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June 2006 (28 issues, 101 papers with 13 for open access)

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 Zootaxa 1248, 68 pp. (29 Jun. 2006) 5 papers                                                                                            

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 1248: 21-26 (29 Jun. 2006) 1 plate; 8 references                               Accepted: 26 May 2006
A new species of the weevil genus Larinus Dejean from Turkey and Syria (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae)
L. GÜLTEKIN (Turkey) 
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Zootaxa 1248: 27-34 (29 Jun. 2006) 2 plates; 29 references                             Accepted: 31 May 2006
The freshwater ribbon-worm Prostoma graecense (Hoplonemertea: Monostilifera) in South America (Argentina)
N.E. TAMBURI & N.J. CAZZANIGA (Argentina) 
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Zootaxa 1248: 35-44 (29 Jun. 2006) 3 plates; 13 references                             Accepted: 15 May 2006
Laimaphelenchus australis sp. nov. (Nematoda: Aphelenchina) from exotic pines, Pinus radiata and P. pinaster, in Australia
Z Q. ZHAO, K.A. DAVIES, I.T. RILEY & J.M. NOBBS (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 1248: 45-68 (29 Jun. 2006) 50 references                                             Accepted: 10 May 2006
Understanding saproxylic beetles: new records of Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Synchroidae, and Scraptiidae from the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)
C.G. MAJKA (Canada) & D.A. POLLOCK (USA) 
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 Zootaxa 1247, 68 pp. (29 Jun. 2006) 5 papers                                                                                             

Zootaxa 1247: 1-12 (29 Jun. 2006) 5 plates; 8 references                                 Accepted: 16 May 2006
Characidium longum (Characiformes: Crenuchidae), a new fish from Venezuela
D.C. TAPHORN B. (Venezuela), C.G. MONTAÑA (Venezuela) & P. BUCKUP (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1247: 13-24 (29 Jun. 2006) 8 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 24 May 2006
Ventichthys biospeedoi n. gen. et sp. (Teleostei, Ophidiidae) from a hydrothermal vent in the South East Pacific
J.G. NIELSEN (Denmark), P.R. MØLLER (Denmark) & M. SEGONZAC (France) 
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Zootaxa 1247: 25-42 (29 Jun. 2006) 9 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 12 Jun. 2006
Brevisomabathynella gen. nov. with two new species from Western Australia (Bathynellacea, Syncarida): the first definitive evidence of predation in Parabathynellidae
J.-L. CHO (R. Korea), J.-G. PARK (R. Korea) & Y.R. REDDY (India) 
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Zootaxa 1247: 43-58 (29 Jun. 2006) 5 plates; 28 references                              Accepted: 19 May 2006
Pseudourostyla pelotensis sp. nov. (Ciliophora, Stichotrichia, Urostylida): a new psammophilic ciliate from the southern Brazil
T.D.S. PAIVA & I.D. DA SILVA-NETO (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1247: 59-68 (29 Jun. 2006) 3 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 1 Jun. 2006
A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae) from Papua New Guinea
F. KRAUS & A. ALLISON (USA) 
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 Zootaxa 1246, 68 pp. (29 Jun. 2006) 3 papers                                                                                             

Zootaxa 1246: 1-13 (29 Jun. 2006) 6 plates; 18 references                               Accepted: 10 May 2006
Rivulus mahdiaensis, a new killifish from central Guyana (Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae)
W. H. SUIJKER (The Netherlands) & G. E. COLLIER (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1246: 15-54 (29 Jun. 2006) 6 plates; 106 references                           Accepted: 31 May 2006
Revision of Mesozoic Myodocopina (Ostracoda) and a new genus and species, Mesoleberis hollandica, from the Upper Cretaceous of Belgium and The Netherlands
L.S. KORNICKER (USA), B.W.M. VAN BAKEL  (The Netherlands), R.H.B. FRAAIJE  (The Netherlands) & J.W.M. JAGT  (The Netherlands) 
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Zootaxa 1246: 55-68 (29 Jun. 2006) 3 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 31 May 2006
The Northeastern Palaearctic light coloured Neocrepidodera Heikertinger, 1911 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), with description of a new species
A. BASELGA (Spain) 
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 Zootaxa 1245, 68 pp. (26 Jun. 2006) 3 papers                                                                                             

