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Lohrmann, V., M. Ohl, P. Michalik, J. Pitts, L. Jeanneau, and V. Perrichot. 2019. Notes on rhopalsomatid wasps of Domincan and Mexican Amber with a description of the first fossil species. Fossil Record 22. 31-44.
https://doi.org/10.5194/fr-22-31-2019Waichert, C. J. Wilson, J. Pitts, and C. v. Dohlen. 2019. Phylogenetic species delimitation for the widespread spider wasp Ageniella accepta (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), with new synonyms. Insect Systematics and Evolution, 62: 1-18.
https://doi.org/10.1163/1876312X-00002207Pitts, J. and E. Sadler. 2019. Redescription of Neanoplius Banks (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa, 4568: 571-575.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4568.3.10Williams, K., R. Cambra, P. Bartholomay, D. Luz, D. Quintero, and J. Pitts. 2019. Review of the genus Lomachaeta Mickel, 1936 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with new species and sex associations. Zootaxa, 4564: 101-118.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4564.1.4Williams, K.A., Cambra T., R.A., Waldren, G.C., Quintero A., D., & Pitts, J.P. (2019) Silvorientilla, gen. nov. Un género nuevo Neotropical de hormiga terciopelo (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Folia Entomológica Mexicana (nueva serie), 4(3): 91−109.
https://socmexent.org/folia/revista/Num%202018_3/FEMns_4(3)_91-109.pdf2018
2018
Pitts, J.P., G.B. Camacho, D. Gotzek, J.V. McHugh, and K.G. Ross. 2018. Revision of the fire ants of the Solenopsis saevissima species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120(2):308-411.
https://doi.org/10.4289/0013-8797.120.2.308Sadler, Emily A., Pitts, James P., Wilson, Joseph S. 2018. Faunal Study of the Nocturnal Aculeate Wasps (Hymenoptera) of the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts of Joshua Tree National Park, Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Volume 111, Issue 2, March 2018, Pages 62–67.
https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/sax074Sadler, E.A., Pitts, J.P., and J.S. Wilson. 2018. Stinging wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata), which species have the longest sting? PeerJ 6:e4743
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4743Cambra T., R.A., Quintero A., D., Waldren, G.C., Barthólómay, P.R., & Williams, K.A. 2018. Taxonomic revision of the genus Timulla Ashmead, 1899 of Panama (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Tecnociencia, 20(2): 23–57.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/329782084_TAXONOMIC_REVISION_OF_THE_GENUS_Timulla_ASHMEAD_1899_OF_PANAMA_HYMENOPTERA_MUTILLIDAE2017
2017
Pitts, J.P., C. Waichert and E.A. Sadler. 2017. Review of Dicranoplius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa, 4311: 537-550.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4311.4.6Pitts, J.P., and E.A. Sadler. 2017. Association and description of the male of Aplochares imitator (Smith) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa, 4300: 135-141.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4300.1.8Sadler, Emily A., Pitts, James P., Wilson, Joseph S. (2017). Nocturnal Velvet Ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Joshua Tree National Park, Riverside County, California with the description of three new species. Zootaxa, [S.l.], v. 4319, n. 2, p. 329–367, Sep. 2017. ISSN 1175-5334.
https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/Zootaxa.4319.2.4Kurczewski, F. E., Edwards, G. B., & Pitts, J. P. (2017). Hosts, nesting behavior, and ecology of some North American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), II. Southeastern Naturalist, 16(m9), 1-82.
https://doi.org/10.1656/058.016.m901Waichert C, Fernández F, Castro-Huertas V, Rodriguez J, Pitts JP. (2017). More new records of spider wasps from Colombia (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae). ZooKeys 658: 89-95.
