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September 2006 (19 issues, 87 papers with 8 for open access)

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  Zootaxa 1325,  384 pp (28 Sept. 2006) 25 papers                                                                                       

 Monograph 
Ornithology, Arachnology and Asian Mountain Ranges—Tribute to the Work of Prof. Dr Jochen Martens
PETER JÄGER, MARTIN PÄCKERT, PETER SCHWENDINGER (EDS)

Zootaxa 1325: 1-2 (28 Sept. 2006)
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Zootaxa 1325: 3-4 (28 Sept. 2006)
Foreword
PETER JÄGER (Germany), MARTIN PÄCKERT (Germany), PETER SCHWENDINGER (Switzerland)
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Zootaxa 1325: 5-6 (28 Sept. 2006)
Table of contents
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Zootaxa 1325: 7-54 (28 Sept. 2006) 1 plate; 218  references                          Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
The Palaearctic Titmouse Species (Aves: Paridae: Parus sensu lato) — A current survey

S. ECK (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1325: 55-73 (28 Sept. 2006) 4 plates; 35  references                          Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
Characterization of a secondary contact zone of the Great Tit Parus major and the Japanese Tit P. minor (Aves: Passeriformes) in Far Eastern Siberia with DNA markers.

L. KVIST & S. RYTKÖNEN (Finland)
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Zootaxa 1325: 75-98 (28 Sept. 2006) 13 plates; 63  references                          Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
Remarks on biology, vocalisations and systematics of Urocynchramus pylzowi Przewalski (Aves, Passeriformes)

A. GEBAUER, M. KAISER & C. WASSMANN (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1325: 99-115 (28 Sept. 2006) 6 plates; 50  references                          Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
Song dialects as diagnostic characters — acoustic differentiation of the Canary Island Goldcrest subspecies Regulus regulus teneriffae Seebohm 1883 and R. r. ellenthalerae Päckert et al. 2006
(Aves: Passeriformes: Regulidae)

M. PÄCKERT (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1325: 117-145 (28 Sept. 2006)  129  references                                     Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
The taxonomic status of the Italian Sparrow — Passer italiae (Vieillot 1817): Speciation by stabilised hybridisation? A critical analysis

T. TÖPFER (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1325: 147-156 (28 Sept. 2006)  2 plates; 19  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
A new Umbopilio species from Assam, NE India (Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae: Gagrellinae)

L. KLIMEŠ (Czech Republic)

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Zootaxa 1325: 157-190 (28 Sept. 2006)  18 plates; 34  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
Geographic variation of chromosomes and somatic morphology in the Japanese polymorphic species Leiobunum hiraiwai (Arachnida: Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae)

N. TSURUSAKI (Japan)

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Zootaxa 1325: 191-198 (28 Sept. 2006)  2 plates; 14  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
Martensolasma jocheni, a new genus and species of harvestman from Mexico (Opiliones: Nemastomatidae: Ortholasmatinae)

W.A. SHEAR (USA)

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Zootaxa 1325: 199-210 (28 Sept. 2006)  3 plates; 18  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
Marayniocus martensi, a new genus and a new species of Peruvian harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones: Gonyleptidae)

L. E. ACOSTA (Argentina)

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Zootaxa 1325: 211-217 (28 Sept. 2006)  3 plates; 4  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
A new Tricommatinae from the montane savanna of São Paulo (Opiliones: Laniatores: Gonyleptidae) 

A.B. KURY (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1325: 219-233 (28 Sept. 2006)  7 plates; 5  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
Five new species of Protimesius from Brazil (Opiliones: Stygnidae)
O.VILLARREAL-MANZANILLA (Venezuela)& R. PINTO-DA-ROCHA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1325: 235-254 (28 Sept. 2006)  5 plates; 72  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
On the family Fissiphalliidae Martens, 1988, with descriptions of two new Amazonian species (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores)

A.L. TOURINHO & A.P. GONZÁLEZ (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1325: 255-266 (28 Sept. 2006)  5 plates; 18  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
A taxonomic revision of the family Oncopodidae VI. Martensiellus, a new genus from Borneo, and the discovery of a tarsal pore organ in Oncopodidae (Opiliones: Laniatores)
P.J. SCHWENDINGER (Switzerland)

