Taylor, R. W. (Robert W.)

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Taylor, R. W. (Robert W.)

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Taylor R. W. 1958; Original material of the ant Discothyrea antarctica Emery, 1894, in New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist. 2(3):17- 1958
Taylor R. W. 1959; A note on the status of the ant species Monomorium (Notomyrmex) smithii Forel - (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). New Zealand Entomologist. 2(4):20-21 1959
Taylor R. W. 1959; The Australian ant Iridomyrmex darwinianus (Forel) recorded from New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist. 2(4):18-19 1959
Taylor R. W. 1960; Taxonomic notes on the ants Ponera leae Forel and Ponera norfolkensis (Wheeler) (Hymenoptera - Formicidae). Pacific Science. 14:178-180 1960
Taylor R. W. 1961; Notes and new records of exotic ants introduced into New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist. 2(6):28-37 1961
Taylor R. W. 1962; New Australian dacetine ants of the genera Mesostruma Brown and Codiomyrmex Wheeler (Hymenoptera - Formicidae). Breviora. 152:1-10 1962
Taylor R. W., Wilson E. O. 1962; Ants from three remote oceanic islands. Psyche. 68:131-143 1962
Taylor R. W. 1964; Taxonomy and parataxonomy of some fossil ants (Hymenoptera - Formicidae). Psyche. 71:134-141 1964
Wilson E. O., Taylor R. W. 1964; A fossil ant colony: new evidence of social antiquity. Psyche. 71:93-103 1964
Taylor R. W. 1965; New Melanesian ants of the genera Simopone and Amblyopone of zoogeographical significance (Hymenoptera - Formicidae). Breviora. 221:1-11 1965
Taylor R. W. 1965; The Australian ants of the genus Pristomyrmex, with a case of apparent character displacement. Psyche. 72:35-54 1965
Taylor R. W. 1965; A new species of the ant genus Dacetinops from Sarawak. Breviora. 237:1-4 1965
Taylor R. W. 1965; A monographic revision of the rare tropicopolitan ant genus Probolomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 117:345-365 1965
Taylor R. W. 1966; A second African species of the dacetine ant genus Codiomyrmex. Psyche. 72:225-228 1966
Taylor R. W. 1966; Notes on the Indo-Australian ants of the genus Simopone Forel (Hymenoptera-Formicidae). Psyche. 72:287-290 1966
Taylor R. W. 1967; A monographic revision of the ant genus Ponera Latreille (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pacific Insects Monographs. 13:1-112 1967
Taylor R. W. 1967; Entomological survey of the Cook Islands and Niue. 1. Hymenoptera, Formicidae. New Zealand Journal of Science. 10:1092-1095 1967
Wilson E. O., Taylor R. W. 1967; The ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pacific Insects. 14:1-109 1967
Wilson E. O., Taylor R. W. 1967; An estimate of the potential evolutionary increase in species density in the Polynesian ant fauna. Evolution. 17:1-10 1967
Taylor R. W. 1968; Nomenclature and synonymy of the North American ants of the genera Ponera and Hypoponera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomological News. 79:63-66 1968
Taylor R. W. 1968; Notes on the Indo-Australian basicerotine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology. 16:333-348 1968
Taylor R. W. 1968; A supplement to the revision of Australian Pristomyrmex species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society. 7:63-66 1968
Taylor R. W. 1968; A new Malayan species of the ant genus Epitritus, and a related new genus from Singapore (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society. 7:130-134 1968
Taylor R. W. 1968; The Australian workerless inquiline ant, Strumigenys xenos Brown (Hymenoptera- Formicidae) recorded from New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist. 4:47-49 1968
Taylor R. W. 1969; The identity of Dorylozelus mjobergi Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society. 8:131-133 1969
Taylor R. W. 1970; Notes on some Australian and Melanesian basicerotine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society. 9:49-52 1970
Taylor R. W. 1970; Characterization of the Australian endemic ant genus Peronomyrmex Viehmeyer (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society. 9:209-211 1970
Taylor R. W., Lowery B. B. 1972; The New Guinean species of the ant genus Orectognathus Fr. Smith. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society. 11:306-310 1972
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 1973
Taylor R. W. 1973; Ants of the Australian genus Mesostruma Brown (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society. 12:24-38 1973
Imai H. T., Crozier R. H., Taylor R. W. 1977; Karyotype evolution in Australian ants. Chromosoma. 59:341-393 1977
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 1977
Taylor R. W. 1978; Nothomyrmecia macrops: a living-fossil ant rediscovered. Science. 201:979-985 1978
Taylor R. W. 1978; A taxonomic guide to the ant genus Orectognathus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO Division of Entomology Report. 3:1-11 1978
Taylor R. W., Brown W. L. 1978; Smithistruma kempfi species nov. Pilot Register of Zoology. 35:1-2 1978
Taylor R. W. 1979; Melanesian ants of the genus Amblyopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology. 26:823-839 1979
Taylor R. W. 1980; 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 1980
Taylor R. W. 1980; 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 1980
Taylor R. W. 1980; Notes on the Russian endemic ant genus Aulacopone Arnoldi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche. 86:353-361 1980
