Bolton, Barry

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
From 1971 to 2004 Barry Bolton was the ant taxonomist in the Department of Entomology at the British Museum (Natural History), later renamed as The Natural History Museum, London. Since retirement in 2004 he has remained a Scientific Associate of the Museum and continues his taxonomic studies in peace and quiet.

ANT TAXONOMY
Bolton’s taxonomic work has ranged across the entire family Formicidae and consists mostly of taxonomic revisions of whole genera or higher taxa, either on a world basis or focused upon particular zoogeographical regions. He has also made contributions to ant morphology, systematics, phylogeny and biodiversity, and has produced a number of synoptic surveys, including the Identification Guide to the Ant Genera of the World (1994), the New General Catalogue of the Ants of the World (1995) and the Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae (2003). His revision of the world Dacetini (2000), constructed together with Steve Shattuck and Brian Fisher, contains the greatest number of new species yet described in a single publication on ants (454). This huge total merely gives an indication of the enormous number of ant species that may remain to be discovered in groups that have not previously been investigated in detail.

PUBLICATIONS

 * [[Media:Agosti & Bolton 1990a.pdf|Agosti, D.; Bolton, B. 1990a. The identity of Andragnathus, a forgotten formicine ant genus (Hym., Formicidae). The Entomologist's monthly magazine. 126: 75-77 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Agosti & Bolton 1990.pdf|Agosti, D. & Bolton, B. 1990b. New characters to differentiate the ant genera Lasius F. and Formica L. Entomologist's Gazette 41: 149-156. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Baroni Urbani Bolton Ward 1992.pdf|Baroni Urbani, C.; Bolton, B.; Ward, P. S. 1992. The internal phylogeny of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology. 17: 301-329 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1993.pdf|Belshaw, R.; Bolton, B. 1993. The effect of forest disturbance on the leaf litter ant fauna in Ghana. Biodiversity and Conservation. 2:656-666. [1993-12] PDF]]


 * [[Media:Belshaw & Bolton 1994a.pdf|Belshaw, R.; Bolton, B. 1994a. A new myrmicine ant genus from cocoa leaf litter in Ghana (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History. 28: 631-634 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Belshaw & Bolton 1994.pdf|Belshaw, R.; Bolton, B. 1994b. A survey of the leaf litter ant fauna in Ghana, West Africa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 3:5-16. [1994-10-15] PDF]]


 * BILLEN, J., ITO, F. & BOLTON, B. 2000. Femoral and tibial glands in the ant genus Strumigenys. Belgian Journal of Zoology. 130: 111-115.


