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References by Taylor, R. W.
Taylor, R. W. 1971. The ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Kermadec Islands. New Zealand Entomologist 5:81-82.
Taylor, R. W.; Lowery, B. B. 1972. The New Guinean species of the ant genus Orectognathus Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 11:306-310.
Taylor, R. W. 1972a. Studies on the Australian ponerine army ant, Onychomyrmex. P. 372 in: Rafes, P. M. (ed.) 1972. XIII International Congress of Entomology, Moscow, 2-9 August, 1968. Proceedings, Volume III. Leningrad: Nauka, 494 pp.

Notes: Date signed for printing ("podpisano k pechati").

Taylor, R. W. 1972b. Biogeography of insects of New Guinea and Cape York Peninsula. Pp. 213-230 in: Walker, D. (ed.) 1972. Bridge and barrier: the natural and cultural history of Torres Strait. Research School of Pacific Studies, Publication BG/3. Canberra: Australian National University, xxii + 437 pp.
Ride, W. D. L.; Taylor, R. W. 1973. Formica maxima Moore, 1842 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): proposed suppression under the plenary powers in accordance with article 23(a-b). Z.N.(S.)2023. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 30:58-60. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1973. Ants of the Australian genus Mesostruma Brown (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 12:24-38. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1974. Superfamily Formicoidea. P. 111 in: CSIRO (ed.) 1974. The insects of Australia. Supplement 1974. Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press, viii + 146 pp.
Taylor, R. W. 1976a. The ants of Rennell and Bellona Islands. Natural History of Rennell Island, British Solomon Islands 7:73-90.
Taylor, R. W. 1976b. La faune terrestre de l'Île de Sainte-Hélène. 7. Superfam. Formicoidea. Annales. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale. Série in Octavo. Sciences Zoologiques 215:192-199.
Imai, H. T.; Crozier, R. H.; Taylor, R. W. 1977. Karyotype evolution in Australian ants. Chromosoma (Berlin) 59:341-393. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1977. New ants of the Australasian genus Orectognathus, with a key to the known species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 25:581-612. PDF
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1978. Smithistruma kempfi species nov. Pilot Register of Zoology Card No. 35:1-2. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1978a. Nothomyrmecia macrops: a living-fossil ant rediscovered. Science (Washington, D. C.) 201:979-985. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1978b. A taxonomic guide to the ant genus Orectognathus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 3:1-11. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1979 ("1978"). Melanesian ants of the genus Amblyopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 26:823-839. PDF
Burgman, M. A.; Crozier, R. H.; Taylor, R. W. 1980. Comparisons of different methods of determining affinities of nine ant species of the genus Camponotus. Australian Journal of Zoology 28:151-160.
Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J.; Taylor, R. W. 1980. The larval and egg stages of the primitive ant Nothomyrmecia macrops Clark (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 19:131-137. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1980a ("1979"). New Australian ants of the genus Orectognathus, with summary description of the twenty-nine known species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 27:773-788. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1980b. Australian and Melanesian ants of the genus Eurhopalothrix Brown and Kempf - notes and new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 19:229-239. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1980c ("1979"). Notes on the Russian endemic ant genus Aulacopone Arnoldi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 86:353-361. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1980d. The rare Fijian ant Myrmecina (=Archaeomyrmex) cacabau (Mann) rediscovered (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). New Zealand Entomologist 7:122-123. PDF
Ward, P. S.; Taylor, R. W. 1981. Allozyme variation, colony structure and genetic relatedness in the primitive ant Nothomyrmecia macrops Clark (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 20:177-183. PDF
Hölldobler, B.; Engel, H.; Taylor, R. W. 1982. A new sternal gland in ants and its function in chemical communication. Naturwissenschaften 69:90-91.
Highley, E.; Taylor, R. W. (eds.) 1983. Australian systematic entomology: a bicentenary perspective. Melbourne: CSIRO, vii + 147 pp.
Taylor, R. W. 1983. Descriptive taxonomy: past, present and future. Pp. 93-134 in: Highley, E.; Taylor, R. W. (eds.) 1983. Australian systematic entomology: a bicentenary perspective. Melbourne: CSIRO, vii + 147 pp.
Hölldobler, B.; Taylor, R. W. 1984 ("1983"). A behavioral study of the primitive ant Nothomyrmecia macrops Clark. Insectes Sociaux 30:384-401.
Taylor, R. W. 1985. The ants of the Papuasian genus Dacetinops (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Pp. 41-67 in: Ball, G. E. (ed.) 1985. Taxonomy, phylogeny, and zoogeography of beetles and ants: a volume dedicated to the memory of Philip Jackson Darlington, Jr., 1904-1983. Series Entomologica (Dordrecht) 33:1-514. PDF
Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
Crozier, R. H.; Pamilo, P.; Taylor, R. W.; Crozier, Y. C. 1986. Evolutionary patterns in some putative Australian species in the ant genus Rhytidoponera. Australian Journal of Zoology 34:535-560.
Imai, H. T.; Taylor, R. W. 1986. The exceptionally low chromosome number n=2 in an Australian bulldog ant Myrmecia piliventris Smith. Annual Report. National Institute of Genetics, Japan 36:59-61. 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) 130
No. of described taxa (protonyms only) 132
Names belonging to author
Author name No. of references
Taylor, R. W. 112
Taylor, R. 1