ENTOMOLOGY \ ASSOCIATES \ List of published papers of Roy R. Snelling
 
  • 1953. Notes on the nesting and hibernation of the wasp, Mischocyttarus flavitarsis (De Saussure) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 26:143-145.

  • 1954a. The host of Myrmosula rutilans (Blake) (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae). Pac-Pacific Entomologist 30:124.

  • 1954b. Records of Exomalopsis sidae in California and Baja California (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Pac-Pacific Entomologist 30:145.

  • 1954c. wasps of the genus Polistes in California and Arizona (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 27:151-155.

  • 1955. Notes on some Polistes in the American Museum of Natural History, with descriptions of new North American subspecies (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). American Museum Novitates 1701:1-9.

  • 1956. Bees of the genus Centris in California (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Pac-Pacific Entomologist 32:1-8.

  • 1962. Notes on the distribution of some Southwestern megachilids, with descriptions of three new forms (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Pac-Pacific Entomologist 38:225-234.

  • 1963a. The United States species of "Fire Ants" of the genus Solenopsis Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with synonymy of S. aurea Wheeler. Occasional Papers, California Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology 3:1-12.

  • 1963b. The evaniid wasps of California (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae). Pac-Pacific Entomologist 39:107-108.

  • 1963c.A host of Macrosaigon cruentum (Germar) in Georgia (Coleoptera: Rhipiphoridae). Pac-Pacific Entomologist 39:87-88.

  • 1965a. Studies on California Ants. 1. Leptothorax hirticornis Emery, a new host and descriptions of the female and ergatoid male (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 64:16-21.

  • 1965b. Studies on California Ants. 2. Myrmecina californica M. R. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 64:101-105.

  • 1966a. The female of Eucryptocerus placidus (F. Smith) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 65:37-40.

  • 1966b. A new species of Heteranthidium from California (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum No. 97, 8 pp.

  • 1966c. Studies on North American bees of the genus Hylaeus. 1. Distribution of the Western species of the subgenus Prosopis with descriptions of new forms (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Contributions in Sciences, Los Angeles County Museum No. 98, 13 pp.

  • 1966d. Studies on North American bees of the genus Hylaeus. 2. Descriptions of a new subgenus and species (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 70:139-144.

  • 1966e. Studies on North American bees of the genus Hylaeus. 3. The Nearctic subgenera (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 65:164-175.

  • 1966f. The taxonomy and nomenclature of some North American bees of the genus Centris with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Los Angeles County Museum No. 112, 33 pp.

  • 1967a. Studies on California Ants. 3. The taxonomic status of Proceratium californicum Cook (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 124, 10 pp.

  • 1967b. Description of a new subgenus of Osmia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 66:103-108.

  • 1968a. Taxonomic notes on some Mexican cephalotine Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 132, 10 pp.

  • 1968b. Studies on North American bees of the genus Hylaeus. 4. The subgenera Cephalylaeus, Metziella and Hylaeana (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 144, 6 pp.

  • 1968c. Honey-ants, the industrious socialites. (Popular Article) Museum Alliance Quarterly 7:14-18.

  • 1968d. A new species of Eurhopalothrix from El Salvador (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 154, 4 pp.

  • 1968e. Studies on California Ants. 4. Two Species of Camponotus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 70:350-358.

  • 1969a. The repository of the T. W. Cook ant types (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 68:57-58.

  • 1969b. Taxonomic notes on the Myrmecocystus melliger complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 170, 9 pp.

  • 1969c. The Philippine subgenus Hoploprosopis of Hylaeus (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 171, 5 pp.

  • 1969d. Notes on the systematics and dulosis of some Western species of Formica, subgenus Raptiformica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 71:194-197.

  • 1970a. Studies on North American bees of the genus Hylaeus 5. The subgenera Hylaeus, s. str. and Paraprosopis (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 180, 59 pp.

  • 1970b. Ant warfare - offensive and defensive maneuvers. (Popular Article) Museum Alliance Quarterly 8:10-15.

  • 1970c. The Hylaeus of the Bonin Islands, Western Pacific Ocean (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 69:1-19.

  • 1970d. The social wasps of Lower California, Mexico (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 197, 20 pp.

