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Zootaxa 395: 1-7 (23 December 2003) 2 plates; 7 references                Accepted: 15 December 2003
The first record of Ennearthron Mellié, 1847 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Ciidae) in the Southern Hemisphere, with the description of a distinctive new species
C. LOPES-ANDRADE & A.A. ZACARO  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 394: 1-28 (23 December 2003) 66 references                          Accepted: 5 December 2003
A checklist of metazoan parasites recorded in freshwater fish from Turkey
A. ÖKTENER (Turkey)
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Zootaxa 393: 1-11 (23 December 2003) 5 plates; 16 references           Accepted: 17 December 2003
A new species of Typhlocirolana (Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from the Ullal de la Rambla de Miravet, Spain
S. DE GRAVE (UK) & S. HERRANDO-PÉREZ (Spain)
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Zootaxa 392: 1-8 (23 December 2003) 2 plates; 14 references           Accepted: 11 December 2003
The identity of Maladera infuscata (Moser, 1915), with description of a new species from Taiwan (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)
DIRK AHRENS  (Germany)
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Zootaxa 391: 1-20 (19 December 2003) 5 plates; 29 references             Accepted: 17 December 2003
Hermit crabs of the genus Calcinus Dana, 1851 (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from the Austral Islands, French Polynesia, with description of a new species
J. POUPIN (France) & R. LEMAITRE (USA)
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Zootaxa 390: 1-7 (19 December 2003) 2 plates; 6 references                 Accepted: 11 December 2003
A new species of Philonthus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Sonora, México
J.L. NAVARRETE-HEREDIA (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 389: 1-10 (19 December 2003) 2 plates; 23 references           Accepted: 12 December 2003
Tanytarsus rhabdomantis: New combination for Nimbocera rhabdomantis Trivinho-Strixino & Strixino, 1991 (Diptera: Chironomidae)
S. TRIVINHO-STRIXINO & A.M. SANSEVERINO  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 388: 1-8 (19 December 2003) 3 plates; 19 references                 Accepted: 8 December 2003
A new species of the Asian catfish genus Pseudolaguvia from Myanmar (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Erethistidae)
RALF BRITZ  (Germany) & CARL J. FERRARIS, Jr. (USA)
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Zootaxa 387: 1-16 (16 December 2003) 5 plates; 18 references           Accepted: 10 December 2003
Neohybos gen. nov. (Diptera, Empidoidea, Hybotinae) from the Neotropical Region
R. ALE-ROCHA & C.J.B. DE CARVALHO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 386: 1-11 (16 December 2003) 4 plates; 8 references                 Accepted: 8 December 2003
A strikingly coloured new species of Paragiopagurus Lemaitre, 1996 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Parapaguridae) from French Polynesia
R. LEMAITRE (USA) & J. POUPIN (France)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 385: 1-68 (16 December 2003) 3 plates; 3 references           Accepted: 9 December 2003
Publication and dating of the journals forming the Annals and Magazine of Natural History and the Journal of Natural History
N.L. EVENHUIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 384: 1-14 (12 December 2003) 5 plates; 20 references           Accepted: 5 December 2003
Sparisoma tuiupiranga, a new species of parrotfish (Perciformes: Labroidei: Scaridae) from Brazil, with comments on the evolution of the genus
J.L. GASPARINI, J.-C. JOYEUX  & S.R. FLOETER  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 383: 1-8 (12 December 2003) 3 plates; 20 references           Accepted: 8 December 2003
A new species of Pseudopaludicola (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from northern Brazil
A.A. GIARETTA & M.N.D.C. KOKUBUM (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 382: 1-7 (12 December 2003) 3 plates; 1 reference                 Accepted: 5 November 2003
A new species of Schinia Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae) from Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana
E. KNUDSON, C. BORDELON  & M.G. POGUE (USA)
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Zootaxa 381: 1-11 (12 December 2003) 4 plates; 14 references           Accepted: 2 December 2003
A new species of Chthonerpeton (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae) from Bahia, Brazil
H.R. DA SILVA, M.C. DE BRITTO-PEREIRA  & U. CARAMASCHI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 380: 1-9 (8 December 2003) 1 plate; 17 references                Accepted: 3 November 2003
Agrilus (s. str.) betulanigrae MacRae (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilini), a new species from North America, with comments on subgeneric placement and a key to the otiosus species-group in  North America
T.C. MACRAE (USA)
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Zootaxa 379: 1-20 (8 December 2003) 3 plates; 44 references           Accepted: 2 December 2003
The centipede genus Newportia Gervais, 1847, in Mexico: description of a new troglomorphic species; redescription of N. sabina Chamberlin, 1942; revival of N. azteca Humbert & Saussure, 1869; and a summary of the fauna (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopocryptopidae: Newportiinae)
A. CHAGAS JUNIOR (Brazil) & R.M. SHELLEY (USA)
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Zootaxa 378: 1-14 (8 December 2003) 1 plate; 51 references                Accepted: 4 November 2003
Molecular confirmation of Anopheles (Anopheles) lesteri from the Republic of South Korea and its genetic identity with An. (Ano.) anthropophagus from China (Diptera: Culicidae)
RICHARD C. WILKERSON (USA), CONG LI (China), LEOPOLDO M. RUEDA (USA), HEUNG–CHUL KIM (Rep. Korea), TERRY A. KLEIN (USA), GUAN–HONG SONG (China)  & DANIEL STRICKMAN (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 377: 1-72 (8 December 2003) 1 plate; 331 references                Accepted: 26 November 2003
George Perry’s molluscan taxa and notes on the editions of his Conchology of 1811
R.E. PETIT (USA)
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Zootaxa 376: 1-18 (4 December 2003) 6 plates; 37 references           Accepted: 26 November 2003
Two new species of Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Thailand
A.M. BAUER (USA) , M. SUMONTHA (Thailand) & O.S.G. PAUWELS (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 375: 1-8 (4 December 2003) 2 plates; 15 references                Accepted: 26 November 2003
Myrmica afghanica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a new ant species from Afghanistan
A. RADCHENKO (Poland) & G.W. ELMES (UK)
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Zootaxa 374: 1-26 (1 December 2003) 7 plates; 64 references           Accepted: 21 November 2003
New fossil lace bugs (Heteroptera: Tingidae) from the Middle Eocene of the Grube Messel (Germany), with a catalog of fossil lace bugs
