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March 2007 (70 papers)

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  Zootaxa 1436, 68 pp (29 Mar. 2007)  4 papers                                                                                             

 Article 
Zootaxa 1436: 1-48 (29 Mar. 2007) 19 plates; 94 references                            Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
Acalyptris Meyrick: revision of the platani and staticis groups in Europe and the
Mediterranean (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)
ERIK J. VAN NIEUKERKEN (The Netherlands)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1436: 49-53 (29 Mar. 2007) 2 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 12 Feb. 2007
Hainanaella lutea gen. and sp. nov., a new genus and species of
delphacid planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from China
DAO-ZHENG QIN & YA-LIN ZHANG (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1436: 55-60 (29 Mar. 2007) 4 plates; 2  references                            Accepted: 10 Feb. 2007
Redescription of Caryanda jiuyishana Fu & Zheng, 2000 (Orthoptera: Acrididae:
Oxyinae: Oxyini) with proposal of a new synomym
JIANHUA HUANG, PENG FU & YUAN HUANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1436: 61-68 (29 Mar. 2007) 5 plates; 5  references                             Accepted: 2 Feb. 2007
Taxonomic study of the genus Zema Fennah (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha:
Tropiduchidae) from China
RONG-RONG WANG & AI-PING LIANG (P.R. China)
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  Zootaxa 1435, 68 pp (29 Mar. 2007)  6 papers                                                                                             

 Article 
Zootaxa 1435: 1-17 (29 Mar. 2007) 8 plates; 40 references                             Accepted: 6 Dec. 2006
Morphological characterization of Leptodactylus elenae tadpoles
(Anura: Leptodactylidae: L. fuscus group), from central Paraguay
M. FLORENCIA VERA CANDIOTI (Argentina), FRANCISCO BRUSQUETTI (Argentina) & FLAVIA NETTO (Paraguay)
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Zootaxa 1435: 19-24 (29 Mar. 2007) 2 plates; 30 references                             Accepted: 1 Feb. 2007
A new species of Anoplodactylus (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from the Great Barrier
Reef and discussion on the A. tenuicorpus-complex
CLAUDIA P. ARANGO (Australia) & FRANZ KRAPP (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1435: 25-36 (29 Mar. 2007) 6 plates; 34 references                             Accepted: 18 Jan. 2007
A new species of vent associated Munidopsis (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura:
Galatheidae) from the Western Pacific, with notes on its genetic identification
SHERINE SONIA CUBELIO (Japan), SHINJI TSUCHIDA (Japan), MICHEL E. HENDRICKX (Mexico), RYUSUKE KADO (Japan) & SEIICHI WATANABE (Japan)
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Zootaxa 1435: 37-40 (29 Mar. 2007) 2 plates; 9 references                               Accepted: 28 Dec. 2006
Rediscovery of the sea cucumber "Toxodora" pacifica Ohshima, 1915
(Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida)
YULIN LIAO (P.R. China), DAVID L. PAWSON (USA) & WEI LIU (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1435: 41-49 (29 Mar. 2007) 4 plates; 14 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
Halacarid mites (Acari: Halacaridae) from Esperance (Western Australia),
description of two new Copidognathus species
ILSE BARTSCH (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1435: 51-68 (29 Mar. 2007) 6 plates; 29 references                             Accepted: 3 Feb. 2007
A new rock dwelling frog of the genus Eleutherodactylus
(Amphibia: Leptodactylidae) from Eastern Cuba, with comments on other species with similar habits
LUIS M. DIAZ, ANTONIO CADIZ & NILS NAVARRO (Cuba)
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  Zootaxa 1434, 68 pp (29 Mar. 2007)  3 papers                                                                                             

 Article 
Zootaxa 1434: 1-26 (29 Mar. 2007) 11 plates; 39 references                             Accepted: 23 Jan. 2007
Intraspecific variation of the caudal fin skeleton in Osteoglossum bicirrhosum
Cuvier 1829 (Teleostei: Osteoglossomorpha: Osteoglossidae)
M.E.C. LEAL & P.M. BRITO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1434: 27-49 (29 Mar. 2007) 3 plates; 107 references                            Accepted: 16 Jan. 2007
Cosmocerca acanthurum n. sp. (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) in Pseudoeurycea
leprosa and Chiropterotriton orculus from the Transmexican Volcanic Belt, Central Mexico, with a checklist of the helminth parasites of plethodontid salamanders
J. FALCON-ORDAZ, J. C. WINDFIELD-PEREZ, B. MENDOZA-GARFIAS, G. PARRA-OLEA & G. P.-P. DE LEON  (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 1434: 51-68 (29 Mar. 2007) 9 plates; 22 references                            Accepted: 18 Jan. 2007
Two new species of Terebrasabella (Annelida: Sabellidae: Sabellinae)
from Australia
ANNA MURRAY & GREG W. ROUSE  (Australia)
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 Zootaxa 1433, 76 pp (26 Mar. 2007) 1 monograph                                                                                      