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.658.10538Vieira, C. R., Waichert, C., Williams, K. A., Pitts, J. P. (2017). Evaluation of Malaise and Yellow Pan Trap Performance to Assess Velvet Ant (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) Diversity in a Neotropical Savanna. Environmental Entomology, Volume 46, Issue 2, April 2017, Pages 353–361.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/nvx046Branstetter, Michael G., Danforth, Bryan N., Pitts, James P., Faircloth, Brant C., Ward, Philip S., Buffington, Matthew L., Gates, Michael W., Kula, Robert R., Brady, Seán G. (2017) Phylogenomic Insights into the Evolution of Stinging Wasps and the Origins of Ants and Bees, Current Biology, Volume 27, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1019-1025, ISSN 0960-9822.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.03.027Bartholomay, P.R., Waldren, G.C., & Oliveira, M.L. (2017) Observation of a mixed-sex, mixed-species aggregation of velvet ants, genus Timulla Ashmead, 1899 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) in the Brazilian Amazon, Roraima, with a new synonymy. Zootaxa, 4362(1): 135–140.
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4362.1.8Pitts, J.P., C. Waichert, and E.A. Sadler. 2017. Review of the Neotropical spider wasp genus Anoplius (Dicranoplius) Haupt (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), new comb. Zootaxa.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4311.4.62016
2016
Orr, M.C., T. Griswold, J.P. Pitts, and F.D. Parker. 2016. A new bee species that excavates sandstone nests. Current Biology 26(17): R792-793.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2016.08.001Shimizu, A., R. Wahis, A.C. Harris and J.P. Pitts. 2016. An extraordinary new genus and species of spider wasps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from Southeast Asia. Journal of Natural History.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2016.1155781Rodriguez, J., C. Waichert, C.D. von Dohlen, G. Poinar Jr., and J.P. Pitts. 2016. Eocene and not Cretaceous origin of spider wasps (Pompilidae): fossil evidence from amber. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.
http://dx.doi.org/10.4202/app.00073.2014Rodriguez, J., J.P. Pitts, J.A. Florez, J.E. Bond and C.D. von Dohlen. 2016. Molecular phylogeny of Pompilinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): evidence for rapid diversification and host shifts in spider wasps. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94: 55-64.
http://10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.014Portman, Z.M., T. Griswold, and J.P. Pitts. 2016. Association of the female of Perdita (Xeromacrotera) cephalotes (Cresson), and a replacement name for Perdita bohartorum Parker (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae). Zootaxa, 4097: 567-574.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4097.4.8Lohrmann, V., Waldren, G.C., Reiß, M., & Engel, M.S. 2016. An anocellar polistine wasp (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Polistinae) from Texas. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 92(2), 251–255.
https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.92.10548Luz, D.R., Waldren, G.C., & Melo, G.A.R. 2016. Bees as hosts of mutillid wasps in the Neotropical region (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Mutillidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 60: 302–307.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbe.2016.06.001Auko, T.H., Bartholomay, P.R., Luz, D.R., Waldren, G.C., & Williams, K.A. 2016. First records of the genus Allotilla Schuster, 1949 (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) in Brazil. Check List, 12(3): 1–3.
https://doi.org/10.15560/12.3.18982015
2015
Vieira, C., J.P. Pitts, and G.R. Colli. 2015. Microhabitat changes induced by edge effects impact velvet ant (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) communities in southeastern Amazonia, Brazil. Journal of Insect Conservation, 19: 849-861.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-015-9803-4Waichert, C., J. Rodriguez, M.S. Wasbauer, C.D. von Dohlen and J.P. Pitts. 2015. Molecular phylogeny and systematics of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): redefining subfamily boundaries and the origin of the family. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 175: 271-287.
https://doi.org/10.1111/zoj.12272Wilson, J.S., J.P. Jahner, M.L. Forister, E.S. Sheehan, K.A. Williams, and J.P. Pitts. 2015. North American velvet ants form one of the world’s largest known Müllerian mimicry complexes. Current Biology.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2015.06.053Pitts, J.P and E.A. Sadler. 2015. Description of a new species and species-group of Sphaeropthalma Blake (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with an updated classification of the genus. Zootaxa 3947: 282-288.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.10Waichert, C., C.D. von Dohlen, and J.P. Pitts. 2015. Resurrection, revision and molecular phylogenetics of Eragenia Banks with implications for Ageniellini systematics (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Systematic Entomology, (2015) 40: 291-321.
