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Editor Cruickshank, R.  (cruicksr@lincoln.ac.nz) Molecular systematics
Bio-Protection & Ecology Division, PO Box 84, Lincoln University, New Zealand 
Editor Dubois, A.
(adubois@mnhn.fr) Zoological nomenclature
Reptiles & Amphibiens, USM 602 Taxonomie et Collections (Vertébrés), Département de Systématique et Evolution, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 25 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France
Editor Minelli, A. (minelli@bio.unipd.it) Zoological Nomenclature
Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via Ugo Bassi 58 B, 35131 Padova, Italy

Editor Ebach, Malte C. (mcebach@gmail.com) Cladistics & Biogeography
School of BEES, University of New South Wales,NSW 2052, Australia

This section is for theoretic and methodological papers of general interest to systematic zoologists (zoological nomenclature included). Papers dealing mainly with a specific taxon should be sent to the subject editor of that taxon.

 

Editorial
Zootaxa 4000 (5): 595–600 (19 Aug. 2015)
Defragmentation of journals enhances access and collaboration: commentary on the occasion of Zootaxa 4,000
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG
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Editorial
Zootaxa 3995 (1): 005–019 (5 Aug. 2015)
Foreword
TAMMY HORTON, MAGDALENA BŁAŻEWICZ-PASZKOWYCZ, DAVID A. STAPLES & GRAHAM J. BIRD
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3986 (5): 588–590 (21 Jul. 2015)
Leleshusia, a new replacement name for Granulina Leleshus, 1975 (Anthozoa: Heliolitoidea) nec Jousseaume, 1888 (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Marginellidae)
ALEXANDER B. DOWELD
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3985 (4): 600–600 (14 Jul. 2015)
Andean region: a shapefile of Morrone’s (2015) biogeographical regionalisation
PETER LÖWENBERG-NETO
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Article
Zootaxa 3936 (2): 207–236 (19 Mar. 2015)
Biogeographical regionalisation of the Andean region
JUAN J. MORRONE
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Erratum
Zootaxa 3802 (4): 600 (28 May 2014)
Erratum: BRUNA KLASSA & CHARLES MORPHY D. SANTOS (2014) The man who loved flies: a biographical profile of Nelson Papavero. Zootaxa, 3793 (2): 201–221.
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3802 (2): 300–300 (26 May 2014)
Neotropical region: a shapefile of Morrone’s (2014) biogeographical regionalisation
Peter LÖWENBERG-Neto
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Article
Zootaxa 3795 (4): 483–488 (14 May 2014)
Additional dates of Sir Andrew Smith’s Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa
MARTYN E. Y. LOW & NEAL L. EVENHUIS
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Article
Zootaxa 3793 (1): 201–221 (29 Apr. 2014)
The man who loved flies: a biographical profile of Nelson Papavero
BRUNA KLASSA & CHARLES MORPHY D. SANTOS
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3784 (1): 099–100 (26 Mar. 2014)
A reply to Páll-Gergely’s suggestions to improve the taxonomy index (T-Index) introduced by Valdecasas (2011)
ANTONIO G. VALDECASAS

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3782 (1): 001–110 (25 Mar. 2014)
Biogeographical regionalisation of the Neotropical region
JUAN J. MORRONE

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3780 (2): 399–400 (21 Mar. 2014)
Suggestions to improve the Taxonomy Index (T-Index) introduced by Valdecasas (2011)
BARNA PÁLL-GERGELY

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Editorial
Zootaxa 3779 (1): 006–008 (13 Mar. 2014)
Online-only publishers are here to stay, and will continue to work closely with the ICZN
ELIZABETH MOYLAN, SIMON HAROLD, PHILIPPA HARRIS, CHRISTOPHER FOOTE, CHRIS ARME, ALESSANDRO MINELLI, MARIA KOWALCZUK & CAROLINE BLACK

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Editorial
Zootaxa 3779 (1): 003–005 (13 Mar. 2014)
Zoological Nomenclature and Electronic Publication—a reply to Dubois et al. (2013)
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN)

