References by Robertson, H. G.
Robertson, H. G.; Villet, M. H. 1989a. Colony founding in the ant Carebara vidua: the dispelling of a myth. South African Journal of Science 85:121-122. PDF
Robertson, H. G.; Villet, M. H. 1989b. Mating behavior in three species of myrmicine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of Natural History 23:767-773.
Jones, T. H.; Blum, M. S.; Robertson, H. G. 1990. Novel dialkylpiperidines in the venom of the ant Monomorium delagoense. Journal of Natural Products (Lloydia) 53:429-435.
Prins, A. J.; Robertson, H. G.; Prins, A. 1990. Pest ants in urban and agricultural areas of southern Africa. Pp. 25-33 in: Vander Meer, R. K.; Jaffe, K.; Cedeno, A. (eds.) 1990. Applied myrmecology: a world perspective. Boulder: Westview Press, xv + 741 pp.
Robertson, H. G. 1990. Unravelling the Camponotus fulvopilosus species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 327-328 in: Veeresh, G. K.; Mallik, B.; Viraktamath, C. A. (eds.) 1990. Social insects and the environment. Proceedings of the 11th International Congress of IUSSI, 1990. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH Publishing Co., xxxi + 765 pp.
Robertson, H. G. 1995. Sperm transfer in the ant Carebara vidua F. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 42:411-418.
Robertson, H. G.; Zachariades, C. 1997. Revision of the Camponotus fulvopilosus (De Geer) species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). African Entomology 5:1-18.
Fisher, B. L.; Robertson, H. G. 1999. Silk production by adult workers of the ant Melissotarsus emeryi (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in South African fynbos. Insectes Sociaux 46:78-83.
Robertson, H. G. 1999. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Mkomazi. Pp. 321-336 in: Coe, M. J.; McWilliam, N. C.; Stone, G. N.; Packer, M. J. (eds.) 1999. Mkomazi: the ecology, biodiversity and conservation of a Tanzanian savanna. London: Royal Geographical Society (with The Institute of British Geographers), 608 pp.
Villet, M. H.; McKitterick, L.; Robertson, H. G. 1999. Systematic status of Plectroctena mandibularis Smith and P. conjugata Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerini). African Entomology 7:277-284. PDF
Tshiguvho, T. E.; Dean, W. R. J.; Robertson, H. G. 1999. Conservation value of road verges in the semi-arid Karoo, South Africa: ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as bio-indicators. Biodiversity and Conservation 8:1683-1695. PDF
Robertson, H. G. 2000a. Afrotropical ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): taxonomic progress and estimation of species richness. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 9:71-84.
Robertson, H. G. 2000b. Formicidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea). Pp. 371-382 in: Kirk-Spriggs, A. H.; Marais, E. (eds.) 2000. Dâures - biodiversity of the Brandberg Massif, Namibia. Cimbebasia Memoir 9. Windhoek: National Museum of Namibia, 389 pp.
Fisher, B. L.; Robertson, H. G. 2002. Comparison and origin of forest and grassland ant assemblages in the high plateau of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Biotropica 34:155-167.
Garraffo, H. M.; Spande, T. F.; Jain, P.; Kaneko, T.; Jones, T. H.; Blum, M. S.; Musthak Ali, T. M.; Snelling, R. R.; Isbell, L. A.; Robertson, H. G.; Daly, J. W. 2002. Ammonia chemical ionization tandem mass spectrometry in structural determination of alkaloids. II. Tetraponerines from pseudomyrmecine ants. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 15:1409-1415.
Parr, C. L.; Bond, W. J.; Robertson, H. G. 2002. A preliminary study of the effect of fire on ants (Formicidae) in a South African savanna. African Entomology 10:101-111.
Ratsirarson, H.; Robertson, H. G.; Picker, M. D.; van Noort, S. 2002. Indigenous forest versus exotic eucalypt and pine plantations: a comparison of leaf-litter invertebrate communities. African Entomology 10:93-99.
