Editor Dr. Robert Anderson (randerson@mus-nature.ca) CUCUJIFORMIA, CURCULIONOIDEA, except Scolytinae and Platypodinae
Research Division Canadian Museum of Nature PO Box 3443, Station D Ottawa, ON. K1P 6P4 CANADA
Editor Dr. C.L. Bellamy (cbellamy@cdfa.ca.gov) BUPRESTOIDEA
Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Dept. of Food & Agriculture, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento CA 95832-1448 USA
Editor Dr. A.R. Cline (acline@cdfa.ca.gov) CUCUJIFORMIA, particularly LYMEXYLOIDEA; BOSTRICHIFORMIA 
Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Dept. of Food & Agriculture, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento CA 95832-1448 USA
Editor Dr. Nico M. Franz (nico.franz@upr.edu) CUCUJIFORMIA, CURCULIONOIDEA, except Scolytinae and Platypodinae
Department of Biology Call Box 9000 University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez, PR 00681-9000 U.S.A.
Editor Dr. V.I. Gusarov (vladimir.gusarov@nhm.uio.no) STAPHYLINIFORMIA, except Hydrophiloidea, Histeroidea, Hydraenidae and staphylinid subfamily Staphylininae
University of Oslo, UNM, Zoological Museum, Department of Entomology, P.O. Box 1172, Blindern, NO-0318, Oslo, Norway
Editor Dr. L. Kirkendall  (lawrence.kirkendall@bio.uib.no) CUCUJIFORMIA, CURCULIONOIDEA, particularly Scolytinae and Platypodinae
University of Bergen, Institute for Biology, Allegaten 41, N-5007, Bergen, Norway
Editor, Dr. Ted C. MacRae (ted.c.macrae@monsanto.com) Elateroidea
Monsanto Company, 700 Chesterfield Parkway West, Mail Code GG3E, St. Louis, MO 63017, USA
Editor Dr. P.D. Perkins (perkins@oeb.harvard.edu) Hydraenidae, Dryopidae, Elmidae, Hydroscaphidae and Dytiscidae
Department of Entomology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
Editor Dr. J. Serrano (jserrano@um.es) CARABIDAE and other terrestrial Adephaga
Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo. 30071 Murcia, España
Editor Dr. A. Short (aezshort@ku.edu) STAPHYLINIFORMIA: HYDROPHILOIDEA and HISTEROIDEA
Division of Entomology, 1501 Crestline Drive, Suite #140, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66049 USA
Editor Dr. A.Yu. Solodovnikov (asolodovnikov@snm.ku.dk) STAPHYLINIDAE: subfamily Staphylininae only
Natural History Museum of Denmark / University of Copenhagen, Zoological Museum, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Editor Dr. A.B.T. Smith (asmith@unlserve.unl.edu) SCARABAEIFORMIA
Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada
Editor Dr. Q. Wang (Q.Wang@massey.ac.nz)  CUCUJIFORMIA, particularly Cerambycidae (on leave from 25 June to 30 August 2010)
Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University, PB 11122, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Editor Dr. Juanita A. Forrester  (juanita.forrester@gmail.com) CUCUJOIDEA
Mount Pisgah Preparatory School, 9820 Nesbit Ferry Road, Johns Creek, Georgia, 30022-9881
Editor Dr. M.L. Chamorro-Lacayo (lourdes.chamorro@gmail.com) CHRYSOMELOIDEA, particulary Chrysomelidae s.lat. 
Department of Entomology, MRC 187 National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution P.O. Box 37012 Washington, DC, 20013-7012 USA
Editor Dr. Prathapan Divakaran (prathapankd@gmail.com) CHRYSOMELOIDEA, particulary Chrysomelidae s.lat.
Department of Entomology, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellayani P. O., Trivandrum - 695 522, Kerala, INDIA
Editor Dr. Roland Gerstmeier (r.gerstmeier@googlemail.com) CLEROIDEA
Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Lehrstuhl fuer Tieroekologie, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, D-85350 Freising, GERMANY

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2010

Article 
Zootaxa 2601: 37–44 (2 Sep. 2010) 3 plates; 16 references                               Accepted: 6 Aug. 2010
Larval and pupal morphology of Pyractonema nigripennis Solier (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Photinini) and comparative notes with other Photinini larvae
MIGUEL ARCHANGELSKY (Argentina)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2601: 28–36 (2 Sep. 2010) 3 plates; 15 references                                Accepted: 5 Aug. 2010
Sphaerocetum gen. n., a new genus of the Protosternini from Peninsular Malaysia (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae)
MARTIN FIKÁČEK (Czech Republic)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2598: 1–80 (31 Aug. 2010) 62 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 6 Aug. 2010
Revision of the genus Exochomoscirtes Pic (Coleoptera: Scirtidae: Scirtinae)
RAFAŁ RUTA (Poland) & HIROYUKI YOSHITOMI (Japan)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2595: 1–70 (31 Aug. 2010) 17 plates; 112 references                         Accepted: 15 Jun. 2010
Revision of the southern South American species of Philonthus Stephens (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
MARIANA CHANI-POSSE (Argentina)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2584: 1–121 (31 Aug. 2010) 71 plates; 35 references                         Accepted: 23 Jul. 2010
Revision of the Indo-Australian checkered beetle genus Xenorthrius Gorham, 1892 (Coleoptera: Cleridae, Clerinae)
ROLAND GERSTMEIER & JONAS EBERLE (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2575: 49–62 (24 Aug. 2010) 5 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 21 Jul. 2010
Description of two new species of Hypselotropis Jekel with a revised key and phylogenetic reanalysis of the genus (Coleoptera, Anthribidae, Anthribinae)
JOSE RICARDO M. MERMUDES & JULIANA MOURÃO DOS SANTOS RODRIGUES (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2573: 57–68 (23 Aug. 2010) 7 plates; 14 references                             Accepted: 1 Jul. 2010
Three new species of Itagonia Reitter, 1887 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Blaptini) from Sichuan, China
AI-MIN SHI, SHI-BIN YUAN & CHUN-LIAN WU (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2573: 35–56 (23 Aug. 2010) 3 plates; 84 references                           Accepted: 14 Jul. 2010
A review of the genus Oxychalepus Uhmann, 1937 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
C. L. STAINES (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2572: 57–64 (20 Aug. 2010) 4 plates; 24 references                           Accepted: 23 Jun. 2010
Tomicus armandii Li & Zhang (Curculionidae, Scolytinae), a new pine shoot borer from China
XIA LI, ZHEN ZHANG, HONGBIN WANG, WEI WU, PENG CAO & PEIYI ZHANG (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2572: 1–24 (20 Aug. 2010) 8 plates; 26 references                             Accepted: 28 Jun. 2010
Fourteen new species of the genus Gabrius Stephens, 1829 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina) from China
LIANG LI (P.R. China), HARALD SCHILLHAMMER (Austria) & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2566: 64–68 (13 Aug. 2010) 2 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 28 Jul. 2010
Taxonomy and distribution of the genus Pterydrias Reitter and confirmation of its synonymy with Eorhipidius Iablokoff-Khnzorian (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae: Ripidiinae)
JAN BATELKA & JIŘÍ HÁJEK (Czech Republic)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2566: 49–56 (13 Aug. 2010) 4 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 29 Jul. 2010
A new species of blind Trechinae from the Pyrenees of Huesca, and its position within Aphaenops (sensu stricto) (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini)
ARNAUD FAILLE (France), CHARLES BOURDEAU (France) & JAVIER FRESNEDA (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2566: 45–48 (13 Aug. 2010) 0 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 3 Aug. 2010
Seven new synonyms within the genus Onthophagus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from the Oriental Region
SERGEY I. TARASOV (Denmark)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2563: 53–68 (10 Aug. 2010) 9 plates; 20 references                            Accepted: 3 Jul. 2010
Notes on Malthinus mucoreus (Coleoptera: Cantharidae), with descriptions of two new related species from the Ryukyus, Southwest Japan
NAOKI TAKAHASHI (Japan)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 2553: 65–68 (29 Jul. 2010) 3 plates; 9 references                             Accepted: 19 Jun. 2010
The oldest fossil Ochodaeidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Middle Jurassic of China
G.V. NIKOLAJEV (P.R. China) & DONG REN (Kazakhstan)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2545: 39–46 (22 Jul. 2010) 3 plates; 21 references                              Accepted: 3 Jul. 2010
New Agrilus Curtis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from México and Costa Rica mimicking parasitic wasps
HENRY A. HESPENHEIDE (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2542: 33–47 (20 Jul. 2010) 4 plates; 27 references                           Accepted: 23 Jun. 2010
Synopsis of the genus Colobothea Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville in Bolivia, with descriptions of two new species and new country records (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
MIGUEL A. MONNÉ & MARCELA L. MONNÉ (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2538: 47–59 (16 Jul. 2010) 5 plates; 26 references                           Accepted: 23 Jun. 2010
A new species of Neobaryssinus Monné & Martins, and two new species of Baryssiniella new genus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), reared from trees in the Brazil nut family (Lecythidaceae)
AMY BERKOV (USA) & MIGUEL A. MONNÉ (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2538: 38–46 (16 Jul. 2010) 5 plates; 2 references                              Accepted: 15 Jun. 2010
Xantholinini from the Australian and Oriental Regions. New genus, new species and new records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 208° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae
ARNALDO BORDONI (Italy)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2538: 1–37 (16 Jul. 2010) 9 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 15 Jun. 2010
A revision of the Neotropical genus Sacosternum Hansen (Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae: Megasternini)
MARTIN FIKÁČEK (Czech Republic) & ANDREW E. Z. SHORT (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2535: 1–34 (14 Jul. 2010) 0 plates; 68 references                             Accepted: 25 May 2010
Catalog of the types of some families of Coleoptera (Insecta) deposited at Coleção de Entomologia Pe. J. S. Moure, Curitiba, Brazil
CIBELE S. RIBEIRO-COSTA, LÚCIA M. ALMEIDA, EDILSON CARON, GEOVAN H. CORRÊA, ADELITA M. LINZMEIER & PAULA B. DOS SANTOS (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2531: 64–68 (9 Jul. 2010) 3 plates; 1 references                               Accepted: 19 Jun. 2010
A new species of scarab beetle, Madecorphnus cuccodoroi (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae), from northern Madagascar
ANDREY FROLOV (Russia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2531: 1–14 (9 Jul. 2010) 5 plates; 27 references                                Accepted: 19 Jun. 2010
Three new species of Naddia Fauvel (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from China
ZHUO YANG & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2530: 47–59 (8 Jul. 2010) 6 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 12 Jun. 2010
Revalidation and revision of Ochralea Clark, 1865 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from the Oriental Region
IZFA RIZA HAZMI & THOMAS WAGNER (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2530: 1–18 (8 Jul. 2010) 7 plates; 33 references                                  Accepted: 6 Jun. 2010
Aquatica gen. nov. from mainland China with a description of Aquatica wuhana sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae)
XINHUA FU (China), LESLEY BALLANTYNE (Australia) & CHRISTINE L. LAMBKIN (Australia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2529: 55–64 (7 Jul. 2010) 32 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 15 Jun. 2010
Notes concerning the genus Metataenia Théry, 1923 (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Chrysochroina) from Papua New Guinea, with description of a new species and designation of a lectotype
ULF NYLANDER (Sweden)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2529: 1–39 (7 Jul. 2010) 15 plates; 32 references                                Accepted: 8 May 2010
Review of the Nearctic, Mexican and West Indian (Greater Antilles) species of Colliuris Degeer (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Odacanthini)
YVES BOUSQUET (Canada)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2527: 28–48 (5 Jul. 2010) 4 plates; 51 references                             Accepted: 17 Jun. 2010
A review of the Cautires obsoletus species group from Indo–Burma (Coleoptera: Lycidae)
PAVLA DUDKOVA & LADISLAV BOCAK (Czech Republic)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2524: 63–65 (1 Jul. 2010) 1 plates; 10 references                               Accepted: 3 Jun. 2010
Two new synonymies and lectotype designation in Trachyderini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
MARCELA L. MONNÉ, JUAN PABLO BOTERO & HINGRID Y. QUINTINO (Brazil)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2523: 65–68 (30 Jun. 2010) 2 plates; 5 references                            Accepted: 18 Jun. 2010
A new species of the Genus Anchocerus Fauvel, 1905 from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)
JIAYAO HU, LIZHEN LI & YUNLONG ZHAO (P.R. China)
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Erratum 
Zootaxa 2520: 66–68 (28 Jun. 2010) 
Erratum: Reid, C.A.M. & Beatson, M. (2010) Revision of the Australo-Papuan genus Macrolema Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Spilopyrinae), with description of a new genus. Zootaxa, 2486, 1-60.
