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May 2006 (32 issues; 101 papers with 23 for open access)

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 Zootaxa 1220, 68 pp. (30 May 2006) 6 papers                                                                                                 

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 1220: 19-34 (30 May 2006) 5 plates; 36 references                              Accepted: 26 Apr. 2006
A new species of Ischyromene Racovitza, 1908 (Sphaeromatidae: Isopoda: Crustacea) from intertidal marine habitats in New Zealand
NIEL L BRUCE ( New Zealand) 
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Zootaxa 1220: 35-46 (30 May 2006) 1 plate; 28 references                              Accepted: 26 Apr. 2006
A faunal survey of nycteribiid flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) associated with bats in Paraguay
G. GRACIOLLI (Brazil), C.W. DICK (USA) & D. GETTINGER (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1220: 45-53 (30 May 2006)  28 references                                          Accepted: 26 Apr. 2006
Type species designations and other nomenclatural notes on Palaearctic
Melolonthinae and Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae) 
A. SMETANA
& A.B.T. SMITH (Canada) 
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Zootaxa 1220: 55-61 (30 May 2006) 1 plate;  5 references                                 Accepted: 24 Apr. 2006
A new species of crane fly, Pedicia (Pedicia) goldsworthyi (Diptera: Pediciidae), from eastern North America
M.J. PETERSEN (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1220: 63-68 (30 May 2006) 4 plates; 19 references                                Accepted: 26 Apr. 2006
A giant water bug from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil (Heteroptera: Belostomatidae: Lethocerinae)
ANDRÉ NEL & ALAIN WALLER (France) 
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 Zootaxa 1219, 68 pp. (30 May 2006) 3 papers                                                                                                 

Zootaxa 1219: 1-45 (30 May 2006) 37 plates; 53 references                              Accepted: 21 Jan. 2006
Two new species of Cilliba von Heyden from Poland, with discussion of the Cilliba cassidea (Hermann) species complex (Acari: Mesostigmata: Uropodina: Cillibidae)
J. BLOSZYK (Poland), M. STACHOWIAK (Poland) & B. HALLIDAY (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 1219: 47-57 (30 May 2006) 5 plates; 9 references                               Accepted: 18 Apr. 2006
A new genus of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Clavulariidae) from Chile
L.P. VAN OFWEGEN (The Netherlands), V. HÄUSSERMANN (The Netherlands) & G. FÖRSTERRA (Chile) 
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Zootaxa 1219: 59-68 (30 May 2006) 2 plates; 11 references                               Accepted: 2 May. 2006
Szidatitrema yamagutii n. sp. (Digenea: Cyclocoelidae: Ophthalmophaginae) from the bearded barbet, Lybius dubius (Capitionidae), and the white-necked myna, Streptocitta albicollis (Sturnidae), that died at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A.
N.O. DRONEN, T.M. CRAIG,& E.E. HAMMOND (USA) 
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 Zootaxa 1218, 80 pp. (26 May 2006) 1 monograph                                                                                        

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1218: 1-80 (26 May 2006) 29 plates; 80 references                               Accepted: 3 Feb. 2006
An exceptionally rich complex of Sanguinicolidae von Graff, 1907 (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) from Siganidae, Labridae and Mullidae (Teleostei: Perciformes) from the Indo-west Pacific Region
M.J. NOLAN & T.H. CRIBB (Australia) 
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 Zootaxa 1217, 76 pp. (26 May 2006) 1 monograph                                                                                        

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1217: 1-76 (26 May 2006) 18 plates; 27 references                         Accepted: 31 Mar. 2006
A revision of the click beetle genus Ctenoplus Candčze, 1863 (Coleoptera: Elateridae, Synaptina)
E. FULLER (Canada) & G. PLATIA (Italy) 
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 Zootaxa 1216, 114 pp. (26 May 2006) 1 monograph                                                                                      