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Editorial
Zootaxa 3779 (1): 001–002 (13 Mar. 2014)
Electronic publication in zoological nomenclature and taxonomy: problems, responses and solutions
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3768 (4): 497–500 (27 Feb. 2014)
Overestimation of molecular and modelling methods and underestimation of traditional taxonomy leads to real problems in assessing and handling of the world’s biodiversity
IVAN LÖBL

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3764 (5): 594–596 (13 Feb. 2014)
Paraphyly—again!? A plea against the dissociation of taxonomy and phylogenetics
FRANK E. ZACHOS
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Article 
Zootaxa 3754 (2): 195–200 (14 Jan. 2014)
Correcting the disconnect between phylogenetics and biodiversity informatics
JOSEPH T. MILLER & GARRY JOLLEY-ROGERS

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Editorial
Zootaxa 3753 (6): 597–600 (10 Jan. 2014)
Sustaining the development of world’s foremost journal in biodiversity discovery and inventory: Zootaxa editors and their contributions
Zhi-Qiang Zhang
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3735 (1): 001–094 (11 Nov. 2013)
Nomenclatural and taxonomic problems related to the electronic publication of new nomina and nomenclatural acts in zoology, with brief comments on optical discs and on the situation in botany
Alain Dubois, Pierre-André Crochet, Edward C. Dickinson, André Nemésio, Erna Aescht, Aaron M. Bauer, Vladimir Blagoderov, Roger Bour, Marcelo R. de Carvalho, Laure Desutter-Grandcolas, Thierry Frétey, Peter Jäger, Victoire Koyamba, Esteban O. Lavilla, Ivan Löbl, Antoine Louchart, Valéry Malécot, Heinrich Schatz & Annemarie Ohler

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* Three small blocks of duplicated information were blackened on 5th December 2013

Editorial
Zootaxa 3703 (1): 005–011 (30 Aug. 2013
Animal biodiversity: An update of classification and diversity in 2013. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal Biodiversity: An Outline of Higher-level Classification and Survey of Taxonomic Richness (Addenda 2013)
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG
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Editorial
Zootaxa 3692 (1): 004–006 (25 Jul. 2013)
Diversity of Southern Ocean deep-sea benthos between cosmopolitism and cryptic speciation: new species from the ANDEEP expeditions
MYRIAM SCHÜLLER, ANGELIKA BRANDT & BRIGITTE EBBE
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3683 (3): 297–299 (4 Jul. 2013)
Automating the "Material examined" section of taxonomic papers to speed up species descriptions

BRIAN V. BROWN
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3652 (4): 497–500 (20 May 2013)
CLARK W. BEASLEY (1942–2012)

SANDRA J. MCINNES

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Article
Zootaxa 3641 (5): 587–594 (29 Apr. 2013)
Implementation as theory, hierarchy as transformation, homology as synapomorphy

MALTE C. EBACH, DAVID M. WILLIAMS & TEGAN A. VANDERLAAN

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Article 
Zootaxa 3609 (6): 593–600 (4 Feb. 2013)
Publishing large DNA sequence data in reduced spaces and lasting formats, in paper or PDF
ALEXANDRE PIRES AGUIAR

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Article
Zootaxa 3572: 11–17 (5 Dec. 2012) 1 plate; 50 references                Accepted: 7 Nov. 2012
Transferability of genomes to the next generation: the fundamental criterion for the biological species 
JOHANN HOHENEGGER (Austria)
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Editorial
Zo
otaxa 3478: 7–10 (11 Sept. 2012
Describing undiscovered insect diversity: an introduction to collected papers describing 150 new taxa
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3450: 62–63 (4 Sept. 2012) 0 plate; 5 references           Accepted: 14 Jul. 2012
Reply to ““Taxonomic certification versus the scientific method”: a rebuttal of Rogers (2012)” by Stribling et al., 2012
D. CHRISTOPHER ROGERS (USA)

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Editorial
Zootaxa 3450: 8–8 (4 Sept. 2012) 0 plate; 0 reference               Accepted: 3 Sept. 2012
A new era in zoological nomenclature and taxonomy: ICZN accepts e-publication and launches ZooBank
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG

