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August 2006 (29 issues, 103 papers with 14 for open access)

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 Zootaxa 1306, 68 pp (31 Aug. 2006) 5 papers                                                                                              

Zootaxa 1306: 1-23 (31 Aug. 2006)  21 plates; 5  references                           Accepted:  1 Aug. 2006
A new genus and two new species of whiteflies from Australia (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
P.S. GILLESPIE (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1306: 25-39 (31 Aug. 2006)  8 plates; 8  references                           Accepted:  21 Aug. 2006
Three new species of seasonal killifishes of the Simpsonichthys antenori species group (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae) from the rio São Francisco basin, Brazil
W.J.E.M. COSTA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1306: 41-50 (31 Aug. 2006)  4 plates; 6  references                           Accepted:  9 Aug. 2006
Nebria tenuicaulis sp. nov., a sympatric species with Nebria sadona ohdaiensis Nakane, with studies on the phylogeny of the subgenus Sadonebria Ledoux & Roux (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

K. SASAKAWA & K. KUBOTA (Japan)
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Zootaxa 1306: 51-56 (31 Aug. 2006)  3 plates; 4  references                           Accepted:  2 Aug. 2006
The genus Potamobates Champion in Ecuador, with description of P. shuar n. sp. (Hemiptera: Gerridae)
F.M. BUZZETTI (Italy)
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Zootaxa 1306: 57-67 (31 Aug. 2006)  3 plates; 21  references                          Accepted:  3 Aug. 2006
A new species, Apseudes larseni (Crustacea: Tanaidacea),from the marine waters of New Zealand
J.S. KNIGHT & R.W. HEARD (USA)
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Zootaxa 1306: 68 (31 Aug. 2006)  
Erratum
C.A.M. Reid (Australia)
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 Zootaxa 1305, 68 pp (31 Aug. 2006) 6 papers                                                                                              

Zootaxa 1305: 1-19 (31 Aug. 2006)  4 plates; 23  references                           Accepted:  13 Jun. 2006
A new species of pitviper of the genus Popeia (Squamata: Viperidae) from Pulau Tioman, Pahang, West Malaysia
L.L. GRISMER, J.L. GRISMER & J.A. MCGUIRE (USA)
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Zootaxa 1305: 21-32 (31 Aug. 2006)  2 plates; 28  references                         Accepted:  31 Jul. 2006
Listriella longipalma sp. nov., a new amphipod species (Crustacea: Liljeborgiidae) from the Straits of Melaka, Malaysia

B.H.R. OTHMAN (Malaysia) & H. MORINO (Japan)
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Zootaxa 1305: 33-39 (31 Aug. 2006)  1 plates; 15  references                          Accepted:  7 Aug. 2006
Studies on the variation in caudal spination of Epidinium
B.A. DEHORITY (USA)
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Zootaxa 1305: 41-50 (31 Aug. 2006)  5 plates; 7  references                            Accepted:  9 Aug. 2006
Description of a new fossil Pseudogarypus (Pseudoscorpiones: Pseudogarypidae) with the use of X-ray micro-CT to penetrate opaque amber
H. HENDERICKX, V. CNUDDE, B. MASSCHAELE, M. DIERICK, J. VLASSENBROECK & L. VAN HOOREBEKE (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 1305: 51-67 (31 Aug. 2006)  6 plates; 23  references                            Accepted:  7 Jul. 2006
Three new ostracod species from coastal Australian waters (Crustacea: Ostracoda: Myodocopa: Cylindroleberididae).
A.E. SYME & G.C.B. POORE (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1305: 68 (31 Aug. 2006)  
Erratum
S. Ramírez (USA)
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 Zootaxa 1304, 68 pp (28 Aug. 2006) 5 papers                                                                                              