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1216: 1-114 (26 May 2006) 35 plates; 173 references                         Accepted: 14 Mar. 2006
The Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of mainland France and Corsica: an annotated catalogue (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea)
E. J. VAN NIEUKERKEN (The Netherlands), A. LASTU VKA  (Czech Republic) & Z. LA
STUVKA (Czech Republic) 
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 Zootaxa 1215, 96 pp. (26 May 2006) 1 monograph                                                                                        

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1215: 1-96 (26 May 2006) 60 plates; 23 references                          Accepted: 17 Mar. 2006
The Noctuinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A.
M.G. POGUE (USA) 
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 Zootaxa 1214, 107 pp. (26 May 2006) 1 monograph                                                                                      

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1214: 1-107 (26 May 2006) 48 plates;  43 references                          Accepted: 16 Mar. 2006
A review of the Pagurixus boninensis species group, with descriptions of six new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguridae)
T. KOMAI & M. OSAWA (Japan) 
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 Zootaxa 1213, 162 pp. (26 May 2006) 1 monograph                                                                                      

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1213: 1-162 (26 May 2006) 54 plates;  73 references                          Accepted: 17 Mar. 2006
The South American annual killifish genus Austrolebias (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae): phylogenetic relationships, descriptive morphology and taxonomic revision
W.J.E.M. COSTA (Brazil) 
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 Zootaxa 1212, 244 pp. (26 May 2006) 1 monograph                                                                                      

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1212: 1-244 (26 May 2006) 1111 references                                          Accepted: 9 Feb. 2006
Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part III. Subfamilies Parandrinae, Prioninae, Anoplodermatinae, Aseminae, Spondylidinae, Lepturinae, Oxypeltinae, and addenda to the Cerambycinae and Lamiinae
M.A. MONNÉ (Brazil) 
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 Zootaxa 1211, 68 pp. (24 May 2006) 4 papers                                                                                                 

Zootaxa 1211: 1-19 (24 May 2006) 7 plates; 25 references                             Accepted: 8 Mar. 2006
A description of a new species of Diasemopsis (Diptera, Diopsidae) from the Comoro Islands with morphological, molecular and allometric data
MARTIN CARR (UK) , SAMUEL COTTON (UK) , MIHÁLY FÖLDVÁRI (Hungary) & MARION KOTRBA (Germany) 
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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 1211: 35-51 (24 May 2006) 11 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 20 Apr. 2006
Austrostigmaeus gen. n. (Acari: Prostigmata: Stigmaeidae), with the description of a new species from Australia
Q.-H. FAN (P.R. China) & J.J. BEARD (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 1211: 53-68 (24 May 2006) 5 plates; 47 references                            Accepted: 10 Apr. 2006
Iospilids (Polychaeta: Iospilidae) from the northwest Caribbean Sea, with observations on reproductive structures
S. JIMÉNEZ-CUETO, E. SUÁREZ-MORALES & S.I. SALAZAR-VALLEJO (Mexico) 
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 Zootaxa 1210, 68 pp. (24 May 2006) 4 papers                                                                                                 

Zootaxa 1210: 1-25 (24 May 2006) 12 plates; 18 references                             Accepted: 22 Mar. 2006
Nine new species of Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) from the Seychelles
R.H.L. DISNEY (UK
) 
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Zootaxa 1210: 27-38 (24 May 2006) 4 plates; 4 references                               Accepted: 14 Mar. 2006
New species of Isometopinae (Hemiptera: Miridae) from Yemen with a new name for Isometopus longirostris Akingbohungbe from Sudan
A. E. AKINGBOHUNGBE (Nigeria) 
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Zootaxa 1210: 39-52 (24 May 2006) 1 plate; 83 references                               Accepted: 3 Mar. 2006
Blattaria of Colombia: List and distribution of genera
A. VÉLEZ (Colombia), M. WOLFF (Colombia) & E. GUTIÉRREZ (Cuba) 
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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 1210: 68 (24 May 2006
Erratum 
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 Zootaxa 1209, 68 pp. (22 May 2006) 3 papers                                                                                                 

