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Publications (42)      

1. Bartholomay, Pedro R., Kevin A. Williams, David R. Luz & Elder F. Morato. 2015 Frigitilla gen. nov., a new genus of Amazonian Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) Zootaxa 3957(1): 49–58.
2. Bartholomay, Pedro R., Kevin A. Williams, David R. Luz & Marcio L. Oliveira. 2018 New species of Traumatomutilla André in the T. tabapua and T. integella species-groups (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) Zootaxa 4433(2): 361–385.
3. Bartholomay, Pedro R., Kevin A. Williams, David R. Luz, Roberto A. Cambra & Márcio L. de Oliveira. 2019 Traumatomutilla André miscellanea: Revision of the bellica, bifurca, diabolica, and vitelligera species groups, and a new group for the new species T. pilkingtoni Bartholomay and Williams (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae: Sphaeropthalminae: Dasymutillini) Insecta mundi(0709): 1-37.
4. Bartholomay, Pedro R., Kevin A. Williams, George C. Waldren & Marcio L. De Oliveira. 2015 Corrections on the biology of Traumatomutilla André, 1901 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) Zootaxa 3920(1): 198–200.
5. Bartholomay, Pedro R., Kevin A. Williams, Roberto A. Cambra & Márcio L. de Oliveira. 2020 Revision of the Traumatomutilla juvenilis species group (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) Journal of Natural History 53(43-44): 2639-2683.
6. Bartholomay, Pedro R., Kevin A. Williams, Roberto A. Cambra & Marcio L. Oliveira. 2019 Does the genus Dasymutilla Ashmead occur in South America? The new genus Quwitilla, new combinations, and new distribution records from Neotropical velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) Zootaxa 4623(2): 261–282.
7. Bartholomay, Pedro R., Kevin A. Williams, Roberto A. Cambra & Marcio L. Oliveira. 2021 Revision of the Traumatomutilla gemella species-group (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) with the description of its hitherto unknown males Zoosystema 43(1): 1-28.
8. Bartholomay, Pedro R., Kevin A. Williams, Roberto A. Cambra & Marcio L. Oliveira. 2022 Revision of the Traumatomutilla indica species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) Zootaxa 5108(1): 1-97.
9. Bartholomay, Pedro R., Kevin A. Williams, Vinicius M. Lopez & Marcio L. Oliveira. 2019 Revision of the Traumatomutilla americana species group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) Zootaxa 4608(1): 1–34.
10. Boehme, Nicole F., Nicole F. Boehme, Kevin A. Williams & James P. Pitts. 2012 Faunal study of velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) and their activity patterns and habitat preference at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nye County, Nevada, USA Zootaxa 3587: 1–45.
11. Brothers, Denis J., Arkady S. Lelej & Kevin A. Williams. 2019 Genus-group names of Mutillidae (Hymenoptera): corrections and updates since 2008 Zootaxa 4651(3): 578–588.
12. Brothers, Denis J., Arkady S. Lelej & Kevin A. Williams. 2022 Clarification of the status of Paraferreola Šustera, 1912 as an available genus name in Pompilidae, and the identity of Sphex ursus Fabricius, 1793 in Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) Journal of Hymenoptera Research 91: 429-444.
13. Cambra, Roberto A., Caroline N. Queiros, Jean P. A. De Deus, Kevin A. Williams, Pedro R. Bartholomay, Jucélia Iantas, Michele C. Nether, Kenji Nishida, Yostin J. Añino, Daisy Saavedra & Maria L. T. Buschini. 2021 Description of the male of Xystromutilla bucki Suárez, 1960 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae), including new information on the biology of the genus. ZooKeys 1011: 73-84.
14. Cambra, Roberto A., Kevin A. Williams, Diomedes Quintero, Donald M. Windsor, John Pickering & Daisy Saavedra. 2018 Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) in Panama: new species, sex associations and seasonal flight activity Insecta mundi(0608): 1-17.
15. Cambra, Roberto A., Kevin A. Williams, Pedro R. Bartholomay, Favízia F. de Oliveira, Ramon L. Ramos & Matheus E. Trindade-Santos. 2024 Taxonomic notes on Pertyella Mickel, 1952 (Hymenoptera; Mutillidae): Morphological characters rediscussion, new species, new combinations, new records, and species grouping Revista Peruana de Biologia 31(2): e26220 001 - 010.
16. Gadallah, Neveen S., Denis J. Brothers & Kevin A. Williams. 2020 Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula Zootaxa 4754(1): 1–216.
17. Gadallah, Neveen S., Denis J. Brothers & Kevin A. Williams. 2020 Biodiversity of the aculeate wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata) of the Arabian Peninsula: Preface Zootaxa 4754(1): 5–7.
18. Lelej, Arkady S. & Kevin A. Williams. 2023 Review of the tribe Smicromyrmini Bischoff, 1920 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) Zootaxa 5231(2): 101-140.
19. Lelej, Arkady S., Kevin A. Williams, Joshua B. Terine, Juriya Okayasu, Grishma Parikh & Girish P. Kumar. 2023 Review of the tribe Mutillini (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from the Oriental Region Zootaxa 5228(4): 455-476.
20. Lelej, Arkady S., Kevin A. Williams, V. M. Loktionov, Hong Pang & Zai-fu Xu. 2017 Review of the genus Zeugomutilla Chen, 1957 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae, Mutillini), with description of two new species Zootaxa 4247(1): 1–15.