Zootaxa 1304: 1-20 (28 Aug. 2006)  9 plates; 39  references                           Accepted:  14 Jul. 2006
Revision of the Australian wolf spider genus Anomalosa Roewer, 1960 (Araneae: Lycosidae)
V.W. FRAMENAU (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1304: 21-29 (28 Aug. 2006)  1 plates; 30  references                        Accepted:  15 Aug. 2006
A new species of Stenus (Hemistenus) with new records and a key to Chinese species of the viridanus group (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)
C.-Y. ZHAO & H.-Z. ZHOU (P.R.China)
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Zootaxa 1304: 31-48 (28 Aug. 2006)  5 plates; 55  references                         Accepted:  11 Aug. 2006
New phallodrilines (Annelida: Clitellata: Tubificidae) from Western Australian groundwater
A.M. PINDER, S.M. EBERHARD & W.F. HUMPHREYS (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1304: 49-59 (28 Aug. 2006)  4 plates; 7  references                            Accepted:  28 Jul. 2006
Two new species of Hybochaetodus Arrow (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae: Anaidinae) from Peru
F.C. OCAMPO (USA)
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Zootaxa 1304: 61-68 (28 Aug. 2006)  3 plates; 15  references                         Accepted:  15 Aug. 2006
A new eriophyoid mite species (Acari: Eriophyoidea) on Picea abies (Pinaceae)
M. LEWANDOWSKI (Poland)
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 Zootaxa 1303, 68 pp (28 Aug. 2006) 3 papers                                                                                              

Zootaxa 1303: 1-33 (28 Aug. 2006)  11 plates; 12  references                          Accepted:  9 Aug. 2006
Revision of the Genus Paracloeodes (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in South America
C. NIETO (Argentina) & F.F. SALLES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1303: 35-43 (28 Aug. 2006)  4 plates; 12  references                           Accepted:  1 Aug. 2006
A new genus and four new species of Phyllocoptinae (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from China
D.-W. LI, S.-G. WEI & G.-Q. WANG (P.R.China)
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Zootaxa 1303: 45-68 (28 Aug. 2006)  10 plates; 25  references                         Accepted:  2 Aug. 2006
Lithodidae from the Ross Sea, Antarctica, with descriptions of two new species (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura)
S.T. AHYONG & E.W. DAWSON (New Zealand)
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 Zootaxa 1302, 68 pp (24 Aug. 2006) 5 papers                                                                                               

Zootaxa 1302: 1-20 (24 Aug. 2006)  10 plates; 33  references                          Accepted:  17 Jul. 2006
A new Eleutherodactylus (Anura, Brachycephalidae) from the Venezuelan Guayana, and redescription of Eleutherodactylus vilarsi (Melin)
C.L. BARRIO-AMORÓS & C.R. MOLINA (Venezuela)
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Zootaxa 1302: 21-30 (24 Aug. 2006)  4 plates; 14  references                         Accepted:  18 May 2006
A new troglobitic Pseudouroctonus Stahnke (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) from northern México

O.F. FRANCKE (Mexico) & W.E. SAVARY (USA)
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Zootaxa 1302: 31-42 (24 Aug. 2006)  3 plates; 13  references                         Accepted:  15 Jun. 2006
A new species of Microglanis Eigenmann, 1912 (Siluriformes, Pseudopimelodidae) from rio São Francisco basin, Brazil
H. MORI & O.A. SHIBATTA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1302: 43-59 (24 Aug. 2006)  4 plates; 19  references                          Accepted:  1 Aug. 2006
Phylogeny of the subfamily Mycetophilinae (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)
E. RINDAL & G.E.E. SØLI (Norway)
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Zootaxa 1302: 61-68 (24 Aug. 2006)  5 plates; 4  references                             Accepted:  2 Aug. 2006
New species of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Mexico and Costa Rica
B. KOHLMANN & Á. SOLÍS (Costa Rica)
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 Zootaxa 1301, 68 pp (24 Aug. 2006) 1 monograph                                                                                     

Monograph 
Zootaxa 1301: 1-60 (24 Aug. 2006)   145 references                                      Accepted:  10 Jul. 2006
Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae)
in the West Palaearctic
R. R. ASKEW (UK), O. PLANTARD (France), J. F. GÓMEZ (Spain), M.H. NIEVES (Spain) & J.L. NIEVES-ALDREY (Spain)
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 Zootaxa 1300, 68 pp (21 Aug. 2006)  4 papers                                                                                             

