| Phylogeny and classification of the aculeate Hymenoptera, with special reference to Mutillidae DJ Brothers University of Kansas Science Bulletin 50, 483-648, 1975 | 449 | 1975 |
| Phylogeny and evolution of wasps, ants and bees (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Vespoidea and Apoidea) DJ Brothers Zoologica Scripta 28 (1‐2), 233-250, 1999 | 302 | 1999 |
| Were workers of eusocial Hymenoptera initially altruistic or oppressed? CD Michener, DJ Brothers Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 71 (3), 671-674, 1974 | 257 | 1974 |
| Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation SA Thomson, RL Pyle, ST Ahyong, M Alonso-Zarazaga, J Ammirati, ... PLoS biology 16 (3), e2005075, 2018 | 241 | 2018 |
| Interactions in colonies of primitively social bees: III. Ethometry of division of labor inLasioglossum zephyrum (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) DJ Brothers, CD Michener Journal of comparative physiology 90 (2), 129-168, 1974 | 124 | 1974 |
| Superfamily Vespoidea DJ Brothers, AT Finnamore Hymenoptera of the world: An identification guide to families, 161-278, 1993 | 103 | 1993 |
| Revisited morphology applied for Systematics of flat wasps (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) GO Lanes, R Kawada, CO Azevedo, DJ Brothers Zootaxa 4752 (1), 1–127-1–127, 2020 | 98 | 2020 |
| The genus-group names of Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) and their type species, with a new genus, new name, new synonymies, new combinations and lectotypifications AS Lelej, DJ Brothers Zootaxa 1889 (1), 1–79-1–79, 2008 | 95 | 2008 |
| Modifications of the metapostnotum and origin of the ‘propodeal triangle’in Hymenoptera Aculeata DJ Brothers Systematic Entomology 1 (3), 177-182, 1976 | 90 | 1976 |
| Associations of mutillid wasps (Hymenoptera, Mutillidae) with eusocial insects DJ Brothers, G Tschuch, F Burger Insectes sociaux 47, 201-211, 2000 | 88 | 2000 |
| A hymenopterists’ guide to the Hymenoptera Anatomy Ontology: utility, clarification, and future directions K Seltmann, M Yoder, I Miko, M Forshage, M Bertone, D Agosti, A Austin, ... Journal of Hymenoptera Research 27, 67-88, 2012 | 87 | 2012 |
| Phylogeny and higher classification of Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) based on morphological reanalyses DJ Brothers, AS Lelej Journal of Hymenoptera Research 60, 1-97, 2017 | 83 | 2017 |
| Biology and immature stages of Pseudomethoca f. frigida, with notes on other species (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) DJ Brothers | 78 | 1972 |
| Alternative life-history styles of mutillid wasps (Insecta, Hymenoptera) DJ Brothers Alternative life-history styles of animals, 279-291, 1989 | 73 | 1989 |
| The first Late Cretaceous ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from southern Africa, with comments on the origin of the Myrmicinae D Brothers Insect Systematics & Evolution 35 (1), 1-13, 2004 | 72 | 2004 |
| Checklist of names in Mutillidae (Hymenoptera), with illustrations of selected species G Pagliano, DJ Brothers, R Cambra, AS Lelej, P Lo Cascio, ... Bollettino del Museo regionale di Scienze naturali di Torino 36 (1-2), 5-425, 2020 | 59 | 2020 |
| Interactions in Colonies of Primitively Social Bees: Artificial Colonies of Lasioglossum zephyrum CD Michener, DJ Brothers, DR Kamm Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 68 (6), 1241-1245, 1971 | 56 | 1971 |
| Modernisation of the Hymenoptera: ants, bees, wasps, and sawflies of the early Eocene Okanagan Highlands of western North America SB Archibald, AP Rasnitsyn, DJ Brothers, RW Mathewes The Canadian Entomologist 150 (2), 205-257, 2018 | 50 | 2018 |
| Superfamily Chrysidoidea AT Finnamore Hymenoptera of the world: an identification guide to families, 130-160, 1993 | 50 | 1993 |
| ZooBank: the open-access register for zoological taxonomy: technical discussion paper A Polaszek, MA Alonso-Zarazaga, P Bouchet, DJ Brothers, NL Evenhuis, ... The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 2005 | 49 | 2005 |
Miguel A Alonso-ZarazagaEntomologist, Retired Scientist, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (CSIC)Verified email at mncn.csic.es