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Editorial
Zootaxa 3450: 1–7 (4 Sept. 2012) 0 plate; 3 references             Accepted: 2 Sept. 2012
Amendment of Articles 8, 9, 10, 21 and 78 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature to expand and refine methods of publication
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3448: 1–61 (31 Aug. 2012) 16 plates; 37 references         Accepted: 18 Jun. 2012   
Publication and Dating of the Exploration Scientifique de l’Algérie: Histoire Naturelle des Animaux Articulés (1846–1849) by Pierre Hippolyte Lucas
NEAL L. EVENHUIS

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Erratum 
Zootaxa 3383: 14 (10 Jul 2012)
Erratum: Stribling, J., Sweeney, B., Morse, J., Corkum, G., Lester, G., Miller, S., Mitchell, R., Poulton, B., Strachan, S. & Wetzel, M. (2012) “Taxonomic certification versus the scientific method”: a rebuttal of Rogers (2012). Zootaxa, 3359, 65–68.
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Editorial
Zootaxa 3368: 5–6 (4 Jul. 2012) 1 plates; 20 references                  Accepted: 3 May 2012
Editorial: Biodiversity of invertebrates in Korea
WONCHOEL LEE (Korea) & TOMISLAV KARANOVIC (Australia)

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Editorial
Zootaxa 3367: 8–20 (4 Jul. 2012) 9 plates; 0 reference                     Accepted: 31 Jan. 2012
The KUMEMEJIMA 2009 Expedition: station data and collecting sites
Tohru NARUSE

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Editorial
Zootaxa 3367: 5–7 (4 Jul. 2012) 1 plates; 20 references                       Accepted: 31 Jan. 2012
Scientific Results of the Kumejima Marine Biodiversity Expedition — KUMEJIMA 2009 — Editorial
Tohru NARUSE, Tin-Yam CHAN, Heok Hui TAN, Shane T. AHYONG & James Davis REIMER

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3359: 65–68 (28 Jun 2012) 0 plate; 15 references                  Accepted: 6 Jun. 2012
“Taxonomic certification versus the scientific method”: a rebuttal of Rogers (2012)
JAMES STRIBLING (USA), BERNARD SWEENEY (USA), JOHN MORSE (USA), GAIL CORKUM (Canada),
GARY LESTER (USA), SCOTT MILLER (USA), RICHARD MITCHELL (USA), BARRY POULTON (USA), STEPHANIE STRACHAN (Canada) & MARK WETZEL (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3359: 31–42 (28 Jun. 2012) 2 plates; 11 references                Accepted: 18 Apr. 2012
Ultra-small RFID p-Chips on the heads of entomological pins provide an automatic and durable means to track and label insect specimens
G. JOLLEY-ROGERS (Australia), D.K. YEATES (Australia), J. CROFT (Australia),
E. M. CAWSEY (Australia), P. SUTER (Australia), J. WEBB (Australia), R.G. MORRIS (USA), Z. QIAN (USA), E. RODRIGUEZ (USA) & W. MANDECKI(USA)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3257: 66–68 (4 Apr. 2012) 0 plate; 19 references                  Accepted: 21 Mar. 2012
Taxonomic certification versus the scientific method 

D. CHRISTOPHER ROGERS (USA)

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Article 
Zo
otaxa
3168: 53–63 (23 Jan. 2012) 4 plate; 28 references                           Accepted: 24 Nov. 2011
François-Louis Comte de Castelnau (1802–1880) and the mysterious disappearance of his original insect collection
NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA)

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Editorial
Zootaxa 3148: 99–103 (23 Dec. 2011
Phylum Arthropoda von Siebold, 1848 In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG
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Editorial
Zootaxa 3148: 7–12 (23 Dec. 2011
Animal biodiversity: An introduction to higher-level classification and taxonomic richness
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3025: 66–68 (14 Sep. 2011) 0 plates; 16 references                         Accepted: 01 Aug 2011
The taxonomy’s new clothes: a little more about the DNA-based taxonomy 
LEANDRO M. SANTOS & LUIZ R. R. FARIA (Brazil)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 2986: 63–68 (04 Aug. 2011) 0 plates; 32 references                     Accepted: 29 Jul. 2011
Nomenclatural itch versus patrolling itch: comments on O’Hara (2011) 
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO (Brazil)

