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Editor, Dr M.L. Buffington  (matt.buffington@ars.usda.gov) Parasitic Hymenoptera
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, c/o Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution Ave., NW, Washington DC 20013, USA

Editor, Dr
Gary A. P. Gibson (gibsong@agr.gc.ca) Chalcidoidea
Biodiversity and Integrated Pest Management, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, K. W. Neatby Bldg., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0C6
Editor, Dr J. T. Longino (longinoj@evergreen.edu) Formicidae
Lab I, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505, USA
Editor, Dr
E. A.B. Almeida (eabalmeida@gmail.com) Apoidea
Centro de Ciencias Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC. Rua Santa Adelia, 166. CEP: 09210-170. Santo Andre, Brazil
Editor, Dr
Arkadiy S. Lelej (lelej@biosoil.ru) Chrysidoidea & Vespoidea minus ants
Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok-22, 690022, Russia
Editor, Dr A. Taeger (ataeger@senckenberg.de) Symphyta
Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut Müncheberg, Eberswalder Str. 90, D-15374 Müncheberg, Germany

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2010

Monograph 
Zootaxa 2591: 1–382 (31 Aug. 2010) 246 plates; 241 references                     Accepted: 19 May 2010
Revision of the metallic species of Lasioglossum (Dialictus) in Canada (Hymenoptera, Halictidae, Halictini)
JASON GIBBS (Canada)

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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2580: 1–1064 (31 Aug. 2010) 36 plates; 2960 references                   Accepted: 15 Jul. 2010
World Catalog of Symphyta (Hymenoptera)
ANDREAS TAEGER, STEPHAN M. BLANK & ANDREW D. LISTON
(Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2572: 48–56 (20 Aug. 2010) 5 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 13 Jul. 2010
Taxonomy of Pseudopimpla Habermehl (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) with description of a new species
MARINA MAZÓN & SANTIAGO BORDERA (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2563: 35–52 (10 Aug. 2010) 9 plates; 16 references                            Accepted: 14 Jul. 2010
Apleurotropis Girault (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) new to tropical America, including six new species and biological records
CHRISTER HANSSON (UK)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2563: 1–34 (10 Aug. 2010) 6 plates; 43 references                             Accepted: 21 Jul. 2010
Revision of the Palearctic species of Macroglenes Westwood (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)
MIRCEA-DAN MITROIU (Romania)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2559: 58–68 (5 Aug. 2010) 2 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 15 Jul. 2010
True females of the subgenus Photomorphina Schuster (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)
CRAIG M. BRABANT, KEVIN A. WILLIAMS & JAMES P. PITTS (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2553: 1–34 (29 Jul. 2010) 8 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 30 Jun. 2010
Nocturnal velvet ant males (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Deep Canyon,
California including four new species and a fifth new species from Owens Lake Valley, California
JAMES P. PITTS, JOSEPH S. WILSON, KEVIN A. WILLIAMS & NICOLE F. BOEHME (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2543: 3 1–42 (21 Jul. 2010) 6 plates; 8 references                               Accepted: 8 May 2010
Redescription of species of the Neotropical parasitoid Notiospathius Mathews et Marsh (Braconidae: Doryctinae) based on their nineteenth and early twentieth century types
ALEJANDRO ZALDÍVAR-RIVERÓN & VLADIMIR SALVADOR DE JESÚS-BONILLA (Mexico)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2523: 27–49 (30 Jun. 2010) 11 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 1 Jun. 2010
The Pachyprotasis formosana group (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) in China: identification and new species
YIHAI ZHONG & MEICAI WEI (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2522: 1–43 (30 Jun. 2010) 12 plates; 45 references                         Accepted: 29 May 2010
A revision of the genus Zatypota Förster of Japan, with descriptions of nine new species and notes on their hosts (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae)
RIKIO MATSUMOTO & KEIZO TAKASUKA (Japan)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2517: 1–14 (24 Jun. 2010) 5 plates; 13 references                             Accepted: 10 May 2010
A Revision of Perdita (Xerophasma) Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)
TERRY GRISWOLD & WENSDAE MILLER (USA)

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Erratum 
Zootaxa 2516: 68 (23 Jun. 2010
Erratum: FRITZÉN, N.R. (2010) Natural history and description of Zatypota kerstinae sp.nov.
(Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) reared from Theridion palmgreni Marusik et Tsellarius (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Finland. Zootaxa, 2487, 52–60.
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2515: 65–68 (23 Jun. 2010) 1 plates; 11 references                              Accepted: 3 Jun. 2010
Trissolcus radjabii n.sp. (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), an egg parasitoid of the
shield bug, Apodiphus amygdali (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) and the sunn pest, Eurygaster integriceps (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae)
SHAHZAD IRANIPOUR (Iran) & NORMAN F. JOHNSON (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2512: 26–46 (21 Jun. 2010) 8 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 18 May 2010
Description of a new species of Osmia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from southwestern North America, with a redescription of the enigmatic species Osmia foxi Cameron
MOLLY G. RIGHTMYER & TERRY GRISWOLD (USA)

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Erratum
Zootaxa 2510: 68 (18 Jun. 2010
Erratum: Krogmann, L. & Burks, R.A. (2009) Doddifoenus wallacei, a new giant parasitoid wasp of
the subfamily Leptofoeninae (Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae), with a description of its mesosomal skeletal anatomy and a molecular characterization. Zootaxa, 2194, 21–36.
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Article 
Zootaxa 2507: 44–68 (16 Jun. 2010) 8 plates; 26 references                           Accepted: 19 May 2010
Taxonomic review of the species of Neocorynura (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Augochlorini) inhabiting Argentina and Paraguay
ALLAN H. SMITH-PARDO (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2499: 21–38 (9 Jun. 2010) 10 plates; 37 references                             Accepted: 3 May 2010
Revision of rock fossils of Dryinidae and Embolemidae
(Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea)
MASSIMO OLMI (Italy), ALEXANDER P. RASNITSYN (UK) & ADALGISA GUGLIELMINO (Italy)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2498: 47–52 (8 Jun. 2010) 0 plates; 18 references                            Accepted: 20 Apr. 2010
Aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) from Thailand

PETR STARÝ (Czech Republic), EHSAN RAKHSHANI (Iran), ŽELJKO TOMANOVI
Ć (Serbia), NICKOLAS G. KAVALLIERATOS (Greece) & MICHAEL SHARKEY (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2498: 1–27 (8 Jun. 2010) 16 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 6 May 2010
The Neotropical genus Klyngon Hansson (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), with new species and biological information
CHRISTER HANSSON (Sweden) & JOHN LA SALLE (Australia)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2490: 55–62  (1 Jun. 2010) 2 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 11 May 2010
A taxonomic study of Chinese species of Copidosomopsis Girault (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)
FANG YU, YAN-ZHOU ZHANG, CHAO-DONG ZHU & LI-HONG TU (China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2487: 52–60  (28 May 2010) 3 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 27 Apr. 2010
Natural history and description of Zatypota kerstinae sp.nov. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) reared from Theridion palmgreni Marusik et Tsellarius (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Finland
NICLAS R. FRITZÉN (Finland)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2487: 43–51  (28 May 2010) 0 plates; 58 references                           Accepted: 20 Apr. 2010
The types of Braconidae and Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) in the Museo de La Plata, Argentina
DANIEL A. AQUINO, ANA L. GADDI, EMILIA P. HERNÁNDEZ & JUAN J. MARTÍNEZ (Argentina)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2484: 35–44  (26 May 2010) 3 plates; 39 references                           Accepted: 17 Apr. 2010
A reevaluation of the generic limits of Pnigalio Schrank (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) based on molecular and morphological evidence
MARCO GEBIOLA (Italy), UMBERTO BERNARDO (Italy) & ROGER A. BURKS (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2480: 27–36  (21 May 2010) 3 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 22 Apr. 2010
A new species of Asphinctopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) from Tanzania
PETER G. HAWKES (South Africa)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2480: 1–26  (21 May 2010) 10 plates; 10 2 references                        Accepted: 31 Mar. 2010
Synopsis of Australian agathidine wasps
(Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae)
NICHOLAS B. STEVENS, ANDREW D. AUSTIN & JOHN T. JENNINGS (Australia)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2476: 14–22  (18 May 2010) 5 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 31 Mar. 2010
Two new Afrotropical genera and species of braconine wasps (Hymenoptera:
Braconidae) with descriptions of new species
KHALID MAHMOOD (UK), JENO PAPP (Hungary) & DONALD L.J. QUICKE (UK)

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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2470: 1–79 (14 May 2010) 39 plates; 90 references                          Accepted: 30 Mar. 2010
Palaearctic oak gallwasps galling oaks (Quercus) in the section Cerris: re-appraisal of generic limits,
with descriptions of new genera and species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) 
GEORGE MELIKA (Hungary), JULI PUJADEVILLAR
(Spain), YOSHIHISA ABE (Japan), CHANG-TI TANG (R. China), JAMES NICHOLLS (UK), NAKATADA WACHI (Japan), TATSUYA IDE (Japan), MAN-MIAO YANG (R. China), ZSOLT PÉNZES (Hungary), GYÖRGY CSÓKA (Hungary) & GRAHAM N. STONE (UK)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2456: 1–243 (14 May 2010) 162 plates; 171 references                      Accepted: 4 Mar. 2010
Review of Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in the Neotropical region, with description of
eleven new species 
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN (USA), JOHN T. HUBER (Canada), GUILLERMO A. LOGARZO (Argentina),
VLADIMIR V. BEREZOVSKIY (USA) & DANIEL A. AQUINO (Argentina)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2455: 1–548 (14 May 2010) 0 plates; 1151 references                       Accepted: 24 Mar. 2010
Catalogue of Afrotropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes)
CONNAL EARDLEY & ROSALIND URBAN (South Africa)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2453: 55–61  (13 May 2010) 3 plates; 29 references                          Accepted: 20 Mar. 2010
A new Meteorus Haliday species from Colombia and Ecuador (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
HELMUTH AGUIRRE FERNáNDEZ (Colombia), SCOTT R. SHAW (USA) & GUINEVERE Z. JONES
(USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2441: 63–68  (30 Apr. 2010) 3 plates; 12 references                         Accepted: 16 Mar. 2010
A new eumenine wasp in the genus Pseudodynerus de Saussure (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae)
MARCEL G. HERMES (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2438: 37–51 (27 Apr. 2010) 7 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 20 Mar. 2010
Nine new Zonopimpla Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) and key to species from Venezuela
NEICY VALERA & FRANCISCO DÍAZ (Venezuela)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2428: 1–21 (16 Apr. 2010) 10 plates; 49 references                        Accepted: 17 Mar. 2010
Morphological and molecular differentiation of the Anagrus epos species complex (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), egg parasitoids of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in North America
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN, PAUL F. RUGMAN-JONES, GILSANG JEONG, JOSEPH G. MORSE &
RICHARD STOUTHAMER (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2424: 51–62 (13 Apr. 2010) 4 plates; 75 references                      Accepted: 1 Mar. 2010
Eulaema (Apeulaema) felipei sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina): a new forest-dependent orchid bee found at the brink of extinction in northeastern Brazil
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO (Barzil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2415: 54–62 (31 Mar. 2010) 3 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 18 Feb. 2010
The spatial complexity in describing leg surfaces of Hymenoptera (Insecta),
the problem and a proposed solution
ALEXANDRE P. AGUIAR (Brazil) & GARY A. P. GIBSON (Canada)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2410: 53–58 (25 Mar. 2010) 2 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 29 Jan. 2010
A redescription of Torymus sapporoensis Ashmead and description of a new species of Torymus Dalman (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) parasitizing Paratephritis fukaii (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Japan
KAZUNORI MATSUO (Japan)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2401: 1–29 (17 Mar. 2010) 10 plates; 37 references                             Accepted: 1 Dec. 2009
A taxonomic review of the Palaearctic Tetramorium ferox species-complex
(Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
SÁNDOR CS
ŐSZ & ANDREAS SCHULZ (Hungary)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2400: 16–28 (16 Mar. 2010) 7 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 21 Jan. 2010
The validity of Hexacharis Kieffer with taxonomic notes on Anacharitinae
genera (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae)
CLAUDIA X. RESTREPO–ORTIZ & JULI PUJADE–VILLAR (Spain)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2394: 51–68 (9 Mar. 2010) 11 plates; 12 references                           Accepted: 29 Jan. 2010
Status of Batakomacrus Kolarov (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Orthocentrinae), with new generic combinations and description of a new species
GAVIN R. BROAD (UK)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2394: 41–50 (9 Mar. 2010) 0 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 29 Jan. 2010
Type condition and generic placement of Cuban species of Ichneumonidae
described by Cresson and collected by Gundlach
IAN D. GAULD (UK) & JOSÉ L. FERNÁNDEZ-TRIANA (Canada)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2394: 23–40 (9 Mar. 2010) 15 plates; 27 references                           Accepted: 16 Nov. 2009
Acropimpla Townes from China (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae), with key to Chinese fauna and descriptions of two new species
JING-XIAN LIU, JUN-HUA HE & XUE-XIN CHEN (P.R. China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2388: 23–43 (4 Mar. 2010) 11 plates; 31 references                           Accepted: 23 Jan. 2010
Three new species of Achrysocharoides Girault (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) parasitoids of Phyllonorycter spp. (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) on Acer platanoides and Robinia pseudoacacia
CHRISTER HANSSON & EKATERINA SHEVTSOVA (Sweden)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2387: 1–27 (3 Mar. 2010) 17 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 23 Dec. 2009
Taxonomic revision of the ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) genus Paraparatrechina in the Afrotropical and Malagasy Regions
JOHN S. LAPOLLA, CHIU H. CHENG & BRIAN L. FISHER (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2384: 1–43 (1 Mar. 2010) 21 plates; 42 references                            Accepted: 9 Dec. 2009
World revision of the wasp genus Liosphex Townes, 1977 (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae)
VOLKER LOHRMANN & MICHAEL OHL (Germany)

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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2381: 1–74 (26 Feb. 2010) 44 plates; 74 references                            Accepted: 4 Nov. 2009
Revision of the Palaearctic species and review of the Oriental species of Ooctonus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), with notes on
extralimital taxa
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2360: 63–68 (16 Feb. 2010) 0 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 31 Dec. 2009
Type specimens of sawflies (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Symphyta) housed in the
Museo de La Plata, Argentina
ALBERTO H. ABRAHAMOVICH (Argentina), MARIANO LUCIA (Argentina), LEOPOLDO J.
ALVAREZ (Argentina) & DAVID R. SMITH (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2360: 47–62 (16 Feb. 2010) 8 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 17 Jan. 2010
The genus Amphibolips Reinhard (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) in the Neotropics, with description of three new species from Panama
ENRIQUE MEDIANERO (Panama) & JOSÉ LUIS NIEVES-ALDREY (Spain)

