References by Taylor, R. W.
Taylor, R. W. 1958. Original material of the ant Discothyrea antarctica Emery, 1894, in New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 2(3):17.
Taylor, R. W. 1959a. The Australian ant Iridomyrmex darwinianus (Forel) recorded from New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 2(4):18-19.
Taylor, R. W. 1959b. A note on the status of the ant species Monomorium (Notomyrmex) smithii Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). New Zealand Entomologist 2(4):20-21.
Taylor, R. W. 1960. Taxonomic notes on the ants Ponera leae Forel and Ponera norfolkensis (Wheeler) (Hymenoptera - Formicidae). Pacific Science 14:178-180. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1961. Notes and new records of exotic ants introduced into New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 2(6):28-37.
Taylor, R. W.; Wilson, E. O. 1962 ("1961"). Ants from three remote oceanic islands. Psyche (Cambridge) 68:137-144. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1962a. New Australian dacetine ants of the genera Mesostruma Brown and Codiomyrmex Wheeler (Hymenoptera-Formicidae). Breviora 152:1-10. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1962b. The ants of the Three Kings Islands. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 5:251-254.
Taylor, R. W. 1964. Taxonomy and parataxonomy of some fossil ants (Hymenoptera-Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 71:134-141. PDF
Wilson, E. O.; Taylor, R. W. 1964. A fossil ant colony: new evidence of social antiquity. Psyche (Cambridge) 71:93-103. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1965a. New Melanesian ants of the genera Simopone and Amblyopone (Hymenoptera-Formicidae) of zoogeographic significance. Breviora 221:1-11. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1965b. The Australian ants of the genus Pristomyrmex, with a case of apparent character displacement. Psyche (Cambridge) 72:35-54. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1965c. A new species of the ant genus Dacetinops from Sarawak. Breviora 237:1-4. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1965d. A monographic revision of the rare tropicopolitan ant genus Probolomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 117:345-365. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1966a ("1965"). A second African species of the dacetine ant genus Codiomyrmex. Psyche (Cambridge) 72:225-228. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1966b ("1965"). Notes on the Indo-Australian ants of genus Simopone Forel (Hymenoptera-Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 72:287-290. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1967a. A monographic revision of the ant genus Ponera Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pacific Insects Monograph 13:1-112. PDF
Wilson, E. O.; Taylor, R. W. 1967a. An estimate of the potential evolutionary increase in species density in the Polynesian ant fauna. Evolution 21:1-10. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1967b. Entomological survey of the Cook Islands and Niue. 1 - Hymenoptera-Formicidae. New Zealand Journal of Science 10:1092-1095. PDF
Wilson, E. O.; Taylor, R. W. 1967b. The ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pacific Insects Monograph 14:1-109. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1968a. Nomenclature and synonymy of the North American ants of the genera Ponera and Hypoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomological News 79:63-66. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1968b. The Australian workerless inquiline ant, Strumigenys xenos Brown (Hymenoptera - Formicidae) recorded from New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 4(1):47-49. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1968c. Notes on the Indo-Australian basicerotine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 16:333-348. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1968d. A supplement to the revision of Australian Pristomyrmex species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 7:63-66. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1968e. A new Malayan species of the ant genus Epitritus, and a related new genus from Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 7:130-134. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1969. The identity of Dorylozelus mjobergi Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 8:131-133. PDF
Brown, W. L., Jr.; Taylor, R. W. 1970. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 951-959 in: CSIRO (ed.) 1970. The insects of Australia. Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press, xiii + 1029 pp.
Taylor, R. W.; Beaton, C. D. 1970. Insect systematics and the scanning electron microscope. Search (Sydney) 1:347-348.
Taylor, R. W. 1970a. Notes on some Australian and Melanesian basicerotine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 9:49-52. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1970b. Characterization of the Australian endemic ant genus Peronomyrmex Viehmeyer (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 9:209-211. PDF
Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Mesostruma browni Mesostruma browni Taylor, 1962a Species Valid Original combination
Codiomyrmex flagellatus Strumigenys flagellata Taylor, 1962a Species Valid
†Oecophylla leakeyi †Oecophylla leakeyi Wilson & Taylor, 1964 Species Valid Original combination
Simopone gressitti Simopone gressitti Taylor, 1965a Species Valid Original combination
Amblyopone noonadan Stigmatomma noonadan Taylor, 1965a Species Valid
Pristomyrmex foveolatus Pristomyrmex foveolatus Taylor, 1965b Species Valid Original combination
Pristomyrmex thoracicus Pristomyrmex thoracicus Taylor, 1965b Species Valid Original combination
Pristomyrmex wheeleri Pristomyrmex wheeleri Taylor, 1965b Species Valid Original combination
Dacetinops concinna Dacetinops concinnus Taylor, 1965c Species Valid Original combination
Probolomyrmex greavesi Probolomyrmex greavesi Taylor, 1965d Species Valid Original combination
Probolomyrmex guineensis Probolomyrmex guineensis Taylor, 1965d Species Valid Original combination
Probolomyrmex salomonis Probolomyrmex salomonis Taylor, 1965d Species Valid Original combination
Codiomyrmex tetragnathus Strumigenys tetragnatha Taylor, 1966a Species Valid
Simopone chapmani Simopone chapmani Taylor, 1966b Species Valid Original combination
Ponera alpha Ponera alpha Taylor, 1967a Species Valid Original combination
Ponera augusta Ponera augusta Taylor, 1967a Species Valid Original combination
Ponera borneensis Ponera borneensis Taylor, 1967a Species Valid Original combination
Ponera chapmani Ponera chapmani Taylor, 1967a Species Valid Original combination
Ponera loi Ponera loi Taylor, 1967a Species Valid Original combination
Ponera manni Ponera manni Taylor, 1967a Species Valid Original combination
Ponera woodwardi Ponera woodwardi Taylor, 1967a Species Valid Original combination
Adelomyrmex (Arctomyrmex) samoanus Adelomyrmex samoanus Wilson & Taylor, 1967b Species Valid Original combination
Camponotus (Myrmoturba) navigator Camponotus navigator Wilson & Taylor, 1967b Species Valid Original combination
Camponotus (Myrmamblys) rotumanus Camponotus rotumanus Wilson & Taylor, 1967b Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole (Pheidole) aana Pheidole aana Wilson & Taylor, 1967b Species Valid Original combination
Pheidole (Pheidole) atua Pheidole atua Wilson & Taylor, 1967b Species Valid Original combination
Polyrhachis (Chariomyrma) rotumana Polyrhachis rotumana Wilson & Taylor, 1967b Species Valid Original combination
Rogeria exsulans Rogeria exsulans Wilson & Taylor, 1967b Species Valid Original combination
Strumigenys mailei Strumigenys mailei Wilson & Taylor, 1967b Species Valid Original combination
Vollenhovia pacifica Vollenhovia pacifica Wilson & Taylor, 1967b Species Valid Original combination
Statistics
Published between 1958–2018
Taxon descriptions between 1962–2018
No. of references 113
No. of described taxa (including combinations) 147
No. of described taxa (valid, including combinations) 129
No. of described taxa (protonyms only) 132
Names belonging to author
Author name No. of references
Taylor, R. W. 112
Taylor, R. 1