Zootaxa 1209: 1-47 (22 May 2006)  23 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 9 Mar. 2006
New Cixiidae from Eastern Polynesia: Oteana gen.nov. and Manurevana gen. nov. (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha)
H. HOCH (Germany) 
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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 1209: 61-68 (22 May 2006) 4 plates; 8 references                           Accepted: 15 Mar. 2006
Presence of the Indo–Pacific genus Petrosaspongia Bergquist, 1995 (Porifera: Demospongiae) in the Atlantic with description of a new species (P. pharmamari n. sp.)
M.–J. URIZ & E. CEBRIAN (Spain) 
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 Zootaxa 1208, 68 pp. (22 May 2006) 4 papers                                                                                                 

Zootaxa 1208: 1-24 (22 May 2006)  11 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 13 Mar. 2006
Seven new Helicopsyche (Feropsyche) Johanson, 2002 from the Neotropical region and Nearctic Mexico (Insecta: Trichoptera: Helicopsychidae)
K.A. JOHANSON & T. MALM (Sweden) 
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Zootaxa 1208: 25-35 (22 May 2006)  3 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 10 Mar. 2006
New species and records of Arrenurus from the Paraná river, Argentina (Acari: Parasitengona: Arrenuridae)
ROSSO de FERRADÁS, B. (Argentina) 
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Zootaxa 1208: 37-56 (22 May 2006) 6 plates; 27 references                           Accepted: 13 Mar. 2006
Two new genera and two new species of the subterranean family Bogidiellidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from groundwaters in northern Oman, with notes on the geographic distribution of the family
V. IANNILLI (Italy), J.R. HOLSINGER (USA), S. RUFFO (Italy) & R. VONK (The Netherlands) 
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Zootaxa 1208: 57-68 (22 May 2006) 5 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 10 Apr. 2006
A new species of large green treefrog (Anura: Hylidae: Litoria) from northern New Guinea
S.J. RICHARDS (Australia), P. OLIVER (Australia), C. DAHL (Papua New Guinea) & B. TJATURADI (Indonesia) 
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 Zootaxa 1207, 64 pp. (22 May 2006) 1 monograph                                                                                        

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1207: 1-64 (22 May 2006)  20 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 27 Jan. 2006
Review of the Neotropical species of the genus Stereodermus Lacordaire, 1866 (Coleoptera: Brentidae, Stereodermini)
A. MANTILLERI (France) & A. SFORZI (Italy) 
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 Zootaxa 1206, 68 pp. (18 May 2006)  4 papers                                                                                                

Zootaxa 1206: 1-22 (18 May 2006)  14 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 13 Jan. 2006
Review of the species of the genus Ochthera from China (Diptera: Ephydridae)
J.H. ZHANG & D. YANG (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1206: 23-46 (18 May 2006)  2 plates; 69 references                              Accepted: 20 Mar. 2006
Studies on the Australian Chalcophorini: a new genus for Chalcophora subfasciata Carter, 1916 and a review of the Pseudotaenia Kerremans, 1903 generic-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
C.L. BELLAMY (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1206: 47-61 (18 May 2006)  16 plates; 33 references                              Accepted: 8 Feb. 2006
Chewing lice (Phthiraptera) from typical antbirds and ground ant-birds (Passeriformes: Thamnophilidae, Formicariidae) from Costa Rica, with descriptions of three new species of the genera Formicaphagus and Myrsidea
O. SYCHRA (Czech Republic), I. LITERÁK (Czech Republic), M. CAPEK (Czech Republic) & M. HAVLÍCEK (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 1206: 63-68 (18 May 2006)  2 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 24 Apr. 2006
Two new species of Philosepedon Eaton (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) from the Atlantic Coastal Rain Forest of northeastern Brazil
F. BRAVO, C. CHAGAS & D. CORDEIRO (Brazil) 
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 Zootaxa 1205, 68 pp. (18 May 2006)  3 papers                                                                                                