 * [[Media:Bolton 1969.pdf|Bolton, B. 1969. Male of Paedalgus termitolestes W. M. Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Niger. Entomol. Mag. 2: 14-16 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1971.pdf|Bolton, B. 1971. Two new subarboreal species of the ant genus Strumigenys (Hym., Formicidae) from West Africa. The Entomologist's monthly magazine. 107: 59-64 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1972.pdf|Bolton, B. 1972. Two new species of the ant genus Epitritus from Ghana, with a key to the world species (Hym., Formicidae). The Entomologist's monthly magazine. 107: 205-208 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1973a.pdf|Bolton, B. 1973a. The ant genera of West Africa: a synonymic synopsis with keys (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 27: 317-368 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1973b.pdf|Bolton, B. 1973b. The ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith in the Ethiopian region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 28: 283-369 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1973c.pdf|Bolton, B. 1973c. A remarkable new arboreal ant genus (Hym. Formicidae) from West Africa. The Entomologist's monthly magazine. 108: 234-237 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1974a.pdf|Bolton, B. 1974a. A revision of the Palaeotropical arboreal ant genus Cataulacus F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 30: 1-105 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1974b.pdf|Bolton, B. 1974b [1973]. New synonymy and a new name in the ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith (Hym., Formicidae). The Entomologist's monthly magazine. 109: 172-180 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1974c.pdf|Bolton, B. 1974c. A revision of the ponerine ant genus Plectroctena F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 30: 309-338 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1975a.pdf|Bolton, B. 1975a. A revision of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian region with a review of the Malagasy species. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 31: 235-305 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1975b.pdf|Bolton, B. 1975b. A revision of the African ponerine ant genus Psalidomyrmex André (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 32: 1-16 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1975c.pdf|Bolton, B. 1975c. The sexspinosa-group of the ant genus Polyrhachis F. Smith (Hym. Formicidae). J. Entomol. Ser. B 44: 1-14 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton, B. 1976. Tetramoriini.pdf|Bolton, B. 1976. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 34: 281-379 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1977.pdf|Bolton, B. 1977. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Oriental and Indo-Australian regions, and in Australia. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 36: 67-151 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1979.pdf|Bolton, B. 1979. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Malagasy region and in the New World. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 38: 129-181 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1980.pdf| Bolton, B. 1980. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 40: 193-384 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1981a.pdf|Bolton, B. 1981a. A revision of the ant genera Meranoplus F. Smith, Dicroaspis Emery and Calyptomyrmex Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 42: 43-81 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1981b.pdf|Bolton, B. 1981b. A revision of six minor genera of Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 43: 245-307 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1982.pdf|Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmecine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 46: 307-370 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1983.pdf|Bolton, B. 1983. The Afrotropical dacetine ants (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 46: 267-416 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1984.pdf|Bolton, B. 1984. Diagnosis and relationships of the myrmicine ant genus Ishakidris gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology. 9: 373-382 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1985.pdf|Bolton, B. 1985. The ant genus Triglyphothrix Forel a synonym of Tetramorium Mayr. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History. 19: 243-248 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1986a.pdf|Bolton, B. 1986a. A taxonomic and biological review of the tetramoriine ant genus Rhoptromyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology. 11: 1-17 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1986b.pdf|Bolton, B. 1986b. Apterous females and shift of dispersal strategy in the Monomorium salomonis-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 20: 267-272 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1987.pdf|Bolton, B. 1987. A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 54: 263-452 '''PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1988a.pdf|Bolton, B. 1988a. A new socially parasitic Myrmica, with a reassessment of the genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology. 13: 1-11 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1988b.pdf|Bolton, B. 1988b. A review of Paratopula Wheeler, a forgotten genus of myrmicine ants (Hym., Formicidae). The Entomologist's monthly magazine. 124: 125-143 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1988c.pdf|Bolton, B. 1988c. Secostruma, a new subterranean tetramoriine ant genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology. 13: 263-270 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1990a.pdf|Bolton, B. 1990a. Abdominal characters and status of the cerapachyine ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Natural History. 24: 53-68 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1990d.pdf|Bolton, B. 1990d. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology. 15: 267-282 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1990e.pdf|Bolton, B. 1990e. Army ants reassessed: the phylogeny and classification of the doryline section (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Natural History. 2 24: 1339-1364 PDF]]


 * BOLTON, B. 1990. Generic synopsis, keys to subfamilies, and keys to ant genera. Pp. 9-19 and 33-54; in Hölldobler B. & Wilson, E.O. THE ANTS: 732 pp. Harvard University Press.


 * [[Media:Bolton 1991.pdf|Bolton, B. 1991. New myrmicine genera from the Oriental Region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology. 16: 1-13 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1992a.pdf|Bolton, B. 1992a. [Untitled. Subfamily Leptanilloidinae Bolton, new subfamily.] P. 317 in: Baroni Urbani, C., Bolton, B., Ward, P. S. The internal phylogeny of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology. 17:301-329. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 1992b.pdf|Bolton, B. 1992b. A review of the ant genus Recurvidris (Hym.: Formicidae), a new name for Trigonogaster Forel. Psyche. 99: 35-48 PDF]]


 * Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp.


 * [[Media:Bolton 1995a.pdf|Bolton, B. 1995a. A taxonomic and zoogeographical census of the extant ant taxa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History. 2 29: 1037-1056 PDF]]


 * Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.