Zootaxa 1300: 1-29 (21 Aug. 2006)  28 plates; 21 references                            Accepted:  2 Aug. 2006
A review of Anapausis Enderlein (Diptera: Scatopsidae) in the Neotropical Region, with four new species and comments on the phylogeny of the genus
D.D.S. AMORIM & M.I.P.A. BALBI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1300: 31-35 (21 Aug. 2006)  1 plates; 8 references                              Accepted:  2 Aug. 2006
Discovery of Indosialis from China, with description of one new species (Megaloptera: Sialidae)
X.Y. LIU (P.R.China), D. YANG (P.R.China) & F. HAYASHI (Japan)
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Zootaxa 1300: 37-50 (21 Aug. 2006)  8 plates; 23 references                             Accepted:  6 Jul. 2006
A revised checklist of Odonata (Insecta) from Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with eight new records
D. ANJOS-SANTOS & J. M. COSTA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1300: 51-68 (21 Aug. 2006)  7 plates; 45 references                           Accepted:  2 Aug. 2006
Haplomesus longiramus sp. nov. (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota), a new ischnomesid species from the Bay of Biscay, North East Atlantic Ocean

F.A. KAVANAGH (Ireland) & J.-C. SORBE (France)
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 Zootaxa 1299, 68 pp (21 Aug. 2006) 4 papers                                                                                               

Zootaxa 1299: 1-33 (21 Aug. 2006)  24 references                                            Accepted:  21 Jul. 2006
Checklist of the Arctiidae (Lepidoptera: Insecta) of the continental United States and Canada
D. C. FERGUSON & P. A. OPLER (USA)
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Zootaxa 1299: 35-43 (21 Aug. 2006) 3 plates; 12 references                           Accepted:  21 Jul. 2006
Segesta riograndensis, new genus and species of an Atalophlebiinae (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) mayfly from southern Brazil

A. E. Siegloch, C. M. POLEGATTO & C. G. FROEHLICH (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1299: 45-55 (21 Aug. 2006) 7 plates; 4 references                                Accepted:  7 Jul. 2006
A new genus and species of tarsonemid mite (Acari: Tarsonemidae) from Brazil
A. C. LOFEGO & R.J.F. FERES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1299: 57-68 (21 Aug. 2006) 2 plates; 14 references                              Accepted:  1 Aug. 2006
Aulacophoroides (Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae), a generic account, description of a new species from Hong Kong (China) and a key to species
G.X. QIAO (P.R.China), L.Y. JIANG (P.R.China) & J. H. MARTIN (UK)
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 Zootaxa 1298, 68 pp (17 Aug. 2006) 6 papers                                                                                               

Zootaxa 1298: 1-15 (17 Aug. 2006) 4 plates; 36 references                              Accepted:  28 Jul. 2006
Two new species and new records of Psychoda Latreille
(Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) from Brazil, with comments on supraspecific classification of the genus
F. BRAVO, D. CORDEIRO & C. CHAGAS
(Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1298: 17-27 (17 Aug. 2006) 4 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 31 Jul. 2006
Transkalliapseudes spinulata, new genus, new species (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Kalliapseudidae) from the northwest Australian shelf
D.T. DRUMM & R.W. HEARD (USA)

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Zootaxa 1298: 29-36 (17 Aug. 2006) 4 plates; 16 references                             Accepted:  7 Jul. 2006
Euglossa natesi n. sp., a new species of orchid bee from the
Chocó region of Colombia and Ecuador (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
A. PARRA-H (Colombia), R. OSPINA-TORRES (Colombia), S. RAMÍREZ (USA)

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Zootaxa 1298: 37-47 (17 Aug. 2006) 3 plates; 9 references                             Accepted:  28 Jul. 2006
Remarks on the Macrobiotus polyopus group, with the description
of two new species (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae)
G. PILATO (Italy)

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Zootaxa 1298: 49-60 (17 Aug. 2006) 5 plates; 19 references                            Accepted:  14 Jul. 2006
Redescription of Caprella dilatata Krøyer, 1843
(Caprellidae: Amphipoda: Crustacea) from Brazil, with note on its biogeographical distribution in South America
S. MASUNARI (Brazil) & I. TAKEUCHI (Japan)

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Zootaxa 1298: 61-68 (17 Aug. 2006) 2 plates; 4 references                             Accepted:  17 Jul. 2006
Two new species of Graphocephala Van Duzee from Costa Rica
(Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae)
C. GODOY & W. VILLALOBOS (Costa Rica)

