboldi Deyrup & Cover, 1998 Species Valid
Smithistruma inopina Strumigenys inopina Deyrup & Cover, 1998 Species Valid
Leptothorax palustris Temnothorax palustris Cover & Deyrup, 2004 Species Valid
Odontomachus relictus Odontomachus relictus Deyrup & Cover, 2004b Species Valid Original combination
†Avitomyrmex †Avitomyrmex Archibald et al., 2006 Genus Valid
†Macabeemyrma †Macabeemyrma Archibald et al., 2006 Genus Valid
†Ypresiomyrma †Ypresiomyrma Archibald et al., 2006 Genus Valid
†Myrmeciites †Myrmeciites Archibald et al., 2006 Genus Valid
†Avitomyrmex elongatus †Avitomyrmex elongatus Archibald et al., 2006 Species Valid Original combination
†Avitomyrmex mastax †Avitomyrmex mastax Archibald et al., 2006 Species Valid Original combination
†Avitomyrmex systenus †Avitomyrmex systenus Archibald et al., 2006 Species Valid Original combination
†Macabeemyrma ovata †Macabeemyrma ovata Archibald et al., 2006 Species Valid Original combination
†Myrmeciites goliath †Myrmeciites goliath Archibald et al., 2006 Species Valid Original combination
†Myrmeciites herculeanus †Myrmeciites herculeanus Archibald et al., 2006 Species Valid Original combination
†Myrmeciites tabanifluviensis †Myrmeciites tabanifluviensis Archibald et al., 2006 Species Valid Original combination
†Ypresiomyrma orbiculata †Ypresiomyrma orbiculata Archibald et al., 2006 Species Valid Original combination
†Ypresiomyrma bartletti †Ypresiomyrma bartletti Archibald et al., 2006 Species Valid Original combination
Dolopomyrmex Dolopomyrmex Cover & Deyrup, 2007 Genus Valid
Dolopomyrmex pilatus Dolopomyrmex pilatus Cover & Deyrup, 2007 Species Valid Original combination
Crematogaster pinicola Crematogaster pinicola Deyrup & Cover, 2007 Species Valid Original combination
Trachymyrmex pomonae Trachymyrmex pomonae Rabeling & Cover, 2007 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia deceptrix Nylanderia deceptrix Messer et al., 2016 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia deyrupi Nylanderia deyrupi Messer et al., 2020 Species Valid Original combination
Nylanderia parasitica Nylanderia parasitica Messer et al., 2020 Species Valid Original combination
Lasius ponderosae Lasius ponderosae Schär et al., 2022 Species Valid Original combination
Tapinoma incognitum Tapinoma incognitum Cover & Rabeling, 2024 Species Valid Original combination
Tapinoma inflatiscapus Tapinoma inflatiscapus Cover & Rabeling, 2024 Species Valid Original combination
Tapinoma pulchellum Tapinoma pulchellum Cover & Rabeling, 2024 Species Valid Original combination
Tapinoma shattucki Tapinoma shattucki Cover & Rabeling, 2024 Species Valid Original combination
Statistics
Published between 1990–2025
Taxon descriptions between 1992–2025
No. of references 34
No. of described taxa (including combinations) 34
No. of described taxa (valid, including combinations) 31
No. of described taxa (protonyms only) 31
Names belonging to author
Author name No. of references
Cover, S. P. 26
Cover, S. 8