Villet, Martin H.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Department of Zoology and Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa.

TAXONOMIC PUBLICATIONS

 * Crewe, R. M.; Peeters, C. P.; Villet, M. 1984. Frequency distribution of worker sizes in Megaponera foetens (Fabricius). South African Journal of Zoology 19:247-248.


 * Davies, S. J.; Villet, M. H.; Blomefield, T. M.; Crewe, R. M. 1994. Reproduction and division of labour in Leptogenys schwabi Forel (Hymenoptera Formicidae), a polygynous, queenless ponerine ant. Ethology Ecology and Evolution 6:507-517.


 * [[Media:Robertson & Villet 1989a.pdf|Robertson, H. G.; Villet, M. H. 1989a. Colony founding in the ant Carebara vidua: the dispelling of a myth. South African Journal of Science 85:121-122. PDF]]


 * Robertson, H. G.; Villet, M. H. 1989b. Mating behavior in three species of myrmicine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 23:767-773.
 * Villet, M. H. 1989. A syndrome leading to ergatoid queens in ponerine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 23:825-832.


 * Villet, M. H. 1990. Qualitative relations of egg size, egg production and colony size in some ponerine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 24:1321-1331.
 * Villet, M. H. 1991a. Colony foundation in Plectroctena mandibularis F. Smith, and the evolution of ergatoid queens in Plectroctena (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 25:979-983.


 * Villet, M. H. 1991b. Reproduction and division of labour in Platythyrea cf. cribrinodis (Gerstaecker 1858) (Hymenoptera Formicidae): comparisons of individuals, colonies and species. Tropical Zoology 4:209-231.
 * Villet, M. H. 1992a. The social biology of Hagensia havilandi (Forel 1901) (Hymenoptera Formicidae), and the origin of queenlessness in ponerine ants. Tropical Zoology 5:195-206.
 * Villet, M. H. 1992b. Exploring the biology of obligate queenlessness: social organization in Platythyreine ants. Pp. 291-294 in: Billen, J. P. J. (ed.) 1992. Biology and evolution of social insects. Leuven: Leuven University Press, ix + 390 pp.


 * Villet, M. H.; Crewe, R. M.; Duncan, F. D. 1991. Evolutionary trends in the reproductive biology of ponerine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 25:1603-1610.


 * [[Media:Villet McKitterick Robertson 1999.pdf|Villet, M.H., Mckitterick L. ; Robertson, H.G. 1999. Systematic status of Plectroctena mandibularis Smith and P. conjugata Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerini). Afr. Entomol. 7(2): 277-284 PDF]]


 * Villet, M. H.; Peeters, C. P.; Crewe, R. M. 1984. The occurrence of a pygidial gland in four genera of ponerine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society 19:413-416.


 * Villet, M. H.; Wildman, M. H. 1991. Division of labour in the obligately queenless ant Pachycondyla (=Bothroponera) krugeri Forel 1910 (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Tropical Zoology 4:233-250.