Zootaxa 1245: 1-51 (26 Jun. 2006) 15 plates; 89 references                             Accepted: 22 May 2006
New species and new records of dendrochirotid and dactylochirotid holothuroids (Echinodermata : Holothuroidea) from off the east coast of South Africa
A.S. THANDAR (S. Africa) 
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Zootaxa 1245: 53-58 (26 Jun. 2006) 3 plates; 13 references                             Accepted: 23 May 2006
Lyonetiidae of Turkey with notes on their distribution and zoogeography (Lepidoptera)
S. SEVEN (Turkey) 
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Zootaxa 1245: 59-68 (26 Jun. 2006) 3 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 25 May 2006
Two new species of Choroterpes Eaton (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from Costa Rica
S. ÁVILA A. (Costa Rica) & R.W. FLOWERS (USA) 
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 Zootaxa 1244, 68 pp. (26 Jun. 2006) 4 papers                                                                                              

Zootaxa 1244: 1-32 (26 Jun. 2006) 8 plates; 70 references                              Accepted: 16 May 2006
A new species of the genus Centrolene (Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae) from Ecuador with comments on the taxonomy and biogeography of Glassfrogs
D.F. CISNEROS-HEREDIA (Ecuador) & R.W. MCDIARMID (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1244: 33-39 (26 Jun. 2006) 5 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 23 May 2006
A new species of Amphipoea Billberg, 1820, from northwestern Iran (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
R. ZAHIRI & M. FIBIGER (Iran) 
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Zootaxa 1244: 41-55 (26 Jun. 2006) 8 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 30 May 2006
Three new species of the seasonal killifish genus Simpsonichthys, subgenus Hypsolebias (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the rio Paracatu drainage, rio São Francisco basin, Brazil
W.J.E.M. COSTA & G.C. BRASIL  (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1244: 57-68 (26 Jun. 2006) 4 plates; 19 references                             Accepted: 10 May 2006
A new species of the Bokermannohyla circumdata group (Amphibia: Anura: Hylidae) from Chapada Diamantina, State of Bahia, Brazil
M.F. NAPOLI & F.A. JUNCÁ  (Brazil) 
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 Zootaxa 1243, 60 pp. (26 Jun. 2006) 1 monograph                                                                                     

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1243: 1-60 (26 Jun. 2006) 34 plates; 51 references                             Accepted: 19 May 2006
A systematic study of the genus Dinera Robineau-Desvoidy from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Diptera: Tachinidae)
C.-T. ZHANG (P.R. China) & H. SHIMA (Japan) 
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 Zootaxa 1242, 68 pp. (23 Jun. 2006) 4 papers                                                                                             

Zootaxa 1242: 1-20 (23 Jun. 2006) 6 plates; 55 references                            Accepted: 25 May 2006
A review of the gekkotan lizards of Bénin, with the description of a new species of Hemidactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae)
A.M. BAUER (USA), S. TCHIBOZO ( (Benin), O.S.G. PAUWELS  (Belgium) & G. LENGLET (Belgium) 
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Zootaxa 1242: 21-36 (23 Jun. 2006) 6 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 16 May 2006
Natural history and distribution of the enigmatic southern Appalachian opilionid, Fumontana deprehendor Shear (Laniatores: Triaenonychidae), with an assessment of morphological variation
S.M. THOMAS & M. HEDIN (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1242: 37-52 (23 Jun. 2006) 9 plates; 18 references                            Accepted: 15 May 2006
A new species of Coenosopsia Malloch (Diptera, Anthomyiidae) from southern Brazil and a reappraisal of the cladistic relationships of the genus
M. BORTOLANZA, C.J.B. DE CARVALHO & A.P.C. LARA (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1242: 53-68 (23 Jun. 2006) 3 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 15 May 2006
A review of the American species of Xenelmis Hinton (Coleoptera: Elmidae), with a new species from Argentina
V. MANZO (Argentina) 
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 Zootaxa 1241, 68 pp. (23 Jun. 2006) 4 papers                                                                                             

