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December 2007 (101 papers)

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 Zootaxa 1670, 109 pp (21 Dec. 2007)  1 monograph                                                                                   

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1670: 1-109 (21 Dec. 2007)  43 plates; 46 references                            Accepted: 1 Aug. 2007
Phylogenetic relationships, systematics, and biology of the species of Amorbia Clemens (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Sparganothini)
EUGENIE PHILLIPS-RODRIGUEZ (Costa Rica) & JERRY A. POWELL (USA)
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 Zootaxa 1669, 134 pp (21 Dec. 2007)  1 monograph                                                                                   

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1669: 1-134 (21 Dec. 2007)  81 plates; 46 references                            Accepted: 21 Oct. 2007
Taxonomic revision of the seasonal South American killifish genus Simpsonichthys (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Aplocheiloidei: Rivulidae)
WILSON J. E. M. COSTA (Brasil)
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 Zootaxa 1668, 766 pp (21 Dec. 2007)  1 monograph                                                                                   

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1668: 1-766 (21 Dec. 2007
Linnaeus Tercentenary: Progress in Invertebrate Taxonomy
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG & WILLIAM A. SHEAR (EDS)
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 Zootaxa 1667, 77 pp (21 Dec. 2007)  1 monograph                                                                                     

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1667: 1-77 (21 Dec. 2007)  7 plates; 138 references                            Accepted: 6 Nov. 2007
Coccidia (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) of amphibians of the world
DONALD W. DUSZYNSKI, MATTHEW G. BOLEK & STEVE J. UPTON (USA)
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 Zootaxa 1666, 68 pp (19 Dec. 2007)  4 papers                                                                                              

 Article 
Zootaxa 1666: 1-22 (19 Dec. 2007)  9 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 22 Nov. 2007
Two new genera of Lumbriculidae (Annelida, Clitellata) from North Carolina, USA
STEVEN V. FEND & DAVID R. LENAT (USA)

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Zootaxa 1666: 23-41 (19 Dec. 2007)  11 plates; 26 references                         Accepted: 27 Nov. 2007
Three new species of Kudinopasternakia Gutu, 1991 (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Sphyrapodidae) from Brazilian waters
KATIA CHRISTOL DOS SANTOS (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1666: 43-51 (19 Dec. 2007)  5 plates; 26 references                          Accepted: 21 Nov. 2007
A new species of Ischnocnema (Anura: Eleutherodactylinae) from open areas of the Cerrado Biome in southeastern Brazil
ARIOVALDO ANTONIO GIARETTA, DANIEL TOFFOLI & LUCIANO ELIAS OLIVEIRA (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1666: 53-68 (19 Dec. 2007)  9 plates; 29 references                            Accepted: 9 Nov. 2007
A new handfish, Brachionichthys australis sp. nov. (Lophiiformes: Brachionichthyidae), with a redescription of the critically endangered spotted handfish, B. hirsutus (Lacepede)
PETER R. LAST, DANIEL C. GLEDHILL & BRONWYN H. HOLMES (Australia)

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 Zootaxa 1665, 68 pp (19 Dec. 2007)  6 papers                                                                                              

 Article 
Zootaxa 1665: 1-17 (19 Dec. 2007)  9 plates; 32 references                            Accepted: 17 Nov. 2007
Mixturopoda Baker and Monson, a new genus of the uropodine family Metagynuridae (Acari: Mesostigmata) from the British Isles
ANNE S. BAKER & FRANK D. MONSON (UK)
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Zootaxa 1665: 19-30 (19 Dec. 2007)  6 plates; 29 references                            Accepted: 19 Nov. 2007
Crocidura hikmiya, a new shrew (Mammalia: Soricomorpha: Soricidae) from Sri Lanka
SUYAMA MEEGASKUMBURA (Sri Lanka), MADHAVA MEEGASKUMBURA (Sri Lanka), ROHAN PETHIYAGODA (Sri Lanka), KELUM MANAMENDRA-ARACHCHI (Sri Lanka) & CHRISTOPHER J. SCHNEIDER (USA)

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Zootaxa 1665: 31-41 (19 Dec. 2007)  4 plates; 35 references                            Accepted: 15 Nov. 2007
Stephonyx arabiensis (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea: Uristidae), a new deep-water scavenger species from the Indian Ocean, with a key to the genus Stephonyx
MARK DIFFENTHAL & TAMMY HORTON (UK)
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Zootaxa 1665: 43-51 (19 Dec. 2007)  3 plates; 34 references                            Accepted: 15 Nov. 2007
New data on morphology and natural history of Deltamys kempi Thomas, 1919 (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from central-eastern Argentina
Pablo Teta, Gerardo Cueto & Olga Suarez (Argentina)