T. WAPPLER  (Germany)
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Zootaxa 373: 1-11 (1 December 2003) 6 plates; 21 references           Accepted: 24 November 2003
Neolamprologus devosi sp. n., a new riverine lamprologine cichlid (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the lower Malagarasi River, Tanzania
R. SCHELLY (USA) , M.L.J. STIASSNY (USA) & L. SEEGERS  (Germany)
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Zootaxa 372: 1-10 (1 December 2003) 3 plates; 6 references           Accepted: 10 November 2003
Haplodendron buzwilsoni gen. nov., sp. nov., the first record of Haplomunnidae from the southern Indo-Pacific (Isopoda: Asellota)
J. JUST (Australia)
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Zootaxa 371: 1-26 (28 November 2003) 6 plates; 48 references            Accepted: 8 November 2003
South African Latrunculiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida): descriptions of new species of Latrunculia du Bocage, Strongylodesma Lévi, and Tsitsikamma Samaai & Kelly 
T. SAMAAI (South Africa), M. J. GIBBONS (South Africa),  M. KELLY (New Zealand) & M. DAVIES-COLEMAN (South Africa)
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Zootaxa 370: 1-8 (28 November 2003) 3 plates; 22 references            Accepted: 25 November 2003
The tadpole of Physalaemus fuscomaculatus (Anura: Leptodactylidae), with a description of internal oral morphology 
F. NOMURA, D.D.C. ROSSA-FERES & V.H.M.D. PRADO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 369: 1-15 (28 November 2003) 16 references                              Accepted: 17 October 2003
New records of rodent fleas from Queretaro, Mexico (Siphonaptera)
R. ACOSTA (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 368: 1-32 (25 November 2003) 13 plates; 3 references             Accepted: 19 November 2003
Two new and unusual genera of millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida) from Tasmania, Australia
R. MESIBOV (Australia)
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Zootaxa 367: 1-6 (25 November 2003) 3 plates; 3 references             Accepted: 19 November 2003
Description of a new species of Ovaticoccus Kloet (Hemiptera: Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) from Belize, with remarkably large hind coxae and causing leaf-curl galls
D.J. WILLIAMS & J.H. MARTIN  (UK)
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Zootaxa 366: 1-10 (25 November 2003) 10 plates; 61 references             Accepted: 13 November 2003
A new myrmecophilous Allochernes (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae) from Catalunya, Spain
H. HENDERICKX & V. VETS  (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 365: 1-20 (21 November 2003) 5 plates; 52 references                Accepted: 13 November 2003
Occurrence of the milliped Sinocallipus simplipodicus Zhang, 1993 in Laos, with reviews of the Southeast Asian and global callipodidan faunas, and remarks on the phylogenetic position of the order (Callipodida: Sinocallipodidea: Sinocallipodidae)
W.A. SHEAR, R.M. SHELLEY  & H. HEATWOLE  (USA)
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Zootaxa 364: 1-9 (21 November 2003) 3 plates; 11 references             Accepted: 14 November 2003
A new species of the enigmatic genus Teremys Mason, T. hanniae, from Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
A.A. VALERIO (Costa Rica) & J.B. WHITFIELD (USA)
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Zootaxa 363: 1-8 (21 November 2003) 6 plates; 10 references             Accepted: 12 November 2003
A new species of Pherania Strand, 1942 from southern Brazil (Arachnida: Opiliones: Gonyleptidae)
A.B. KURY (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 362: 1-8 (21 November 2003) 4 plates; 7 references             Accepted: 10 November 2003
Notes on the genus Iracema Pérez-Miles, 2000 with the first description of the male of I. horrida (Schmidt, 1994) (Araneae: Theraphosidae)
R. BERTANI & S. CARLA-DA-SILVA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 361: 1-52 (19 November 2003) 12 plates; 32 references             Accepted: 10 November 2003
Revision of the myrmicine ants of the Adelomyrmex genus-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
F. FERNÁNDEZ C. (Colombia)
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Zootaxa 360: 1-6 (19 November 2003) 1 plate; 7 references                Accepted: 13 November 2003
A new brachypterous species of Elachiptera Becker (Diptera: Chloropidae) from freshwater wetlands in eastern Canada
T.A. WHEELER  (Canada)
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Zootaxa 359: 1-14 (19 November 2003) 4 plates; 36 references             Accepted: 7 November 2003
A new viviparous species of asterinid (Echinodermata, Asteroidea,Asterinidae) and a new genus to accommodate the species of pantropical exiguoid sea stars
A.J. DARTNALL (Australia) , M. BYRNE (Australia), J. COLLINS (Australia) & M.W HART (Canada)
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Zootaxa 358: 1-11 (19 November 2003) 6 plates; 12 references             Accepted: 30 October 2003
Menacanthus bonariensis new species (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae), parasitic on the White-bellied Sparrow, Zonotrichia capensishypoleuca (Todd, 1915) (Aves: Passeriformes: Fringillidae) in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
A.C. CICCHINO (Argentina) 
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Zootaxa 357: 1-12 (19 November 2003) 5 plates; 19 references             Accepted: 14 November 2003
Kalliapseudes (Mesokalliapseudes) macsweenyi, a new species of Kalliapseudidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Apseudomorpha) from mangroves in Florida
D.T. DRUMM  (USA) 
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Zootaxa 356: 1-8 (19 November 2003) 5  plates; 4 references             Accepted: 10 November 2003
A new species of Melita Leach (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from oligosaline waters of Russian Far East
V.S. LABAY  (Russia) 
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Zootaxa 355: 1-16 (17 November 2003) 4 plates; 29 references             Accepted: 9 November 2003
Kootenaia burkei, a new genus and species of slug from northern Idaho, United States (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Arionidae)
W.P. LEONARD, L. CHICHESTER, J. BAUGH  & T. WILKE  (USA) 
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Zootaxa 354: 1-20 (17 November 2003) 3 plates; 6 references                Accepted: 10 November 2003
The genus Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from bulbuls (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae), with descriptions of 16 new species
R.A. HELLENTHAL & R.D. PRICE  (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 353: 1-134 (17 November 2003) 35 plates; 141 references            Accepted: 24 October 2003
Revision of some types of North American aleocharines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with synonymic notes
V.I. GUSAROV (USA)
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Zootaxa 352: 1-36 (13 November 2003) 7 plates; 33 references             Accepted: 22 October 2003