Zootaxa 1241: 1-36 (23 Jun. 2006) 7 plates; 89 references                              Accepted: 26 Apr. 2006
A new endemic species of the subgenus Mus (Rodentia, Mammalia) on the Island of Cyprus
T. CUCCHI (France), A. ORTH (France), J.-C. AUFFRAY (France), S. RENAUD (France), L. FABRE (France), J. CATALAN (France), E. HADJISTERKOTIS (Cyprus), F. BONHOMME (France) & J.-D. VIGNE (France) 
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Zootaxa 1241: 37-49 (23 Jun. 2006) 4 plates; 39 references                           Accepted: 20 Mar. 2006
On the rotifer fauna of Disko Island, Greenland, with notes on selected species from a stagnant freshwater lake
M.V. SØRENSEN (Denmark) 
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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 1241: 61-68 (23 Jun. 2006) 3 plates; 18 references                            Accepted: 17 May 2006
Belminus corredori, a new species of Bolboderini (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) from Santander, Colombia
C. GALVÃO (Brazil) & V.M ANGULO (Colombia) 
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 Zootaxa 1240, 68 pp. (21 Jun. 2006) 2 papers                                                                                             

Zootaxa 1240: 1-55 (21 Jun. 2006) 10 plates; 82 references                            Accepted: 17 Mar. 2006
Description of a new endemic species of mountain lizard from Northwestern Spain: Iberolacerta galani sp. nov. (Squamata : Lacertidae)
O. ARRIBAS (Spain), S. CARRANZA (Spain) & G. ODIERNA (Italy) 
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Zootaxa 1240: 57-68 (21 Jun. 2006) 4 plates; 5 references                                Accepted: 6 Jun. 2006
Three species of Acanthaxius Sakai & de Saint Laurent, 1989, including two new to science, from the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia (Crustacea, Thalassinidea, Axiidae)
N. NGOC-HO (France) 
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 Zootaxa 1239, 68 pp. (21 Jun. 2006) 4 papers                                                                                              

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 1239: 19-34 (21 Jun. 2006) 7 plates; 14 references                               Accepted: 4 Apr. 2006
Himantura hortlei n. sp., a new species of whipray (Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae) from Irian Jaya, Indonesia
P.R. LAST (Australia), M. MANJAJI-MATSUMOTO (Malaysia) & P.J. KAILOLA (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 1239: 35-48 (21 Jun. 2006) 7 plates; 15 references                               Accepted: 4 Apr. 2006
A new wobbegong shark, Orectolobus hutchinsi n. sp. (Orectolobiformes: Orectolobidae) from southwestern Australia
P.R. LAST (Australia), J.A. CHIDLOW (Australia) & L.J.V. COMPAGNO (S. Africa) 
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Zootaxa 1239: 49-68 (21 Jun. 2006) 8 plates; 27 references                             Accepted: 15 May 2006
Quantitative analysis of interspecific and ontogenetic variation in Osteoglossum species (Teleostei: Osteoglossiformes: Osteoglossidae)
M.E.C. LEAL & V.B. DE SANT-ANNA (Brazil) 
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 Zootaxa 1238, 68 pp. (21 Jun. 2006) 4 papers                                                                                              

