1. Oberski, J., Griebenow, Z., Camacho, G.P., Boudinot, B…. Probst, R.S., et al. Ant systematics: Past, present, and future. In review.

  2. DuVal, M.*, Probst, R.S., Branstetter, M. & Longino, J.T. Untangling the ant claws: the army ant (Formicidae: Dorylinae) Labidus mars is a Neivamyrmex. In press at Insect Systematics and Diversity. *undergraduate mentee

  3. Fiorentino, G., Probst, R.S., Richter, A., Economo, E. & Barden, P. (2025) A fossil-informed pattern of body size increase and local extinction in Basiceros dirt ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2171.

  4. Boudinot, B., Casadei-Ferreira, A., Wöhrl, T.A., Probst, R.S., Lieberman, Z.E., Jesse Czekanski-Moir, J. & Richter, A. (2025) Ant Ecomorphology. In: Insect Ecomorphology - Linking Functional Insect Morphology to Ecology and Evolution, Elsevier Eds., p. 469-524. (Book chapter) https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-18544-1.00012-0.

  5. Probst, R.S., Longino, J.T. & Branstetter, M.G. (2024) Evolutionary déjà vu: extreme convergence in an ant-plant association. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. http://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1214.

  6. Espino, S., Watkins, M., Probst, R.S., Chase, K., Imperial, J. Koch, T.L., Robinson, S.D., Salcedo, P.F., Taylor, D., Gajewiak, J., Yandell, M. Safavi-Hemami, H. & Olivera, B.M. (2024) χ-Conotoxins are an evolutionary innovation in mollusk-hunting cone snails as a counter-adaptation to prey defense. Molecular Biology and Evolution. https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/41/11/msae226/7848657.

  7. Pereyra, M., Probst, R.S.*, Cocucci, A.A. (2024) The first record of ants (Camponotus chilensis, Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as potential pollinators of a Neotropical tree species (Lomatia hirsuta, Proteaceae). Journal of Applied Entomology. https://10.1111/jen.13335. *co-first author.

  8. Probst, R. S., Silva, R. R., & Brandão, C. R. F. (2023) Sampling local ant diversities and the importance of trait analyses. Biotropica, 55: 944–953. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.13244.

  9. Probst, R.S. & Brandão, C.R.F. (2022) A taxonomic revision of the dirt ants, Basiceros Schulz 1906 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zootaxa, 5149(1): 1–75. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5149.1.1.

  10. Silva, R.R.,…Probst, R.S., et al. (2021) Atlantic Ants: a dataset of ants in Atlantic Forests of South America. Ecology, 103: e03580. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3580.

  11. Probst, R.S., Wray, B.D., Moreau, C.S. & Brandão, C.R.F. (2019) A phylogenetic analysis of the dirt ants, Basiceros (Formicidae: Myrmicinae): inferring life histories through morphological convergence. Insect Systematics and Diversity, 3(4): https://doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixz013.

  12. Boudinot, B.E., Probst, R.S., Brandão, C.R.F., Feitosa, R.M.S. & Ward, P.S. (2016) Out of the Neotropics: newly discovered relictual species sheds light on the biogeographical history of spider ants (Leptomyrmex, Dolichoderinae, Formicidae). Systematic Entomology, 41(3): 658–671. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12181.

  13. Probst, R.S., Boudinot, B.E. & Guénard, B. (2015) Toward understanding the predatory ant genus Myopias (Formicidae: Ponerinae), including a key to global species, male-based diagnosis, and new species description. Sociobiology, 62(2): 192–212. https://doi.org/10.13102/sociobiology.v62i2.192-212.

  14. Brandão, C.R.F., Prado, L.P., Ulysséa, M.A., Probst, R.S. & Alarcon, V. (2015) Dieta das Poneromorfas Neotropicais. In: Poneromorfas do Brasil. Ilhéus, p. 137–153. (Book chapter). https://doi.org/10.7476/9788574554419.0012.

In preparation

  1. Probst, R.S. & Longino, J.T. To be submitted to Systematic Biology. Title: The phylogenomic landscape of understory ant-plant symbioses in the Neotropics.
  2. Probst, R.S. & Longino, J.T. To be submitted to Zootaxa. Title: A taxonomic revision of the arboreal ant genus Myrmelachista (Formicinae: Myrmelachistini).
  3. Buxton, A., Probst, R.S., Kittelberger, K., Blair, H.* & Şekercioğlu, Ç. To be submitted to PloS One. Title: Catching flycatchers: morphology vs. genetics in unraveling Empidonax (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae) identity. *master’s student
  4. Lee, S.* & Probst, R.S. To be submitted to Ecological Entomology. Title: Unraveling the identities of associated insects (Coccoidea) in ant-plant symbioses with nanopore DNA sequencing. *undergraduate mentee
  5. Parkins, A.*, Probst, R.S., Kittelberger, K. & Şekercioğlu, Ç. To be submitted to Journal of Avian Biology. Title: Nanopore sequencing as a tool to identify cryptic evolution of reed buntings (Emberizidae: Emberiza). *undergraduate mentee
  6. Wiese, C.*, Briggs, H., Steffens, J. & Probst, R.S. To be submitted to Metabarcoding & Metagenomics. Title: Evaluating the effect of formic acid treatment on foraging behaviors of Apis mellifera through pollen DNA metabarcoding. *undergraduate mentee
  7. Silva, R.R., Probst, R.S., Orivel, J. Baccaro, F.B. & Barro, L.C. To be submitted to Global Ecology and Biogeography. Tentative title: Functional trait variation and redundancy across ant communities in the Neotropical and Nearctic regions: linking guilds to ecosystem resilience.