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Correspondence  
Zootaxa 2359: 58–60 (15 Feb. 2010) 1 plates; 2 references                            Accepted: 15 Jan. 2010
A rare genus Odontopsen Tsuneki in China (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Crabronidae), with description of a new species
LI MA, QIANG LI & XUE-XIN CHEN (China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2358: 1–24 (12 Feb. 2010) 0 plates; 76 references                            Accepted: 30 Oct. 2009
A catalogue of the types of Platygastridae (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea) at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, with brief notes on the history
of the collection
DAVID G. NOTTON (UK)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2335: 40–48 (13 Jan. 2010) 3 plates; 13 references                             Accepted: 17 Dec. 2009
Description of a new species of Odontofroggatia (Chalcidoidea, Epichrysomallinae) associated with Ficus microcarpa (Moraceae) with a key to species of the genus
GUI FENG & DA-WEI HUANG (P.R. China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2335: 16–28 (13 Jan. 2010) 6 plates; 44 references                           Accepted: 30 Nov. 2009
A new genus of oak gallwasps, Kinseyella Pujade-Villar & Melika, with a description of a new species from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini)
J. PUJADE-VILLAR (Spain), S. ROMERO-RANGEL (Mexico), C. CHAGOYÁN-GARCÍA (Mexico), A.
EQUIHUA-MARTÍNEZ (Mexico), E. G. ESTRADA-VENEGAS (Mexico) & G. MELIKA (Hungary)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2335: 1–15 (13 Jan. 2010) 4 plates; 71 references                           Accepted: 16 Dec. 2009
Review of the Nomada roberjeotiana species-group (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of Russia, with description of new species
MAXIM YU. PROSHCHALYKIN & ARKADY S. LELEJ (Russia)

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2009

 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 589-595 (22 Dec. 2009) 2 plates; 22 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
Trichrysis baratzsensis sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) from Sardinia
FRANCO STRUMIA (Italy)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2315: 47-50 (21 Dec. 2009) 1 plates; 11 references                          Accepted: 23 Nov. 2009
Taxonomic notes on the Evaniidae (Hymenoptera) described by J. Brčthes
JUAN JOSÉ MARTINEZ (Argentina)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2314: 41-49 (18 Dec. 2009) 0 plates; 47 references                          Accepted: 2 Dec. 2009
New geographic and host records for scelionid wasps (Hymenoptera:
Scelionidae) parasitoids of insect pests in South America
CECILIA B. MARGARÍA, MARTA S. LOIÁCONO & ANALÍA A. LANTERI (Argentina)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2308: 65-68 (10 Dec. 2009) 0 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 21 Nov. 2009
The species of Megaphragma Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)
from Argentina
GENNARO VIGGIANI (Italy), ERICA LUFT ALBARRACIN (Argentina) & EDUARDO VIRLA
(Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2306: 29-43 (8 Dec. 2009) 6 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 30 Oct. 2009
The genus Neuroscelio Dodd (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae s.l.) reviewed: new
species, distributional update, and discussion of relationships
ALEJANDRO A. VALERIO (USA), LUBOMÍR MASNER (Canada), ANDREW D. AUSTIN (Australia)
& NORMAN F. JOHNSON (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2306: 1-16 (8 Dec. 2009) 3 plates; 69 references                          Accepted: 29 Oct. 2009
Fossil Eucharitidae and Perilampidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)
from Baltic Amber
JOHN M. HERATY (USA) & D. CHRISTOPHER DARLING (Canada)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2303: 1-44 (3 Dec. 2009) 0 plates; 103 references                          Accepted: 19 Nov. 2009
Checklist of Peruvian Ichneumonidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera)
ALEXANDER RODRÍGUEZ-BERRÍO (Peru), SANTIAGO BORDERA (Spain) & ILARI E. SÄÄKSJÄRVI (Finland)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2292: 15-24 (18 Nov. 2009) 3 plates; 23 references                          Accepted: 27 Oct. 2009
A synopsis of Actenosigynes Moure, Graf & Urban, 1999 (Hymenoptera:
Colletidae)—new species, possible oligolecty and biogeographic comments
FERNANDO A. SILVEIRA (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2287: 45-54 (11 Nov. 2009) 6 plates; 11 references                          Accepted: 15 Oct. 2009
Rediscovery of Pristepyris Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae),
a new synonym of Acrepyris Kieffer
CELSO O. AZEVEDO & ISABEL D.C.C. ALENCAR (Brasil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2286: 58-64 (10 Nov. 2009) 1 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 15 Oct. 2009
Synopsis of Lytopsenella Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae)
CELSO O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2284: 48-62 (9 Nov. 2009) 4 plates; 27 references                          Accepted: 25 Sep. 2009
Cladistic analysis of Megachile (Chrysosarus) Mitchell and revalidation of
Megachile (Dactylomegachile) Mitchell (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)
SILVANA DURANTE & NORA CABRERA (Argentina)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2284: 1-29 (9 Nov. 2009) 8 plates; 45 references                          Accepted: 15 Oct. 2009
Phylogenetic analysis of Rhabdepyris (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) and
redefinition of generic limits based on morphological characters
CECILIA WAICHERT (USA) & CELSO O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2282: 62-68 (5 Nov. 2009) 1 plates; 13 references                          Accepted: 14 Sep. 2009
The bee genus Ruizantheda (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), its scope and
description of a new species
ROCIO ANA GONZALEZ-VAQUERO & ARTURO ROIG-ALSINA (Argentina)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2282: 1-50 (5 Nov. 2009) 7 plates; 132 references                          Accepted: 12 Oct. 2009
Curt Schrottky (1874–1937): South American entomology at the beginning of
the 20th century (Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera)
CLAUS RASMUSSEN (Peru), BOLÍVAR RAFAEL GARCETE-BARRETT (Brazil) & RODRIGO B.
GONÇALVES (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2281: 21-39 (4 Nov. 2009) 10 plates; 25 references                          Accepted: 13 Oct. 2009
A taxonomic revision of the subgenus Andrena (Brachyandrena)
(Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)
ARDESHIR ARIANA (Japan), ERWIN SCHEUCHL (Germany), OSAMU TADAUCHI (Japan) & FRITZ
GUSENLEITNER (Austria)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2279: 60-68 (2 Nov. 2009) 1 plates; 23 references                          Accepted: 29 Sep. 2009
Review of some Southeast Asian sawfly species (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)
described by Attila Haris
MEICAI WEI & GENGYUN NIU (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2274: 45-50 (28 Oct. 2009) 1 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 17 Sep. 2009
A new Arthula Cameron (Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae) parasitoid of Ropalidia plebeiana Richards (Vespidae) and host of Amoturoides breviscapus Girault
(Torymidae) (Hymenoptera)
ROSICHON UBAIDILLAH (Indonesia), GOSHI YAMAGUCHI (Japan) & JUN-ICHI KOJIMA (Japan)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2264: 65-68 (14 Oct. 2009) 2 plates; 1 references                          Accepted: 1 Aug. 2009
First record of the tribe Biastini from the Afrotropical Region
(Hymenoptera: Apidae)
CONNAL EARDLEY (South Africa)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2261: 39-51 (9 Oct. 2009) 8 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 9 Sep. 2009
A revision of the Southern African species of Meliturgula Friese
(Hymenoptera: Andrenidae: Panurginae)
CONNAL EARDLEY (S. Africa)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2259: 1-159 (8 Oct. 2009) 77 plates; 90 references                           Accepted: 1 Sep. 2009
Revision of New World Spalangiinae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)

GARY A. P. GIBSON
(Canada)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2256: 1-126 (8 Oct. 2009) 29 plates; 38 references                           Accepted: 5 Aug. 2009
A Revision of the Tetrasphaeropyx Ashmead Lineage of the Genus
Aleiodes Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae)
JOSEPH C. FORTIER
(USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2254: 1-96 (8 Oct. 2009) 7 plates; 511 references                           Accepted: 15 Aug. 2009
Studies toward a World Catalog of Symphyta (Hymenoptera)

STEPHAN M. BLANK (Germany), ANDREAS TAEGER (Germany), ANDREW D. LISTON (Germany), DAVID R. SMITH (USA),
ALEXANDR P. RASNITSYN (UK), AKIHIKO SHINOHARA (Japan), MIKK HEIDEMAA (Estonia) & MATTI VIITASAARI (Finland)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2237: 59-66 (22 Sep. 2009) 2 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 2 Jul. 2009
Calliscelio elegans (Perkins), a tramp species, and a review of the status of the
genus Caenoteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)
LUBOMÍR MASNER (Canada), NORMAN F. JOHNSON (USA) & LUCIANA MUSETTI (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2237: 43-58 (22 Sep. 2009) 10 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 2 Sep. 2009
Entedoninae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) associated with gall-inducing insects
(Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Panama
MIGUEL PANIAGUA (Panama), CHRISTER HANSSON (Sweden) & ENRIQUE MEDIANERO
(Panama)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2230: 42-50 (14 Sep. 2009) 2 plates; 36 references                          Accepted: 24 Aug. 2009
Review of the Evagetes crassicornis species-group (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae),
with description of new species
ARKADY S. LELEJ & VALERY M. LOKTIONOV (Russia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2224: 30-50 (8 Sep. 2009) 4 plates; 42 references                          Accepted: 26 Aug. 2009
Taxonomic purgatory: Sorting out the wasp genus Myzinum Latreille in North
America (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae, Myzininae)
LYNN S. KIMSEY (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2221: 41-57 (4 Sep. 2009) 8 plates; 22 references                          Accepted: 28 Jul. 2009
The ant genus Stenamma Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) redefined,
with a description of a new genus Propodilobus
MICHAEL G. BRANSTETTER (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2216: 1-21 (1 Sep. 2009) 13 plates; 29 references                          Accepted: 20 Jul. 2009
A revision of male ants of the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae):
Key to genera of the subfamily Proceratiinae
MASASHI YOSHIMURA & BRIAN L. FISHER (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2214: 62-68 (31 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 19 references                          Accepted: 24 Jun. 2009
Recent occurrence of Aphanogmus dictynna (Waterston) (Hymenoptera:
Ceraphronidae) in Kenya — an important hyperparasitoid of the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
MATTHEW L. BUFFINGTON (USA) & ANDREW POLASZEK (UK)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2214: 29-44 (31 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 3 Jul. 2009
Phylogenetic revision and the origin of Polyphrix Townes (Hymenoptera,
Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with description of a new species
BERNARDO F. SANTOS, ALEXANDRE P. AGUIAR & ANAZÉLIA M. TEDESCO (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2207: 1-52 (24 Aug. 2009) 18 plates; 25 references                           Accepted: 3 Aug. 2009
A revision of Physotarsus Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae:
Ctenopelmatinae), with description of 18 new species
KIRA ZHAUROVA & ROBERT WHARTON (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2204: 55-62 (20 Aug. 2009) 2 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 17 Jul. 2009
Diaphoromyrma, a new myrmicine ant genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
from North Eastern Brazil
FERNANDO FERNÁNDEZ (Colombia), JACQUES HUBERT CHARLES DELABIE (Brazil) &
IVAN CARDOSO DO NASCIMENTO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2200: 54-60 (17 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 16 Jul. 2009
The genus Microdonophagus Schauff (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae),
with description of a new species
CHRISTER HANSSON (Sweden)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2200: 1-40 (17 Aug. 2009) 15 plates; 50 references                           Accepted: 24 Jul. 2009
Revision and phylogenetics of the genus Paraulax Kieffer (Hymenoptera,
Cynipidae) with biological notes and description of a new tribe, a new genus, and five new species
JOSÉ LUIS NIEVES-ALDREY (Spain), JOHAN LILJEBLAD (Sweden), MARÍA HERNÁNDEZ
NIEVES (Spain), AUDREY GREZ (Chile) & JOHAN A. A. NYLANDER (Sweden)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2194: 1-20 (11 Aug. 2009) 17 plates; 44 references                           Accepted: 11 Jul. 2009
Taxonomic notes on Megalopta Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae:
Augochlorini) with a synopsis of the species in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil
LEANDRO M. SANTOS & FERNANDO A. SILVEIRA (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2194: 21-36 (11 Aug. 2009) 7 plates; 26 references                           Accepted: 9 Jul. 2009
Doddifoenus wallacei, a new giant parasitoid wasp of the subfamily
Leptofoeninae (Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae), with a description of its mesosomal skeletal anatomy and a molecular characterization
LARS KROGMANN (Germany) & ROGER A. BURKS (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2193: 62-68 (10 Aug. 2009) 2 plates; 9 references                           Accepted: 22 Jul. 2009
Austromorium, a new myrmicine ant genus from Australia
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
STEVEN O. SHATTUCK (Australia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2193: 1-52 (10 Aug. 2009) 25 plates; 53 references                           Accepted: 25 Jun. 2009
Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure
(Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini)
ANTONIO J. C. AGUIAR (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2192: 56-68 (10 Aug. 2009) 2 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 3 Jul. 2009
Cladistic assessment and description of a new Neotropical genus and species of
Lymeonina (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae)
ANAZÉLIA M. TEDESCO & ALEXANDRE P. AGUIAR (Brazil)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2181: 1-90 (6 Aug. 2009) 24 plates; 48 references                           Accepted: 29 Apr. 2009
Additions to the taxonomy of New World Pheidole
(Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
JOHN T. LONGINO
  (USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2175: 66-68 (4 Aug. 2009) 1 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 9 Jul. 2009
A new species of the bee genus Centris from Peru (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
FERNANDO CÉSAR VIEIRA ZANELLA & FELIPE VIVALLO (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2175: 57-65 (4 Aug. 2009) 4 plates; 25 references                           Accepted: 11 Jul. 2009
First record of an Andricus oak gallwasp from the Oriental Region: a new
species from Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini)
CHANG-TI TANG (Taiwan), GEORGE MELIKA (Hungary), MAN-MIAO YANG (Taiwan), JAMES
NICHOLLS (UK), GYÖRGY CSÓKA (Hungary) & GRAHAM N. STONE (UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2175: 19-28 (4 Aug. 2009) 1 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 3 Jul. 2009
A taxonomic revision of the Oriental species of Thaumatodryinus Perkins, with
descriptions of two new species from P. R. China (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae)
ZAIFU XU (China), MASSIMO OLMI (Italy) & JUNHUA HE (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2175: 1-18 (4 Aug. 2009) 9 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 8 Jul. 2009
Review of the Malagasy Anthobosca, the Bizarre and the Sublime
(Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Anthoboscinae)
LYNN S. KIMSEY (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2174: 27-37 (3 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 8 Jul. 2009
Polyrhachis (Myrma) cyaniventris F. Smith, 1858 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
and a related new ant species from the Philippines
D.M. SORGER & H. ZETTEL (Austria)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2170: 1-14 (29 Jul. 2009) 4 plates; 26 references                           Accepted: 8 Jul. 2009
Laelius Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Madagascar, with
description of two new species
D. N. BARBOSA & C. O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2168: 45-56 (27 Jul. 2009) 4 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 9 Jun. 2009
A taxonomic study of the Dryininae (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae) of Japan, with
description of a new species of Pseudodryinus
TOSHIHARU MITA (Japan)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2162: 24-36 (20 Jul. 2009) 9 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 17 Jun. 2009
Revisiting the Brazilian fauna of masarine wasps: new records, an illustrated
key to species and a description of the male of Trimeria rubra Hermes & Melo (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Masarinae)
MARCEL G. HERMES & BOLÍVAR R. GARCETE-BARRETT (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2160: 1-28 (16 Jul. 2009) 4 plates; 37 references                           Accepted: 9 Jun. 2009
A review of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Turkey
ARKADY S. LELEJ (Russia) & EROL YILDIRIM (Turkey)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2155: 37-54 (13 Jul. 2009) 5 plates; 49 references                           Accepted: 29 May 2009
Neotropical Meliponini: the genus Celetrigona Moure
(Hymenoptera: Apidae, Apinae)
JOĂO M. F. CAMARGO & SILVIA R. M. PEDRO (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2148: 49-54 (3 Jul. 2009) 1 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 21 May 2009
Biological synopsis of Photocryptus Viereck (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with eight new host records and fourteen new geographic records
ALEXANDRE P. AGUIAR & BERNARDO F. SANTOS (Brasil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2146: 1-21 (1 Jul. 2009) 11 plates; 9 references                           Accepted: 11 Jun. 2009
A revision the Australian species of the ant genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
STEVE SHATTUCK (Australia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2145: 36-46 (30 Jun. 2009) 2 plates; 25 references                           Accepted: 20 May 2009
A revision of the subgenus Leucandrena of the genus Andrena of eastern Asia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Andrenidae)
HUANLI XU (China) & OSAMU TADAUCHI (Japan)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2142: 45-56 (26 Jun. 2009) 5 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 11 Jun. 2009
Taxonomic notes on Euglossa (Glossuropoda) with a key to the known species (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina)
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO (Brasil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2142: 57-68 (26 Jun. 2009) 5 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 11 Jun. 2009
Six new, unusually small ants of the genus Leptomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
DEREK J. SMITH & STEVE SHATTUCK (Australia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2131: 1-53 (12 Jun. 2009) 10 plates; 37 references                           Accepted: 22 Apr. 2009
Velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of the Algodones sand dunes of California, USA
JAMES P. PITTS, JOSEPH S. WILSON, KEVIN A. WILLIAMS & NICOLE F. BOEHME (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2129: 1-28 (10 Jun. 2009) 8 plates; 106 references                           Accepted: 25 Apr. 2009
Annotated key to the genera of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) in Argentina
ERICA LUFT ALBARRACIN (Argentina), SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN (USA) & EDUARDO G. VIRLA
(Argentina)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2121: 35-43 (29 May 2009) 3 plates; 28 references                           Accepted: 6 May 2009
A new species of invasive gall wasp (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae)
on blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) in California
JOHN LA SALLE (Australia), GEVORK ARAKELIAN (USA), ROSSER W. GARRISON (USA) &
MICHAEL W. GATES (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2118: 30-36 (27 May 2009) 2 plates; 31 references                           Accepted: 22 Apr. 2009
A new Dinapsis species from the Central African Republic (Hymenoptera, Megalyridae, Dinapsini)
SCOTT RICHARD SHAW (USA) & SIMON VAN NOORT (South Africa)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2118: 37-52 (27 May 2009) 7 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 25 Apr. 2009
Two new dolichoderine ant genera from Madagascar: Aptinoma gen. n. and Ravavy gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