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1433: 1-76 (26 Mar. 2007) 23 plates; 125 references                             Accepted: 4 Dec. 2006
Revision of the Palaearctic species of Pristaulacus Kieffer, 1900
(Hymenoptera: Aulacidae)
GIUSEPPE FABRIZIO TURRISI (Italy)
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 Zootaxa 1432, 68 pp (26 Mar. 2007) 4 papers, 1 correpondence                                                              

 Article 
Zootaxa 1432: 1-21 (26 Mar. 2007) 14 plates; 24 references                             Accepted: 10 Jan. 2007
A new species of Parabradya Lang, 1944 (Copepoda: Harpacticoida:
Ectinosomatidae) from the abyssal plain of the Angola Basin
SYBILLE SEIFRIED, CHRISTOPH PLUM & MAXIMILIAN SCHULZ (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1432: 23-33 (26 Mar. 2007) 4 plates; 27 references                             Accepted: 19 Jan. 2007
A basal phylogenetic placement for the salticid spider Eupoa, with descriptions of two new species (Araneae: Salticidae)
WAYNE P. MADDISON, J.X. ZHANG, & MELISSA R. BODNER (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1432: 35-56 (26 Mar. 2007) 3 plates; 64 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
Stictodora cablei n. sp. (Digenea: Heterophyidae) from the royal tern,
Sterna maxima (Laridae: Sterninae) from Puerto Rico and the Brazos County area of the Texas Gulf coast, U.S.A., with a list of other endohelminths recovered in Texas
N.O. DRONEN, C.K. BLEND, S.L. GARDNER & F.A. JIMENEZ (USA)
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Zootaxa 1432: 57-66 (26 Mar. 2007) 4 plates; 16 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
A new species of Halisarca (Demospongiae: Halisarcida) from the Sea of
Okhotsk, North Pacific
A.V. ERESKOVSKY (Russia)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1432: 67-68 (26 Mar. 2007) 4 references                                              Accepted: 14 Mar. 2007
A revision of the generic status of Periclimenes jackhintoni Bruce, 2006, with a
new key to the genus Laomenes Clark (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae)
A.J. BRUCE (Australia)
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 Zootaxa 1431, 68 pp (26 Mar. 2007) 4 papers                                                                                              

 Article 
Zootaxa 1431: 1-44 (26 Mar. 2007) 21 plates; 18 references                             Accepted: 16 Jan. 2007
Revision of the species of Hydraena Kugelann (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) from
Palawan and Busuanga, with descriptions of eleven new species, and redescription of Hydraena (Hydraenopsis) scabra d'Orchymont, 1925
HENDRIK FREITAG & MANFRED A. JACH (Austria)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1431: 45-54 (26 Mar. 2007) 9 references                                              Accepted: 26 Jan. 2007
Sipunculans of the Caribbean coast of Venezuela and Curacao
H.K. DEAN (USA), I. HERNANDEZ-AVILA (Venezuela) & E.B. CUTLER (USA)
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Zootaxa 1431: 55-63 (26 Mar. 2007) 2 plates; 17 references                             Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
Lamnatibia, a new genus of the Polysphincta group of genera from Colombia
(Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae; Pimplinae)
EDGARD PALACIO (Colombia), ILARI E. SAAKSJARVI (Finland) & VARPU VAHTERA (Finland)
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Zootaxa 1431: 65-68 (26 Mar. 2007) 1 plate; 20 references                             Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
Notes on some Western Palaearctic Xantholinini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae).
181° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae
ARNALDO BORDONI (Italia)
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 Zootaxa 1430, 86 pp (22 Mar. 2007) 1 monograph                                                                                      

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1430: 1-86 (22 Mar. 2007) 26 plates; 168 references                           Accepted: 27 Feb. 2007
Systematics of the Palaearctic and Oriental lizard tribe Lacertini
(Squamata: Lacertidae: Lacertinae), with descriptions of eight new genera
E. NICHOLAS ARNOLD (UK), OSCAR ARRIBAS (Spain) & SALVADOR CARRANZA (Spain)
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 Zootaxa 1429, 68 pp (22 Mar. 2007) 3 papers                                                                                               