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 2984: 67–68 (03 Aug. 2011) 0 plates; 9 references                         Accepted: 21 Jul. 2011
Homoplasy: from detecting pattern to determining process in evolution, but with a secondary role for morphology? 
LEANDRO C. S. ASSIS (Brazil), MARCELO R. DE CARVALHO (Brazil) & QUENTIN D. WHEELER (USA)
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Editorial
Zootaxa 2943: 58–62 (07 Jul. 2011) 0 plates; 13 references                  Accepted: 28 Jun. 2011
Recommendations about nomenclature for papers submitted to Zootaxa

ALAIN DUBOIS (France), ALESSANDRO MINELLI (Italy) & ZHI-QIANG ZHANG (New Zealand)

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Forum
Zootaxa 2933: 57–64 (29 Jun. 2011) 0 plates; 44 references                         Accepted: 11 Jun. 2011
Cyber nomenclaturalists and the “CESA itch”
JAMES E. O’HARA (Canada)
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Zootaxa 2933: 55–56 (29 Jun. 2011) 0 plates; 6 references                         Accepted: 19 Apr. 2011
It’s barcoding Jim, but not as we know it
ROBERT H. CRUICKSHANK (New Zealand) & LARS MUNCK (Denmark)
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Zootaxa 2933: 46–54 (29 Jun. 2011) 7 plates; 67 references                         Accepted: 14 Apr. 2011
Barcoding without DNA? Species identification using near infrared spectroscopy
JAIME I. RODRÍGUEZ-FERNÁNDEZ (Brazil), CLAUDIO J. B. DE CARVALHO (Brazil), CELIO PASQUINI
(Brazil), KÁSSIO MICHELL GOMES DE LIMA (Brazil), MAURICIO O. MOURA (Brazil) & GREGORIO G. CARBAJAL ARÍZAGA (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 2932: 47–50 (28 Jun. 2011) 0 plates; 33 references                  Accepted: 7 Jun. 2011
Is accurate taxon identification important for molecular studies? Several cases of faux pas in pentatomoid bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea)
JERZY A. LIS & BARBARA LIS (Poland)

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Zootaxa 2925: 57–62 (21 Jun. 2011
An index to evaluate the quality of taxonomic publications
ANTONIO G. VAL
DECASAS (Spain)
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Zootaxa 2896: 9–36 (28 May 2011
Laurence Alfred Mound and his contributions to our knowledge of
the Thysanoptera
JOE FUNDERBURK & MARK HODDLE (USA)

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Zootaxa 2896: 8–8 (28 May 2011
To honour and to inspire: profiles of outstanding taxonomists

ZHI-QIANG ZHANG (New Zealand)

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Zootaxa 2896: 1–7 (28 May 2011
Accelerating biodiversity descriptions and transforming taxonomic publishing:
the first decade of Zootaxa
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG (New Zealand)

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Zootaxa 2874: 65–68 (11 May 2011
Neither molecular nor morphological data have all the answers; with an example from Macrobrachium (Decapoda: Palaemonidae) from Australia
TIMOTHY J. PAGE & JANE M. HUGHES (Australia)

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Zootaxa 2874: 38–40 (11 May 2011
BioCode: Third time lucky?
CHRISTINA FLANN (the Netherlands)

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Zootaxa 2867: 67–68 (5 May 2011
On the use of high-level taxonomic names
S. BLAIR HEDGES (USA)

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Zo
otaxa
2838: 85–88 (29 Apr. 2011
Comment on “Taxonomy and the DNA Barcoding Enterprise” by Ebach (2011)
MARK I. STEVENS (Australia), DAVID PORCO (France), CYRILLE A. D’HAESE (France) & LOUIS DEHARVENG
(France)
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Zootaxa 2772: 67–68 (23 Feb. 2011
DNA barcoding is useful for taxonomy: a reply to Ebach
ANDREW MITCHELL (Australia)

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Zootaxa 2768: 1–4 (18 Feb. 2011
Describing unexplored biodiversity: Zootaxa in the International Year of Biodiversity
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG (New Zealand)