https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12101Rodriguez, J., Pitts, J., von Dohlen, C.D, (2015). Historical biogeography of the widespread spider wasp tribe Aporini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Journal of Biogeography, 42:3, 495-506.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12430Bartholomay, P.R., Williams, K.A., Waldren, G.C., & de Oliveira, M.L. (2015) Corrections on the biology of Traumatomutilla André, 1901 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Zootaxa, 3920(1): 198–200.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3920.1.102014
2014
Orr, M.C., J. Koch, T. Griswold and J.P. Pitts. 2014. Taxonomic utility of niche models in validating species concepts: A case study on Anthophora (Heliophila) (Hymneoptera: Apidae). Zootaxa, 3846: 411-429.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3846.3.5Waichert, C., J. Rodriguez, and J.P. Pitts. 2014. New additions to the Honduran fauna of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) with the description of two species. Zootaxa, 3873: 590-600.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3873.5.8Rodriguez, J., J.P. Pitts and C.D. von Dohlen. 2014. Historical biogeography of the recently diverged widespread spider wasp tribe Aporini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Journal of Biogeography.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12430Castro-Huertas, V., J.P. Pitts, J. Rodriguez, C. Waichert, and F. Fernández. 2014. New Records of spider wasps (Hymenoptera, Pompilidae) from Colombia. ZooKeys, 443: 35-44.
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.658.10538Rodriguez, J., von Dohlen, C. D. and J.P. Pitts 2014. Assessing Species Boundaries and Sex-Associations in the Genus Drepanaporus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), With Comparison of the Utility of Cytochrome C Oxidase I and a Nuclear Molecular Marker. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 107: 709-720.
https://doi.org/10.1603/AN13177Kurczewski, F.E., J.P. Pitts, and N.B. Elliott. 2014. Annotated list of spider wasps from The Bahamas, with description of a new species of Tachypompilus (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Caribbean Naturalist, 5: 1-28.
https://www.eaglehill.us/CANAonline/CANA-access-pages/CANA-regular/CANA-005-Kurczewski.shtmlRodriguez, J., Pitts, J., von Dohlen, C.D, Wilson, J.S, (2014). Müllerian mimicry as a result of codivergence between velvet ants and spider wasps. PLoS ONE 9(11): e112942.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.01129422013
2013
Waichert, C. and J.P. Pitts. 2013. Two new species of Abernessia Arlé (Pompilidae, Ctenocerinae). Zookeys, 353:71-79.
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.353.6223Auko, T.H, R. Silvestre, and J.P. Pitts. 2013. Nest camouflage in the spider wasp Priochilus captivum (Fabricius, 1804) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), with notes on the biology. Tropical Zoology, 26: 140-144.
https://doi.org/10.1080/03946975.2013.835636Wilson, J.S., C.F. Gunnell, D.B. Wahl and J.P. Pitts. 2013. Testing the species limits of the tarantulas (Araneae: Theraphosidae) endemic to California's Southern Coast Ranges, USA. Insect Conservation and Diversity 16: 365-371.
https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12000Wilson, J.S., C.D. von Dohlen, M.L. Forester, and J.P. Pitts. 2013. Family-level divergences in the stinging wasps (Hymneoptera: Aculeata), with correlations to angiosperm diversification. Evolutionary Biology 40: 101-107. UAES 8372.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11692-012-9189-0Tanner, David A. and Pitts, James P. (2013) "Effects of male size on searching behaviors in the sun dance of Bembix," Western North American Naturalist: Vol. 73 : No. 2 , Article 17.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/vol73/iss2/17Tanner, David A.; Clark, Catherine; and Pitts, James P. (2013) "Pollination biology of Astragalus phoenix (Fabaceae) with notes on the natural history of its pollinator, Anthophora porterae (Hymenoptera: Apidae)," Western North American Naturalist: Vol. 73 : No. 3 , Article 10.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/wnan/vol73/iss3/10Rodriguez, J., Waichert, C., von Dohlen, C.D, Pitts, J., Review of fossil spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) with the description of new fossil genera and species. Journal of Paleontology
Pitts, J., Williams, K., (2013). Caribbean and Mexican additions to the Dasymutilla bioculata species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America , 106, 429-436.