BRIAN L. FISHER (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2112: 1-24 (20 May 2009) 4 plates; 66 references                           Accepted: 23 Apr. 2009
Taxonomy and biology of European Heptamelini
(Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae, Selandriinae)
VELI VIKBERG (Finland) & ANDREW D. LISTON (Germany)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2105: 63-65 (13 May 2009) 2 plates; 6 references                           Accepted: 17 Apr. 2009
A note on Szelenyiopria pampeana (Loiácono) n. comb., parasitoid wasps
(Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) attacking the fungus growing ant, Acromyrmex lobicornis Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini) in La Pampa, Argentina
MARTA S. LOIÁCONO & CECILIA B. MARGARÍA (Argentina)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2105: 1-31 (13 May 2009) 8 plates; 78 references                           Accepted: 26 Mar. 2009
Revision of the genus Callaspidia Dahlbom, 1842 (Hym.: Figitidae: Aspicerinae)
P. ROS-FARRÉ & J. PUJADE-VILLAR (Espana)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2105: 32-42 (13 May 2009) 3 plates; 27 references                           Accepted: 9 Apr. 2009
A new species of Mydrosoma Smith with a key to Brazilian species of
the genus and a discussion on the classification of the Dissoglottini (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)
FERNANDO A. SILVEIRA & RODERIC B. MARTINES (Brazil)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2099: 1-188 (11 May 2009) 129 plates; 33 references                          Accepted: 9 Apr. 2009
Taxonomic revision of the African bee subgenera Patellapis, Chaetalictus and
Lomatalictus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae, genus Patellapis Friese 1909)
KIM TIMMERMANN (Germany) & MICHAEL KUHLMANN (UK)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2094: 52-59 (8 May 2009) 6 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 8 Apr. 2009
Abrotoxyela gen. nov. (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Xyelidae) from the Middle
Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China
TAIPING GAO, DONG REN & CHUNGKUN SHIH (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2084: 1-49 (27 Apr. 2009) 14 plates; 25 references                           Accepted: 7 Mar. 2009
Review of world Parapanteles Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae:
Microgastrinae), with description of fourteen new Neotropical species and the first description of the final instar larvae
A. A. VALERIO (Costa Rica), J. B. WHITFIELD (USA) & D.H. JANZEN (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2083: 27-45 (27 Apr. 2009) 7 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 6 Apr. 2009
The tetrastichine wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) associated
with galls on Erythrina species (Fabaceae) in South Africa, with the description of five new species
GERHARD. L. PRINSLOO & JANINE. A. KELLY (S. Africa)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2083: 19-26 (27 Apr. 2009) 3 plates; 35 references                           Accepted: 25 Mar. 2009
A new parasitoid of the Erythrina Gall Wasp, Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim
(Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
JOHN LA SALLE (Australia), MOHSEN RAMADAN (USA) & BERNARR R. KUMASHIRO (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2080: 47-54 (22 Apr. 2009) 4 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 13 Mar. 2009
The earliest fossil record of the wasp subfamily Pelecininae (Hymenoptera:
Proctotrupoidea: Pelecinidae) from the Yixian Formation of China
CHENXI LIU, CHUNGKUN SHIH & DONG REN (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2075: 1-32 (17 Apr. 2009) 15 plates; 64 references                           Accepted: 7 Mar. 2009
Generic classification for the Gasteruptiinae (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae)
based on a cladistic analysis, with the description of two new Neotropical genera and the revalidation of Plutofoenus Kieffer
ANTONIO CARLOS CRUZ MACEDO (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2075: 33-44 (17 Apr. 2009) 4 plates; 39 references                           Accepted: 7 Mar. 2009
Taxonomy and geographic distribution of the species of Centris of the hyptidis
group (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Centridini), with description of a new species from central Brazil
FELIPE VIVALLO & GABRIEL A. R. MELO (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2075: 45-54 (17 Apr. 2009) 5 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 19 Mar. 2009
Crematogaster pygmaea (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae), a highly
polygynous and polydomous Crematogaster from northeastern Brazil
YVES QUINET (Brazil), RACHID HAMIDI (Belgium), MARIO XAVIER RUIZ-GONZALEZ (France), JEAN-CHRISTOPHE de BISEAU (Belgium) & JOHN T. LONGINO (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2069: 43-58 (10 Apr. 2009) 8 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 2 Mar. 2009
New ant species related to Cerapachys sexspinus and discussion of the status of Yunodorylus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

MAREK L. BOROWIEC (Poland)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2069: 1-17 (10 Apr. 2009) 1 plates; 136 references                           Accepted: 9 Feb. 2009
A cladistic analysis of Gorytina (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicini), with
a reclassification of the subtribe
PAVEL G. NEMKOV (Russia) & WOJCIECH J. PULAWSKI (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2063: 46-54 (6 Apr. 2009) 6 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 17 Feb. 2009
Rediscovery of the ant genus Amyrmex Kusnezov (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and its transfer from Dolichoderinae to Leptanilloidinae
PHILIP S. WARD & SEÁN G. BRADY (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2062: 15-36 (3 Apr. 2009) 6 plates; 54 references                           Accepted: 24 Feb. 2009
A taxonomic revision of the Asian endemic subgenus Physocrema of the genus
Crematogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
SHINGO HOSOISHI & KAZUO OGATA (Japan)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2052: 1-31 (25 Mar. 2009) 7 plates; 48 references                            Accepted: 16 Feb. 2009
Revision of the fungus-growing ant genera Mycetophylax Emery and
Paramycetophylax Kusnezov rev. stat., and description of Kalathomyrmex n. gen. (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini)
CHRISTIANA KLINGENBERG (Germany) & C. ROBERTO F. BRANDĂO (Brasil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2052: 32-48 (25 Mar. 2009) 11 plates; 22 references                         Accepted: 17 Feb. 2009
Tropidomyrmex elianae, a new myrmicine ant genus and species from Brazil,
tentatively assigned to Solenopsidini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
ROGÉRIO R. SILVA, RODRIGO M. FEITOSA, CARLOS ROBERTO F. BRANDĂO &
JORGE L. M. DINIZ (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2052: 49-54 (25 Mar. 2009) 2 plates; 18 references                         Accepted: 19 Feb. 2009
New species of Odontepyris Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), an
ectoparasitoid of Telorta divergens (Butler) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae
JONGOK LIM, SANGCHUL SHIN & SEUNGHWAN LEE (Republic of Korea)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2047: 63-68 (20 Mar. 2009) 2 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 19 Feb. 2009
Description of a new species of Bradynobaenus (Hymenoptera:
Bradynobaenidae) from Argentina, with a key to the females of the genus
JAVIER TORRÉNS & ARTURO ROIG-ALSINA (Argentina)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2046: 1-25 (20 Mar. 2009) 14 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 16 Feb. 2009
Taxonomic Revision of the Southeast Asian Ant Genus Euprenolepis
JOHN S. LAPOLLA (USA)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2041: 1-242 (16 Mar. 2009) 206 plates; 467 references                      Accepted: 24 Nov. 2008
Orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO
(Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2034: 49-55 (13 Mar. 2009) 1 plates; 19 references                             Accepted: 9 Feb. 2009
Taxonomic notes on Neotropical Anthidiini, with description of the male of
Chrisanthidium adornatum Urban (Hymenoptera: Megachilinae) 
DANIELE R. PARIZOTTO (Brasil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2034: 56-60 (13 Mar. 2009) 1 plates; 9 references                             Accepted: 16 Feb. 2009
A new subfamily, genus, and species of Cephidae (Hymenoptera) from
Australia
DAVID R. SMITH (USA) & STEFAN SCHMIDT (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2032: 1-38 (11 Mar. 2009) 14 plates; 82 references                            Accepted: 20 Feb. 2009
Integrative taxonomy identifies new (and old) species in the Lasioglossum
(Dialictus) tegulare (Robertson) species group (Hymenoptera, Halictidae)
JASON GIBBS (Canada)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2031: 1-20 (9 Mar. 2009) 6 plates; 73 references                             Accepted: 6 Jan. 2009
Fossil ants of the genus Gesomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from
the Eocene of Europe and remarks on the evolution of arboreal ant communities
GENNADY M. DLUSSKY (Russia), TORSTEN WAPPLER (Germany) & SONJA WEDMANN
(Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2010: 16-30 (13 Feb. 2009) 3 plates; 31 references                             Accepted: 18 Dec. 2008
Notes on the bee genus Alloscirtetica Holmberg, 1909 in northern Chile with the description of two new altiplanic species and a key for the Chilean species of
Eucerini (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
FELIPE VIVALLO (Chile)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2009: 27-34 (11 Feb. 2009) 3 plates; 9 references                             Accepted: 21 Jan. 2009
A colorful new species of the digger wasp genus Pseudoplisus Ashmead from the
Southwestern United States (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Crabronidae)
MICHAEL OHL (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2004: 49-58 (5 Feb. 2009) 3 plates; 24 references                             Accepted: 19 Jan. 2009
Ants of the Genus SOLENOPSIS Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
in Egypt with a description of the worker castes of S. cooperi Donisthorpe, 1947
MOSTAFA R. SHARAF (Egypt) , BRIAN TAYLOR (UK) & CHRISTIANA KLINGENBERG (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2003: 1-45 (5 Feb. 2009) 21 plates; 33 references                             Accepted: 17 Dec. 2008
Identity and synonymy of Dicroscelio Kieffer and description of Axea,
a new genus from tropical Africa and Asia (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Platygastridae)
MATTHEW J. YODER (USA), ALEJANDRO A. VALERIO (USA), LUBOMÍR MASNER (Canada)
& NORMAN F. JOHNSON (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1985: 34-42 (21 Jan. 2009) 3 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 4 Dec. 2008
Pheidole bilimeki Reconsidered (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
JOHN T. LONGINO & DANIEL J. COX (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1983: 23-44 (19 Jan. 2009) 6 plates; 120 references                             Accepted: 1 Dec. 2008
Neotropical Meliponini: the genus Leurotrigona Moure
two new species (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Apinae)
SILVIA R. M. PEDRO & JOĂO M. F. CAMARGO (Brasil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1979: 16-28 (14 Jan. 2009) 24 plates; 43 references                           Accepted: 25 Nov. 2008
Ants of the genus Lordomyrma Emery (1) Generic synonymy, composition and distribution, with notes on Ancyridris Wheeler and Cyphoidris Weber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
ROBERT W. TAYLOR (Australia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1974: 31-50 (9 Jan. 2009) 6 plates; 62 references                              Accepted: 17 Nov. 2008
A key to species of the genus Hylaeus (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from mainland of China with descriptions of new species and new records
XUAN CHEN & HUANLI XU (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1968: 39-44 (22 Dec. 2008) 8 plates; 9 references                          Accepted: 7 Nov. 2008
Rediscovery of Gryon chrysolaum (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)
—an egg parasitoid of Holhymenia rubiginosa Breddin and Anisoscelis foliacea Fabricius (Heteroptera: Coreidae)
ANDREW POLASZEK (UK) & ROBERTA KOLBERG (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1966: 1-52 (17 Dec. 2008) 26 plates; 21 references                          Accepted: 31 Oct. 2008
Revision of the world species of the genus Fusicornia Risbec
(Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Scelioninae)
CHARUWAT TAEKUL (USA), NORMAN F. JOHNSON (USA), LUBOMÍR MASNER (Canada) , RAJMOHANA K. (India) & CHEN SHU-PEI (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1964: 40-68 (15 Dec. 2008) 15 plates; 57 references                          Accepted: 22 Oct. 2008
Parasitism of Entedon costalis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in
Glocianus punctiger (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): an example of intentional discovery of the parasitoid-host association
ALEX V. GUMOVSKY(Ukraine)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1958: 51-60 (8 Dec. 2008) 6 plates; 6 references                       Accepted: 29 Oct. 2008
A new species of the ant genus Forelius (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae)
from the dry forest of Colombia
ROBERTO J. GUERRERO & FERNANDO FERNÁNDEZ (Colombia)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1958: 61-64 (8 Dec. 2008) 3 plates; 7 references                       Accepted: 3 Nov. 2008
Cheiloneurus pistaciae sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) a facultative hyperparasitoid of Kermania pistaciella Amsel
(Lepidoptera: Tineidae), a pest of pistachio trees in Iran
S. MANICKAVASAGAM (India), M.R. MEHRNEJAD (Iran) & JOHN S. NOYES (UK)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1949: 1-29 (3  Dec. 2008) 11 plates; 45 references                            Accepted: 8 Oct. 2008
A new Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from Argentina, with taxonomic notes and molecular data on the G. tuberculifemur species complex
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN (USA), GUILLERMO A. LOGARZO(USA), JESSE H. DE LEÓN (USA) & EDUARDO G. VIRLA (Argentina)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1946: 42-54 (1 Dec. 2008) 10 plates; 14 references                         Accepted: 22 Oct. 2008
Description of mature larvae of Allodynerus rossii (Lepeletier), Ancistrocerus auctus (Fabricius), Euodynerus dantici (Rossi) and
Symmorphus murarius (Linnaeus) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
JOSÉ TORMOS (Spain), CARLO POLIDORI (Italy), JOSEP DANIEL ASÍS (Spain) & S.F. GAYUBO (Spain)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1937: 39-50 (19 Nov. 2008) 5 plates; 44 references                         Accepted: 3 Jul. 2008
First record of anaxyelid woodwasps (Hymenoptera: Anaxyelidae) in Lower Cretaceous Spanish amber
J. ORTEGA-BLANCO (Spain), A.P. RASNITSYN (Russia) & X. DELCLŇS (Spain)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1935: 1-80 (17 Nov. 2008) 0 plates; 520 references                         Accepted: 16 Oct. 2008
Catalog of the Indo-Malayan/Australasian stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)
CLAUS RASMUSSEN (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1934: 30-39 (17 Nov. 2008) 4 plates; 13 references                          Accepted: 8 Oct. 2008
Phylogeny and reclassification of Distictus Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with description of a new species
BERNARDO F. SANTOS & ALEXANDRE P. AGUIAR (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1934: 63-68 (17 Nov. 2008) 1 plate; 11 references                                Accepted: 7 Oct. 2008
Redescription of Crassomicrodus fulvescens (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae), with new distributional data and revised taxonomic status
JOSÉ ISAAC FIGUEROA (Mexico), MICHAEL J. SHARKEY (USA), JESÜS ROMERO NÁPOLES (Mexico), VICTOR LÓPEZ-MARTÍNEZ (Mexico), JOSÉ ANTONIO SÁNCHEZ GARCÍA (Mexico), ANA MABEL MARTÍNEZ (Mexico), & SAMUEL PINEDA (Mexico)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1933: 43-58 (14 Nov. 2008) 12 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 16 Oct. 2008
Umbothynnus, a newly recognised genus for the Rhagigaster alexius Guérin group of species (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Thynninae: Rhagigasterini) from northern Australia

