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A glimpse of undiscovered insect diversity: 
A collection of 150 new taxa of insects


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Zootaxa
3478
: 1–585 (11 Sept.
2012)

R. ANDERSON, D.J. BICKEL, J.W. BROWN, M. BUFFINGTON, H. FERY, J. FORRESTER, 
L.F. GALL, W. GILKA, K. JOHNSON, B.C. KONDRATIEFF, J. KLIMASZEWSKI, C. MAJKA, 
M. MALIPATIL, J.H. MARTIN, J.C. MORSE, L.A. MOUND, S.S. NIHEI, P.D. PERKINS, 
C. RASMUSSEN, D. RENTZ, F.F. SALLES, C. SCHAEFER, B.J. SINCLAIR, A.B.T. SMITH, 
Q. WANG & ZHI-QIANG ZHANG (EDS)

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Zootaxa 3478: 1–2 (11 Sept. 2012
Title & Copyright

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Zootaxa 3478: 3–6 (11 Sept. 2012
Table of contents

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Editorial
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otaxa 3478: 7–10 (11 Sept. 2012
Describing undiscovered insect diversity: an introduction to collected papers describing 150 new taxa
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG
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Zootaxa 3478: 11–18 (11 Sept. 2012) 4 plates; 10 references              Accepted: 29 Aug. 2012
A new species of Atopophlebia Flowers (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae) from western Ecuador with ecological and biogeographic notes on the genus
R. WILLS FLOWERS
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Zootaxa 3478: 19–31 (11 Sept. 2012) 9 plates; 13 references              Accepted: 18 Jun. 2012
Two new genera of Pteronemobiini crickets from the Brazilian Atlantic forest (Orthoptera, Grylloidea, Trigonidiidae, Nemobiinae)
MARCIO P. BOLFARINI, RENATO S. CAPELLARI & FRANCISCO DE A. G. DE MELLO

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Zootaxa 3478: 32–37 (11 Sept. 2012) 3 plates; 32 references             Accepted: 13 Aug. 2012
Species of Neoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Hubei, China
WEIHAI LI, GUOQUAN WANG & WENYAN LU

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Zootaxa 3478: 38–48 (11 Sept. 2012) 6 plates; 29 references             Accepted: 2 Aug. 2012
Three new species of the louse genus Saemundssonia (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Philopteridae)
RICARDO L. PALMA

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Zootaxa 3478: 49–61 (11 Sept. 2012) 5 plates; 33 references            Accepted: 20 Aug. 2012
The Palaeotropical genus Craspedothrips, with new species from Africa and Malaysia (Thysanoptera, Thripinae)
MOUND, L.A., MASUMOTO, M. & OKAJIMA, S.

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Zootaxa 3478: 62–76 (11 Sept. 2012) 16 plates; 45 references          Accepted: 5 Jul. 2012
Description of Rhodnius montenegrensis n. sp. (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae) from the state of Rondônia, Brazil
JOÃO ARISTEU DA ROSA, CLÁUDIA SOLANO ROCHA, SUELI GARDIM, MARA CRISTINA PINTO, VAGNER JOSÉ MENDONÇA, JÚLIO CÉSAR RENTE FERREIRA FILHO, ELAINE OLIVEIRA COSTA DE CARVALHO, LUÍS MARCELO ARANHA CAMARGO, JADER DE OLIVEIRA, JULIANA DAMIELI NASCIMENTO, MARIO CILENSE & CARLOS EDUARDO ALMEIDA

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3478: 77–80 (11 Sept. 2012) 3 plates; 7 references              Accepted: 1 Aug. 2012
A new species of Curtara DeLong & Freytag (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Middle Western Brazil
LUCI BOA NOVA COELHO & ELIDIOMAR RIBEIRO DA-SILVA

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Zootaxa 3478: 81–92 (11 Sept. 2012) 8 plates; 13 references            Accepted: 13 Aug. 2012
A new species of Aphis (Hemiptera:Aphididae) in Missouri on St. John’s Wort, Hypericum kalmianum, and re-description of Aphis hyperici Monell
DORIS M. LAGOS, BENJAMIN PUTTLER, DAVID J. VOEGTLIN & ROSANNA GIORDANO

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Zootaxa 3478: 93–104 (11 Sept. 2012) 7 plates; 23 references          Accepted: 21 Aug. 2012
Rhyparoclopius aokiae sp. nov., a remarkable Stenopodainae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, with taxonomical notes on other species of Rhyparoclopius Stål
HÉLCIO R. GIL-SANTANA

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Zootaxa 3478: 105–110 (11 Sept. 2012) 2 plates; 13 references        Accepted: 26 Jul. 2012
Arenaeocoris enervatus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Stenopodainae), a new genus and species from the Southeastern United States
ROBERT L. BLINN

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3478: 111–112 (11 Sept. 2012) 0 plate; 3 references            Accepted: 30 Aug. 2012
Availability and type depository of twelve Japanese plant bug species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae)
TOMOHIDE YASUNAGA, MICHAEL D. SCHWARTZ, & BEREND AUKEMA