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Article 
Zootaxa 2517: 33–43 (24 Jun. 2010) 4 plates; 6 references                               Accepted: 8 Jun. 2010
The genus Portelmis Sanderson, 1953 (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae): first report in Brazil, description of two new Amazonian species and species key for males
ANDRÉ S. FERNANDES, MARIA INÊS S. PASSOS & NEUSA HAMADA (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2517: 25–32 (24 Jun. 2010) 3 plates; 13 references                             Accepted: 5 Jun. 2010
Notes on identity of Cephennomicrus sumatranus (Franz) (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae)
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI (Poland)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2516: 1–26 (23 Jun. 2010) 14 plates; 26 references                           Accepted: 28 May 2010
A taxonomic review and phylogeny of the genera Hoplopisthius Senna, 1892 and Carcinopisthius Kolbe, 1892 (Coleoptera: Brentidae, Hoplopisthiini)
ANTOINE MANTILLERI (France)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2515: 1–35 (23 Jun. 2010) 4 plates; 141 references                           Accepted: 27 May 2010
A reclassification of the weevil subfamily Cyclominae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
ROLF G. OBERPRIELER (Australia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2512: 1–25 (21 Jun. 2010) 17 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 13 May 2010
Taxonomical study on the genus Pselaphodes Westwood (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from China. Part I.
ZI-WEI YIN, LI-ZHEN LI & MEI-JUN ZHAO (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2507: 1–36 (16 Jun. 2010) 10 plates; 72 references                           Accepted: 26 May 2010
The Middle American species of Peridinetus Schönherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae)
JENS PRENA (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2506: 51–58 (15 Jun. 2010) 5 plates; 6 references                             Accepted: 12 May 2010
Two new species of Berosus Leach from Brazil (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Berosini)
PIERRE QUENEY (France)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2506: 1–25 (15 Jun. 2010) 13 plates; 34 references                          Accepted: 12 May 2010
Taxonomy of the genus Craspedomerus Bernhauer, 1911 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina) from China
LIANG LI & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2502: 1–23 (11 Jun. 2010) 11 plates; 31 references                             Accepted: 5 May 2010
New species of Anillinus Casey (Carabidae: Trechinae: Bembidiini) from the Southern Appalachians and phylogeography of the A. loweae species group
IGOR M. SOKOLOV & CHRISTOPHER E. CARLTON (USA)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 2498: 65–68 (8 Jun. 2010) 1 plates; 4 references                               Accepted: 19 Apr. 2010
Megagraphydrus puzhelongi, sp. n., a new water scavenger beetle from China (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilinae)
FENGLONG JIA (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2498: 28–46 (8 Jun. 2010) 0 plates; 125 references                          Accepted: 28 Apr. 2010
Additions and corrections to Borowski and Węgrzynowicz’s world catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera)
MICHAEL A. IVIE (USA)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2497: 66–68 (7 Jun. 2010) 0 plates; 33 references                            Accepted: 27 Apr. 2010
Trachelissa Aurivillius, 1912 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae): a protected name 
HINGRID Y. QUINTINO & MARCELA L. MONNÉ (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2490: 63–68  (1 Jun. 2010) 3 plates; 3 references                              Accepted: 17 Apr. 2010
The Indochinese members of the Onthophagus (Parascatonomus) aurifex species group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), with the description of a new species
SERGEY TARASOV (Denmark), JAN KRIKKEN (The Netherlands), & JOHANNES HUIJBREGTS (The Netherlands)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2487: 1–18  (28 May 2010) 9 plates; 62 references                           Accepted: 17 Apr. 2010
Phylogenetic analysis of the Prionini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae) from China based on mitochondrial ribosomal RNA genes and Cytochrome oxidase I gene
BO FENG, LI CHEN, YAN-LI E & KAI-DI ZHENG (P.R. China)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2486: 1–60 (27 May 2010) 33 plates; 39 references                         Accepted: 16 Apr. 2010
Revision of the Australo-Papuan genus Macrolema Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Spilopyrinae), with description of a new genus
C. A. M. REID & M. BEATSON
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Article 
Zootaxa 2485: 47–57 (27 May 2010) 5 plates; 26 references                          Accepted: 16 Apr. 2010
A new Typhlocharis (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Anillina) from Spain: combining adult and larval morphological data with DNA information
CARMELO ANDÚJAR (Spain), VASILY V. GREBENNIKOV (Canada), JOSÉ LUÍS LENCINA (Spain) & JOSÉ SERRANO (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2484: 25–34  (26 May 2010) 4 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 5 May 2010
A new cave-dwelling species of Quaestus Schaufuss, 1861 from the Montes de Pas, Northern Spain (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leptodirini)
JOSÉ Mª SALGADO COSTAS, LUCÍA LABRADA MOREDA & CARLOS G. LUQUE (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2476: 1–13  (18 May 2010) 2 plates; 2 references                              Accepted: 19 Apr. 2010
Review of the genus Hexarhopalus Fairmaire, 1891 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Stenochiinae) from Borneo with description of new species
LUBOŠ PURCHART (Czech Republic)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2467: 1–74 (14 May 2010) 46 plates; 15 references                          Accepted: 25 Feb. 2010
Revision of the Scirtes flavoguttatus species-group (Coleoptera: Scirtidae: Scirtinae) 
HIROYUKI YOSHITOMI (Japan) & RAFAŁ RUTA (Poland)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2458: 1–127 (14 May 2010) 61 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 6 Feb. 2010
A taxonomic monograph of the Middle American leaf-litter inhabiting weevil genus Theognete Champion (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Molytinae; Lymantini) 
ROBERT S. ANDERSON (Canada)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2451: 53–62  (11 May 2010) 5 plates; 18 references                          Accepted: 27 Mar. 2010
A description of a larva of Ancyrona diversa Pic, 1921 and its phylogenetic implications (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae)
JIŘÍ KOLIBÁČ (Czech Republic) & ARTEM A. ZAITSEV (Russia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2451: 26–42  (11 May 2010) 0 plates; 57 references                         Accepted: 23 Mar. 2010
Type specimens of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) in the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia
C. L. STAINES (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2448: 35–52  (7 May 2010) 4 plates; 31 references                             Accepted: 3 Mar. 2010
Nomenclatural changes in North American Phymatodes Mulsant (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
IAN P. SWIFT & ANN M. RAY (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2444: 51–57  (4 May 2010) 1 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 18 Mar. 2010
A review of the genus Hadrodemius Wood, with new synonymy and a key to species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
ROGER A. BEAVER (Thailand)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2444: 1–44  (4 May 2010) 14 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 23 Mar. 2010
Revision of the Afrotropical flea beetle genus Serraphula Jacoby and description of Bechynella, a new genus from Western and Central Africa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae)
MAURIZIO BIONDI & PAOLA D’ALESSANDRO (Italy)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2441: 53–62  (30 Apr. 2010) 6 plates; 13 references                         Accepted: 20 Mar. 2010
Two new species of Cis Latreille (Coleoptera: Ciidae) from Chile
CRISTIANO LOPES-ANDRADE (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2441: 1–19  (30 Apr. 2010) 13 plates; 22 references                         Accepted: 17 Mar. 2010
A review of the genus Agetocera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) in Taiwan—are there only two species?