Zootaxa 1238: 1-22 (21 Jun. 2006) 1 plate; 86 references                                   Accepted: 1 May 2006
Reports on the results of the N.Oc. "Prof. W. Besnard" expeditions to the southern coast of Brazil under the Revizee Program: Chirostylidae and Galatheidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura)
G.A.S. DE MELO-FILHO (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1238: 23-33 (21 Jun. 2006) 4 plates; 20 references                               Accepted: 1 May 2006
A new anchialine shrimp of the genus Procaris from Christmas Island: the first occurrence of the Procarididae in the Indian Ocean (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea)
A.J. BRUCE & P.J.F. DAVIE (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 1238: 35-61 (21 Jun. 2006) 13 plates; 48 references                           Accepted: 25 May 2006
A new species of Colostethus (Anura: Dendrobatidae) with maternal care from Kaieteur National Park, Guyana
P.J.R. KOK (Belgium), H. SAMBHU(Guyana), I. ROOPSIND (Guyana), G.L. LENGLET (Belgium) & G.R. BOURNE (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1238: 63-68 (21 Jun. 2006) 2 plates; 2 references                               Accepted: 15 May 2006
The issid genus Gelastyrella Yang (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Issidae) from China
H.-F. RAN & A.-P. LIANG (P.R. China) 
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 Zootaxa 1237, 68 pp. (19 Jun. 2006) 5 papers                                                                                              

Zootaxa 1237: 1-18 (19 Jun. 2006) 8 plates; 25 references                              Accepted: 5 May 2006
A new genus and species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from southern Tunisia, with discussion of its phylogenetic position
S. KREITER & M.-S. TIXIER (France) 
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Zootaxa 1237: 19-25 (19 Jun. 2006) 1 plate; 10 references                             Accepted: 29 May 2006
A new species of the leafhopper genus Apogonalia from Mexico (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini)
M. FELIX & G. MEJDALANI (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1237: 27-44 (19 Jun. 2006) 5 plates; 9 references                               Accepted: 4 May 2006
New Carlia fusca complex lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Scincidae) from New Guinea, Papua-Indonesia
G.R. ZUG & A. ALLISON (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1237: 45-60 (19 Jun. 2006) 8 plates; 27 references                              Accepted: 4 May 2006
A new species of Probreviceps (Amphibia: Anura) from the Eastern Arc Mountains, Tanzania
S.P. LOADER (UK), A. CHANNING (S. Africa), M. MENEGON (Italy) & T.R.B. DAVENPORT (Tanzania) 
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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 1236, 68 pp. (19 Jun. 2006) 4 papers                                                                                              

Zootaxa 1236: 1-22 (19 Jun. 2006) 5 plates; 15 references                             Accepted: 18 Apr. 2006
A review of the genus Scirpophaga Treitschke, 1832 in China (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
F.Q. CHEN, S.M. SONG, C.S. WU (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1236: 23-36 (19 Jun. 2006) 11 plates; 26 references                              Accepted: 6 Apr. 2006
Distribution of larval Stomiidae of the Brazilian central coast, southwest Atlantic Ocean (12°S–22°S)
M.S. DE CASTRO & A.C.T. BONECKER (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1236: 37-52 (19 Jun. 2006) 8 plates; 21 references                             Accepted: 20 Apr. 2006
A cladistic analysis of the Neotropical genus Sepedonea Steyskal (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)
L. MARINONI (Brazil) & W.N. MATHIS (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1236: 53-68 (19 Jun. 2006) 4 plates; 28 references                             Accepted: 19 Apr. 2006
Notes on some tardigrades from southern Mexico with description of three new species
G. PILATO & O. LISI (Italy) 
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 Zootaxa 1235, 68 pp. (19 Jun. 2006) 3 papers                                                                                              

Zootaxa 1235: 1-48 (19 Jun. 2006) 8 plates; 31 references                            Accepted: 13 Apr. 2006
Systematic revision of the fruit fly genus Carpophthoromyia Austen (Diptera, Tephritidae)
M. DE MEYER (Belgium) 
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Zootaxa 1235: 49-61 (19 Jun. 2006) 6 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 4 May 2006
Two new species of the feather mite subfamily Pterodectinae (Acari: Astigmata: Proctophyllodidae) from Brazil
F.A. HERNANDES & M.P. VALIM (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1235: 63-68 (19 Jun. 2006) 2 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 17 May 2006
First record of Greenidea psidii van der Goot and comparison with Greenidea ficicola Takahashi (Hemiptera: Aphididae) in Brazil
S.M.N. LAZZARI, R.C. ZONTA-DE-CARVALHO, J.T. CARDOSO & D.C. CALADO (Brazil) 
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 Zootaxa 1234, 68 pp. (15 Jun. 2006) 1 monograph                                                                                     

