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Publications (58)      

1. Amorim, Dalton De S., Charles M. D. Santos, Frank-Thorsten Krell, Alain Dubois, Silvio S. Nihei, Otto M. P. Oliveira, Adrian C. Pont, Hojun J. Song, Vanessa K. Verdade, Diego A. Fachin, Bruna Klassa, Carlos J. E. Lamas, Sarah S. Oliveira, Claudio J. B. de Carvalho, Cátia A. Mello-Patiu, Eduardo Hajdu, Márcia S. Couri, Vera C. Silva, Renato S. Capellari, Rafaela L. Falaschi, Rodrigo M. Feitosa, Lorenzo Prendini, José P. Pombal, Jr., Fernando Fernández C., Rosana M. Rocha, John Lattke, Ulisses Caramaschi, Marcelo Duarte, Antonio C. Marques, Roberto E. Reis, Olavi Kurina, Daniela M. Takiya, Marcos Tavares, Daniel S. Fernandes, Francisco L. Franco, Fabiana Cuezzo, Dennis R. Paulson, Benoit Guénard, Birgit C. Schlick-Steiner, Wolfgang Arthofer, Florian M. Steiner, Brian L. Fisher, Robert A. Johnson, Thibaut Delsinne, David A. Donoso, Pablo R. Mulieri, Luciano D. Patitucci, James M. Carpenter, Lee H. Herman & David Grimaldi. 2016 Timeless standards for species delimitation Zootaxa 4137(1): 121–128.
2. Azorsa, Frank & Brian L. Fisher. 2018 Taxonomy of the ant genus Carebara Westwood (Formicidae, Myrmicinae) in the Malagasy Region ZooKeys 767: 1-149.
3. Blaimer, Bonnie B. & Brian L. Fisher. 2013 How much variation can one ant species hold? Species delimitation in the Crematogaster kelleri-group in Madagascar Public Library of Science, ONE 8: e68082.
4. Blaimer, Bonnie B. & Brian L. Fisher. 2013 Taxonomy of the Crematogaster degeeri species-assemblage in the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) European Journal of Taxonomy 51: 1-64.
5. Boer, Peter, Ana C. Loss, Frederique Bakker, Kevin Beentjes & Brian L. Fisher. 2020 Monomorium sahlbergi Emery, 1898 (Formicidae, Hymenoptera): a cryptic globally introduced species ZooKeys 979: 87-97.
6. Bolton, Barry & Brian L. Fisher. 2014 The Madagascan endemic myrmicine ants related to Eutetramorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): taxonomy of the genera Eutetramorium Emery, Malagidris nom. n., Myrmisaraka gen. n., Royidris gen. n., and Vitsika gen. n. Zootaxa 3791(1): 1–99.
7. Boudinot, Brendon E. & Brian L. Fisher. 2013 A taxonomic revision of the Meranoplus F. Smith of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) with keys to species and diagnosis of the males Zootaxa 3635(4): 301-339.
8. Csösz, Sándor & Brian L. Fisher. 2015 Diagnostic survey of Malagasy Nesomyrmex species-groups and revision of hafahafa group species via morphology based cluster delimitation protocol ZooKeys 526: 19-59.
9. Csösz, Sándor & Brian L. Fisher. 2016 Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Nesomyrmex madecassus species-group using a quantitative morphometric approach ZooKeys 603: 105-130.
10. Csösz, Sándor & Brian L. Fisher. 2016 Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy members of the Nesomyrmex angulatus species group using the automated morphological species delineation protocol NC-PART-clustering PeerJ 4: e1796.
11. Csösz, Sándor & Brian L. Fisher. 2016 Taxonomy of Malagasy Nesomyrmex brevicornis species-group using conventional morphology-based approach ZooKeys 616: 125-159.
12. Csösz, Sándor & Brian L. Fisher. 2016 Toward objective, morphology-based taxonomy: a case study on the Malagasy Nesomyrmex sikorai species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Public Library of Science, ONE.
13. Csösz, Sándor, Ana C. Loss & Brian L. Fisher. 2021 Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Aphaenogaster swammerdami group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) PeerJ 9(e10900): 1-34.
14. de Araujo Esteves, Flavia & Brian L. Fisher. 2016 Taxonomic revision of Stigmatomma Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region Biodiversity Data Journal 4: e8032.
