Insects: Coleoptera; Hymenoptera; Odonata

Article
Zootaxa 3482: 1–32 (13 Sept. 2012)  33 plates; 51 references                     Accepted: 18 Jul. 2012
Checklist and distribution atlas of the Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Costa Rica 
ÁNGEL SOLÍS & BERT KOHLMANN (Costa Rica)
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Article
Zootaxa 3482: 33–46 (13 Sept. 2012)  10 plates; 24 references                   Accepted: 11 Jul. 2012
Revision of the genus Scapomegas Lacordaire, 1854 (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Omalodini) 
FERNANDO W. T. LEIVAS (Brazil), CARLA L. BICHO (Brazil), NICOLAS DEGALLIER (France) & DANIEL P. MOURA (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3482: 47–67 (13 Sept. 2012)  7 plates; 69 references                     Accepted: 13 Jul. 2012
A subgeneric revision of Crematogaster and discussion of regional species-groups (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 
BONNIE B. BLAIMER (Canada)
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Zootaxa 3482: 68–76 (13 Sept. 2012)  4 plates; 11 references                     Accepted: 31 Jul. 2012
New synonymy and redescription of Mastigus deustus (Thunberg) (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) 
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI (Poland)
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Article
Zootaxa 3482: 77–81 (13 Sept. 2012)  2 plates; 12 references                     Accepted: 18 May 2012
Description of the larva of Mnesarete pudica (Hagen in Selys, 1853) (Odonata: Calopterygidae) and notes on known genera of South American Calopterygidae larvae 
RHAINER GUILLERMO-FERREIRA & PITÁGORAS C. BISPO (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3482: 82–87 (13 Sept. 2012)  1 plate; 25 references                      Accepted: 2 Aug. 2012
Axinotarsus pulicarius (F.) (Coleoptera: Melyridae: Malachiinae), a soft-winged flower beetle new to North America 
E. RICHARD HOEBEKE & ALFRED G. WHEELER, JR. (USA)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3482: 88–88 (13 Sept. 2012)  0 plate; 2 references                       Accepted: 12 Jul. 2012
Correction of the name of a recently published taxon in the Curculionini (Curculionidae) 
FRANK W. PELSUE, JR. & CHARLES W. O'BRIEN (USA)
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