  • 1970e. Studies on California Ants. 5. Revisionary notes on some species Camponotus, subgenus Tanaemyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 72:390-397.

  • 1971a. Studies on California Ants. 6. Three new species of Myrmecocystus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 214, 16 pp.

  • 1971b. A new species of Simopelta from Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 70:16-17.

  • 1973a. Two ant genera new to the United States (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 236, 9 pp.

  • 1973b. The ant genus Conomyrma in the United States (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 238, 6 pp.

  • 1973c. Studies on California Ants. 7. The genus Stenamma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 245, 48 pp.

  • 1974a. Notes on the distribution and taxonomy of some North American Centris (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 259, 41 pp.

  • 1974b. High rise in the ant world. (Popular Article) Terra 12:15-17.

  • 1974c. Studies on California Ants. 8. A new species of Cardiocondyla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 82:76-81.

  • 1974d. Changes in the status of some North American Polistes (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 76:476-479.

  • 1975a. A new North American genus of Eumenidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 77:56-58.

  • 1975b. Range extension of two Heteranthidium, with description of H. cordaticeps male (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 77:87-90.

  • 1975c. Taxonomic notes on some colletid bees of Western North America with descriptions of new species (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 267, 9 pp.

  • 1975d. Descriptions of new Chilean ant taxa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 274, 19 pp.

  • 1976. A revision of the honey ants, genus Myrmecocystus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Science Bulletin of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 24, 163 pp.

  • 1979a. Three new species of the Palaeotropical arboreal ant genus Catalaucus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 315, 8 pp.

  • 1979b. Aphomomyrmex and a related new genus of arboreal African ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 316, 8 pp.

  • 1980a. The bee genus Bicornelia (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 327, 6 pp.

  • 1980b. New bees of genus Hylaeus from Sri Lanka and India (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 328, 18 pp.

  • 1981. Systematics of social Hymenoptera. In "The Social Insects" (H. Hermann, Ed.), Academic Press, New York Vol. 2, pp. 369-453.

  • 1982a. The taxonomy and distribution of some North American Pogonomyrmex and descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 80:97-112.

  • 1982b. The taxonomy of some Neotropical Hylaeus and descriptions of new taxa (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 81:1-25.

  • 1982c. A revision of the honey ants, genus Myrmecocystus, First Supplement (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 81:69-86.

  • 1983a. Studies on North American bees of the genus Hylaeus. 6. An Adventive Palaearctic Species in Southern California (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 82:12-16.

  • 1983b. The North American Species of the bee genus Lithurge (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 343, 11 pp.

  • 1983c. Taxonomic and nomenclatural studies on American polistine wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Pac-Pacific Entomologist 59:267-280.

  • 1983d. Prey-stalking behavior of a thomisid spider, Xysticus californicus Keyserling (Araneae: Thomisidae). Entomological News 94:201-203.

  • 1984a. Notes on distribution of evaniid wasps in Western North America (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae). Entomological News 95:27-28.

  • 1984b. Studies on the taxonomy and distribution of American centridine bees (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 347, 69 pp.

  • 1985. The systematics of the Hylaeine bees (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) of the Ethiopian zoogeographical region: the genera and subgenera, with revisions of the smaller genera. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 361, 33 pp.

  • 1986a. New synonymy in Caribbean ants of the genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 88:154-156.

  • 1986b. The taxonomic status of two North American Lithurge (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 85:29-34.

  • 1986c. Contributions toward a revision of the New World nomadine bees. A partitioning of the genus Nomada (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 376, 32 pp.

  • 1986d. The taxonomy and nomenclature of some Australian paragiine wasps (Hymenoptera: Masaridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 378, 19 pp.

  • 1987a. A Revision of the bee genus Aztecanthidium (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Pac-Pacific Entomologist 63:165-171.

  • 1987b. Description of Hesperapis (Hesperapis) trochanterata, new species. In: Rozen, J. G., Jr., 1987: Nesting biology and immature stages of a new species in the bee genus Hesperapis (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae: Dasypodinae). American Museum Novitates 2887, 13 pp.