Zootaxa 1205: 1-30 (18 May 2006)  15 plates; 17 references                              Accepted: 6 Mar. 2006
Eleven new species of Sericostomatoidea from Madagascar (Trichoptera: Helicopsychidae, Petrothrincidae, Sericostomatidae)
K.A. JOHANSON (Sweden) & J. OLÁH (Hungary) 
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Zootaxa 1205: 31-54 (18 May 2006)  8 plates; 22 references                              Accepted: 7 Mar. 2006
Two new terebellid polychaetes (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) from the state of Săo Paulo, southeastern Brazil
J.M.D.M. NOGUEIRA & T.M. ALVES (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1205: 55-68 (18 May 2006)  5 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 10 Apr. 2006
Muscular characters in the phylogeny of Liolaemus (Squamata: Iguania: Liolaemidae): a reappraisal
V. ABDALA, C. ABDALA & M.J. TULLI (Argentina) 
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 Zootaxa 1204, 68 pp. (18 May 2006)  6 papers                                                                                                

Zootaxa 1204: 1-30 (18 May 2006)  5 plates; 33 references                              Accepted: 19 Apr. 2006
Eriophyoid mite fauna from Henan Province, central China (Acari: Eriophyoidea) with descriptions of five new species
X.-F. XUE & X.-Y. HONG (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1204: 31-36 (18 May 2006)  1 plate; 6 references                                Accepted: 10 Jan. 2006
Redescription of Apiomerus bosqi Costa Lima, Campos Seabra & Hathaway 1952 (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae: Apiomerini), and new distributional records for this genus in temperate South America
C.M.D. CARMEN & M.A. MAGNANELLI (Argentina) 
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Zootaxa 1204: 37-40 (18 May 2006) 4 references                                                Accepted: 19 Apr. 2006
Location and deposition of the type specimens of Culex scheuberi Carpintero & Leguizamón, Ochlerotatus jorgi (Carpintero & Leguizamón), and Orthopodomyia peytoni Leguizamón & Carpintero (Diptera: Culicidae)
M.N. (LEGUIZAMÓN) HRIBAR & L.J. HRIBAR (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1204: 41-52 (18 May 2006) 4 plates; 16 references                               Accepted: 18 Apr. 2006
The larva of Hydora annectens Spangler and Brown (Coleoptera: Elmidae, Larainae) and a key to New World Larainae larvae
M. ARCHANGELSKY & V. MANZO (Argentina) 
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Zootaxa 1204: 53-59 (18 May 2006) 3 plates; 6 references                               Accepted: 14 Mar. 2006
Hispaniodirphia lemaireiana n. sp., a new saturniid from the Greater Antilles (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae, Hemileucinae)
R. ROUGERIE & D. HERBIN (France) 
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Zootaxa 1204: 61-68 (18 May 2006) 2 plates; 13 references                               Accepted: 7 Mar. 2006
Two new genera and two new species of Delphacidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) from China
D.-Z. QIN & Y.-L. ZHANG (P.R. China) 
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 Zootaxa 1203, 68 pp. (15 May 2006)  3 papers                                                                                                

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 1203: 39-56 (15 May 2006) 5 plates; 38 references                             Accepted: 13 Mar. 2006
Monopseudocuma a new genus from the North East Atlantic and redescription of Pseudocuma gilsoni Bacescu, 1950 (Cumacea: Pseudocumatidae)
A.M. MCCARTHY (Ireland) , S. GERKEN (USA), D. MCGRATH (Ireland) & G.P. MCCORMACK (Ireland) 
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Zootaxa 1203: 57-68 (15 May 2006) 3 plates; 34 references                             Accepted: 11 Apr. 2006
Fossil Tingoidea (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha) from French Cretaceous amber, including Tingidae and a new family, Ebboidae
V. PERRICHOT, A. NEL, É. GUILBERT & D. NÉRAUDEAU (France) 
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 Zootaxa 1202, 68 pp. (15 May 2006)  6 papers                                                                                                

