Taylor, R. W. 1987b. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). First supplement, 10 July, 1987. CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41(Suppl.1):1-5.

Taylor, R. W. 1988. The nomenclature and distribution of some Australian and New Caledonian ants of the genus Leptogenys Roger (=Prionogenys Emery, n. syn.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). General and Applied Entomology 20:33-37. PDF

Taylor, R. W. 1989a. The nomenclature and distribution of some Australian ants of the genus Polyrhachis Fr Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 28:23-27. PDF

Taylor, R. W. 1989b. Australasian ants of the genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27:605-610. PDF

Taylor, R. W. 1990. Protanilla Taylor gen. n. Pp. 279-280 in: Bolton, B. 1990b. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 15:267-282. PDF

Taylor, R. W. 1990a. [Untitled. A key to the ant genera of Australia, New Caledonia, and New Zealand.]. Pp. 55-60 in: Hölldobler, B.; Wilson, E. O. 1990. The ants. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, xii + 732 pp.

Taylor, R. W. 1990b. [Untitled. Anomalomyrmini Taylor tribe n., Anomalomyrma Taylor gen. n., Protanilla Taylor gen. n.]. Pp. 278-279 in: Bolton, B. 1990b. The higher classification of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 15:267-282. PDF

Taylor, R. W. 1990c. New Asian ants of the tribe Basicerotini, with an on-line computer interactive key to the twenty-six known Indo-Australian species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 4:397-425. PDF

Taylor, R. W. 1990d. The nomenclature and distribution of some Australian and New Caledonian ants of the genus Meranoplus Fr. Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). General and Applied Entomology 22:31-40. PDF

Taylor, R. W. 1991a ("1990"). Notes on the ant genera Romblonella and Willowsiella, with comments on their affinities, and the first descriptions of Australian species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Psyche (Cambridge) 97:281-296. PDF

Taylor, R. W. 1991b. Nomenclature and distribution of some Australasian ants of the Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 30:599-614. PDF

Taylor, R. W. 1991c. Myrmecia croslandi sp. n., a karyologically remarkable new Australian jack-jumper ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 30:288. PDF

Taylor, R. W. 1991d. Formicidae. Pp. 980-989 in: CSIRO (ed.) 1991. The insects of Australia. Second edition. Volume II. Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press, pp. i-vi, 543-1137.

Taylor, R. W. 1992a. Nomenclature and distribution of some Australian and New Guinean ants of the subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 31:57-69. PDF

Taylor, R. W. 1992b. Rhoptromyrmex rawlinsoni sp. nov., a new apparently workerless parasitic ant from Anak Krakatau, Indonesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 53:125-128. 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.

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. 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. 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

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.; Beaton, C. D. 1970. Insect systematics and the scanning electron microscope. Search (Sydney) 1:347-348.

Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.

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.; 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.