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June 2007 (77 papers)

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 Zootaxa 1517, 68 pp (28 Jun. 2007)  3 papers                                                                                             

 Article 
Zootaxa 1517: 1-52 (28 Jun. 2007) 34 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 16 Jun. 2007
Allotanaupodidae, a new family of early derivative Parasitengona (Acari: Prostigmata)
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG (New Zealand)& QING-HAI FAN (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1517: 53-62 (28 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 9 May 2007
Phylogenetic relationships and classification of the Malagasy pseudoxyrhophiine snake genera Geodipsas and Compsophis based on morphological and molecular data
FRANK GLAW (Germany), ZOLTAN T. NAGY (Belgium) & MIGUEL VENCES (GERMANY)
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Zootaxa 1517: 63-68 (28 Jun. 2007) 1 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 10 May 2007
Holorchis gigas n. sp. (Digenea: Lepocreadiidae) from the yellow-striped sweet-lips Plectorhinchus chrysotaenia (Perciformes: Haemulidae) from Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, with observations on Aephnidiogenes major
RODNEY A. BRAY (UK) & THOMAS H. CRIBB (Australia)

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 Zootaxa 1516, 68 pp (28 Jun. 2007)  6 papers                                                                                             

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Zootaxa 1516: 1-21 (28 Jun. 2007) 7 plates; 36 references                            Accepted: 18 May 2007
Larval morphology of Liodessus Guignot, 1939: generic characteristics, descriptions of five species and comparisons with other members of the tribe Bidessini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae).
YVES ALARIE (Canada), MARIANO C. MICHAT (Argentina), MIGUEL ARCHANGELSKY (Argentina) & HELEN M. BARBER-JAMES (South Africa)

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Zootaxa 1516: 23-30 (28 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 27 Apr. 2007
Rhysacephala novacaledonica sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Xiphydriidae), the first xiphydriid woodwasp from New Caledonia
JOHN T. JENNINGS (Australia), ANDREW D. AUSTIN (Australia) & NATHAN M. SCHIFF (USA)

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Zootaxa 1516: 31-37 (28 Jun. 2007) 2 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 11 May 2007
First records of the subfamily Ortheziolinae (Hemiptera: Ortheziidae) in Japan, with descriptions of two new species
HIROTAKA TANAKA & HIROSHI AMANO (Japan)

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Zootaxa 1516: 39-48 (28 Jun. 2007) 3 plates; 18 references                            Accepted: 12 May 2007
New species of Superodontella Stach, 1949 (Collembola, Odontellidae) from western part of Ukraine
IGHOR J. KAPRUS' (Ukraine) & WANDA M. WEINER (Poland)

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Zootaxa 1516: 49-60 (28 Jun. 2007) 13 plates; 5 references                            Accepted: 22 May 2007
Three new species of Eupithecia Curtis from Arizona and New Mexico with discussion of associated species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Eupitheciini)
CLIFFORD D. FERRIS (USA)

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Zootaxa 1516: 61-68 (28 Jun. 2007) 3 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 22 May 2007
Two new species of the genus Assamacris (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Catantopinae) from Yunnan, China
BEN-YONG MAO, GUO-DONG REN & XIAO-HONG OU (P.R. China)

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 Zootaxa 1515, 68 pp (25 Jun. 2007)  2 papers                                                                                             

 Article 
Zootaxa 1515: 1-29 (25 Jun. 2007) 11 plates; 45 references                            Accepted: 13 Apr. 2007
Revision of Austrosignum Hodgson and Munnogonium George & Stromberg (Paramunnidae) with descriptions of eight new genera and two new species, (Crustacea: Isopoda: Asellota)
JEAN JUST & GEORGE D. F. WILSON (Australia)

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Zootaxa 1515: 31-68 (25 Jun. 2007) 13 plates; 125 references                            Accepted: 9 May 2007
A review of East and Central African species of Letheobia Cope, revived from the synonymy of Rhinotyphlops Fitzinger, with descriptions of five new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)
DONALD. G. BROADLEY (Zimbabwe) & VAN WALLACH (USA)
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 Zootaxa 1514, 68 pp (25 Jun. 2007)  2 papers     2 Correspondence                                                       