GRAHAM BROWN (Australia)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1933: 59-62 (14 Nov. 2008) 1 plate; 3 references                          Accepted: 8 Oct. 2008
A new species of Caenohomalopoda (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from India
ANKITA GUPTA & JANAKIRAMAN POORANI (India)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1929: 1-37 (10 Nov. 2008) 4 plates; 58 references                              Accepted: 3 Oct. 2008
Afrotropical ants of the ponerine genera Centromyrmex Mayr, Promyopias Santschi gen. rev. and Feroponera gen. n., with a revised key to genera of African Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
BARRY BOLTON (London) & BRIAN L. FISHER (USA)

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Zootaxa 1926: 1-19 (7 Nov. 2008) 6 plates; 36 references                            Accepted: 3 Oct. 2008
Review of the ant genus Aenictus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Australia with notes on A. ceylonicus (Mayr)
STEVEN O. SHATTUCK (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1923: 37-54 (5 Nov. 2008) 7 plates; 47 references                           Accepted: 26 Sept. 2008
Morphology of the eggs and larvae of Cyphomyrmex transversus Emery
(Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini) and a note on the relationship with its symbiotic fungus
Lucimeire de S. Ramos Lacau, CLAIRE Villemant , Odair C. Bueno,
Jacques H.c. Delabie & SEbastien Lacau
(Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1920: 51-60 (31 Oct. 2008) 3 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 18 Jul. 2008
A new species of Megadineura Malaise (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) and a key to the known species of the genus
MEICAI WEI & HAIYAN NIE (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1912: 45-58 (22 Oct. 2008) 3 plates; 27 references                              Accepted: 25 Sept. 2008
Synopsis of Prosierola (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae)
CELSO O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1910: 1-20 (20 Oct. 2008) 5 plates; 45 references                           Accepted: 3 Sept. 2008
Taxonomy, biology, and efficacy of two Australian parasitoids of the eucalyptus gall wasp, Leptocybe invasa Fisher & La Salle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae)
IL-KWON KIM (Australia), ZVI MENDEL (Israel), ALEXEY PROTASOV (Israel), DANIEL BLUMBERG (Israel) & JOHN LA SALLE (Australia)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1902: 1-118 (15 Oct. 2008) 63 plates; 119 references                             Accepted:4 Jun. 2008
A revision of Northern Vietnamese species of the ant genus
Pheidole (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
KATSUYUKI EGUCHI (Japan)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1898: 1-33 (13 Oct. 2008) 12 plates; 27 references                              Accepted: 3 Oct. 2008
Description of Khamul, gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eurytomidae),
with a hypothesis of its phylogenetic placement
M. W. GATES (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1892: 35-52 (6 Oct. 2008) 7 plates; 18 references                                  Accepted: 13 Oct. 2008
The Afrotropical ponerine ant genus Phrynoponera Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
BARRY BOLTON (UK) & BRIAN L. FISHER (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1891: 1-24 (3 Oct. 2008) 5 plates; 107 references                              Accepted: 3 Sept. 2008
Revised species checklist of the Paracolletinae (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) of the Australian Region, with the description of new taxa
EDUARDO A. B. ALMEIDA (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1891: 25-30 (3 Oct. 2008) 3 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 28 Aug. 2008
A new species of the genus Plumaroides Brothers (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Plumariidae) from Santiago del Estero, Argentina: male and female description
PATRICIA A. DIEZ (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1890: 1-49 (1 Oct. 2008) 24 plates; 36 references                                 Accepted: 6 Aug. 2008
A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical myrmicine ant genus Lachnomyrmex Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
RODRIGO M. FEITOSA & CARLOS ROBERTO F. BRANDĂO (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1889: 1-79 (1 Oct. 2008) 1 plate; 319 references                              Accepted: 21 Jul. 2008
The genus-group names of Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) and their type species, with a new genus, new name, new synonymies, new combinations and lectotypifications
ARKADY S. LELEJ (Russia) & DENIS J. BROTHERS (S. Africa)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1871: 56-62 (8 Sept. 2008) 3 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 18 Aug. 2008
Biology and description of a new species of
Lophyrocera Cameron (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) from Argentina
JAVIER TORRéS (Argentina), JOHN M. HERATY (USA) & PATRICIO FIDALGO (Argeninta)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1865: 1-253 (3 Sep. 2008) 3 plates; 576 references                            Accepted: 26 May 2008
A taxonomic catalogue of the Palaearctic bees of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae)
STEFAN UNGRICHT, ANDREAS MÜLLER & SILVIA DORN (Switzerland)
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Zootaxa 1855: 1-40 (22 Aug. 2008) 20 plates; 30 references                              Accepted: 23 Jun. 2008
A monograph of the genus Westwoodia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)
ROBERT A. WHARTON, KARL ROEDER, MATTHEW J. YODER (USA)

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Zootaxa 1854: 45-54 (20 Aug. 2008) 2 plates; 26 references                              Accepted: 5 Aug. 2008
The acasta conundrum: Polymorphism and taxonomic confusion within the parasitoid genus Melittobia (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
ROBERT W. MATTHEWS & JORGE M. GONZALEZ (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1854: 55-62 (20 Aug. 2008) 2 plates; 5 references                              Accepted: 21 Jul. 2008
Liphanthus Reed, 1894 (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae, Protandrenini): Two new Argentine species and keys to the species of the subgenera Liphanthus s. str. and Melaliphanthus Ruz & Toro, 1983
FELIPE VIVALLO (Chile)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1854: 16-32 (20 Aug. 2008) 7 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 5 Aug. 2008
New species of herb gallwasps from the Middle East (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Aylacini)
Y. KARIMPOUR (Iran), M. TAVAKOLI (Iran) & G. MELIKA (Hungary)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1851: 1-28 (18 Aug. 2008) 9 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 16 Jul. 2008
A new species-group of Dissomphalus (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), with description of thirteen new species
I. D. C. C. ALENCAR & C. O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1846: 21-34 (11 Aug. 2008) 5 plates; 21 references                              Accepted: 21 Jul. 2008
Revision of the ant genus Prionopelta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Indo-Pacific region
STEVEN O SHATTUCK (Australia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1846: 35-46 (11 Aug. 2008) 4 plates; 70 references                              Accepted: 11 Jul. 2008
The systematics and biology of Cotesia nonagriae (Olliff) stat. rev. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), a newly recognized member of the Cotesia flavipes species complex
KATE MUIRHEAD, ANDREW AUSTIN & MOHAMED SALLAM (Australia)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1842: 66-68 (4 Aug. 2008) 1 plates; 2 references                              Accepted: 10 Jun. 2008
New records of Erythmelus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from the Neotropical region, with description of a new species from Argentina
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1842: 56-62 (4 Aug. 2008) 3 plates; 23 references                              Accepted: 3 Jul. 2008
Description of a new fossil Anthoxyela species (Hymenoptera, Xyelidae) from Yixian Formation of Northeast China
TAIPING GAO & DONG REN (P.R. China)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1833: 1-118 (30 Jul. 2008) 3 plates; 92 references                              Accepted: 11 Jun. 2008
Heinrich Friese (1860–1948): Names proposed and notes on a pioneer melittologist (Hymenoptera, Anthophila)
CLAUS RASMUSSEN & JOHN S. ASCHER (USA)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1831: 1-530 (30 Jul. 2008) 2 plates; 4557 references                              Accepted: 12 Feb. 2008
Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography
DANIEL E. PEREZ-GELABERT
(USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1827: 53-61 (23 Jul. 2008) 2 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 19 Jun. 2008
The Afrotropical ponerine ant genus Asphinctopone Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
BARRY BOLTON (UK) & BRIAN L. FISHER (USA)

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 Erratum 
Zootaxa 1819: 68 (9 Jul. 2008)  
Erratum ( Fox, E.G.P et al. (2007) On the immature stages of the crazy ant Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille 1802) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).
Zootaxa, 1503, 1-11.)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1818: 56-64 (7 Jul. 2008) 4 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 10 Jun. 2008
Redescription of Polynemula, with description of a new species of Polynema (Doriclytus) from Argentina (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN (USA) & DANIEL A. AQUINO (Argentina)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1817: 39-48 (7 Jul. 2008) 2 plates; 47 references                              Accepted: 3 Jun. 2008
North American species of Agrostocynips Diaz (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae), parasitoids of Agromyzidae (Diptera): bionomics and taxonomy
MATTHEW L. BUFFINGTON & SONJA J. SCHEFFER (USA)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1816: 61-64 (4 Jul. 2008) 2 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 20 May 2008
Taxonomic notes on Entedonomphale (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN (USA), Peter S. Boyadzhiev (Bulgaria) & ANTON K. ANTONOV (Bulgaria)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1796: 1-73 (16 Jun. 2008) 22 plates; 93 references                              Accepted: 6 May 2008
A fully web-illustrated morphological phylogenetic study of relationships among oak gall wasps and their closest relatives (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)
JOHAN LILJEBLAD (Sweden), FREDRIK RONQUIST (Sweden), JOSE-LUIS NIEVES-ALDREY (Spain), FELIX FONTAL-CAZALLA (Spain), PALMIRA ROS-FARRE (Spain), DAVID GAITROS (USA), AND JULI PUJADE-VILLAR (Spain)
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 Article 
Zo
otaxa 1793: 47-64 (13 Jun. 2008) 8 plates; 46 references                              Accepted: 17 Apr. 2008
Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) attacking aphids feeding on Prunoideae and Maloideae crops in Southeast Europe: aphidiine-aphid-plant associations and key
NICKOLAS G. KAVALLIERATOS (Greece), ZELJKO TOMANOVIC (Serbia), PETR STARY (Czech Rep.), & ANA MITROVSKI BOGDANOVIC (Serbia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1787: 28-44 (9 Jun. 2008) 6 plates; 20 references                              Accepted: 24 Apr. 2008
Alobevania, a new genus of neotropical ensign wasps (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae), with three new species: integrating taxonomy with the World Wide Web
ANDREW R. DEANS (USA) & RICARDO KAWADA (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1785: 1-42 (6 Jun. 2008) 22 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 6 May 2008
Catalog of the vespid wasps of Iran (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
EBRAHIM EBRAHIMI (Iran) & JAMES M. CARPENTER (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1781: 20-30 (3 Jun. 2008) 4 plates; 48 references                              Accepted: 6 May 2008
Hieracium-associated aphid parasitoid guilds (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in Europe
ZELJKO TOMANOVIC (Serbia), PETR STARY(Czech Republic),NICKOLAS G. KAVALLIERATOS (Greece), ANDJELJKO PETROVIC (Serbia), MARIJAN NIKETIC (Serbia) & ANDJA VUCETIC (Serbia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1776: 1-51 (26 May 2008) 19 plates; 20 references                              Accepted: 8 Apr. 2008
Revision of world species of the genus Heptascelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)
NORMAN F. JOHNSON (USA), LUBOMIR MASNER (Canada), LUCIANA MUSETTI (USA), SIMON VAN NOORT (South Africa), RAJMOHANA K. (India), D. CHRISTOPHER DARLING (Canada), ANTONIA GUIDOTTI (Canada) & ANDREW POLASZEK (England)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1767: 1-36 (12 May 2008) 8 plates; 23 references                              Accepted: 27 Mar. 2008
A taxonomic revision of the Pheidole roosevelti-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Fiji
ELI M. SARNAT (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1767: 37-54 (12 May 2008) 7 plates; 48 references                              Accepted: 6 Mar. 2008
A review of Aphidius Nees (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in Iran: host associations, distribution and taxonomic notes
EHSAN RAKHSHANI (Iran), ALI ASGHAR TALEBI (Iran), PETR STARY (Czech Republic), ZELJKO TOMANOVIC (Serbia), NICKOLAS G. KAVALLIERATOS (Greece) & SHAHAB MANZARI (Iran)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1767: 55-63 (12 May 2008) 4 plates; 11 references                              Accepted: 31 Mar. 2008
Opamyrma hungvuong, a new genus and species of ant related to Apomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae)
SEIKI YAMANE (Japan), TUAN VIET BUI (Vietnam) & KATSUYUKI EGUCHI (Japan)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1763: 63-66 (5 May 2008) 2 plates; 17 references                              Accepted: 28 Mar. 2008
Description of a new Andrena species from Turkey, Andrena (Notandrena) selcuki n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Andrenidae)
ERWIN SCHEUCHL (Germany) & CANAN HAZIR (Turkey)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1762: 29-52 (5 May 2008) 12 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 20 Sep. 2007
Revision and phylogenetic analysis of Chilioediscelis (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) with descriptions of three new species
ERIN WILLIS & LAURENCE PACKER (Canada)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1751: 1-24 (16 Apr. 2008) 2 plates; 75 references                              Accepted: 5 Mar. 2008
A new species of Eurytoma (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) attacking Quadrastichus spp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) galling Erythrina spp. (Fabaceae), with a summary of African Eurytoma biology and species checklist
M. GATES (USA) & G. DELVARE (France)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1749: 27-38 (14 Apr. 2008) 5 plates; 27 references                              Accepted: 24 Feb. 2008
Description of a remarkable new species of ant in the genus Daceton Perty (Formicidae: Dacetini) from South America
FRANK AZORSA (Peru) & JEFFREY SOSA-CALVO (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1749: 39-52 (14 Apr. 2008) 14 plates; 43 references                              Accepted: 25 Mar. 2008
Taxonomy of the African army ant Dorylus gribodoi Emery, 1892 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) - new insights from DNA sequence data and morphology
CASPAR SCHONING (Denmark), WILLIAM H. GOTWALD JR (USA), DANIEL J.C. KRONAUER (Denmark) & LARS VILHELMSEN (Denmark)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1749: 53-61 (14 Apr. 2008) 4 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 12 Mar. 2008
New species of Tapinotaspoides (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini)
GABRIEL A. R. MELO & ANTONIO J. C. AGUIAR (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1746: 46-60 (11 Apr. 2008) 6 plates; 37 references                              Accepted: 20 Mar. 2008
Larval morphology and biology of three European species of Megastigmus (Hymenoptera, Torymidae, Megastigminae) parasitoids of gall wasps, including a comparison with the larvae of two seed-infesting species
JOSE LUIS NIEVES-ALDREY, MARIA HERNANDEZ NIEVES & JOSE F. GOMEZ (Spain)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1745: 63-68 (9 Apr. 2008) 2 plates; 17 references                              Accepted: 14 Mar. 2008
A new genus and species of Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) inducing galls in seed capsules of Eucalyptus
IL-KWON KIM & JOHN LA SALLE (Australia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1745: 19-29 (9 Apr. 2008) 2 plates; 24 references                              Accepted: 3 Mar. 2008
The genus Mimesa in China with descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Crabronidae)
LI MA, QIANG LI & XUE-XIN CHEN (P.R. China)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1732: 61-64 (25 Mar. 2008) 0 plates; 27 references                              Accepted: 24 Feb. 2008
New synonyms in neotropical Myrmicine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
BARRY BOLTON (UK), JEFFREY SOSA-CALVO (USA), FERNANDO FERNANDEZ (Colombia) & JOHN E. LATTKE (Venezuela)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1730: 1-26 (20 Mar. 2008) 6 plates; 29 references                              Accepted: 14 Feb. 2008
Description of Leptoomus janzeni, n. gen. and n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Baltic amber, and discussion of its relationships and classification relative to Eupelmidae, Tanaostigmatidae and Encyrtidae
GARY A.P. GIBSON (Canada)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1723: 47-62 (10 Mar. 2008) 5 plates; 38 references                              Accepted: 16 Jan. 2008
Description of Eretmocerus cocois sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), a parasitoid of Aleurotrachelus atratus (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) on the coconut palm
GERARD DELVARE (France), GWENAELLE GENSON (France), NICOLAS BOROWIEC (France), JEAN ETIENNE (France), ANLI-LIOCHOUROUTU ABDOUL KARIME (Mayotte) & LAURENCE BEAUDOIN-OLLIVIER (France)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1716: 44-52 (29 Feb. 2008) 5 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 17 Jan. 2008
A review of Tachardiobius (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), with description of a new species from California, USA, a parasitoid of Tachardiella spp. (Hemiptera: Kerriidae)
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1713: 47-52 (27 Feb. 2008) 2 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 17 Jan. 2008
A new social parasite in the ant genus Ectatomma F. Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ectatomminae)
RODRIGO M. FEITOSA (Brazil), RIVIANE R. HORA (France), JACQUES H. C. DELABIE (Brazil), JORGE VALENZUELA (Mexico) & DOMINIQUE FRESNEAU (France)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1713: 27-38 (27 Feb. 2008) 4 plates; 30 references                              Accepted: 16 Jan. 2008
DNA barcoding of new world cicada killers (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)
JON M. HASTINGS, PATRICK J. SCHULTHEIS, MAGGIE WHITSON, CHARLES W. HOLLIDAY, JOSEPH R. COELHO & ANGELA M. MENDELL (USA)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1710: 1-170 (22 Feb. 2008) 35 plates; 124 references                            Accepted: 10 Dec. 2007
A review of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Triepeolus (Hymenoptera: Apidae).-Part I
MOLLY G. RIGHTMYER (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1699: 1-64 (7 Feb. 2008) 30 plates; 30 references                              Accepted: 29 Nov. 2008
New species of oak gallwaps from Iran (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini)
M. TAVAKOLI (Iran), G. MELIKA (Hungary), S.E. SADEGHI (Iran), Z. PENZES (Hungary), M.A. ASSAREH (Iran), R. ATKINSON (Mauritius), M. BECHTOLD (Hungary), I. MIKO (Hungary), M. R. ZARGARAN (Iran), D. ALIGOLIZADE (Iran), H. BARIMANI (Iran), P. BIHARI (Hungary), F. PIROZI (Iran), D. FULOP (Hungary), K. SOMOGYI (Hungary), R. CHALLIS (UK), S. PREUSS (UK), J. NICHOLLS (UK) & G.N. STONE (UK)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1688: 20-37 (23 Jan. 2008) 4 plates; 19 references                              Accepted: 6 Dec. 2007