  • 1988a. Geographical inexactitude. Pac-Pacific Entomologist 63:339-340.

  • 1988b. The generic placement of Prosopis? Allodape? Mustela Vachal, 1895 (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Entomological News 99:10-12.

  • 1988c. A new species of Centris (Melanocentris) from Cerro de la Neblina, Venezuela (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Entomological News 99:13-16.

  • 1988d. Taxonomic notes on Nearctic species of Camponotus, subgenus Myrmentoma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). In: Advances in Myrmecology (J. C. Trager, Ed.). E. J. Brill, Leiden and New York, pp. 55-78.

  • 1990. A review of the native North American bees of the genus Chalicodoma (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 421, 39 pp.

  • 1992a. Two unusual new myrmicine ants from Cameroon (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche 99:95-101.

  • 1992b. A newly adventive ant of the genus Pheidole in Southern California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 91:121-125.

  • 1992c. A new species of the bee genus Anthidium from Western North America (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Entomological News 103:175-179.

  • 1994. Diadasia subgenus Dasiapis in North America (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, No. 447, 8 pp.

  • 1995a. A new spider wasp of the genus Psorthaspis from the Greater Antilles (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae; Pompilinae). Acta Cientifica 6 (1992):103-108.

  • 1995b. Systematics of Nearctic ants of the genus Dorymyrmex. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 454, 14 pp.

  • 1996. Systematic notes on some Bethylidae from the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea). Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Washington 17:194-208.

  • 1997. Polistes tepidus malayanus Cameron erroneously reported from the Hawaiian Islands (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1997, No. 56:33-35.

  • 1998. Social Hymenoptera of the Lakekamu Basin, Papua New Guinea. In: A biological assessment of the Lakekamu Basin, Papua New Guinea (A. Mack, Ed.). Rap Working Papers, Conservation International, Washington, Dc, No. 9, pp. 10, 39-47, 81-90, 131-143.

  • 2000a. Ants of the Wapoga River Area, Irian Jaya, Indonesia. Rap Bulletin of Biological Assessment (Conservation International), #14, Chapter 5, pp. 43-46, 96-100.

  • 2000b. Key to the subgenera of Hylaeus in the Western Hemisphere (pp. 189-190) and Key to the Sub-saharan subgenera of Hylaeus (pp. 193-194) In: Michener, C.d., 2000, the bees of the World, the Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 813 pp.

  • 2000c. A review of the Camponotus montivagus complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 36:599-611.

  • 2001. Two new species of thief ants (Solenopsis) from Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 37:511-525.

  • 1985. M. S. Blum, T. H. Jones, H. A. Lloyd, H. M. Fales, R. R. Snelling, Y. Lubin, and J. Torres. Poison gland products of Solenopsis and Monomorium species. Journal of Entomological Science 20:254-257.

  • 1982. Blum, M. S., T. H. Jones, R. R. Snelling, W. L. Overal, H. M. Fales and R. J. Highet. Systematic implications of the exocrine chemistry of some Hypoclinea species. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 10:91-94.

  • 1988. M. S. Blum, R. R. Snelling, R. M. Duffield, H. R. Hermann, Jr., and H. A. Lloyd. Mandibular gland chemistry of Camponotus (Myrmothrix) abdominalis: chemistry and chemosystematic implications (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). In: Advances in Myrmecology (J. C. Trager, Ed.). E. J. Brill, Leiden and New York, pp. 481-490.

  • 1994. Blum, M. S., T. M. Musthak Ali, T. H. Jones, R. R. Snelling. Identification of a chemical releaser of alarm behavior for workers of Harpegnathos saltator Jerd. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memorabilia Zoologica 48:17-22.

  • 1997. Cane, J. H., R. R. Snelling, and L. J. Kervin. A new monolectic coastal bee, Hesperapis oraria Snelling & Stage (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), with a review of desert disjunctives in the Southeastern U. S. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 69 (Suppl.):238-247.

  • 1966. Creighton, W. S., and R. R. Snelling. The rediscovery of Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) yogi Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche 73:187-195.

  • 1988. D. W. Davidson, J. Longino, and R. R. Snelling. Pruning of host plant neighbors by ants: an experimental approach. Ecology 69:801-808.

