INRS State Scientific Surveys
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Steven J. Taylor
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1816 S. Oak Street Champaign, IL 61820 MC–652 Phone: 217-244-1122 Email: sjtaylor@illinois.edu Title: Macroinvertebrate Biologist Office Location: rm 189 NRB | ||
| Activities | Cave and karst biology, conservation, and management; Biology, ecology, and taxonomy of True Bugs (Heteroptera); Aquatic Biologist/Aquatic Zoology Coordinator for the Statewide Biological Survey and Assessment Program. |
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| Research |
Biota of caves and other subterranean environments in relation to groundwater quality, invasive species, and human impacts; Life history and biology of waterstriders and related taxa (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha); Biology, taxonomy, and distribution of Aradidae (Heteroptera). |
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| Recognition | Fellow of the National Speleological Society; The Kudo Award for Outstanding Thesis or Dissertation, Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1996; The Richard E. Blackwelder Award, Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1992; Dissertation Research Award, The Graduate School, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, 1991 |
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| Professional affiliations |
Société Internationale de Biospéologie, Entomological Society of America, American Entomological Society, Florida Entomological Society, Michigan Entomological Society, New York Entomological Society, North American Benthological Society, Illinois State Academy of Science, National Speleological Society, International Heteropterists' Society. | ||
| Selected publications |
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. 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.8.1130 Taylor, S. J. 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. 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. 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. 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. |
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| Program Affiliates |
Department of Entomology, University of Illinois Program in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Biology (PEEC), University of Illinois Department of Zoology, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
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| Professional society involvement and activities |
Board of Directors, Karst Waters Institute (April 2011-April 2014); Associate Editor for Speleobiology Notes (October 2008 - present); Editorial Board Member, Il Naturalista Campano, Museo Naturalistico degli Alburni, Corleto Monforte, Campania, Italy (November 2007 - present); Taxonomic Expert, Hemiptera for the Taxonomic Certification Program of the North American Benthological Society (December 2004 - December 2009, November 2010 - present) | ||
| Education | PhD, Zoology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 1996 MS, Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, 1987 BA, Biology, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas, 1983 | ||