 Article 
Zootaxa 1429: 1-38 (22 Mar. 2007) 18 plates; 199 references                             Accepted: 9 Jan. 2007
A revision of the shovel-nosed lobsters of the genus Thenus
(Crustacea: Decapoda: Scyllaridae), with descriptions of three new species
T.E. BURTON & P.J.F. DAVIE (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1429: 39-53 (22 Mar. 2007) 7 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 12 Feb. 2007
Description of seven new species in the genus Diptacus Keifer (Acari: Eriophyoidea:
Diptilomiopidae: Diptilomiopinae) from northwestern China
ZI-WEI SONG, XIAO-FENG XUE & XIAO-YUE HONG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1429: 55-68 (22 Mar. 2007) 6 plates; 36 references                            Accepted: 23 Jan. 2007
The first zoea of Inachus aguiarii, Inachus communissimus and Ergasticus clouei
(Decapoda, Brachyura, Majoidea) with implications for the systematics of the family Inachidae
GUILLERMO GUERAO & PERE ABELLO (Spain)
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 Zootaxa 1428, 83 pp (19 Mar. 2007) 1 monograph                                                                                      

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1428: 1-83 (19 Mar. 2007) 436 references                                           Accepted: 16 Jan. 2007
Annotated catalogue of the Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) of Australia
MICHAEL G. ELLIOTT (Australia)
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 Zootaxa 1427, 68 pp (19 Mar. 2007) 4 papers, 1 correspondence                                                            

 Article 
Zootaxa 1427: 1-36 (19 Mar. 2007) 9 plates; 57 references                             Accepted: 19 Jan. 2007
Phylogenetic analysis of the genera of endemic Hawaiian sap beetles (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) based on morphology with redescription and key to the genera of endemic Hawaiian Nitidulidae
CURTIS EWING (USA)
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Zootaxa 1427: 37-47 (19 Mar. 2007) 7 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 19 Jan. 2007
Two new species and additional records of Lesteva Latreille, 1797 from the
mountains of South Siberia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae: Anthophagini)
ALEXEY V. SHAVRIN, VIKTOR G. SHILENKOV & ALEXANDER V. ANISTSCHENKO (Russia)
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Zootaxa 1427: 49-56 (19 Mar. 2007) 4 plates; 26 references                           Accepted: 10 Jan. 2007
Two Pseudoliodine genera Dermatohomoeus Hlisnikovsky and Pseudcolenis
Reitter (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae) in Korea, with a description of Pseudcolenis hoshinai new species
SUN-JAE PARK & KEE-JEONG AHN (R. Korea)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1427: 57-64 (19 Mar. 2007) 3 plates; 26 references                             Accepted: 22 Feb. 2007
Phylogenetic analysis of the Neotropical social wasps of the genus Angiopolybia
Araujo, 1946 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Epiponini)
SERGIO R. ANDENA (Brazil), FERNANDO B. NOLL (Brazil) & JAMES M. CARPENTER (USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1427: 65-68 (19 Mar. 2007) 1 plate; 25 references                              Accepted: 19 Feb. 2007
The ant genus Pseudaphomomyrmex Wheeler, 1920 a junior synonym of
Tapinoma Foerster, 1850
BRIAN. L. FISHER (USA) & BARRY BOLTON  (UK)
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  Zootaxa 1426, 68 pp (15 Mar. 2007) 5 papers, 1 correspondence                                                           