New brittle-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from New Zealand waters
D.G. MCKNIGHT (New Zealand) 
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Zootaxa 351: 1-10 (13 November 2003) 2 plates; 5 references             Accepted: 30 October 2003
A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from southern Maharashtra, India, with a key to the species of the genus
V. GIRI (India), M. WILKINSON (UK) & D.J. GOWER (UK) 
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Zootaxa 350: 1-8 (13 November 2003) 1 plate; 10 references             Accepted: 31 October 2003
A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from Maharashtra, India
M.S. RAVICHANDRAN (India), D.J. GOWER (UK) & M. WILKINSON (UK)
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Zootaxa 349: 1-15 (10 November 2003) 10 plates; 14 references             Accepted: 28 October 2003
A second species of the enigmatic whitefly genus Stenaleyrodes Takahashi (Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae)
J.H. MARTIN (UK) & J.-C. STREITO (France)
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Zootaxa 348: 1-20 (10 November 2003) 8 plates; 28 references             Accepted: 24 October 2003
Redescription of Gymnotus coropinae (Gymnotiformes, Gymnotidae), an often misidentified species of Neotropical electric fish, with notes on natural history and electric signals
WILLIAM G. R. CRAMPTON & JAMES S. ALBERT (USA)
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Zootaxa 347: 1-6 (10 November 2003) 27 references             Accepted: 28 October 2003
New records of mosquitoes from the southern Brazilian States of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, with 18 species new for the States (Diptera: Culicidae)
C.B. MARCONDES, A. FERNANDES, U. PATERNO, G.A. MÜLLER, L.C. DE PINHO  & D.V. STRUFFALDI  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 346: 1-28 (3 November 2003) 9 plates; 23 references             Accepted: 29 October 2003
World revision of the microbombyliid genus Mythenteles Hall & Evenhuis (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae) 
N.L. EVENHUIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 345: 1-8 (3 November 2003) 4 plates; 13 references                  Accepted: 28 October 2003
Idahotyphlus alleni Gusarov, gen. n., sp. n., a new leptotyphline staphylinid beetle from Idaho (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Leptotyphlinae)
V.I. GUSAROV (USA)
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Zootaxa 344: 1-12 (3 November 2003) 5 plates; 5 references                  Accepted: 24 October 2003
Peckoltia sabaji, a new species from the Guyana Shield (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)
J.W. ARMBRUSTER (USA)
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Zootaxa 343: 1-19 (28 October 2003) 12 plates; 7 references                  Accepted: 20 October 2003
A new genus and two new species of congrid eels (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the Indo-West Pacific, with a redescription and osteology of Chiloconger dentatus
D.G. SMITH (USA) & E.S. KARMOVSKAYA (Russia)
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Zootaxa 342: 1-18 (28 October 2003) 6 plates; 14 references             Accepted: 22 October 2003
New data on the distribution of species of Gastroserica Brenske, 1897, with descriptions of five new taxa from China and Laos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)
DIRK AHRENS (Germany) & P. PACHOLÁTKO (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa 341: 1-6 (28 October 2003) 2 plates; 6 references             Accepted: 17 October 2003
A new myrmicine ant genus from Malaysia with uncertain affinities (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
F. FERNÁNDEZ C. (Colombia)
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Zootaxa 340: 1-38 (24 October 2003) 1 plate; 25 references             Accepted: 25 September 2003
The beetle fauna of the state of Rhode Island, USA (Coleoptera): 656 new state records
DEREK S. SIKES (USA)
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Zootaxa 339: 1-11 (24 October 2003) 4 plates; 13 references                     Accepted: 17 October 2003
A new species of Neotanais Beddard (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) from the Subantartctic, off the Falkland Islands
K. LARSEN (USA) & M. BLAZEWICZ-PASZKWYCZ (Poland)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 338: 1-74 (24 October 2003) 12 plates; 28 references              Accepted: 4 October 2003
Synopsis of the Neotropical Dissomphalus (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae)
C.O. AZEVEDO  (Brazil)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 337: 1-142 (24 October 2003) 1 plate; 112 references              Accepted: 24 September 2003
A revised checklist of Italian Curculionoidea (Coleoptera)
E. COLONNELLI  (Italy)
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Zootaxa 336: 1-10 (21 October 2003) 3 plates; 14 references                   Accepted: 16 October 2003
Brasilidia auleta sp. n., a new species from Argentina (Protura: Acerentomidae s.l.)
A. SZEPTYCKI (Poland) & J.C. BEDANO (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 335: 1-10 (21 October 2003) 3 plates; 9 references                   Accepted: 17 October 2003
Caragonia, a new genus of Cicadellini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Southeastern Brazil
D.M. TAKIYA , R.R. CAVICHIOLI  & G. MEJDALANI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 334: 1-7 (21 October 2003) 3 plates; 15 references                   Accepted: 13 October 2003
A new species of hood-displaying Thamnodynastes (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Atlantic forest in southeast Brazil
F.L. FRANCO, T.G.A. FERREIRA, O.A.V. MARQUES  & I. SAZIMA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 333: 1-7 (21 October 2003) 1 plate; 5 references                   Accepted: 15 October 2003
Schusterphotopsis, a new genus of Sphaeropthalminae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from California, with notes on the closely related genera Acrophotopsis Schuster and Dilophotopsis Schuster
J.P. PITTS (USA)
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Zootaxa 332: 1-12 (21 October 2003) 3 plates; 12 references                     Accepted: 13 October 2003
Life stage descriptions, taxonomic notes, and new records for the mayfly family Leptohyphidae (Ephemeroptera)
D.E. BAUMGARDNER, S.K. BURIAN & D. BASS  (USA)
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Zootaxa 331: 1-24 (21 October 2003) 21  plates; 7 references                   Accepted: 10 October 2003
A description of the new tardigrade Macrobiotus reinhardti (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae, harmsworthi group) with some remarks on the oral cavity armature within the genus Macrobiotus Schultze
L. MICHALCZYK & L. KACZMAREK (Poland)
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Zootaxa 330: 1-15 (21 October 2003) 5 plates; 13 references                   Accepted: 10 October 2003
Agathotanaididae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) from the Angola BasinJ. 