https://doi.org/10.1603/AN121232012
2012
Restrepo-Giraldo, C., J. Rodriguez and J.P. Pitts. 2012. Temporal activity patterns of the spider wasp Pepsis montezuma Smith (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) in a disturbed lower montane rainforest (Manizales, Colombia). Psyche. Article ID 516419, 4 pages.
https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/516419Williams, K.A., D.G. Manley, M. Deyrup, C.D. von Dohlen, and J.P. Pitts. 2012. Systematic Review of the Dasymutilla monticola species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Zootaxa 3554: 1-29.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3554.1.1Waichert, C. and J.P. Pitts. 2012. Addition to the distributional record of Ageniella (Neotumagenia) amazonica Fernández, 1998 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) and establishment of a neotype. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, Article ID 307103.
https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/307103Boehme, N., D.A. Tanner, K.A. Williams, and J.P. Pitts. 2012. Nocturnal Velvet Ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nye County, Nevada. Zootaxa, 3587: 1–45.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3587.1.1Wilson, J.S., K.A. Williams, M.L. Forester, Carol von Dohlen and J.P. Pitts. 2012. Repeated evolution in overlapping mimicry rings among North American velvet ants. Nature Communications.
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms2275Barthélémy, C. and J.P. Pitts. 2012. Observations on the nesting behavior of two pepsine spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) in Hong Kong, China: Macromerella honesta (Smith) and an Auplopus species. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 28: 13-35.
https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.28.3010Wilson, J.S. and J.P. Pitts. 2012. Identifying Nearctic cold-desert refugia through the phylogeographic analysis of Sphaeropthalma difficilis (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Diversity and Distributions, 18: 1139-1152.
https://doi.org/10.3897/jhr.28.3010Waichert, C., J. Rodriguez, C.D. von Dohlen, and J.P. Pitts. 2012. Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic. Zootaxa, 3353: 1-47.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3353.1.1Wilson, J.S, Clark, S., Williams, K., Pitts, J.,. 2012. Historical biogeography of the arid-adapted velvet ant Sphaeropthalma arota (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) reveals cryptic species.. Journal of Biogeography, 39, 336-352.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02580.xWaichert, C., Rodriguez, J., von Dohlen, C.D, Pitts, J.,. 2012. Pompilidae of the Dominican Republic: Pepsinae and Pompilinae. Zootaxa, 3353, 1-47.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3353.1.12011
2011
Kurczewski, F.E. and J.P. Pitts. 2011. Addition to the spider wasp fauna of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 84: 320-322.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/41353895Waichert, C.M. and J.P. Pitts. 2011. Description of a new Abernessia with notes on the Neotropical Ctenocerinae (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 104: 1279-1284.