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Zootaxa 1514: 1-36 (25 Jun. 2007) 27 plates; 137 references                            Accepted: 23 Apr. 2007
An account of the generic and specific names, and type specimens of viperid taxa described by Albert Franz Theodor Reuss (Squamata: Viperidae)
LASZLO KRECSAK (Hungary)
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Zootaxa 1514: 37-60 (25 Jun. 2007) 0 plates; 69 references                            Accepted: 13 May 2007
A list of herpetological type specimens in the collections of the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery and University of Papua New Guinea
GLENN M. SHEA (Australia) & FRED KRAUS (USA)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1514: 61-64 (25 Jun. 2007) 1 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 24 Apr. 2007
Exploiting mimicry: Prosorhynchoides thomasi n. sp. (Digenea: Bucephalidae) from the fang blenny genus Plagiotremus (Bleeker) (Blenniidae) from off Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
ASHLEY ROBERTS-THOMSON & NATHAN J. BOTT (Australia)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1514: 65-68 (25 Jun. 2007) 2 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 13 May 2007
Redescription of Eudistoma magalhaensis (Michaelsen, 1907) (Ascidiacea) from Guaitecas Islands, Chile
KAREN SANAMYAN (Russia) & DIRK SCHORIES (Chile)

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 Zootaxa 1513, 76 pp (25 Jun. 2007)   1 Monograph                                                                                   

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1513: 1-76 (25 Jun. 2007) 31 plates; 1 65 references                         Accepted: 23 Apr. 2007
Reappraisal of the parrots (Aves: Psittacidae) from the Mascarene Islands, with comments on their ecology, morphology, and affinities
JULIAN PENDER HUME (UK)
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 Zootaxa 1512, 68 pp (21 Jun. 2007)  3 papers     1 Correspondence                                                       

 Article 
Zootaxa 1512: 1-38 (21 Jun. 2007) 28 plates; 46 references                           Accepted: 23 Mar. 2007
Taxonomy of the catfish genus Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) with recognition of eight species
URIEL ANGEL BUITRAGO-SUAREZ and BROOKS M. BURR (USA)
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Zootaxa 1512: 39-49 (21 Jun. 2007) 5 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 20 Mar. 2007
A new species of Paradella Harrison & Holdich, 1982 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) from Baja California, Mexico, with a key to East Pacific species
Regina Wetzer (USA) & Niel L. Bruce (New Zealand)

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Zootaxa 1512: 51-64 (21 Jun. 2007) 8 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 7 May 2007
A new species of palustrine Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Puerto Rico
NEFTALI RIOS-LOPEZ & RICHARD THOMAS (USA)

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Zootaxa 1512: 65-68 (21 Jun. 2007) 1 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 13 May 2007
Paradeontacylix megalaspium n. sp. (Digenea: Sanguinicolidae) from the carangid fish, Megalaspis cordyla of Bay of Bengal
T. TRIVENI LAKSHMI & R. MADHAVI (India)

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 Zootaxa 1511, 68 pp (21 Jun. 2007)  4 papers     1 Correspondence                                                       

 Article 
Zootaxa 1511: 1-16 (21 Jun. 2007) 8 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 9 May 2007
Kalanura - a new genus of Neanurini (Collembola, Neanuridae, Neanurinae) from Siberia, with description of four new species
ADRIAN SMOLIS (Poland)

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Zootaxa 1511: 17-28 (21 Jun. 2007) 5 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 5 Apr. 2007
Description of one new species and a key to adults of Macrogynoplax Enderlein (Plecoptera, Perlidae) from Reserva Florestal Adolpho Ducke, Amazonas, Brazil
JOSE MOACIR FERREIRA RIBEIRO & JOSE ALBERTINO RAFAEL (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1511: 29-54 (21 Jun. 2007) 11 plates; 34 references                            Accepted: 26 Apr. 2007
Revision of the Neochauliodes sinensis species-group (Megaloptera: Corydalidae: Chauliodinae)
XINGYUE LIU (P.R. China), FUMIO HAYASHI (Japan) & DING YANG (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1511: 55-64 (21 Jun. 2007) 6 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 22 May 2007
Review of the genus Amphinemura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from Guangdong, China
Weihai Li & Ding Yang (P.R. China)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1511: 65-68 (21 Jun. 2007) 2 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 22 May 2007
Two new species of Nemoura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from Henan, China
Weihai Li & Ding Yang (P.R. China)
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 Zootaxa 1510, 68 pp (18 Jun. 2007)  5 papers                                                                                             

