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IN PREP., SUBMITTED, & UNDER REVISION

Wong MKL & Guénard B. (In review). Subterranean ants. In: Starr C (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Social Insects. Cham, Switzerland: Springer.


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PEER REVIEWED

(9) Wong MKL, Guénard B & Lewis OT. 2018. Trait-based ecology of terrestrial arthropods. Biological Reviews. doi:10.1111/brv.12488. PDF 

"This is an excellent, timely and exhaustive review of terrestrial arthropod trait based ecology. It is extremely well written and logically put together... The paper defined trait and trait-based ecology, demonstrated why trait-based ecology is relevant for arthropod research and where it has been applied, discussed its assumptions, empirical limitations and the future of the field, as established in its goals... The work has inspired multiple ideas for me to pursue in future – surely the sign of an excellent review... A must read for terrestrial invertebrate ecologists. Well done!" –Referees 1 & 2

"I have been editing this journal for several years now and I am happy to report that I don’t recall having two referees’ reports that basically say that “this is a lovely manuscript and doesn’t need any revisions” – so congratulations on that." – Editor, Biological Reviews


(8) Wong MKL, Woodman JD & Rowell DM. 2017. Short-range phenotypic divergence among genetically distinct populations of an Australian funnel-web spider. Ecology and Evolution 7: 5094–5102. PDF


(7) Wong MKL & Guénard B. 2017. Subterranean ants: summary and perspectives on field sampling methods, with notes on diversity and ecology (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 25: 1–16. PDF. Supplementary material
*Most read article of the year in the renowned ant journal Myrmecological News

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(6) Wong MKL & Yong GWJ. 2017. Notes on the habitat and biology of the rare ant genus Tyrannomyrmex (Fernández, 2003). Asian Myrmecology 9: e009007 (1-4).  PDF . Supplementary videos
*Featured on National Geographic and Gizmodo


(5) Yong GWJ, Wong MKL & Soh EJY. 2017. Surprising offshore diversity: A preliminary checklist for the ant genera of Pulau Ubin island from rapid opportunistic sampling (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Nature in Singapore 10: 55–60. PDF


(4) Wong MKL & Guénard B. 2016. First confirmed record of the ant genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Malay Peninsula: description of a new species and a key to Myrmecina species from Sundaland. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 50: 129–140. PDF
*Featured on Live Science


(3) Wong MKL & Guénard B. 2016. Aenictus seletarius, a new species of hypogaeic army ant from Singapore, with an updated key to the Aenictus minutulus species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dorylinae) from Southeast Asia. Annales Zoologici 66: 35–42. PDF


(2) Wong MKL, Woodman JD & Rowell DM. 2016. Temporal variation in venom yield of the Australian funnel-web spider Atrax sutherlandi (Hexathelidae: Atracinae). Arachnology 17: 7–9. PDF


(1) Wong MKL & Guénard B. 2016. Leptanilla hypodracos, a new species of the cryptic ant genus Leptanilla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Singapore, with new distribution data and an updated key to Oriental Leptanilla species. ZooKeys 551: 129–144. PDF
*Featured on The Straits Times
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OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Wong MKL & Hoenle P. 2018. Photoblog: Ant Course 2018. Myrmecological News Blog, 16th October 2018. HTML


​Wong MKL. 2018. Basic questions on eco-link projects need answering. The Straits Times, 25th June 2018. HTML

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Wong MKL. 2018. Better to protect habitats, not cage wildlife. The Straits Times, 6th April 2018. HTML


Wong MKL. 2018. The Giant Forest Ant, jewel of Southeast Asia. Entomological Network of Singapore, 3rd March 2018. HTML


Wong MKL & Yong GWJ. 2017. Velvet worm (Onychophora) on Pulau Ubin. Singapore Biodiversity Records 2017: 125–126. PDF . Supplementary video


Wong MKL. 2017. Illuminating the deep, dark world of subterranean ants. Asian Scientist, 14th July 2017. HTML
*Winner in Asian Scientist Writing Prize


Wong MKL. 2015. Investigating fine-scale geographic variation in a newly described Australian funnel-web spider (Atrax sutherlandi). Australian Wildlife 1: 43–44. PDF


Wong MKL. 2015. Investigating fine-scale geographic variation in the Australian funnel-web spider (Atrax sutherlandi) – brief introduction and current progress. Newsletter of the Australasian Wildlife Management Society 29: 8–9. PDF


Wong MKL. 2014. Phenotypic variation among genetically distinct populations of the funnel-web spider Atrax sutherlandi (Hexathelidae: Atracinae). Honours Thesis, Australian National University, Canberra. PDF upon request