 * [[Media:Bolton 1998a.pdf|Bolton, B. 1998a. Monophyly of the dacetonine tribe-group and its component tribes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology series. 67: 65-78 PDF]]


 * Bolton, B. 1998b. A preliminary analysis of the ants of the Pasoh Forest Reserve. Pp. 84-95 in: Lee, S. S.; Dan, Y. M.; Gauld, I. D.; Bishop, J. (eds.) Conservation, management and development of forest resources. Proceedings of the Malaysia-United Kingdom Programme Workshop 21-24 October 1996. Kuala Lumpur: International Institute for Environment and Development, 392 pp.: 84-95


 * [[Media:Bolton 1999.pdf|Bolton, B. 1999. Ant genera of the tribe Dacetonini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History. 3 33: 1639-1689 PDF]]


 * Bolton, B. 2000. The ant tribe Dacetini. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute. 65:1-1028.


 * Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp.


 * [[Media:Bolton 2005.pdf|BOLTON, B. 2005. Key to British Myrmica species (workers). BWARS Newsletter, Spring 2005: 13-14. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton, B. 2007a.pdf|BOLTON, B. 2007a. How to conduct large-scale taxonomic revisions in Formicidae (pp. 52-71). 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. PDF]]


 * Bolton, B. 2007b. Taxonomy of the dolichoderine ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based on the worker caste. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute. 35(1): 1-149.


 * BOLTON, B., ALPERT, G., WARD, P.S. & NASKRECKI, P. 2007. BOLTON’S CATALOGUE OF ANTS OF THE WORLD, 1758 – 2005. Compact Disc Edition, Harvard University Press.


 * [[Media:Bolton & Belshaw 1993.pdf|Bolton, B.; Belshaw, R. 1993. Taxonomy and biology of the supposedly lestobiotic ant genus Paedalgus (Hym.: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology. 18: 181-189 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton & Brown 2002.pdf|Bolton, B.; Brown, W. L., Jr.. 2002. Loboponera gen. n. and a review of the Afrotropical Plectroctena genus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology series. 71: 1-18 PDF]]


 * BOLTON, B. & COLLINGWOOD, C. A. 1975. Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects. Royal Entomological Society of London 6 (3c). Hymenoptera, Formicidae: 34 pp.


 * BOLTON, B., DEJEAN, A. & NGNEGUEU, P.-R. 1992. Les fourmis du sol. In Biologie d'une Canopée de Forêt Equatoriale - II. Part 4. Interface entre les Plantes et les Animaux: 83-86.


 * [[Media:Bollton & Fisher 2008a.pdf|BOLTON, B. & FISHER, B.L. 2008a. The Afrotropical ponerine ant genus Asphinctopone Santschi. Zootaxa. 1827: 53-61. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton & Fisher 2008b.pdf|Bolton, B. and B. L. Fisher. 2008b. The Afrotropical ponerine ant genus Phrynoponera Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa. 1892: 35-52. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton & Fisher 2008.pdf|Bolton, B. and B. L. Fisher. 2008c. 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. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton & Fisher 2011.pdf|Bolton, B. & Fisher, B.L. 2011. Taxonomy of Afrotropical and West Palaearctic ants of the ponerine genus Hypoponera Santschi. Zootaxa. 2843: 1-118. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton & Fisher 2012.pdf|Bolton, B. & Fisher, B.L. 2012. Taxonomy of the cerapachyine ant genera Simopone Forel, Vicinopone gen. n. and Tanipone gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa. 3283:1–101. PDF]]


 * Bolton, B. & Fisher, B.L. 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, 1–99.


 * [[Media:Bolton Gotward Leroux 1979.pdf|Bolton, B.; Gotwald, W. H., Jr.; Leroux, J. M. 1979 [1976]. A new West African ant of the genus Plectroctena with ecological notes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Univ. Abidjan Sér. E (Écol.) 9: 371-381 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton & Marsh 1989.pdf|Bolton, B.; Marsh, A. C. 1989. The Afrotropical thermophilic ant genus Ocymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History. 2 23: 1267-1308 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton 2008.pdf|Bolton, B., Sosa-Calvo, J., Fernández, F. & Lattke, J.E. 2008. New synonyms in neotropical myrmicine ants. Zootaxa. 1732: 61-64. PDF]]


 * [[Media:Bolton eta al 2003.pdf|Bolton, B., E. E. Palacio and F. Fernández. 2003. Morfología y glosario. Pages 221-232 inFernández, F. Introducción a las hormigas de la región neotropical. Instituto Humboldt, Bogotá. 424 pp. PDF]]


 * DEJEAN, A. & BOLTON, B. 1995. Fauna sheltered by Procubitermes niapuensis termitaries of the African rainforest. Journal of African Zoology. 109: 481-487.