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1234: 1-63 (15 Jun. 2006) 16 plates; 237 references                             Accepted: 2 Feb. 2006
A revision of the weevil genus Procas Stephens (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Erirhinidae)
R.T. THOMPSON (UK) 
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 Zootaxa 1233, 68 pp. (15 Jun. 2006) 2 papers                                                                                              

Zootaxa 1233: 1-52 (15 Jun. 2006) 15 plates; 39 references                             Accepted: 11 Apr. 2006
Revision of the genus Culoptila (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae)
R.J. BLAHNIK & R.W. HOLZENTHAL (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1233: 53-68 (15 Jun. 2006) 7 plates; 15 references                             Accepted: 4 Apr. 2006
New records of the River Shark Glyphis (Carcharhinidae) reported from Cape York Peninsula, northern Australia
S.C. PEVERELL, G.R. MCPHERSON, R.N. GARRETT & N.A. GRIBBLE (Australia) 
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 Zootaxa 1232, 68 pp. (15 Jun. 2006) 2 papers                                                                                              

Zootaxa 1232: 1-57 (15 Jun. 2006) 34 plates; 59 references                             Accepted: 20 Feb. 2006
Nematocysts of the Cubozoa
L.-A. GERSHWIN (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 1232: 59-68 (15 Jun. 2006) 3 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 17 May 2006
A new genus of Barleeidae Gray, 1857 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) and the first occurrence of the genus Pseudodiala Ponder, 1967 off the Brazilian coast
F.N.D. SANTOS & R.S. ABSALÃO (Brazil) 
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 Zootaxa 1231, 68 pp. (12 Jun. 2006) 3 papers                                                                                              

Zootaxa 1231: 1-42 (12 Jun. 2006) 6 plates; 116 references                             Accepted: 10 Mar. 2006
Comments on Chiropsalmus (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Chirodropida): a preliminary revision of the Chiropsalmidae, with descriptions of two new genera and two new species
L.-A. GERSHWIN (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 1231: 43-51 (12 Jun. 2006) 2 plates; 6 references                               Accepted: 16 May 2006
Hennobrimus hennemanni n. gen. n. sp., a remarkable new genus and species of the tribe Obrimini from the Philippine Islands. (Phasmatodea: Heteropterygidae: Obriminae: Obrimini)
O.V. CONLE (Germany) 
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Zootaxa 1231: 53-68 (12 Jun. 2006) 10 plates; 16 references                             Accepted: 4 Apr. 2006
Descriptions of rajid egg cases from southeastern Australian waters
M.A. TRELOAR, L.J.B. LAURENSON & J.D STEVENS (Australia) 
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 Zootaxa 1230, 68 pp. (12 Jun. 2006) 3 papers                                                                                              

Zootaxa 1230: 1-54 (12 Jun. 2006) 32 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 18 May 2006
Dardanus sanguinocarpus Degener, 1925 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) species complex: a redescription of D. sanguinocarpus and descriptions of three new species
A. ASAKURA (Japan) 
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Zootaxa 1230: 55-62 (12 Jun. 2006) 3 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 10 May 2006
Dinotoperla walkeri sp. nov. (Plecoptera: Gripopterygidae), a brachypterous stonefly from western Victoria, Australia
J. DEAN & R. ST CLAIR (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 1230: 63-68 (12 Jun. 2006) 1 plate; 16 references                              Accepted: 18 May 2006
The taxonomic status of Hyla roeschmanni De Grys, 1938 (Anura: Hylidae)
J.M. PADIAL (Spain), J. KÖHLER (Germany) & I. DE LA RIVA (Spain) 
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 Zootaxa 1229, 68 pp. (12 Jun. 2006) 5 papers                                                                                              