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Zootaxa 1665: 53-60 (19 Dec. 2007)  4 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 6 Nov. 2007
Liagore pulchella, a new species of xanthid crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Vanuatu
PETER K. L. NG & TOHRU NARUSE (Singapore)

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Zootaxa 1665: 61-68 (19 Dec. 2007)  5 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 20 Nov. 2007
A new species of sun-spider from sand dunes in Coahuila, Mexico, (Arachnida: Solifugae: Eremobatidae)
ALFONSO BALLESTEROS & OSCAR F. FRANCKE (Mexico)

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 Zootaxa 1664, 68 pp (17 Dec. 2007)  3 papers                                                                                              

 Article 
Zootaxa 1664: 1-53 (17 Dec. 2007)  24 plates; 60 references                            Accepted: 17 Oct. 2007
A review of the North American species of the fungus-gardening ant genus Trachymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
CHRISTIAN RABELING, STEFAN P. COVER, ROBERT A. JOHNSON & ULRICH G. MUELLER (USA)

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Zootaxa 1664: 55-59 (17 Dec. 2007)  2 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 21 Nov. 2007
Two new species of Coenagrion Kirby, 1890, from China (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)
XIN YU & WENJUN BU (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1664: 61-68 (17 Dec. 2007)  3 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 21 Nov. 2007
Two new species of Rhaphiomidas (Diptera: Mydidae)
Rick Rogers & Matthew H. Van Dam (USA)

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 Zootaxa 1663, 68 pp (17 Dec. 2007)  5 papers        1 correspondence                                                     

 Article 
Zootaxa 1663: 1-15 (17 Dec. 2007)  6 plates; 32 references                            Accepted: 8 Nov. 2007
A new species of Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) from Brazilian Amazon
ALBERTINA P. LIMA, MARCELO MENIN & MARIA CARMOZINA DE ARAUJO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1663: 17-32 (17 Dec. 2007)  6 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 4 Nov. 2007
Description of two new species of Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) from the lowlands of the Guiana shield
Antoine Fouquet (New Zealand), Philippe Gaucher (Guyane), Michel Blanc (Guyane), Claudia M. VElez-Rodriguez (Chile)

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Zootaxa 1663: 33-45 (17 Dec. 2007)  3 plates; 41 references                            Accepted: 6 Nov. 2007
Polystoma floridana n. sp. (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) a parasite in the green tree frog, Hyla cinerea (Schneider), of North America
LOUIS H. DU PREEZ (South Africa), OLIVIER VERNEAU (France) & TIMOTHY S. GROSS (USA)

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Zootaxa 1663: 47-57 (17 Dec. 2007)  3 plates; 18 references                            Accepted: 21 Oct. 2007
A new species of Psilorhynchus (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from the Ataran River Basin, Myanmar, with comments on the generic name Psilorhynchoides
KEVIN W. CONWAY (USA) & MAURICE KOTTELAT (Singapore)

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Zootaxa 1663: 59-65 (17 Dec. 2007)  3 plates; 16 references                            Accepted: 4 Nov. 2007
Description of the tadpole of Hylomantis granulosa (Anura: Hylidae)
FILIPE AUGUSTO CAVALCANTI DO NASCIMENTO & GABRIEL OMAR SKUK (Brazil)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1663: 67-68 (17 Dec. 2007)  0 plates; 4 references                            Accepted: 15 Nov. 2007
Spermophilus torosensis Ozkurt et al., 2007 (Sciuridae, Rodentia) is a subjective junior synonym of Spermophilus taurensis Gunduz et al., 2007, a newly described ground squirrel from the Taurus Mountains of southern Turkey
ISLAM GUNDUZ (Turkey),
MAARIT JAAROLA (Sweden), COSKUN TEZ (Turkey), CAN YENIYURT (Turkey), P. DAVID POLLY (USA) & JEREMY B. SEARLE (UK)
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 Zootaxa 1662, 68 pp (17 Dec. 2007)  7 papers                                                                                              

