References by LaPolla, J. S.
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LaPolla, J. S.; Dlussky, G. M.; Perrichot, V. 2013. Ants and the fossil record. Annual Review of Entomology 58:609-630. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Hawkes, P. G.; Fisher, J. N. 2013. Taxonomic review of the ant genus Paratrechina, with a description of a new species from Africa. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 35:71-82. 10.3897/JHR.35.5628 PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Fisher, B. L. 2014a. Two new Paraparatrechina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) species from the Seychelles, with notes on the hypogaeic weissi species-group. ZooKeys 414:139-155. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Fisher, B. L. 2014b. Then there were five: a reexamination of the ant genus Paratrechina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 422:35-48. PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Greenwalt, D. E. 2015. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Middle Eocene Kishenehn Formation. Sociobiology 62:163-174. 10.13102/sociobiology.v62i2.163-174 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
Blaimer, B. B.; LaPolla, J. S.; Branstetter, M. G.; Lloyd, M. W.; Brady, S. G. 2016. Phylogenomics, biogeography and diversification of obligate mealybug-tending ants in the genus Acropyga. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 102:20-29. 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.05.030 PDF
Williams, J. L.; LaPolla, J. S. 2016. Taxonomic revision and phylogeny of the ant genus Prenolepis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 4200:201-258. 10.11646/zootaxa.4200.2.1 PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Williams, J. L.; Fan, E. 2017. Acropyga oreithauma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a new species from Panama. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 143:1-5. PDF
Williams, J. L.; LaPolla, J. S. 2018. Two new Prenolepis species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Indomalaya and Australasia, with a redescription of P. dugasi from Vietnam. Zootaxa 4441 (1):171-180. 10.11646/zootaxa.4441.1.10 PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Barden, P. 2018. A new aneuretine ant from the Paleocene Paskapoo Formation of Canada. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 63 (3):435-440. 10.4202/app.00478.2018 PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Kallal, R. J. 2019. Nylanderia of the World Part III: Nylanderia in the West Indies. Zootaxa 4658 (3):401-451. 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.3.1 PDF
Williams, J. L.; Zhang, Y. M.; Lloyd, M. W.; LaPolla, J. S.; Schultz, T. R.; Lucky, A. 2020. Global domination by crazy ants: phylogenomics reveals biogeographical history and invasive species relationships in the genus Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 45:730-744. 10.1111/syen.12423 PDF
Williams, J. L.; Zhang, Y. M.; LaPolla, J. S.; Schultz, T. R.; Lucky, A. 2022. Phylogenetic delimitation of morphologically cryptic species in globetrotting Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species complexes. Insect Systematics and Diversity 6 (1): 10:1-15. 10.1093/isd/iaxb027 PDF
LaPolla, J. S. 2023. Fossil ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the early Oligocene Canyon Ferry Reservoir deposit. Palaeoentomology 6 (4):385-397. 10.11646/palaeoentomology.6.4.10 PDF
LaPolla, J. S.; Schneider, S. A. 2023. Trophobiosis between a new species of Acropyga (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) and new Neochavesia (Hemiptera, Xenococcidae) from Peru, and establishment of the Acropyga smithii species-group. ZooKeys 1154:1-16. [online early] 10.3897/zookeys.1154.97578 PDF
Williams, J. L.; Punnath, A.; Fernández, M. B.; Calcaterra, L. A.; LaPolla, J. S.; Lucky, A. 2024. “Picking up signals” in male genital morphospace and integrating phylogenomics to delimit Neotropical Nylanderia Emery species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 8(5), 6:1-18. [online early] 10.1093/isd/ixae028 PDF

