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Niemiller, M.L. and S.J. Taylor. 2019. Chapter 99. Protecting cave life. Pages 822–829 in: Encyclopedia of Caves, 3rd Ed. (W.B. White, D.C. Culver, and T. Pipan, eds.). Elsevier. eBook ISBN: 9780128141250 Paperback ISBN: 9780128141243

Taylor, S.J. 2019. Chapter 94. Orthoptera. Pages 779–783 in: Encyclopedia of Caves, 3rd Ed. (W.B. White, D.C. Culver, and T. Pipan, eds.). Elsevier. eBook ISBN: 9780128141250 Paperback ISBN: 9780128141243

Niemiller M.L., S.J. Taylor, M.E. Slay, and H.H. Hobbs III. 2019. Chapter 19. Biodiversity in the United States and Canada. Pages 163–176 in: Encyclopedia of Caves, 3rd Ed. (W.B. White, D.C. Culver, and T. Pipan, eds.). Elsevier. eBook ISBN: 9780128141250 Paperback ISBN: 9780128141243

Cinel, S.D. and S.J. Taylor. 2019. Prolonged bat call exposure induces a broad transcriptional response in the male fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda; Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) brain. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience 13:36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fnbeh.2019.00036

Niemiller M.L., S.J. Taylor, and M.E. Bichuette. 2018. Conservation of cave fauna, with an emphasis on Europe and the Americas. Pages 451–478 in: Cave Ecology, (Moldovan, O.T., Kovác, L., & Halse, S., eds.). Ecological Studies (Analysis and Synthesis), vol 235. vii + 545 p. Springer Nature Switzerland. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98852-8_22

Baena-Bejarano, N., S.W. Heads, and S.J. Taylor. 2018. Comments on the neglected nymphs of mud crickets in the genus Mirhipipteryx (Caelifera: Tridactyloidea: Ripipterygidae). Zootaxa 4486(2): 180–188. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4486.2.7

Katz, A.D., S.J. Taylor and M. Davis. 2018. At the confluence of vicariance and dispersal: Phylogeography of cavernicolous springtails (Collembola: Arrhopalitidae, Tomoceridae) codistributed across a geologically complex karst landscape in Illinois and Missouri. Ecology & Evolution 8(18):1–20. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4507

Sidorov, D., S.J. Taylor, S. Sharina, and A. Gontcharo. 2018. Zenkevitchiidae fam. nov. (Crustacea: Gammaroidea), with description of new subterranean amphipods from extremely deep cave habitats. Journal of Natural History 52(23–24): 1509–1535. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2018.1482017

Engel, A.S., M.L. Niemiller, K.S. Zigler, C.D.R. Stephen, E.T. Carter, A.T. Patterson, S.W. Keenan, and S.J. Taylor. 2017. Invertebrate and vertebrate cave fauna records for the Appalachian Valley and Ridge. Pages 82-86 in: Moore K., White S. (Eds). Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Speleology (Ed. 2), July 23-29, Sydney, NSW Australia. Volume 1, Australian Speleological Federation Inc. Sydney. ISBN 978-0-9588857-0-6.

Elliott, W.R., J.R. Reddell, D.C. Rudolph, G.O. Graening, T.S. Briggs, D. Ubick, R.L. Aalbu, J.K. Krejca and S.J. Taylor. 2017. The Cave Fauna of California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4. Volume 64(Supplement 1): 1-311.

Panno, S.V., D.E. Luman, W.R. Kelly, T.H. Larson and S.J. Taylor. 2017. Karst of the Driftless Area of Jo Daviess County, Illinois. Illinois State Geological Survey, Circular 586. 39 p. + map.

Niemiller M.L., M.L. Porter, J. Keany, H. Gilbert, D.W. Fong, D.C. Culver, C. Hobson, K.D. Kendall, M.A. Davis, and S.J. Taylor. 2017. Evaluation of eDNA for groundwater invertebrate detection and monitoring: a case study with endangered Stygobromus (Amphipoda: Crangonyctidae). Conservation Genetics Resources 11 p. DOI: 10.1007/s12686-017-0785-2

Fenolio, D.B., M.L. Niemiller, A.G. Gluesenkamp, A.M. McKee, and S.J. Taylor. 2017. New distributional records of the stygobitic crayfish Cambarus cryptodytes (Decapoda: Cambaridae) in the Floridan aquifer system of southwestern Georgia. Southeastern Naturalist 16(2): 163–181.  DOI: 10.1656/058.016.0205