  • 1989. D. W. Davidson, R. R. Snelling, and J. T. Longino. Competition among ants for myrmecophytes and the significance of plant trichomes. Biotropica 21:64-73.

  • 1991. D. W. Davidson, R. B. Foster, R. R. Snelling, and P. W. Lozada. Variable composition of some tropical ant-plant symbioses. In: "Plant-animal interactions: evolutionary ecology in tropical and temperate regions" (P. W. Prices, T. M. Lewinsohn, G. W. Fernandez, and W. W. Benson, Eds.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc., N.y., pp. 145-162.

  • 1995. Dejean, A., I. Olmsted and R. R. Snelling. Tree-epiphyte-ant relationships in the low inundated forest of Sian Ka'an, Biosphere Reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Biotropica 27:57-70.

  • 1997. Dejean, A., B. Corbara, R. R. Snelling & M. Belin. Les Jardins De Fourmis De Guyane Francaise, Relations Entre Arbres-supports, Epiphytes et Fourmis. Acta Botanica Gallica 144:333-345.

  • 1980. Duffield, R. M., A. Fernandes, S. Mckay, J. W. Wheeler and R. R. Snelling. Chemistry of the exocrine secretions of Hylaeus modestus (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 87b:159-162.

  • 1988. Duffield, R. M., J. W. Wheeler, and R. R. Snelling. Mellein in the mandibular glands of worker Camponotus ferrugineus (Fabr.): an anomaly in the subgenus  Camponotus. In: Advances in Myrmecology (J. C. Trager, Ed.). E. J. Brill, Leiden and New York, pp. 475-480.

  • 1998. Frankie, G. W., S. B. Vinson, M. A. Rizzardi, T.l. Griswold, S. O'keefe, R. R. Snelling. Diversity and abundance of bees visiting a mass flowering tree species in disturbed seasonal dry forest, Costa Rica. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 70:281-296.

  • 1996. Jones, T. H., J. A. Torres, T. F. Spande, H. M. Garraffo, M.S. Blum, and R. R. Snelling. Chemistry of venom alkaloids in some Solenopsis (Diplorhoptrum) species from Puerto Rico. Journal of Chemical Ecology 22:1221-1236.

  • 1999. Jones, T. H., T. J. Wojciechowski, R. R. Snelling, J. A. Torres, P. Chacon, P. J. Devreis. Dialkylpyrrolidines from the ants Megalomyrmex cyendyra Brandao and M. latreillei Emery. Caribbean Journal of Science 35:310-311.

  • 1999. Jones, T. H., J. S. T. Gorman, R.r. Snelling, J. H. C. Delabie, M. S. Blum, H. M. Garraffo, P. Jain, J. W. Daly, and T. F. Spande. Further alkaloids common to ants and frogs: decahydroquinolines and a quinolizidine. Journal of Chemical Ecology 25:1179-1193.

  • 1999. Jones, T. H., R. C. Flournoy, J. A. Torres, R. R. Snelling T. F. Spande, and H. M. Garraffo. 3-methyl-4-phenylpyrrole from the ants Anochetus kempfi and Anochetus mayri. Journal of Natural Products 62:1343-1345.

  • 1989. H. A. Lloyd, M. S. Blum, R. R. Snelling, and S. L. Evans. Chemistry of mandibular and Dufour's Gland secretions of ants in genus Myrmecocystus. Journal of Chemical Ecology 15:2589-2599.

  • 1995. Perfecto, I., and R. R. Snelling. Biodiversity and the transformation of a tropical agroecosystem: ants in coffee plantations. Ecological Applications 5:1084-1097.

  • 1986. J. G. Rozen, Jr., and R. R. Snelling. Ethology of the bee Exomalopsis nitens and its cleptoparasite (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 94:480-488.

  • 1986.  F. Ruttner, E. C. Wilson, R. Snelling, G. Vorwohl, D. Kauhausen. Die Evolution des Flugelgeaders der Honigbienen Apidologie 17:348-350.

  • 1986. J. O. Schmidt, P. J. Schmidt, and R. R. Snelling. Pogonomyrmex occidentalis, an addition to the ant fauna of Mexico, with notes on other species of harvester ants from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The Southwestern Naturalist 31:395-396.