Robertson, H. G. 2002a. Comparison of leaf litter ant communities in woodlands, lowland forests and montane forests of north-eastern Tanzania. Biodiversity and Conservation 11:1637-1652.
Robertson, H. G. 2002b. Revision of the ant genus Streblognathus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). Zootaxa 97:1-16.
Parr, C. L.; Robertson, H. G.; Chown, S. L. 2003. Apomyrminae and Aenictogitoninae: two new subfamilies of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) for southern Africa. African Entomology 11:128-129. PDF
Parr, C. L.; Robertson, H. G.; Biggs, H. C.; Chown, S. L. 2004. Response of African savanna ants to long-term fire regimes. Journal of Applied Ecology 41:630-642. PDF
van Hamburg, H.; Andersen, A. N.; Meyer, W. J.; Robertson, H. G. 2004. Ant community development on rehabilitated ash dams in the South African highveld. Restoration Ecology 12:552-558. PDF
Netshilaphala, N. M.; Milton, S. J.; Robertson, H. G. 2005. Response of an ant assemblage to mining on the arid Namaqualand coast, South Africa. African Entomology 13:162-167.
Botes, A.; McGeoch, M. A.; Robertson, H. G.; van Niekerk, A.; Davids, H. P.; Chown, S. L. 2006. Ants, altitude and change in the northern Cape Floristic Region. Journal of Biogeography 33:71-90. PDF
Mbanyana, N.; Robertson, H. G. 2008. Review of the ant genus Nesomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) in southern Africa. African Natural History 4:35-55. PDF
Mbanyana, N.; Hita Garcia, F.; Robertson, H. G.; Le Roux, J. J. 2018. A taxonomic revision of seed harvester ants of the Tetramorium solidum group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in southern Africa. European Journal of Taxonomy 454:1-59. 10.5852/ejt.2018.454 PDF
Mbanyana, N.; Robertson, H. G.; Hita Garcia, F. 2018. [new species of Tetramorium attributed to Mbanyana, Robertson & Hita Garcia]. Pp. 01-59 in: Mbanyana, N.; Hita Garcia, F.; Robertson, H. G.; Le Roux, J. J. 2018. A taxonomic revision of seed harvester ants of the Tetramorium solidum group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in southern Africa. European Journal of Taxonomy 454:1-59. PDF
Protonyms originally described by author
Protonym Taxon Authorship Rank Status
Streblognathus peetersi Streblognathus peetersi Robertson, 2002b Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex antoinetteae Nesomyrmex antoinetteae Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex cederbergensis Nesomyrmex cederbergensis Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex entabeni Nesomyrmex entabeni Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex ezantsi Nesomyrmex ezantsi Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex inye Nesomyrmex inye Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex karooensis Nesomyrmex karooensis Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex koebergensis Nesomyrmex koebergensis Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex larsenae Nesomyrmex larsenae Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex mcgregori Nesomyrmex mcgregori Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex nanniae Nesomyrmex nanniae Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex njengelanga Nesomyrmex njengelanga Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex ruani Nesomyrmex ruani Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex saasveldensis Nesomyrmex saasveldensis Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex tshiguvhoae Nesomyrmex tshiguvhoae Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 Species Valid Original combination
Nesomyrmex vannoorti Nesomyrmex vannoorti Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008 Species Valid Original combination
Tetramorium aisha Tetramorium aisha Mbanyana et al., 2018 Species Valid Original combination
Tetramorium brigitteae Tetramorium brigitteae Mbanyana et al., 2018 Species Valid Original combination
Tetramorium duncani Tetramorium duncani Mbanyana et al., 2018 Species Valid Original combination
Tetramorium lerouxi Tetramorium lerouxi Mbanyana et al., 2018 Species Valid Original combination
Tetramorium margueriteae Tetramorium margueriteae Mbanyana et al., 2018 Species Valid Original combination
Statistics
Published between 1989–2018
Taxon descriptions between 2002–2018
No. of references 27
No. of described taxa (including combinations) 21
No. of described taxa (valid, including combinations) 21
No. of described taxa (protonyms only) 21
Names belonging to author
Author name No. of references
Robertson, H. G. 27