https://doi.org/10.1603/AN11093Williams, K.A., D.J. Brothers and J.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.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3064.1Wilson, J.S. and J.P. Pitts. 2011. Pleistocene Connection between the Nearctic Mediterranean and desert regions in the Sphaeropthalma unicolor species-complex (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Insect Conservation and Diversity, 4: 222-234.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-4598.2010.00124.xWilson, J. S., S. Clark and J.P. Pitts. 2011. Historical biogeography of the arid‐adapted velvet ant Sphaeropthalma arota (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) reveals cryptic species. Journal of Biogeography, 39: 336-352.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02580.xTanner, D., J. Gonzalez, R.W. Matthews, B. Vinson, and J.P. Pitts. 2011. Evolution of the courtship display of Melittobia (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 60: 219-227.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.04.014Williams, K.A., D.G. Manley, E.M. Pilgrim, C. von Dohlen and J.P. Pitts. 2011. Multifaceted assessment of species validity in the D. bioculata species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Systematic Entomology, 36: 180-191.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00555.x2010
2010
Wilson, J. S., K.A. Williams, C.F. Gunnell, and J.P. Pitts. 2010. Phylogeographic Investigations of the Widespread, Arid-Adapted Antlion Brachynemurus sackeni Hagen (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology,
https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/804709Pitts, J.P., J.S. Wilson, and C.D. von Dohlen. 2010. Evolution of the nocturnal Nearctic Sphaeropthalminae velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) driven by Neogene Orogeny and Pleistocene Glaciation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 56: 134–145.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2010.03.033Rodriguez, J., C. von Dohlen and J.P. Pitts. 2010. The genus Psorthaspis (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) in Colombia. Caldasia 32: 407-413.
http://www.scielo.org.co/pdf/cal/v32n2/v32n2a14.pdfWilson, J.S. and J.P. Pitts. 2010. Illuminating the lack of consensus among descriptions of earth history data in the North American deserts: a resource for biologists. Progress in Physical Geography, 34: 419–441.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0309133310363991Wilson, J.S. and J.P. Pitts. 2010. Pleistocene climatic cycles driving diversification in the Odontophotopsis unicornis species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 103: 555–565.
https://doi.org/10.1603/AN09177Wilson, J.S., K.A. Williams and J.P. Pitts. 2010. Preliminary assessment of velvet ant (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) diversity in the deserts of southern California. Western North American Naturalist, 70: 224–232.
https://doi.org/10.3398/064.070.0209Wilson, J.S., K.A. Williams, D. Tanner, and J.P. Pitts. 2010. Nectaring by nocturnal velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Southwestern Naturalist 53: 443–444.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40801044Pitts, J.P., K.A. Williams, J.S. Wilson and N. Boehme. 2010. Nocturnal velvet ant males (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Deep Canyon, California including four new species and a fifth new species from Owens Lake Valley, California. Zootaxa, 2553: 1–34.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2553.1.1Brabant, C., K. A. Williams, and J.P. Pitts. 2010. True females of the Photomorphus subgenus Photomorphina Schuster (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Zootaxa, 2559: 58–68.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2559.1.5Wilson, J.S., and J.P. Pitts. 2010. Phylogeography of the nocturnal velvet ant genus Dilophotopsis (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae): enhancing our understanding of diversification in the Nearctic desert biota. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 101: 360–375.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01526.xWilliams, K.A, Manley, D.G, Pilgrim, E.M, von Dohlen, C.D, Pitts, J., (2010). Multifaceted assessment of species validity in the Dasymutilla bioculata species group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Systematic Entomology.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3113.2010.00555.xPitts, J.P., Tanner, D., Waldren, G.C., & Parker, F.D. (2010) Facultative size-dependent sex allocation in Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica Lepeletier (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with further host records. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 83(1): 68–75.
Available at: https://doi.org/10.2317/JKES0812.15.12009
2009
Pitts, J.P., K.A. Williams, J.S. Wilson and N. Boehme. 2009. The velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of the Algodones sand dunes of California, USA. Zootaxa, 2131: 1–53.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2131.1.1Wilson, J.S., J. P. Pitts, and C. von Dohlen. 2009. Lack of variation in nuclear genes among isolated populations of the sand dune restricted bee Colletes stepheni (Hymenoptera: Colletidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 82: 316–320.
https://doi.org/10.2317/JKES0810.27.1Pilgrim, E.M.,K.A. Williams, D.G. Manley and J.P. Pitts. 2009. Addressing the Dasymutilla quadriguttata species-group and species-complex (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae): several distinct species or a single, morphologically variable species? Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 82: 231–249.
https://doi.org/10.2317/JKES08.11.1Tanner, D., T. Griswold and J.P. Pitts. 2009. Revision of Mecanthidium (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 18: 183–191.