J. GUERRERO-KOMMRITZ  (Germany)
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Zootaxa 329: 1-18 (15 October 2003) 11 plates; 14 references                   Accepted: 7 October 2003
A new Afrotropical Ogovea (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) from Cameroon, with a discussion on the taxonomic characters in the family Ogoveidae
G. GIRIBET (USA) & C.E. PRIETO  (Spain)
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Zootaxa 328: 1-7 (15 October 2003) 3 plates; 6 references                     Accepted: 7 October 2003
The occurrence of Taraxitrichia Flint & Harris, 1992 (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) in Brazil, with description of the final larval stage
A.M.O. PES & N. HAMADA  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 327: 1-5 (15 October 2003) 1 plate; 18 references                    Accepted: 7 October 2003
Rhipidocotyle labroidei n. sp. (Digenea: Bucephalidae) from Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes) (Labridae)
C.M. JONES, A.S. GRUTTER  & T.H. CRIBB  (Australia)
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Zootaxa 326: 1-16 (10 October 2003) 3 plates; 40 references                     Accepted: 1 October 2003
Haplomunnidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) reviewed, with a description of an intact specimen of Thylakogaster Wilson & Hessler, 1974
M.R. CUNHA (Portugal) & G.D.F. WILSON (Australia)
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Zootaxa 325: 1-5 (10 October 2003) 1 plate; 26 references                 Accepted: 1 October 2003
A new species of the genus Protoplotina Miyatake (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from India
J. POORANI (India)
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Zootaxa 324: 1-7 (10 October 2003) 2 plates; 26 references                 Accepted: 8 October 2003
Taxonomic status of Pennatula argentina Acuña & Zamponi, 1992 (Cnidaria: Octocorallia)
C.D. PÉREZ & B.T. SILVA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 323: 1-8 (10 October 2003) 4 plates; 19 references                 Accepted: 6 October 2003
First record of the family Coralliidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the western South Atlantic, with a description of Corallium medea Bayer, 1964
C.B. CASTRO, C.M. THIAGO & M.S. MEDEIROS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 322: 1-7 (7 October 2003) 35 references                                     Accepted: 3 October 2003
Nomenclature notes on some orthoclads (Diptera: Chironomidae)
O.A. SÆTHER & L.C. FERRINGTON JR.  (Norway)
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Zootaxa 321: 1-36 (7 October 2003) 11 plates; 42 references              Accepted: 23 September 2003
The milliped family Trichopetalidae, Part 1: Introduction and Genera Trigenotyla Causey, Nannopetalum n. gen., and Causeyella n. gen. (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida, Cleidogonoidea)
W.A. SHEAR  (USA)
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Zootaxa 320: 1-7 (7 October 2003) 2 plates; 9 references                     Accepted: 1 October 2003
A new platygastrid wasp from Florida (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)
M.W. MACGOWN & G.A. EVANS  (USA)
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Zootaxa 319: 1-10 (3 October 2003) 5 plates; 25 references              Accepted: 30 September 2003
Neda Mulsant (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae): Redescriptions and revised combinations of two species formerly placed in Cycloneda Crotch 
M. ARAÚJO & L.M. DE ALMEIDA  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 318: 1-16 (3 October 2003) 4 plates; 22 references              Accepted: 26 September 2003
New distributional records for the asopine pentatomids in temperate South America
P. M. DELLAPÉ, A.P. MARTÍNEZ & M. D.C. COSCARÓN (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 317: 1-22 (3 October 2003) 2 plates; 55 references              Accepted: 26 September 2003
Revision of Agrilus cuprescens (Ménétriés, 1832) and related species (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
EDUARD JENDEK (Slovakia)
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Zootaxa 316: 1-4 (1 October 2003) 2 plates; 1 reference           Accepted: 26 September 2003
A new species of Phalangogonia Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anoplognathini) from Costa Rica
A.B.T. SMITH  (USA)
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Zootaxa 315: 1-7 (1 October 2003) 2 plates; 6 references              Accepted: 25 September 2003
Description of the pupae of two Toxophora species from Brazil (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Toxophorinae, Toxophorini)
C.J.E. LAMAS, A.M. CUNHA  & M. S. COURI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 314: 1-4 (1 October 2003) 1 plate; 18 references      Accepted: 26 September 2003
Thulinius, new generic name substituting for Thulinia Bertolani, 1981 (Tardigrada, Eutardigrada)
R. BERTOLANI (Italy)
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Zootaxa 313: 1-6 (1 October 2003) 22 references              Accepted: 27 September 2003
A correction to the authorship of Agrilus graminis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
E. JENDEK (Slovakia)
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Zootaxa 312: 1-8 (1 October 2003) 3 plates; 6 references      Accepted: 24 September 2003
A new species of Promacropoides Sigwalt (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from Panamá
D. CUROE (USA) & M.A. MORÓN (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 311: 1-7 (26 September 2003) 1 plate, 4 references              Accepted: 19 September 2003
A revision of Calodera Mannerheim. III. A new species from Russia and a key to the Palaearctic species of the genus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
V. ASSING (Germany)
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Zootaxa 310: 1-8 (26 September 2003) 5 plates, 1 reference             Accepted: 19 September 2003
A revision of Zoosetha Mulsant & Rey and Poromniusa Gangl-bauer. II. A new species from Spain and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
V. ASSING (Germany)
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Zootaxa 309: 1-12 (26 September 2003) 3 plates; 29 references      Accepted: 19 September 2003
Crossota millsae (Cnidaria: Trachymedusae: Rhopalonematidae), a new species of viviparous hydromedusa from the deep sea off California and Hawaii
E.V. THUESEN (USA)
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Zootaxa 308: 1-108 (26 September 2003) 2 plates; 179 references      Accepted: 12 September 2003
Rhinocricidae Systematics II: A species catalog of the Rhinocricidae (Diplopoda: Spirobolida) with synonymies
P.E. MAREK, J.E. BOND  & P. SIERWALD (USA)
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Zootaxa 307: 1-12 (24 September 2003) 3 plates, 50 references            Accepted: 19 September 2003
Eudendrium caraiuru sp. n. (Hydrozoa; Anthoathecata; Eudendriidae) from the southeastern coast of Brazil