Zootaxa 1229: 1-32 (12 Jun. 2006) 8 plates; 55 references                                  Accepted: 4 Apr. 2006
A taxonomic revision of the catshark genus Poroderma Smith, 1837 (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae)
B.A. HUMAN (S. Africa) 
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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 1229: 41-48 (12 Jun. 2006) 2 plates; 22 references                              Accepted: 16 May 2006
Integripelta acanthus n. sp. (Bryozoa: Eurystomellidae)a tropical prey species of Okenia hiroi (Nudibranchia)
D.P. GORDON (New Zealand) & W.B. RUDMAN (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 1229: 49-57 (12 Jun. 2006) 6 plates; 6 references                               Accepted: 15 May 2006
Ramazzottius bunikowskae, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada, Hypsibiidae) from Russia
L. KACZMAREK (Poland), L. MICHALCZYK (Poland) & D. DIDUSZKO (UK) 
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Zootaxa 1229: 59-68 (12 Jun. 2006) 5 plates; 4 references                               Accepted: 15 May 2006
Pseudolaguvia ferula, a new species of sisoroid catfish (Teleostei: Erethistidae) from India
H.H. NG (USA) 
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 Zootaxa 1228, 68 pp. (9 Jun. 2006) 4 papers                                                                                                

Zootaxa 1228: 1-24 (9 Jun. 2006) 15 plates; 19 references                                  Accepted: 1 May 2006
A taxonomic review of the Chinese species from the genus Ascelosodis Redtenbacher (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), with descriptions of three new species
G.-D. REN & A.-M. SHI (P.R. China) 
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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 1228: 35-60 (9 Jun. 2006) 7 plates; 24 references                                 Accepted: 4 May 2006
Species boundaries among barred river frogs, Mixophyes (Anura: Myobatrachidae) in north-eastern Australia, with descriptions of two new species
M. MAHONY, S.C. DONNELLAN, S.J. RICHARDS & K. MCDONALD (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 1228: 61-68 (9 Jun. 2006) 8 plates; 9 references                                  Accepted: 11 May 2006
A new species of Thaumastocoris Kirkaldy from Argentina (Heteroptera: Thaumastocoridae: Thaumastocorinae)
D.L. CARPINTERO & P.M. DELLAPÉ (Argentina) 
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 Zootaxa 1227, 68 pp. (9 Jun. 2006) 4 papers                                                                                               

Zootaxa 1227: 1-29 (9 Jun. 2006) 17 plates; 76 references                                  Accepted: 2 May 2006
First stage zoeal descriptions of five Galatheoidea species from Western Pacific (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura)
GUILLERMO GUERAO (Spain), ENRIQUE MACPHERSON (Spain), S. SAMADI (France), B.R. DE FORGES (France) & M.-C. BOISSELIER (France) 
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Zootaxa 1227: 31-55 (9 Jun. 2006) 10 plates; 19 references                              Accepted: 8 May 2006
Taxonomy and phylogenetic relationships among species of the seasonal, internally inseminating, South American killifish genus Campellolebias (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), with the description of a new species
W.J.E.M. COSTA (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1227: 57-62 (9 Jun. 2006) 4 plates; 8 references                                  Accepted: 10 May 2006
Camioleum choi, a new species in the omaliine tribe Anthophagini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Korea
C. SHIN & K.-J. AHN (Korea) 
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Zootaxa 1227: 63-68 (9 Jun. 2006) 5 plates;  4 references                                Accepted: 10 May 2006
Neobythitoides serratus, a new bathyal genus and species from the East China Sea (Teleostei, Ophidiidae)
J.G. NIELSEN (Denmark) & Y. MACHIDA (Japan) 
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 Zootaxa 1226, 68 pp. (9 Jun. 2006) 3 papers                                                                                                