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 Zootaxa 1297, 68 pp (17 Aug. 2006) 6 papers                                                                                            

Zootaxa 1297: 1-16 (17 Aug. 2006) 8 plates; 17 references                             Accepted:  24 Jul. 2006
A new species of Astyanax (Teleostei, Characiformes, Characidae),
with breeding tubercles, from the Paraná and Uruguay river basins
L.C. PROTOGINO, A.M. MIQUELARENA & H.L. LÓPEZ (Argentina)

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Zootaxa 1297: 17-22 (17 Aug. 2006) 1 plate; 14 references                             Accepted:  27 Jul. 2006
The neotype of the type species of the neotropical iguanian genus Phymaturus: a critical commentary on a recent opinion of the
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature
J.M. CEI & J.A. SCOLARO (Argentina)

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Zootaxa 1297: 23-35 (17 Aug. 2006) 3 plates; 4 references                             Accepted:  24 Jul. 2006
Descriptions of three new species of Bembidion Latreille
(Coleoptera: Carabidae) occurring in Canada
Y. BOUSQUET & R. WEBSTER (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1297: 37-45 (17 Aug. 2006) 2 plates; 12 references                            Accepted:  28 Jul. 2006
A new species of Bathylepeta Moskalev, 1977
(Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the Weddell Sea, Antarctica
E. SCHWABE (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1297: 47-55 (17 Aug. 2006) 3 plates; 9 references                             Accepted: 28 Jul. 2006
Four new species of Myrsidea Waterston chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Malagasy warblers (Passeriformes)
R.D. PRICE & K.P. JOHNSON (USA)

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Zootaxa 1297: 57-68 (17 Aug. 2006) 5 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 28 Jul. 2006
A new genus and species of the hermit crab family Paguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea) from Australia
R. LEMAITRE & P.A. MCLAUGHLIN (USA)

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 Zootaxa 1296, 68 pp (17 Aug. 2006) 6 papers                                                                                              

Zootaxa 1296: 1-17 (17 Aug. 2006) 5 plates; 30 references                             Accepted:  24 Jul. 2006
Redescription of the marine scuticociliate Glauconema trihymene Thompson, 1966 (Protozoa: Ciliophora): life cycle and stomatogenesis
H.W. MA (P.R. China), W.B. SONG (P.R. China), A. WARREN (UK), D. ROBERTS (UK), J. GONG (P.R. China) & K. A. S. Al-Rasheid (Saudi Arabia)

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Zootaxa 1296: 19-28 (17 Aug. 2006) 2 plates; 7 references                             Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
Description of the larvae of Castoraeschna colorata (Martin, 1908) and C. longfieldae (Kimmins, 1929) (Insecta: Odonata: Aeshnidae), with a key to the known larvae of the genus
A. L. CARVALHO, P.H. R. SOUZA & E.R. CALIL (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1296: 29-43 (17 Aug. 2006) 1 plates; 30 references                            Accepted:  20 Jul. 2006
A list of the fleas (Siphonaptera) of Mexico with new host and distribution records
B. SALCEDA-SÁNCHEZ (Mexico) & M. W. HASTRITER (USA)
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Zootaxa 1296: 45-53 (17 Aug. 2006) 7 plates; 30 references                            Accepted:  1 Aug. 2006
Comparison of the amplexial morphology of two Argentine populations of Artemia (Crustacea, Anostraca, Artemiidae): a reliable taxonomical tool
X. I. PASTORINO & R.G. COHEN (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1296: 55-61 (17 Aug. 2006) 2 plates; 15 references                            Accepted:  28 Jul. 2006
Sphenocratus xinjiangensis Liang, sp. nov., the first authentic record of the dictyopharid subfamily Orgeriinae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea: Dictyopharidae) in China

A.-P. LIANG, Z.-S. SONG & G.-M. JIANG (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1296: 63-68 (17 Aug. 2006) 8 plates; 23 references                           Accepted:  24 Jul. 2006
Nematocystis indicus sp. nov. (Apicomplexa: Monocystidae) from an Indian earthworm (Annelida: Oligochaeta) Perionyx excavatus (Perrier)