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Zootaxa 3478: 113–122 (11 Sept. 2012) 4 plates; 12 references        Accepted: 11 Jul. 2012
Mirnapis ohloweni Packer and Dumesh, new species with notes on M. inca Urban (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Eucerini)
LAURENCE PACKER & SHEILA DUMESH

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Zootaxa 3478: 123–132 (11 Sept. 2012) 5 plates; 65 references        Accepted: 23 Aug. 2012
The species of Eulaema (Eulaema) Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) from eastern Brazil, with description of Eulaema quadragintanovem sp. n. from the state of Ceará
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO & RAFAEL R. FERRARI

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Zootaxa 3478: 133–142 (11 Sept. 2012) 4 plates; 10 references        Accepted: 28 Aug. 2012
Priopoda Holmgren, 1856 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Nepal with a key to the Oriental and Eastern Palaearctic species
ALEXEY V. RESHCHIKOV

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Zootaxa 3478: 143–163 (11 Sept. 2012) 12 plates; 19 references      Accepted: 29 Aug. 2012
New species of cynipid inquilines of the genus Ufo Melika & Pujade-Villar, 2005 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini)
GEORGE MELIKA, CHANG-TI TANG, MAN-MIAO YANG, PÉTER BIHARI, MIKLÓS BOZSÓ & ZSOLT PÉNZES

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Zootaxa 3478: 164–168 (11 Sept. 2012) 2 plates; 7 references          Accepted: 10 Aug. 2012
Two new species of Macrelmis Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Elmidae) and a new record of Macrelmis isis (Hinton) from Southeastern Brazil
BRUNNO HENRIQUE LANZELLOTTI SAMPAIO, MARIA INÊS DA SILVA DOS PASSOS & NELSON FERREIRA- JR.

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Zootaxa 3478: 169–191 (11 Sept. 2012) 9 plates; 31 references        Accepted: 13 Jul. 2012
Taxonomy of the genus Medhiama Bordoni, 2002 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylininae, Xantholinini) with descriptions of three new species
YU-LINGZI ZHOU, & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU

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Zootaxa 3478: 192–200 (11 Sept. 2012) 2 plates; 25 references        Accepted: 7 Aug. 2012
New species of Acanthocinini from South America (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
MIGUEL A. MONNÉ & MARCELA L. MONNÉ

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3478: 201–204 (11 Sept. 2012) 3 plates; 17 references        Accepted: 23 Jul. 2012
A new fossil Hybosoridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Yixian Formation of China
ZHUO YAN, MING BAI & DONG REN

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Zootaxa 3478: 205–212 (11 Sept. 2012) 3 plates; 19 references        Accepted: 28 Aug. 2012
A taxonomic review of the genus Neptosternus Sharp of China with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Laccophilinae)
SHUANG ZHAO, JIŘÍ HÁJEK, FENGLONG JIA & HONG PANG

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Zootaxa 3478: 213–238 (11 Sept. 2012) 18 plates; 33 references      Accepted: 27 Jul. 2012
The Hydraenidae of Cuba (Insecta: Coleoptera) I: Contribution to the fauna of eastern Cuba
ALBERT DELER-HERNÁNDEZ & JUAN A. DELGADO

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Zootaxa 3478: 239–255 (11 Sept. 2012) 8 plates; 47 references        Accepted: 10 Aug. 2012
Review of the lady beetle genus Phaenochilus Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Chilocorini) with description of a new species from Thailand that preys on cycad aulacaspis scale, Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Diaspididae)
JOSÉ ADRIANO GIORGI & NATALIA J. VANDENBERG

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Zootaxa 3478: 256–266 (11 Sept. 2012) 4 plates; 41 references        Accepted: 26 Jul. 2012
Talbragarus averyi gen. et sp. n., the first Jurassic weevil from the southern hemisphere (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Nemonychidae)
ROLF G. OBERPRIELER & STEFANIE K. OBERPRIELER

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Zootaxa 3478: 267–281 (11 Sept. 2012) 6 plates; 48 references        Accepted: 27 Jul. 2012
Two new species of Elmidae (Coleoptera) from Argentina
V. MANZO & M. ARCHANGELSKY

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Zootaxa 3478: 282–296 (11 Sept. 2012) 9 plates; 9 references          Accepted: 1 Aug. 2012
Revision of the genus Falsocaenia (Coleoptera: Lycidae)
MILADA BOCAKOVA, BARBORA BACIAKOVA & ELYNTON ALVES DO NASCIMENTO
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Zootaxa 3478: 297–308 (11 Sept. 2012) 8 plates; 23 references         Accepted: 20 Jul. 2012
The new fossil lacewings of Grammolingiidae (Neuroptera) from the Jurassic of Central Asia and Mongolia, with notes on biogeography of the family
ALEXANDER V. KHRAMOV
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Zootaxa 3478: 309–312 (11 Sept. 2012) 2 plates; 25 references         Accepted: 30 Jul. 2012
Two new species of the genus Rhyacophila Pictet (Trichoptera: Rhyacophilidae) from the Indian Himalayas
MALKIAT S. SAINI & LAKHWINDER K.
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Zootaxa 3478: 313–329 (11 Sept. 2012) 7 plates; 72 references         Accepted: 20 Aug. 2012
Seven new species of the genus Chimarra Stephens (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae) from India
MANPREET SINGH PANDHER & MALKIAT SINGH SAINI