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 1226: 61-68 (9 Jun. 2006) 2 plates; 19 references                               Accepted: 10 May 2006
Description of the pupa and observations on the distribution, ecology, and life history of Quedius spelaeus spelaeus Horn (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Nova Scotia, Canada
M. MOSELEY, J. KLIMASZEWSKI & C.G. MAJKA (Canada) 
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 Zootaxa 1225, 68 pp. (5 Jun. 2006) 5 papers                                                                                                

Zootaxa 1225: 1-19 (5 Jun. 2006) 7 plates; 26 references                                 Accepted: 6 Apr. 2006
Six new species of Rhyncaphytoptinae from northwestern China (Acari: Eriophyoidea: Diptilomiopidae)
X.-F. XUE, Z.-W. SONG & X.-Y. HONG (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1225: 21-30 (5 Jun. 2006) 3 plates; 20 references                                Accepted: 10 Apr. 2006
Akrokolioplax, a new genus of Southeast Asian labeonine fishes (Teleostei: Cyprinidae)
E. ZHANG (P.R. China) & M. KOTTELAT (Singapore) 
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Zootaxa 1225: 31-38 (5 Jun. 2006) 3 plates; 13 references                                Accepted: 12 May 2006
Agalliota maculata sp. nov. from Brazil and a key to the species of the genus (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Agalliinae)
A.C. GONÇALVES, G. MEJDALANI & L.B.N. COELHO (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1225: 39-56 (5 Jun. 2006) 10 plates; 58 references                              Accepted: 10 Apr. 2006
A new natricine snake of the genus Amphiesma (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae) from the central Truong Son, Vietnam
T. ZIEGLER (Germany) & L.K. QUYET (Vietnm) 
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Zootaxa 1225: 57-68 (5 Jun. 2006) 3 plates; 8 references                                 Accepted: 10 May 2006
Notes on the genus Allotrichosiphum (Hemiptera: Aphididae: Greenideinae), with the description of one new species from Hong Kong, China
G.X. QIAO, L.Y. JIANG & J.H. MARTIN (UK) 
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 Zootaxa 1224, 68 pp. (5 Jun. 2006) 5 papers                                                                                                

Zootaxa 1224: 1-22 (5 Jun. 2006) 9 plates; 17 references                                 Accepted: 20 Apr. 2006
Periclimenaeus nielbrucei sp. nov. (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pontoniinae), a new sponge associate from the Capricorn Islands, Queensland, with notes on related Periclimenaeus species
A.J. BRUCE (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 1224: 23-31 (5 Jun. 2006) 3 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 29 Apr. 2006
Aega sheni, a new species of Aegidae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoida) from southern China and Australia
H.Y. YU (P.R. China) & N.L. BRUCE (New Zealand) 
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Zootaxa 1224: 33-44 (5 Jun. 2006) 5 plates; 4 references                              Accepted: 26 Apr. 2006
Description of a new species of Labeo (Teleostei: Cyprinidae) from the lower Congo River
S.M. TSHIBWABWA (Canada), M.L.J. STIASSNY (USA) & R.C. SCHELLY (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1224: 45-58 (5 Jun. 2006) 5 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 7 Apr. 2006
New species of the genus Hyleoglomeris from Korea (Diplopoda: Glomerida: Glomeridae)
E.V. MIKHALJOVA (Russia) & K.-Y. LIM (Korea) 
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Zootaxa 1224: 59-68 (5 Jun. 2006) 3 plates; 25 references                             Accepted: 29 Apr. 2006
Ceratomyxa thunni sp. n. (Myxozoa: Ceratomyxidae) in Atlantic northern bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) caught in the Adriatic Sea, Island of Jabuka
I. MLADINEO & I. BOCINA (Croatia) 
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 Zootaxa 1223, 68 pp. (5 Jun. 2006) 6 papers                                                                                                