Zootaxa 1202: 1-19 (15 May 2006)  5 plates; 50 references                                 Accepted: 5 Apr. 2006
Acanthopagrus taiwanensis, a new sparid fish (Perciformes), with comparisons to Acanthopagrus berda (Forsskĺl, 1775) and other nominal species of Acanthopagrus
Y. IWATSUKI (Japan) & K.E. CARPENTER (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1202: 21-31 (15 May 2006)  3 references                                               Accepted: 6 Feb. 2006
Addenda and corrigenda to ‘A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera)’. 2
C.H.C. LYAL (UK) & M.A. ALONSO-ZARAZAGA (Spain) 
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Zootaxa 1202: 33-37 (15 May 2006) 1 plate; 9 references                                 Accepted: 11 Apr. 2006
A new species of Neocteniza Pocock 1895 (Araneae, Idiopidae) from Brazil
R. BERTANI, C.S. FUKUSHIMA & R.H. NAGAHAMA (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1202: 39-52 (15 May 2006) 6 plates; 21 references                               Accepted: 7 Apr. 2006
Carraroenia ruthae gen. et sp. nov. (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Laophontidae) from maerl substrates of the Irish west coast
E. McCORMACK (Ireland) 
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Zootaxa 1202: 53-59 (15 May 2006) 2 plates; 7 references                               Accepted: 18 Apr. 2006
Macrobiotus siamensis sp. n. (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) from Thailand (Asia)
D.V. TUMANOV (Russia) 
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Zootaxa 1202: 61-68 (15 May 2006) 2 plates; 27 references                              Accepted: 10 Apr. 2006
Checklist of the genus Cybocephalus Erichson (Coleoptera: Cybocephalidae) of China, with description of a new species from Yunnan Province
M.Y. TIAN (P.R. China) 
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 Zootaxa 1201, 68 pp. (15 May 2006)  3 papers                                                                                                

Zootaxa 1201: 1-45 (15 May 2006)  154 references                                              Accepted: 4 Mar. 2006
Checklist of the adult nematode parasites of fishes in freshwater localities from Mexico
L. GARRIDO-OLVERA, L. GARCÍA-PRIETO & G.P.-P. DE LEÓN (Mexico) 
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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 1201: 63-68 (15 May 2006)  21 references                                            Accepted: 7 Apr. 2006
The new sauropod from Spain: Galveosaurus or Galvesaurus?
B. SÁNCHEZ-HERNÁNDEZ (UK) 
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 Zootaxa 1200, 68 pp. (11 May 2006)  5 papers                                                                                                

Zootaxa 1200: 1-12 (11 May 2006) 6 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 7 Apr. 2006
A new species of capuchin monkey, genus Cebus Erxleben (Cebidae, Primates): found at the very brink of extinction in the Pernambuco Endemism Centre
A.R.M. PONTES, A. MALTA & P.H. ASFORA (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1200: 13-27 (11 May 2006)  32 references                                             Accepted: 10 Jan. 2006
Additional types of Heteroptera housed at the Museo de La Plata, Argentina
M.D.C. COSCARON & M.A. MAGNANELLI (Argentina) 
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Zootaxa 1200: 29-41 (11 May 2006)  4 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 30 Mar. 2006
A new crayfish of the genus Cambarus Erichson, 1846 (Decapoda: Cambaridae) from an under-sampled habitat type in central Tennessee, USA
C.A. TAYLOR, D.J. SOUCEK & E.L. ORGAN (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1200: 43-60 (11 May 2006)  3 plates; 50 references                           Accepted: 13 Apr. 2006
Description and life cycle of the hydrozoan Hydractinia uniformis, sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Hydractiniidae), from the coast of southeastern Brazil
S.N. STAMPAR, V.B. TRONOLONE & A.C. MORANDINI (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1200: 61-68 (11 May 2006)  3 plates; 6 references                           Accepted: 11 Apr. 2006
Heterocarpus tenuidentatus, a new species of shrimp from the Solomon Islands (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea, Pandalidae)
R. CLEVA & A. CROSNIER (France) 
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 Zootaxa 1199, 68 pp. (11 May 2006)  4 papers                                                                                                