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Zootaxa 1325: 267-276 (28 Sept. 2006)  1 plate; 46  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
A review of harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) in Slovenia

T. NOVAK, S.L. DELAKORDA & L.S. NOVAK (Slovenia)

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Zootaxa 1325: 277-311 (28 Sept. 2006)  16 plates; 19  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
On some Linyphiidae of China, mainly from Taibai Shan, Qinling Mountains, Shaanxi Province (Arachnida: Araneae)

A.V. TANASEVITCH (Russia)

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Zootaxa 1325: 313-318 (28 Sept. 2006)  2 plates; 3  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
Spatiator martensi n. sp., a second species of the extinct spider family Spatiatoridae in Eocene Baltic amber (Araneae)

J. WUNDERLICH (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1325: 319-326 (28 Sept. 2006)  3 plates; 7  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
Two new species of spiders of the family Zodariidae (Araneae) from eastern Nepal
H. ONO (Japan)

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Zootaxa 1325: 327-334 (28 Sept. 2006)  3 plates; 9  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
Heteropoda schwendingeri Jäger 2005 (Araneae: Sparassidae) — first description of female with notes on intraspecific variation and evidences supporting species status

P. EUSEMANN & P. JÄGER (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1325: 335-345 (28 Sept. 2006)  5 plates; 6  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
Martensopoda gen. nov. from southern Indian mountain ranges, the first genus of huntsman spiders with a cymbial spur (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae)
P. JÄGER (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1325: 347-362 (28 Sept. 2006)  6 plates; 11  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
A new species of the false-scorpion family Cheliferidae from Thailand, with remarks on Ancistrochelifer and Metachelifer (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones)
S. DASHDAMIROV (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1325: 363-368 (28 Sept. 2006)  2 plates; 11  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
Review of the Southeast Asian millipede genus Pacidesmus Golovatch, with the description of a new troglobitic species from southern China (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Polydesmidae)
S.I. GOLOVATCH (Russia) & J.-J. GEOFFROY (France)

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Zootaxa 1325: 369-384 (28 Sept. 2006)  3 plates; 9  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
New species of the genus Laena Latreille (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Southeastern Asia
W. SCHAWALLER (Germany)

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  Zootaxa 1324,  357 pp (28 Sept. 2006) 1 monograph                                                                                 

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1324: 1-357 (28 Sept. 2006) 275  references                                        Accepted:  18 Apr. 2006
Checklist of helminth parasites of freshwater fishes from Mexico
G. SALGADO-MALDONADO (Mexico)

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  Zootaxa 1323,  118 pp (28 Sept. 2006) 1 monograph                                                                                 

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1323: 1-118 (28 Sept. 2006) 12 plates; 55  references                          Accepted:  3 Jul. 2006
Review of the Nearctic species of Leiophron and Peristenus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae) parasitizing Lygus (Hemiptera: Miridae: Mirini)
H. GOULET & P.G. MASON (Canada)
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  Zootaxa 1322,  131 pp (28 Sept. 2006) 1 monogrph                                                                                   

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1322: 1-131 (28 Sept. 2006) 23 plates; 133  references                      Accepted:  17 Jul. 2006
The Calliphoridae of Namibia (Diptera: Oestroidea)
H. KURAHASHI (Japan) & A.H. KIRK-SPRIGGS (South Africa)
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  Zootaxa 1321,  108 pp (28 Sept. 2006) 1 monograph                                                                                 

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1321: 1-108 (28 Sept. 2006) 7 plates; 74  references                          Accepted:  6 Jun. 2006
Revision of the subgenus Kappa de Saussure of Mischocyttarus de Saussure (Hym.; Vespidae, Polistinae, Mischocyttarini)
O.T. SILVEIRA (Brazil)
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  Zootaxa 1320,  68 pp (25 Sept. 2006) 6 papers                                                                                            

Zootaxa 1320: 1-14 (25 Sept. 2006) 4 plates; 21  references                          Accepted:  28 Aug. 2006
Torpedo formosa sp. nov., a new species of electric ray (Chondrichthyes: Torpediniformes: Torpedinidae) from Taiwan