A.C. MARQUES  & O.M.P.OLIVEIRA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 306: 1-6 (24 September 2003) 1 plate, 7 references            Accepted: 16 September 2003
An opinion on the genus Fujiscon Ito, 1991 (Eutardigrada, Hypsibiidae)
G. PILATO & M.G. BINDA (Italy)
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Zootaxa 305: 1-11 (24 September 2003) 4 plates; 25 references           Accepted: 18 September 2003
Kryptopterus geminus, a new species of silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from mainland Southeast Asia
H.H. NG (USA)
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Zootaxa 304: 1-15 (24 September 2003) 5 plates, 12 references            Accepted: 11 September 2003
Revision of the subfamily Bactrodinae (Heteroptera, Reduviidae), with a phylogenetic analysis of Bactrodes
M.D.C. COSCARÓN & M.C. MELO (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 303: 1-31 (19 September 2003) 9 plates; 29 references               Accepted: 26 August 2003
Description of Ptychocroca, a new genus from Chile and Argentina, with comments on the Bonagota Razowski group of genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini)
J.W. BROWN (USA) & J. RAZOWSKI (Poland)
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Zootaxa 302: 1-8 (19 September 2003) 2 plates, 29 references            Accepted: 9 September 2003
First record of Ciocalypta (Demospongiae: Halichondrida) from Brazil, southwestern Atlantic, with the description of a new species
M.D.S. CARVALHO , J.L. CARRARO, C. LERNER  & E. HAJDU (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 301: 1-12 (19 September 2003) 3 plates; 28 references           Accepted: 9 September 2003
A revision of the Indo-Pacific fish genus Caragobius (Gobiidae: Amblyopinae)
E.O. MURDY (USA) & K. SHIBUKAWA (Japan)
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Zootaxa 300: 1-64 (19 September 2003) 29 references               Accepted: 11 September 2003
World Catalog of Bee Flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae): Corrigenda and Addenda
N.L. EVENHUIS & D.J. GREATHEAD  (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 299: 1-19 (16 September 2003) 3 plates, 55 references             Accepted: 10 September 2003
Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) collected on the continental shelf of Brazil during the Geomar X Oceanographic Operation
P.A. GROHMANN, C.C. NOGUEIRA & V.M.A.P. da SILVA  (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 298: 1-8 (16 September 2003) 1 plate, 8 references              Accepted: 10 September 2003
Amphiscolytus — a new genus, and Amphiscolytini — a new tribe of Scolytidae (Coleoptera) for Dacryophthorus capensis Schedl
M. YU. MANDELSHTAM  (Russia) & R.A. BEAVER (Thailand) 
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Zootaxa 297: 1-7 (16 September 2003) 2 plates, 14 references          Accepted: 9 September 2003
Two new species of Polycirrus (Polychaeta, Terebellidae) from Abrolhos Archipelago, Brazil
A.R. S. GARRAFFONI  & E.M. COSTA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 296: 1-12 (16 September 2003) 4 plates, 21 references          Accepted: 5 September 2003
A new polydesmid milliped genus and two new species from Oregon and Washington, U. S. A., with a review of Bidentogon Buckett and Gardner, 1968, and a summary of the family in Western North America (Polydesmida: Polydesmidae)
R.M. SHELLEY (USA)
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Zootaxa 295: 1-7 (12 September 2003) 3 plates, 5 references              Accepted: 5 September 2003
A new species of the genus Antennoseius (Ascidae : Mesostigmata) from India
A.K. BHATTACHARYYA, A.K. SANYAL & T. BHATTACHARYA (India)
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Zootaxa 294: 1-16 (12 September 2003) 7 plates; 17 references                  Accepted: 20 August 2003
Systematics of Schinia cupes (Grote) complex: Revised status of Schinia crotchii (Hy. Edwards) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae)
M.G. POGUE  & C.E. HARP  (USA)
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Zootaxa 293: 1-16 (12 September 2003) 6 plates, 51 references              Accepted: 3 September 2003
The dorsal abdominal glands and the higher classification of the Phoridae (Diptera)
R.H.L. DISNEY (UK)
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Zootaxa 292: 1-8 (9 September 2003) 3 plates; 9 references                     Accepted: 1 September 2003
Rhinocricidae Systematics I: The taxonomic placement of the species of Zipyge Chamberlin, 1925 and Oxypygides Chamberlin, 1922 (Diplopoda: Spirobolida: Rhinocricidae: Oxypyginae)
J.E. BOND & P.E. MAREK (USA)
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Zootaxa 291: 1-7 (9 September 2003) 2 plates; 9 references                     Accepted: 3 September 2003
Pseudoplesiops wassi, a new species of dottyback fish (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae: Pseudoplesiopinae) from the West Pacific
A.C. GILL  & A.J. EDWARDS (UK)
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Zootaxa 290: 1-4 (9 September 2003) 1 plate, 4 references                  Accepted: 1 September 2003
A new species of the genus Neobelocera (Homoptera: Delphacidae) from China
X.-S. CHEN  (China)
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Zootaxa 289: 1-6 (9 September 2003) 2 plates, 3 references                  Accepted: 1 September 2003
A new species of Ashlockobius (Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae: Myodochini) from Venezuela
P.M. DELLAPÉ  (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 288: 1-6 (9 September 2003) 2 plates, 12 references                  Accepted: 1 September 2003
Synonymizing Microtomus sticheli Costa Lima, 1935 under M. tibialis Stichel, 1926 and redescription of the species (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)
M.D.C. COSCARON, M.C. MELO & N. CUELLO (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 287: 1-54 (5 September 2003) 12 plates, 42 references                  Accepted: 22 August 2003
Seven new species of the Neotropical electric fish Gymnotus (Teleostei, Gymnotiformes) with a redescription of G. carapo (Linnaeus)
J. S. ALBERT & W.G.R. CRAMPTON (USA)
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Zootaxa 286: 1-4 (5 September 2003) 1 plate, 15 references                  Accepted: 31 August 2003
A new species of the bee genus Chlerogella from Panama (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
M.S. ENGEL (USA)
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Zootaxa 285: 1-10 (2 September 2003) 3 plates; 7 references                       Accepted: 26 August 2003
A new species of the loricariid catfish genus Hemipsilichthys from southern Rio de Janeiro coastal rivers, southeastern Brazil (Teleostei: Siluriformes)
E.H.L. PEREIRA, R.E. REIS, P. F.M. SOUZA & H.-R. LAZZAROTTO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 284: 1-8 (2 September 2003) 3 plates; 7 references                       Accepted: 26 August 2003
