| Phylogenomic insights into the evolution of stinging wasps and the origins of ants and bees MG Branstetter, BN Danforth, JP Pitts, BC Faircloth, PS Ward, ... Current Biology 27 (7), 1019-1025, 2017 | 404 | 2017 |
| Molecular phylogenetics of Vespoidea indicate paraphyly of the superfamily and novel relationships of its component families and subfamilies EM Pilgrim, CD Von Dohlen, JP Pitts Zoologica Scripta 37 (5), 539-560, 2008 | 173 | 2008 |
| Cladistic analysis of the fire ants of the Solenopsis saevissima species‐group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) JP Pitts, JV McHugh, KG Ross Zoologica Scripta 34 (5), 493-505, 2005 | 119 | 2005 |
| Preliminary morphological analysis of relationships between the spider wasp subfamilies (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): revisiting an old problem JP Pitts, MS Wasbauer, CD Von Dohlen Zoologica Scripta 35 (1), 63-84, 2006 | 104 | 2006 |
| Illuminating the lack of consensus among descriptions of earth history data in the North American deserts: a resource for biologists JS Wilson, JP Pitts Progress in Physical Geography 34 (4), 419-441, 2010 | 97 | 2010 |
| Repeated evolution in overlapping mimicry rings among North American velvet ants JS Wilson, KA Williams, ML Forister, CD Von Dohlen, JP Pitts Nature Communications 3 (1), 1272, 2012 | 78 | 2012 |
| North American velvet ants form one of the world’s largest known Müllerian mimicry complexes JS Wilson, JP Jahner, ML Forister, ES Sheehan, KA Williams, JP Pitts Current Biology 25 (16), R704-R706, 2015 | 73 | 2015 |
| Molecular phylogeny and systematics of spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae): redefining subfamily boundaries and the origin of the family C Waichert, J Rodriguez, MS Wasbauer, CD Von Dohlen, JP Pitts Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 175 (2), 271-287, 2015 | 72 | 2015 |
| A molecular method for associating the dimorphic sexes of velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) EM Pilgrim, JP Pitts Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 79 (3), 222-230, 2006 | 68 | 2006 |
| Identifying Pleistocene refugia in North American cold deserts using phylogeographic analyses and ecological niche modelling JS Wilson, JP Pitts Diversity and Distributions 18 (11), 1139-1152, 2012 | 62 | 2012 |
| A cladistic analysis of the Solenopsis saevissima species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) JP Pitts Jr University of Georgia, 2002 | 52 | 2002 |
| Revision of the fire ants of the Solenopsis saevissima species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) JP Pitts, GP Camacho, D Gotzek, JV Mchugh, KG Ross Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 120 (2), 308-411, 2018 | 40 | 2018 |
| Family-level divergences in the stinging wasps (Hymenoptera: Aculeata), with correlations to angiosperm diversification JS Wilson, CD von Dohlen, ML Forister, JP Pitts Evolutionary Biology 40, 101-107, 2013 | 36 | 2013 |
| Phylogeographic analysis of the nocturnal velvet ant genus Dilophotopsis (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) provides insights into diversification in the Nearctic deserts JS Wilson, JP Pitts Biological journal of the Linnean Society 101 (2), 360-375, 2010 | 35 | 2010 |
| Tropical and Subtropical Velvet Ants of the Genus Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with Descriptions of 45 New Species DG Manley, JP Pitts Zootaxa 1487 (1), 1–128-1–128, 2007 | 35 | 2007 |
| Historical biogeography of the arid‐adapted velvet ant Sphaeropthalma arota (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) reveals cryptic species JS Wilson, SL Clark, KA Williams, JP Pitts Journal of Biogeography 39 (2), 336-352, 2012 | 33 | 2012 |
| A key to genera and subgenera of Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) in America North of Mexico with description of a new genus. DG Manley, JP Pitts | 32 | 2002 |
| Hosts, nesting behavior, and ecology of some North American spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), II FE Kurczewski, GB Edwards, JP Pitts Southeastern Naturalist 16 (m9), 1-82, 2017 | 30 | 2017 |
| Sex association and synonymy in southwestern US species of Dasymutilla (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) EM Pilgrim, KA Williams, JP Pitts The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 84 (1), 57-68, 2008 | 30 | 2008 |
| Testing the species limits of the tarantulas (A raneae: T heraphosidae) endemic to C alifornia's S outhern C oast R anges, USA JS Wilson, CF Gunnell, DB Wahl, JP Pitts Insect Conservation and Diversity 6 (3), 365-371, 2013 | 28 | 2013 |
Joseph S. WilsonAssistant Professor of Biology, Utah State University TooeleVerified email at usu.edu