 Article 
Zootaxa 1510: 1-33 (18 Jun. 2007) 22 plates; 35 references                            Accepted: 9 May 2007
Chrysopilus
(Diptera: Rhagionidae) from Brazil: redescription of Chrysopilus fascipennis Bromley and description of eleven new species
Charles Morphy D. Santos & DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1510: 35-50 (18 Jun. 2007) 10 plates; 30 references                            Accepted: 9 May 2007
Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Pelinoides Cresson (Diptera-Ephydridae)
MERCEDES LIZARRALDE DE GROSSO & CLAUDIA SZUMIK (Argentina)

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Zootaxa 1510: 51-56 (18 Jun. 2007) 2 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 11 Apr. 2007
Taxonomic notes on some Chinese species of Neolucanus Thomson and Prismognathus Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)
XIA WAN (P.R. China), LUCA BARTOLOZZI (Italy) & XINGKE YANG (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1510: 57-62 (18 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 24 Apr. 2007
The genus Idmon de Niceville (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from China, with description of two new species
XIAOLING FAN, MIN WANG & LING ZENG (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1510: 63-68 (18 Jun. 2007) 2 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 9 May 2007
Psyllaphorura jiangsuensis sp. nov. from China (Collembola: Onychiuridae)
HAIJUAN YAN, CHENG HUANG & JIAN-XIU CHEN (P.R. China)

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 Zootaxa 1509, 68 pp (18 Jun. 2007)  6 papers   1 Correspondence                                                        

 Article 
Zootaxa 1509: 1-15 (18 Jun. 2007) 7 plates; 32 references                            Accepted: 3 May 2007
An illustrated catalogue of the South American species of the cyphophthalmid family Neogoveidae (Arthropoda, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) with a report on 37 undescribed species
LIGIA BENAVIDES & GONZALO GIRIBET (USA)

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Zootaxa 1509: 17-30 (18 Jun. 2007) 6 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 3 May 2007
Description of the first juvenile of Aegla franca Schmitt, 1942 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Aeglidae)
DEBORA A. FRANCISCO, SERGIO L. S. BUENO & TERUE C. KIHARA (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1509: 31-39 (18 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 7 May 2007
Olopachys (Olopachylaella) gronychi subgen. nov., sp. nov., a new species of mite from Bulgaria (Acari: Mesostigmata: Pachylaelapidae)
PETER MASAN (Slovakia)

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Zootaxa 1509: 41-50 (18 Jun. 2007) 3 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 2 May 2007
Water mite species of the genus Hydrodroma Koch (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Hydrodromidae) from Australia. Part II
VLADIMIR PESIC (Serbia) & HARRY SMIT (The Netherlands)

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Zootaxa 1509: 51-60 (18 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 39 references                            Accepted: 5 May 2007
Notes on the genus Eotetranychus (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Italy and France with a redescription of Eotetranychus fraxini Reck, new record for Italy and Western Europe
ALAIN MIGEON (France), VALERIA MALAGNINI (Italy), MARIA NAVAJAS(Italy) & CARLO DUSO (Italy)

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Zootaxa 1509: 61-67 (18 Jun. 2007) 2 plates; 31 references                            Accepted: 7 May 2007
Redescription of the tadpole of Leptodactylus rhodomystax (Anura: Leptodactylidae) with natural history notes
DOMINGOS J. RODRIGUES, MARCELO MENIN & ALBERTINA P. LIMA (Brazil)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1509: 68 (18 Jun. 2007) 0 plates; 7 references                                  Accepted: 2 Jun. 2007
Synbranchus doeringii Weyenbergh, 1877, a justified emendation of S. doringii (Pisces: Synbranchidae)
STEFAN KOERBER (Germany)

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 Zootaxa 1508, 68 pp (18 Jun. 2007)  3 papers                                                                                             