A revision of the South American bee genus Leptometriella Roig-Alsina (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Emphorini)
A. ROIG-ALSINA (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1681: 37-46 (16 Jan. 2008) 5 plates; 18 references                             Accepted: 17 Nov. 2007
New species of Lordomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from
Southeast Asia and Fiji
ANDREA LUCKY & ELI M. SARNAT (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1679: 1-38 (14 Jan. 2008) 8 plates; 50 references                              Accepted: 7 Dec. 2007
Revision of the Brazilian Species of Pseudaugochlora Michener 1954 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Augochlorini)
EDUARDO A. B. ALMEIDA (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1677: 25-45 (11 Jan. 2008) 8 plates; 39 references                               Accepted: 18 Nov. 2007
Australian ants of the genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
STEVEN O SHATTUCK (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1676: 45-50 (9 Jan. 2008) 7 plates; 5 references                              Accepted: 17 Nov. 2007
A new species of the genus Plumaroides Brothers (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea, Plumariidae) from Argentina
PATRICIA DIEZ & ARTURO ROIG-ALSINA (Argentina)
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2007 (60 papers up to 28 Nov)

 Article 
Zootaxa 1668: 521-548 (21 Dec. 2007) 14  plates;  149 references                      Accepted: 29 Nov. 2007
Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera
MICHAEL J. SHARKEY (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1668: 549-563 (21 Dec. 2007) 2 plates;  80 references                           Accepted: 14 Nov. 2007
Phylogeny, classification, and species-level taxonomy of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
PHILIP S. WARD (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1664: 1-53 (17 Dec. 2007)  24 plates; 60 references                            Accepted: 17 Oct. 2007
A review of the North American species of the fungus-gardening ant genus Trachymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
CHRISTIAN RABELING, STEFAN P. COVER, ROBERT A. JOHNSON & ULRICH G. MUELLER (USA)

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

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1661: 29-38 (14 Dec. 2007)  5 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 6 Nov. 2007
Revision of Proctotrupidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) described by Ch. T. Brues from Baltic amber
VICTOR A. KOLYADA (Russia) & MIKE B. MOSTOVSKI (South Africa)

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

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

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

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1647: 1-88 (28 Nov. 2007)  11 plates; 105 references                            Accepted: 20 Sep. 2007
Phylogenetics and classification of the world genera of Diparinae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)
CHRISTOPHER A. DESJARDINS
(USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1642: 65-68 (21 Nov. 2007)  1 plates; 5 references                            Accepted: 17 Oct. 2007
A new species of Tyrannomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from India
MAREK L. BOROWIEC (Poland)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1642: 1-12 (21 Nov. 2007)  4 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 1 Oct. 2007
A review of the genus Mystrium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Indo-Australian region
JOCHEN H. BIHN & MANFRED VERHAAGH (Germany)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1641: 1-64 (19 Nov. 2007)  36 plates; 47 references                            Accepted: 26 Sep. 2007
A review of the Nearctic species of Erythmelus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), with a key and new additions to the New World fauna
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN, VLADIMIR V. BEREZOVSKIY, MARK S. HODDLE & JOSEPH G. MORSE
(USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1640: 55-68 (19 Nov. 2007)  5 plates; 34 references                            Accepted: 21 Oct. 2007
Eurytoma caninae sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae), a common species previously overlooked with E. rosae
HosseinAli Lotfalizadeh (Iran), GERARD DELVARE (France) & JEAN-YVES RASPLUS (France)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1622: 1-55 (26 Oct. 2007)  2 plates; 327 references                            Accepted: 10 Sep. 2007
A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
ALEXANDER L. WILD (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1619: 1-43 (19 Oct. 2007)  9 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 13 Sep. 2007
Revision of Odontophotopsis Viereck (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), Part 1, with a description of a new Genus Laminatilla
JAMES P. PITTS (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1619: 61-68 (19 Oct. 2007)  3 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 26 Sep. 2007
A new species of Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from Argentina, an egg parasitoid of Tapajosa rubromarginata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN (USA), GUILLERMO A. LOGARZO (USA), EDUARDO G. VIRLA (Argentina) & JESSE H. DE LEON (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1601: 1-127 (28 Sep. 2007)  0 plates; 423 references                           Accepted: 16 Jul. 2007
An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics
ANTHONY RAW
(Brazil)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1596: 1-111 (28 Sep. 2007)  47 plates; 205 references                           Accepted: 29 Jun. 2007
The Australian Genera of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)
NAI-QUAN LIN (P.R. China), JOHN T. HUBER (Canada) & JOHN La SALLE (Australia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1583: 1-13 (12 Sep. 2007)  6 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 12 Jul. 2007
Plectocynipinae, a new subfamily of Figitidae and description of a new Neotropical genus of Thrasorinae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea)
P. ROS FARRE & J. PUJADE-VILLAR (Spain)

