last update:
August.2008

 
Alex Wild 
Department of Entomology 
University of Illinois
505 S Goodwin Ave 
Urbana, IL 61801 
(520)548-8134 

 


Publications

  • Wild, A. L., and D. R. Maddison. 2008. Evaluating nuclear protein-coding genes for phylogenetic utility in the Coleoptera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, in press.
  • Wild, A. L. 2008. Evolution of the Neotropical ant genus Linepithema (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology, in press.
  • Wild, A. L. 2008.  Book Review of Snelling et al 2007 Festschrift to E. O. Wilson.  Myrmecological News, online early.
  • Wild, A. L. 2008. A Feast for the Initiated. Bioscience 58: 80–81.
  • Wild, A. L. 2008. The Argentine Ant. Encyclopedia entry in Capinera, J., ed. 2008, Encyclopedia of Entomology, 2nd edition. Springer, 4768pp. 
  • Wild, A. L. 2007. A Catalogue of the Ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1622: 1–55.
  • Wild, A. L. 2007. Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Linepithema (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 126. [download PDF]
  • Roura-Pascual, N., A. V. Suarez , K. McNyset, C. Gómez, P. Pons, Y. Touyama, A. L. Wild, F. Gascón, and A. T. Peterson. 2006. Niche differentiation and fine-scale projections for Argentine ants based on remotely sensed data. Ecological Applications 16(5): 1832–1841. [pdf available on request]
  • Donoso, D. A, J. M. Vieira, & A. L. Wild. 2006. Three new species of Leptanilloides Mann from Andean Ecuador (Formicidae: Leptanilloidinae). Zootaxa 1201: 47–62. [download PDF]
  • Wild, A. L., and F. Cuezzo. 2006. Rediscovery of a fossil dolichoderine ant lineage (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) and a description of a new genus from South America. Zootaxa 1142: 57–68. [pdf available on request]
  • Wild, A. L. 2005. Observations on larval cannibalism and other behaviors in a captive colony of Amblyopone oregonensis.  Notes from Underground 11: 9.  [Online article]
  • Wild, A. L. 2005. Taxonomic revision of the Pachycondyla apicalis species complex  (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).  Zootaxa 834: 1–25. [pdf available on request]
  • Roura-Pascual, N, A. V. Suarez , C. Gómez, P. Pons, Y. Touyama, A. L. Wild, & A. T. Peterson. 2004. Geographic potential of Argentine ants (Linepithema humile Mayr) in the face of global climate change.  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 271:2527–2534. [download PDF]
  • Wild, A. L. 2004. Taxonomy and distribution of the Argentine ant Linepithema humile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).  Annals of the Entomological Society of America 97(6): 1204–1215. [download PDF]
  • Wild, A. L. 2003. Digital Macro Photography of Ants in the Field.  Notes from Underground 10 (1): 4.  [Online article]
  • Wild, A. L. 2003 (“2002”). The genus Pachycondyla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Paraguay. Boletín del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del Paraguay 14: 1–18.  [download PDF]
  • Suarez, A.V., M. Benard, N.D. Tsutsui, T.A. Blackledge, K. Copren, E.M. Sarnat, A.L. Wild, W.M. Getz, P.T. Starks, K. Will, P.J. Palsbøll, M.E. Hauber, C. Moritz, and A.D. Richman. 2002. Correspondence: Conflicts around a study of Mexican crops. Nature 417: 897.
  • Orians, C. M., C. H. Huang, A. Wild, K. A. Dorfman, P. Zee, M. T. T. Dao, and R. S. Fritz. 1997. Willow hybridization differentially affects preference and performance of  herbivorous beetles. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 83: 285–294. 
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