Zootaxa 1199: 1-17 (11 May 2006)  8 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 6 Apr. 2006
A review of the genus Apocepon Nierstrasz & Brender ŕ Brandis (Isopoda: Epicaridea: Bopyridae) parasitic on purse crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Leucosiidae) from Chinese waters, with description of a new species
J.M. AN, H.Y. YU & X.Z. LI (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1199: 19-47 (11 May 2006)  20 plates; 21 references                         Accepted: 24 Mar. 2006
New subfamilies and a new genus and species of Melithaeidae (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Alcyonacea) with comparative data on the structure of both melithaeid and subergorgiid axes
P. ALDERSLADE (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 1199: 49-60 (11 May 2006)  4 plates; 18 references                         Accepted: 5 Apr. 2006
Revision of the Protohermes species from Tibet, China (Megaloptera: Corydalidae)
X.Y. LIU & D. YANG (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1199: 61-68 (11 May 2006)  2 plates; 16 references                         Accepted: 30 Mar. 2006
Taxonomic status of Brucepattersonius albinasus (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae)
J.F. VILELA, J.A. DE OLIVEIRA & C.R. BONVICINO (Brazil) 
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 Zootaxa 1198, 68 pp. (11 May 2006)  3 papers                                                                                                

Zootaxa 1198: 1-20 (11 May 2006)  15 references                                           Accepted: 14 Mar. 2006
Nomenclator generum et familiarum Chilopodorum II: A list of the genus- and family-group names in the Class Chilopoda from 1958 through 2005
R.M. SHELLEY (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1198: 21-51 (11 May 2006)  5 plates; 65 references                              Accepted: 3 Apr. 2006
Japanese Pseudosmittia Edwards (Diptera: Chironomidae)
O.A. SĆTHER (Norway) 
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Zootaxa 1198: 53-68 (11 May 2006)  5 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 31 Mar. 2006
Water mite species of the genus Atractides Koch (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Hygrobatidae) from Turkey, with a description of one new species
V. PESIC (Serbia) & O. ERMAN (Turkey) 
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 Zootaxa 1197, 68 pp. (8 May 2006)  5 papers                                                                                                  

Zootaxa 1197: 1-37 (8 May 2006) 20 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 17 Feb. 2006
The caddisfly genus Protoptila in Costa Rica (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae)
R.W. HOLZENTHAL & R.J. BLAHNIK (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1197: 39-43 (8 May 2006) 1 plate; 13 references                              Accepted: 4 Apr. 2006
Allocapnia sano, a new species of snowfly (Plecoptera: Capniidae) from Alabama, U.S.A., plus six new state records
S.A. GRUBBS (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1197: 45-54 (8 May 2006) 2 plates; 23 references                              Accepted: 7 Apr. 2006
Macrocydia divergens, a new genus and species of Grapholitini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) from Central America
J.W. BROWN (USA) & J. BAIXERAS (Spain) 
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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 1197: 65-68 (8 May 2006) 1 plates; 2 references                               Accepted: 7 Apr. 2006
Andrabia biprocessa (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), new species and first record of the genus from China
Y.L. ZHANG & M.X. YANG (P.R. China) 
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 Zootaxa 1196, 68 pp. (8 May 2006)  3 papers                                                                                                  

