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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
Eurhopalothrix greensladei Eurhopalothrix greensladei Taylor, 1968c Species Valid Original combination
Eurhopalothrix szentivanyi Eurhopalothrix szentivanyi Taylor, 1968c Species Valid Original combination
Rhopalothrix orbis Rhopalothrix orbis Taylor, 1968c Species Valid Original combination
Pristomyrmex erythropygus Pristomyrmex erythropygus Taylor, 1968d Species Valid Original combination
Pristomyrmex wilsoni Pristomyrmex wilsoni Taylor, 1968d Species Valid Original combination
Dysedrognathus Dysedrognathus Taylor, 1968e Genus Synonym
Dysedrognathus extemenus Strumigenys extemena Taylor, 1968e Species Valid
Epitritus murphyi Strumigenys murphyi Taylor, 1968e Species Valid
Leptogenys tricosa Leptogenys tricosa Taylor, 1969 Species Valid Original combination
Eurhopalothrix cinnamea Eurhopalothrix cinnamea Taylor, 1970a Species Valid Original combination
Orectognathus echinus Orectognathus echinus Taylor & Lowery, 1972 Species Valid Original combination
Orectognathus hystrix Orectognathus hystrix Taylor & Lowery, 1972 Species Valid Original combination
Mesostruma eccentrica Mesostruma eccentrica Taylor, 1973 Species Valid Original combination
Mesostruma exolympica Mesostruma exolympica Taylor, 1973 Species Valid Original combination
Mesostruma loweryi Mesostruma loweryi Taylor, 1973 Species Valid Original combination
Orectognathus darlingtoni Orectognathus darlingtoni Taylor, 1977 Species Valid Original combination
Orectognathus elegantulus Orectognathus elegantulus Taylor, 1977 Species Valid Original combination
Orectognathus nanus Orectognathus nanus Taylor, 1977 Species Valid Original combination
Orectognathus parvispinus Orectognathus parvispinus Taylor, 1977 Species Valid Original combination
Orectognathus robustus Orectognathus robustus Taylor, 1977 Species Valid Original combination
Orectognathus roomi Orectognathus roomi Taylor, 1977 Species Valid Original combination
Orectognathus velutinus Orectognathus velutinus Taylor, 1977 Species Valid Original combination
Smithistruma kempfi Strumigenys kempfi Taylor & Brown, 1978 Species Valid
Amblyopone gnoma Fulakora gnoma Taylor, 1979 Species Valid
Amblyopone papuana Fulakora papuana Taylor, 1979 Species Valid
Orectognathus alligator Orectognathus alligator Taylor, 1980a Species Valid Original combination
Orectognathus coccinatus Orectognathus coccinatus Taylor, 1980a Species Valid Original combination
Orectognathus kanangra Orectognathus kanangra Taylor, 1980a Species Valid Original combination
Eurhopalothrix hoplites Eurhopalothrix hoplites Taylor, 1980b Species Valid Original combination
Eurhopalothrix insidiatrix Eurhopalothrix insidiatrix Taylor, 1980b 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) 130
No. of described taxa (protonyms only) 132
Names belonging to author
Author name No. of references
Taylor, R. W. 112
Taylor, R. 1