 Article 
Zootaxa 1662: 1-14 (17 Dec. 2007)  7 plates; 20 references                            Accepted: 4 Nov. 2007
A new species of arboreal Rhinella (Anura: Bufonidae) from Yanachaga-Chemillen National Park in central Peru
EDGAR LEHR (Germany), JENNIFER B. PRAMUK (USA), S. BLAIR HEDGES (USA) & JESUS H. CORDOVA (Peru)
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Zootaxa 1662: 15-24 (17 Dec. 2007)  5 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 4 Nov. 2007
A new genus and new species of leucosiid crab from New Caledonia, with a note on the validity of Tanaoa serenei (Richer de Forges, 1983) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)
PETER K. L. NG (Singapore) & BERTRAND RICHER DE FORGES (New Caledonia)

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Zootaxa 1662: 25-33 (17 Dec. 2007)  3 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 4 Nov. 2007
Historical record and supplementary description of Cymbasoma bullatum (A. Scott) (Copepoda: Monstrilloida) from the "Albatross" cruise in the Philippines
EDUARDO SUAREZ-MORALES (Mexico)

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Zootaxa 1662: 35-43 (17 Dec. 2007)  2 plates; 30 references                            Accepted: 7 Nov. 2007
Detection, extraction, and collection of eriophyoid mites
ROSITA Monfreda, GIORGIO Nuzzaci & ENRICO de Lillo (Italy)

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Zootaxa 1662: 45-51 (17 Dec. 2007)  0 plates; 41 references                            Accepted: 9 Nov. 2007
Physa natricina Taylor 1988, junior synonym of Physa acuta Draparnaud, 1805 (Pulmonata: Physidae)
D. CHRISTOPHER ROGERS & AMY R. WETHINGTON (USA)

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Zootaxa 1662: 53-59 (17 Dec. 2007)  4 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 16 Nov. 2007
A new species of Rhaebo (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Cordillera Occidental of Colombia
JONH JAIRO MUESES-CISNEROS (Colombia)

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Zootaxa 1662: 61-68 (17 Dec. 2007)  1 plates; 29 references                            Accepted: 5 Nov. 2007
Pseudrotasfer microincubator gen. et spec. nov., a brooding cucumariid holothurian (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida) from the Burdwood Bank (south-western Atlantic Ocean)
JENS MICHAEL BOHN (Germany)

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 Zootaxa 1661, 68 pp (14 Dec. 2007)  7 papers                                                                                              

 Article 
Zootaxa 1661: 1-16 (14 Dec. 2007)  7 plates; 38 references                            Accepted: 11 Nov. 2007
New Zealand species of the shore-fly genus Nostima Coquillett (Diptera: Ephydridae)
JAMES F. EDMISTON (Russia) & WAYNE N. MATHIS (USA)

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Zootaxa 1661: 17-28 (14 Dec. 2007)  6 plates; 22 references                            Accepted: 12 Nov. 2007
Stenelmis puberula Reitter (Coleoptera: Elmidae)-description of larva and its association with adults, using DNA sequences
ZUZANA CIAMPOROVA-ZATOVICOVA, FEDOR CIAMPOR JR.
& JAN KODADA (Slovakia)
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Zootaxa 1661: 29-38 (14 Dec. 2007)  5 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 6 Nov. 2007
Revision of Proctotrupidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) described by Ch. T. Brues from Baltic amber
VICTOR A. KOLYADA (Russia) & MIKE B. MOSTOVSKI (South Africa)

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Zootaxa 1661: 39-45 (14 Dec. 2007)  7 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 3 Oct. 2007
A new species of Parandrinae from the Central Andes of Colombia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
JULIANA CARDONA-DUQUE (Colombia), ANTONIO SANTOS-SILVA (Brazil) & MARTA WOLFF (Colombia)

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Zootaxa 1661: 47-53 (14 Dec. 2007)  3 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 6 Nov. 2007
New species of Myrmicine ants from Western Australia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
STEVEN O. SHATTUCK (Australia)

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Zootaxa 1661: 55-61 (14 Dec. 2007)  3 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 15 Nov. 2007
Non-marine Chersodromia Walker from Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea (Diptera, Empidoidea, Hybotidae)
PATRICK GROOTAERT (Belgium), JEFFREY CUMMING (Canada) & IGOR SHAMSHEV (Russia)

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Zootaxa 1661: 63-68 (14 Dec. 2007)  2 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 7 Nov. 2007
Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil subgenus Nestormeus Godunko, 2004 (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae: Ecdyonurus) from the Baltic amber (Eocene)
ROMAN J. GODUNKO (Czech Republic)