Zootaxa 1223: 1-18 (5 Jun. 2006) 7 plates; 30 references                              Accepted: 26 Apr. 2006
Immature stages of three Japanese species of the genus PleciaWiedemann (Diptera: Bibionidae)
M. SUTOU (Japan) 
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Zootaxa 1223: 19-22 (5 Jun. 2006) 17 references                                               Accepted: 2 May 2006
Comments on eye-flukes (Philophthalmidae Looss, 1819) in the genera Philophthalmus and Natterophthalmus, with a re-designation of the type-species of Natterophthalmus
V. RADEV (Bulgaria), I. KANEV (USA) & B. FRIED (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1223: 23-46 (5 Jun. 2006) 10 plates; 39 references                              Accepted: 20 Mar. 2006
Revision of the Bahamian cave-fishes of the genus Lucifuga (Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae), with description of a new species from islands on the Little Bahama Bank
P.R. MØLLER (Denmark), W. SCHWARZHANS (Germany), T.M. ILIFFE (USA) & J.G. NIELSEN (Denmark) 
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Zootaxa 1223: 47-53 (5 Jun. 2006) 2 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 26 Apr. 2006
First record of Prolecithophora (Platyhelminthes) from Argentina: Plagiostomum cilioejaculator sp. n.
F. BRUSA (Argentina) 
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Zootaxa 1223: 55-64 (5 Jun. 2006) 6 plates; 1 reference                                  Accepted: 28 Apr. 2006
Platysetosus occultus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new genus and species of mite from Tasmania (Acari: Uropodina)
M. DYLEWSKA (Poland), J. BLOSZYK (Poland) & R. B. HALLIDAY (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 1223: 65-68 (5 Jun. 2006) 1 plates; 1 reference                                  Accepted: 27 Apr. 2006
First report on the leafhopper genus Caknesia Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Typhlocybini) from China, with description of a new species
Y.L. ZHANG & M. HUANG (P.R. China) 
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 Zootaxa 1222, 68 pp. (1 Jun. 2006) 2 papers                                                                                                

Zootaxa 1222: 1-52 (1 Jun. 2006) 23 plates; 76 references                              Accepted: 30 Mar. 2006
New species of Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the Solitary Islands, New South Wales, Australia
L.E. HUGHES & J.K. LOWRY ( Australia) 
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Zootaxa 1222: 53-68 (1 Jun. 2006) 5 plates; 22 references                              Accepted: 20 Apr. 2006
New data on recently described Chilean trophonines
(Gastropoda: Muricidae), description of a new species and notes of their occurrence at a cold seep site
R. HOUART (Belgium) & J. SELLANES ( Chile) 
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 Zootaxa 1221, 68 pp. (1 Jun. 2006) 5 papers                                                                                                

Zootaxa 1221: 1-23 (1 Jun. 2006) 11 plates; 25 references                              Accepted: 21 Apr. 2006
On a new species of Isomeria Beck and redescription of species of Labyrinthus Beck from South America (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora: Camaenidae)
M.G. CUEZZO ( Argentina) 
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Zootaxa 1221: 25-28 (1 Jun. 2006) 1 plate; 5 references                                 Accepted: 20 Apr. 2006
A new species of Typhlodromus Scheuten (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Brazil
A.C. LOFEGO & R.J.F. FERES (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1221: 29-39 (1 Jun. 2006) 2 plates; 7 references                                Accepted: 28 Apr. 2006
Revision of Chlororithra Butler, 1889 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Geometrinae)
HAN, H.X. , LI, H.M. & XUE, D.Y. (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1221: 41-62 (1 Jun. 2006) 3 plates; 70 references                          Accepted:  20 Mar. 2006
Diversity and distribution of the marine and estuarine shrimps (Dendrobranchiata, Stenopodidea and Caridea) from North and Northeast Brazil
P.A. COELHO; A.O. DE ALMEIDA; J.F. DE SOUZA-FILHO; L.E.A. BEZERRA & B.W. GIRALDES (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1221: 63-68 (1 Jun. 2006) 1 plate; 10 references                             Accepted: 28 Apr. 2006
A new species of Dendroseius Karg from Iran (Acari: Rhodacaridae), with a key to the known species
F. FARAJI (The Netherlands), H. SAKENIN-CHELAV & W. KARG (Germany) 
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