CHI-FENG LEE (Taiwan), JAN BEZDĔK (Czech Republic) & CHARLES L. STAINES (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2438: 52–60 (27 Apr. 2010) 7 plates; 22 references                          Accepted: 10 Mar. 2010
Gonioctena koryeoensis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae), a new species from Korea, with a description of immature stages
HEE WOOK CHO & JONG EUN LEE (Rep. Korea)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2436: 28–56 (26 Apr. 2010) 11 plates; 22 references                        Accepted: 15 Mar. 2010
Revision of Eulasia genei Truqui, with description of Eulasia rittneri n. sp. from Israel and synonymic notes on related species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Glaphyridae)
MARCO ULIANA (Italy) & GUIDO SABATINELLI (Roma)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2432: 45–58 (21 Apr. 2010) 7 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 9 Mar. 2010
Contribution to the knowledge of the weevil subgenus Arammichnus Gozis, genus Otiorhynchus Germar (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from Sicily and the Sicilian islands
COSIMO BAVIERA & LUIGI MAGNANO (Italy)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2423: 25–43 (12 Apr. 2010) 6 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 2 Mar. 2010
A review of Rhynchortalia Crotch (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Ortaliinae)
J. POORANI (India) & ADAM ŚLIPIŃSKI (Australia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2420: 26–36 (7 Apr. 2010) 4 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 29 Jan. 2010
Microdytes Balfour-Browne of India with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae)
KELLY B. MILLER (USA) & GÜNTHER WEWALKA (Austria)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2415: 33–42 (31 Mar. 2010) 2 plates; 16 references                          Accepted: 3 Feb. 2010
Four new species of Desmopachria Babington (Insecta, Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) from the Amazon river floodplain
RAFAEL BENZI BRAGA & NELSON FERREIRA-JR (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2411: 59–67 (26 Mar. 2010) 0 plates; 102 references                       Accepted: 17 Feb. 2010
On the identity of Hybosorus hopei A. Costa, a forgotten Italian beetle (Coleoptera: Hybosoridae and Tenebrionidae)
GIANLUCA NARDI (Italy)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2411: 1–21 (26 Mar. 2010) 12 plates; 40 references                          Accepted: 15 Feb. 2010
Taxonomic remarks on some genera of Lixini Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
LEVENT GÜLTEKİN (Turkey)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2410: 59–64 (25 Mar. 2010) 4 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 4 Feb. 2010
Description of Podosilis geukdongensis n. sp. (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from South Korea
TAE HWA KANG, YOUNG BO LEE, & HAE CHUL PARK (Korea)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2403: 59–68 (19 Mar. 2010) 5 plates; 11 references                          Accepted: 29 Jan. 2010
One of a thousand - a new species of Trigonopterus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cryptorhynchinae) from New Guinea
ALEXANDER RIEDEL (Germany)
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Correspondence  
Zootaxa 2402: 68 (18 Mar. 2010) 0 plates; 2 references                                     Accepted: 3 Feb. 2010
A new name in the genus Ocypus Leach, 1819 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylinini, Staphylinina)
ALEŠ SMETANA (Canada)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2402: 52–60 (18 Mar. 2010) 3 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 4 Feb. 2010
Two new species of Prionocyphon Redtenbacher from Taiwan (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), with notes on Prionocyphon, Mescirtes Motschulsky and Prionoscirtes Champion from East and Southeast Asia 
RAFAŁ RUTA (Poland)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2402: 1–51 (18 Mar. 2010) 22 plates; 32 references                             Accepted: 3 Feb. 2010
The species of Acylophorus Nordmann (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) in continental sub-Saharan Africa
DEREK A. LOTT (UK)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2401: 61–68 (17 Mar. 2010) 4 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 4 Feb. 2010
Revision of Metadorodocia Machatschke, 1957, a genus endemic to Madagascar (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Adoretini)
LILIA AKHMETOVA (Russia) & OLIVIER MONTREUIL (France)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2400: 49–56 (16 Mar. 2010) 6 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 3 Feb. 2010
New soldier beetles (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from the Eocene Baltic amber
ANTONI KUŚKA & IWONA KANIA (Poland)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2397: 15–28 (12 Mar. 2010) 13 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 3 Feb. 2010
Key to species of the subgenus Chlaenioctenus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Chlaeniini: Chlaenius), with description of two new species
YE LIU (P.R. China), HONGBIN LIANG (P.R. China), DAVID H. KAVANAUGH (USA) & MAOFA YANG (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2388: 49–58 (4 Mar. 2010) 4 plates; 29 references                           Accepted: 29 Jan. 2010
Larval morphology of Epomis circumscriptus (Duftschmid 1812) and of first instar E. dejeani, Dejean, 1831, (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Chlaeniini), with morphofunctional remarks
PIETRO BRANDMAYR, TERESA BONACCI & TULLIA ZETTO BRANDMAYR (Italy)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2387: 51–56 (3 Mar. 2010) 1 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 29 Jan. 2010
Revision of the genus Carphontes Bates, with the proposal of a new genus, Paracleodoxus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae)
MIGUEL A. MONNÉ & MARCELA L. MONNÉ (Brazil)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2386: 65–68 (2 Mar. 2010) 1 plates; 20 references                            Accepted: 23 Jan. 2010
Two new synonymies in the genus Praocis (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
GUSTAVO E. FLORES (Argentina) & JAIME PIZARRO-ARAYA (Chile)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2384: 44–52 (1 Mar. 2010) 12 plates; 3 references                            Accepted: 13 Nov. 2009
Description of a neotype and designation of four lectotypes from Borneo in the genus Curculio (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
FRANK W. PELSUE, JR. (USA)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2376: 1–96 (26 Feb. 2010) 74 plates; 93 references                           Accepted: 6 Nov. 2009
Contribution to the systematic rearrangement of the Palaearctic Peritelini. VI. A synthesis of the Spanish Peritelini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)
HELIO PIEROTTI (Italy), CESARE BELLÒ (Italy) & MIGUEL A. ALONSO-ZARAZAGA (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2368: 59–68 (24 Feb. 2010) 6 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 15 Jan. 2010
Otiorhynchus (Nihus) grischunensis sp. n.—a new species of the O. rhilensis species group from the Swiss Alps (Curculionidae, Entiminae)
CHRISTOPH GERMANN (Switzerland)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2360: 34–46 (16 Feb. 2010) 8 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 25 Jan. 2010
Taxonomy of the genus Hybridolinus Schillhammer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina) from China
LIANG LI & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU (P.R. China)
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Erratum 
Zootaxa 2359: 68 (15 Feb. 2010) 
Erratum—FERRER, J. & HOLSTON, K. (2009) Identities of Tenebrio Linnaeus types at Uppsala, and the resulting changes in old darkling beetle names (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Zootaxa, 2308, 29–42.
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Zootaxa 2359: 1–34 (15 Feb. 2010) 30 plates; 39 references                           Accepted: 11 Jan. 2010
Revision of the genus Tillicera Spinola, 1841 (Coleoptera: Cleridae, Clerinae)
ROLAND GERSTMEIER & NADINE BERNHARD (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2358: 49–56 (12 Feb. 2010) 6 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 19 Dec. 2009
A new species of Hydroscapha LeConte from northwestern Venezuela (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Hydroscaphidae)
W. EUGENE HALL & ANDREW E. Z. SHORT (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2358: 39–48 (12 Feb. 2010) 2 plates; 25 references                           Accepted: 15 Dec. 2009
Revision of the genus Hemicladus Buquet, 1857 with a special focus on the species from French Guiana (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae)
GÉRARD LUC TAVAKILIAN, JULIEN TOUROULT & PIERRE-HENRI DALENS (France)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2357: 1–49 (11 Feb. 2010) 17 plates; 34 references                           Accepted: 31 Dec. 2009
Revision of the genus Indomias Marshall (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae, Tanymecini) from India
V.V. RAMAMURTHY & SHALOO AYRI (India)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2353: 62–64 (8 Feb. 2010) 1 plates; 6 references                             Accepted: 19 Dec. 2009
Two new species of Hydraena (s.str.) Kugelann (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) from northern Turkey
AHMET KASAPOĞLU (Turkey), MANFRED A. JÄCH (Austria) & ANDRÉ SKALE (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2353: 43–48 (8 Feb. 2010) 1 plates; 6 references                             Accepted: 24 Dec. 2009
A new species of Hintonelmis Spangler (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae) from Central Amazonia, Brazil
ANDRÉ S. FERNANDES, MARIA INÊS S. PASSOS & NEUSA HAMADA (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2353: 34–42 (8 Feb. 2010) 5 plates; 11 references                             Accepted: 14 Dec. 2009
Trichocateres fasciculifer, a new genus and species of Trogossitidae: Lophocaterini (Coleoptera)
JIŘÍ KOLIBÁČ (Czech Republic)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2353: 1–33 (8 Feb. 2010) 13 plates; 40 references                             Accepted: 1 1 Jan. 2010
Revision of the genus Paraclytra (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae: Clytrini), with description of P. cervenkai sp. nov. from Sultanate of Oman
JAN BEZDĚK & FRANTIŠEK KANTNER (Czech Republic)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2351: 49–57 (4 Feb. 2010) 2 plates; 40 references                             Accepted: 24 Dec. 2009
Dasytidae of the Egadi Archipelago (Coleoptera, Cleroidea) with description of Danacea hierena n. sp.