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 Zootaxa 1660, 68 pp (14 Dec. 2007)  5 papers                                                                                              

 Article 
Zootaxa 1660: 1-31 (14 Dec. 2007)  15 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 17 Oct. 2007
South American Caenis Stephens (Ephemeroptera, Caenidae), new species and stage descriptions
CARLOS MOLINERI (Argentina) & PETER MALZACHER (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1660: 33-43 (14 Dec. 2007)  2 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 11 Nov. 2007
Descriptions of four new Mexican riodinids (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae)
CURTIS J. CALLAGHAN (Colombia), JORGE LLORENTE-BOUSQUETS (Mexico) & ARMANDO LUIS-MARTINEZ (Mexico)

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Zootaxa 1660: 45-51 (14 Dec. 2007)  3 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 29 Sep. 2007
Rhynchocyrtus
gen. nov. (Collembola, Entomobryidae) from the Southeast and Northeast Brazilian regions
MARIA CLEIDE DE MENDOCA & LILIANE HENRIQUES FERNANDES (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1660: 53-59 (14 Dec. 2007)  6 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 7 Nov. 2007
A new Middle Triassic genus and species of Mylacridae (Blattodea) from China
ZHU LI, YOUCHONG HONG & DING YANG (China)

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Zootaxa 1660: 61-68 (14 Dec. 2007)  4 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 2 Nov. 2007
A new species of Penaincisalia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini) from the high Andes of Colombia
CARLOS PRIETO (Spain) & GABRIEL RODRIGUEZ (Colombia)

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 Zootaxa 1659, 68 pp (11 Dec. 2007)  2 papers                                                                                              

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Zootaxa 1659: 1-54 (11 Dec. 2007)  22 plates; 57 references                            Accepted: 6 Oct. 2007
A revision of Entobdella Blainville in Lamarck, 1818, with special emphasis on the nominal (type) species "Entobdella hippoglossi (Muller, 1776) Blainville, 1818" (Monogenea: Capsalidae: Entobdellinae) from teleost flatfishes, with descriptions of three new species and a new genus
GRAHAM C. KEARN (U.K), IAN D. WHITTINGTON (Australia) & RICHARD EVANS-GOWING (U.K)
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Zootaxa 1659: 55-68 (11 Dec. 2007)  4 plates; 32 references                            Accepted: 1 Nov. 2007
Malo kingi: A new species of Irukandji jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida), possibly lethal to humans, from Queensland, Australia
LISA-ANN GERSHWIN (Australia)

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 Zootaxa 1658, 68 pp (11 Dec. 2007)  4 papers                                                                                              

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Zootaxa 1658: 1-20 (11 Dec. 2007)  10 plates; 40 references                            Accepted: 11 Nov. 2007
Phytoseiid mites of the subfamily Phytoseiinae (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa
EDDIE A. UECKERMANN (South Africa), IGNACE D. ZANNOU (Brazil), GILBERTO J. DE MORAES (Brazil), ANIBAL R. OLIVEIRA (Brazil), RACHID HANNA (West Africa) & JOHN S. YANINEK (USA)

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Zootaxa 1658: 21-38 (11 Dec. 2007)  10 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 2 Nov. 2007
Two new species of the genus Pseudomesus Hansen, 1916 (Isopoda, Asellota) from the Southern hemisphere: Pseudomesus pitombo sp. nov. and Pseudomesus satanus sp. nov.
Stefanie Kaiser & SASKIA BRIX (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1658: 39-55 (11 Dec. 2007)  7 plates; 37 references                            Accepted: 21 Oct. 2007
Three New Malodorous Rainfrogs of the Genus Pristimantis (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from the Wokomung Massif in west-central Guyana, South America
D. BRUCE MEANS & JAY M. SAVAGE (USA)

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Zootaxa 1658: 57-68 (11 Dec. 2007)  8 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 5 Nov. 2007
A new species of Sphaenorhynchus (Anura; Hylidae) from Brazil
LUIS FELIPE TOLEDO, PAULO C. A. GARCIA, RODRIGO LINGNAU & CELIO F. B. HADDAD (Brasil)
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 Zootaxa 1657, 68 pp (7 Dec. 2007)  4 papers    1 erratum                                                                         