Swanson, D. R., S. J. Taylor and S. W. Heads.  2017.  Nine true bugs (Heteroptera) newly-discovered in Illinois.  Zootaxa 4269(4): 571–585.  DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4269.4.10

Dodgen, L.K., W.R. Kelly, S.V. Panno, S.J. Taylor, D.L. Armstrong, K.N. Wiles, Y. Zhang, and W. Zheng. 2017. Characterizing pharmaceutical, personal care product, and hormone contamination in a karst aquifer of southwestern Illinois, USA, using water quality and weather parameters. Science of the Total Environment 578: 281–289. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.10.103

Swanson, D. R. 2016. A synopsis of the Cimicoidea (Heteroptera) of Michigan.  The Great Lakes Entomologist 49(3–4): 115–145.

Christman, M.C., D.H. Doctor, M.L. Niemiller, D.J. Weary, J.A. Young, K.S. Zigler, and D.C. Culver. 2016. Predicting the occurrence of cave-inhabiting fauna based on features of the earth surface environment. PLoS ONE 11(8): e0160408. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0160408

Sidorov, D.A., A.D. Katz, S.J. Taylor, and M.V. Chertoprud. 2016. A reassessment of the phylogenetic utility of genus-level morphological characters in the family Bogidiellidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda), with description of a new species of Eobogidiella Karaman, 1981. ZooKeys 610: 23–43. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.610.9100

Niemiller, M.L., K.S. Zigler, C.D.R. Stephen, E.T. Carter, A.T. Paterson, S.J. Taylor and A.S. Engel. 2016. Vertebrate fauna in caves of the eastern Tennessee within the Appalachians karst region, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 78(1): 1–24. DOI: 10.4311/2015LSC0109

Weck, R.G. and S.J. Taylor. 2016. Life history studies of a cave-dwelling population of Physa snails (Gastropoda: Basommatophora: Physidae) from southwestern Illinois. Speleobiology Notes 8: 1–9. DOI: 10.5563/spbn.v8i0.83

Katz, A.D., S.J. Taylor, F.N. Soto-Adames, A. Addison, G.B. Hoese, M.R. Sutton, T. Toulkeridis. 2016. New records and new species of springtails (Collembola: Entomobryidae, Paronellidae) from lava tubes of the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador). Subterranean Biology 17:77–120. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.17.7660

Niemiller, M.L., B.M. Glorioso, D.B. Fenolio, R.G. Reynolds, S.J. Taylor and B.T. Miller. 2016. Life history and demography of the Big Mouth Cave Salamander (Gyrinophilus palleucus necturoides) from the type locality in Grundy Co., Tennessee, USA. Copeia 104(1):35–41.

Weckstein, J.D., K.P. Johnson, J.D. Murdoch, J.K. Krejca, D.M. Takiya, G. Veni, J.R. Reddell and S.J. Taylor. 2016. Comparative phylogeography of two codistributed subgenera of cave crickets. Journal of Biogeography. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12734

Taylor, S.J. and M.L. Niemiller. 2016. Biogeography and conservation assessment of Bactrurus groundwater amphipods (Crangonyctidae) in the central and eastern United States. Subterranean Biology 17: 1–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/subtbiol.17.7298

Zhang, J., E. R. L. Gordon, M. Forthman, W. S. Hwang, K. Walden, D. R. Swanson, K. P. Johnson, R. Meier & C. Weirauch. 2016. Evolution of the assassin’s arms: insights from a phylogeny of combined transcriptomic and ribosomal DNA data (Heteroptera: Reduvioidea). Scientific Reports 6: 22177. DOI: 10.1038/srep22177.

