Kingdom of ants : José Celestino Mutis and the dawn of natural history in the New World / Edward O. Wilson and José M. Gómez Durán.

Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.

viii, 95 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Who was Mutis -- The making of an eighteenth-century naturalist -- The scientific contributions of José Celestino Mutis -- Mutis seeks advice -- Mutis begins his study of ants -- Ants are transported by ships -- Ant plants and plant ants -- Mutis learns about the mule-train (leafcutter) ants -- Unending struggles against the mule-train ants -- Ant wars -- Mutis solves the mystery of the nomadic pataloas -- Mutis measures the size of an army-ant colony -- Mutis tracks the armies of ants -- Mutis studies the gender of ants and makes an amazing discovery -- Mutis' other ants -- How good a scientist was Mutis?