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Zootaxa 1313: 1-38 (14 Sept. 2006) 9 plates; 37  references 
A new species of Varanus Merrem (Squamata: Varanidae) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with observations on sexual dimorphism in closely related species
K.P. APLIN, A.J. FITCH & D.J. KING (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1314: 31-39 (14 Sept. 2006) 
A new species of Amphimedon (Porifera, Demospongiae, Haplosclerida, Niphatidae) from the Capricorn-Bunker Group of Islands, Great Barrier Reef, Australia: target species for the ‘sponge genome project’
J.N.A. HOOPER (Australia) & R.W.M. VAN SOEST (The Netherlands)
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 Important monographs 
Zootaxa 1023: 1-760 (29 Jul. 2005) 1753 references 
Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part II. Subfamily Lamiinae
MONNÉ, M.A. (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 946: 1-765 (20 Apr. 2005) 
Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part I. Subfamily Cerambycinae
MONNÉ, M.A. (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1670: 1-109 (21 Dec. 2007)  43 plates; 46 references     
Phylogenetic relationships, systematics, and biology of the species of Amorbia Clemens (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Sparganothini)
EUGENIE PHILLIPS-RODRIGUEZ (Costa Rica) & JERRY A. POWELL (USA)
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Zootaxa 1659: 1-54 (11 Dec. 2007)  22 plates; 57 references       
A revision of Entobdella Blainville in Lamarck, 1818, with special emphasis on the nominal (type) species "Entobdella hippoglossi (Muller, 1776) Blainville, 1818" (Monogenea: Capsalidae: Entobdellinae) from teleost flatfishes, with descriptions of three new species and a new genus
GRAHAM C. KEARN (U.K), IAN D. WHITTINGTON (Australia) & RICHARD EVANS-GOWING (U.K)
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Zootaxa 1634: 1-59 (9 Nov. 2007)  31 plates; 29 references          
A revision of the Neotropical caddisfly genus Rhyacopsyche, with the description of 13 new species (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae)
ANNE M. WASMUND & RALPH W. HOLZENTHAL (USA)
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Zootaxa 1596: 1-111 (28 Sep. 2007)  47 plates; 205 references   
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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Zootaxa 1584: 1-53 (14 Sep. 2007)  16 plates; 43 references         
Phylogenetic systematics of the genera Plochionocerus Dejean and Agrodes Nordmann (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Xantholinini)
JULIETA ASIAIN, JUAN MARQUEZ & JUAN J. MORRONE (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 1572: 1-82 (31 Aug. 2007) 24 plates; 244 references       
Revision of the characters of Centrolenidae (Amphibia: Anura: Athesphatanura), with comments on its taxonomy and the description of new taxa of glassfrogs
DIEGO F. CISNEROS-HEREDIA (UK) & ROY W. MCDIARMID (USA)
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Zootaxa 1571: 1-78 (31 Aug. 2007) 35 plates; 62 references   
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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Zootaxa 1538: 1-84 (30 Jul. 2007) 38 plates; 102 references    
Phylogeny of the boulengeri group (Iguania: Liolaemidae, Liolaemus) based on morphological and molecular characters
CRISTIAN SIMON ABDALA  (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1488: 1-164 (31 May 2007) 67 plates; 67 references      
Revision of the genus Elaphropeza Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Oriental Region, with a special attention to the fauna of Singapore
IGOR V. SHAMSHEV & PATRICK GROOTAERT (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 1416: 1-126 (8 Mar. 2007) 91 plates; 130 references                  
Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera
A.P. MARCENIUK & N.A. MENEZES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1363: 23-38 (23 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 47 references  
A review of the systematics of the genus Bradypodion (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), with the description of two new genera
C.R. TILBURY , K.A. TOLLEY & W.R. BRANCH (South Africa)
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Zootaxa 1358: 1-37 (16 Nov. 2006) 14 plates; 56 references                              