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Zootaxa 1657: 1-21 (7 Dec. 2007)  8 plates; 61 references                            Accepted: 30 Oct. 2007
Freshwater leech (Annelida: Hirudinida) distribution in the Canadian Province of Newfoundland and Labrador and adjacent regions: check-list, new records, new pigmentation forms, and Pleistocene refugia
JACQUELINE MADILL (Canada) & PETER HOVINGH (USA)

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Zootaxa 1657: 23-39 (7 Dec. 2007)  9 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 14 Nov. 2007
Four new species of deep-water catsharks of the genus Parmaturus (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from New Caledonia, Indonesia and Australia
BERNARD SERET (France) & PETER R. LAST (Australia)

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Zootaxa 1657: 41-55 (7 Dec. 2007)  0 plates; 93 references                            Accepted: 7 Nov. 2007
A catalogue and taxonomic keys of the Subfamily Nicomachinae (Polychaeta: Maldanidae) of the world
JOSE ERIBERTO DE ASSIS, CARMEN ALONSO & MARTIN LINDSEY CHRISTOFFERSEN (Brasil)

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Zootaxa 1657: 57-67 (7 Dec. 2007)  6 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 15 Nov. 2007
Two new species of Okenia (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) from eastern Australia and Tanzania
WILLIAM B. RUDMAN (Australia)

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 Erratum 
Zootaxa 1657: 68 (7 Dec. 2007)  
Erratum ( Verburg, P. & Bills, R. (2007) Two new cichild species Neolamprologus (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanga-nyika, East Africa. Zootaxa, 1612, 25-54.)
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 Zootaxa 1656, 68 pp (7 Dec. 2007)  2 papers                                                                                               

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Zootaxa 1656: 1-49 (7 Dec. 2007)  10 plates; 84 references                            Accepted: 21 Sep. 2007
Three new cryptic species of the freshwater zooplankton genus Holopedium (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Ctenopoda), revealed by genetic methods
CHAD L. ROWE, SARAH J. ADAMOWICZ & PAUL D. N. HEBERT (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1656: 51-68 (7 Dec. 2007)  6 plates; 51 references                            Accepted: 6 Nov. 2007
The milliped genus Tidesmus Chamberlin, 1943 (Polydesmida: Macrosternodesmidae)
WILLIAM A. SHEAR & ROWLAND M. SHELLEY (USA)

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 Zootaxa 1655, 68 pp (5 Dec. 2007)  3 papers                                                                                                

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Zootaxa 1655: 1-48 (5 Dec. 2007)  16 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 6 Nov. 2007
Revision of Archaeoteleia Masner (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Scelionidae)
JOHN W. EARLY (New Zealand), LUBOMIR MASNER (Canada) & NORMAN F. JOHNSON (Colombus)
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Zootaxa 1655: 49-61 (5 Dec. 2007)  1 plates; 42 references                            Accepted: 15 Nov. 2007
A taxonomic review of Cuban Eiphosoma Cresson (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), with biogeographical notes
JOSE L. FERNANDEZ-TRIANA (Canada) & HORACIO GRILLO RAVELO (Cuba)

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Zootaxa 1655: 63-68 (5 Dec. 2007)  2 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 13 Nov. 2007
On the genus Diadocidia (Diptera, Sciaroidea, Diadocidiidae) in Australia
Mathias Jaschhof & Catrin Jaschhof (Germany)

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 Zootaxa 1654, 68 pp (5 Dec. 2007)  5 papers    1 erratum                                                                         

 Article 
Zootaxa 1654: 1-20 (5 Dec. 2007)  4 plates; 43 references                            Accepted: 27 Oct. 2007
The Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: new records, distribution, zoogeography, and observations on beetle-fungi relationships in saproxylic environments
CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1654: 21-40 (5 Dec. 2007)  10 plates; 28 references                            Accepted: 31 Oct. 2007
A revision of male ants of the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Key to subfamilies and treatment of the genera of Ponerinae
MASASHI YOSHIMURA (Japan) & BRIAN L. FISHER (USA)

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Zootaxa 1654: 41-54 (5 Dec. 2007)  6 plates; 55 references                            Accepted: 13 Nov. 2007
Formal taxonomy of species C of the Anopheles minimus sibling species complex (Diptera: Culicidae)
RALPH E. HARBACH (UK), CLAIRE GARROS (France), NGUYEN DUC MANH (Vietnam) & SYLVIE MANGUIN (France)