P. K. BANDYOPADHYAY, A.K. MITRA & B. BHOWMIK (India)
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 Zootaxa 1295, 68 pp (14 Aug. 2006) 4 papers                                                                                              

Zootaxa 1295: 1-27 (14 Aug. 2006) 4 plates; 20 references                              Accepted:  24 Jul. 2006
The neotropical genera Microthereva Malloch and Peralia Malloch (Diptera: Therevidae: Therevinae)
D.W. WEBB (USA)

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Zootaxa 1295: 29-39 (14 Aug. 2006) 4 plates; 24 references                              Accepted:  4 Jul. 2006
The first larval description in the genus Diaphorocera Heyden (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Cerocomini): D. chrysoprasis Fairmaire
F. TURCO, A. DI GIULIO & M.A. BOLOGNA (Italy)

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Zootaxa 1295: 41-60 (14 Aug. 2006) 10 plates; 13 references                          Accepted:  10 Jul. 2006
Two new species of large green canopy-dwelling frogs (Anura: Hylidae: Litoria) from Papua New Guinea
S.J. RICHARDS & P.M. OLIVER (Australia)

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Zootaxa 1295: 61-68 (14 Aug. 2006) 1 plate; 19 references                            Accepted:  20 Jul. 2006
A review of the hirticeps-group of Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Fanniidae), with the description of one new species from China
M.-F. WANG & R.-R. WANG (P.R. China)

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 Zootaxa 1294 68 pp (14 Aug. 2006) 3 papers                                                                                               

Zootaxa 1294: 1-27 (14 Aug. 2006) 4 plates; 108 references                          Accepted:  19 Jul. 2006
New records of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Mesostigmata) from the French Antilles, with description of Neoseiulus cecileae sp. nov.
S. KREITER, M.-S. TIXIER & J. ETIENNE (France)

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Zootaxa 1294: 29-59 (14 Aug. 2006) 2 plates; 173 references                         Accepted:  26 Jul. 2006
Checklist of the ostracod (Crustacea) fauna of Peter the Great Bay, Sea of Japan
E.I. SCHORNIKOV (Russia)

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Zootaxa 1294: 61-68 (14 Aug. 2006) 3 plates; 8 references                             Accepted:  14 Jul. 2006
Genus Panthous Stål found from Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam, with the redescription of Panthous ruber Hsiao
X.L. TRUONG (Vietnam), P. ZHAO (P.R. China) & W.Z. CAI  (P.R. China)

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 Zootaxa 1293, 78 pp (14 Aug. 2006)  1 monograph                                                                                    

 Monograph 
Zootaxa
1293: 1-78 (14 Aug. 2006) 31 plates; 103 references                        Accepted:  20 Jul. 2006
A revision of the Trimeresurus puniceus-complex (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae) based on morphological and molecular data
P. DAVID (France), G. VOGEL (Germany), S.P. VIJAYAKUMAR (India) & N. VIDAL (France)

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 Zootaxa 1292, 119 pp (14 Aug. 2006)  1 monograph                                                                                  

 Monograph 
Zootaxa
1292: 1-119 (14 Aug. 2006) 20 plates; 176 references                        Accepted:  26 Apr. 2006
A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
C.A.M. REID (Australia)

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 Zootaxa 1291, 101 pp (14 Aug. 2006)  1 monograph                                                                                 

 Monograph 
Zootaxa
1291: 1-101 (14 Aug. 2006) 47 plates; 25 references                        Accepted:  30 Jun. 2006
Revision of the New World species of Craspedochaeta (Diptera: Clusiidae)
O. LONSDALE & S.A. MARSHALL (Canada)

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 Zootaxa 1290, 138 pp (14 Aug. 2006)  1 monograph                                                                                   

 Monograph 
Zootaxa
1290: 1-138 (14 Aug. 2006) 49 plates; 46 references                        Accepted: 13 Jun. 2006
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, 114 pp (14 Aug. 2006) 1 monograph                                                                                   

 Monograph 
Zootaxa
1289: 1-114 (14 Aug. 2006) 225 references                                           Accepted:  3 Jul. 2006
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, 241 pp (14 Aug. 2006) 1 monograph                                                                                   