Soares, D., M.L. Niemiller, D.M. Higgs. 2016. Hearing in Cavefishes. Pages 187–195 in: Sisneros, J.A. (ed.). Fish Hearing and Bioacoustics, Volume 877, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-21059-9_9

Taylor, S.J., J.K. Krejca, M.L. Niemiller, M.J. Dreslik, and C.A. Phillips. 2015. Life history and demographic differences between cave and surface populations of the Western Slimy Salamander Plethodon albagula (Caudata: Plethodontidae), in central Texas. Herpetological Conservation & Biology 10(2): 740–752. http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_10/Issue_2/Taylor_etal_2015.pdf

Swanson, D.R., A.D. Yanahan and S.J. Taylor. 2015. First record of the dirt-colored seed bug, Sisamnes claviger (Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae: Myodochini), in Illinois. Entomological News 124(5): 357–363. DOI 10.3157/021.124.0509

Sidorov, D.A., A.A. Gontcharov, D.M. Palatov, S.J. Taylor and A.A. Semenchenko. 2015. Shedding light on a cryptic cavernicole: A second species of Zenkevitchia Birstein (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Typhlogammaridae) discovered via molecular techniques. Subterranean Biology 15: 37–55. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.15.4872

Swanson, D. R.  2015.  First record of the Enicocephalidae (Heteroptera) in Michigan and Ohio.  The Great Lakes Entomologist 48(1–2): 1–8.

Niemiller M.L., & D. Soares. 2015. Cave Environments. Pp. 161-191 in Riesch R., M. Plath & M. Tobler (eds.). Extremeophile Fishes – Ecology and Evolution of Teleosts in Extreme Environments. Springer International Publishing, Switzerland. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-13362-1_8

Espinasa, L., R. Garvey, J. Espinasa, C.A. Fratto, S.J. Taylor, T. Toulkeridis, and A. Addison. 2015. Cave dwelling Onychophora from a lava tube in the Galapagos. Subterranean Biology 15: 1–10. DOI 10.3897/subtbiol.15.8468

Swanson, D.R.  2015.  A new generic synonym in the Reduviinae of Australia, with an updated key to genera (Heteroptera: Reduviidae).  Zootaxa 3911(2): 262–272. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3911.2.7

Cohn, T.J., D.R. Swanson, and P. Fontana. 2014. Dichopetala and new related North American genera: a study in genitalic similarity in sympatry and genitalic differences in allopatry (Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae: Odonturini). Miscellaneous Publications of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 203: 1–180.

Fenolio, D.B., M.L. Niemiller, R.M. Bonett, G.O. Graening, B.A. Collier and J.F. Stout. 2014. Life history, demography, and the influence of cave-roosting bats on a population of the Grotto Salmanader (Eurycea spelaea) from the Ozark Plateaus of Oklahoma (Caudata: Plethodontidae). Herpetological Conservation and Biology 9(2): 394–405.  http://www.herpconbio.org/Volume_9/Issue_2/Fenolio_etal_2014.pdf

Yanahan, A.D. and S.J. Taylor. 2014. Vegetative communities as indicators of ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) diversity. Biodiversity and Conservation 23(6):1591–1609. doi: 10.1007/s10531-014-0688-4

Heads, S.W., S.J. Taylor and J.K. Krejca. 2013. First record of Scapteriscus abbreviatus from Belize (Orthoptera: Gryllotalpidae). Entomological News 123(3):241–244.

Baker, G.M., S.J. Taylor, S. Thomas, R. Olson, K. Lavoie, M. Denn, S.C. Thomas, H. barton, K.L. Helf, R. Ohms, J. Despain, J. Kennedy, and D. Larson. 2013. National Park Service Cave Ecology Inventory and Monitoring Framework. Pages 117–125 in Land L, Joop M, editors. 2013. National Cave and Karst Management Symposium: Proceedings of the Twentieth Conference, November 4–8, Carlsbad, New Mexico: NCKRI Symposium 3. Carlsbad (NM): National Cave and Karst Research Institute. xii + 175 pp.

Swanson, D.R., O. Keller, and J.D. Rowley. 2013. First record of the Palearctic predatory Stink Bug, Picromerus bidens (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae), in Michigan. The Great Lakes Entomologist 46(3&4):231–234.

Swanson, D.R. 2013. A review of the Ambush Bugs (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Phymatinae) of Michigan: Identification and additional considerations for two common Eastern species. The Great Lakes Entomologist 46(3&4):154–164.

