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Vol. 5546 No. 1

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Special volume on tropical fish diversity published (with 29 new species) 2024-12-10

In today's special issue of Zootaxa, a collection of 34 papers on tropical fish biodiversity was published. The book includes one new genus and 29 new species. All papers are for open access. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1

Over 5000 documents for open access! 2024-11-14
Discoveries Unleashed: 153 New Beetle Species from China 2024-10-23

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Two new species of Trichodrilus (Annelida, Clitellata, Lumbriculidae) from Pacific drainages, western USA
- STEVEN FEND
- PILAR RODRIGUEZ
Published : 2024-12-11
A checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Afghanistan
- SAMIN SADAT SAJADI
- MOHAMMAD WASIL WESAL
- ALIREZA ZAMANI
- MAJID MORADMAND
Published : 2024-12-11
Prodasineura sangkhla sp. nov., a new damselfly from western Thailand (Odonata: Platycnemididae)
- TOSAPHOL SAETUNG KEETAPITHCHAYAKUL
- NOPPADON MAKBUN
- KAEWPAWIKA JITTHAMMA IGNATIUS
- QUOC TOAN PHAN
Published : 2024-12-11
Recovery and redescription of holotype of Calotes elliotti [sic] amarambalamensis Murthy, 1979 confirms its synonymy with Monilesaurus ellioti (Günther, 1864) (Squamata: Agamidae)
- VARADARAJU
- S.R. GANESH
Published : 2024-12-11
New genera and species of tortricid moths from Chile and Argentina (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
- JOHN W. BROWN
Published : 2024-12-11
Eggs of Perlidae (Insecta, Plecoptera) of the Russian Far East
- VALENTINA A. TESLENKO
Published : 2024-12-11
Laonice Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida: Spionidae) from the Aysén region in southern Chile with description of a new species
- VÍCTOR HUGO DELGADO-BLAS
- OSCAR DÍAZ-DÍAZ
- NICOLÁS ROZBACZYLO
Published : 2024-12-11
The genus Alurnus Fabricius, 1775 (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Alurnini) in Colombia with four new species records and an updated checklist in the country
- ALEJANDRA RENDÓN-RAMÍREZ
- ERIKA VALENTINA VERGARA-NAVARRO
- JOHN ALVEIRO QUIROZ-GAMBOA
Published : 2024-12-11

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Sphyrna alleni sp. nov., a new hammerhead shark (Carcharhiniformes, Sphyrnidae) from the Caribbean and the Southwest Atlantic.
- CINDY GONZALEZ
- BAUTISSE POSTAIRE
- WILLIAM DRIGGERS
- SUSANA CABALLERO
- DEMIAN CHAPMAN
Published : 2024-09-23
Taxonomy of Iranian Asaccus (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) with description of a new species from southern Iran
- ROMAN A. NAZAROV
- HOSSEIN NABIZADEH
- MEHDI RAJABIZADEH
- DANIEL A. MELNIKOV
- VALENTINA R. VOLKOVA
- NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV
- ESKANDAR RASTEGAR-POUYANI
Published : 2024-09-26
Akarotaxis gouldae, a new species of Antarctic dragonfish (Notothenioidei: Bathydraconidae) from the western Antarctic Peninsula
- ANDREW D. CORSO
- THOMAS DESVIGNES
- JAN R. MCDOWELL
- CHI-HING CHRISTINA CHENG
- ELLEN E. BIESACK
- DEBORAH K. STEINBERG
- ERIC J. HILTON
Published : 2024-08-30
New species, new synonymy, taxonomic notes and new records of bark and ambrosia beetles from the southwestern United States and northern Mexico (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae and Scolytinae)
- THOMAS H. ATKINSON
Published : 2024-03-13
The nomenclatural status of “Anoplophallus maculatus” Cope, 1895, its consequences on the systematics of Lycodon subcinctus auctorum, and the description of a new species (Squamata: Colubridae)
- TAN VAN NGUYEN
- JUSTIN L. LEE
- OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS
- STEVIE R. KENNEDY-GOLD
- NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV
- PATRICK DAVID
- GERNOT VOGEL
Published : 2024-10-10
A new species of giant gecko of the genus Rhacodactylus from New Caledonia (Squamata, Gekkota, Diplodactylidae)
- GUNTHER KÖHLER
- JOACHIM SAMEIT
- ROBERT SEIPP
- KATHARINA GEISS
Published : 2024-11-18
Two new species of the sponge associated axiid shrimp genus Eiconaxius Bate, 1888 (Decapoda: Axiidea) from seamounts in the Nishi-Shichito Ridge, Japan
- TOMOYUKI KOMAI
- SHINJI TSUCHIDA
- YOSHIHIRO FUJIWARA
Published : 2024-11-11
A new miniaturized species of leaf chameleon, genus Brookesia, from a littoral forest fragment in eastern Madagascar
- ANDOLALAO RAKOTOARISON
- ALIDA FRANKLINE HASINIAINA
- FRANK GLAW
- MIGUEL VENCES
Published : 2024-09-10

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Vol. 5546 No. 1

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Announcements

Special volume on tropical fish diversity published (with 29 new species) 2024-12-10

Over 5000 documents for open access! 2024-11-14

Discoveries Unleashed: 153 New Beetle Species from China 2024-10-23

latest

**Two new species of Trichodrilus (Annelida, Clitellata, Lumbriculidae) from Pacific drainages, western USA**

A checklist of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Afghanistan

Prodasineura sangkhla sp. nov., a new damselfly from western Thailand (Odonata: Platycnemididae)

**Recovery and redescription of holotype of Calotes elliotti [sic] amarambalamensis Murthy, 1979 confirms its synonymy with Monilesaurus ellioti (Günther, 1864) (Squamata: Agamidae)**

New genera and species of tortricid moths from Chile and Argentina (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)

Eggs of Perlidae (Insecta, Plecoptera) of the Russian Far East

Laonice Malmgren, 1867 (Annelida: Spionidae) from the Aysén region in southern Chile with description of a new species

**The genus Alurnus Fabricius, 1775 (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Alurnini) in Colombia with four new species records and an updated checklist in the country**

most viewed

Sphyrna alleni sp. nov., a new hammerhead shark (Carcharhiniformes, Sphyrnidae) from the Caribbean and the Southwest Atlantic.

**Taxonomy of Iranian Asaccus (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) with description of a new species from southern Iran**

Akarotaxis gouldae, a new species of Antarctic dragonfish (Notothenioidei: Bathydraconidae) from the western Antarctic Peninsula

New species, new synonymy, taxonomic notes and new records of bark and ambrosia beetles from the southwestern United States and northern Mexico (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae and Scolytinae)

The nomenclatural status of “Anoplophallus maculatus” Cope, 1895, its consequences on the systematics of Lycodon subcinctus auctorum, and the description of a new species (Squamata: Colubridae)

**A new species of giant gecko of the genus Rhacodactylus from New Caledonia (Squamata, Gekkota, Diplodactylidae)**

**Two new species of the sponge associated axiid shrimp genus Eiconaxius Bate, 1888 (Decapoda: Axiidea) from seamounts in the Nishi-Shichito Ridge, Japan**

**A new miniaturized species of leaf chameleon, genus Brookesia, from a littoral forest fragment in eastern Madagascar**

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