D.L. HAAS & D.A. EBERT (USA)

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Zootaxa 1320: 15-27 (25 Sept. 2006) 6 plates; 13  references                          Accepted:  21 Aug. 2006
New mites of the genus Holoparasitus Oudemans, 1936 from northern Austria and Karavanke (Acari: Parasitidae)
W. WITALIÑSKI (Poland)

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Zootaxa 1320: 29-41 (25 Sept. 2006) 6 plates; 37  references                          Accepted:  5 Sept. 2006
The subgenus Monilearia (Lyrula) Wollaston, 1878 (Gastropoda: Helicoidea: Cochlicellidae) from Lanzarote and Fuerteventura (Canary Islands), with the description of Monilearia (Lyrula) tubaeformis sp. nov.
M. IBÁÑEZ (Spain), K. GROH (Germany), M.R. ALONSO (Spain), C. CASTILLO (Spain) & Y. YANES (Spain)

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Zootaxa 1320: 43-48 (25 Sept. 2006) 2 plates; 7  references                          Accepted: 28 Aug. 2006
Lubbockichthys myersi, a new species of dottyback fish from Guam (Pseudochromidae: Pseudoplesiopinae)

A.C. GILL (USA) & A.J. EDWARDS (UK)

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Zootaxa 1320: 49-55 (25 Sept. 2006) 2 plates; 17  references                          Accepted: 30 Aug. 2006
The male gonostylus of the orchid bee genus Euglossa (Apidae: Euglossini)
R. OSPINA-TORRES (Colombia), A. PARRA-H (Colombia) & V.H. GONZALEZ (USA)

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Zootaxa 1320: 57-68 (25 Sept. 2006) 4 plates; 35  references                          Accepted: 30 Aug. 2006
Cranial morphology and karyotypic analysis of Ceratophrys joazeirensis (Anura: Ceratophryidae, Ceratophrynae): taxonomic considerations
K. DA SILVA VIEIRA, A.P.Z. SILVA & C. ARZABE (Brazil)

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 Zootaxa 1319,  68 pp (25 Sept. 2006) 5 papers                                                                                             

Zootaxa 1319: 1-14 (25 Sept. 2006) 4 plates; 16  references                          Accepted:  26 Jul. 2006
New genera of Psocoptera (Insecta), from Mexico, Belize and Ecuador (Psoquillidae, Ptiloneuridae, Lachesillidae)
A.N.G. ALDRETE (Mexico)

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Zootaxa 1319: 15-28 (25 Sept. 2006) 2 plates; 7  references                          Accepted:  29 Aug. 2006
Descriptions of Palliolatrix gen.n. and seven new species from Middle America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae)
J. PRENA (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1319: 29-41 (25 Sept. 2006) 7 plates; 16  references                          Accepted:  15 Aug. 2006
Pyrgopsella (Cirripedia: Balanomorpha: Pyrgomatidae) is not a sponge-inhabiting barnacle

Y. ACHITUV & N. SIMON-BLECHER (Israel)

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Zootaxa 1319: 43-58 (25 Sept. 2006) 1 plate; 60  references                          Accepted:  22 Aug. 2006
Astiotrema turneri n. sp. (Digenea: Plagiorchiidae) from cichlid fishes (Cichlidae: Perciformes) of Lake Malawi, south-eastern Africa

R.A. BRAY (UK), C.VAN OOSTERHOUT (UK), J. BLAIS (Canada) & J. CABLE (UK)

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Zootaxa 1319: 59-68 (25 Sept. 2006) 5 plates; 29  references                          Accepted:  28 Aug. 2006
Haliclona (Reniera) portroyalensis n. sp., a new chalinid sponge (Porifera, Demospongiae, Haplosclerida) from the southeast coast of Jamaica

C.P.J. Jackson (Jamaica), W.H. DE WEERDT (the Netherlands) & M.K. WEBBER (Jamaica)

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 Zootaxa 1318,  68 pp (21 Sept. 2006) 3 papers                                                                                             