Soto-Adames, F.N. and S.J. Taylor. 2013. New species and new records of springtails (Hexapoda: Collembola) from caves in the Salem Plateau of Illinois, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 75(2): 146–175. doi: 10.4311/2011LSC0257

Soto-Adames, F.S. & S.J. Taylor. 2013. Chaetotaxy and character evolution in Trogolaphysa (Collembola, Entomobryoidea, Paronellidae), with descriptions of two new species from caves in Belize. Zookeys 323: 35–74.
doi: 10.3897/zookeys.323.4950

Espinasa, L., S.J. Taylor and M. Espinasa. 2013. A new record of Nicoletia phytophila (Nicoletiidae: Zygentoma: Insecta) from a cave in Belize. Speleobiology Notes 5:38–42.

Bond, J.E. and S.J. Taylor. 2013. A new species of Tarsonops (Araneae, Caponiidae) from southern Belize, with a key to the genera of the subfamily Nopinae. ZooKeys 289:57–64. DOI 10.3897/zookeys.289.4493

Slay, M.E., P.E. Skelly, and S.J. Taylor. 2012. New records of Onthophagus cavernicollis Howden and Cartwright (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Ozark caves with a review of scarabaeoids reported from US and Canadian caves. The Coleopterists Bulletin 66(3):187–199. DOI 10.1649/072.066.0302

Taylor, S.J., A. Addison, and T. Toulkeridis. 2012. Biological potential of under-studied cave fauna of the Galapagos Islands. Revista Geoespacial 8:13–22.

Slay, M.E., and S.J. Taylor. 2012. Brackenridgia ashleyi (Isopoda: Trichoniscidae): range extension with notes on ecology. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 73(3): 197–200. DOI 10.4311/2011LSC0221

Heads, S.W. and S.J. Taylor. 2012. A new species of Ripipteryx from Belize (Orthoptera, Ripipterygidae) with a key to the species of the Scrofulosa Group. Zookeys 168: 1–8. DOI 10.3897/zookeys.169.2531

Disney, R.H.L., S.J. Taylor, M.E. Slay & J.K. Krejca. 2011. New species of scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) recorded from caves in Nevada, USA. Subterranean Biology 9: 73–84. DOI  10.3897/subtbiol.9.2511

Vilkamaa, P., H. Hippa and S.J. Taylor. 2011. The genus Camptochaeta in Nearctic caves, with the description of C. prolixa sp. n. (Diptera, Sciaridae). ZooKeys 135: 69–75. DOI  10.3897/zookeys.135.1624

Zahniser, J.N., S.J. Taylor, and J.K. Krejca. 2011. First reports of the invasive grass-feeding leafhopper Balclutha rubrostriata (Melichar) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in the United States. Entomological News 121(1):132–138. DOI 10.3157/021.121.0204

Yannarell, A.C., R.R. Busby, M.L. Denight, D.L. Gebhart, and S.J. Taylor. 2011. Soil bacteria and fungi respond on different spatial scales to invasion by the legume Lespedeza cuneata. Frontiers in Terrestrial Microbiology 2:127. DOI 10.3389/fmicb.2011.00127

McPherson, J.E., R.J. Packauskas, R.W. Sites, S.J. Taylor, C.S. Bundy, J.D. Bradshaw, and P.L. Mitchell. 2011. Review of Acanthocephala (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) of America north of Mexico with a key to species. Zootaxa 2835: 30–40.  http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/zt02835p040.pdf

Taylor, S.J. and J.R. Holsinger. 2011. A new species of the subterranean amphipod crustacean genus Stygobromus (Crangonyctidae) from a cave in Nevada, USA. Subterranean Biology 8: 39–47. DOI  10.3897/subtbiol.8.1230

Kathirithamby, J., S.J. Taylor, and R. Lareau. 2010. Correction to new state record and northeastern range extension for Caenocholax fenyesi sensu lato (Strepsiptera: Myrmecolacidae). Florida Entomologist 93(3): 473. DOI 10.1653/024.093.0329

Disney, R.H. L., S.J. Taylor and M.E. Slay. 2010. Review of the scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) recorded from caves in the USA, with new records from Arkansas and Missouri. Subterranean Biology 7:75–96.