 Article 
Zootaxa 1426: 1-26 (15 Mar. 2007) 17 plates; 72 references                           Accepted: 29 Nov. 2006
The identity of the Javan Krait, Bungarus javanicus Kopstein, 1932
(Squamata: Elapidae): evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence analyses and morphology
ULRICH KUCH & DIETRICH MEBS (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1426: 27-50 (15 Mar. 2007) 9 plates; 22 references                            Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
Seven new species of Grania (Annelida: Clitellata: Enchytraeidae) from New
Caledonia, South Pacific Ocean
PIERRE DE WIT & CHRISTER ERSEUS (Sweden)
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Zootaxa 1426: 51-56 (15 Mar. 2007)1 plate; 12 references                             Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
Holorchis castex n. sp. (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from the painted sweet-lips
Diagramma pictum (Thunberg, 1792) (Perciformes: Haemulidae) from New Caledonia
RODNEY A. BRAY (UK) & JEAN-LOU JUSTINE (New Caledonia)
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Zootaxa 1426: 57-62 (15 Mar. 2007) 2 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
Two new species of Solenysa Simon, 1894 (Araneae: Linyphiidae) from Japan
LIHONG TU ({.R. China), HIROTSUGU ONO (Japan) & SHUQIANG LI  (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1426: 63-67 (15 Mar. 2007) 2 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
Two new species of Disella (Eriophyidae: Nothopodinae: Nothopodini) from
South China
G.-Q. WANG, D.-W. LI, S.-G. WEI (P.R. China)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1426: 68 (15 Mar. 2007)  2 references                                                    Accepted: 7 Mar. 2007
Corrections to species names recently placed in Kinyongia and Nadzikambia
(Reptilia: Chamaeleonidae) 
COLIN R. TILBURY, KRYSTAL A. TOLLEY & WILLIAM R. BRANCH (South Africa)
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  Zootaxa 1425, 68 pp (15 Mar. 2007) 8 papers                                                                                             

 Article 
Zootaxa 1425: 1-10 (15 Mar. 2007) 5 plates; 45 references                             Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
Genetic relationships of Amaurobioides (Anyphaenidae) spiders from
the southeastern coast of New Zealand
B.D. OPELL, A.M. BERGER, S.M. BOUS & M.L. MANNING (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1425: 11-20 (15 Mar. 2007) 3 plates; 11 references                             Accepted: 8 Jan. 2007
Redescription of Australian crab spider Diaea pulleinei Rainbow, 1915
(Araneae: Thomisidae)
P. SZYMKOWIAK (Poland)
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Zootaxa 1425: 21-28 (15 Mar. 2007) 3 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 24 Dec. 2006
Three new species of the genus Ambanus Ovtchinnikov, 1999 from China
(Araneae: Amaurobiidae: Coelotinae)
ZHI-SHENG ZHANG, MING-SHENG ZHU & DA-XIANG SONG (P. R. China)
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Zootaxa 1425: 29-33 (15 Mar. 2007) 2 plates; 5 references                              Accepted: 30 Jan. 2007
Two new taxa in the Eriophyidae (Acari, Prostigmata) from the Brazilian fauna
CARLOS H. W. FLECHTMANN (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1425: 35-43 (15 Mar. 2007) 5 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 16 Jan. 2007
Cotylegaleatidae, a new family of Ploima (Rotifera: Monogononta),
for Cotylegaleata perplexa gen. et sp. nov., from freshwater benthos of Belgium
WILLEM H. DE SMET (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 1425: 45-51 (15 Mar. 2007) 4 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
Two new species of Elacatinus (Teleostei: Gobiidae) from the Mexican coast of
the Gulf of Mexico
MICHAEL S. TAYLOR & LAD AKINS (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1425: 53-61 (15 Mar. 2007) 7 plates; 24 references                              Accepted: 2 Feb. 2007

A new side-necked turtle (Pleurodira, Pelomedusoides) from the Santana
Formation (Early Cretaceous), Araripe Basin, Northeastern Brazil
GUSTAVO RIBEIRO DE OLIVEIRA & ALEXANDER WILHELM ARMIN KELLNER (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1425: 63-68 (15 Mar. 2007) 2 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 2 Feb. 2007

A new species of Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from western Papua New Guinea
FRED KRAUS (USA)
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 Zootaxa 1424, 62 pp.  (12 Mar. 2007) 1 monograph                                                                                   

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1424: 1-62 (12 Mar. 2007) 44 plates; 92 references                              Accepted: 4 Dec. 2006
A revision of the tropical/temperate amphipod genus Dulichiella Stout, 1912, and
the description of a new Atlantic genus Verdeia gen. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Melitidae)
J.K. LOWRY & R.T. SPRINGTHORPE (Australia)
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 Zootaxa 1423, 68 pp.  (12 Mar. 2007) 4 papers, 3 correspondences                                                       