Biodiversity "hotspots", patterns of richness and endemism, and distribution of marine sponges in South Africa based on actual and interpolation data: A comparative approach
T. SAMAAI (South Africa)
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Zootaxa 1334: 27-43 (16 Oct. 2006)  3 plates; 32 references           
Discovery of a new basal relict lineage of Madagascan frogs and its implications for mantellid evolution
F. GLAW, S. HOEGG & M. VENCES (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1290: 1-138 (14 Aug. 2006) 49 plates; 46 references          
The Australian Pentastirini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae)
B. LÖCKER (Australia), M.J. FLETCHER (Australia), M.-C. LARIVIÈRE (New Zealand) & G.M. GURR (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1289: 1-114 (14 Aug. 2006) 225 references   
Checklist of Monogenea parasites of freshwater and marine fishes, amphibians and reptiles from Mexico, Central America and Caribbean
A. KOHN (Brazil), S.C. COHEN (Brazil) & G. SALGADO-MALDONADO (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 1288: 1-241 (14 Aug. 2006) 36 plates; 49 references               
A Revision of the New World Genera Brachylinga Irwin and Lyneborg and Lysilinga Irwin and Lyneborg (Diptera: Therevidae: Therevinae) with the Description of a New Genus, Elcaribe Webb
DONALD W. WEBB & MARK A. METZ (USA)
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Zootaxa 1287: 1-294 (14 Aug. 2006) 143 plates; 63 references        
Descriptions of the eggs of some southern Australian Geometridae (Lepidoptera)
CATHERINE J. YOUNG (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1264: 1-147 (17 Jul. 2006) 40 plates; 200 references           
Molecular relationships of the Australian Ennominae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and implications for the phylogeny of the Geometridae from molecular and morphological data
C.J. YOUNG (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 1263: 1-250 (17 Jul. 2006) 36 plates; 140 references                   
A review of the Margarodidae sensu Morrison (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) and some related taxa based on the morphology of adult males
C. HODGSON (UK) & I. FOLDI (France) 
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Zootaxa 1262: 1-139 (17 Jul. 2006) 98 plates; 102 references                     
Taxonomy and biogeography of the freshwater crabs of Tanzania, East Africa (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae, Platythelphusidae, Deckeniidae)
S.K. REED & N. CUMBERLIDGE (USA) 
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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: 1-244 (26 May 2006) 1111 references      
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) 

Zootaxa 1182: 1-130 (21 Apr. 2006) 36 plates; 77 references 
Revision and cladistic analysis of the genus: Ptychoderes Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera, Anthribidae, Anthribinae, Ptychoderini)
J.R.M. MERMUDES & D.S. NAPP (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1181: 1-102 (21 Apr. 2006) 
Revision of the subgenus Metaeuops Legalov of Euops Schoenherr (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea, Attelabidae) from the Papuan region
A. RIEDEL (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1179: 1-96 (21 Apr. 2006) 
Taxonomy and phylogeny of the World species of the genus Ischnopoda Stephens, 1837 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
G. PASNIK (Poland)
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Zootaxa 1178: 1-209 (21 Apr. 2006) 2 plates; 887 references
A checklist of the butterflies of Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and some adjacent areas
W.J. TENNENT  (UK)
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Zootaxa 1146: 1-152 (10 Mar. 2006) 78 plates; 58 references 
A revision of the World species of the genus Tachyusa Erichson, 1837 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
GRZEGORZ PASNIK (Poland)
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Zootaxa 1144: 1-94 (10 Mar. 2006) 44 references; 10 plates  
Revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Pholetesor Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
J.B. WHITFIELD (USA)
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Zootaxa 1136: 1-38 (27 Feb. 2006) 8 plates; 62 references 
A revision of the Iblidae and the stalked barnacles (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thoracica), including new ordinal, familial and generic taxa, and two new species from New Zealand and Tasmanian waters