Clarias insolitus, a new species of clariid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from southern Borneo
H.H. NG (USA)
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Zootaxa 283: 1-12 (2 September 2003) 4 plates, 15 references                  Accepted: 26 August 2003
The Helicopsyche (Feropsyche) (Insecta, Trichoptera, Helicopsychidae) from Barro Colorado Island, Panama
K.A. JOHANSON (Sweden)
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Zootaxa 282: 1-14 (2 September 2003) 4 plates, 12 references                  Accepted: 18 August 2003
Portaratrum, a new genus of deep-sea Tanaidacea (Crustacea) with description of two new species
J. GUERRERO-KOMMRITZ (Germany)
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Zootaxa 281: 1-60 (2 September 2003) 27 plates, 38 references                  Accepted: 7 August 2003
Octocorals from Costa Rica: The genus Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae)
O. BREEDY (Costa Rica) & H.M. GUZMAN (Panama)
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Zootaxa 280: 1-104 (29 August 2003) 38 plates, 165 references                    Accepted: 14 August 2003
A review of the hyperiidean amphipod superfamily Vibilioidea Bowman and Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea)  
W. ZEIDLER (Australia)
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Zootaxa 279: 1-6 (29 August 2003) 1 plate, 6 references                    Accepted: 16 August 2003
A new genus and species of Typhinae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Muricidae) from off northeastern Brazil
R. S. ABSALÃO  & F.N. DOS SANTOS  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 278: 1-23 (29 August 2003) 8 plates, 36 references                    Accepted: 19 August 2003
Eucoilinae species (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) parasitoids of fruit-infesting dipterous larvae in Brazil: identity, geographical distribution and host associations
J. A. GUIMARÃES (Brazil), F. E. GALLARDO (Argentina) , N. B. DIAZ (Agentina) & R. A. ZUCCHI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 277: 1-18 (29 August 2003) 4 plates, 15 references                    Accepted: 15 August 2003
Gymnotus ucamara: a new species of Neotropical electric fish from the Peruvian Amazon (Ostariophysi: Gymnotidae), with notes on ecology and electric organ discharges
W.G.R. CRAMPTON (USA), N. R. LOVEJOY (Canada) & J. S. ALBERT (USA)
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Zootaxa 276: 1-320 (29 August 2003) 81 plates, 194 references                    Accepted: 31 July 2003
Systematics of Phasia Latreille (Diptera: Tachinidae)
X. SUN & S. A. MARSHALL (Canada)
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Zootaxa 275: 1-214 (29 August 2003) 118 plates; 55 references                Accepted: 23 July 2003
Revision of the Neotropical caddisfly genus Phylloicus (Trichoptera: Calamoceratidae)
A. L. PRATHER (Canada)
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Zootaxa 274: 1-6 (22 August 2003) 2 plates, 10 references                        Accepted: 13 August 2003
A sympatric species pair: Spogostylum ocyale (Wiedemann, 1828) and S. griseipenne Macquart, 1850 (Diptera: Bombyliidae)
D.J. GREATHEAD (UK)
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Zootaxa 273: 1-15 (22 August 2003) 28 plates; 11 references                       Accepted: 10 August 2003
The Neotropical species Askalaphium depressum (Bates): Larval description, first diagnosis and illustrations of immature Ctenodactylini, with natural history notes on the genus and tribe (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
T. L. ERWIN  & R. F. MEDINA (USA)
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Zootaxa 272: 1-26 (22 August 2003) 8 plates, 26 references                        Accepted: 7 August 2003
Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of genus Balkanopetalum Verhoeff, 1926 (Diplopoda: Callipodida: Schizopetalidae)
P.  STOEV (Bulgaria) & H. ENGHOFF (Denmark)
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Zootaxa 271: 1-7 (19 August 2003) 3 plates, 5 references                         Accepted: 12 August 2003
Two new species of eriophyid mites (Acari: Eriophyidae) from Guadeloupe and Marie Galante, with records on other plant mites
C. H.W. FLECHTMANN (Brazil) & J. ETIENNE (Guadeloupe)
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Zootaxa 270: 1-24 (19 August 2003) 13 plates, 13 references                         Accepted: 7 August 2003
Revision of the New Caledonian genus Mecynostomella (Trichoptera, Kokiriidae)
K.A. JOHANSON (Sweden)
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Zootaxa 269: 1-7 (19 August 2003) 1 plate, 14 references                         Accepted: 7 August 2003
Redescription of Bursaphelenchus talonus (Thorne, 1935) Massey, 1956 (Nematoda: Parasitaphelenchidae) and designation of lectotypes
T.R. KAISA (USA)
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Zootaxa 268: 1-40 (14 August 2003) 8 plates; 24 references                        Accepted: 5 August 2003
The genus Scirtothrips in Australia (Insecta, Thysanoptera, Thripidae)
M.S. HODDLE (USA)  & L.A. MOUND (Australia)
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Zootaxa 267: 1-7 (14 August 2003) 2 plates, 5 references                         Accepted: 4 August 2003
Two new species of Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 from Spain (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) 
L. ARNÁIZ-RUIZ & P. BERCEDO-PÁRAMO (Spain)
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Zootaxa 266: 1-4 (14 August 2003) 1 plate, 9 references                         Accepted: 5 August 2003
Redescription of Helicopsyche peruana Banks, 1920 (Trichoptera, Helicopsychidae)
KJELL ARNE JOHANSON (Sweden)
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Zootaxa 265: 1-12 (11 August 2003) 4 plates, 19 references                         Accepted: 5 August 2003
A new deep-water species of Natatolana (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from the Chatham Rise, eastern New Zealand
N.L. BRUCE (New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 264: 1-6 (11 August 2003) 1 plate, 7 references                         Accepted: 4 August 2003
A new Costa Rican species of Leptanilloides (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: doryline section: Leptanilloidinae)
J.T. LONGINO (USA)
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Zootaxa 263: 1-11 (11 August 2003) 5 plates, 11 references                         Accepted: 1 August 2003
Haplohyphes (Ephemeroptera: Leptohyphidae), new species and stage descriptions with a key to separate the species of the genus
C. MOLINERI (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 262: 1-10 (11 August 2003) 4 plates, 14 references                           Accepted: 30 July 2003
A new phytotelmatic species of Monopelopia Fittkau, 1962 (Insecta: Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae) from South Brazil