COSIMO BAVIERA & GIANFRANCO LIBERTI (Italy)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2351: 1–13 (4 Feb. 2010) 7 plates; 20 references                             Accepted: 4 Nov. 2009
Ochthebius (Enicocerus) aguilerai sp.n. from central Spain, with a molecular phylogeny of the Western Palaearctic species of Enicocerus (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae)
IGNACIO RIBERA, AGUSTÍN CASTRO & CARLES HERNANDO (Spain)
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Correspondence  
Zootaxa 2350: 66–68 (3 Feb. 2010) 1 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 16 Dec. 2009
Helferella oborili sp. nov. from Indonesia (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Polycestinae: Haplostethini)
SVATOPLUK BÍLÝ & OTO NAKLÁDAL (Czech Republic)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2350: 59–65 (3 Feb. 2010) 2 plates; 6 references                           Accepted: 16 Dec. 2009
Allopachria Zimmermann, 1924 from Jiangxi, China, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
DONGJU BIAN & LANZHU JI (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2350: 53–58 (3 Feb. 2010) 2 plates; 1 references                           Accepted: 24 Dec. 2009
Melobasina riedeli n. sp. from Indonesia (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Chrysochroinae)
VÍTĚZSLAV KUBÁŇ & SVATOPLUK BÍLÝ (Czech Republic)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2347: 59–63 (29 Jan. 2010) 2 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 14 Dec. 2009
A new genus and species of ototretine firefly from Borneo (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
MILADA BOCAKOVA & KRISTYNA JANISOVA (Czech Republic)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2347: 37–58 (29 Jan. 2010) 13 plates; 6 references                           Accepted: 3 Nov. 2009
Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical diving beetles genus Laccodytes Régimbart, 1895 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
MARIO TOLEDO (Italy), PAUL J. SPANGLER (USA) & MICHAEL BALKE (Germany)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2344: 61–64 (26 Jan. 2010) 2 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 24 Nov. 2009
Hydrochus farsicus sp.n. from Iran and notes on other Palearctic species of the genus (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea: Hydrochidae)
AMPARO HIDALGO-GALIANA (Spain), MANFRED A. JÄCH (Austria) & IGNACIO RIBERA (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2344: 17–28 (26 Jan. 2010) 4 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 19 Dec. 2009
Two new species of Onthophagus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Indochina, with a discussion of some problems with the classification of Serrophorus and similar subgenera
SERGEY I. TARASOV (Denmark) & OLEG N. KABAKOV (Russia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2338: 63–68 (19 Jan. 2010) 2 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 17 Nov. 2009
Two newly detected bark and ambrosia beetles from southern Florida (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae)
THOMAS H. ATKINSON, ROBERT J. RABAGLIA & ANTHONY I. COGNATO (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2338: 35–42 (19 Jan. 2010) 4 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 9 Dec. 2009
An endemic predaceous water beetle from the Murchison River in Western Australia—Antiporus kalbarriensis sp.n. (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Hydroporini)
LARS HENDRICH (Germany) & CHRIS H.S. WATTS (Australia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2338: 23–34 (19 Jan. 2010) 7 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 10 Dec. 2009
Two new species of Eupholus Boisduval (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae), with observations on coloured cuticular exudates in weevils
ALEXANDER RIEDEL (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2335: 29–39 (13 Jan. 2010) 6 plates; 6 references                               Accepted: 7 Dec. 2009
Five new Stenus species of the cephalotes group (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from China with a key to Chinese species of the group
LIANG TANG (P.R. China), LI-ZHEN LI (P.R. China) & VOLKER PUTHZ (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2333: 59–68 (12 Jan. 2010) 3 plates; 10 references                          Accepted: 19 Nov. 2009
New species of the genus Agrilus Curtis, 1825, from Nicaragua and Panamá (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae)
GIANFRANCO CURLETTI (Italy)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2331: 35–56 (8 Jan. 2010) 8 plates; 51 references                           Accepted: 30 Nov. 2009
A revision of the New Zealand click beetle genus Amychus Pascoe 1876 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Denticollinae): with a description of a new species from the Three Kings Islands
JOHN W. M. MARRIS (New Zealand) & PAUL J. JOHNSON (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2328: 1–48 (5 Jan. 2010) 9 plates; 24 references                           Accepted: 17 Nov. 2009
Studies on Prionoceridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea). II. A revision of the genus Prionocerus Perty, 1831
MICHAEL GEISER (Switzerland)
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2009

 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2325: 35-38 (23 Dec. 2009) 2 plates; 3 references                          Accepted: 21 Oct. 2009
Two new species of the genus Episcaphium Lewis (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae) of China
CHUN SHENG & FU-KANG GU (P.R. China)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2321: 1-80 (22 Dec. 2009) 0 plates; 319 references                           Accepted: 2 Dec. 2009
Catalogue of family-group names in Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) 
Yves Bousquet (Canada), Daniel J. Heffern (USA), Patrice Bouchard (Canada) & Eugenio H. Nearns (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 169-196 (22 Dec. 2009) 1 plates; 38 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
An updated checklist of the ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of Sardinia
AUGUSTO VIGNA TAGLIANTI (Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 197-280 (22 Dec. 2009) 0 plates; 116 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia, with faunistic, zoogeographical, ecological and conservation remarks
FABIO PENATI (Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 281-289 (22 Dec. 2009) 2 plates; 37 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
A new species of Hydraena (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) of the H. evanescens complex from Sardinia
PAOLO AUDISIO, ALESSIO DE BIASE, MARCO TRIZZINO, EMILIANO MANCINI & GLORIA ANTONINI (Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 290-316 (22 Dec. 2009) 3 plates; 181 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
The Cholevidae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia
ACHILLE CASALE, GIUSEPPE GRAFITTI & LEONARDO LATELLA (Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 317-338 (22 Dec. 2009) 16 plates; 64 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
The endogean beetle fauna of the Marganai-Oridda-Valle del Leni area (SW Sardinia), with description of seven new species of Staphylinidae Leptotyphlinae (Coleoptera)
LUCA FANCELLO (Italy), CARLES HERNANDO (Spain) & PIERO LEO (Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 339-385 (22 Dec. 2009) 7 plates; 156 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
The Dasytidae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia
GIANFRANCO LIBERTI (Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 386-393 (22 Dec. 2009) 2 plates; 27 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
A new species of Meligethes (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae) of the M. lugubris complex from Sardinia
PAOLO AUDISIO, ALESSIO DE BIASE, MARCO TRIZZINO, EMILIANO MANCINI & GLORIA ANTONINI (Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 394-399 (22 Dec. 2009) 1 plates; 29 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
New data on some Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from the Mediterranean Region
CLAUDIO CANEPARI (Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 400-420 (22 Dec. 2009) 13 plates; 41 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
Observations on some Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) from Sardinia, with description of three new Asida
PIERO LEO (Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 421-426 (22 Dec. 2009) 1 plates; 30 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
New data on some Curculionoidea (Coleoptera: Anthribidae, Apionidae, Curculionidae) from Sardinia
ENZO COLONNELLI & GIUSEPPE OSELLA (Italy)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2317: 1-102 (22 Dec. 2009) 44 plates; 61 references                           Accepted: 8 Oct. 2009
Larval morphology of Rhantus Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Colymbetinae): descriptions of 22 species and phylogenetic considerations
YVES ALARIE (Canada), MARIANO C. MICHAT (Argentina), ANDERS N. NILSSON (Sweden), MIGUEL ARCHANGELSKY (Argentina) & LARS HENDRICH (Germany)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2311: 66-68 (15 Dec. 2009) 2 plates; 3 references                          Accepted: 4 Nov. 2009
A new species of Dryocoetoides Hopkins from southern Florida (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
T.H. ATKINSON (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2311: 1-18 (15 Dec. 2009) 14 plates; 11 references                          Accepted: 21 Oct. 2009
A new North American genus of Hetaeriinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae), with descriptions of six new species from the U.S.A. and Mexico
ALEXEY K. TISHECHKIN & MICHAEL S. CATERINO (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2310: 59-63 (14 Dec. 2009) 2 plates; 7 references                          Accepted: 4 Nov. 2009
Rare ground-beetle species of Leleuporella Basilewsky (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae: Scaritini) from Indian sub-continent
P. ABHITHA & T.K. SABU (India)
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Zootaxa 2308: 29-42 (10 Dec. 2009) 8 plates; 70 references                          Accepted: 27 Oct. 2009
Identities of Tenebrio Linnaeus types at Uppsala, and the resulting changes in old darkling beetle names (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
JULIO FERRER & KEVIN HOLSTON (Sweden)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2306: 44-50 (8 Dec. 2009) 1 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 4 Nov. 2009
A revision of Paratelius Kazantsev, 1992 (Coleoptera: Lycidae)
VLADIMÍR MALOHLAVA & LADISLAV BOCAK (Czech Republic)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2303: 57-60 (3 Dec. 2009) 2 plates; 18 references                          Accepted: 9 Nov. 2009
First record of Ambrosiodmus (Hopkins, 1915) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) in Europe
MASSIMO FACCOLI, GABRIELLA FRIGIMELICA, NICOLA MORI, EDOARDO PETRUCCO TOFFOLO, MARCO VETTORAZZO & MAURO SIMONATO (Italy)
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Zootaxa 2303: 45-52 (3 Dec. 2009) 3 plates; 18 references                          Accepted: 6 Nov. 2009
Additions to the description of Yunnaniata konstantinovi Lopatin, 2009, and its classification in the section Capulites (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Hylaspini)
JAN BEZDĚK (Czech Republic) & RON BEENEN (The Netherlands)
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Zootaxa 2300: 51-67 (30 Nov. 2009) 6 plates; 17 references                          Accepted: 27 Oct. 2009
Molecular phylogeny in 'nano-weevils': description of a new subgenus Nanoacalles and two new species of Calacalles from the Macaronesian Islands (Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae)
JONAS J. ASTRIN & PETER E. STÜBEN (Germany)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2300: 47-50 (30 Nov. 2009) 5 plates; 2 references                          Accepted: 27 Oct. 2009
A new species of Hoplosaenidea Laboissiere, 1933 from Malaysia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)
MOHAMED S. MOHAMEDSAID (Malaysia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2292: 57-64 (18 Nov. 2009) 1 plates; 18 references                         Accepted: 4 Nov. 2009
Three new species of Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae) from the Leyte Island, Philippines
C. L. BELLAMY (USA) & SADAHIRO OHMOMO (Japan)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2292: 1-14 (18 Nov. 2009) 6 plates; 45 references                          Accepted: 24 Sep. 2009
Discovery of Antireicheia in Cameroon with description of four new species and discussion on phylogeny and distribution of endogean Reicheiina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae: Clivinini)
VASILY V. GREBENNIKOV (Canada), PETR BULIRSCH (Czech Republic) & PAOLO MAGRINI (Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2288: 1-41 (12 Nov. 2009) 14 plates; 51 references                          Accepted: 28 Sep. 2009
The epigean Australasian species of Neobidessodes gen.n. diving beetles—a revision integrating morphology, cybertaxonomy, DNA taxonomy and phylogeny (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Bidessini)
LARS HENDRICH, OLIVER HAWLITSCHEK & MICHAEL BALKE (Germany)
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Zootaxa 2287: 64-68 (11 Nov. 2009) 2 plates; 2 references                          Accepted: 29 Oct. 2009
Parallidiostoma tricornum Ocampo and Colby, a new genus and species of Allidiostomatinae from Peru (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