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Zootaxa 1583: 15-22 (12 Sep. 2007)  5 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 24 Jul. 2007
Contribution to the knowledge of the Neotropical genus Plagiolabra von Schulthess (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae)
MARCEL G. HERMES (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1581: 53-68 (12 Sep. 2007)  5 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 10 Jan. 2007
Review of the species of Ittys (Chalcidoidea: Trichogrammatidae) occuring in the United States, with the description of four new species
JEREMIAH N. GEORGE (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1576: 15-24 (5 Sep. 2007) 3 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 21 Jul. 2007
New Caledonia as the centre of origin of Parastephanellus Enderlein, with a phylogeny and description of the female of P. khogis Aguiar (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae)
ALEXANDRE P. AGUIAR (Brazil) & JOHN T. JENNINGS (Australia)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1571: 1-78 (31 Aug. 2007) 35 plates; 62 references                            Accepted: 7 Jun. 2007
Skeletomusculature of Scelionidae (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea): head and mesosoma
ISTVAN MIKO (Hungary), LARS VILHELMSEN (Denmark), NORMAN F. JOHNSON (USA), LUBOMIR MASNER (Canada) & ZSOLT
PENZES (Hungary)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1556: 1-30 (22 Aug. 2007) 11 plates; 43 references                            Accepted: 22 Jun. 2007
A taxonomic revision of the hover wasp genus Eustenogaster van der Vecht (Insecta: Hymenoptera; Vespidae, Stenogastrinae)
FUKI SAITO & JUN-ICHI KOJIMA (Japan)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1556: 61-68 (22 Aug. 2007) 1 plates; 36 references                            Accepted: 24 Jul. 2007
Description of a New Species of Pararrhynchium Saussure (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from Taiwan with a Catalogue of the Pararrhynchium Species
KIM, JEONG KYU (Korea) & SEIKI YAMANE (Japan)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1547: 21-31 (13 Aug. 2007) 3 plates; 32 references                            Accepted: 12 Jul. 2007
Three new species of Euglossa Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from Brazil
ANDRE NEMESIO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1546: 1-14 (9 Aug. 2007) 9 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 8 Jun. 2007
Rediscovery and revision of Foenobethylus Kieffer, 1913 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae)
GERGELY VARKONYI (Finland) & ANDREW POLASZEK (UK)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1546: 31-38 (9 Aug. 2007) 3 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 27 Jun. 2007
Ammophila nancy Menke, a new species in the pruinosa complex (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Ammophilinae)
ARNOLD S. MENKE (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1516: 23-30 (28 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 27 Apr. 2007
Rhysacephala novacaledonica sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Xiphydriidae), the first xiphydriid woodwasp from New Caledonia
JOHN T. JENNINGS (Australia), ANDREW D. AUSTIN (Australia) & NATHAN M. SCHIFF (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1503: 1-11 (11 Jun. 2007) 8 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 3 May 2007
On the immature stages of the crazy ant Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille 1802) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
EDUARDO GONCALVES PATERSON FOX, DANIEL RUSS SOLIS, CARLOS MASSURETTI DE JESUS, ODAIR CORREA BUENO, ANTONIO TENIYOSHI YABUKI & MONICA LANZONI ROSSI (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1502: 45-53 (11 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 25 Apr. 2007
Description of three new species of Helconichia Sharkey & Wharton (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Ichneutinae) with a revised key to all species
BARBARA J. SHARANOWSKI & MICHAEL J. SHARKEY (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1500: 1-54 (7 Jun. 2007) 0 plates; 251 references                            Accepted: 6 Apr. 2007
Subgeneric classification of the Palaearctic bees of the genus Evylaeus Robertson (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
YURI A. PESENKO (Russia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1499: 1-45 (7 Jun. 2007) 17 plates; 43 references                            Accepted: 18 Apr. 2007
Systematics, distribution and biology of the Australian 'micro-flea' wasps, Baeus spp. (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae): parasitoids of spider eggs
NICHOLAS B. STEVENS & ANDREW D. AUSTIN (Australia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1496: 1-30 (4 Jun. 2007) 11 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 21 Apr. 2007
Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical ensign wasp genus Decevania (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae)
RICARDO KAWADA & CELSO O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1491: 1-63 (31 May 2007) 9 plates; 54 references                            Accepted: 23 Apr. 2007
A taxonomic review of the genus Azteca (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Costa Rica and a global revision of the aurita group
JOHN T. LONGINO (USA)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1487: 1-128 (31 May 2007) 18 plates; 107 references                            Accepted: 27 Feb. 2007
Tropical and subtropical velvet ants of the genus Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with descriptions of 45 new species
DONALD G. MANLEY & JAMES P. PITTS (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1483: 41-68 (28 May 2007) 8 plates; 47 references                            Accepted: 10 Apr. 2007
Revision of the Habropoda and Tetralonioidella species of Taiwan with comments on their host-parasitoid relationships (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae)
ANDREAS DUBITZKY (Germany)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1478: 65-68 (21 May 2007) 2 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 9 Apr. 2007
Megalyra baltica Poinar and Shaw n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Megalyridae), a long-tailed wasp from Baltic amber
GEORGE POINAR, JR. & SCOTT RICHARD SHAW (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1475: 1-19 (17 May 2007) 6 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 19 Mar. 2007
New ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Micronesia
RONALD M. CLOUSE (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1471: 1-14 (10 May 2007) 6 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 19 Mar. 2007
Description of two new Temnothorax species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Italy
ANDREAS SCHULZ, JURGEN HEINZE & KATJA PUSCH (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1468: 1-55 (7 May 2007) 30 plates; 21 references                             Accepted: 9 Dec. 2006
Fifteen new species of Chilicola (Hymenoptera: Apoidea; Colletidae)
LAURENCE PACKER & JULIO A. GENARO (Canada)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1467: 35-41 (7 May 2007) 13 plates; 12 references                             Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
A new genus and species of Plumariidae (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea) from western xeric Argentina
PATRICIA DIEZ, PATRICIO FIDALGO & ARTURO ROIG-ALSINA (Argentina)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1465: 39-46 (3 May 2007) 3 plates; 11 references                             Accepted: 21 Mar. 2007
The wasp genus Olixon Cameron in Madagascar: first record and description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae)
VOLKER LOHRMANN & MICHAEL OHL (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1461: 1-14 (30 Apr. 2007) 6 plates; 28 references                             Accepted: 7 Dec. 2006
A review of the North and Central American Megachile subgenus Argyropile Mitchell (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
VICTOR H. GONZALEZ & TERRY L. GRISWOLD
(USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1461: 25-37 (30 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 29 references                             Accepted: 26 Feb. 2007
A new genus of Lysitermini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Lysiterminae) from Madagascar and its taxonomic placement based on 28S rDNA sequence data
SERGEY A. BELOKOBYLSKIJ (Poland), ALEJANDRO ZALDIVAR-RIVERON (Mexico), VIRGINIA LEONREGAGNON (Mexico) & DONALD L. J. QUICKE
(UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1461: 39-47 (30 Apr. 2007) 8 plates; 14 references                             Accepted: 10 Mar. 2007
Parvimyrma gen. nov. belonging to the Solenopsis genus group from Vietnam (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Solenopsidini)
KATSUYUKI EGUCHI & TUAN VIET BUI
(Japan)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1461: 59-68 (30 Apr. 2007) 4 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 19 Mar. 2007
New insights on the distribution and floral choices of Systropha Illiger, 1806 in Africa (Hymenoptera, Apoidea), with description of a new species from Sudan
SEBASTIEN PATINY & DENIS MICHEZ
(Belgium)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1455: 1-68 (23 Apr. 2007) 41 plates; 38 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
Review of the Oriental and Australasian species of Acmopolynema, with taxonomic notes on Palaeoneura and Xenopolynema stat. rev. and description of a new genus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN & VLADIMIR V. BEREZOVSKIY (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1444: 1-21 (9 Apr. 2007) 10 plates; 25 references                             Accepted: 27 Feb. 2007
Revisionary studies on the attine ant genus Trachymyrmex Forel. Part 3: The Jamaicensis group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
ANTONIO J. MAYHE-NUNES & C. ROBERTO F. BRANDAO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1444: 23-34 (9 Apr. 2007) 3 plates; 14 references                             Accepted: 22 Feb. 2007
Synopsis of lobatifrons species-group (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae, Rhabdepyris) from Neotropical region, with redefinition of the group
P. R. W. STEIN & C. O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1444: 53-60 (9 Apr. 2007) 3 plates; 16 references                             Accepted: 22 Feb. 2007
Additions to the knowledge of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Pakistan
ARKADY S. LELEJ (Russia), MISHKAT ULLAH
(Pakistan) & KHALID MAHMOOD (Pakistan)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1444: 61-68 (9 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 13 references                             Accepted: 24 Feb. 2007
Phylogenetic analysis of the bee genus Capicola with the description of Capicola hantamensis sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Dasypodaidae)
DENIS MICHEZ
(Belgium) & MICHAEL KUHLMANN (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1442: 43-54 (5 Apr. 2007) 4 plates; 24 references                             Accepted: 12 Feb. 2007
A remarkable new species of the digger wasp genus Zanysson Rohwer 1921 from Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Crabronidae)
MICHAEL OHL & STEFANIE KRAUSE (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1439: 47-55 (2 Apr. 2007) 2 plates; 15 references                             Accepted: 26 Jan. 2007
Mannomicrus (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae), a new genus of myrmecophilic
diapriid, with a digital version of Masner and Garcia's (2002) key to New World Diapriinae and an illustration of digital description and key markup using an ontology
MATTHEW YODER (USA)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1438: 65-68 (2 Apr. 2007) 1 plate; 9 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
Aprostocetus (Ootetrastichus) infulatus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae):
description of the male, new distribution and first host records
ERICA LUFT ALBARRACIN (Argentina) & SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1437: 47-54 (2 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 16 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
A new Hydrophylita (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) from the Neotropics,
with a key to species
RANYSE B. QUERINO (Brazil) & JOHN D. PINTO
(USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1433: 1-76 (26 Mar. 2007) 23 plates; 125 references                             Accepted: 4 Dec. 2006
Revision of the Palaearctic species of Pristaulacus Kieffer, 1900
(Hymenoptera: Aulacidae)
GIUSEPPE FABRIZIO TURRISI (Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1431: 55-63 (26 Mar. 2007) 2 plates; 17 references                             Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
Lamnatibia, a new genus of the Polysphincta group of genera from Colombia
(Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae; Pimplinae)
EDGARD PALACIO (Colombia), ILARI E. SAAKSJARVI (Finland) & VARPU VAHTERA (Finland)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1428: 1-83 (19 Mar. 2007) 436 references                                              Accepted: 16 Jan. 2007
Annotated catalogue of the Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) of Australia
MICHAEL G. ELLIOTT (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1427: 57-64 (19 Mar. 2007) 3 plates; 26 references                             Accepted: 22 Feb. 2007
Phylogenetic analysis of the Neotropical social wasps of the genus Angiopolybia
Araujo, 1946 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Epiponini)
SERGIO R. ANDENA (Brazil), FERNANDO B. NOLL (Brazil) & JAMES M. CARPENTER (USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1427: 65-68 (19 Mar. 2007) 1 plate; 25 references                              Accepted: 19 Feb. 2007
The ant genus Pseudaphomomyrmex Wheeler, 1920 a junior synonym of
Tapinoma Foerster, 1850
BRIAN. L. FISHER (USA) & BARRY BOLTON  (UK)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1423: 59-62 (12 Mar. 2007) 1 plate; 29 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
Taxonomic status of the bees from French Guiana described by Jules Dominique
(Hymenoptera: Apidae, Megachilidae, Halictidae)
LAUS RASMUSSEN (USA), GILLES MAHE (France) & ISMAEL ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA-DIAZ (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1415: 1-16 (5 Mar. 2007) 6 plates; 24 references                               Accepted: 14 Feb. 2007
Taxonomic notes on genera allied to Pleurotroppopsis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae, Entedoninae) with description of a new genus from the Afrotropical region
ALEX GUMOVSKY (Ukraine)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1415: 17-21 (5 Mar. 2007) 1 plate; 16 references                               Accepted: 24 Jan. 2007
A new genus and species of apterous Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Costa Rica
KATJA SELTMANN & MICHAEL SHARKEY (USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1407: 67-68 (15 Feb. 2007)  6 references                                                Accepted: 30 Nov. 2006
Commentaries on the paper by Fox and collaborators on the morphology of juvenile stages of Ampulex compressa (Fabricius, 1781) (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae)
S.C. BUYS (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1405: 1-38 (8 Feb. 2007)  12 plates; 80 references                                 Accepted: 6 Dec. 2006
Taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic Tetramorium chefketi species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
S. CSOSZ (Hungary), A. RADCHENKO (Poland) & A. SCHULZ (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1392: 1-30 (15 Jan. 2007)  13 plates; 35 references                           Accepted: 29 Nov. 2006
A world revision of the Pycnostigminae (Cynipoidea: Figitidae) with descriptions of seven new species
BUFFINGTON, M.L. (USA) & VAN NOORT, S. (South Africa)
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2006 (70 papers)

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1379: 1-102 (14 Dec. 2006)  37 plates; 58 references                       Accepted: 21 Sept. 2006
Revision of the genus Prosaspicera Kieffer, 1907 (Hym.: Figitidae: Aspicerinae)
P. ROS-FARRE & J. PUJADE-VILLAR (Spain)

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Zootaxa 1376: 1-35 (11 Dec. 2006) 16 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 27 Oct. 2006
The Oriental species of the ant genus Probolomyrmex (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Proceratiinae)
K. Eguchi, M. Yoshimura & S. Yamane (Japan)
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Zootaxa 1365: 19-35 (27 Nov. 2006) 6 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 25 Oct. 2006
Aulacid wasps (Hymenoptera: Aulacidae) of New Guinea, with descriptions of five new species
J.T. JENNINGS & A.D. AUSTIN (Australia)

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Zootaxa 1362: 55-68 (23 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 28 references                            Accepted: 9 Oct. 2006
Definition of Doriclytus, stat. rev. as a subgenus of Polynema and redescription of its type species, P. (Doriclytus) vitripenne (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)
S.V. TRIAPITSYN (USA) & P. FIDALGO (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1357: 61-68 (13 Nov. 2006) 1 plate; 4 references                              Accepted: 6 Oct. 2006
The Brazilian Holepyris (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), with description of a new species from Amazonian forest
F.T. GOBBI & C.O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1355: 1-37 (9 Nov. 2006) 16 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 21 Sept. 2006
Revision and phylogenetic analysis of Chilicola sensu stricto (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) with the description of a new species
J. GIBBS & L. PACKER (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1344: 59-62 (26 Oct. 2006)  2 plates; 15 references                       Accepted: 22 Sept. 2006
The oldest Vespinae from the Paleocene of Menat (France) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
A. NEL & F. AUVRAY (France)
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Zootaxa 1340: 51-55 (23 Oct. 2006) 2 plates; 7 references                        Accepted: 21 Sept. 2006
The genus Ortholaba (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Diacritinae)
with description of a new species
S.-P. SUN & M.-L. SHENG (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1337: 39-59  (19 Oct. 2006)   10 plates; 18 references                       Accepted:  20 Sept. 2006
First record of the fig wasp genus Diaziella Grandi (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Sycoecinae) from the Asian mainland with description of two new species from China
S. VAN NOORT (South Africa), Y.-Q. PENG (China), & J.-Y. RASPLUS (France)
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Zootaxa 1331: 1-30 (9 Oct. 2006)  9 plates; 16 references                       Accepted:  29 Aug. 2006
Revision of the bee genus Thectochlora Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Halictinae)
R.B. GONCALVES & G.A.R. MELO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1330: 59-68 (9 Oct. 2006)  4 plates; 2 references                       Accepted:  18 Sept. 2006
Review of the ant genus Rogeria (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Guyana
J.S. LAPOLLA & J. SOSA-CALVO (USA)
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Zootaxa 1330: 43-50 (9 Oct. 2006)  3 plates; 7 references                       Accepted:  6 Sept. 2006
A new species of Protandrena Cockerell from Brazil (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Andreninae)*
K.S. RAMOS & G.A.R. MELO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1330: 1-26 (9 Oct. 2006)  3 plates; 13 references                       Accepted:  28 Aug. 2006
Definition of the coronatus species-group (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae, Dissomphalus) with description of thirteen new species
I.D.C.C. ALENCAR & C.O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1329: 1-27 (5 Oct. 2006)  7 plates; 6 references                       Accepted:  24 Aug. 2006
Revision of the genus Amputoearinus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) with fourteen new species
C. LINDSAY & M. SHARKEY (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1323: 1-118 (28 Sept. 2006) 12 plates; 55  references                          Accepted:  3 Jul. 2006
Review of the Nearctic species of Leiophron and Peristenus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae) parasitizing Lygus (Hemiptera: Miridae: Mirini)
H. GOULET & P.G. MASON (Canada)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1321: 1-108 (28 Sept. 2006) 7 plates; 74  references                          Accepted:  6 Jun. 2006
Revision of the subgenus Kappa de Saussure of Mischocyttarus de Saussure (Hym.; Vespidae, Polistinae, Mischocyttarini)
O.T. SILVEIRA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1320: 49-55 (25 Sept. 2006) 2 plates; 17  references                          Accepted: 30 Aug. 2006
The male gonostylus of the orchid bee genus Euglossa (Apidae: Euglossini)
R. OSPINA-TORRES (Colombia), A. PARRA-H (Colombia) & V.H. GONZALEZ (USA)

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

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

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Monograph 
Zootaxa 1301: 1-60 (24 Aug. 2006)   145 references                                      Accepted:  10 Jul. 2006
Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae)
in the West Palaearctic
R. R. ASKEW (UK), O. PLANTARD (France), J. F. GÓMEZ (Spain), M.H. NIEVES (Spain) & J.L. NIEVES-ALDREY (Spain)
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Zootaxa 1298: 29-36 (17 Aug. 2006) 4 plates; 16 references                              Accepted:  7 Jul. 2006
Euglossa natesi n. sp., a new species of orchid bee from the
Chocó region of Colombia and Ecuador (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
A. PARRA-H (Colombia), R. OSPINA-TORRES (Colombia), S. RAMÍREZ (USA)