Zootaxa 1318: 1-40 (21 Sept. 2006) 15 plates; 33  references                          Accepted:  30 Aug. 2006
Revision of genera Gaza and Callogaza (Vetigastropoda, Trochidae), with description of a new Brazilian species
L.R.L. SIMONE & C.M. CUNHA (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1318: 41-58 (21 Sept. 2006) 7 plates; 18  references                          Accepted:  15 Aug. 2006
Description of Haploblepharus kistnasamyi, a new catshark (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae) from South Africa
B.A. HUMAN (Australia) & L.J.V. COMPAGNO (South Africa)

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Zootaxa 1318: 59-68 (21 Sept. 2006) 6 plates; 22  references                          Accepted:  15 Aug. 2006
First record of the Dollman’s tree mouse (Prionomys batesi; Mammalia: Nesomyidae) in the Republic of Congo and additional description of this rare Central African rodent
C. DENYS, M. COLYN & V. NICOLAS (France)

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 Zootaxa 1317,  68 pp (21 Sept. 2006) 6 papers                                                                                             

Zootaxa 1317: 1-19 (21 Sept. 2006) 10 plates; 27  references                          Accepted:  28 Aug. 2006
First description of deep-sea polyclad flatworms from the North Pacific: Anocellidus n. gen. profundus n. sp. (Anocellidae, n. fam.) and Oligocladus voightae n. sp. (Euryleptidae)
S.Y. QUIROGA, D.M. BOLAÑOS & M.K. LITVAITIS (USA)

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Zootaxa 1317: 21-33 (21 Sept. 2006) 3 plates; 16  references                          Accepted:  21 Aug. 2006
A new species of the Liolaemus darwinii group (Iguania: Liolaemidae) from Catamarca Province, Argentina
C.S. ABDALA & J.M.D. GÓMEZ (Argentina)

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Zootaxa 1317: 35-40 (21 Sept. 2006) 1 plates; 1  references                          Accepted:  28 Aug. 2006
Contributions to the knowledge of the "Staphylinus-complex" (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) of China. Part 14. The genus Ocychinus Smetana 2003. Section 2
A. SMETANA (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1317: 41-47 (21 Sept. 2006) 1 plates; 3  references                          Accepted:  28 Aug. 2006
Contributions to the knowledge of the "Staphylinus-complex" (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) of China. Part 13. The genus Sphaerobulbus Smetana 2003. Section 3
A. SMETANA (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1317: 49-56 (21 Sept. 2006) 3 plates; 6  references                          Accepted:  30 Aug. 2006
Notes on the genus Barcinus Stål 1873 (Heteroptera: Aradidae) from China, with the description of a new species
X.S. BAI (P.R.China), E. HEISS (Austria) & W.Z. CAI (P.R.China)
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Zootaxa 1317: 57-68 (21 Sept. 2006) 5 plates; 12  references                          Accepted:  17 Jul. 2006
A new species of Semaphore gecko Pristurus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Mauretania, represents a 4700km range extension for genus
P. GENIEZ (France)& E.N. ARNOLD (UK)
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 Zootaxa 1316,  68 pp (18 Sept. 2006) 4 papers                                                                                             

Zootaxa 1316: 1-31 (18 Sept. 2006) 8 plates; 36  references                          Accepted:  9 Aug. 2006
Rails (Rallidae: Gallirallus) from prehistoric archaeological sites in Western Oceania
J.J. KIRCHMAN & D.W. STEADMAN (USA)

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Zootaxa 1316: 33-43 (18 Sept. 2006) 2 plates; 13  references                          Accepted:  28 Aug. 2006
Contributions to the knowledge of the "Staphylinus-complex" (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini) of China. Part 11. The genus Wasmannellus Bernhauer, 1920 and Nelmanwaslus gen. nov.
A. SMETANA (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1316: 45-56 (18 Sept. 2006) 5 plates; 18  references                          Accepted:  25 Aug. 2006
A new Canariella species (Gastropoda: Helicoidea: Hygromiidae) of the new subgenus Majorata, both endemic to the Jandía Peninsula (Fuerteventura, Canary Islands)
M.R. ALONSO (Spain), C.E. PONTE-LIRA (Spain), C. CASTILLO (Spain), Y.YANES, K. GROH (Germany) & M. IBÁÑEZ (Spain)