Taylor R. W. 1980; The rare Fijian ant Myrmecina (=Archaeomyrmex) cacabau (Mann) rediscovered (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). New Zealand Entomologist. 7:122-123 1980
Wheeler G. C., Wheeler J., Taylor R. W. 1980; The larval and egg stages of the primitive ant Nothomyrmecia macrops Clark. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society. 19:131-137 1980
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 1981
Hölldobler B., Taylor R. W. 1984; A behavioral study of the primitive ant Nothomyrmecia macrops Clark. Insectes Sociaux. 30:384-401 1984
Taylor R. W. 1985. Taxonomy, phylogeny and zoogeography of beetles and ants. Dordrecht: Dr. W. Junk Publishers; 1985
Taylor R. W., Brown D. R. 1985. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 2. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service; 1985
Imai H. T., Taylor R. W. 1986; The exceptionally low chromosome number n=2 in an Australian bulldog ant, Myrmecia piliventris. Annual Report of the National Institute of Genetics. 36:59-61 1986
Taylor R. W. 1986; The quadrinomial infrasubspecific names of Australian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). General and Applied Entomology. 18:33-37 1986
Taylor R. W. 1987; A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO Division of Entomology Report. 41:1-92 1987
Taylor R. W. 1987; A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). (Supplement.). CSIRO Division of Entomology Report. 41(sup.):1-5 1987
Imai H. T., Taylor R. W., Crosland M. W. J., Crozier R. H. 1988; Modes of spontaneous chromosomal mutation and karyotype evolution in ants with reference to the minimum interaction hypothesis. Japanese Journal of Genetics. 63:159-185 1988
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 1988
Imai H. T., Taylor R. W. 1989; Chromosomal polymorphisms involving telomere fusion, centromeric inactivation and centromere shift in the ant Myrmecia (pilosula) n=1. Chromosoma. 98:456-460 1989
Taylor R. W. 1989; 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 1989
Taylor R. W. 1989; Australian ants of the genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 27:605-610 1989
Kohout R. J., Taylor R. W. 1990; Notes on Australian ants of the genus Polyrhachis Fr. Smith, with a synonymic list of the species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 28:509-522 1990
Taylor R. W. 1990; 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 1990
Taylor R. W. 1990; 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 1990
Imai H. T., Taylor R. W., et al. . 1991; Notes on the remarkable karyology of the primitive ant Nothomyrmecia macrops, and of the related genus Myrmecia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche. 97:133-140 1991
Ogata K., Taylor R. W. 1991; Ants of the genus Myrmecia Fabricius: a preliminary review and key to the named species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Journal of Natural History. 25:1623-1673 1991
Taylor R. W. 1991; Notes on the ant genera Romblonella and Willowsiella, with comments on their affinities, and the first descriptions of Australian species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Psyche. 97:281-296 1991
Taylor R. W. 1991; Nomenclature and distribution of some Australasian ants of the Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 30:599-614 1991
Taylor R. W. 1991; Myrmecia croslandi sp. n., a karyologically remarkable new Australian jack-jumper ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society. 30:288- 1991
Taylor R. W. 1992; 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 1992
Taylor R. W. 1992; Rhoptromyrmex rawlinsoni sp. nov., a new apparently workerless parasitic ant from the Anak Krakatau, Indonesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria. 53:125-128 1992
Imai H. T., Taylor R. W., Crozier R. H. 1994; Experimental bases for the minimum interaction theory. I. Chromosome evolution in ants of the Myrmecia pilosula species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmeciinae). Japanese Journal of Genetics. 69:137-182 1994
Naumann I. D., Cardale J. C., Taylor R. W., MacDonald J. 1994; Type specimens of Australian Hymenoptera (Insecta) transferred from the Macleay Mueseum, University of Sydney, to the Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 114:69-72 1994
Dorow W. H. O., Kohout R. J., Taylor R. W. 1997; Case 3009. Polyrhachis Smith, 1857 (Insecta, Hymenoptera): proposed precedence over Myrma Billberg, 1820. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 54:236-241 1997
Taylor R. W. 1999; Nomenclatural changes in the Australasian ant genus Podomyrma Fredrick Smith (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Sociobiology. 34(1):173-174 1999
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 Co., Ltd.; 2003
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 2006
Taylor R. W. 2007. Advances in ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Homage to E.O. Wilson - 50 years of contributions. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 80; 2007
Taylor R. W. 2009; Ants of the genus Lordomyrma Emery (1) Generic synonymy, composition anddistribution, with notes on Ancyridris Wheeler and Cyphoidris Weber(Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Zootaxa. 1979:16-28 2009
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 2011
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 2012
Taylor R. W. 2015; 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 2015
Taylor R. W. 2015; 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 2015
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. 4105:501-545 2016