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Zootaxa 1284: 1-27 (11 Aug. 2006) 5 plates; 16 references                               Accepted:  26 Jun. 2006
New palearctic species of the bee genus Andrena (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)
A. DUBITZKY (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1282: 49-58 (7 Aug. 2006) 3 plates; 21 references                                  Accepted:  10 Jul. 2006
Three new species of Percnobracon Kieffer & Jörgensen (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Argentina, reared from cecidomyiid (Diptera) and eurytomid (Hymenoptera) galls
J.J. MARTINEZ (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1279: 43-51 (3 Aug. 2006) 2 plates; 19 references                              Accepted:  10 Jul. 2006
On the morphology of the juvenile stages of Ampulex compressa (Fabricius 1781) (Hymenoptera, Ampulicidae)
E.G.P. FOX, S.C. BUYS, J. D.S. MALLET & S. BRESSAN-NASCIMENTO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1273: 9-54 (27 Jul. 2006) 12 plates; 62 references                              Accepted: 31 May 2006
The circumscription of the generic concept of Aximopsis Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eurytomidae) with the description of seven new species
M. W. GATES, M. A. METZ & M. E. SCHAUFF (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1272: 61-68 (27 Jul. 2006) 3 plates; 20 references                                Accepted: 5 Jul. 2006
Euglossa samperi n. sp., a new species of orchid bee from the Ecuadorian Andes (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
S. RAMÍREZ (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1259: 55-59 (14 Jul. 2006)  5 plates; 15 references                               Accepted: 25 May 2006
A new species of Cryptalyra (Hymenoptera, Megalyridae) from Brazil with a key to species of the genus
C.O. AZEVEDO & M.T. TAVARES (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1249: 37-45 (3 Jul. 2006) 5 plates; 11 references                                 Accepted: 2 Jun. 2006
Pediobius sasae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a new species from galls on dwarf bamboo (Sasa nipponica) in Japan
C. HANSSON (Sweden) 
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Zootaxa 1248: 1-20 (29 Jun. 2006) 4 plates; 16 references                                 Accepted: 31 May 2006
Review of the Sphaeropthalma imperialis species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with descriptions of females and taxonomic notes
J.P. PITTS (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1241: 51-59 (23 Jun. 2006) 3 plates; 29 references                               Accepted: 1 Jun. 2006
Closterocerus oryzamyntor (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Entedoninae), a larval parasitoid of the rice hispa Dicladispa armigera in Bangladesh (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Hispinae)
A. GUMOVSKY (
Ukraine), A. POLASZEK (UK), S.T. MURPHY (UK), M.F. RABBI (Bangladesh) & C.-D. ZHU (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1239: 1-17 (21 Jun. 2006) 2 plates; 52 references                                Accepted: 10 May 2006
The genus Coeloides Wesmael of subfamily Braconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in China
Y.-P. WANG, X.-X. CHEN, H. WU & J.-H. HE (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1237: 61-68 (19 Jun. 2006) 2 plates; 7 references                               Accepted: 8 May 2006
The description of Moritiella Buffington, new genus (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae)
M.L. BUFFINGTON (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1229: 33-40 (12 Jun. 2006) 2 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 11 May 2006
A new species of Hexantheda Ogloblin (Hymenoptera, Colletidae), a genus of bees with labial palpi of variable number of segments
A. ROIG-ALSINA (Argentina) 
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Zootaxa 1228: 25-34 (9 Jun. 2006) 1 plate; 6 references                                    Accepted: 16 May 2006
A new subgenus and three new species of leafcutter bees, Megachile (Austrosarus) (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) from central Brazil
A. RAW (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1226: 1-50 (9 Jun. 2006) 5 plates; 55 references                                   Accepted: 2 May 2006
A review of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Yemen
A.S. LELEJ (Russia) & A. VAN HARTEN (United Arab Emirates) 
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Zootaxa 1226: 51-60 (9 Jun. 2006) 5 plates; 18 references                                   Accepted: 4 May 2006
Description of the larval instars of Gonatopus bartletti Olmi, 1984 (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae)
A. GUGLIELMINO (Italy), C. BÜCKLE (Germany) & G. MOYA-RAYGOZA (Mexico) 
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Zootaxa 1220: 1-18 (30 May 2006) 2 plates; 24 references                              Accepted: 12 Apr. 2006
Bees of Santa Catarina Island, Brazil—a first survey and checklist (Insecta: Apoidea)
J. STEINER (Brazil), B. HARTER-MARQUES (Brazil), A. ZILLIKENS (Germany) & E.P. FEJA ( Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1211: 21-34 (24 May 2006) 2 plates; 17 references                             Accepted: 17 Mar. 2006
Competing Taxonomies: Reexamination of the female-based genera of Brachycistidinae (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae)
L.S. KIMSEY (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1210: 53-67 (24 May 2006) 3 plates; 30 references                             Accepted: 15 Mar. 2006
Description of a new species of Euglossa (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) with notes on comparative biology
C. RASMUSSEN & C. SKOV (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1209: 49-60 (22 May 2006)  5 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 30 Mar. 2006
New species and records of the genus Chelonus Panzer, 1806 (Braconidae: Cheloninae) from China
H.-Y. ZHANG, X.-X. CHEN & J.-H. HE (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1203: 1-38 (15 May 2006)  13 plates; 53 references                              Accepted: 18 Apr. 2006
A key to the Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) egg parasitoids of proconiine sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in the Nearctic region, with description of two new species of Gonatocerus
S.V. TRIAPITSYN (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1201: 47-62 (15 May 2006)  4 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 21 Jan. 2006
Three new species of Leptanilloides Mann from Andean Ecuador (Formicidae: Leptanilloidinae)
D.A. DONOSO  (Ecuador) , J.M. VIEIRA (Ecuador) & A.L. WILD (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1197: 55-63 (8 May 2006) 2 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 10 Feb. 2006
The species of Chalcididae (Hymenoptera) parasitoids of Parides ascanius (Cramer), an endangered Papilionidae (Lepidoptera) from restingas of Southeastern Brazil
M.T. TAVARES, A.B. NAVARRO-TAVARES & G.D.S.S. DE ALMEIDA (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1195: 39-60 (8 May 2006) 3 plates; 178 references                              Accepted: 26 Jan. 2006
A history of systematic studies of the bees of Cuba (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Anthophila)
JULIO A. GENARO (Canada) 
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Zootaxa 1194: 49-55 (4 May 2006) 4 plates; 8 references                               Accepted: 9 Dec. 2005
A third species in the rare Australian ant genus Peronomyrmex Viehmeyer (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
S.O. SHATTUCK (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 1191: 39-47 (1 May 2006) 3 plates; 22 references                              Accepted: 22 Mar. 2006
Two new genera of Sclerodermini (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae; Epyrinae) with large, scolebythid-like prosternums
C.O. AZEVEDO (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1189: 55-68 (1 May 2006) 3 plates; 25 references                              Accepted: 24 Mar. 2006
A new wood-nesting Neocorynura (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Augochlorini) from Costa Rica, with notes on its biology
B.J. BROSI, A. SMITH-PARDO & V.H. GONZALEZ (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1186: 1-56 (28 Apr. 2006) 16 plates; 56 references                            Accepted: 10 Feb. 2006
The Stephanidae (Hymenoptera) of Mexico, with description of six new species and key to western Foenatopus Smith
A.P. AGUIAR (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1185: 37-51 (24 Apr. 2006) 3 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 10 Feb. 2006
Two new genera of Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with a key to the genera of the New World
M. SHARKEY (USA)
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Zootaxa 1174: 63-68 (19 Apr. 2006) 1 plate; 11 references                              Accepted: 14 Mar. 2006
A new species of Apenesia (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from India, a parasitoid of coffee white stem borer Xylotrechus quadripes (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
C.O. AZEVEDO & C. WAICHERT (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1171: 47-68 (10 Apr. 2006) 3 plates; 94 references                             Accepted: 23 Jan. 2006
Checklist and distribution patterns of apoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae and Crabronidae) of Cuba
J.A. GENARO (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1168: 31-41 (6 Apr. 2006) 7 plates; 30 references                              Accepted: 10 Jan. 2006
A dryinid wasp in Early Eocene amber from the Paris basin (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae)
J. PEINADO, A. NEL & A. WALLER (France)
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Zootaxa 1167: 1-16 (6 Apr. 2006) 5 plates; 34 references                                Accepted: 15 Feb. 2006
A new species of Brethesiella (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from California, USA, a parasitoid of Steatococcus tabernicolus (Hemiptera: Margarodidae)
V.A. TRJAPITZIN (Russia) & S.V. TRIAPITSYN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1164: 57-61 (3 Apr. 2006) 1 plate; 7 references                                 Accepted: 2 Feb. 2006
Description of a new species of Anteon Jurine from the People’s Republic of China and of the male of Anteon fidum Olmi (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae)
Z.F. XU, M. OLMI & J.H. HE (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1162: 45-52 (30 Mar. 2006) 2 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 10 Feb. 2006
Two new species of Baeus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from South-eastern Brazil parasitoids of Anelosimus (Araneae: Theridiidae)
C.B. MARGARíA (Argentina), M.S. LOIáCONO (Brazil) & M.O. GONZAGA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1162: 65-68 (30 Mar. 2006) 1 plate; 3 references                                  Accepted: 10 Feb. 2006
Review of the systematics of Trachagathis Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae)
M. SHARKEY (USA)
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Zootaxa 1158: 55-67 (23 Mar. 2006) 5 plates; 20 references                              Accepted: 10 Feb. 2006
A new species of Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) parasitic on proconiine sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in the New World
S.V. TRIAPITSYN, D.B. VICKERMAN, J.M. HERATY & G.A. LOGARZO (USA)
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Zootaxa 1155: 61-68 (20 Mar. 2006) 2 plates; 9 references                               Accepted: 4 Feb. 2006
Two new species of Trimeria de Saussure from Brazil, with biological notes and a key to the Brazilian taxa (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Masarinae)
M.G. HERMES & G.A.R. MELO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1148: 47-68 (10 Mar. 2006) 7 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 23 Jan. 2006
Review of the bee genus Eremaphanta Popov 1940 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), with the description of a new species 
D. MICHEZ  & S. PATINY (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 1144: 1-94 (10 Mar. 2006) 44 references; 10 plates                              Accepted: 21 Nov. 2005
Revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Pholetesor Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
J.B. WHITFIELD (USA)
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Zootaxa 1142: 34-41 (8 Mar. 2006) 1 plate; 7 references                                     Accepted: 2 Feb. 2006
Two new species of Exallonyx Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupidae) from China, with a key to the Chinese species
J.X. LIU, J.H. HE & Z.F. XU (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1142: 57-68 (8 Mar. 2006) 6 plates; 5 references                                Accepted: 13 Dec. 2005
Rediscovery of a fossil dolichoderine ant lineage (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) and a description of a new genus from South America
A.L. WILD (USA) & F. CUEZZO (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1141: 1-54 (8 Mar. 2006) 14 plates; 39 references                              Accepted: 2 Feb. 2006
A taxonomic review of the genus Myrmelachista (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Costa Rica
JOHN T. LONGINO (USA)
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Zootaxa 1139: 35-62 (6 Mar. 2006)  49 references                                              Accepted: 30 Nov. 2005
A host-parasite catalog of world Dryinidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea): first supplement
A. GUGLIELMINO & M. OLMI (Italy)
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Zootaxa 1136: 39-48 (27 Feb. 2006) 4 plates; 9 references                             Accepted: 18 Jan. 2006
Notes on the Neotropical bee genera Agapostemonoides Roberts & Brooks and Rhinetula Friese, with description of a new species of Agapostemonoides (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Halictinae)
R.B. GONCALVES & G.A.R. MELO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1130: 35-41 (16 Feb. 2006) 2 plates; 20 references                             Accepted: 5 Jan. 2006
The relationship and taxonomic position of the genera Apolophus and Scolomus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)
I.D. GAULD (UK) & D.B. WAHL (USA)
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Zootaxa 1114: 61-68 (27 Jan. 2006) 1 plate; 10 references                            Accepted: 10 Nov. 2005
Revision of the genus Heterocoelia Dahlbom from China, with a key to the Oriental species (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae)
Z.F. XU & J.H. HE (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1105: 27-35 (10 Jan. 2006) 2 plate; 11 references                                Accepted: 4 Nov. 2005
A new species of Exaerete Hoffmannsegg (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) from Brazil
E.J.D. ANJOS-SILVA  & J.M.M. REBELO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1104: 47-57 (5 Jan. 2006) 4 plates; 9 references                                Accepted: 22 Nov. 2005
A new Leioproctus with unique wing venation in males (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Paracolletinae) with comments on unusual wing modifications in bees
L. PACKER (Canada)
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2005 (40 papers)