Zootaxa 1196: 1-32 (8 May 2006) 10 plates; 23 references                              Accepted: 8 Feb. 2006
Morphology of Marchalina hellenica (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Marchalinidae) from Greece, with a discussion on the identity of M. caucasica Hadzibeyli from the Caucasus
C. HODGSON (UK) & S. GOUNARI (Greece) 
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Zootaxa 1196: 33-61 (8 May 2006)  241 references                                              Accepted: 7 Mar. 2006
Descriptions of genus Downsiomyia Vargas (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini) and its type species Do. nivea (Ludlow)
J.F. REINERT (USA) & R.E. HARBACH (UK) 
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Zootaxa 1196: 63-68 (8 May 2006)  2 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 25 Mar. 2006
Two new species of Neophyllobius (Acari: Camerobiidae) from Turkey
M. AKYOL & K. KOÇ (Turkey) 
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 Zootaxa 1195, 68 pp. (8 May 2006)  4 papers                                                                                                   

Zootaxa 1195: 1-29 (8 May 2006) 5 plates; 21 references                              Accepted: 24 Feb. 2006
The Cryptolechia Zeller (Lepidoptera: Oecophoridae) of China (III): Checklist and descriptions of new species
S.X. WANG (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1195: 31-37 (8 May 2006) 2 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 4 Apr. 2006
A new Brazilian species of Harpasus Mulsant (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Chilocorinae), a predator of Tinocallis kahawaluokalani (Kirkaldy) (Hemiptera, Aphididae) 
L.M. DE ALMEIDA & R.C.Z. DE CARVALHO (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 1195: 61-68 (8 May 2006) 3 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 6 Apr. 2006
A new combination and two new species of Aslamidium Borowiec (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
C.L. STAINES (USA) 
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 Zootaxa 1194, 68 pp. (4 May 2006)  4 papers                                                                                                  

Zootaxa 1194: 1-32 (4 May 2006) 9 plates; 44 references                              Accepted: 24 Mar. 2006
Phylogenetic relationships of the genera of Epipsocetae (Psocoptera: Psocomorpha)
J.A.C. GONZÁLEZ (Mexico) 
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Zootaxa 1194: 33-47 (4 May 2006) 4 plates; 40 references                              Accepted: 1 Mar. 2006
New Coleoptera records from owl nests in Nova Scotia, Canada
C.G. MAJKA, J. KLIMASZEWSKI, & R.F. LAUFF (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 1194: 57-68 (4 May 2006) 2 plates; 17 references                               Accepted: 13 Mar. 2006
Morphology of larval stages of Arrenurus cuspidator (O. F. Müller) and A. maculator (O. F. Müller) (Acari: Hydrachnidia)
A. ZAWAL (Poland) 
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 Zootaxa 1193, 68 pp. (4 May 2006)  4 papers                                                                                                  

Zootaxa 1193: 1-39 (4 May 2006) 12 plates; 75 references                              Accepted: 24 Jan. 2006
Morphological systematics of kingsnakes, Lampropeltis getula complex (Serpentes: Colubridae), in the eastern United States
K.L. KRYSKO & W.S. JUDD (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1193: 41-47 (4 May 2006) 1 plate; 20 references                              Accepted: 31 Mar. 2006
Redescription of Rhipidocotyle jeffersoni (Kohn, 1970) Overstreet & Curran, 2002 (Digenea: Bucephalidae)
A. KOHN & B.M.M. FERNANDES (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1193: 49-57 (4 May 2006) 3 plates; 19 references                              Accepted: 4 Apr. 2006
Nilotanypus Kieffer from China (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae)
M. CHENG & X.H. WANG (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1193: 59-68 (4 May 2006) 2 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 5 Apr. 2006
A new dung beetle genus with two new species from Chile (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
F.Z. VAZ-DE-MELLO & G. HALFFTER (Mexico) 
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 Zootaxa 1192, 76 pp. (4 May 2006)  1 monograph                                                                                         

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1192: 1-76 (4 May 2006) 33 plates; 47 references                              Accepted: 17 Mar. 2006
The North Atlantic genus Heteromesus (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota: Ischnomesidae)
M.R. CUNHA (Portugal) & G.D.F. WILSON (Australia) 
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 Zootaxa 1191, 68 pp. (1 May 2006)  5 papers                                                                                                 