 Article 
Zootaxa 1423: 1-26 (12 Mar. 2007) 5 plates; 47 references                                Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
DNA Barcoding: Mixed results for big-headed flies (Diptera: Pipunculidae)
JEFFREY H. SKEVINGTON (Canada), CHRISTIAN KEHLMAIER (Germany) and GUNILLA STAHLS (Findand)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1423: 27-38 (12 Mar. 2007)  26 references                                            Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
Ptiliidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera): new records and
bionomic notes
CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA (Canada) & MIKAEL SORENSSON (Sweden)
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Zootaxa 1423: 39-49 (12 Mar. 2007) 2 plates; 19 references                             Accepted: 12 Feb. 2007
A review of the genus Criotettix Bolivar (Orthoptera: Scelimenidae) from China
SHIZHEN WEI, ZHEMIN ZHENG, WEIAN DENG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1423: 51-57 (12 Mar. 2007) 2 plates; 4 references                             Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
Four new species of Isoneuromyia from China (Diptera: Keroplatidae)
HUACHAO XU (P.R. China), JIAN CAO (P.R. China), HONG WU (P.R. China), NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA) & ZUJI ZHOU (P.R. China)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1423: 59-62 (12 Mar. 2007) 1 plate; 29 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
Taxonomic status of the bees from French Guiana described by Jules Dominique
(Hymenoptera: Apidae, Megachilidae, Halictidae)
LAUS RASMUSSEN (USA), GILLES MAHE (France) & ISMAEL ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA-DIAZ (USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1423: 63-66 (12 Mar. 2007) 1 plate; 7 references                              Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
A new species of Arpedium from Kyrgyzstan
(Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Omaliinae)
V. ASSING (Germany)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1423: 67-68 (12 Mar. 2007) 1 plate; 1 reference                               Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
Almunisna Dworakowska (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Typhlocybini):
a genus newly recorded from China with description of a new species
M. HUANG & Y.L. ZHANG (P.R. China)
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 Zootaxa 1422, 68 pp.  (8 Mar. 2007)  4 papers                                                                                             

 Article 
Zootaxa 1422: 1-29 (8 Mar. 2007) 14 plates; 42 references                             Accepted: 15 Nov. 2006
Systematic review of the neotropical shovelnose catfish genus Sorubim Cuvier
(Siluriformes: Pimelodidae)
MICHAEL W. LITTMANN (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1422: 31-43 (8 Mar. 2007) 3 plates; 81 references                             Accepted: 21 Nov. 2006
A new species of snapper (Perciformes: Lutjanidae) from Brazil, with comments on the distribution of Lutjanus griseus and L. apodus
RODRIGO L. MOURA (Brazil) & KENYON C. LINDEMAN (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1422: 45-58 (8 Mar. 2007) 7 plates; 30 references                             Accepted: 12 Feb. 2007
A new species of taipan (Elapidae: Oxyuranus) from central Australia
PAUL DOUGHTY, BRAD MARYAN, STEPHEN C. DONNELLAN & MARK N. HUTCHINSON (Australia)
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otaxa 1422: 59-68 (8 Mar. 2007) 4 plates; 35 references                             Accepted: 26 Jan. 2007
The auditory region of Brachycephalus and its bearing on the monophyly of the
genus (Anura: Brachycephalidae)
H.R. DA SILVA, L.A. CAMPOS & A. SEBBEN (Brazil)
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 Zootaxa 1421, 72 pp.  (8 Mar. 2007)  1 monograph                                                                                     

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1421: 1-72 (8 Mar. 2007) 25 plates; 27 references                              Accepted: 6 Feb. 2007
Contributions to the knowledge of the "Staphylinus-complex" (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) of China. Part XX. The genus Ocypus Leach, 1819, subgenus Pseudocypus Mulsant & Rey, 1876. Section 1
A. SMETANA (Canada)
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 Zootaxa 1420, 161 pp.  (8 Mar. 2007)  1 monograph                                                                                   

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1420: 1-161 (8 Mar. 2007) 73 plates; 350 references                            Accepted: 3 Nov. 2006
The genus Echinolittorina Habe, 1956 (Gastropoda: Littorinidae)
in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean
D.G. REID (UK)
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 Zootaxa 1419, 90 pp.  (8 Mar. 2007)  1 monograph                                                                                      

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1419: 1-90 (8 Mar. 2007) 70 plates; 59 references                            Accepted: 24 Nov. 2006
A revision of the genus Leptogorgia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857
(Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae)in the eastern Pacific
ODALISCA BREEDY (Costa Rica) & HECTOR M. GUZMAN (Panama)
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 Zootaxa 1418, 628 pp (8 Mar. 2007)  1 monograph                                                                                     