 * DEJEAN, A., BOLTON, B. & DURAND, J. L. 1997. Cubitermes subarquatus termitaries as shelters for soil fauna in African rainforests. Journal of Natural History. 31: 1289-1302.


 * DEJEAN, A., DURAND, J. L. & BOLTON, B. 1996. Ants inhabiting Cubitermes termitaries in African rain forests. Biotropica. 28: 701-713.


 * [[Media:Bolton & Fisher 2007.pdf|Fisher, B. L. and B. Bolton. 2007. The ant genus Pseudaphomomyrmex Wheeler, 1920 a junior synonym of Tapinoma Foerster, 1850. Zootaxa. 1427: 65-68 PDF]]


 * Fisher, B. L.; Bolton, B. 2016. Ants of Africa and Madagascar, a guide to the genus. University of California Press. 503pp.


 * GAULD, I. D. & BOLTON, B. [Editors] 1988. THE HYMENOPTERA: 332 pp. Oxford University Press + British Museum (Natural History). [Second edition: 1996.]


 * [[Media:Lawton et al 1998.PDF| LAWTON, J. H., BIGNELL, D. E., BOLTON, B., BLOEMERS, G. F., EGGLETON, P., HAMMOND, P. M., HODDA, M., HOLT, R. D., LARSEN, T. B., MAWDSLEY, N. A., STORK, N. E., SRIVASTAVA, D. S. & WATT, A. D. 1998. Biodiversity inventories, indicator taxa and effects of habitat modification in tropical forest. Nature 391 (issue no. 6662): 72-76. PDF]]


 * MEMMOTT, J., GODFRAY, H. C. J. & BOLTON, B. 1993. Predation and parasitism in a tropical herbivore community. Ecological Entomology. 18: 348-352.


 * [[Media:Ogata & Bolton 1989.pdf|Ogata, K.; Bolton, B. 1989. A taxonomic note on the ant Monomorium intrudens F. Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Jpn. J. Entomol. 57: 459-460 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Rigato & Bolton 2001.pdf|Rigato, F.; Bolton, B. 2001. The ant genus Liomyrmex: a review (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 133: 247-256 PDF]]


 * [[Media:Serna Bolton MacKay 2011.pdf|Serna, F., Bolton, B. & Mackay, W. 2011. On the morphology of Procryptocerus. Some comments and corrigenda. Zootaxa. 2923: 67-68. PDF]]


 * Ward, P. S.; Bolton, B.; Shattuck, S. O.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1996. A bibliography of ant systematics. Univ. Calif. Publ. Entomol. 116: 1-417


 * WATT, A., STORK, N.E., McBEATH, C. & BOLTON, B. 1995. Ecology of insects in Cameroon plantation forests. Final Report to UK Overseas Development Administration (ODA)/GOC Office. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology (Natural Environment Research Council) 1995: 121 pp.


 * [[Media:WattA2002.pdf|WATT, A.D., STORK, N.E. & BOLTON, B. 2002. The diversity and abundance of ants in relation to forest disturbance and plantation establishment in southern Cameroon. Journal of Applied Ecology. 39: 18-30. PDF]]


 * WAY, M. J. & BOLTON, B. 1997. Competition between ants for coconut palm nesting sites. Journal of Natural History. 31: 439-455.


 * WAY, M. J., CAMMELL, M. E., BOLTON, B., & KANAGARATNAM, P. 1989. Ants as egg predators of coconut pests, especially in relation to biological control of the coconut caterpillar, Opisina arenosella Walker, in Sri Lanka. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 79: 219-233.