Notes: Nylanderia phylogeny

Williams, J. L.; Williams, J. F.; LaPolla, J. S.; Lucky, A. 2025. Nylanderia of the World, Part IV: Taxonomic contributions to the American Clade I of New World Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 5569 (3):549-593. 10.11646/zootaxa.5569.3.10 PDF
Williams, J. L.; Auletta, A.; Punnath, A.; Li, Y.; Bass, K.; Campo, R. J. L.; Conde, A. G.; Estevez, C.; Humphries, E.; Judd, D.; Kaye, D. R.; Miskimen, V.; Prouty, N.; Roe, A.; Raaida, S.; Scothorn, S. R.; Vincentsen, T. H.; Williams, J. F.; LaPolla, J. S.; Lucky, A. 2025. Scaling up taxonomic training through a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) and descriptions of 4 new ant species in the genus Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insect Systematics and Diversity 9 (5):ixaf039, 25 pp. [online early] 10.1093/isd/ixaf039 PDF
Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Acropyga ayanganna Acropyga ayanganna LaPolla, 2004a Species Valid Original combination
Acropyga gelasis Acropyga gelasis LaPolla, 2004a Species Valid Original combination
Acropyga hirsutula Acropyga hirsutula LaPolla, 2004a Species Valid Original combination
Acropyga hystrix Acropyga hystrix LaPolla, 2004a Species Valid Original combination
Acropyga keira Acropyga keira LaPolla, 2004a Species Valid Original combination
Acropyga palaga Acropyga palaga LaPolla, 2004a Species Valid Original combination
Acropyga romeo Acropyga romeo LaPolla, 2004a Species Valid Original combination
Acropyga stenotes Acropyga stenotes LaPolla, 2004a Species Valid Original combination
Acropyga tricuspis Acropyga tricuspis LaPolla, 2004a Species Valid Original combination
†Acropyga glaesaria †Acropyga glaesaria LaPolla, 2005b Species Valid Original combination
Acropyga bakwele Acropyga bakwele LaPolla & Fisher, 2005 Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole funki Pheidole funki LaPolla, 2005 Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole schultzi Pheidole schultzi LaPolla, 2005 Species Homonym Original combination
Brachymyrmex nebulosus Brachymyrmex nebulosus LaPolla & Longino, 2006 Species Valid Original combination
Rogeria tsumani Rogeria tsumani LaPolla & Sosa-Calvo, 2006 Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole neoschultzi Pheidole neoschultzi LaPolla, 2006 Species Valid Original combination
Euprenolepis echinata Euprenolepis echinata LaPolla, 2009 Species Valid Original combination
Euprenolepis maschwitzi Euprenolepis maschwitzi LaPolla, 2009 Species Valid Original combination
Euprenolepis thrix Euprenolepis thrix LaPolla, 2009 Species Valid Original combination
Euprenolepis variegata Euprenolepis variegata LaPolla, 2009 Species Valid Original combination
Euprenolepis wittei Euprenolepis wittei LaPolla, 2009 Species Valid Original combination
Euprenolepis zeta Euprenolepis zeta LaPolla, 2009 Species Valid Original combination
†Nylanderia vetula †Nylanderia vetula LaPolla & Dlussky, 2010 Species Valid Original combination
Paraparatrechina brunnella Paraparatrechina brunnella LaPolla & Cheng, 2010 Species Valid Original combination
Paraparatrechina concinnata Paraparatrechina concinnata LaPolla & Cheng, 2010 Species Valid Original combination
Paraparatrechina gnoma Paraparatrechina gnoma LaPolla & Cheng, 2010 Species Valid Original combination
Paraparatrechina oreias Paraparatrechina oreias LaPolla & Cheng, 2010 Species Valid Original combination
Paraparatrechina splendida Paraparatrechina splendida LaPolla & Cheng, 2010 Species Valid Original combination
Paraparatrechina umbranatis Paraparatrechina umbranatis LaPolla & Cheng, 2010 Species Valid Original combination
Paraparatrechina myops Paraparatrechina myops LaPolla & Fisher, 2010 Species Valid Original combination
Statistics
Published between 1999–2025
Taxon descriptions between 2004–2025
No. of references 49
No. of described taxa (including combinations) 112
No. of described taxa (valid, including combinations) 106
No. of described taxa (protonyms only) 108
Names belonging to author
Author name No. of references
LaPolla, J. S. 49