FEDERICO C. OCAMPO (Argentina) & JULIA COLBY (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2286: 49-57 (10 Nov. 2009) 4 plates; 5 references                          Accepted: 5 Oct. 2009
Two new species of the Neotropical genus Philothalpus Kraatz from Peru (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Xanthopygina)
ANGELICO ASENJO & CIBELE S. RIBEIRO-COSTA (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2286: 31-48 (10 Nov. 2009) 6 plates; 22 references                          Accepted: 22 Sep. 2009
New Asian Hydroscapha, with comments on male-female association of co-occuring species (Coleoptera, Myxophaga, Hydroscaphidae)
MARTIN FIKÁČEK & HANA ŠÍPKOVÁ (Czech Republic)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2286: 1-30 (10 Nov. 2009) 11 plates; 51 references                          Accepted: 10 Oct. 2009
Contributions to the knowledge of the “Staphylinus-complex” (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) of China. Part 21. The genus Ocypus Leach, 1819, subgenus Pseudocypus Mulsant & Rey, 1876. Section 4
ALEŠ SMETANA (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2284: 41-47 (9 Nov. 2009) 3 plates; 8 references                          Accepted: 10 Oct. 2009
A new species of Pachydema Laporte (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Pachydemini) from the Canary Islands
ESTEFANÍA MICÓ & EDUARDO GALANTE (Spain)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2280: 63-68 (3 Nov. 2009) 1 plates; 3 references                          Accepted: 23 Sep. 2009
Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) pinda sp. nov. from the Arabian Peninsula (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
SVATOPLUK BÍLÝ (Czech Republic) & DANIELE BAIOCCHI (Italy)
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Zootaxa 2274: 1-44 (28 Oct. 2009) 21 plates; 39 references                          Accepted: 19 Sep. 2009
Larval morphology of Paroster Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae): reinforcement of the hypothesis of monophyletic origin and discussion of phenotypic accommodation to a hypogaeic environment
YVES ALARIE (Canada), MARIANO C. MICHAT (Argentina) & CHRIS H.S. WATTS (Australia)
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Zootaxa 2268: 41-51 (20 Oct. 2009) 4 plates; 13 references                          Accepted: 7 Sep. 2009
Three new species of Platyderus from South Italy (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Sphodrini)
BORISLAV GUÉORGUIEV (Bulgaria)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2263: 66-68 (13 Oct. 2009) 2 plates; 2 references                          Accepted: 14 Sep. 2009
Transfer of Pyrochroa daglariensis to Hemidendroides Ferrari (Coleoptera: Pyrochroidae: Pyrochroinae), with a dichotomous key to the four species of the genus
DANIEL K. YOUNG (USA)
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Zootaxa 2263: 59-65 (13 Oct. 2009) 3 plates; 8 references                          Accepted: 14 Sep. 2009
Rediscovery of Pseudopyrochroa uniformis Pic (Coleoptera: Pyrochroidae: Pyrochroinae)
DANIEL K. YOUNG (USA)
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Zootaxa 2263: 42-58 (13 Oct. 2009) 8 plates; 18 references                          Accepted: 30 Jan. 2009
New species and records of the genus Lispinus with a key to the species from Peru (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae)
ULRICH IRMLER (Germany)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2261: 66-68 (9 Oct. 2009) 1 plates; 3 references                          Accepted: 18 Sep. 2009
Synopsis of the genus Meridiotroctes Martins & Galileo (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
VANESSA S. MACHADO & MARCELA L. MONNÉ (Brazil)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2261: 63-65 (9 Oct. 2009) 1 plates; 8 references                          Accepted: 15 Sep. 2009
A new species of Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 1829, the first from Fiji (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
C. L. BELLAMY (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2258: 1-134 (8 Oct. 2009) 0 plates; 514 references                           Accepted: 5 Aug. 2009
A catalogue of family and genus group names in Scolytinae and Platypodinae with nomenclatural remarks (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
MIGUEL A. ALONSO-ZARAZAGA (Spain) & CHRISTOPHER H.C. LYAL (UK)
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Zootaxa 2245: 59-64 (2 Oct. 2009) 1 plates; 17 references                          Accepted: 25 Aug. 2009
Synopsis of the genus Pandrosos Bates, 1867 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
JOSÉ RICARDO M. MERMUDES & DILMA SOLANGE NAPP (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2242: 1-54 (29 Sep. 2009) 69 plates; 43 references                          Accepted: 20 Aug. 2009
Revision of the Genera Diplocladus Fairmaire and Strotocera Schenkling (Coleoptera: Cleridae, Tillinae)
ROLAND GERSTMEIER & INGMAR WEISS (Germany)
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Zootaxa 2239: 55-61 (24 Sep. 2009) 3 plates; 17 references                          Accepted: 1 Sep. 2009
Fossil carabids from Baltic amber – I – A new species of the genus Calathus Bonelli, 1810 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichinae)
VICENTE M. ORTUÑO & ANTONIO ARILLO (Spain)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2237: 67-68 (22 Sep. 2009) 0 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 27 Aug. 2009
Battle of two replacement names for the genus Metagonia Kolbe, 1899 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)
MARC LACROIX (France) & ALEŠ BEZDĚK (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa 2237: 34-42 (22 Sep. 2009) 5 plates; 6 references                          Accepted: 19 Aug. 2009
A new sap beetle (Nitidulidae: Nitidulinae) genus from the Neotropics, with commentary on the Pocadius complex of genera
ANDREW R. CLINE (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2230: 51-56 (14 Sep. 2009) 4 plates; 10 references                          Accepted: 12 Jun. 2009
Taxonomy of Trigonocnera Reitter, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)
YI-BIN BA & GUO-DONG REN (China)
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Zootaxa 2230: 29-41 (14 Sep. 2009) 3 plates; 18 references                          Accepted: 25 Aug. 2009
Synopsis of the genus Sangaris Dalman in South America (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae), with description of two new species and new combinations
MIGUEL A. MONNÉ & MARCELA L. MONNÉ (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 2230: 1-15 (14 Sep. 2009) 2 plates; 30 references                          Accepted: 19 Aug. 2009
A revision of the African species of Odontolochini Stebnicka & Howden, 1996 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)
ZDZISŁAWA T. STEBNICKA (Poland)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2229: 1-64 (11 Sep. 2009) 48 plates; 29 references                           Accepted: 28 Jul. 2009
Catalogue of the primary types of Cerylonidae, Endomychidae and Latridiidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, with additional notes and clarification of the status of several types
FLOYD W. SHOCKLEY & NATALIA J. VANDENBERG (USA)
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Zootaxa 2225: 63-68 (9 Sep. 2009) 2 plates; 31 references                          Accepted: 20 Aug. 2009
Glabrimycetoporus amoenus, a new tachyporine genus and species of Mesozoic Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) from Liaoning, China
YANLI YUE, YUNYUN ZHAO & DONG REN (China)
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Zootaxa 2225: 1-48 (9 Sep. 2009) 21 plates; 56 references                          Accepted: 13 Jul. 2009
A taxonomic revision of the African leaf chafer genus Asthenopholis Brenske, 1898 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae): a SEM study
JAMES du G. HARRISON (South Africa)
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Zootaxa 2224: 1-29 (8 Sep. 2009) 15 plates; 17 references                          Accepted: 12 Aug. 2009
Revision of the genus Penthoscapha Heller (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea, Entiminae, Eupholini) with notes on the genera of Eupholini from New Guinea
ALEXANDER RIEDEL (Germany)
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Zootaxa 2219: 31-37 (3 Sep. 2009) 4 plates; 13 references                         Accepted: 17 Aug. 2009
New species of Ateuchus and Canthidium (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Costa Rica
BERT KOHLMANN & ANGEL SOLIS (Costa Rica)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2216: 57-63 (1 Sep. 2009) 1 plates; 40 references                          Accepted: 6 Aug. 2009
On the status of the tribes Orthognathini and Rhinostomini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae)
JUAN J. MORRONE & PERLA I. CUEVAS (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 2214: 45-61 (31 Aug. 2009) 9 plates; 16 references                          Accepted: 4 Aug. 2009
A review of the Bembidion (Odontium) aenulum subgroup (Coleoptera: Carabidae), with description of a new species
DAVID R. MADDISON & A. ELIZABETH ARNOLD (USA)
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Zootaxa 2210: 51-64 (27 Aug. 2009) 4 plates; 65 references                        Accepted: 5 Aug. 2009
The West Indian Peridinetini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae)
JENS PRENA (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2210: 26-50 (27 Aug. 2009) 16 plates; 15 references                        Accepted: 30 Jul. 2009
Revision of Scirtidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) described by Victor Ivanovitsch Motschulsky
RAFAŁ RUTA (Poland)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2208: 65-68 (25 Aug. 2009) 1 plates; 5 references                           Accepted: 6 Jul. 2009
A new species of Hyposerica Brenske, 1897 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini) from Mauritius Island
DIRK AHRENS & SILVIA FABRIZI (UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2207: 53-66 (24 Aug. 2009) 8 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 22 Jul. 2009
A new genus of Chrysomelinae from Australia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
CHRIS A. M. REID (Australia), JOSÉ A. JURADO-RIVERA (Spain) & MAX BEATSON (Australia)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2204: 67-68 (20 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 22 Jul. 2009
Nomenclatural notes in Neotropical Acanthocinini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
MIGUEL A. MONNÉ & VANESSA S. MACHADO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 2204: 19-36 (20 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 34 references                           Accepted: 5 Aug. 2009
Three new genera of oriental Xyleborina (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
JIRI HULCR & ANTHONY I. COGNATO (USA)
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Zootaxa 2200: 41-53 (17 Aug. 2009) 5 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 16 Jul. 2009
Taxonomic revision of Apteropilo Lea, 1908 (Coleoptera: Cleridae)
JUSTIN S. BARTLETT (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2197: 64-68 (13 Aug. 2009) 0 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 30 Jul. 2009
Catalogue of Madagascan and adjacent islands Buprestidae (Bellamy 2006): Addenda & Corrigenda
P. VIETTE (France), C. L. BELLAMY (USA) & H.-P. ABERLENC (France)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2192: 1-44 (10 Aug. 2009) 10 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 11 Jul. 2009
Revision of the genus Eulichas Jacobson, 1913 (Coleoptera: Eulichadidae) II. E. dudgeoni species group
JIŘÍ HÁJEK (Czech Republic)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2192: 45-55 (10 Aug. 2009) 6 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 1 Jun. 2009
First record of the hygropetric genus Oocyclus Sharp (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from Laos, with description of a new species
YÛSUKE MINOSHIMA (Japan)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2180: 1-82 (6 Aug. 2009) 26 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 23 Apr. 2009
Taxonomic revision of the genus Chileanthicus Werner (Coleoptera: Anthicidae)
ZBYNĚK KEJVAL  (Czech Republic)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2178: 1-72 (6 Aug. 2009) 16 plates; 55 references                           Accepted: 2 Jul. 2009
Taxonomic and biogeographical review of the genus Trechus Clairville, 1806, from the Tibetan Himalaya and the southern central Tibetan Plateau (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini)
JOACHIM SCHMIDT (Germany)
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Zootaxa 2175: 51-56 (4 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 13 Jul. 2009
Larva and pupa of Nilio (Linio) lanatus Germar, 1824 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
MARIANNA V. P. SIMÕES, HINGRID Y. S. QUINTINO & MARCELA L. MONNÉ (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 2174: 45-50 (3 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 17 Jun. 2009
Review of the genus Pseudognaptorina Kaszab from China (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)
HAO-YU LIU & GUO-DONG REN (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2172: 32-44 (30 Jul. 2009) 5 plates; 30 references                           Accepted: 27 Jun. 2009
Description of two new species of Leptinopterus Hope (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) with notes on the taxonomy and natural history of the genus