 Article 
Zootaxa 1508: 1-48 (18 Jun. 2007) 2 plates; 367 references                            Accepted: 12 Apr. 2007
Catalogue and bibliography of Recent and fossil Botula (Bivalvia: Mytilidae)
KARL KLEEMANN (Austria)

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Zootaxa 1508: 49-59 (18 Jun. 2007) 7 plates; 36 references                            Accepted: 13 Mar. 2007
The first phyllosoma stage of Palinurus mauritanicus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palinuridae)
FERRAN PALERO & PERE ABELLO(Spain)

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Zootaxa 1508: 61-68 (18 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 7 May 2007
New species of toad, genus Frostius Cannatella, 1986, from the Atlantic Rain Forest of Bahia, Brazil (Amphibia, Anura, Bufonidae)
BRUNO V.S. PIMENTA & ULISSES CARAMASCHI (Brazil)

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 Zootaxa 1507, 68 pp (14 Jun. 2007)  2 papers   1 Erratum                                                                       

 Article 
Zootaxa 1507: 1-55 (14 Jun. 2007) 20 plates; 30 references                            Accepted: 5 Apr. 2007
A taxonomic review of the Margarodoid genus Stigmacoccus Hempel (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Stigmacoccidae), with some details on their biology
CHRIS HODGSON (UK), HEATHER GAMPER (USA), AMAURI BOGO (Brazil) & GILLIAN WATSON (USA)

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Zootaxa 1507: 57-67 (14 Jun. 2007) 6 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 28 Mar. 2007
A taxonomic review of genus Scipinia Stal (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from China
XIA HUANG, PING ZHAO, SHANYI ZHOU & WANZHI CAI (P.R. China)

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1507: 68 (14 Jun. 2007)

Erratum ( Chrysopidae of Canada and Alaska (Insecta, Neuroptera): revised checklist, new and noteworthy records, and geo-referenced localities by Garland, J.A. & D.K. MCE. Kevan (2007) Zootaxa, 1486, 1–84)
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 Zootaxa 1506, 80 pp (14 Jun. 2007)  1 Monograph                                                                                    

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1506: 1-80 (14 Jun. 2007) 15 plates; 128 references                            Accepted: 19 Apr. 2007
New specific synonymies and taxonomic notes on Neotropical black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) belonging to the subgenera Chirostilbia Enderlein, Hemicnetha Enderlein, Inaequalium Coscaron & Wygodzinsky, Psaroniocompsa Enderlein and Psilopelmia Enderlein
LUIS MIGUEL HERNANDEZ(UK), ANTHONY JOHN SHELLEY (UK), ANTONIO PAULINO ANDRADE DE LUNA DIAS (BRAZIL) & MARILZA MAIA-HERZOG (BRAZIL)

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 Zootaxa 1505, 68 pp (14 Jun. 2007)  5 papers                                                                                             

 Article 
Zootaxa 1505: 1-18 (14 Jun. 2007) 5 plates; 51 references                            Accepted: 14 Mar. 2007
New data on the distribution, natural history and morphology of Kunsia tomentosus (Lichtenstein, 1830) (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)
ALEXANDRA M. R. BEZERRA, ANA PAULA CARMIGNOTTO, ANDREA P. NUNES & FLAVIO H. G. RODRIGUES (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1505: 19-35 (14 Jun. 2007) 9 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 2 Mar. 2007
New records of two rare genera, Monstrotanais Kudinova-Pasternak, 1981 and Robustochelia Kudinova-Pasternak, 1983 (Tanaidacea: Crustacea)
PIOTR JOZWIAK & MAGDALENA BLAZEWICZ-PASZKOWYCZ (Poland)

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Zootaxa 1505: 37-50 (14 Jun. 2007) 7 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 16 Apr. 2007
Two new species of deep-water xanthid crabs of the genera Euryxanthops Garth & Kim, 1983, and Medaeops Guinot, 1967 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae) from New Zealand
PETER K. L. NG (Singapore) & COLIN L. MCLAY (New Zealand)