J.S. BUCKERIDGE (Australia) & W.A. NEWMAN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1100: 1-151 (19 Dec. 2005) 
The Middle American species of Embates Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae)
J. PRENA (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1099: 1-120 (19 Dec. 2005) 24  plates; 118 references 
Taxonomic review of the Tribe Melaenini (Coleoptera: Carabidae), with observations on morphological, ecological and chorological evolution
G. E. BALL & D. SHPELEY (USA)
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Zootaxa 1098: 1-116 (19 Dec. 2005) 42 plates; 71 references 
Whiteflies of Belize (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Part 2— review of the subfamily Aleyrodinae Westwood
J.H. MARTIN (UK)
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Zootaxa 860: 1-282 (16 Feb. 2005)  750 references  
A Catalogue of the Muscidae (Diptera) of the Neotropical Region
C.J.B. DE CARVALHO (Brazil), M.S. COURI (Brazil), A.C. PONT, D. PAMPLONA (Brazil) & S.M. LOPES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 858: 1-205 (16 Feb. 2005) 100 plates, 15 references 
Review of Glyphidocera Walsingham of Costa Rica (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Glyphidoceridae)
D. ADAMSKI (USA)
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Zootaxa 857: 1-158 (16 Feb. 2005)  39 plates, 216 references
Systematics and phylogeny of Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
S.E. BROOKS (Canada)
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Zootaxa 760: 1-26 (10 December 2004) 5 plates; 22 references  
Phylogenetic relationships among families of the order Anomopoda (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Cladocera)
L.M.A. ELMOOR-LOUREIRO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 681: 1-119 (12 October 2004) 34 plates; 93 references 
Whiteflies of Belize (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Part 1 — introduction and account of the subfamily Aleurodicinae Quaintance & Baker
J.H. MARTIN (UK.)
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Zootaxa 680: 1-314 (12 October 2004) 97 plates; 277 references
Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta)
ARNE NYGREN (Sweden.)
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Zootaxa 643: 1-70 (16 September 2004) 7 plates; 137 references
Phylogeny and systematics of the Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 (Crustacea: Brachyura), with the description of a new family
P. CASTRO (USA), P.K.L. NG (Singapore) & S.T. AHYONG  (Australia)
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Zootaxa 434: 1-494 (18 February 2004) 1282 references 
A revised catalog of the mite family Phytoseiidae
G.J. DE MORAES (Brazil) , J.A. MCMURTRY (USA), H.A. DENMARK (USA) & C.B. CAMPOS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 353: 1-134 (17 November 2003) 35 plates; 141 references
Revision of some types of North American aleocharines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with synonymic notes
V.I. GUSAROV (USA)
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Zootaxa 280: 1-104 (29 August 2003) 38 plates, 165 references
A review of the hyperiidean amphipod superfamily Vibilioidea Bowman and Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea)  
W. ZEIDLER (Australia)
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Zootaxa 276: 1-320 (29 August 2003) 81 plates, 194 references 
Systematics of Phasia Latreille (Diptera: Tachinidae)
X. SUN & S. A. MARSHALL (Canada)
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Zootaxa 275: 1-214 (29 August 2003) 118 plates; 55 references
Revision of the Neotropical caddisfly genus Phylloicus (Trichoptera: Calamoceratidae)
A. L. PRATHER (Canada)
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Zootaxa 230: 1-126  (4 July 2003) 39 plates; 117 references 
Monograph of the Australian Bithyniidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea)
W.F. PONDER  (Australia)
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Zootaxa 211: 1-458 (12 June 2003) 592 references 
A checklist of the New World chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)  
A.V. EVANS (USA)
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Zootaxa 112: 1-124 (3 December 2002)  50 plates; 90 references  
Revision of the Australian Cuninae sensu lato (Bivalvia: Carditoidea: Condylocardiidae)
PETER MIDDELFART (Australia)
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