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Zootaxa 3478: 330–344 (11 Sept. 2012) 7 plates; 21 references         Accepted: 24 Jul. 2012
Review of the New Caledonian species of Paroxyethira Mosely, 1924 (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae)
A. WELLS & K.A. JOHANSON
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Zootaxa 3478: 345–372 (11 Sept. 2012) 15 plates; 18 references       Accepted: 10 Aug. 2012
Review of the Afrotropical genus Dracontogena Diakonoff, 1970 (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) with descriptions of eight new species
LEIF AARVIK, TIMM KARISCH & GUNNHILD MARTHINSEN

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Zootaxa 3478: 373–382 (11 Sept. 2012) 3 plates; 46 references         Accepted: 8 Aug. 2012
Descriptions of five new species of the genus Rhopobota Lederer (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) in China, along with a checklist of all the described Chinese species
AIHUAN ZHANG & HOUHUN LI

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Zootaxa 3478: 383–398 (11 Sept. 2012) 5 plates; 39 references        Accepted: 16 Jul. 2012
The genus Afrasura Durante, 2009 in Gabon, with description of five new species and a new species group (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)
ANTONIO DURANTE
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Zootaxa 3478: 399–402 (11 Sept. 2012) 2 plates; 9 references          Accepted: 13 Aug. 2012
A new species of the genus Lithostege (Geometridae: Larentiinae) from China
HOSSEIN RAJAEI SH. & DAYONG XUE
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Zootaxa 3478: 403–415 (11 Sept. 2012) 5 plates; 37 references       Accepted: 20 Aug. 2012
A review of Peratophyga Warren, 1894 in China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Ennominae)
NAN JIANG, DAYONG XUE & HONGXIANG HAN
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Zootaxa 3478: 416–428 (11 Sept. 2012) 8 plates; 9 references         Accepted: 9 Jul. 2012
A review of the genus Dasypolia Guenée, 1852 from the Russian part of the Altai Mountain Country, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)
ANTON V. VOLYNKIN
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Zootaxa 3478: 429–433 (11 Sept. 2012) 4 plates; 9 references         Accepted: 16 Jul. 2012
Pelagodes cancriformis, a new emerald moth species from the north of Thailand, Laos and southern China (Lepidoptera, Geometridae: Geometrinae)
JAAN VIIDALEPP, AARE LINDT & HONGXIANG HAN
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Zootaxa 3478: 434–452 (11 Sept. 2012) 10 plates; 28 references     Accepted: 17 Jul. 2012
Pupae of Mesozoic Jurochlus Kalugina, 1985 (Diptera: Chironomidae), with description of four new species
ELENA D. LUKASHEVICH & ANDREY A. PRZHIBORO

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Zootaxa 3478: 453–482 (11 Sept. 2012) 16 plates; 51 references     Accepted: 11 Jul. 2012
A review of Paratrichocladius Santos Abreu from the Sino-Indian Region (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)
YUE FU, OLE A. SÆTHER & XINHUA WANG

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Zootaxa 3478: 483–492 (11 Sept. 2012) 4 plates; 26 references       Accepted: 7 Aug. 2012
Two new species and new records of Muscidae (Diptera) from Wrangel Island, Russia
VERA S. SOROKINA
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Zootaxa 3478: 493–509 (11 Sept. 2012) 10 plates; 18 references      Accepted: 10 Aug. 2012
Ten new species of the genus Phortica from the Afrotropical and Oriental regions (Diptera: Drosophilidae)
HONGWEI CHEN & JAN MÁCA
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Zootaxa 3478: 510–552 (11 Sept. 2012) 21 plates; 17 references      Accepted: 14 Aug. 2012
New species of Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae), with a key for the species of the megacantha clade
ALLEN L. NORRBOM & CHESLAVO A. KORYTKOWSKI
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Zootaxa 3478: 553–569 (11 Sept. 2012) 4 plates; 30 references        Accepted: 10 Aug. 2012
The new genus Acrocephalomyia, and a new species of Ropalomera from Costa Rica, with additional records for other Mesoamerican species (Diptera: Ropalomeridae)
SERGIO IBÁÑEZ–BERNAL & VICENTE HERNÁNDEZ–ORTIZ

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Zootaxa 3478: 570–580 (11 Sept. 2012) 6 plates; 5 references          Accepted: 20 Aug. 2012
New Griphophanes Grootaert & Meuffels (Diptera, Dolichopodidae, Peloropeodinae) from Southeast Asia
PATRICK GROOTAERT & HENK MEUFFELS
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Zootaxa 3478: 581–585 (11 Sept. 2012) 2 plates; 15 references        Accepted: 10 Aug. 2012
A new species of Wiedemannia (Diptera: Empididae: Clinocerinae) from Balkan Peninsula
MARIJA IVKOVIĆ, ADRIAN PLANT & BOGDAN HORVAT

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