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Zootaxa 1288: 1-241 (14 Aug. 2006) 36 plates; 49 references                         Accepted:  18 Apr. 2006
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, 294 pp (14 Aug. 2006) 1 monograph                                                                                   

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1287: 1-294 (14 Aug. 2006) 143 plates; 63 references                           Accepted:  5 Jul. 2005
Descriptions of the eggs of some southern Australian Geometridae (Lepidoptera)
CATHERINE J. YOUNG (Australia)
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 Zootaxa 1286, 68 pp (11 Aug. 2006) 6 papers                                                                                              

Zootaxa 1286: 1-14 (11 Aug. 2006) 7 plates; 20 references                               Accepted:  14 Feb. 2006
Ampeliscidae from the Brazilian coast. Record of Ampelisca burkey Barnard & Thomas, 1989 and descriptions of two new species of Ampelisca (Crustacea, Amphipoda)
M.T. VALÉRIO-BERARDO & Y. WAKABARA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1286: 15-21 (11 Aug. 2006) 2 plates; 10 references                               Accepted:  2 Feb. 2006
Morphological variability of Bathybdella sawyeri (Hirudinida: Piscicolidae) from hydrothermal vents on the Galápagos Rift and the South East Pacific Rise
E.M. BURRESON (USA) & M. SEGONZAC (France)
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Zootaxa 1286: 23-31 (11 Aug. 2006) 4 plates; 6 references                               Accepted:  6 Jul. 2006
First record of the genus Platerus Distant (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from China, with the description of a third species of the genus
P. ZHAO, C.W. YANG & W.Z. CAI (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1286: 33-41 (11 Aug. 2006) 4 plates; 8 references                               Accepted:  10 Jul. 2006
Hsiaotycoris tuberculatus, a new genus and species of Harpactorinae (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from China
Z.Z. LÜ, P. ZHAO & W.Z. CAI  (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1286: 43-55 (11 Aug. 2006) 4 plates; 13 references                               Accepted:  18 Jul. 2006
A taxonomic review of the genus Oesyperus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini)
B. M. KATAEV (Russia)
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Zootaxa 1286: 57-68 (11 Aug. 2006) 3 plates; 15 references                               Accepted:  5 Jul. 2006
Astyanax endy (Characiformes: Characidae), a new fish species from the upper Río Bermejo basin, northwestern Argentina
J.M. MIRANDE, G. AGUILERA & M.D.L.M. AZPELICUETA (Argentina)
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 Zootaxa 1285, 68 pp (11 Aug. 2006) 5 papers                                                                                               

Zootaxa 1285: 1-19 (11 Aug. 2006) 1 plate; 115 references                               Accepted:  11 Jul. 2006
A checklist of the marine Harpacticoida (Copepoda) of the Caribbean Sea
E. SUÁREZ-MORALES (Mexico), M. DE TROCH (Belgium) & F. FIERS (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 1285: 21-29 (11 Aug. 2006) 4 plates; 23 references                            Accepted:  30 Jun. 2006
A new species of Atractus Wagler, 1828 (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Eastern Amazonia, Brazil
A.L.D.C. PRUDENTE & M.C. DOS SANTOS-COSTA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1285: 31-50 (11 Aug. 2006) 7 plates; 25 references                            Accepted:  19 Jul. 2006
Nesoressa crawfordi, n. gen., n. sp., a montane island milliped in New Mexico, USA; proposal of the new tribe Nesoressini and a preliminary cladogram of the lineage "Aniulina" (Julida: Parajulidae)
R.M. SHELLEY & M.F. MEDRANO (USA)
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Zootaxa 1285: 51-64 (11 Aug. 2006) 5 plates; 8 references                            Accepted:  18 Jul. 2006
Two new species of Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from the Andes of northern Peru
W. E. DUELLMAN (USA), E. LEHR (Germany) & P. J. VENEGAS (Peru)
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Zootaxa 1285: 65-68 (11 Aug. 2006) 1 plate; 2 references                            Accepted:  17 Jul. 2006
Description of Eupoa liaoi sp. nov. from China (Araneae: Salticidae)
X.-J. PENG & S.-Q. LI (P.R. China)
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 Zootaxa 1284, 68 pp (11 Aug. 2006) 4 papers                                                                                              