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Zootaxa 1316: 57-68 (18 Sept. 2006) 5 plates; 18  references                          Accepted:  25 Aug. 2006
Revision of the Chinese species of Ponsadenia (Gastropoda: Helicoidea, Bradybaenidae)
M. WU & J.-Y. GUO (P.R.China)

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 Zootaxa 1315,  68 pp (18 Sept. 2006) 2 papers                                                                                             

Zootaxa 1315: 1-56 (18 Sept. 2006) 17 plates; 37  references                             Accepted:  15 Aug. 2006
A taxonomic revision of the catshark genus Holohalaelurus Fowler 1934 (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae), with descriptions of two new species
B.A. HUMAN (Australia)

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Zootaxa 1315: 57-68 (18 Sept. 2006) 6 plates; 18  references                          Accepted:  16 Aug. 2006
Luidia changi, a new sea star species (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Luidiidae) from the Yellow Sea, with a review of two related species
W. LIU, Y.L. LIAO & X.Z. LI (P.R.China)

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 Zootaxa 1314,  68 pp (14 Sept. 2006) 4 papers                                                                                             

Zootaxa 1314: 1-30 (14 Sept. 2006) 6 plates; 21  references                             Accepted:  24 Aug. 2006
Revision of Nearctic Aleiodes Wesmael (Part 8): the coxalis (Spinola) Species-Group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Rogadinae)
S.R. SHAW, P.M. MARSH & J.C. Fortier (USA)

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Zootaxa 1314: 31-39 (14 Sept. 2006) 1 plates; 24  references                             Accepted:  22 Aug. 2006
A new species of Amphimedon (Porifera, Demospongiae, Haplosclerida, Niphatidae) from the Capricorn-Bunker Group of Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: target species for the ‘sponge genome project’
J.N.A. HOOPER (Australia) & R.W.M. VAN SOEST (The Netherlands)

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Zootaxa 1314: 41-51 (14 Sept. 2006) 3 plates; 7  references                             Accepted:  1 Aug. 2006
Three new species of Empoasca (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini) from northern South America
P.S. SOUTHERN (USA)

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Zootaxa 1314: 53-68 (14 Sept. 2006) 6 plates; 31  references                          Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
Descriptions of three new species of Odonata from Brazil
J. M. COSTA (Brazil), L.O. I. DE SOUZA (Brazil) & J. MUZÓN (Argentina)

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 Zootaxa 1313,  68 pp (14 Sept. 2006) 3 papers                                                                                             

Zootaxa 1313: 1-38 (14 Sept. 2006) 9 plates; 37  references                           Accepted:  16 Aug. 2006
A new species of Varanus Merrem (Squamata: Varanidae) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with observations on sexual dimorphism in closely related species
K.P. APLIN, A.J. FITCH & D.J. KING (Australia)

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Zootaxa 1313: 39-55 (14 Sept. 2006) 4 plates; 64  references                         Accepted:  24 Aug. 2006
Free-living Platyhelminthes of the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, a Peruvian Amazon floodplain
C. NOREÑA (Spain), C. DAMBORENEA (Argentina), F. BRUSA (Argentina) & M. ESCOBEDO (Peru)
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Zootaxa 1313: 57-68 (14 Sept. 2006) 4 plates; 24  references                         Accepted:  15 Aug. 2006
Edotia tangaroa sp. nov. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Idoteidae) from the western Ross Sea, Antarctica

A. BRANDT (Germany) & N. BRUCE (New Zealand)

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 Zootaxa 1312,  68 pp (11 Sept. 2006) 5 papers                                                                                             

Zootaxa 1312: 1-24 (11 Sept. 2006) 4 plates; 68  references                             Accepted:  14 Jul. 2006
Cliona minuscula, sp. nov. (Hadromerida : Clionaidae) and other bioeroding sponges that only contain tylostyles