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Zootaxa 1505: 51-62 (14 Jun. 2007) 6 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 1 May 2007
A new species of deep-sea crab of the genus Chaceon Manning & Holthuis, 1989 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Geryonidae) from Western Australia
DAVIE, P.J.F. (Australia), NG, P.K.L. (Singapore) & DAWSON, E.W. (New Zealand)

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Zootaxa 1505: 63-68 (14 Jun. 2007) 0 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 21 May 2007
Catalogue of the dry specimens in the carcinological collection of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
RODRIGO TADEU BENTO, PAOLA LUPIANHES DALL'OCCO & GUSTAVO AUGUSTO SCHMIDT DE MELO (Brazil)

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 Zootaxa 1504, 68 pp (11 Jun. 2007)  2 papers                                                                                             

 Article 
Zootaxa 1504: 1-51 (11 Jun. 2007) 1 plates; 321 references                            Accepted: 20 Apr. 2007
Taxonomic changes and an updated catalogue for the Palaearctic Sericini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)
DIRK AHRENS (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1504: 53-68 (11 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 30 Apr. 2007
New species of Chironomus Meigen (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) from Brazil
LENY CELIA DA SILVA CORREIA & SUSANA TRIVINHO-STRIXINO (Brazil)

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 Zootaxa 1503, 68 pp (11 Jun. 2007)  5 papers                                                                                             

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Zootaxa 1503: 1-11 (11 Jun. 2007) 8 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 3 May 2007
On the immature stages of the crazy ant Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille 1802) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
EDUARDO GONCALVES PATERSON FOX, DANIEL RUSS SOLIS, CARLOS MASSURETTI DE JESUS, ODAIR CORREA BUENO, ANTONIO TENIYOSHI YABUKI & MONICA LANZONI ROSSI (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1503: 13-19 (11 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 5 references                            Accepted: 4 May 2007
Description of a new species of the Central Palaearctic genus Margelana Staudinger (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from northeastern Iran
MICHAEL FIBIGER (Denmark), REZA ZAHIRI (Iran) & VLADIMIR S. KONONENKO (Russia)

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Zootaxa 1503: 21-32 (11 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 29 references                            Accepted: 4 May 2007
Additions to the cicada fauna of Venezuela with the description of a new species and checklist of the Venezuelan cicada fauna (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadidae)
ALLEN F. SANBORN (USA)

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Zootaxa 1503: 33-54 (11 Jun. 2007) 12 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 3 May 2007
New species of Neohybos Ale-Rocha & Carvalho (Diptera, Hybotidae, Hybotinae) from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
R. ALE-ROCHA (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1503: 55-68 (11 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 20 references                            Accepted: 31 May 2007
The Elaphidion Audinet-Serville of the Puerto Rican Bank: new species, distributions, taxonomic corrections, and a key to species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Elaphidiini)
MICHAEL A. IVIE & MICHELLE L. SCHWENGEL-REGALA(USA)

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 Zootaxa 1502, 68 pp (11 Jun. 2007)  3 papers                                                                                             

 Article 
Zootaxa 1502: 1-44 (11 Jun. 2007) 22 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 11 Apr. 2007
The genus Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in Melanesia and Oceania
HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden)

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Zootaxa 1502: 45-53 (11 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 25 Apr. 2007
Description of three new species of Helconichia Sharkey & Wharton (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Ichneutinae) with a revised key to all species
BARBARA J. SHARANOWSKI & MICHAEL J. SHARKEY (USA)

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Zootaxa 1502: 55-68 (11 Jun. 2007) 6 plates; 29 references                            Accepted: 2 May 2007
Description of a new species of Liaghinella (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from the Colombian Andes, with notes on its feeding habits and conservation status
DIMITRI FORERO (Colombia)

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 Zootaxa 1501, 68 pp (7 Jun. 2007)  4 papers    1 Correspondence                                                           

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Zootaxa 1501: 1-30 (7 Jun. 2007) 6 plates; 33 references                            Accepted: 7 Mar. 2007
A revision of the Venezuelan Anoles I: A new Anolis species from the Andes of Venezuela with the redescription of Anolis jacare Boulenger 1903 (Reptilia: Polychrotidae) and the clarification of the status of Anolis nigropunctatus Williams 1974
GABRIEL N. UGUETO (USA), GILSON RIVAS FUENMAYOR (Venezuela), TITO BARROS (Venezuela), SANTIAGO J. SÁNCHEZ-PACHECO (Colombia) & JUAN E. GARCÍA-PÉREZ (Venezuela)

