Brian L. Fisher

Brian L. Fisher (born 1964), U.S. entomologist.

• California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118 USA.

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• 64 taxon names authored by Brian L. Fisher

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• 1997. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar. Journal of Natural History 31: 269–302. [ii.1997.]

• Fisher, B.L. & Robertson, H.G. 1999. Silk production by adult workers of the ant Melissotarsus emeryi in South African fynbos. Insectes Sociaux 46: 78–83.

• 2000. The Malagasy fauna of Strumigenys. pp. 612–696: in Bolton, B. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 65: 1028 pp.

• Saux, C.; Fisher, B. L.; Spicer, G. S. 2004. Dracula ant phylogeny as inferred by nuclear 28S rDNA sequences and implications for ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol 33: 457–468.

• 2005. A new species of Discothyrea Roger from Mauritius and a new species of Proceratium from Madagascar. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 56: 657–667.
• LaPolla, J.S. & 2005. A remarkable new species of Acropyga (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Gabon, with a key to the afrotropical species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 56(30): 601–605. BHL Reference page. 

• 2006. Boloponera vicans gen. n. and sp. n. and two new species of the Plectroctena genus group. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: 111–118.

• 2007. A new species of Probolomyrmex from Madagascar (pp. 146–152). In Snelling, R.R., Fisher, B.L. & Ward, P.S. (eds). Advances in ant systematics: homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80: 690 pp.
• Fisher, B.L. & Bolton, B. 2007. The ant genus Pseudaphomomyrmex Wheeler, 1920 a junior synonym of Tapinoma Foerster, 1850. Zootaxa 1427: 65–68.
• Fisher, B.L. & Cover, S.P. 2007. Ants of North America. A Guide to the Genera: 194 pp. University of California Press.
• Yoshimura, M. & Fisher, B.L. 2007. A revision of male ants of the Malagasy region: key to subfamilies and treatment of the genera of Ponerinae. Zootaxa 1654: 21–40.

• Bolton, B. & Fisher, B.L. 2008. The Afrotropical ponerine ant genus Asphinctopone Santschi. Zootaxa 1827: 53–61.
• Bolton, B. and B. L. Fisher. 2008. The Afrotropical ponerine ant genus Phrynoponera Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1892: 35–52.
• Bolton, B. and B. L. Fisher. 2008. Afrotropical ants of the ponerine genera Centromyrmex Mayr, Promyopias Santschi gen. rev. and Feroponera gen. n., with a revised key to genera of African Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1929: 1–37.
• Fisher, B.L. & Smith, M.A. 2008. A revision of Malagasy species of Anochetus Mayr and Odontomachus Latreille. PLoSONE 3 (5): 1–23.

• 2009. Two new dolichoderine ant genera from Madagascar: Aptinoma gen. n. and Ravavy gen. n. Zootaxa 2118: 37–52.
• Yoshimura, M. & Fisher, B.L. 2009. A revision of the male ants of the Malagasy region: key to genera of the subfamily Proceratiinae. Zootaxa 2216: 1–21.

• LaPolla, J.S., Cheng, C.H. & Fisher, B.L. 2010. Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Paraparatrechina in the Afrotropical and Malagasy regions. Zootaxa 2387: 1–27.
• Ward, P.S., Brady, S.G., Fisher, B.L. & Schultz, T.R. 2010. Phylogeny and biogeography of Dolichoderinae ants: effects of data partitioning and relict taxa on historical inference. Systematic Biology 59: 342–362.

• Bolton, B. & Fisher, B.L. 2011. Taxonomy of Afrotropical and West Palaearctic ants of the ponerine genus Hypoponera Santschi. Zootaxa 2843: 1–118.
• Hita Garcia, F. & 2011. The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region—introduction, definition of species groups, and revision of the T. bicarinatum, T. obesum, T. sericeiventre and T. tosii species groups. Zootaxa 3039: 1–72. Preview PDF DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3039.1.1 Reference page. 
• Yoshimura, M. & Fisher, B.L. 2011. A revision of the male ants of the Malagasy region: key to genera of the subfamily Dolichoderinae. Zootaxa 2794: 1–34.