Tanner, D., N. Boehme and J.P. Pitts. 2009. Revision of Acanthophotopsis (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 18: 192–204.
Pitts, J.P., and J.S. Wilson. 2009. Description of the female of Acrophotopsis (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) and synonymy of Sphaeropthalma dirce. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 18: 205–211.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35267875#page/85/mode/1upWilson, J.S. and J.P. Pitts. 2009. Species boundaries of Sphaeropthalma unicolor (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae): Is color useful for differentiating species? Journal of Hymenoptera Research 18: 212–226.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.10Williams, K.A. and J.P. Pitts. 2009. Eight new species of Lomachaeta Mickel and the synonymy of Smicromutilla Mickel (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 18: 227–243.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35267897#page/107/mode/1up2008
2008
Pilgrim, E.M., C.D. von Dohlen, and J.P. Pitts. 2008. Molecular phylogenetics of Vespoidea indicate paraphyly of the superfamily and novel relationships of its component families and subfamilies. Zoologica Scripta, 37: 539–560.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00340.xWilliams, K.A. and J.P. Pitts. 2008. Three species masquerading as one: updating the taxonomy of Pseudomethoca russeola and P. donaeanae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 17: 127–133.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35234459#page/3/mode/1upPilgrim, E.M., K.A. Williams, and J.P. Pitts. 2008. Sex association and synonymy in Southwestern U.S. species of Dasymutilla (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 84: 58–69. UAES 7866.
https://doi.org/10.3956/2007-13.1Wilson, J.S. and J.P. Pitts. 2008. Revision of velvet ant genus Dilophotopsis Schuster (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) by using molecular and morphological data, with implications for desert biogeography. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 101: 514–524.
https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2008)101[514:ROVAGD]2.0.CO;22007
2007
Calcaterra, L.A, R. Vander Meer, J.P. Pitts, J.P. Livore, and N.D. Tsutsui. 2007. A survey of fire ants and their parasitoid flies (Diptera: Phoridae: Pseudacteon) in central Chile and central western Argentina. Annals of the American Entomological Society, 100: 512–521.
https://doi.org/10.1603/0013-8746(2007)100[512:SOSFAA]2.0.CO;2Williams, K.A., and J.P. Pitts. 2007. New species of predominately temperate velvet ant genera Lomachaeta Mickel and Sphaeropthalma Blake from Central America and northern South America (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 133: 297–326.
https://doi.org/10.3157/0002-8320-133.3.297Pitts, J.P. 2007. Revision of Odontophotopsis Viereck (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), Part 1, with a description of a new genus Laminatilla. Zootaxa, 1619: 1–43.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1619.1.1Manley, D.G. and J.P. Pitts. 2007. Tropical and Subtropical Velvet Ants of the Genus Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with Descriptions of 45 New Species. Zootaxa, 1487: 1–128.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1487.1Pitts, J.P. and D.G. Manley. 2007. Synonymy of Ephuta tentativa Schuster and E. pauxilla Bradley (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Journal of Entomological Science, 42: 341–344. UAES no. 7819.
https://doi.org/10.18474/0749-8004-42.3.341Wilson, J.S., and J.P. Pitts. 2007. New host associations for New World spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 80: 223–229.
https://doi.org/10.2317/0022-8567(2007)80[223:NHAFNW]2.0.CO;2Pitts, J.P., T.J. Boud, and E.M. Pilgrim. 2007. Molecular sex association of three species of nocturnal velvet ant (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 80: 136–145.
https://doi.org/10.2317/0022-8567(2007)80[136:MSAOTS]2.0.CO;2Pitts, J.P. 2007. Description of the female of Sphaeropthalma galapagensis Williams and notes on Morsyma and Caenotilla (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 83: 95–100.
https://doi.org/10.3956/0031-0603-83.2.95Pitts, J.P., J.S. Wilson, and F.D. Parker. 2007. The spider wasps of Fiji (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Occasional Papers of the Bishop Museum, 91: 3–15.