H.F. MENDES, C.B. MARCONDES & L.C. DE PINHO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 261: 1-7 (7 August 2003) 5 plates, 8 references                           Accepted: 31 July 2003
Two new species of Basilia Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903 (Diptera: Nycteribiidae), members of the ferruginea group, from Southern Brazil
G. GRACIOLLI  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 260: 1-4 (7 August 2003) 3 plates, 1 5 references                           Accepted: 2 July 2003
Hadena ligata Möschler (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): distribution and revised taxonomy
T.L. MCCABE (USA)
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Zootaxa 259: 1-39 (7 August 2003) 15 plates, 8 5 references                           Accepted: 18 July 2003
Crozetia Davies (Diptera: Simuliidae): redescription of Cr. crozetensis, Cr. seguyi, number of larval instars, phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography
D.A. CRAIG (Canada), D.C. CURRIE (Canada)  & P. VERNON (France)
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Zootaxa 258: 1-8 (4 August 2003) 5 plates, 5 references                           Accepted: 26 July 2003
Macrobiotus polonicus, a new species of Tardigrada from Poland (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae, ‘hufelandi group’)
G. PILATO (Italy), L. KACZMAREK (Poland), L. MICHALCZYK (Poland) & O. LISI  (Italy )
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Zootaxa 257: 1-14  (4 August 2003) 4 plates, 52 references                           Accepted: 11 July 2003
Revision of the thamnocephalid Genus Phallocryptus (Crustacea; Branchiopoda; Anostraca)
D.C. ROGERS (USA )
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Zootaxa 256: 1-14  (4 August 2003) 7 plates, 20 references                           Accepted: 3 July 2003
Cladistic analysis and biogeography of Brachystethus Laporte (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae, Edessinae)
A. BARCELLOS & J. GRAZIA (Brazil )
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Zootaxa 255: 1-8  (4 August 2003) 4 plates, 4 references                            Accepted: 11 July 2003
Revision of the subgenus Dufourea (Flavodufourea) Ebmer, 1984 (Hymenoptera, Halictidae, Rophitinae) and description of a new species D.(Flavodufourea) ulkenkalkana sp.nov. from Kazakhstan
S. PATINY (Belgiun )
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Zootaxa 254: 1-20  (1 August 2003) 2 plates, 62 references                             Accepted: 25 July 2003
Description of Durckheimia lochi n. sp., with an annotated checklist of Australian Pinnotheridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)
S.T. AHYONG  & D.E. BROWN (Australia )
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Zootaxa 253: 1-35  (1 August 2003) 23 plates, 29 references                             Accepted: 21 July 2003
Systematics of the Neotropical species of Styringomyia Loew (Diptera: Tipulomorpha: Limoniidae)
GUILHERME CUNHA RIBEIRO (Brazil )
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Zootaxa 252: 1-11  (30 July 2003) 2 plates, 14 references                             Accepted: 22 July 2003
Apteronotus caudimaculosus n. sp. (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae), a sexually dimorphic black ghost knifefish from the Pantanal, Western Brazil, with a note on the monophyly of the A. albifrons species complex 
C.D. DE SANTANA (Brazil )
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Zootaxa 251: 1-12  (30 July 2003) 2 plates, 29 references                             Accepted: 11 July 2003
The development of the male second antenna in Polyartemiella hazeni (Murdoch, 1884) with a morphological definition of the Chirocephalidae (Crustacea: Anostraca)
D.C. ROGERS (USA )
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Zootaxa 250: 1-27  (30 July 2003) 9 references                                            Accepted: 23 July 2003
New Records of ground beetles for Colombia (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
C. MARTINEZ  (Colombia )
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Zootaxa 249: 1-60 (30 July 2003) 23 plates; 22 references                               Accepted: 3 July 2003
The species of the Hypostomus cochliodon group (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)
J. W. ARMBRUSTER (USA)
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Zootaxa 248: 1-4  (25 July 2003) 2 plates; 6 references                             Accepted: 21 July 2003
A new Cryptalyra species from Colombia (Hymenoptera: Megalyridae)
S. R. SHAW  (USA)
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Zootaxa 247: 1-16 (25 July 2003) 6 plates; 23 references                               Accepted: 11 July 2003
Early stages of the enigmatic Prodidactis mystica (Meyrick) with comments on its new family assignment (Lepidoptera: Prodidactidae)
M. E. EPSTEIN & J. W. BROWN (USA)
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Zootaxa 246: 1-19 (25 July 2003) 2 plates; 104 references                               Accepted: 15 July 2003
Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera
F. C. THOMPSON (USA)
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Zootaxa 245: 1-20 (21 July 2003) 7 plates; 33 references                               Accepted: 11 July 2003
A new genus of Tainisopidae fam. nov. (Crustacea: Isopoda) from the Pilbara, Western Australia
G.D.F. WILSON (Australia)
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Zootaxa 244: 1-12  (21 July 2003) 4 plates; 22 references                             Accepted: 1 1 July 2003
Izecksohniella puri sp. n., a new Brazilian cricket species (Orthoptera: Grylloidea: Phalangopsidae) from Atlantic Forest remnants
C.F. SPERBER, A. ROCHA, C. LOPES-ANDRADE & A. MESA  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 243: 1-11 (21 July 2003) 3 plates; 16 references                               Accepted: 9 July 2003
Microlympiidae, a new milliped family from North America, and Microlympia echina, new genus and species (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Brannerioidea)
W.A. SHEAR & W.P. LEONARD  (USA)
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Zootaxa 242: 1-24  (16 July 2003) 20 plates; 17 references                             Accepted: 1 July 2003
Water Bears (Tardigrada) of the Bieszczady Mountains (Poland, West Carpathians)
L. MICHALCZYK &L. KACZMAREK  (Poland)
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Zootaxa 241: 1-7  (16 July 2003) 1 plate; 10 references                             Accepted: 11 July 2003
Notes on some tardigrades from Central Africa, with the description of a new species of Hypsibiidae
G. PILATO, M.G. BINDA & O. LISI  (USA)
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Zootaxa 240: 1-8  (16 July 2003) 1 plate; 12 references                             Accepted: 27 June 2003
Lethrinus ravus, a new species of emperor fish (Perciformes: Lethrinidae) from the western Pacific and eastern Indian oceans
K.E. CARPENTER & J.E. RANDALL  (USA)