Zootaxa 1191: 1-19 (1 May 2006) 5 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 29 Mar. 2006
Revision of the South American Ceratognathini (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Aesalinae) with the description of a new genus and a new species
M.J. PAULSEN (USA) & J. MONDACA E. (Chile) 
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Zootaxa 1191: 21-38 (1 May 2006) 3 plates; 22 references                              Accepted: 22 Mar. 2006
Redescription of Mycale tunicata (Schmidt, 1862) (Porifera, Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from Rovinj, Croatia, northern Adriatic Sea
J. GUGEL, M. PFANNKUCHEN, F. BRÜMMER (Germany) 
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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 1191: 49-59 (1 May 2006) 4 plates; 11 references                              Accepted: 9 Mar. 2006
Revision of the genus Chordodes (Gordiida, Nematomorpha) from Africa. II. Ultrastructural redescription of C. africanus Sciacchitano, 1933, C. hawkeri Camerano 1902; C. sandoensis, Sciacchitano 1937; C. schoutedeni, Sciacchitano 1933 and reinterpretation of Chordodes butensis Sciacchitano, 1937
F. ZANCA  (Argentina), A. SCHMIDT-RHAESA (Germany), C. DE VILLALOBOS  (Argentina) & C. ACHIORNO (Argentina) 
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Zootaxa 1191: 61-68 (1 May 2006) 3 plates; 26 references                              Accepted: 27 Mar. 2006
A new endoparasitic gregarine genus, Stomatocystis indica gen. nov., sp. nov. (Apicomplexa: Sporozoea: Stomatophorinae) from the seminal vesicles of an Indian earthworm (Annelida: Oligochaeta) Amynthas diffringens Baird
P.K. BANDYOPADHYAY (India), A. KUMAR MITRA (India), B. GÖÇMEN (Turkey) 
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 Zootaxa 1190, 68 pp. (1 May 2006)  3 papers                                                                                                 

Zootaxa 1190: 1-50 (1 May 2006) 20 plates; 33 references                              Accepted: 18 Jan. 2006
Systematic position of Apodemia paucipuncta (Riodinidae), and a critical evaluation of the nymphidiine transtilla
C.M. PENZ & P.J. DEVRIES (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1190: 51-57 (1 May 2006) 1 plate; 5 references                              Accepted: 27 Mar. 2006
Taxonomy of Aonidiella yehudithae sp. nov. and Lindingaspis misrae (Laing) comb. nov. with a key to species of Aonidiella Berlese & Leonardi (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae)
YAIR BEN-DOV (Israel) 
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Zootaxa 1190: 59-68 (1 May 2006) 2 plates; 40 references                              Accepted: 13 Jan. 2006
Bat-parasitic Cimex species (Hemiptera: Cimicidae) on the Balkan Peninsula, with zoogeographical remarks on Cimex lectularius Linnaeus
N. SIMOV (Bulgaria), T. IVANOVA (Bulgaria), I. SCHUNGER (Germany) 
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 Zootaxa 1189, 68 pp. (1 May 2006)  3 papers                                                                                                  

Zootaxa 1189: 1-37 (1 May 2006) 11 plates; 59 references                              Accepted: 21 Feb. 2006
Species of Branchiomma (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) from the Caribbean Sea and Pacific coast of Panama
M.A. TOVAR-HERNÁNDEZ (Mexico) & P. KNIGHT-JONES (UK) 
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Zootaxa 1189: 39-53 (1 May 2006) 4 plates; 25 references                              Accepted: 17 Mar. 2006
Morphology and systematics of Bursaphelenchus gerberae n. sp. (Nematoda: Parasitaphelenchidae), a rare associate of the palm weevil, Rhynchophorus palmarum in Trinidad
R.M. GIBLIN-DAVIS (USA), N. KANZAKI (Japan), W.M. YE (USA), B.J. CENTER (USA) & W. K. THOMAS (USA) 
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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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