Insects: Diptera; Hymenoptera; Coleoptera

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Zootaxa 3255: 1–36 (3 Apr. 2012) 16 plates; 36 references                 Accepted: 15 Feb. 2012
A review of the genera Prismognathus Motschulsky and Cladophyllus Houlbert (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae) from China, with the description of two new species 
HAO HUANG & CHANG-CHIN CHEN (China)
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Article
Zootaxa 3255: 37–51 (3 Apr. 2012) 9 plates; 29 references                 Accepted: 14 Feb. 2012
The genus Ctenosciara Tuomikoski (Diptera, Sciaridae) in New Caledonia, with the description of eight new species 
PEKKA VILKAMAA (Finland), HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden) & WERNER MOHRIG (Germany)
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Article
Zootaxa 3255: 52–56 (3 Apr. 2012)  2 plates; 13 references                Accepted: 13 Feb. 2012
Phrixosoma concavifrons – a sexually dimorphic Phrixosomatini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from the Udzungwa mountains in Tanzania 
BJARTE H. JORDAL (Norway)
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Zootaxa 3255: 57–61 (3 Apr. 2012) 3 plates; 5 references                 Accepted: 1 Mar. 2012
First record of Ancyronyx Erichson (Coleoptera: Elmidae) from China, with description of a new species 
DONGJU BIAN, CHENG GUO & LANZHU JI (China)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3255: 62–64 (3 Apr. 2012) 1 plate; 8 references                 Accepted: 21 Dec. 2011
Redescription of Heizmannia (Heizmannia) chandi Edwards (Diptera: Culicidae) 
S.C. TEWARI, R. KRISHNAMOORTHY, K. AYANAR, A. MUNIRATHINAM, A. VENKATESH & B.K. TYAGI (India)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3255: 65–67 (3 Apr. 2012) 1 plate; 8 references                 Accepted: 13 Feb. 2012
The discovery of the rare genus Xyeloblacus van Achterberg, 1997 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Blacinae) in China, with description of a new species 
WEI-GUO HUANGFU, HONG-FEI CHAI & XUE-XIN CHEN (China)
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Erratum 
Zootaxa 3255: 68 (3 Apr. 2012)
Erratum: MONNÉ M.M. (2012) Catalogue of the type-species of the genera of the Cerambycidae, Disteniidae, Oxypeltidae and Vesperidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region . Zootaxa, 3213, 1–183.
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