• Bolton, B. & 2012. Taxonomy of the cerapachyine ant genera Simopone Forel, Vicinopone gen. n. and Tanipone gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3283: 1–101. Preview PDF Reference page. 
• Hita Garcia, F. & 2012. The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region—taxonomy of the T. bessonii, T. bonibony, T. dysalum, T. marginatum, T. tsingy, and T. weitzeckeri species groups. Zootaxa 3365: 1–123. Preview PDF Reference page. 
• Hita Garcia, F. & 2012. The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region—taxonomic revision of the T. kelleri and T. tortuosum species groups. Zootaxa 3592: 1–85. Preview PDF Reference page. 
• Yoshimura, M. & 2012. A revision of male ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with resurrections of the genera Stigmatomma and Xymmer. PLoS One 7(3): e33325. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033325 Reference page. 
• Yoshimura, M. & 2012. A revision of the Malagasy endemic genus Adetomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae). Zootaxa 3341: 1–31. Preview PDF Reference page. 

• Hita Garcia, F. & 2013. The Tetramorium tortuosum species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) revisited - taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical T. capillosum species complex. ZooKeys 299: 77–99. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.299.5063 Reference page. 
• Fischer, G. & 2013. A revision of Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the islands of the southwest Indian Ocean and designation of a neotype for the invasive Pheidole megacephala. Zootaxa 3683(4): 301–356. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3683.4.1 Reference page. 

• Rakotonirina, J.C. & 2014. Revision of the Malagasy ponerine ants of the genus Leptogenys Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3836(1): 1–163. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3836.1.1 Reference page. 
• LaPolla, J.S. & 2014. Then there were five: a reexamination of the ant genus Paratrechina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 422: 35–48. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.422.7779 Reference page. 
• Fischer, G., Azorsa, F. & 2014. The ant genus Carebara Westwood (Hymenoptera, Formicidae): synonymisation of Pheidologeton Mayr under Carebara, establishment and revision of the C. polita species group. ZooKeys 438: 57–112. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.438.7922 Reference page. 
• Hita Garcia, F. & 2014. The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Afrotropical region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae): synonymisation of Decamorium Forel under Tetramorium, and taxonomic revision of the T. decem species group. ZooKeys 411: 67–103. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.411.7260 Reference page. 
• Hita Garcia, F. & 2014. Taxonomic revision of the cryptic ant genus Probolomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Proceratiinae) in Madagascar. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 61(1): 65–76. DOI: 10.3897/dez.61.7634 Reference page. 
• Hita Garcia, F. & 2014. The hyper-diverse ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Malagasy region taxonomic revision of the T. naganum, T. plesiarum, T. schaufussii, and T. severini species groups. ZooKeys 413: 1–170. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.413.7172 Reference page. 
• Ward, P.S., Brady, S.G., & Schultz, T.R. 2014 [2015]. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 40(1): 61–81. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12090 Reference page. 

• Hita Garcia, F. & 2015: Taxonomy of the hyper-diverse ant genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) – first record of the T. setigerum species group and additions to the Malagasy species groups with an updated illustrated identification key. ZooKeys 512: 121–153. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.512.9860 Full article Reference page. 
• Overson, R. & 2015: Taxonomic revision of the genus Prionopelta (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Malagasy region. Zookeys 507: 115–150. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.507.9303 Article view Reference page. 
• Csosz, S. & 2015. Diagnostic survey of Malagasy Nesomyrmex species-groups and revision of hafahafa group species via morphology based cluster delimitation protocol. Zookeys, 526: 19–59. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.526.6037 Full article Reference page. 