Zootaxa 1284: 1-27 (11 Aug. 2006) 5 plates; 16 references                               Accepted:  26 Jun. 2006
New palearctic species of the bee genus Andrena (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)
A. DUBITZKY (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1284: 29-51 (11 Aug. 2006) 9 plates; 24 references                               Accepted:  6 Jun. 2006
Redescription of two species of wobbegongs (Chondrichthyes: Orectolobidae) with elevation of Orectolobus halei Whitley 1940 to species level
C. HUVENEERS (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1284: 53-60 (11 Aug. 2006) 3 plates; 12 references                               Accepted: 10 Jul. 2006
The taxonomic status of Phrynopus pereger Lynch 1975 (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae)
E. LEHR (Germany) & C. AGUILAR (Peru)
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Zootaxa 1284: 61-68 (11 Aug. 2006) 3 plates; 2 references                               Accepted: 19 Jul. 2006
Three new species of Lithophane Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Xyleninae)
J. T. TROUBRIDGE (Canada)
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 Zootaxa 1283, 68 pp (7 Aug. 2006)  5 papers                                                                                               

Zootaxa 1283: 1-24 (7 Aug. 2006) 3 plates; 19 references                               Accepted:  11 May 2006
Studies on New Guinean giant stick-insects of the tribe Stephanacridini Günther, 1953, with the descriptions of a new genus and three new species of Stephanacris Redtenbacher, 1908 (Phasmatodea: "Anareolatae")
F.H. HENNEMANN & O.V. CONLE (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1283: 25-36 (7 Aug. 2006) 3 plates; 15 references                               Accepted: 11 Jul. 2006
Nomenclatural validation of three North American species of Heliothinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and the adult description of Heliolonche joaquinensis Hardwick
M.G. POGUE (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1283: 37-45 (7 Aug. 2006) 3 plates; 17 references                               Accepted:  11 Jul. 2006
A study of the genus Semnostola Diakonoff from China with the description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae)
Z. XU & S.X. WANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1283: 47-61 (7 Aug. 2006) 12 plates; 10 references                            Accepted:  17 Jul. 2006
The genus Indonemoura Baumann, 1975 (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from China
W.H. LI & D. YANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1283: 63-68 (7 Aug. 2006) 2 plates; 7 references                               Accepted:  18 Jul. 2006
Two new species of the genus Friesea (Collembola: Neanuridae) from North-west China
Y. GAO & W.Y. YIN (P.R. China)
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 Zootaxa 1282, 68 pp (7 Aug. 2006)  6 papers                                                                                               

Zootaxa 1282: 1-15 (7 Aug. 2006) 10 plates; 33 references                               Accepted:  5 Jul. 2006
Studies on the Australian stick insect genus Ctenomorpha Gray (Phasmida: Phasmatidae: Phasmatinae), with the description of a new large species
J. HASENPUSCH (Australia) & P.D. BROCK (UK)
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Zootaxa 1282: 17-28 (7 Aug. 2006) 5 plates; 9 references                                  Accepted:  3 Jul. 2006
Hypera kayali sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Hyperini) from Syria, with bionomic data
J. SKUHROVEC (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa 1282: 29-38 (7 Aug. 2006) 5 plates; 6 references                                  Accepted:  6 Jul. 2006
Two new species of Kapateira Young from Costa Rica (Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae: Cicadellinae)
C. GODOY, J. GARITA-CAMBRONERO, C. RIVERA & W. VILLALOBOS (Costa Rica)
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Zootaxa 1282: 39-48 (7 Aug. 2006) 3 plates; 13 references                                Accepted:  7 Jul. 2006
Two unusual species of Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Oriental China
R.L. ZHANG (P.R. China), X.H. WANG (P.R. China) & O.A. SÆTHER (Norway)
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Zootaxa 1282: 49-58 (7 Aug. 2006) 3 plates; 21 references                               Accepted:  10 Jul. 2006
Three new species of Percnobracon Kieffer & Jörgensen (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Argentina, reared from cecidomyiid (Diptera) and eurytomid (Hymenoptera) galls
J.J. MARTINEZ (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1282: 59-68 (7 Aug. 2006) 5 plates; 4 references                                 Accepted: 11 Jul. 2006
A new species of Farlowella Eigenmann and Eigenmann (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a stickcatfish from Bolivia
M.E. RETZER (USA) 
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 Zootaxa 1281, 68 pp (7 Aug. 2006) 5 papers                                                                                               