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Zootaxa 1501: 31-44 (7 Jun. 2007) 2 plates; 54 references                            Accepted: 23 Apr. 2007
Molecular systematics of Malagasy poison frogs in the Mantella betsileo and M. laevigata species groups
FALITIANA C.E. RABEMANANJARA (The Netherlands), ANGELICA CROTTINI (Italy), YLENIA CHIARI (USA), FRANCO ANDREONE (Italy), FRANK GLAW (Germany), REMI DUGUET (La Reunion), PARFAIT BORA (Madagascar), OLGA RAVOAHANGIMALALA RAMILIJAONA (Madagascar) & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1501: 45-56 (7 Jun. 2007) 5 plates; 18 references                            Accepted: 23 Apr. 2007
A new species of Valettiopsis Holmes, 1908 (Crustacea: Gammaridea: Lysianassoidea) from abyssal waters off California
ED A. HENDRYCKS (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1501: 57-63 (7 Jun. 2007) 8 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 27 Apr. 2007
A new species of Hexabdella (Acari: Bdellidae) from Brazil
FABIO A. HERNANDES, RODRIGO D. DAUD & REINALDO J.F. FERES (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1501: 65-68 (7 Jun. 2007) 1 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 25 Apr. 2007
New species of Spauligodon (Nematoda: Pharyngodonidae) in Xenosaurus platyceps (Squamata: Xenosauridae) from Mexico
CHARLES R. BURSEY, STEPHEN R. GOLDBERG & SAM R. TELFORD, JR. (USA)

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 Zootaxa 1500, 68 pp (7 Jun. 2007)  3 papers                                                                                              

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Zootaxa 1500: 1-54 (7 Jun. 2007) 0 plates; 251 references                            Accepted: 6 Apr. 2007
Subgeneric classification of the Palaearctic bees of the genus Evylaeus Robertson (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
YURI A. PESENKO (Russia)

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Zootaxa 1500: 55-60 (7 Jun. 2007) 2 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 25 Apr. 2007
New species and a new record of Isotomidae (Collembola) from the coast of Brazil
EDUARDO ASSIS ABRANTES & MARIA CLEIDE DE MENDONCA (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1500: 61-68 (7 Jun. 2007) 3 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 4 May 2007
Palaeontinodes reshuitangensis, a new species of Palaeontinidae (Hemiptera, Cicadomorpha) from the Middle Jurassic of Reshuitang and Daohugou of China
BO WANG, HAICHUN ZHANG & YAN FANG (P.R. China)

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 Zootaxa 1499, 68 pp (7 Jun. 2007)  3 papers                                                                                               

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Zootaxa 1499: 1-45 (7 Jun. 2007) 17 plates; 43 references                            Accepted: 18 Apr. 2007
Systematics, distribution and biology of the Australian 'micro-flea' wasps, Baeus spp. (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae): parasitoids of spider eggs
NICHOLAS B. STEVENS & ANDREW D. AUSTIN (Australia)

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Zootaxa 1499: 47-59 (7 Jun. 2007) 3 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 19 Apr. 2007
Digging down under: Australian Bolboceratini, their habits and a list of species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Geotrupidae)
Henry Howden (Canada), ANNE HOWDEN (Canada) & GEOFFREY HOLLOWAY (Australia)

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Zootaxa 1499: 61-68 (7 Jun. 2007) 3 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 24 Apr. 2007
A new species of the genus Papirioides (Collembola: Dicyrtomidae) from China
ZHAO-HUI LI, JIAN-XIU CHEN & JING LI (P.R. China)

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 Zootaxa 1498, 68 pp (4 Jun. 2007)  4 papers                                                                                               

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Zootaxa 1498: 1-25 (4 Jun. 2007) 16 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 19 Apr. 2007
Taxonomic review of the Spixia pyriformis species complex (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Odontostominae)
EUGENIA SALAS ORONO (Argentina)