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Zootaxa 2765: 58–60 (15 Feb. 2011)
Philosophically speaking, how many species concepts are there?
JOHN S. WILKINS (Australia)

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Zootaxa 2742: 67–68 (17 Jan. 2011
Taxonomy and the DNA Barcoding Enterprise
MALTE C. EBACH (Australia)

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Zootaxa 2694: 57–58 (2 Dec. 2010)
Misconceptions about the ability of researchers to relocate the holotype of the
Galapagos pink land iguana through the use of a passive integrated transponder
MICHAEL G. FRICK (USA)

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Zootaxa 2426: 1–42 (14 Apr. 2010
Retroactive changes should be introduced in the Code only with great care: problems related to the spellings of nomina
ALAIN DUBOIS (France)

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Zootaxa 2414: 67–68 (30 Mar. 2010
Honoured by taxon name—Robin John Tillyard
TREVOR K. CROSBY (New Zealand)

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Zootaxa 2407: 67–68 (23 Mar. 2010
Review of New Zealand Coastal Marine Invertebrates 1
an illustrated compendium edited by S. Cook (2010)
DENNIS P. GORDON (New Zealand)

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Zootaxa 2336: 67–68 (15 Jan. 2010
In memory of Robert Campbell Dalgleish (1940–2009)
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG (New Zealand)

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Zootaxa 2283: 29-39 (6 Nov. 2009
Syngraph: An application for graphic display
and interactive use of synonym lists
ADORIAN ARDELEAN, KARINA KERVIN, SUMAN KANSAKAR & DAPHNE GAIL FAUTIN (USA)

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Zootaxa 2246: 67-68 (5 Oct. 2009
Podargus brachypterus vs. macrorhynchus: misuse of Article 32.5.1.1 of the Code
RICHARD SCHODDE (Australia)

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Zootaxa 2246: 58-66 (5 Oct. 2009
Making biodiversity discovery more efficient: An exploratory test using
Mexican birds
A. TOWNSEND PETERSON (USA) & ADOLFO G. NAVARRO-SIGÜENZA (Mexico)

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Zootaxa 2217: 67-68 (2 Sep. 2009
A potentially contentious case of correction under Article 32.5.1.1 of the
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
EDWARD C. DICKINSON (UK), NORMAND DAVID (Canada) & STEVEN M. S. GREGORY (UK)

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Zootaxa 2217: 56-66 (2 Sep. 2009
Justified corrections to avian names under Article 32.5.1.1 of the International
Code of Zoological Nomenclature
NORMAND DAVID (Canada), EDWARD C. DICKINSON (UK) & STEVEN M. S. GREGORY (UK)

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Zootaxa 2217: 43-55 (2 Sep. 2009
Accelerating taxonomic discovery through automated character extraction
 
JOHN LA SALLE (Australia), QUENTIN WHEELER (USA), PAUL JACKWAY (Australia), SHAUN WINTERTON (Australia), DONALD HOBERN (Australia), DAVID LOVELL (Australia)
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Zootaxa 2201: 63-68 (18 Aug. 2009
From sponges to primates: emendation of 30 species nomina dedicated to the
Swedish zoologist Einar Lönnberg
STEFAN KOERBER (Germany)

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Zootaxa 2201: 26-29 (18 Aug. 2009
Endangered species and endangered knowledge
ALAIN DUBOIS (France)

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Zootaxa 2201: 21-25 (18 Aug. 2009
On the live holotype of the Galápagos pink land Iguana, Conolophus marthae
Gentile & Snell, 2009 (Squamata: Iguanidae): is it an acceptable exception?
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 2201: 12-20 (18 Aug. 2009
Type specimens, samples of live individuals and the Galapagos Pink Land
Iguana
THOMAS M. DONEGAN (UK)

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Zootaxa 2201: 11-11 (18 Aug. 2009
Commentaries on Gentile & Snell (2009): an introduction
ALESSANDRO MINELLI (Italy)