  • 1985. Snelling, R. R. and R. W. Brooks. A review of the genera of the cleptoparasitic bees of the tribe Ericrocini (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 369, 34 pp.

  • 1985. Snelling, R. R. and W. F. Buren. Description of a new species of slave-making ant in the Formica sanguinea group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Great Lakes Entomologist 18:69-78.

  • 1992. Snelling, R. R. and S. P. Cover. Description of a new Proceratium from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche 99:49-53.

  • 1974. Snelling, R. R. and W. S. Creighton. Notes on the behavior of three species of Cardiocondyla in the United States (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 82:82-92.

  • 1992. Snelling, R. R. and B. N. Danforth. A review of Perdita, subgenus Macrotera (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 436:1-12.

  • 1979. Snelling, R. R. and A. Francoeur. Notes for a revision of the ant genus Formica. 2. Reidentification for some specimens from the T. W. Cook collection and new distribution data (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 309:1-7.

  • 1979. Snelling, R. R. and C. D. George. The taxonomy, distribution and ecology of California desert ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Report to Desert Planning Program, Bureau of Land Management, U. S. Department of the Interior 410 pp.

  • 1975. Snelling, R. R. and J. H. Hunt. A checklist of the ants of Arizona. Journal of the Arizona Academy of Sciences 10:20-23.

  • 1976. Snelling, R. R. and J. H. Hunt. The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Chilena De Entomologia 9:63-129.

  • 1992. Snelling, R. R. and J. T. Longino. Revisionary notes on the rimosus group of the ant genus Cyphomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). In: "Insects of Panama and Mesoamerica: Selected Studies (D. Quintero Arias & A. Aiello, Eds.). Oxford Univ. Press, Chap. 30 (pp. 479-494).

  • 1975. Snelling, R. R. and A. S. Menke. Vespula germanica (Fabricius), an adventive yellow jacket in the Northeastern United States (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Cooperative Economic Insect Report, U. S. Department of Agriculture 25:193-200.

  • 1987. Snelling, R. R. and J. G. Rozen, Jr. Contributions toward a revision of the New World nomadine bees. 2. The genus Melanomada (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 384, 12 pp.

  • Snelling, R. R. and G. I. Stage. Systematics and Biology of the bee genus Xeralictus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae, Rophitinae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, No. 451:1-17.

  • Snelling, R. R. and G. I. Stage. A Revision of the Nearctic Melittidae: the Subfamily Melittinae (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, No. 451:19-31.

  • 1998. Snelling, R. R. & J. A. Torres. Camponotus ustus Forel, and two similar new species from Puerto Rico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, No. 469, 10 pp.

  • 1985. Snelling, R. R. and T. J. Zavortink. A revision of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Ericrocis (Hymenoptera: Anthophoridae). Wasmann Journal of Biology 42:1-26.

  • 1986. Stage, G. I. and R. R. Snelling. The subfamilies of Eurytomidae and systematics of the subfamily Heimbrinae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea). Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County No. 375, 17 pp.

  • 1995. Torres, J. A. and R. R. Snelling. Los Himenopteros De Isla De Mona. Acta Cientifica 6 (1992):87-102.

  • 1997. Torres, J. A. and R. R. Snelling. Biogeography of Puerto Rican ants: a non-equilibrium case? Biodiversity and Conservation 6:1103-1121.

  • 2000. Torres, J. A., R. R. Snelling, and T. H. Jones. Distribution, ecology and behavior of Anochetus kempfi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and description of the Sexual Forms. Sociobiology 36:505-516.

  • 2001. J. A. Torres, R. R. Snelling, and M. Canals. Seasonal and nocturnal periodicities in ant nuptial flights in the tropics. Sociobiology 37:601-626.

  • 2001. J. A. Torres, V. E. Zottig, J. E. Co, T. H. Jones, and R. R. Snelling. Caste specific venom chemistry of Solenopsis maboya and S. torresi  (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 37:579-583.

  • 2001? J. T. Longino and R. R. Snelling. A taxonomic revision of the Procryptocerus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Central America. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (in press).