15. Esteves, Flavia A. & Brian L. Fisher. 2021 Corrieopone nouragues gen. nov., sp. nov., a new Ponerinae from French Guiana (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) ZooKeys 1074: 83-173.
16. Fischer, Georg, Frank Azorsa & Brian L. Fisher. 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.
17. Fisher, Brian L. 2009 Two new dolichoderine ant genera from Madagascar: Aptinoma gen. n. and Ravavy gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Zootaxa 2118: 37-52.
18. Fisher, Brian L. & Barry Bolton. 2007 The ant genus Pseudaphomomyrmex Wheeler, 1920 a junior synonym of Tapinoma Foerster, 1850. Zootaxa 1427: 65-68.
19. Fisher, Brian L. & M. Alex Smith. 2008 A revision of Malagasy species of Anochetus Mayr and Odontomachus Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Public Library of Science, ONE 3(5): 1-23.
20. Hita Garcia, Francisco & Brian L. Fisher. 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.
21. Hita Garcia, Francisco & Brian L. Fisher. 2013 The Tetramorium tortuosum species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) revisited - taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical T. capillosum species complex ZooKeys 299: 77-99.
22. Hita Garcia, Francisco & Brian L. Fisher. 2014 Taxonomic revision of the cryptic ant genus Probolomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Proceratiinae) in Madagascar Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 61(1): 65-76.
23. Hita Garcia, Francisco & Brian L. Fisher. 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.
24. Hita Garcia, Francisco & Brian L. Fisher. 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.
25. Hita Garcia, Francisco & Brian L. Fisher. 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.
Hita Garcia, Francisco, Georg Fischer, Cong Liu, Tracy L. Audisio, Gary D. Alpert, Brian L. Fisher & Evan P. Economo. 2017 X-Ray microtomography for ant taxonomy: an exploration and case study with two new (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) species from Madagascar Public Library of Science, ONE 12(3): e0172641.
LaPolla, John S. & Brian L. Fisher. 2014 Then there were five: a reexamination of the ant genus Paratrechina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) ZooKeys 422: 35-48.
LaPolla, John S. & Brian L. Fisher. 2014 Two new Paraparatrechina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) species from the Seychelles, with notes on the hypogaeic weissi species-group ZooKeys 414: 139-155.
Lourenço, Wilson R., Steven M. Goodman & Brian L. Fisher. 2006 A reappraisal of the geographical distribution of the endemic family Microcharmidae Lourenço (Scorpiones) in Madagascar and description of eight new species and subspecies Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4 57(26): 751-783.
Overson, Rick & Brian L. Fisher. 2015 Taxonomic revision of the genus Prionopelta (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the Malagasy region PhytoKeys 507: 115-150.
Radchenko, Alexander G., Brian L. Fisher, Flavia A. Esteves, Ekateryna V. Martynova, Tatyana N. Bazhenova & Svetlana N. Lasarenko. 2023 Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 1. Dorylinae, Poneromorpha and Pseudomyrmecinae Zootaxa 5244(1): 1-32.
Radchenko, Alexander G., Brian L. Fisher, Flavia A. Esteves, Ekateryna V. Martynova, Tatyana N. Bazhenova & Svetlana N. Lasarenko. 2024 Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 2. Dolichoderinae Zootaxa 5432(2): 279-288.
Radchenko, Alexander G., Brian L. Fisher, Flavia A. Esteves, Ekateryna V. Martynova, Tatyana N. Bazhenova & Svetlana N. Lasarenko. 2025 Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 3. Formicinae Zootaxa 5613(3): 469-499.
Rakotonirina, Jean C. & Brian L. Fisher. 2013 Erratum: Revision of the Pachycondyla wasmannii-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Malagasy region. Zootaxa, 3609 (2), 101–141. Zootaxa 3609(3): 360.
Rakotonirina, Jean C. & Brian L. Fisher. 2013 Revision of the Pachycondyla sikorae species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Madagascar Zootaxa 3683(4): 447–485.
Rakotonirina, Jean C. & Brian L. Fisher. 2013 Revision of the Pachycondyla wasmannii-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Malagasy region Zootaxa 3609(2): 101-141.
Rakotonirina, Jean C. & Brian L. Fisher. 2014 Revision of the Malagasy ponerine ants of the genus Leptogenys Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Zootaxa 3836(1): 1–163.
Rakotonirina, Jean C. & Brian L. Fisher. 2018 Erratum: JEAN CLAUDE RAKOTONIRINA & BRIAN L. FISHER (2018) Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Camponotus subgenus Mayria (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology. Zootaxa, 4438: 001–058. Zootaxa 4442(4): 595–599.