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Zootaxa 2198: 67-68 (14 Aug. 2009) 0 plates; 4 references        
A few remarks on the proposed amendment of the International Code of
Zoological Nomenclature to expand and refine methods of publication
CAIO J. CARLOS (Brazil) & JEAN-FRANÇOIS VOISIN (France)

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Zootaxa 2120: 1-2 (28 May 2009) 0 plates; 6 references                
A daily journal of taxonomy for rapid species discovery
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG (New Zealand)

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Zootaxa 2113: 63-68 (20 May 2009) 0 plates; 21 references                          
Should all other biologists follow the lead of virologists and stop italicizing the
names of living organisms? A proposal
CHARLES H. CALISHER (USA) & MARC H.V. VAN REGENMORTEL (France)

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Zootaxa 2106: 1-12 (13 May 2009) 0 plates; 90 references            
Incorporation of nomina of higher-ranked taxa into the International Code of
Zoological Nomenclature: the nomenclatural status of class-series zoological nomina published in a non-latinized form
ALAIN DUBOIS (France)

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Zootaxa 2045: 1-14 (18 Mar. 2009) 0 plates; 35 references   
Nomenclatural availability of nomina of new species should always require the
deposition of preserved specimens in collections: a rebuttal to Donegan (2008)
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1968: 65-68 (22 Dec. 2008) 5 plates; 10 references                          
Contributing to the progress of descriptive taxonomy
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG (New Zealand)

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Zootaxa 1965: 61-68 (17 Dec. 2008) 4 plates; 24 references                        
The Encyclopedia of Life vs. the Brochure of Life:
Exploring the relationships between the extinction of species and the inventory of life on Earth
JOSÉ ANTONIO GONZÁLEZ-OREJA (Spain)

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Zootaxa 1939: 1-9 (21 Nov. 2008) 1 plate; 31 references    2008
Studying species definitions for mutual nonexclusiveness
THOMAS MCCABE (USA)

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Zootaxa 1908: 57-67 (17 Oct. 2008) 0 plates; 14 references                
Proposed amendment of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature to expand and refine methods of publication
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
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Zootaxa 1908: 68 (17 Oct. 2008) 0 plates; 14 references                             
Opening the door to electronic publication of zoological nomenclature and taxonomy
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG (New Zealand)

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Zootaxa 1890: 59-68 (1 Oct. 2008) 3 plates; 31 references                            
The "Mihi itch"—a brief history

NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA)

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Zootaxa 1771: 63-68 (19 May 2008
Authors of zoological publications and nomina are signatures, not persons
ALAIN DUBOIS (France)

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Zootaxa 1761: 37-48 (2 May 2008
New species and subspecies descriptions do not and should not always require a dead type specimen
THOMAS M. DONEGAN (UK)

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Zootaxa 1757: 66-68 (28 Apr. 2008
A family-series nomen based on a junior synonym is not thereby made invalid: the case of Adamansini Huber, 2007 (Cyprinotontiformes, Nothobranchiidae)
ALAIN DUBOIS (France)

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Zootaxa 1671: 1-2 (1 Jan. 2008) 6 references                          
Zoological taxonomy at 250: showcasing species descriptions in the cyber era

