Philip S. Ward

Philip S. Ward, Ph.D. - Professor of Entomology

Prof. Ward's Lab Research

Education:

B.Sc. Biology, Queens University, Canada (1973)

Ph.D. Zoology, University of Sydney, Australia (1979)

Appointment:

25% Instruction and Research
75% Organized Research

Teaches:

Systematics, biogeography and evolution of ants; ant-plant mutualisms; phylogeny and speciation.

Research Interests:

Systematics and evolutionary biology of ants; genetic structure of social insect populations.

Selected Publications:

1. Suarez, A. V., Holway, D. A.; Ward, P. S.. 2005. The role of opportunity in the unintentional introduction of nonnative ants Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U. S. A 102: 17032-17035.
2. Ward, P. S. 2005. A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936: 1-68.
3. Ward, P. S., Downie, D. A.. 2005. The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): phylogeny and evolution of big-eyed arboreal ants. Systematic Entomology 30: 310-335.
4. Ward, P. S., Brady, S. G.. 2003. Phylogeny and biogeography of the ant subfamily Myrmeciinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebrate Systematics 17:361-386.
5. Ward, P. S.. 2001. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the ant genus Tetraponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Oriental and Australian regions. Invertebrate Taxonomy 15:589-665.
6. Ward, P. S.. 2000. Broad-scale patterns of diversity in leaf litter ant communities. Ants. Standard methods for measuring and monitoring biodiversity. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press xix + 280 pp.
7. Ward, P. S.. 1999. Systematics, biogeography and host plant associations of the Pseudomyrmex viduus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Triplaris- and Tachigali-inhabiting ants. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 126:451-540.