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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
Myrmecia croslandi Myrmecia croslandi Taylor, 1991c Species Valid Original combination
Camponotus johnclarki Camponotus johnclarki Taylor, 1992a Species Valid Original combination
Camponotus macareaveyi Camponotus macareaveyi Taylor, 1992a Species Valid Original combination
Rhoptromyrmex rawlinsoni Tetramorium rawlinsoni Taylor, 1992b Species Valid
Meranoplus beatoni Meranoplus beatoni Taylor, 2006 Species Valid Original combination
Meranoplus hoplites Meranoplus hoplites Taylor, 2006 Species Valid Original combination
Meranoplus schoedli Meranoplus schoedli Taylor, 2006 Species Valid Original combination
Heteroponera crozieri Heteroponera crozieri Taylor, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Heteroponera majeri Heteroponera majeri Taylor, 2011 Species Valid Original combination
Lordomyrma diwata Lordomyrma diwata Taylor, 2012 Species Valid Original combination
Lordomyrma emarginata Lordomyrma emarginata Taylor, 2012 Species Valid Original combination
Lordomyrma hmong Lordomyrma hmong Taylor, 2012 Species Valid Original combination
Lordomyrma idianale Lordomyrma idianale Taylor, 2012 Species Valid Original combination
Lordomyrma lakshmi Lordomyrma lakshmi Taylor, 2012 Species Valid Original combination
Lordomyrma limatula Lordomyrma limatula Taylor, 2012 Species Valid Original combination
Myrmecia banksi Myrmecia banksi Taylor, 2015a Species Valid Original combination
Myrmecia haskinsorum Myrmecia haskinsorum Taylor, 2015a Species Valid Original combination
Myrmecia imaii Myrmecia imaii Taylor, 2015a Species Valid Original combination
Myrmecia impaternata Myrmecia impaternata Taylor, 2015a Species Valid Original combination
Heteroponera rhodopygea Heteroponera rhodopygea Taylor, 2015b Species Valid Original combination
Heteroponera darlingtonorum Heteroponera darlingtonorum Taylor, 2015b Species Valid Original combination
Heteroponera wilsoni Heteroponera wilsoni Taylor, 2015b Species Valid Original combination
Heteroponera viviennae Heteroponera viviennae Taylor, 2015b Species Valid Original combination
Heteroponera monteithi Heteroponera monteithi Taylor, 2015b Species Valid Original combination
Heteroponera lioprocta Heteroponera lioprocta Taylor, 2015b Species Valid Original combination
Heteroponera trachypyx Heteroponera trachypyx Taylor, 2015b Species Valid Original combination
Heteroponera ecarinata Heteroponera ecarinata Taylor, 2015b Species Valid Original combination
Heteroponera pendergrasti Heteroponera pendergrasti Taylor, 2015b Species Valid Original combination
Metapone africana Metapone africana Taylor & Alpert, 2016 Species Valid Original combination
Metapone balinensis Metapone balinensis Taylor & Alpert, 2016 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