C.L. SCHÖNBERG, S. GRASS & A.T. HEIERMANN (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1312: 25-35 (11 Sept. 2006) 4 plates; 15  references                         Accepted:  21 Aug. 2006
Redescription of Culex (Culex) brethesi Dyar, 1919 (Diptera: Culicidae)

R. GUSTAVO C. (Argentina)

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Zootaxa 1312: 37-47 (11 Sept. 2006) 2 plates; 13  references                          Accepted:  11 Jul. 2006
Two new American species of Paraxenylla (Collembola: Hypogastruridae) and ecological notes
J.G. PALACIOS-VARGAS (Mexico) & F. JANSSENS (Belgium)

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Zootaxa 1312: 49-58 (11 Sept. 2006) 6 plates; 14  references                          Accepted:  16 Jul. 2006
Iberorhyzobius Raimundo & Canepari gen. nov., for Coccidula rondensis Eizaguirre (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

A. RAIMUNDO (Portugal), C. CANEPARI (Italy), Z. MENDEL (Israel), M. BRANCO (Portugal) & J.C. FRANCO (Portugal)

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Zootaxa 1312: 59-68 (11 Sept. 2006) 3 plates; 23  references                         Accepted:  25 Aug. 2006
Taxonomic revision of the monotypic genus Acyphus Heller (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) with comments on infraspecific variation
A.A. LANTERI & M. GUADALUPE DEL RIO (Argentina)

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 Zootaxa 1311,  68 pp (11 Sept. 2006) 3 papers                                                                                             

Zootaxa 1311: 1-12 (11 Sept. 2006) 3 plates; 20  references                            Accepted:  2 Aug. 2006
A new bathyal Fusinus (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Fasciolariidae) from New Caledonia
M.A. SNYDER (USA) & R. HADORN (Switzerland)
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Zootaxa 1311: 13-50 (11 Sept. 2006) 11 plates; 19  references                          Accepted:  6 Jul. 2006
Review of lady beetles in the Cycloneda germainii species complex (Coleoptera; Coccinellidae: Coccinellinae: Coccinellini) with descriptions of new and unusual species from Chile and surrounding countries
G. GONZÁLEZ (Chile) & N.J. VANDENBERG (USA)

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Zootaxa 1311: 51-64 (11 Sept. 2006) 5 plates; 18  references                         Accepted:  21 Aug. 2006
Proboscis ornamentation as a diagnostic character for the Anoplodactylus californicus-digitatus complex (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) with an example from the Anoplodactylus eroticus female
C.P. ARANGO (Australia) & A. MAXMEN (USA)
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 Zootaxa 1310,  68 pp (7 Sept. 2006) 3 papers                                                                                                

Zootaxa 1310: 1-35 (7 Sept. 2006) 8 plates; 96  references                         Accepted:  22 Feb. 2006
Redescription of Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a western Mediterranean ant species
R. GÜSTEN, A. SCHULZ & M. SANETRA (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1310: 37-51 (7 Sept. 2006) 4 plates; 5  references                        Accepted:  3 Aug. 2006
A new genus and species of sepiolid squid from the waters around Tonga in the central South Pacific (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Sepiolidae)
C. C. LU (R. China) & R. BOUCHER-RODONI (France)

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Zootaxa 1310: 53-68 (7 Sept. 2006) 10 plates; 19  references                        Accepted:  15 Aug. 2006
Description of a new Fridericia species (Oligochaeta: Enchytraeidae) and its molecular comparison with two morphologically similar species by PCR-RFLP
K. DÓZSA-FARKAS & G. CECH (Hungary)

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 Zootaxa 1309,  68 pp (7 Sept. 2006) 5 papers                                                                                               