• Csosz, S. & 2016. Taxonomy of Malagasy Nesomyrmex brevicornis species-group using conventional morphology-based approach. ZooKeys 616: 125–159. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.616.9532. Reference page. 
• Esteves, F.A. & 2016. Taxonomic revision of Stigmatomma Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region. Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e8032. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.4.e8032. Reference page. 
• Ward, P.S., Blaimer, B.B. & 2016. A revised phylogenetic classification of the ant subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with resurrection of the genera Colobopsis and Dinomyrmex. Zootaxa 4072(3): 343–357. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4072.3.4. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Rakotonirina, J.C., Csosz, S. & 2016. Revision of the Malagasy Camponotus edmondi species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae): integrating qualitative morphology and multivariate morphometric analysis. ZooKeys 572: 81-154. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.572.7177.Reference page. 
• Satria, R., Sasaki, O., Viet, B.T., Oguri, E., Syoji, K., , Yamane, S. & Eguchi, K. 2016. Description of the first Oriental species of the ant genus Xymmer (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae). Zootaxa 4168(1): 141–150. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4168.1.7. Reference page. 
• Ward, P.S. & 2016. Tales of dracula ants: the evolutionary history of the ant subfamily Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 41: 683–693. [2016-06-02] DOI: 10.1111/syen.12186 Reference page. 
• Csosz, S. & 2016. Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Nesomyrmex madecassus species-group using a quantitative morphometric approach. ZooKeys 603: 105–130. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.603.8271. Reference page. 

• Rakotonirina, J.C., Csösz, S. & 2017. Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Camponotus grandidieri and niveosetosus species groups (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology. Zootaxa 4238(2): 203–245. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4238.2.2. Reference page. 
• Rasoamanana, N., Csősz, S., 2017. Taxonomic revision of imitating carpenter ants, Camponotus subgenus Myrmopytia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Madagascar, using morphometry and qualitative traits. ZooKeys 681: 119—152. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.681.13187. Reference page. 

• Azorsa, F. & 2018. Taxonomy of the ant genus Carebara Westwood (Formicidae, Myrmicinae) in the Malagasy Region. ZooKeys 767: 1–149. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.767.21105. Reference page. 
• Rakotonirina, J.C. & 2018. Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Camponotus subgenus Mayria (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology. Zootaxa 4438(1): 1–58. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4438.1.1 PDF Reference page. 

• Boer, P., Loss, A.C., Bakker, F., Beentjes, K. & 2020. Monomorium sahlbergi Emery, 1898 (Formicidae, Hymenoptera): a cryptic globally introduced species. ZooKeys, 979: 87–97. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.979.55342 Reference page. 
• Salata, S. & 2020. Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Madagascar – an introduction and a taxonomic revision of eleven species groups. ZooKeys, 905: 1–235. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.905.39592 Reference page. 
• Salata, S. & 2020. Taxonomic revision of the Pheidole sikorae species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Madagascar. ZooKeys, 949: 1–185. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.949.51269 Reference page. 
• Salata, S. & 2020. The ant genus Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Madagascar—taxonomic revision of the bessonii species-group. Zootaxa 4843(1): 1–64. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4843.1.1 full article pdf Reference page. 

• Rakotonirina, J.C. & 2022. Revision of the Malagasy Camponotus subgenus Myrmosaga (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology. Zookeys 1098ː 1–180. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1098.73223 Reference page. 
• Rasoamanana, N. & 2022. A taxonomic revision of the Malagasy endemic subgenus Mayria of the genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) based on qualitative morphology and quantitative morphometric analyses. Zookeys 1081ː 137–231. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1081.71872 Reference page. 
• Salata, S. & 2022. Taxonomic revision of the Pheidole megacephala species-group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Malagasy Region. PeerJ 10: e13263. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13263 . Reference page. 

• Ramamonjisoa, M.M., Rasoamanana, N. & 2023. Description of the male of Erromyrma Bolton & Fisher, 2016 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zookeys 1163ː 61–77. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1163.95696 Reference page. 

• Ramamonjisoa, M.M., Rasoamanana, N. & 2024. Male-based key to the subfamilies and genera of Malagasy ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1213: 289–359. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1213.120531 Reference page. 

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