21. Luz, David R. & Kevin A. Williams. 2014 The first sexual associations in the genus Darditilla Casal, 1965 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) ZooKeys 454: 41-68.
22. Luz, David R., Kevin A. Williams & Pedro R. Bartholomay. 2016 The mutillid wasps of the Dasymutilla paradoxa species-group (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) Zootaxa 4193(2): 361–372.
23. Manley, Donald G., Kevin A. Williams & James P. Pitts. 2020 Keys to Nearctic velvet ants of the genus Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with notes on taxonomic changes since Krombein (1979) Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 122(2): 335-414.
24. Okayasu, Juriya, Arkady S. Lelej & Kevin A. Williams. 2021 Review of Eotrogaspidia Lelej (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae: Trogaspidiini) Zootaxa 4920(1): 56–90.
25. Okayasu, Juriya, Kevin A. Williams & Arkady S. Lelej. 2018 A remarkable new species of Sinotilla Lelej (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae: Smicromyrmini) from Taiwan and an overview of color diversity in East Asian mutillid females Zootaxa 4446(3): 301–324.
Okayasu, Juriya, Kevin A. Williams, Arkady S. Lelej & Thai H. Pham. 2021 Review of female Andreimyrme Lelej (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae: Smicromyrmini) Zootaxa 5061(1): 1-38.
Thaochan, Narit, Kevin A. Williams, Kodeeyah Thoawan, Tadsanai Jeenthong & Wisut Sittichaya. 2022 Three new species and one new country record of velvet ants (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) from Thailand Journal of Hymenoptera Research 93: 151-165.
Waldren, George C., Kevin A. Williams, Roberto A. Cambra & James P. Pitts. 2020 Systematic revision of the North American velvet ant genus Invreiella Suárez (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with description of eleven new species Zootaxa 4894(2): 151–205.
Williams, Kevin A. 2023 Taxonomic updates for diurnal velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) in the United States of America Zootaxa 5301(1): 105-123.
Williams, Kevin A. & James P. Pitts. 2008 Three species masquerading as one: updating the taxonomy of Pseudomethoca russeola Mickel and P. donaeanae (Cockerell & Fox) (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) Journal of Hymenoptera Research 17(2): 127-133.
Williams, Kevin A. & James P. Pitts. 2009 Eight new species of Lomachaeta Mickel and the synonymy of Smicromutilla Mickel (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) Journal of Hymenoptera Research 18(2): 227-243.
Williams, Kevin A., Arkady S. Lelej & Narit Thaochan. 2019 New species of Myrmosinae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from Southeastern Asia Zootaxa 4656(3): 525–534.
Williams, Kevin A., Arkady S. Lelej, Juriya Okayasu, Christopher J. Borkent, Rufeah Malee, Kodeeyah Thoawan & Narit Thaochan. 2019 The female velvet ants (aka modkhong) of southern Thailand (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with a key to the genera of southeast Asia Zootaxa 4602(1): 1–69.
Williams, Kevin A., Denis J. Brothers & James P. Pitts. 2011 New species of Tobantilla Casal, 1965 and a new genus and species, Gogoltilla chichikovi gen. et sp. nov., from Argentina (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) Zootaxa 3064: 41-68.
Williams, Kevin A., Mark Deyrup, Carol Von Dohlen & James P. Pitts. 2012 Systematic review of the Dasymutilla monticola species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae): using phylogenetics to address species-group placement and sex associations Zootaxa 3554: 1-29.
Williams, Kevin A., Pedro R. Bartholomay & Márcio L. de Oliveira. 2017 Species groups of Traumatomutilla André (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) Insecta mundi(0533): 1-38.
Williams, Kevin A., Pedro R. Bartholomay, Roberto A. Cambra & Márcio L. de Oliveira. 2019 Review of Leucospilomutilla Ashmead and Description of the New Genus Atlantilla (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) Neotropical Entomology: 16.
Williams, Kevin A., Pedro R. Bartholomay, Roberto A. Cambra, James P. Pitts & Márcio L. de Oliveira. 2022 Revision of Cephalomutilla André (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) including one new species, three new sex associations, and nine new synonymies Austral entomology 61: 137-155.
Williams, Kevin A., Roberto A. Cambra, George C. Waldren, Diomedes Quintero & James P. Pitts. 2018 Silvorientilla, a new neotropical velvet ant genus (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) Folia Entomológica Mexicana (nueva serie) 4: 91-109.
Williams, Kevin A., Roberto A. Cambra, Pedro R. Bartholomay, David R. Luz, Diomedes Q. A. & James P. Pitts. 2019 Review of the genus Lomachaeta Mickel, 1936 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with new species and sex associations Zootaxa 4564(1): 101–136.
Williams, Kevin A., Roberto A. Cambra, Pedro R. Bartholomay, Vinicius M. Lopez, Denis J. Brothers, Herbeson O. J. Martins, Vinicius S. Ferreira, Ricardo Koroiva & Rhainer Guillermo-Ferreira. 2024 Two new genera of Neotropical Dasymutillini (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae, Sphaeropthalminae): Goncharovtilla gen. nov. from Brazil and Dasyphuta gen. nov. from Panama Zootaxa 5538(2): 127-152.
Zhou, Hu-ting, Arkady S. Lelej, Kevin A. Williams & Jing-xian Liu. 2018 Revision of the Oriental genus Zavatilla Tsuneki (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae, Trogaspidiini), with descriptions of two new species Zootaxa 4418(2): 101–120.
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