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1418: 1-628 (8 Mar. 2007) 2723 references                                           Accepted: 4 Oct. 2006
Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes),
and catalogue of siluriform primary types
CARL J. FERRARIS, JR. (USA)
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 Zootaxa 1417, 135 pp  (8 Mar. 2007)  1 monograph                                                                                   

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1417: 1-135 (8 Mar. 2007) 55 plates; 103 references                             Accepted: 2 Nov. 2006
Species of the genus Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1784 from the
Indian and Pacific Oceans and reestablishment of the genus Galacantha A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae)
ENRIQUE MACPHERSON (Spain)
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 Zootaxa 1416, 126 pp (8 Mar. 2007)  1 monograph                                                                                     

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1416: 1-126 (8 Mar. 2007) 91 plates; 130 references                             Accepted: 8 Nov. 2006
Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes),
with a redefinition of the genera
A.P. MARCENIUK & N.A. MENEZES (Brazil)
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 Zootaxa 1415, 68 pp (5 Mar. 2007)  7 papers, 1 correspondence                                                             

 Article 
Zootaxa 1415: 1-16 (5 Mar. 2007) 6 plates; 24 references                               Accepted: 14 Feb. 2007
Taxonomic notes on genera allied to Pleurotroppopsis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae, Entedoninae) with description of a new genus from the Afrotropical region
ALEX GUMOVSKY (Ukraine)
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Zootaxa 1415: 17-21 (5 Mar. 2007) 1 plate; 16 references                               Accepted: 24 Jan. 2007
A new genus and species of apterous Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Costa Rica
KATJA SELTMANN & MICHAEL SHARKEY (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1415: 23-33 (5 Mar. 2007) 3 plates; 17 references                               Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
Taxonomy of Toumeyella lomagundiae Hall and T. obunca De Lotto, and their
transfer to Hallicoccus gen. nov. (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae)
TAKUMASA KONDO (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1415: 35-42 (5 Mar. 2007) 3 plates; 12 references                               Accepted: 8 Jan. 2007
Two new genera in the Nymphidiina (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Nymphidiini)
J.P.W. HALL (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1415: 43-47 (5 Mar. 2007) 4 plates; 6 references                                 Accepted: 24 Jan. 2007
Descriptions of two new species of click-beetle (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Turkey 

GIUSEPPE PLATIA (Italy), MAHMUT KABALAK (Turkey) & OSMAN SERT (Turkey)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1415: 49-56 (5 Mar. 2007) 3 plates; 24 references                               Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
A new fossil mordellid (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Mordellidae) from the
Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning Province, China
MING LIU, WENHUA LU & DONG REN (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1415: 57-64 (5 Mar. 2007) 5 plates; 7 references                                 Accepted: 26 Jan. 2007
Two new Tachygonidius species from the Atlantic coast of Brazil
(Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
S.A. VANIN & J.R.M. MERMUDES (Brazil)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1415: 65-68 (5 Mar. 2007) 2 plates; 16 references                                Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
A new species of Lathrobium from Kyrgyzstan
(Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Paederinae)
V. ASSING (Germany)
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  Zootaxa 1414, 62 pp. (1 Mar. 2007)  1 paper                                                                                              

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1414: 1-62 (1 Mar. 2007) 25 plates; 74 references                            Accepted: 29 Nov. 2006
Additions to the aspidochirotid, molpadid and apodid holothuroids (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the east coast of southern Africa, with descriptions of new species
AHMED S. THANDAR (South Africa)
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 Zootaxa 1413, 68 pp. (1 Mar. 2007)  3 papers, 1 correspondence                                                            

 Article 
Zootaxa 1413: 1-46 (1 Mar. 2007) 6 plates; 128 references                            Accepted: 19 Jan. 2007
Biodiversity, biogeography, and bibliography of the cicadas of Thailand (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea: Cicadidae)
ALLEN F. SANBORN, POLLY K. PHILLIPS & ROBERT W. SITES (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1413: 47-53 (1 Mar. 2007) 2 plates; 3 references                             Accepted: 31 Dec. 2006
Two new genera of oscinelline Chloropidae (Diptera) from Costa Rica
TERRY A. WHEELER (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1413: 55-64 (1 Mar. 2007) 2 plates; 18 references                             Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
New species of Nanexila Winterton & Irwin and Taenogera Krober from Australia (Diptera: Therevidae)
SHAUN L. WINTERTON (Australia)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1413: 65-68 (1 Mar. 2007) 1 plate; 15 references                             Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
A new species of Nudobius from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Staphylininae, Xantholinini)
VOLKER ASSING (Germany)
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