Zacharda, M., D. Fong, H.H. Hobbs III, E. Piva, M.E. Slay, and S.J. Taylor. 2010. A review of the genus Traegaardhia (Acari, Prostigmata, Rhagidiidae) with descriptions of new species and a key to species. Zootaxa 2474:1–64.  http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02474p064f.pdf

Tinerella, P.P., S.J. Taylor, and J.E. McPherson. 2009. New records and a checklist of aquatic True Bugs (Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) from Illinois. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 82(4):293–299. DOI 10.2317/JKES812.29.1

Zeppelini, D., S.J. Taylor, and M.E. Slay. 2009. Cave Pygmarrhopalites Vargovitsh, 2009 (Collembola, Symphypleona, Arrhopalitidae) in United States. Zootaxa 2204: 1–18.  http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02204p018.pdf

Taylor, S.J., A.C. Phillips, S.L. Post, and S.E. Brown. 2009. An overview of Illinois’ geological history and landscape. Pages 7–23 in Canaries in the Catbird Seat, C.A. Taylor, J.B. Taft, and C.E. Warwick (eds.).  Illinois Natural History Survey Special Publication No. 30, Champaign, IL. 306 pp.

Kathirithamby, J., S.J. Taylor, and J.T. Longino. 2009. New host record for Caenocholax fenyesi sensu lato (Strepsiptera: Myrmecolacidae) from Costa Rica. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 85(1):8–10.

Shear, W.A., S.J. Taylor, J.J. Wynne & J.K. Krejca. 2009. Cave millipeds of the United States. VIII. New genera and species of polydesmidan millipeds from caves in the southwestern United States (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Macrosternodesmidae). Zootaxa 2151: 47–65.  http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02151p065.pdf

Taylor, S.J. 2009. Concurrent phenologies of three semiaquatic bugs (Heteroptera: Gerridae, Veliidae) on a small river in central Illinois, USA. Psyche vol. 2009, Article ID 562471, 5 pages, 2009. DOI  10.1155/2009/562471

Taylor, S.J. and S.A. Gil. 2009. State records and confirmations of Aradidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Louisiana, U.S.A. The Florida Entomologist 92(2):199–207. DOI  10.1653/024.092.0202

Barnes, J.K., M.E. Slay, and S.J. Taylor. 2009. Adult Diptera from Ozark caves. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 111(2):335–353. DOI  10.4289/0013-8797-111.2.335

Taylor, S.J., J.K. Krejca, M.E. Slay, and T.L. Harrison. 2009. Milbert’s Tortoiseshell, Aglais milberti (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): A facultative trogloxene in alpine caves. Speleobiology Notes 1:20–23. http://www.nsm.buffalo.edu/Research/SPELEOBIOLOGY_NOTES/index.php/Speleo/article/view/10

Cokendolpher, J.C., J.R. Reddell, S.J. Taylor, J.K. Krejca, A.V. Suarez, and C.E. Pekins. 2009. Further ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from caves of Texas. Texas Memorial Museum Speleological Monographs, 7. Studies on the cave and endogean fauna of North America, V. Pp. 151–168.

Nardi, J., C.M. Bee, L.A. Miller, and S.J. Taylor. 2009. Distinctive features of the alimentary canal of a fungus-feeding Hemipteran, Mezira granulata (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Arthropod Structure & Development 38:206–215. DOI  10.1016/j.asd.2008.12.001

Kathirithamby, J., S.J. Taylor, and R. Lareau. 2007. New state record and northeastern range extension for Caenocholax fenyesi sensu lato (Strepsiptera: Myrmecolacidae). Florida Entomologist 90(4):762. DOI  10.1653/0015-4040(2007)90[762:NSRANR]2.0.CO;2

Kathirithamby, J., S.J. Taylor, E. Valenzuela, J. Gómez, and J.F. Berrera. 2007. A light-trapped ant, Dolichoderus bispinosus (Formicidae) with evidence of stylopization by male Caenocholax fenyesi waloffi (Strepsiptera: Myrmecolacidae). Entomological News 118(3):279–282. DOI  10.3157/0013-872X(2007)118[279:ALADBF]2.0.CO;2

Taylor, S.J. and J.E. McPherson. 2007. Gerromorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in southern Illinois: species assemblages and habitats. The Great Lakes Entomologist 39(1–2):1–26.

Smith, J.E., C.J. Whelan, S.J. Taylor, M. Denight, and M.M. Stake. 2007. Novel predator-prey interactions: is resistance futile? Evolutionary Ecology Research 9:433–446.