PASCHOAL COELHO GROSSI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 2170: 53-60 (29 Jul. 2009) 3 plates; 9 references                           Accepted: 23 Jun. 2009
Two new species of the genus Gunarus Des Gozis, 1886 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini) from Southern Turkey
MAXIM V. NABOZHENKO (Russia)& BEKIR KESKIN (Turkey)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2170: 37-45 (29 Jul. 2009) 2 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 26 Jun. 2009
A review of the Chilean Egoliini (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae) with description of a new species of Necrobiopsis Crowson
ELIZABETH T. ARIAS (USA), ADAM SLIPINSKI (Australia), JOHN F. LAWRENCE (Australia) & MARIO ELGUETA (Chile)
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Zootaxa 2170: 28-36 (29 Jul. 2009) 6 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 26 Jun. 2009
A new species of the genus Gasterocercus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cryptorhynchinae) from the Iberian Peninsula, with notes on the ecology of the genus
MIGUEL A. ALONSO-ZARAZAGA, TERESA MARÍA JOVER & ESTEFANÍA MICÓ (Spain)
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Zootaxa 2170: 15-27 (29 Jul. 2009) 6 plates; 24 references                           Accepted: 29 Jun. 2009
A taxonomic revision of Monolepta pallidula species group in Taiwan (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)
CHI-FENG LEE (R. China)
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Zootaxa 2169: 45-54 (28 Jul. 2009) 5 plates; 9 references                           Accepted: 29 Jun. 2009
Larval morphology of Aphodius sus (Herbst) and A. variicolor Koshantschikov (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)
ANDREY V. FROLOV (Russia)
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Zootaxa 2169: 55-62 (28 Jul. 2009) 5 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 12 Jun. 2009
A new species of the genus Agnaptoria Reitter from Xizang, China (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Blaptini)
GUO-DONG REN & HAO-YU LIU (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2168: 57-62 (27 Jul. 2009) 2 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 9 Jun. 2009
Two new and one resurrected species of Enoclerus Gahan (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) from the western United States
WILLIAM F. BARR & JACQUES RIFKIND (USA)
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Zootaxa 2168: 34-44 (27 Jul. 2009) 6 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 25 Jun. 2009
Larval and pupal descriptions for the genera Podischnus and Heterogomphus (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini)
JHON CÉSAR NEITA MORENO (Colombia) & JESÚS OROZCO (USA)
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Zootaxa 2168: 1-33 (27 Jul. 2009) 10 plates; 49 references                           Accepted: 18 Jun. 2009
Revision of the Agrilus muscarius species-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) with description of thirteen new species from Palaearctic and Oriental regions
EDUARD JENDEK & VASILY V. GREBENNIKOV (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2162: 1-23 (20 Jul. 2009) 12 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 27 Jun. 2009
A revision of the neotropical genus Ocyolinus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini)
STYLIANOS CHATZIMANOLIS & JAMES S. ASHE (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2160: 51-67 (16 Jul. 2009) 10 plates; 33 references                           Accepted: 9 Jun. 2009
Description of a new genus of spider beetle (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from South Africa
CLEMENT AKOTSEN-MENSAH & T. KEITH PHILIPS (USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2160: 68 (16 Jul. 2009) 0 plates; 4 references                                    Accepted: 3 Jul. 2009
Erratum: New Brunswick Endomychidae (Coleoptera)
CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2157: 43-58 (14 Jul. 2009) 9 plates; 24 references                           Accepted: 27 May 2009
Review of the genus Drylichus Heller (Insecta: Coleoptera: Dryopidae)
JÁN KODADA (Slovakia), MANFRED A. JÄCH (Austria) & ČIAMPOR FEDOR JR. (Slovakia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2155: 1-22 (13 Jul. 2009) 16 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 2 Jun. 2009
Eight species of the genus Glenea Newman, 1842 from the Oriental Region, with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Saperdini)
MEIYING LIN (China), GÉRARD TAVAKILIAN (France), OLIVIER MONTREUIL (France) & XINGKE YANG (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2155: 23-27 (13 Jul. 2009) 1 plates; 9 references                           Accepted: 6 Jun. 2009
An interesting new species of Acmaeodera (s. str.) Eschscholtz 1829 from the Afrotropical Region (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
BRIAN LEVEY (UK)
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 Erratum 
Zootaxa 2148: 68 (3 Jul. 2009) 
Erratum— OSCAR VORST (2009) Cercyon castaneipennis sp. n., an overlooked species from Europe (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) Zootaxa, 2054, 59–68.
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2147: 59-68 (2 Jul. 2009) 3 plates; 49 references                           Accepted: 20 May 2009
Morphology of the first instar larva in the tribe Clytrini, with two new descriptions in the subtribe Megalostomina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)
FEDERICO A. AGRAIN & ADRIANA E. MARVALDI (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2145: 1-35 (30 Jun. 2009) 15 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 11 May 2009
Cephennomicrus Reitter (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) of Japan and Taiwan: taxonomic notes, ten new species and comparative morphology of nomurai and taiwanensis species groups
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI (Poland)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2139: 61-68 (23 Jun. 2009) 3 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 27 May 2009
Three new species of Hemiosus Sharp (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) and new state records of Hemiosus fittkaui Oliva and H. moreirai d’Orchymont from Brazil
BRUNO CLARKSON & NELSON FERREIRA-JR. (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2139: 43-60 (23 Jun. 2009) 5 plates; 76 references                           Accepted: 10 Apr. 2009
Revision of the Agrilus cyanescens species-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) with description of three new species from the east Palaearctic region
EDUARD JENDEK & VASILY V. GREBENNIKOV (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2139: 23-42 (23 Jun. 2009) 4 plates; 63 references                           Accepted: 1 May 2009
Generic limits in South American stag beetles: taxa currently misplaced in Sclerostomus Burmeister (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae: Sclerostomini)
PASCHOAL C. GROSSI (Brazil) & M.J. PAULSEN (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2139: 1-22 (23 Jun. 2009) 9 plates; 36 references                           Accepted: 12 May 2009
Description of the preimaginal stages of Enochrus (Hugoscottia) variegatus (Steinheil, 1869) and E. (Methydrus) vulgaris (Steinheil, 1869) (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), with emphasis on larval morphometry and chaetotaxy
BARBARA BYTTEBIER & PATRICIA L. M. TORRES (Argentina)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2137: 66-68 (22 Jun. 2009) 1 plates; 5 references                           Accepted: 30 May 2009
Agrilus (Agrilus) sundholmi, a new Agrilus from Australia (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
GIANFRANCO CURLETTI (Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2137: 29-34 (22 Jun. 2009) 1 plates; 4 references                           Accepted: 28 May 2009
New Neotropical genera and species of Dryobiini and Rhopalophorini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae)
DILMA SOLANGE NAPP & MIGUEL A. MONNÉ (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2137: 23-28 (22 Jun. 2009) 1 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 14 May 2009
First records of Anisandrus maiche Stark (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from North America
ROBERT J. RABAGLIA, NATALIA J.VANDENBERG & ROBERT E. ACCIAVATTI (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2137: 1-22 (22 Jun. 2009) 15 plates; 30 references                           Accepted: 5 May 2009
Reinstatement of the genus Heteroglenea Gahan, with four new combinations, four new synonyms and three new species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Saperdini)
MEIYING LIN (China), OLIVIER MONTREUIL (France), GÉRARD TAVAKILIAN (France) & XINGKE YANG (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2135: 57-64 (18 Jun. 2009) 2 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 8 May 2009
A review of the genus Actenoncus Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Caraboidea: Orthogoniini)
MING-YI TIAN (China) & THIERRY DEUVE (France)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2134: 49-59 (17 Jun. 2009) 5 plates; 24 references                           Accepted: 26 May 2009
Kakadudessus tomweiri, a new genus and species of diving beetle from tropical northern Australia, based on molecular phylogenetic and morphological data (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Bidessini)
LARS HENDRICH & MICHAEL BALKE (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2134: 60-68 (17 Jun. 2009) 6 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 28 Apr. 2009
A new species Agrypnus (Sabikikorius) uidoensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from the Sand Dune Shore of Ui-do Island, Korea
TAE MAN HAN, HA SIK SIM, SEUNGHWAN LEE & HAE CHUL PARK (Korea)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2132: 65-68 (15 Jun. 2009) 2 plates; 3 references                           Accepted: 20 May 2009
A new genus and species of Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the western dry forest of Ecuador
R. WILLS FLOWERS (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2132: 40-52 (15 Jun. 2009) 4 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 7 Apr. 2009
A revision of the genus Lycomorphon (Coleoptera: Lycidae)
ELYNTON ALVES DO NASCIMENTO (Brazil) & MILADA BOCAKOVA (Czech)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2131: 65-68 (12 Jun. 2009) 3 plates; 2 references                           Accepted: 20 May 2009
A second species of Apterodina (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from Ecuador
R. WILLS FLOWERS (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2129: 47-62 (10 Jun. 2009) 5 plates; 39 references                           Accepted: 13 May 2009
Optical characterization and redescription of the South Pacific firefly Bourgeoisia hypocrita Olivier (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae)
DIMITRI D. DEHEYN (USA) & LESLEY A. BALLANTYNE (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2125: 1-56 (4 Jun. 2009) 35 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 15 May 2009
A taxonomic study of the Indian species of Euops Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Attelabidae)
ALEXANDER RIEDEL (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2121: 27-34 (29 May 2009) 2 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 28 Apr. 2009
A redescription of Blethisa multipunctata aurata Fischer von Waldheim, 1828 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Elaphrinae)
HENRI GOULET (Canada), GERMAN S. LAFER SH (Russia) & SEIJI MORITA (Japan)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2118: 53-64 (27 May 2009) 1 plates; 9 references                           Accepted: 23 Apr. 2009
Five new species of Pelthydrus Orchymont, 1919 from China and adjacent countries (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
DONGJU BIAN (China), HEINRICH SCHÖNMANN (Austria) & LANZHU JI (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2117: 56-64 (25 May 2009) 5 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 29 Apr. 2009
Cis pickeri sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Ciidae) from Southern Africa
CRISTIANO LOPES-ANDRADE (Brazil), NATALIA MATUSHKINA (Ukraine), GERDA BUDER (Germany) & KLAUS-DIETER KLASS (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2112: 25-40 (20 May 2009) 10 plates; 41 references                         Accepted: 18 Apr. 2009
Redescription of Anovia circumclusa (Gorham) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Noviini), with first description of the egg, larva, and pupa, and notes on adult intraspecific elytral pattern variation
JUANITA A. FORRESTER (Georgia), NATALIA J. VANDENBERG (USA), & JOSEPH V. MCHUGH (Georgia)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2108: 65-68 (15 May 2009) 1 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 16 Apr. 2009
A new genus and species of the tribe Trigonogeniini Cobos, 1956, from Belize (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
SVATOPLUK BÍLÝ (Czech Republic)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2105: 66-68 (13 May 2009) 2 plates; 1 references                          Accepted: 18 Apr. 2009
Description of a new species of Platycoelia Dejean (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anoplognathini) from Bolivia
ANDREW B. T. SMITH (Canada)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2105: 61-62 (13 May 2009) 0 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 8 Apr. 2009
Contributions to the knowledge of the Quediina (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini) of China. Part 32. Genus Quedius Stephens, 1829. Subgenus Distichalius Casey, 1915. Section 3
