References by Taylor, R. W.
Naumann, I. D.; Cardale, J. C.; Taylor, R. W.; MacDonald, J. 1994. Type specimens of Australian Hymenoptera (Insecta) transferred from the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney, to the Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 114:69-72. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 1994. The sociobiology of Nothomyrmecia macrops: considerations regarding the evolution of eusociality among ants. P. 60 in: Lenoir, A.; Arnold, G.; Lepage, M. (eds.) 1994. Les insectes sociaux. 12ème congrès de l'Union Internationale pour l'Étude des Insectes Sociaux. Paris, Sorbonne, 21-27 août 1994. Paris: Université Paris Nord, xxiv + 583 pp.
Crozier, R. H.; Dobric, N.; Imai, H. T.; Graur, D.; Cornuet, J.-M.; Taylor, R. W. 1995. Mitochondrial-DNA sequence evidence on the phylogeny of Australian jack-jumper ants of the Myrmecia pilosula complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 4:20-30.
Hirai, H.; Yamamoto, M.-T.; Taylor, R. W.; Imai, H. T. 1996. Genomic dispersion of 28S rDNA during karyotypic evolution in the ant genus Myrmecia (Formicidae). Chromosoma (Berlin) 105:190-196.
Dorow, W. H. O.; Kohout, R. J.; Taylor, R. W. 1997. Polyrhachis Smith, 1857 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): proposed precedence over Myrma Billberg, 1820. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 54:236-241.
Nakamura, N.; Ohsumi, N.; Onoyama, K.; Ogata, K.; Taylor, R. W. 1997. Myrmecia measurement data. Student 2:55-56.

Notes: Published in volume 2, number 1, in a section entitled "Data & Statistics".

Imai, H. T.; Taylor, R. W.; Crozier, R. H. 1998. Chromosome evolution of Australian primitive ant Mymecia [sic] and its contribution to cytogenetics. [Abstract.]. P. 223 in: Schwarz, M. P.; Hogendoorn, K. (eds.) 1998. Social insects at the turn of the millennium. Proceedings of the XIII International Congress of IUSSI. Adelaide, Australia. 29 December 1998 - 3 January 1999. Adelaide: XIII Congress of IUSSI, 535 pp.
Ogata, K.; Onoyama, K.; Terayama, M.; Ugawa, Y.; Kihara, A.; Tsukii, Y.; Kondo, K.; Kubota, M.; Imai, H. T.; Taylor, R. W. 1998. Japanese ant color image database (1): an impact on taxonomic information. [Abstract.]. P. 350 in: Schwarz, M. P.; Hogendoorn, K. (eds.) 1998. Social insects at the turn of the millennium. Proceedings of the XIII International Congress of IUSSI. Adelaide, Australia. 29 December 1998 - 3 January 1999. Adelaide: XIII Congress of IUSSI, 535 pp.
Ugawa, Y.; Kihara, A.; Tsukii, Y.; Ogata, K.; Onoyama, K.; Terayama, M.; Kondo, K.; Kubota, M.; Imai, H. T.; Taylor, R. W. 1998. Japanese ant color image database (2): structure and functions. [Abstract.]. P. 482 in: Schwarz, M. P.; Hogendoorn, K. (eds.) 1998. Social insects at the turn of the millennium. Proceedings of the XIII International Congress of IUSSI. Adelaide, Australia. 29 December 1998 - 3 January 1999. Adelaide: XIII Congress of IUSSI, 535 pp.
Yamamoto, M.-T.; Ohnishi, H.; Taylor, R. W.; Imai, H. T. 1998. Molecular examination of ant phylogeny based on 18S and 28S rRNA gene sequences. [Abstract.]. P. 513 in: Schwarz, M. P.; Hogendoorn, K. (eds.) 1998. Social insects at the turn of the millennium. Proceedings of the XIII International Congress of IUSSI. Adelaide, Australia. 29 December 1998 - 3 January 1999. Adelaide: XIII Congress of IUSSI, 535 pp.
Taylor, R. W. 1999. Nomenclatural changes in the Australasian ant genus Podomyrma Fredrick Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Sociobiology 34:173-174. PDF
Taylor, R. W.; Hasegawa, E.; Imai, H. T.; Kubota, M.; Crozier, R. 2002. Molecular phylogeny of the ant subfamily Myrmeciinae. [Abstract.]. P. 161 in: Billen, J. P. J. 2002. XIV International Congress of IUSSI. The Golden Jubilee Proceedings. 27 July - 3 August 2002, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. Sapporo: XIV International Congress of IUSSI, 233 pp.
Ugawa, Y.; Taylor, R.; Kubota, M.; Kuribayashi, S.; Imai, H. 2002. The Australian ant image database - structure and functions. [Abstract.]. P. 94 in: Billen, J. P. J. 2002. XIV International Congress of IUSSI. The Golden Jubilee Proceedings. 27 July - 3 August 2002, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan. Sapporo: XIV International Congress of IUSSI, 233 pp.
Imai, H. T.; Kihara, A.; Kondoh, M.; Kubota, M.; Kuribayashi, S.; Ogata, K.; Onoyama, K.; Taylor, R. W.; Terayama, M.; Tsukii, Y.; Yoshimura, M.; Ugawa, Y. 2003. Ants of Japan. Tokyo: Gakken, 224 pp. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 2006. Ants of the genus Meranoplus F. Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): three new species and others from northeastern Australian rainforests. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8:21-29. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 2007. Bloody funny wasps! Speculations on the evolution of eusociality in ants. Pp. 580-609 in: Snelling, R. R.; Fisher, B. L.; Ward, P. S. (eds.) 2007. Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): homage to E.O. Wilson – 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 80:690 pp. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 2009. Ants of the genus Lordomyrma Emery (1) Generic synonymy, composition and distribution, with notes on Ancyridris Wheeler and Cyphoidris Weber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Zootaxa 1979:16-28. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 2011. Australasian ants of the subfamily Heteroponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): (1) General introduction and review of the Heteroponera leae (Wheeler, 1923) species group, with descriptions of two new species. Myrmecological News 15:117-123. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 2012. Ants of the genus Lordomyrma Emery (2) The Japanese L. azumai (Santschi) and six new species from India, Viet Nam and the Philippines (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Zootaxa 3282:45-60. PDF
Taylor, R. W. 2015a. Ants with attitude: Australian Jack-jumpers of the Myrmecia pilosula species complex, with descriptions of four new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Zootaxa 3911 (4):493-520. 10.11646/zootaxa.3911.4.2 PDF
Taylor, R. W. 2015b. Australasian ants of the subfamily Heteroponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): (2) the species-group of Heteroponera relicta (Wheeler), with descriptions of nine new species and observations on morphology, biogeography and phylogeny of the genus. Zootaxa 3947 (2):151-180. 10.11646/zootaxa.3947.2.1 PDF
Taylor, R. W.; Alpert, G. D. 2016. The myrmicine ant genus Metapone Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): a global taxonomic review with descriptions of twelve new species. Zootaxa 4105 (6):501-545. 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.6.1 PDF
Taylor, R. W. 2018. New species of the ant genus Metapone Forel, 1911: first records from New Caledonia and Vanuatu (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 26:97-100. 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