Insects: : Coleoptera; Hemiptera; Thysanoptera; Neuroptera; Diptera; Orthoptera

Article
Zootaxa 3270: 1–30 (17 Apr. 2012)  15 plates; 24 references                Accepted: 21 Feb. 2012
Toward the identification of Frankliniella species in Brazil (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) 
ADRIANO CAVALLERI (Brazil) & LAURENCE A. MOUND (Australia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3270: 31–40 (17 Apr. 2012) 3 plates; 43 references                 Accepted: 24 Feb. 2012
Detailed morphological description of the mature larva of Anthrenus latefasciatus Reitter, 1892 (Dermestidae: Megatominae: Anthrenini) with comparisons to related species 
MARCIN KADEJ (Poland)
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Article
Zootaxa 3270: 41–50 (17 Apr. 2012) 4 plates; 30 references                 Accepted: 19 Mar. 2012
Hispanocaderidae n. fam. (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingoidea), one of the oldest lace bugs from the Lower Cretaceous Álava amber (Spain) 
V.B. GOLUB (Russia), YU.A. POPOV (Russia) & A. ARILLO (Spain)
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Article
Zootaxa 3270: 51–57 (17 Apr. 2012)  4 plate; 16 references                Accepted: 1 Mar. 2012
Agadirius trojani gen. et sp. nov.: a new owlfly (Neuroptera: Ascalaphidae) from Morocco 
DAVIDE BADANO & ROBERTO ANTONIO PANTALEONI (Italy)
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Article
Zootaxa 3270: 58–62 (17 Apr. 2012) 2 plates; 16 references                 Accepted: 1 Mar. 2012
Revision of Neotropical species of Empidoidea (Diptera) described by Mario Bezzi. X. The species described in Apalocnemis Philippi (Brachystomatidae, Trichopezinae) 
J.A. RAFAEL (Brazil) & BRADLEY J. SINCLAIR (Canada)
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Article
Zootaxa 3270: 63–66 (17 Apr. 2012)  2 plates; 20 references                Accepted: 29 Feb. 2012
A new invasive Ptinella Motschulsky from Europe and North America (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) 
OSCAR VORST (The Netherlands)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3270: 67–68 (17 Apr. 2012) 0 plate; 6 references                 Accepted: 20 Mar. 2012
The endings of specific nomina dedicated to persons should not be emended: nomenclatural issues in Phalangopsidae (Hexapoda: Grylloidea) 
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO (Brazil) & ALAIN DUBOIS (France)
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