ALEŠ SMETANA (Canada)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2102: 1-74 (11 May 2009) 46 plates; 49 references                          Accepted: 19 Mar. 2009
Review of the Sogdini of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae) with descriptions of fourteen new species and three new genera
STEWART B. PECK & JOYCE COOK (Canada)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2101: 1-152 (11 May 2009) 31 plates; 386 references                         Accepted: 4 Mar. 2009
Taxonomic revision and biogeography of the Tamarix-feeding Diorhabda elongata (Brullé, 1832) species group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Galerucini) and analysis of their potential in biological control of Tamarisk
JAMES L. TRACY & THOMAS O. ROBBINS (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2094: 60-68 (8 May 2009) 4 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 8 Apr. 2009
Two new species of Borboropora Kraatz from Mexico (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
LEONARDO DELGADO & QUIYARI J. SANTIAGO-JIMÉNEZ (Mexico)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2094: 23-35 (8 May 2009) 6 plates; 8 references                           Accepted: 1 Apr. 2009
Anthomalachius, a new genus of soft-winged flower beetles (Coleoptera, Malachiidae: Malachiinae)
SERGEI E. TSHERNYSHEV (Russia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2089: 52-64 (4 May 2009) 5 plates; 52 references                           Accepted: 25 Mar. 2009
Intra- and interspecific analysis of first instar larval morphology in the genus Berberomeloe Bologna 1989 (Coleoptera: Meloidae)
CHIARA SETTANNI (Spain), ANDREA DI GIULIO (Italy), MARIA GRAZIA FINOIA (Italy) & MARCO A. BOLOGNA (Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2087: 1-36 (1 May 2009) 13 plates; 43 references                           Accepted: 20 Mar. 2009
Notes on the morphology, taxonomy, and natural history of the genus Platycerus Geoffroy from China, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae)
HAO HUANG & CHANG-CHIN CHEN (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2084: 50-68 (27 Apr. 2009) 3 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 17 Mar. 2009
New species, taxonomic notes, and records for Agrilus Curtis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of México and the United States
HENRY A. HESPENHEIDE & CHARLES L. BELLAMY (USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2083: 65-68 (27 Apr. 2009) 1 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 10 Apr. 2009
Buobellenden jingyuanensis gen. et sp. nov. of the subfamily Pselaphinae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Northwestern China
ZI-WEI YIN (China), SHÛHEI NOMURA (Japan) and MEI-JUN ZHAO (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2083: 46-64 (27 Apr. 2009) 7 plates; 49 references                           Accepted: 27 Mar. 2009
A review of Chinese species of the subgenus Paederus s. str. (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) with description of a new species
XIAO-YAN LI & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2083: 1-18 (27 Apr. 2009) 12 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 2 Feb. 2009
New genera and species of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from China and South Korea
I. K. LOPATIN (Belarus) & A. S. KONSTANTINOV (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2080: 1-20 (22 Apr. 2009) 5 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 10 Mar. 2009
A revision of the genus Lamellipalpus Maulik, 1921 (Coleoptera, Lampyridae)
MICHEL BRANCUCCI & MICHAEL GEISER (Switzerland)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2078: 63-68 (20 Apr. 2009) 2 plates; 16 references                          Accepted: 18 Mar. 2009
First record of Microscydmus Saulcy & Croissandeau, 1893 from China, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera: Scydmaenidae)
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI (Poland)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2069: 18-42 (10 Apr. 2009) 11 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 2 Mar. 2009
Discovery of a second species of Aesalini from continental China, with description of the new species and its third instar larva (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae)
HAO HUANG, WEN-XUAN BI, & LI-ZHEN LI (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2064: 27-38 (6 Apr. 2009) 12 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 16 Feb. 2009
Taxonomy of Promethis Pascoe (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) on Hainan Island, China
YI-BIN BA & GUO-DONG REN (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2062: 57-64 (3 Apr. 2009) 5 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 7 Mar. 2009
Leptogenopapus mirabilis, a new genus and species of Lomechusini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Papua New Guinea associated with ants of the genus Leptogenys Roger
PETER HLAVÁČ (Slovakia ) & MILAN JANDA (Czech Republic)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2062: 37-45 (3 Apr. 2009) 6 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 2 Mar. 2009
Two new species of Phyllophaga Harris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from Costa Rica
ALEJANDRA GARCÍA-LÓPEZ (Spain), MIGUEL ÁNGEL MORÓN (Mexico), ESTEFANÍA MICÓ (Spain) & EDUARDO GALANTE (Spain)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2056: 63-68 (30 Mar. 2009) 1 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 2 Mar. 2009
Pseudosparna, a new Neotropical genus of Acanthocinini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), with description of three new species
JOSÉ RICARDO M. MERMUDES & MIGUEL A. MONNÉ (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2055: 35-48 (27 Mar. 2009) 5 plates; 23 references                           Accepted: 23 Feb. 2009
Revision of Saprinus (Saprinus) splendens (Paykull, 1811) with description of Saprinus (Saprinus) secchii n. sp. (Coleoptera: Histeridae)
THOMAS THÉRY, YVES GOMY & NICOLAS DEGALLIER (France)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2054: 59-68 (27 Mar. 2009) 3 plates; 34 references                           Accepted: 10 Mar. 2009
Cercyon castaneipennis sp. n., an overlooked species from Europe (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
OSCAR VORST (The Netherlands)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2054: 1-37 (27 Mar. 2009) 14 plates; 35 references                           Accepted: 17 Feb. 2009
Taxonomic revision of New World species of the genus Oosternum Sharp (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae) I. Definition of species groups and revision of the Oosternum aequinoctiale group
MARTIN FIKÁČEK (Czech Republic), FRANZ HEBAUER (Germany) & MICHAEL HANSEN (Denmark)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2048: 47-64 (23 Mar. 2009) 7 plates; 16 references                          Accepted: 19 Feb. 2009
Review of the species in the Cyclocephala bicolor Laporte species group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)
LUIS J. JOLY (Venezuela)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2048: 65-68 (23 Mar. 2009) 2 plates; 5 references                          Accepted: 20 Feb. 2009
Description of the female of Tehuacania howdeni Endrödi (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini), with a key to the genera of Oryctini from Mexico
ALBERTO BITAR & MIGUEL ÁNGEL MORÓN (Mexico)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2048: 1-30 (23 Mar. 2009) 7 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 19 Feb. 2009
Taxonomic revision of the Australian predaceous water beetle genus Carabhydrus Watts, 1978 (Col. Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Hydroporini)
LARS HENDRICH (Germany) & CHRIS H.S. WATTS (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2047: 48-62 (20 Mar. 2009) 3 plates; 129 references                         Accepted: 30 Jan. 2009
Introduced leaf beetles of the Maritime Provinces, 8: Gastrophysa polygoni Linnaeus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
LAURENT LESAGE & CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA (Canada)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2040: 1-111 (16 Mar. 2009) 65 plates; 179 references                         Accepted: 1 Dec. 2008
Revision in part of the genus Nebrioporus Régimbart, 1906, with emphasis on the N. laeviventris-group (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
MARIO TOLEDO (Italy)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2038: 1-119 (16 Mar. 2009) 61 plates; 14 references                         Accepted: 16 Feb. 2009
Revisions of the genera Parhydraena Orchymont, Protozantaena Perkins, Decarthrocerus Orchymont, and Parhydraenopsis nomen novum, aquatic and humicolous beetles from Africa and Madagascar, and comparative morphology of the tribe Parhydraenini (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
PHILIP D. PERKINS (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2034: 31-42 (13 Mar. 2009) 1 plates; 39 references                            Accepted: 27 Jan. 2009
Revision of some types of Philonthus Stephens and Gabrius Stephens from southern South America (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with nomenclatural notes
MARIANA CHANI-POSSE DE MAUS (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2034: 43-48 (13 Mar. 2009) 1 plates; 3 references                              Accepted: 9 Feb. 2009
Three new species of Bidessodes Régimbart (Insecta, Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) from the Amazon river floodplain
RAFAEL BENZI BRAGA & NELSON FERREIRA-JR. (Brasil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2033: 58-68 (11 Mar. 2009) 4 plates; 46 references                           Accepted: 30 Jan. 2009
A review of the genus Chelobasis Gray, 1832 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
C. L. STAINES(USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2033: 49-57 (11 Mar. 2009) 3 plates; 17 references                             Accepted: 3 Feb. 2009
Australotarsius—a new genus of the rove beetle tribe Staphylinini from Australia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)
ALEXEY SOLODOVNIKOV (DENMARK) & ALFRED F. NEWTON (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2033: 1-12 (11 Mar. 2009) 4 plates; 24 references                             Accepted: 10 Feb. 2009
Five new species of the longulus-group of Hydroporus Clairville, 1806 from north-eastern Turkey (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
HANS FERY (Germany) & ÖMER KÖKSAL ERMAN (Turkey)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2032: 55-62 (11 Mar. 2009) 3 plates; 5 references                             Accepted: 30 Jan. 2009
Revision of the genus Munina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), with the description of M. laotica sp. nov. from Laos
JAN BEZDĚK (Czech Republic)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2031: 63-67 (9 Mar. 2009) 2 plates; 12 references                             Accepted: 30 Jan. 2009
On the genus Tetartopeus Czwalina, 1888 of Turkey. A new species and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)
SİNAN ANLAŞ (Turkey)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2023: 1-27 (27 Feb. 2009) 5 plates; 43 references                             Accepted: 14 Jan. 2009
A review of the genus Glyptasida Casey (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Asidini)
STEPHANIE A. LOCKWOOD & DARREN A. POLLOCK (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2017: 47-57 (20 Feb. 2009) 5 plates; 15 references                             Accepted: 27 Jan. 2009
A taxonomic revision and revalidation of Nycterilampus Montrouzier (Coleoptera: Elateridae, Agrypninae)
CLEIDE COSTA (Brasil), SIMONE POLICENA ROSA ( Brasil) & JACQUES CHASSAIN (France)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2017: 58-60 (20 Feb. 2009) 1 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 3 Dec. 2008
A new species of Polyzonus Castelnau (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from China
GUANG-LIN XIE & WEN-KAI WANG (China)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2017: 65-68 (20 Feb. 2009) 0 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 19 Jan. 2009
Type specimens of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) at the museo entomológico Francisco Luís Gallego, Medellín, Colombia
PAULA A. SEPÚLVEDA-CANO & MANUEL A. RAMÍREZ-MORA (Colombia)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2014: 65-68 (18 Feb. 2009) 1 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 19 Dec. 2008
A new species of Micropodabrus Pic from Hainan, China, and a new name to replace M. coomani (Pic) (Coleoptera, Cantharidae)
YU-XIA YANG & XING-KE YANG (China)
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Zootaxa 2014: 41-50 (18 Feb. 2009) 6 plates; 12 references                           Accepted: 28 Jan. 2009
The Madagascan genus Dolurgocleptes Schedl (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae): description of a new species and transfer to the tribe Polygraphini
BJARTE H. JORDAL (Norway)
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Zootaxa 2011: 47-68 (13 Feb. 2009) 8 plates; 16 references                            Accepted: 24 Dec. 2008
Revision of the genus Epexochus Reitter, with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae: Cleonini)
MASSIMO MEREGALLI & FABIO TALAMELLI (Italy)
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Zootaxa 2010: 31-45 (13 Feb. 2009) 20 plates; 38 references                          Accepted: 18 Dec. 2008
Two sibling species of Leiopus Audinet-Serville, 1835 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Europe: L. nebulosus (Linnaeus, 1758) and L. linnei sp. nov.