ZHI-QIANG ZHANG (New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 1668: 7-10 (21 Dec. 2007) 31 references                                     
Linnaeus tercentenary & invertebrate taxonomy: an introduction
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG (New Zealand) & WILLIAM A. SHEAR (USA)
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Zootaxa 1668: 10-18 (21 Dec. 2007) 44 references  
Invertebrate systematics or spineless taxonomy?
QUENTIN D. WHEELER (USA)
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Zootaxa 1668: 19-40 (21 Dec. 2007)  8 plates; 78 references 
The Tree of Life Web Project
DAVID R. MADDISON (USA), KATJA-SABINE SCHULZ (USA) & WAYNE P. MADDISON (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1668: 41-46 (21 Dec. 2007)  1 plate; 5 references 
Reflections on PEET, the Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy
JAMES E. RODMAN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1668: 47-54 (21 Dec. 2007)  2 plates; 27 references   
Archives of a small planet: The significance of museum collections and museum-based research in invertebrate taxonomy
JUDITH E. WINSTON (USA)
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Zootaxa 1668: 55-60 (21 Dec. 2007)  46 references
Invertebrate taxonomy and evolutionary developmental biology
ALESSANDRO MINELLI (Italy)
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Zootaxa 1668: 61-79 (21 Dec. 2007) 5 plates;  158 references 
A modern look at the Animal Tree of Life
GONZALO GIRIBET (USA), CASEY W. DUNN (USA), GREGORY D. EDGECOMBE (UK) & GREG W. ROUSE (USA)
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Zootaxa 1668: 81-106 (21 Dec. 2007)  56 references 
Nomina zoologica linnaeana
ALAIN
Dubois (France)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1586: 67-68 (17 Sep. 2007)  0 plates; 15 references              Accepted: 31 Aug. 2007
Integrative taxonomists should use and produce DNA barcodes
JOSE M. PADIAL & IGNACIO DE LA RIVA (Spain)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1577: 1-2 (7 Sep. 2007) 0 plates; 16 references                          
Taxonomy, the Cinderella of science, hidden by its evolutionary stepsister
JOSE M. PADIAL & IGNACIO DE LA RIVA (Spain)

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Zootaxa 1550: 49-68 (15 Aug. 2007) 0 plates; 53 references     
Genitives of species and subspecies nomina derived from personal names should not be emended
ALAIN DUBOIS (France)

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Zootaxa 1541: 41-48 (2 Aug. 2007) 0 plates; 22 references                          
The genitive of species-group scientific names formed from personal names
DOUGLAS BRANDON-JONES (Australia), J. W. DUCKWORTH (UK), PAULINA D. JENKINS (UK), ANTHONY B. RYLANDS (USA) & ESTEBAN E. SARMIENTO (USA)

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Zootaxa 1519: 27-68 (2 Jul. 2007) 2 plates; 133 references         
Phylogeny, taxonomy and nomenclature: the problem of taxonomic categories and of nomenclatural ranks
ALAIN DUBOIS (France)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1494: 67-68 (31 May 2007) 0 plates; 5 references                 
Comments on "Helping Solve the 'Other' Taxonomic Impediment: Completing the Eight Steps to Total Enlightenment and Taxonomic Nirvana" by Evenhuis (2007)
R. WILLS FLOWERS (USA)

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Zootaxa 1409: 1-22 (19 Feb. 2007)   76 references       
Does nomenclatural availability of nomina of new species or subspecies require the deposition of vouchers in collections?
A. DUBOIS (France) & A. NEMÉSIO (Brazil)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1407: 1-2 (15 Feb. 2007)  5 references                          
A forum for the discussion of issues in zoological taxonomy
Z.-Q. Zhang (New Zealand)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1407: 3-12 (15 Feb. 2007)  14 references               
Helping Solve the "Other" Taxonomic Impediment: Completing the Eight Steps to Total Enlightenment and Taxonomic Nirvana
N. L. EVENHUIS (USA)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1385: 67-68 (21 Dec. 2006) 1 plate; 4 references                      
The making of a mega-journal in taxonomy
Z.-Q. Zhang (New Zealand)

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Zootaxa 1360: 61-68 (20 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 7 references                            
Substituting time-consuming pencil drawings in arthropod taxonomy using stacks of digital photographs
C.O. COLEMAN (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1337: 1-37 (19 Oct. 2006)   6 plates; 117 references  
Incorporation of nomina of higher-ranked taxa into the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature: some basic questions
A. DUBOIS (France)
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Zootaxa 1145: 1-110 (10 Mar. 2006) 13 plates; 188 references

The abduction of phylogenetic hypotheses
K. FITZHUGH (USA)
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Zootaxa 1093: 35-43 (8 Dec. 2005) 1 plate; 32 references         
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 1008: 30-38 (14 Jun. 2005) 2 plates; 12 references           
An accurate procedure to describe colors in taxonomic works, with an example from Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera)
A.P. AGUIAR (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 385: 1-68 (16 December 2003) 3 plates; 3 references   
Publication and dating of the journals forming the Annals and Magazine of Natural History and the Journal of Natural History
N.L. EVENHUIS (USA)

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