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Zootaxa 1654: 55-60 (5 Dec. 2007)  1 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 7 Nov. 2007
Redescription and placement of the Oriental Scaphepyris rufus Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae)
G. O. LANES & C. O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1654: 61-67 (5 Dec. 2007)  3 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 5 Nov. 2007
A new Neotropical species of Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1874 (Diptera: Chironomidae), with an unusual anal process
SUSANA TRIVINHO-STRIXINO & GIOVANNI STRIXINO (Brazil)

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 Erratum 
Zootaxa 1654: 68 (5 Dec. 2007)  
Erratum ( Ramsdale, A.S. (2007) A new species of Calochromus Guerin-Meneville (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from Fiji. Zootaxa, 1625, 43-46.)
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 Zootaxa 1653, 68 pp (3 Dec. 2007)  4 papers                                                                                             

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Zootaxa 1653: 1-20 (3 Dec. 2007)  5 plates; 30 references                            Accepted: 11 Oct. 2007
Systematics of the genus Rhacophorus (Amphibia, Anura): identity of red-webbed forms and description of a new species from Assam
SABITRY BORDOLOI (India), TUTUL BORTAMULI (India) & ANNEMARIE OHLER (France)

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Zootaxa 1653: 21-39 (3 Dec. 2007)  8 plates; 38 references                            Accepted: 1 Oct. 2007
New species and records of alpheid shrimps, genera Salmoneus Holthuis and Parabetaeus Coutiere, from the tropical western Atlantic (Decapoda, Caridea)
ARTHUR ANKER (USA)

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Zootaxa 1653: 41-55 (3 Dec. 2007)  9 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 5 Nov. 2007
A new species of freshwater isopod (Sphaeromatidea: Sphaeromatidae) from an inland karstic stream on Espiritu Santo Island, Vanuatu, southwestern Pacific
DAMIA JAUME (Spain) & ERIK QUEINNEC (France)

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Zootaxa 1653: 57-68 (3 Dec. 2007)  3 plates; 37 references                            Accepted: 24 Oct. 2007
Reinstatement of Sigambra hanaokai (Kitamori, 1960) (Polychaeta, Pilargidae), with an overview of the literature on the genus
EIJIROH NISHI, KATSUHIKO TANAKA, YOSHIMI FUJIOKA & MASANORI SATO (Japan)

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 Zootaxa 1652, 68 pp (3 Dec. 2007)  6 papers                                                                                              

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Zootaxa 1652: 1-26 (3 Dec. 2007)  3 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 28 Aug. 2007
A revision of the Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier, 1790) species group from North America, north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
STANLEY G. WELLSO & GARY V. MANLEY (USA)

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Zootaxa 1652: 27-40 (3 Dec. 2007)  5 plates; 45 references                            Accepted: 1 Nov. 2007
A new butterfly species from the Colombian Andes and a review of the taxonomy of the genera Idioneurula Strand, 1932 and Tamania Pyrcz, 1995 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)
BLANCA HUERTAS (UK) & JOHN JAIRO ARIAS (Colombia)

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Zootaxa 1652: 41-48 (3 Dec. 2007)  4 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 21 Oct. 2007
A new Brazilian species of Isotomiella (Collembola: Isotomidae), with notes on I. bidentata Delamare Deboutteville, 1950 and I. amazonica Oliveira & Deharveng, 1990
MARIA CLEIDE DE MENDONCA & EDUARDO ASSIS ABRANTES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1652: 49-55 (3 Dec. 2007)  5 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 21 Oct. 2007
The Nymph and Additional Imaginal Description of Epeorus melli new combination from China (Ephemeroptera: Heptageniidae)
CHANG-FA ZHOU, SHI-LEI WANG & HUI XIE (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1652: 57-61 (3 Dec. 2007)  1 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 21 Oct. 2007
Edoughnura rara n.gen., n.sp., an enigmatic genus of Neanurinae Collembola from the Edough Massif (Algeria)
LOUIS DEHARVENG, SALAH HAMRA KROUA & ANNE BEDOS (France)

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Zootaxa 1652: 63-68 (3 Dec. 2007)  2 plates; 4 references                            Accepted: 30 Oct. 2007
Aurimastris, new genus of the treehopper tribe Amastrini (Hemiptera, Membracidae, Smiliinae)
OLIVIA EVANGELISTA & ALBINO M. SAKAKIBARA (Brazil)

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