Zootaxa 1309: 1-23 (7 Sept. 2006)  12 plates; 35  references                         Accepted:  22 Aug. 2006
Camerobia and Neophyllobius (Acari: Prostigmata: Camerobiidae) from Australia, with the descriptions of two new species
Q.-H. FAN (P.R.China)& D.E. WALTER (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1309: 25-35 (7 Sept. 2006)  3 plates; 11  references                          Accepted:  15 Aug. 2006
Two new species in the Anthaxia (Anthaxia) candens (Panzer, 1793) species-group from Iran and Turkey, with taxonomic notes on the group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
S. BÍLÝ (Czech)
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Zootaxa 1309: 37-44 (7 Sept. 2006) 2 plates; 11  references                          Accepted:  31 Jul. 2006
Two new Asian Scaphytopiini leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae) with description of a new genus
W. DAI (P.R.China), Y.L. ZHANG (P.R.China), C.A. VIRAKTAMATH (India) & M.D. WEBB (UK)
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Zootaxa 1309: 45-54 (7 Sept. 2006) 4 plates; 8  references                             Accepted:  15 Jul. 2006
Periclimenes manihine sp. nov., a new pontoniine shrimp of the P. alcocki species group (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae)

A.J. BRUCE (Australia)

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Zootaxa 1309: 55-68 (7 Sept. 2006) 7 plates; 25  references                            Accepted:  16 Jul. 2006
A new species of Phyllomedusa (Anura: Hylidae: Phyllomedusinae)
from northwestern Venezuela
C. L. BARRIO-AMORÓS (Venezuela)

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 Zootaxa 1308,  68 pp (4 Sept. 2006) 4 papers                                                                                               

Zootaxa 1308: 1-29 (4 Sep. 2006)  14 plates; 51  references                            Accepted:  15 Aug. 2006
Review of the species of Ardistomina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Clivinini) in America north of Mexico
Y. BOUSQUET (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1308: 31-47 (4 Sep. 2006)  5 plates; 19  references                             Accepted:  2 Aug. 2006
Phyllodesmium rudmani (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea), a new solar powered species from the Indo-West Pacific with data on its symbiosis with zooxanthellae

I. BURGHARDT (Germany) & T.M. GOSLINER (USA)
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Zootaxa 1308: 49-62 (4 Sep. 2006)  6 plates; 30  references                             Accepted:  21 Aug. 2006
The tadpole of Chaunus dorbignyi (Duméril & Bibron) (Anura, Bufonidae).
C. BORTEIRO, F. KOLENC, M. TEDROS & C. PRIGIONI (Uruguay)

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Zootaxa 1308: 63-68 (4 Sep. 2006)  2 plates; 4  references                             Accepted:  21 Aug. 2006
A review of the genus Euros Hy. Edwards (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Apameiini) with description of one new species
J. T. TROUBRIDGE (Canada)

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 Zootaxa 1307,  68 pp (4 Sept. 2006) 5 papers                                                                                               

Zootaxa 1307: 1-33 (4 Sep. 2006)  36 plates; 14  references                             Accepted:  15 Aug. 2006
The Bostrichidae (Coleoptera) of Taiwan: a key to species, new records, and a lectotype designation for Sinoxylon mangiferae Chujo
L.Y. LIU (R. China), R.A. BEAVER (Thailand) & J.T. YANG (R. China)
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Zootaxa 1307: 35-39 (4 Sep. 2006)  2 plates; 5  references                             Accepted:  31 Jul. 2006
Canopyana vateriae gen. nov. and sp. nov.—A leafhopper breeding on Vateria indica and a new record of
Bhatia distanti (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Selenocephalinae) from south India
C.A. VIRAKTAMATH & Y.B. SRINIVASA (India)
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Zootaxa 1307: 41-53 (4 Sep. 2006)  4 plates; 53  references                             Accepted:  3 Aug. 2006
Napaeus lajaensis sp. nov. (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Enidae) from a Quaternary Aeolian Deposit of Northeast Tenerife, Canary Islands

C. CASTILLO, Y. YANES, M.R. ALONSO & M. IBÁÑEZ (Spain)
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Zootaxa 1307: 55-62 (4 Sep. 2006)  4 plates; 8  references                             Accepted:  4 Aug. 2006
A new species of Kamimuria (Plecoptera, Perlidae) from the Russian Far East
V.A. TESLENKO (Russia)
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Zootaxa 1307: 63-68 (8 Sep. 2006)  12 plates; 5  references                             Accepted:  8 Aug. 2006
A new species of the genus Tonsilla (Araneae: Amaurobiidae) from mountains of Sichuan, China
X. XU & S.Q. LI (P.R.China)
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