http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/fiji/fiji-arthropods/pdf/favii-02.pdf2006
2006
Pitts, J.P., M.S. Wasbauer and C.D. von Dohlen. 2006. Preliminary morphological analysis of relationships between the spider wasp subfamilies (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): revisiting an old problem. Zoologica Scripta, 35: 63–84.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00217.xPilgrim, E.M. and J.P. Pitts. 2006. A molecular method for associating the dimorphic sexes of velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 79: 222–231.
https://doi.org/10.2317/0511.09.1Pitts, J.P. 2006. Review of the Sphaeropthalma imperialis species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with descriptions of females and taxonomic notes. Zootaxa, 1248: 1–20.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1248.1.12005
2005
Pitts, J.P., J.V. McHugh and K.G. Ross. 2005. Cladistic analysis of the fire ants of the Solenopsis saevissima species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoologica Scripta, 34: 493–505.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00203.xPitts, J.P. 2005. Description of a new species in the Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Zootaxa, 1050: 39–43.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1050.4Pitts, J.P. and F.D. Parker. 2005. Description of the female, redescription of the male, and host associations of the Nearctic species Sphaeropthalma jacala Schuster (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Zootaxa, 1011: 55-64.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1011.1.22004
2004
Pitts, J.P., F.D. Parker, and T.L. Pitts-Singer. 2004. A review of the Sphaeropthalma uro species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with taxonomic changes. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 77: 223–234.
https://doi.org/10.2317/0308.11.1Manley, D.G. and J.P. Pitts. 2004. Two new black species of Dasymutilla (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from Texas and California. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 77: 644–649.
https://doi.org/10.2317/E4.1Yang Zhong-qi, Sun Jiang-hua, and J.P. Pitts. 2004. First discovery of the family Tanaostigmatidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from China with a description of a new gall-making species utilizing kudzu leaves. Journal of Entomological Science, 39: 279–280.
https://doi.org/10.18474/0749-8004-39.2.275Pitts, J.P. and D.G. Manley. 2004. Review of Lomachaeta Mickel (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of North and Central America. Zootaxa, 474: 1–27.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4564.1.42003
2003
V.J. Tepedino and J.P. Pitts. 2003. A host record for Dasymutilla stevensi Mickel from Capitol Reef National Park, Utah. Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 79: 256–257.
Arneson, L. and J.P. Pitts. 2003. Host records for Dasymutilla aureola and D. vestita (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from northeastern California. Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 79: 245–246.
Pitts, J.P. 2003. Schusterphotopsis, a new genus of Sphaeropthalmini (Mutillidae: Sphaeropthalminae) from California, with notes on the closely related genera Acrophotopsis Schuster and Dilophotopsis Schuster clade. Zootaxa, 333: 1–7.
Pitts, J.P. 2003. First host record of Dilophotopsis (Mutillidae: Sphaeropthalminae). Journal of Entomological Science, 38: 485–486.
Pitts, J.P. and F.D. Parker. 2003. Description of the female and larval stage of Odontophotopsis succinea Viereck (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with a new synonymy and notes on the species. Zootaxa 137: 1–10.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.137.1.12002
2002
Pitts, J.P. and J.V. McHugh. 2002. Revision of Acrophotopsis (Mutillidae: Sphaeropthalminae), with a new species from Baja California. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 11: 363–374.
Manley, D. G. and J.P. Pitts. 2002. Key to the genera and subgenera of Mutillidae of America North of Mexico with description of a new genus. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 11: 72–101.
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2858993#page/370/mode/1upPitts, J.P. and D.G. Manley. 2002. Description of the females of Stethophotopsis Pitts and Photopsioides Schuster (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 104: 672–679.
