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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
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