McPherson, J.E. and S.J. Taylor. 2006. Notes on the field life history of Steinovelia stagnalis (Hemiptera: Veliidae) with a survey of the biological literature. Entomological News 117(4):399–405. DOI  10.3157/0013-872X(2006)117[399:OOTFLH]2.0.CO;2

Cai, W. and S.J. Taylor. 2006. Lentireduvius, a new genus of Peiratinae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from Brazil. Zootaxa 1360:51–60.

Panno, S.V., K.C. Hackley, W.R. Kelly, H.H. Hwang, F.M. Wilhelm, S.J. Taylor, B.J. Stiff. 2006. Potential effects of recurrent low oxygen conditions on the Illinois Cave Amphipod. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 68(2):55–63.

Wilhelm, F.M., S.J. Taylor and G.L. Adams. 2006. Comparison of routine metabolic rates of the troglobite, Gammarus acherondytes (Amphipoda: Gammaridae), and the troglophile, Gammarus troglophilus. Freshwater Biology 51:1162–1174.

Ramsdell, K.M.M. and S.J. Taylor. 2006. A new state record for Olixon banksii Brues (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae) in Indiana. Entomological News 117(3):351–352.

McPherson, J.E., S.J. Taylor, S.L. Keffer, and J.T. Polhemus. 2005. Life history and laboratory rearing of Macrovelia hornii (Hemiptera: Macroveliidae). Entomological News 116(4):217–224.

Kathirithamby, J. and S.J. Taylor. 2005. A new species of Halictophagus (Insecta: Strepsiptera: Halictophagidae) from Texas, and a checklist of Strepsiptera from the United States and Canada. Zootaxa 1056:1–18.

Taylor, S.J., J.K. Krejca, and M.L. Denight. 2005. Foraging range and habitat use of Ceuthophilus secretus (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae), a key trogloxene in central Texas cave communities. American Midland Naturalist 154:97–114.

Smith, J.E., S.J. Taylor, C.J. Whelan, M.L. Denight, and M.M. Stake. 2004. Behavioral interactions between the Red Imported Fire Ant (Solenopsis invicta) and vertebrate nest predators of the Black-Capped Vireo (Vireo atricapillus). Wilson Bulletin 116(2):163–166.

Taylor, S.J. and J.E. McPherson. 2004. Voltinism and Laboratory Rearing of Microvelia hinei (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae). Great Lakes Entomologist 36(1–2):1–9.

Wilhelm, F.M., M.P. Venarsky, S.J. Taylor and F.E. Anderson. 2003. Survival of Gammarus troglophilus (Gammaridae) after leg removal: Evaluation of a procedure to obtain tissue for genetic analysis of rare and endangered amphipods. Invertebrate Biology 122(4):375–379.

Taylor, S.J., C.A. Phillips and M.L. Denight. 2003. Geographic distribution, Graptemys pseudogeographica kohnii. Herpetological Review 34(3):261.

Taylor, S.J. and J.E. McPherson. 2000 [published April 2002]. Comparison of two population sampling methods used in field life history studies of Mesovelia mulsanti (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Mesoveliidae) in southern Illinois. The Great Lakes Entomologist 33(3-4):223–230.

Wetzel, M.J. and S.J. Taylor. 2001. First records of freshwater oligochaetes (Annelida, Clitellata) from caves in Illinois and Missouri, USA. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 63(3):99–104.

Villa, M., G. Tescari, and S.J. Taylor. 2001. Nuovi dati sulla presenza in Italia di Leptoglossus occidentalis (Heteroptera Coreidae). [Translation: New data about the Italian presence of Leptoglossus occidentalis (Heteroptera Coreidae).]  Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana, Genova 133(2):103–112.

Taylor, S.J.,  G. Tescari, and M. Villa. 2001. A Nearctic pest of Pinaceae accidentally introduced into Europe: Leptoglossus occidentalis (Heteroptera: Coreidae) in northern Italy. Entomological News 112(2):101–103.

Taylor, S.J. and D.L. Wood. 2000. Rearing Hydrometra martini (Heteroptera: Hydrometridae): food and substrate effects. Florida Entomologist 83(1):17–25.

Taylor, S.J. and J.E. McPherson. 1999. Morphological variation and polyvoltinism of Microvelia pulchella (Heteroptera: Veliidae) in southern Illinois, USA. Acta Societaris Zoologicae Bohemicae 63:237–249.

Taylor, S.J., J.K. Krejca, and B. Churchwell. 1998. Geographic distribution. Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis. Herpetological Review 29(2):116.