HENRIK WALLIN (Sweden), ULF NYLANDER (Sweden) & TORSTEIN KVAMME (Norway)
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Zootaxa 2010: 46-56 (13 Feb. 2009) 4 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 17 Dec. 2008
The Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands. II. Revision of the tribe Tyrini Reitter, 1882
PETER HLAVÁČ (Slovakia)
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Zootaxa 2009: 1-26 (11 Feb. 2009) 8 plates; 29 references                             Accepted: 1 Dec. 2008
Pristosia Motschulsky, 1865 from the Nepal Himalaya: Taxonomy and Biogeography (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Sphodrini)
JOACHIM SCHMIDT & MATTHIAS HARTMANN (Germany)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1999: 1-113 (4 Feb. 2009) 2 plates; 619 references                            Accepted: 8 Dec. 2008
An annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of the world (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae)
F.W. SHOCKLEY (USA), K.W. TOMASZEWSKA (Poland) & J.V. MCHUGH (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1997: 1-188 (4 Feb. 2009) 45 plates; 137 references                           Accepted: 16 Oct. 2008
Systematics of Indo-Pacific fireflies with a redefinition of Australasian Atyphella Olliff, Madagascan Photuroluciola Pic, and description of seven new genera from the Luciolinae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
LESLEY A. BALLANTYNE & CHRISTINE LAMBKIN (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1993: 1-16 (2 Feb. 2009) 8 plates; 51 references                             Accepted: 22 Dec. 2008
Baronniesia delioti gen. n. sp. n., a new subterranean Leptodirini from the French Pyrenees (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae)
JAVIER FRESNEDA (Spain), CHARLES BOURDEAU (France) & ARNAUD FAILLE (France)
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Zootaxa 1993: 17-26 (2 Feb. 2009) 1 plates; 51 references                             Accepted: 18 Dec. 2008
A new bark-gnawing beetle (Coleoptera, Trogossitidae) from the middle Eocene of Europe, with a checklist of fossil Trogossitidae
HEIKO SCHMIED (Germany), TORSTEN WAPPLER (Germany) & JIŘÍ KOLIBÁČ (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa 1991: 1-27 (30 Jan. 2009) 13 plates; 16 references                             Accepted: 3 Dec. 2008
Descriptions of eight new species of Phaelota (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) with a new generic synonymy and a key to species of Indian subcontinent
K. D. PRATHAPAN (India) & A. S. KONSTANTINOV (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1985: 63-68 (21 Jan. 2009) 2 plates; 18 references                            Accepted: 8 Dec. 2008
Chromosomal similarities and differences among three sibling species of the Acalles echinatus group (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cryptorhynchinae)
DOROTA LACHOWSKA (Poland), MARIA ROŻEK (Poland) & MILADA HOLECOVÀ (Slovakia)
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Zootaxa 1985: 21-33 (21 Jan. 2009) 19 plates; 25 references                          Accepted: 18 Dec. 2008
Revision of some types of the South American tribes Nycteliini, Praocini, and Scotobiini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), with new synonymies
GUSTAVO E. FLORES (Argentina)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1984: 57-60 (21 Jan. 2009) 1 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 17 Dec. 2008
Description of the larva of Oulimnius echinatus Berthélemy (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae)
FEDOR ČIAMPOR JR., ZUZANA ČIAMPOROVÁ-ZAŤOVIČOVÁ & JÁN KODADA (Slovakia)
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Zootaxa 1983: 54-62 (19 Jan. 2009) 3 plates; 13 references                             Accepted: 4 Dec. 2008
Two new species of Aphanarthrum Wollaston (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) associated with Euphorbia in South Africa
BJARTE H. JORDAL (Norway)
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Zootaxa 1978: 48-62 (14 Jan. 2009) 6 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 25 Nov. 2008
Systematic position and cladistic analysis of Gyrasida Koch, a remarkable genus of Praocini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Chile
GUSTAVO E. FLORES (Argentina) & PEDRO VIDAL (Chile)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1974: 1-16 (9 Jan. 2009) 9 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 14 Nov. 2008
The Scirtes (Coleoptera: Scirtidae: Scirtinae) of Micronesia
HIROYUKI YOSHITOMI (Japan)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1972: 65-68 (7 Jan. 2009) 0 plates; 59 references                              Accepted: 24 Nov. 2008
Proposed conservation of the name Penthe Newman, 1838 (Coleoptera: Tetratomidae: Penthinae) threatened by the discovery of an older available name
PATRICE BOUCHARD (Canada) & DARREN A. POLLOCK (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1972: 20-34 (7 Jan. 2009) 9 plates; 20 references                              Accepted: 10 Nov. 2008
A new species of Orthomus Chaudoir, 1838 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Madeira island (Macaronesia) and notes on related species
Artur R. M. Serrano (Portugal), Carlos A.S. Aguiar (Portugal), MÁrio C. Boieiro (Portugal), Paulo A.V. Borges (Portugal), Carla Rego (Portugal), Isabel R. AMORIM (Portugal), SÉrvio P. RIBEIRO (Brazil) & Fernando Pereira (Portugal)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1968: 45-57 (22 Dec. 2008) 9 plates; 7 references                          Accepted: 25 Nov. 2008
Arrowcryptus, a new genus of Xenoscelinae of Erotylidae from Africa
RICHARD A. B. LESCHEN (New Zealand) & PIOTR WEGRZYNOWICZ (Poland)
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Zootaxa 1959: 39-57 (8 Dec. 2008) 5 plates; 40 references                          Accepted: 7 Nov. 2008
A taxonomic revision of the weevil genus Picia Tournier, 1895 (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Erirhinidae)
ROBERTO CALDARA (Italy)
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Zootaxa 1958: 1-16 (8 Dec. 2008) 7 plates; 25 references                          Accepted: 7 Nov. 2008
Phylogeny and distribution of the Australian longicorn beetle genus Uracanthus Hope (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
DUANGRAT THONGPHAK & QIAO WANG (New Zealand)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1955: 1-75 (5 Dec. 2008) 14 plates; 107 references                            Accepted: 2 Oct. 2008
Synopsis of the new subtribe Scatimina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Ateuchini), with descriptions of twelve new genera and review of Genieridium, new genus
FERNANDO Z. VAZ-DE-MELLO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1941: 25-30 (24 Nov. 2008) 6 plates; 6 references                           Accepted: 9 Oct. 2008
Synopsis of the genus Caperonotus Napp, 1993 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
DILMA SOLANGE NAPP & MIGUEL A. MONNÉ (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1941: 55-66 (24 Nov. 2008) 4 plates; 21 references                        Accepted: 3 Nov. 2008
A review of the genus Hoplasoma (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia, with the description of H. bosi sp. nov.
JAN BEZDĚK (Czech)
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Zootaxa 1933: 33-42 (14 Nov. 2008) 0 plates; 5 references                             Accepted: 7 Oct. 2008
A new species and new subgenus of the Genus Elaphrus from North China, with cladistic analysis of taxa of the tribe Elaphrini (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
HONGLIANG SHI & HONGBIN LIANG (China)
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Zootaxa 1929: 47-68 (10 Nov. 2008) 4 plates; 42 references                            Accepted: 7 Oct. 2008
A new species of Xenorhipis LeConte and of Mastogenius Solier from Mexico, with a discussion of Chrysobothris ichthyomorpha Thomson and its allies and notes on other Mexican and Central American Buprestidae (Coleoptera)
RICHARD L. WESTCOTT (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1928: 1-72 (10 Nov. 2008) 23 plates; 83 references                          Accepted: 30 Sept. 2008
A phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Zopherini with a review of the species and generic classification (Coleoptera: Zopheridae)
IAN A. FOLEY & MICHAEL A. IVIE (USA)
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