Rakotonirina, Jean C. & Brian L. Fisher. 2018 Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Camponotus subgenus Mayria (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology Zootaxa 4438(1): 1–58.
Rakotonirina, Jean C. & Brian L. Fisher. 2022 Revision of the Malagasy Camponotus subgenus Myrmosaga (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology ZooKeys 1098: 1-180.
Rakotonirina, Jean C., Sándor Csösz & Brian L. Fisher. 2016 Revision of the Malagasy Camponotus edmondi species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Formicinae): integrating qualitative morphology and multivariate morphometric analysis ZooKeys 572: 81-154.
Rakotonirina, Jean C., Sándor Csösz & Brian L. Fisher. 2017 Taxonomic revision of the Malagasy Camponotus grandidieri and niveosetosus species groups (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) using qualitative and quantitative morphology Zootaxa 4238(2): 203–245.
Ramamonjisoa, Manoa M., Nicole Rasoamanana & Brian L. Fisher. 2023 Description of the male of Erromyrma Bolton & Fisher, 2016 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) ZooKeys 1163: 61-77.
Ramamonjisoa, Manoa M., Nicole Rasoamanana & Brian L. Fisher. 2024 Male-based key to the subfamilies and genera of Malagasy ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) ZooKeys 1213: 289-359.
Rasoamanana, Nicole & Brian L. Fisher. 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 1081: 137-231.
Rasoamanana, Nicole, Sándor Csösz & Brian L. Fisher. 2017 Taxonomic revision of imitating carpenter ants, Camponotus subgenus Myrmopytia (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Madagascar, using morphometry and qualitative traits ZooKeys 681: 119-152.
Salata, Sebastian & Brian L. Fisher. 2020 Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Madagascar – an introduction and a taxonomic revision of eleven species groups ZooKeys 905: 1-235.
Salata, Sebastian & Brian L. Fisher. 2020 Taxonomic revision of the Pheidole sikorae species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from Madagascar ZooKeys 949: 1-185.
Salata, Sebastian & Brian L. Fisher. 2020 The ant genus Pheidole Westwood, 1839 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Madagascar—taxonomic revision of the bessonii species-group Zootaxa 4843(1): 1–64.
Salata, Sebastian & Brian L. Fisher. 2021 Taxonomic revision of Madagascan species of the Pheidole fervens species-group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Public Library of Science, ONE.
Satria, Rijal, Osamu Sasaki, Bui T. Viet, Emiko Oguri, Kazutaka Syoji, Brian L. Fisher, Seiki Yamane & Katsuyuki Eguchi. 2016 Description of the first Oriental species of the ant genus Xymmer (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae) Zootaxa 4168(1): 141–150.
Schifani, Enrico, Antonio Alicata, Mattia Menchetti, Lech Borowiec, Brian L. Fisher, Celal Karaman, Kadri̇ Kiran, Wala Oueslati, Sebastian Salata & Rumsaïs Blatrix. 2022 Revisiting the morphological species groups of West-Palearctic Aphaenogaster ants (Hymenoptera: Formi­cidae) under a phylogenetic perspective: toward an evolutionary classification Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 80: 627-648.
Sharaf, Mostafa R., Brian L. Fisher, Cedric A. Collingwood & Abdulrahman S. Aldawood. 2017 Ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): zoogeography, distribution and description of a new species Journal of Natural History 51(5-6): 317-378.
Ward, Philip S., Bonnie B. Blaimer & Brian L. Fisher. 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.
Ward, Philip S., Seán G. Brady, Brian L. Fisher & Ted R. Schultz. 2014 The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Systematic Entomology.
Yoshimura, Masashi & Brian L. Fisher. 2007 A revision of male ants of the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Key to subfamilies and treatment of the genera of Ponerinae. Zootaxa 1654: 21-40.
Yoshimura, Masashi & Brian L. Fisher. 2012 A revision of male ants of the Malagasy Amblyoponinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with resurrections of the genera Stigmatomma and Xymmer Public Library of Science, ONE 7(3): e33325.
Yoshimura, Masashi & Brian L. Fisher. 2014 A revision of the ant genus Mystrium in the Malagasy region with description of six new species and remarks on Amblyopone and Stigmatomma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Amblyoponinae) ZooKeys 394: 1-99.
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