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