Zootaxa 1093: 35-43 (8 Dec. 2005) 1 plate; 32 references                                 Accepted:12 Oct. 2005
A simple solution for accurate measuring of long and contorted ovipositors in pinned specimens of Hymenoptera
A. P. AGUIAR (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1090: 35-49 (2 Dec. 2005) 2 plates; 11 references                                 Accepted: 12 Oct. 2005
A review of the Romanian Halticoptera Spinola (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae), with description of three new species
M.-D. MITROIU (Romania)
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Zootaxa 1084: 31-41 (22 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 1 Nov. 2005
Notes on the type species of the subgenera Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) and P. (Amphipedia) (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini)
A. J. C. AGUIAR  & G. A. R. MELO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1082: 45-55 (18 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 25 references                             Accepted: 29 Sept. 2005
Nomenclatural changes in Neotropical Eulophidae, Eupelmidae and Torymidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) relating to parasitoids of Cecidoses eremita (Lepidoptera: Cecidosidae)
R.A. BURKS (USA), G.A.P. GIBSON (Canada) & J. LA SALLE (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1081: 33-46 (15 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 16 references                        Accepted: 8 Sept. 2005
Neotropical Meliponini: Paratrigonoides mayri, new genus and species from western Colombia (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae) and phylogeny of related genera
J. M. F. CAMARGO (Brazil & D. W. ROUBIK (Panama)
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Zootaxa 1073: 37-60 (1 Nov. 2005) 51 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 9 Sept. 2005
An illustrated key to the species of Trichogramma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) of Brazil
R.B. QUERINO & R.A.ZUCCHI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1070: 43-47 (25 Oct. 2005) 2 plates; 3 references                             Accepted: 11 Oct. 2005
A new species of Agathirsia Westwood (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) from Mexico
M. J. SHARKEY  (USA)
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Zootaxa 1068: 1-25 (21 Oct. 2005) 10 plates; 34 references                           Accepted: 8 Sept. 2005
Taxonomy of Aphelinoidea (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) species attacking eggs of the beet leafhopper, Circulifer tenellus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), in California
G.P. WALKER, I.M. BAYOUN, S.V. TRIAPITSYN  & J.Y. HONDA (USA)
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Zootaxa 1067: 59-68 (21 Oct. 2005) 1 plate; 32 references                             Accepted: 8 Sept. 2005
On the status of some species of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) described by J. C. Fabricius and the synonymy of Dichelosus Szepligeti with Coccygidium De Saussure
C. E. SARMIENTO M.(Colombia) & M. SHARKEY  (USA)
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Zootaxa 1065: 51-60 (18 Oct. 2005) 3 plates; 20 references                             Accepted: 19 Sept. 2005
Euglossa paisa, a new species of orchid bee from the Colombian Andes (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
S. RAMIREZ (USA)
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Zootaxa 1064: 25-30 (14 Oct. 2005) 1 plate; 7 references                             Accepted: 10 Aug. 2005
A new species of Allobethylus (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) from Australia, with a key to world species
C. O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1054: 1-14 (27 Sept. 2005) 6 plates; 6 references                               Accepted: 8 Sept. 2005
A revision of the genus Xenochilicola (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Colletidae), with the description of a new species 
J. A. GENARO & L. PACKER (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1051: 55-64 (20 Sept. 2005) 2 plates; 12 references                           Accepted: 23 Aug. 2005
A new species of Neocorynura from Ecuador (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), with notes on taxonomy of the genus 
ALLAN H. SMITH-PARDO (USA)
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Zootaxa 1050: 39-43 (16 Sept. 2005) 2 plates; 6 references                           Accepted: 1 Sept. 2005
Description of a new species in the Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)
J. P. PITTS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1044: 27-34 (2 Sept. 2005) 3 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 4 Aug. 2005
A new species of Neochrysocharis Kurdjumov (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a parasitoid of serpentine leafminers (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in Southeast Asia
NICOLE FISHER & JOHN LA SALLE (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1037: 37-48 (19 Aug. 2005) 8 plates; 12 references                             Accepted: 5 Jul. 2005
A review of Panurgus (Pachycephalopanurgus), with the description of a new species from Spain
S. PATINY (Belgium), F.J. ORTIZ-SANCHEZ (Spain) & D. MICHEZ (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 1033: 1-62 (11 Aug. 2005) 7 plates, 31 references                               Accepted: 7 Jul. 2005
The world species of Balcha Walker (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae), parasitoids of wood-boring beetles
G.A.P. GIBSON (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1028: 49-60 (2 Aug. 2005) 4 plates; 18 references                             Accepted: 15 Jun. 2005
A new species of gregarious Meteorus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) reared from caterpillars of Venadicodia caneti (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) in Costa Rica
S.R. SHAW (USA) & K. NISHIDA  (Costa Rica)
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Zootaxa 1022: 37-56 (25 Jul. 2005) 7 plates; 28 references                               Accepted: 8 Jun. 2005
The genus Diachasmimorpha Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Opiinae) from China
Q. WU, X.-X. CHEN , J.-H. HE  (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1018: 47-54 (15 Jul. 2005) 2 plates, 10 references                               Accepted: 19 Jun. 2005
Two new species of Aphanogmus (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae) of economic importance reared from Cybocephalus nipponicus (Coleoptera: Cybocephalidae)
G.A. EVANS (USA) , P. DESSART (Belgium) & H. GLENN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1016: 29-38 (8 Jul. 2005) 3 plates; 16 references                               Accepted: 8 Jun. 2005
Prasmodon zlotnicki, a new Neotropical species of the genus Prasmodon Nixon (Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from Costa Rica, with the first host records for the genus
A.A. VALERIO (Costa Rica) , J.J. RODRIGUEZ (USA), J.B. WHITFIELD (USA) & D.H. JANZEN  (USA)
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Zootaxa 1011: 55-64 (24 Jun. 2005) 3 plates; 9 references                               Accepted: 3 Jun. 2005
Description of the female, redescription of the male, and host associations of the Nearctic species Sphaeropthalma jacala Schuster (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)
J.P. PITTS & F.D. PARKER (USA)
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Zootaxa 1010: 25-35 (21 Jun. 2005) 3 plates; 7 references                               Accepted: 21 May 2005
Generic definition, key, and two new species of Polyphrix Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) from the Atlantic Forest
L.K. NOGUEIRA & A.P. AGUIAR  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1008: 21-29 (14 Jun. 2005) 3 plates, 16 references                             Accepted: 17 May 2005
Report of a novel biological association for Paracrias huberi Gumovsky (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) with redescription of the female and description of the unknown male
M.A. METZ, M.W. GATES & M.E. SCHAUFF (USA)
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Zootaxa 1008: 30-38 (14 Jun. 2005) 2 plates; 12 references                               Accepted: 21 May 2005
An accurate procedure to describe colors in taxonomic works, with an example from Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera)
A.P. AGUIAR (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1007: 1-60 (14 Jun. 2005) 12 plates; 100 references                           Accepted: 16 May 2005
The taxonomy and biogeography of Cuban Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)
J.L. FERNÁNDEZ-TRIANA  (Cuba)
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Zootaxa 1002: 44-58 (1 Jun. 2005) 1 plate; 6 references                               Accepted: 11 May 2005
Review of Sesioctonus Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) from Colombia with descriptions of five new species
M. J. SHARKEY (USA) & R.A. BRICEŃO G. (Venezuela)
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Zootaxa 1001: 1-16 (30 May 2005) 3 plates; 13 references                               Accepted: 11 May 2005
First record of Stephanidae (Hymenoptera) from New Caledonia, with descriptions of four new species of Parastephanellus Enderlein
A.P. AGUIAR (Brazil)  & J.T. JENNINGS (Australia)
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Zootaxa 989: 1-10 (23 May 2005) 2 plates; 22 references                                 Accepted: 9 May 2005
Moona, a new genus of tetrastichine gall inducers (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) on seeds of Corymbia (Myrtaceae) in Australia
I.-K. KIM, M. McDONALD & J. LA SALLE (Australia
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Zootaxa 959: 1-4 (26 Apr. 2005) 1 plate; 6 references                                   Accepted: 13 Apr. 2005
A new species of Formosiepyris Terayama, 2004 (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) from China
Z. XU & J. HE  (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 955: 1-8 (26 Apr. 2005) 2 plates; 21 references                                 Accepted: 13 Apr. 2005
A new genus and species of Australian pergid sawfly (Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Pergidae) causing damage on grass (Poaceae)
S. SCHMIDT (Germany) & G. BROWN (Australia)
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Zootaxa 936: 1-68 (12 Apr. 2005) 9 plates; 468 references                                 Accepted: 22 Mar. 2005
A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
P.S. WARD (USA
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Zootaxa 929: 1-35 (31 Mar. 2005) 19 plates; 25 references                              Accepted: 14 Mar. 2005
Revision of the Papua New Guinean fig wasp genus Robertsia Boucek (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Sycoecinae)
S. VAN NOORT (South Africa) & J.-Y. RASPLUS (France)
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Zootaxa 903: 1-20 (18 Mar. 2005) 10 plates; 10 references                                Accepted: 21 Feb. 2005
Review of the Camponotus aureopilus species-group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), including a second Camponotus with a metapleural gland
S. SHATTUCK (Australia
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Zootaxa 888: 1-11 (7 Mar. 2005) 3 plates;  12 references                                  Accepted: 26 Feb. 2005
Two new species of the genus Austrocotesia Austin & Dangerfield (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Andean region of South America
A. A. VALERIO (Costa Rica) & J. B. WHITFIELD  (USA)
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Zootaxa 880: 1-7 (4 Mar. 2005) 3 plates; 8 references                               Accepted: 12 Feb. 2005
Chalinus albitibialis, a new species of Orussidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) from Morocco
LARS VILHELMSEN (Denmark)
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Zootaxa 855: 1-8 (11 Feb. 2005) 2 plates, 10 references                                  Accepted: 31 Jan. 2005
Parapanteles rooibos, n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae): the first record of the genus from the African continent
A. A. VALERIO (Costa Rica) , J. B. WHITFIELD (USA) & M. KOLE (The Netherlands)
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Zootaxa 838: 1-7 (27 Jan. 2005) 2 plates, 13 references                              Accepted: 19 Jan. 2005
Two new species, and additional records, of aphelinids from Egypt (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)
G.A. EVANS (USA) & S. ABD-RABOU (Egypt)
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Zootaxa 834: 1-25 (24 Jan. 2005) 12 plates, 47 references                              Accepted: 14 Jan. 2004
Taxonomic revision of the Pachycondyla apicalis species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
A.L. WILD (USA)
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Zootaxa 798: 1-7 (7 Jan. 2005) 3 plates, 9 references                                    Accepted: 17 Dec. 2004
Revision of the Panurgus dargius Warncke, 1972 interpretation (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), comparison with the morphologically close species
S. PATINY (Belgium)
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2004 (32 papers)

Zootaxa 776: 1-10 (17 December 2004) 5 plates; 17 references                       Accepted: 7 Dec. 2004
A new species of the genus Bothriomyrmex Emery, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) from Costa Rica
D.A. DUBOVIKOFF
(Russia) & J.T. LONGINO (USA)
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Zootaxa 766: 1-4 (14 December 2004) 22 references                                   Accepted: 5 Dec. 2004
Nomenclatural changes in leafcutter bees of the Americas: Megachile Latreille 1802 (Hymenoptera; Megachilidae)
A. RAW (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 753: 1-120 (3 December 2004)  276 references                      Accepted: 28 Oct. 2004
World catalog of the Stephanidae (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea)
A.P. AGUIAR (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 716: 1-7 (8 November 2004) 2 plates; 7 references                         Accepted: 28 Oct. 2004
Epsilogaster fullertoni, a new species of Epsilogaster Whitfield and Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Mendesellinae) from Florida, USA
K.M. PITZ
(USA)
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Zootaxa 715: 1-7 (8 November 2004) 2 plates; 7 references                          Accepted: 26 Oct. 2004
Two new panurgine bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) species from the Near- and Middle East
S. PATINY
(Belgium)
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Zootaxa 709: 1-7 (1 November 2004) 4 plates; 6 references                          Accepted: 19 Oct. 2004
Description of two new species of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) from Argentina
M. OLMI (Italy) & E. VIRLA (Argentina)

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Zootaxa 679: 1-16 (8 October 2004) 4 plates; 4 references                             Accepted: 23 Sept. 2004
New species and notes on Apenesia (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from the Brazilian Amazon
G. O. LANES & C. O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 678: 1-23 (8 October 2004) 5 plates; 35 references                             Accepted: 4 Sept. 2004
Typhlomyrmex meire, a remarkable new species endemic to Southern Bahia, Brazil (Formicidae: Ectatomminae)
S. LACAU (France) C. VILLEMANT (France) & J.H.C. DELABIE (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 677: 1-6 (8 October 2004) 3 plates; 11 references                             Accepted: 15 Sept. 2004
Redescription of Trichogrammatoidea annulata De Santis (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)
R.B. QUERINO & R.A. ZUCCHI (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 669: 1-12 (4 October 2004)  5 plates; 5 references                        Accepted: 18 Sept. 2004
Descriptions of the males of two recently described South African Panurginae (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), with updated keys to the African species of Melitturga and Meliturgula
S. PATINY (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 664: 1-8 (1 October 2004) 4 plates; 6 references                      Accepted: 16 Sept. 2004
Pachamama, an uncommon and distinctive new genus of Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from tropical America
A.K. OWEN & J.D. PINTO
(USA)
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Zootaxa 663: 1-8 (1 October 2004)  2 plates; 9 references                        Accepted: 6 Sept. 2004
Taxonomic studies on Indian Tropobracon Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae), with descriptions of two new species
A.A. HAIDER, Z. AHMAD & SHUJAUDDIN (India)
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Zootaxa 661: 1-22 (29 September 2004)  5 plates; 5 references                   Accepted: 16 Sept. 2004
Fourteen new species of Pseudisobrachium (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Atlantic rain forest of Espírito Santo, Brazil
C. WAICHERT & C.O. AZEVEDO
(Brazil)
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Zootaxa 656: 1-10 (27 September 2004)  2 plates; 21 references                   Accepted: 15 Sept. 2004
Two new Eastern North American species of the Aleiodes coxalis (Spinola) species-group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Rogadinae)
reared from Geometridae
S.R.  SHAW & P.M. MARSH (USA)
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Zootaxa 655: 1-12 (27 September 2004)  5 plates; 17 references                   Accepted: 14 Sept. 2004
A revision of the Aphaenogaster phalangium complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
J.T. LONGINO & S. COVER
(USA)
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Zootaxa 641: 1-4 (13 September 2004) 1 plate; 5 references                        Accepted: 18 Aug. 2004
A new species of Brachystegus A. Costa (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicinae) from Nepal
P.G. NEMKOV
(Russia)
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Zootaxa 607: 1-6 (13 Aug. 2004) 3 plates; 6 references                                 Accepted: 30 Jul. 2004
A new species of Emersonella (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), parasitoid on weevil eggs (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), from Costa Rica
C. HANSSON (Sweden)& K. NISHIDA (Costa Rica)

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Zootaxa 606: 1-20 (13 August 2004) 4 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 6 Aug. 2004
New species of Pteromalidae and Torymidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from California, with taxonomic notes
R.A. BURKS & R.A. REDAK
(USA)
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Zootaxa 602: 1-4 (11 August 2004) 1 plate; 4 references                               Accepted: 29 July 2004
A new species of Pedinotus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Brazil
F.C. FÉLIX & A. M. PENTEADO-DIAS
(Brazil)
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Zootaxa 598: 1-5 (9 August 2004) 3 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 27 July 2004
Protopolybia aliciae, a new polistine social wasp from Brazilian Amazonia (Hym.; Vespidae, Polistinae, Epiponini)
O.T. SILVEIRA
(Brazil)
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Zootaxa 548: 1-16 (25 June 2004) 6 plates; 29 references                               Accepted: 26 May 2004
Horismenus species (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in a bruchid beetle parasitoid guild, including the description of a new species
C. HANSSON (Sweden), A. AEBI (Switzerland) & B. BENREY (Switzerland)

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Zootaxa 544: 1-10 (21 June 2004)  4 plates, 11 references                               Accepted: 8 June 2004
A new stingless bee species of the genus Scaura (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic forest, with notes on S. latitarsis (Friese)
G.A.R. MELO & M.A. COSTA (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 526: 1-11 (26 May 2004)  2 plates, 8 references                               Accepted: 13 May 2004
Review of the microgastrine braconid wasp genus Exoryza, with description of a new species, E. monocavus, from Central America
A. A. VALERIO (Costa Rica), A. R. DEANS (USA) & J. B. WHITFIELD (USA)

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Zootaxa 517: 1-6 (21 May 2004)  1 plate, 9 references                                  Accepted: 13 May 2004
Bees of the subgenus Allocoelioxys Tkalc
u of the genus Coelioxys Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae) from the Russian Far East
M. YU. PROSHCHALYKIN & A.S. LELEJ (Russia)

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Zootaxa 512: 1-10 (14 May 2004) 3 plates; 20 references                               Accepted: 21 April 2004
A new phytophagous species of Eurytoma (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) attacking Werauhia gladioliflora (Bromeliales: Bromeliaceae)
M.W. GATES (USA) & A. CASCANTE-MARIN (The Netherlands)
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Zootaxa 500: 1-6 (30 April 2004) 2 plates; 11 references                               Accepted: 14 April 2004
Embolemus kheeli: a new species of Embolemidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) from the Dominican Republic
M. OLMI (Italy
)
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Zootaxa 497: 1-10 (27 April 2004) 3 plates; 11 references                               Accepted: 15 April 2004
Three new species of Gollumiella Hedqvist (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae)
J. HERATY
(USA)
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Zootaxa 491: 1-6 (21 April 2004) 1 plate; 5 references                           Accepted: 9 April 2004
A new species of Tracheliodes Morawitz (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) from Colombia and a key to the Neotropical species
F. FERNÁNDEZ C. (Colombia) & S.T.P. AMARANTE
(Brazil
)
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Zootaxa 484: 1-4 (2 April 2004) 1 plate; 10 references                              Accepted: 30 March 2004
Discothyrea sringerensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) a new ant species from India
M. ZACHARIAS & P.D. RAJAN
(India)

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Zootaxa 474: 1-27 (25 March 2004) 4 plates; 10 references                         Accepted: 15 March 2004
A revision of Lomachaeta Mickel, with a new species of Smicromutilla Mickel (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)
J.P. PITTS & D.G. MANLEY (USA)

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Zootaxa 438: 1-15 (23 February 2004) 6 plates; 25 references                Accepted: 13 February 2004
Andesipolis, a puzzling new genus of cyclostome Braconidae (Hymenoptera) from the Chilean Andes, with descriptions of three new species
J.B. WHITFIELD, W.-Y. CHOI & K.-I. SUH (USA)

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Zootaxa 411: 1-6 (22 January 2004) 1 plate; 5 references                     Accepted: 10 January 2004
Redefinition of genus Tarasco Marsh (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) and description of two new Brazilian species
S.M. BARBALHO , D. SCATOLINI & A.M. PENTEADO-DIAS (Brazil)

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2003 (22 papers)

Zootaxa 408: 1-11 (16 January 2004) 1 plate; 7 references                      Accepted: 13 January 2004
The description of Preseucoela Buffington, new genus, with notes on the status of Nearctic species of Agrostocynips Diaz (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae)
M.L. BUFFINGTON (USA)

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Zootaxa 407: 1-10 (16 January 2004) 1 plate; 9 references                      Accepted: 9 January 2004
Dermatopelte Erdös & Novicky (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) newly recorded from the Nearctic region, with description of two new species
R.A. BURKS (USA)

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Zootaxa 375: 1-8 (4 December 2003) 2 plates; 15 references                Accepted: 26 November 2003
Myrmica afghanica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a new ant species from Afghanistan
A. RADCHENKO (Poland) & G.W. ELMES (UK)

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Zootaxa 364: 1-9 (21 November 2003) 3 plates; 11 references             Accepted: 14 November 2003
A new species of the enigmatic genus Teremys Mason, T. hanniae, from Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
A.A. VALERIO (Costa Rica) & J.B. WHITFIELD (USA)

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Zootaxa 361: 1-52 (19 November 2003) 12 plates; 32 references             Accepted: 10 November 2003
Revision of the myrmicine ants of the Adelomyrmex genus-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
F. FERNÁNDEZ C. (Colombia)
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Zootaxa 341: 1-6 (28 October 2003) 2 plates; 6 references             Accepted: 17 October 2003
A new myrmicine ant genus from Malaysia with uncertain