Taylor, S.J., J.K. Krejca, and B. Churchwell. 1998. Geographic distribution. Nerodia sipedon pleuralis. Herpetological Review 29(2):115.

Taylor, S.J., J.K. Krejca, and B. Churchwell. 1998. Geographic distribution. Rana clamitans. Herpetological Review 29(2):108.

Taylor, S.J. and J.E. McPherson. 1998. Voltinism in Merragata brunnea (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Hebridae) in southern Illinois. Florida Entomologist 81(4):509–515.

Taylor, S.J. and J.E. McPherson.  1998.  Voltinism in Neogerris hesione (Heteroptera: Gerridae) in southern Illinois. Entomological News 109(4):233–239.

Taylor, S.J. and J.E. McPherson. 1998. Laboratory rearing of Mesovelia cryptophila (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Mesoveliidae). Entomological News 109(2):95–98.

Webb, D.W., L.M. Page, S.J. Taylor, and J.K. Krejca. 1998. The current status of the Illinois Cave Amphipod, Gammarus archerondytes Hubricht and Mackin (Crustacea: Amphipoda) and the caves in which it is found. Journal of Cave and Karst Studies 60(3):172–178.

Davidova-Vilimova, J., S.J. Taylor, and J.E. McPherson. 1996. A new species of Mezira (Heteroptera: Aradidae) from the southeastern United States.  Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98(4):630–639.

Feldhamer, G.A., J.O. Whitaker, J.K. Krejca, and S.J. Taylor. 1995. Food of the Evening Bat (Nycticeius humeralis) and Red Bat (Lasiurus borealis) from Southern Illinois. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 88(3-4):139–143.

Taylor. S.J. and J.K. Krejca. 1994. Geographic Distribution. Pseudacris triseriata. Herpetological Review 25(2):74.

Taylor, S.J. and J.K. Krejca. 1994. Geographic Distribution. Rana catesbiana. Herpetological Review 25(2):74.

Taylor, S.J. and J.K. Krejca. 1994. Geographic Distribution. Notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis. Herpetological Review 25(2):73.

Keffer, S.L., S.J. Taylor, and J.E. McPherson. 1994. Laboratory rearing and descriptions of immature stages of Curicta scorpio (Heteroptera: Nepidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 87(1):17–26.

McPherson, J.E. and S.J. Taylor. 1993. Distinguishing nymphal instars of Mesovelia mulsanti (Heteroptera: Mesoveliidae). The Great Lakes Entomologist 26(3):233–236.

McPherson, J.E., S.J. Taylor and S.L. Keffer. 1992. Evaluation of characters to distinguish Fitchia spinosula and F. aptera (Heteroptera: Reduviidae). The Florida Entomologist 75(2):222–230.

McPherson, J.E., S.L. Keffer, and S.J. Taylor. 1992. Taxonomic status of Melanolestes picipes and M. abdominalis (Heteroptera: Reduviidae). The Florida Entomologist 74(3):396–403.

McPherson, J.E., R.J. Packauskas, S.J. Taylor, and M.F. O’Brien. 1990. Eastern range extension of Leptoglossus occidentalis with a key to Leptoglossus species of America north of Mexico (Heteroptera: Coreidae). The Great Lakes Entomologist 23(2):99–104.

Taylor, S.J. and J.E. McPherson. 1989. Distributional records of some Florida Aradidae (Heteroptera). Florida Entomologist 72(2):265–267.

Taylor, S.J. and J.E. McPherson. 1989. State records and confirmations of Arkansas Flat Bugs (Heteroptera: Aradidae). The Great Lakes Entomologist 22(1):19–23.

Taylor, S.J. and S.P. Lewis. 1989. Notes on the habitat and distribution of Acaricoris ignotus Harris and Drake (Heteroptera: Aradidae). The Southwestern Naturalist 34(1):154–155.

Taylor, S.J. 1988. Observations on parental care in the family Aradidae (Heteroptera). The Great Lakes Entomologist 21(4):159–161.

Taylor, S.J. 1988. Skototaxis in three species of flatbugs (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 81(3):537–538.

Leschen, R.A.B. and S.J. Taylor. 1987. Notes on the biology and distribution of Aradus robustus Uhler (Hemiptera: Aradidae). Entomological News 98(4):183–185.