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Zootaxa 1498: 27-33 (4 Jun. 2007) 2 plates; 36 references                            Accepted: 13 Apr. 2007
A new genus of the family Plagusiidae Dana, 1851, close to Plagusia Latreille, 1804 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)
DANI
OLE GUINOT (France)

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Zootaxa 1498: 35-43 (4 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 4 references                            Accepted: 25 Apr. 2007
Two new species of the genus Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Brachycephalidae) from Valle de Sibundoy, Putumayo, Colombia
JONH JAIRO MUESES-CISNEROS (Colombia)

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Zootaxa 1498: 45-68 (4 Jun. 2007) 8 plates; 61 references                            Accepted: 11 Apr. 2007
Rediscovery of Mus nitidulus Blyth (Rodentia: Muridae), an endemic murine rodent of the central basin of Myanmar
TOMOFUMI SHIMADA (Japan), KENNETH P. APLIN (Australia), PAULINA JENKINS (UK) & HITOSHI SUZUKI (Japan)

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 Zootaxa 1497, 68 pp (4 Jun. 2007)  6 papers                                                                                               

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Zootaxa 1497: 1-22 (4 Jun. 2007) 0 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 18 Apr. 2007
A catalogue of the types of Limoniidae and Tipulidae (Diptera: Tipulomorpha) in the collection of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
GUILHERME CUNHA RIBEIRO, CARLOS JOSE EINICKER LAMAS & LEISA NATHALIE SILVA DE AZEVEDO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1497: 23-33 (4 Jun. 2007) 2 plates; 16 references                            Accepted: 17 Apr. 2007
Ardistomis quixotei
(Coleoptera: Carabidae: Clivinini), a new species from Cuba and Mexico: structural and habitat features of adults, larvae and pupae, comparisons with previously described species, and notes about classification and biogeography
PAVEL VALDES R. (Cuba)

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Zootaxa 1497: 35-40 (4 Jun. 2007) 7 plates; 5 references                            Accepted: 12 Apr. 2007
First record of the tribe Keroplatini from China, with descriptions of two new species (Diptera: Keroplatidae)
HUACHAO XU, JIAN CAO, ZUJI ZHOU, HONG WU & ZHIWEI HUANG (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1497: 41-46 (4 Jun. 2007) 1 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 19 Apr. 2007
A new genus and new species of Nearctic Therevidae (Insecta: Diptera) from Southern New Mexico
DONALD W. WEBB (USA)

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Zootaxa 1497: 47-55 (4 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 19 Apr. 2007
A new species, new synonymy, and taxonomic notes in the Anastrepha schausi group (Diptera: Tephritidae)
ALLEN L. NORRBOM & CHESLAVO A. KORYTKOWSKI (USA)

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Zootaxa 1497: 57-68 (4 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 25 Apr. 2007
Cladistic analysis of the species of Calendyma Lacordaire (1857) and Epiclines Chevrolat (1838) (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae)
JAIME A. SOLERVICENS (Chile)

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 Zootaxa 1496, 68 pp (4 Jun. 2007)  4 papers                                                                                               

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Zootaxa 1496: 1-30 (4 Jun. 2007) 11 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 21 Apr. 2007
Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical ensign wasp genus Decevania (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae)
RICARDO KAWADA & CELSO O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1496: 31-51 (4 Jun. 2007) 5 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 31 Mar. 2007
Studies on neotropical Phasmatodea V: Notes on certain species of Pseudosermyle Caudell, 1903, with the descriptions of three new species from Mexico (Phasmatodea: Diapheromeridae: Diapheromerinae: Diapheromerini)
OSKAR V. CONLE (Germany), FRANK H. HENNEMANN (Germany) & PAOLO FONTANA (Italy)

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Zootaxa 1496: 53-62 (4 Jun. 2007) 0 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 16 Apr. 2007
Type species designations of Afrotropical Ablaberini and Sericini genera (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)
DIRK AHRENS (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1496: 63-68 (4 Jun. 2007) 3 plates; 22 references                            Accepted: 23 Apr. 2007
Southernmost finding in Europe of Aphelocheirus aestivalis (Fabricius, 1794) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aphelocheiridae)
IVANA ZIVIC, LJILJANA PROTIC & ZORAN MARKOVIC (Serbia)

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