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16186289#page/142/mode/1upPitts, J. P., E.H. Tilgner, and M.J. Dalusky. 2002. New host records for Perilampus hyalinus (Hymenoptera: Perilampidae) and Phasmophaga antennalis (Diptera: Tachinidae). Journal of Entomological Science, 37: 128–129.
https://doi.org/10.18474/0749-8004-37.1.1282001
2001
Pitts, J.P. and T.L. Pitts-Singer. 2001. New host record for Pseudacteon crawfordi (Diptera: Phoridae). Florida Entomologist, 84: 310.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/34961882000
2000
Pitts, J.P. and R.W. Matthews. 2000. Description of the larval stage of Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica (Mutillidae: Hymenoptera). Journal of Entomological Science, 35: 334–337.
https://doi.org/10.18474/0749-8004-35.3.334Pitts, J.P. 2000. Review of Bordontilla Fritz and Martinez (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Entomological News, 111: 32–38.
Pitts, J.P., and J.V. McHugh. 2000. Stethophotopsis, a new apterous genus of Sphaeropthalmini (Mutillidae: Sphaeropthalminae) from Arizona. Journal of Hymenoptera Research, 9(1): 29-33.
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Accepted or In Review
1. *Rodriguez, J., *C. Waichert, C.D. von Dohlen, and J.P. Pitts. 2017. The geological record and phylogeny of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): A revision of fossil species and their phylogenetic placement. Plos One. Have seen page proofs.
2. *Alvarenga, J.M., *C.R. Vieira, L.B. Godinho, P.H. Campelo, J.P.Pitts, and G.R. Colli. 2017. Spatial-temporal dynamics of Neotropical velvet ant (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) communities along a forest-savanna gradient. Plos One. Have seen page proofs.
3. Pitts, J.P., G.P. Camacho, D. Gotzek, J.V. McHugh, and K.G. Ross. Revision of the fire ants of the Solenopsis saevissima species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington.
4. *Waichert, C., J.S. Wilson, J.P. Pitts, and C.D. von Dohlen. Geographically structured lineages in the widespread spider wasp, Ageniella accepta (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), with new synonyms. Journal of Insect Science.
5. *Waichert, C., C. D. von Dohlen, and J.P. Pitts Taxonomic contributions to Ageniella Banks, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa.
6. *Sadler, E.A., J.P. Pitts, and J.S. Wilson. Faunal Study of the Nocturnal Aculeate Wasps (Hymenoptera) of the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts of Joshua Tree National Park. Annals of ESA.
7. *Sadler, E.A., J.P. Pitts, and J.S. Wilson. Reassessing species boundaries in the black-headed species of the subgenus Chyphotes Blake (Hymenoptera: Chyphotidae). Annals of ESA.
In Progress
8. *Waldren, G., and J.P. Pitts. Revision of Invriella (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Zootaxa.
9. Pitts, J.P. and *E. Sadler. Revision of Anoplius (Anoploides) (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa.
10. Pitts, J.P. and *E. Sadler. Description of a new subgenus of Anoplius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa.
11. Pitts, J.P. and * E. Sadler. Review of Austrochares (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Zootaxa.
12. *Waichert, C., *J. Rodriguez, and J.P. Pitts. Molecular phylogenetics and morphological evolution of a cleptoparasite wasp (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae: Ceropales). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
13. *Waichert, C., *J. Rodriguez, J.P. Pitts, and C.D. von Dohlen. The evolution of communalism and diversification in spider wasps uncovers phylogenetic unexpected patterns. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
14. Pitts, J.P., *J.S. Wilson, *K.A. Williams, and **J.C. Jones. Phylogenetic analysis of the nocturnal velvet ant species (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Systematic Entomology.
15. Pitts, J.P., *J.S. Wilson, *K.A. Williams, and **J.C. Jones. Phylogenetic analysis of the Pseudomethoca Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) suggests paraphyly. Journal of Hymenoptera Research.
16. *Williams, K.A. and J.P. Pitts. Updating the taxonomy of the small, non-descript Pseudomethoca species (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research.
17. Pitts, J.P., *N. Boehme and **S. Clark. Revision of Photomorphus (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae). Zootaxa.
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