Zootaxa 1281: 1-19 (7 Aug. 2006) 5 plates; 17 references                               Accepted:  16 Jun. 2006
A new species of Coelopleurus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea: Arbaciidae) from New Caledonia
S.E. COPPARD (UK) & H.A.G. SCHULTZ (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1281: 21-39 (7 Aug. 2006) 6 plates; 32 references                               Accepted:  29 Jun. 2006
A Nearctic tubificid Varichaetadrilus harmani (Loden) n. comb. in a Dutch wetland, with remarks on Tubifex tubifex (Müller) (Annelida: Oligochaeta)
T. TIMM (Estonia)
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Zootaxa 1281: 41-54 (7 Aug. 2006) 3 plates; 36 references                               Accepted:  3 Jul. 2006
Revised diagnosis of the genus Bangana Hamilton, 1822 (Pisces: Cyprinidae), with taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the Chinese species
E ZHANG & Y.-Y. CHEN (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1281: 55-67 (7 Aug. 2006) 3 plates; 29 references                               Accepted:  6 Jul. 2006
Knoelle, a new monotypic wolf spider genus from Australia (Araneae: Lycosidae)
V.W. FRAMENAU (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1281: 68 (7 Aug. 2006
Erratum: Majka, C.G. (2006) 1250, 37-51
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 Zootaxa 1280, 68 pp (3 Aug. 2006) 1 monograph                                                                                        

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Zootaxa 1280: 1-68 (3 Aug. 2006) 10 plates; 30 references                             Accepted:  22 Jun. 2006
Revision of the untreated taxa of Melaloncha s. s. bee-killing flies (Diptera: Phoridae)
B.V. BROWN (USA)
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 Zootaxa 1279, 68 pp (3 Aug. 2006) 3 papers                                                                                                

Zootaxa 1279: 1-42 (3 Aug. 2006) 16 plates; 16 references                              Accepted:  2 Jun. 2006
North American species of Diamphidaxona (Acari: Hydrachnida: Hygrobatidae)
I.M. SMITH (Canada) & D.R. COOK (USA)
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Zootaxa 1279: 43-51 (3 Aug. 2006) 2 plates; 19 references                             Accepted:  10 Jul. 2006
On the morphology of the juvenile stages of Ampulex compressa (Fabricius 1781) (Hymenoptera, Ampulicidae)
E.G.P. FOX, S.C. BUYS, J. D.S. MALLET & S. BRESSAN-NASCIMENTO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1279: 53-68 (3 Aug. 2006) 6 plates; 14 references                             Accepted: 17 Jun. 2006
Four new species of Scaphisoma Leach with maculate elytra (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) from Mexico, with new records and comments on S. balteatum Matthews
H.E. FIERROS-LÓPEZ (Mexico) 
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 Zootaxa 1278, 68 pp (3 Aug. 2006) 3 papers                                                                                                 

Zootaxa 1278: 1-47 (3 Aug. 2006) 5 plates; 12 references                               Accepted:  11 Jul. 2006
Taxonomy of southern California Erebidae and Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of twenty one new species
T. MUSTELIN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1278: 49-56 (3 Aug. 2006) 2 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 19 May 2006
Distribution and morphological variation of Eleutherodactylus mercedesae Lynch & McDiarmid, 1987 (Amphibia, Anura, Leptodactylidae) with first record for Peru
J.M. PADIAL (Spain), R. McDIARMID (USA) & I. DE LA RIVA (Spain) 
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Zootaxa 1278: 57-68 (3 Aug. 2006) 4 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 23 Jun. 2006
A new species of arboreal toad (Anura: Bufonidae: Chaunus) from Madidi National Park, Bolivia
J.M. PADIAL (Spain), S. REICHLE (Germany), R. McDIARMID (USA) & I. DE LA RIVA  (Spain) 
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