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Zootaxa 239: 1-43 (16 July 2003) 24 plates; 25 references                              Accepted: 9 July 2003
A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Stethusa Casey, 1910 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
V.I. GUSAROV (USA)
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Zootaxa 238: 1-12 (16 July 2003) 5 plates; 25 references                              Accepted: 3 July 2003
New data on the European species of three genera Scelionidae (Hymenoptera)
BERNARD PINTUREAU & MOUNIR AL-NABHAN  (France)
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Zootaxa 237: 1-11  (9 July 2003) 2 plates; 24 references                             Accepted: 26 June 2003
The Neotropical taxa of the genus Dinocryptops Crabill, 1953 (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha)
A. CHAGAS JR. (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 236: 1-8  (9 July 2003) 6 plates; 6 references                             Accepted: 26 June 2003
Two new species of the genus Chlopsis (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Chlopsidae) from the Southwestern Pacific
K.A. TIGHE & J.E. McCOSKER (USA)
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Zootaxa 235: 1-11  (9 July 2003) 3 plates; 28 references                             Accepted: 27 June 2003
Five new species of Turbonilla Risso, 1826 (Gastropoda, Heterobranchia, Pyramidellidae) found off the northeast coast of Brazil (02º-13º S)
R.S. ABSALÃO, F.N.D. SANTOS & D.D.O. TENÓRIO  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 234: 1-12 (9 July 2003) 2 plates; 10 references                              Accepted: 27 June 2003
The South American genus Protothereva Malloch (Diptera: Therevidae: Therevinae) with description of two new species
D.W. WEBB & M.A. METZ  (USA)
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Zootaxa 233: 1-7 (4 July 2003) 1 plate; 8 references                              Accepted: 25 June 2003
Branneria bonoculus, n. sp., a second species in the North American milliped family Branneriidae (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Brannerioidea)
W.A. SHEAR (USA)
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Zootaxa 232: 1-24  (4 July 2003) 11 plates; 39 references                                 Accepted: 23 June 2003
The Caprellidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Mauritius Island, Western Indian Ocean
J. M. GUERRA-GARCÍA (Spain)
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Zootaxa 231: 1-8  (4 July 2003) 4 plates; 6 references                                 Accepted: 1 July 2003
Discovery of Tenuipalponychus (Acari: Tetranychidae) in Malaysia and description of a new species
O. YUSOF (Malaysia) & Z.-Q. ZHANG (New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 230: 1-126  (4 July 2003) 39 plates; 117 references                                 Accepted: 6 June 2003
Monograph of the Australian Bithyniidae (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea)
W.F. PONDER  (Australia)
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Zootaxa 229: 1-102  (4 July 2003) 52 plates; 19 references                                Accepted: 17 June 2003
Morphology and distribution of some new pelagic ostracods of genus Metaconchoecia (Halocyprida: Halocyprididae) from the North Pacific
V. G. CHAVTUR  (Russia)
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Zootaxa 228: 1-94 (4 July 2003) 31 plates; 29 references                              Accepted: 13 June 2003
Revision of Ommatius Wiedemann (Diptera: Asilidae). IV. Pygommatius subgen. nov. with twenty-five Afrotropical species
A.G. SCARBROUGH (USA) & C.G. MARASCIA (Italy)
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Zootaxa 227: 1-16 (30 June 2003) 5 plates; 39 references                              Accepted: 23 June 2003
A new species of Amphiascoides Nicholls, 1941 (Crustacea, Copepoda, Harpacticoida) from the Caribbean coast of Mexico 
E. SUÁREZ-MORALES & S. AVILÉS-TORRES (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 226: 1-8 (30 June 2003) 3 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 20 June 2003
Revised status of Schinia unimacula Smith  including morphological comparisons with Schinia obliqua Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae) 
M.G. POGUE & C.E. HARP (USA)
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Zootaxa 225: 1-16 (30 June 2003) 8 plates; 21 references                              Accepted: 20 June 2003
Morphology and behaviour of the larva of Calindoea trifascialis (Lepidoptera: Thyrididae), a chemically-defended retreat-building caterpillar from Vietnam
D.C. DARLING  (Canada)
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Zootaxa 224: 1-7  (30 June 2003) 3 plates; 9 references                                Accepted: 18 June 2003
Cytotaxonomic diagnoses of two Neotropical swift species: Streptoprocne biscutata and Streptoprocne zonaris (Aves: Apodidae)
J. RIBEIRO, R. A. TORRES, M.L. ADAM and D.A. CORNÉLIO  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 223: 1-11 (26 June 2003) 4 plates; 21 references                                Accepted: 3 June 2003
Description of a new species of Caenotus Cole (Diptera: Scenopinidae) from Baja California Sur, Mexico, with a review of the genus
M. A. METZ   (USA)
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Zootaxa 222: 1-12 (26 June 2003) 2 plates; 13 references                                Accepted: 18 June 2003
Distostylus gen. nov., a monotypic therevine genus (Diptera: Asiloidea: Therevidae) from the Caribbean Island of Dominica
M. A. METZ & D.W. WEBB  (USA)
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Zootaxa 221: 1-11 (26 June 2003) 5 plates; 8 references                                Accepted: 17 June 2003
A new genus and a new Costa Rican species of Endocephalites (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae: Eumolpini)
R.W. FLOWERS (USA)
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Zootaxa 220: 1-8  (26 June 2003) 2 plates; 17 references                                Accepted: 16 June 2003
Eutheama forrestensis n. sp. (Acotylea, Polycladida, Plathelminthes) from Australia
V.N. BULNES (Argentina) & A. FAUBEL (Germany)
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Zootaxa 219: 1-32  (23 June 2003) 188 references                                       Accepted: 13 June 2003
A catalogue of the Fanniidae (Diptera) of the Neotropical Region
C.J.B. DE CARVALHO (Brazil), A.C. PONT (UK), M.S. COURI (Brazil) & D. PAMPLONA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 218: 1-24  (23 June 2003) 15 plates, 26 references                             Accepted: 11 June 2003
A new species of the gobiid fish Trimma from the Western Pacific and Northern Indian Ocean coral reefs, with a description of its osteology
RICHARD WINTERBOTTOM (Canada)
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Zootaxa 217: 1-20  (18 June 2003) 4 plates, 10 references                                   Accepted: 1 3 June 2003
Redescription of Rhinocladius Edwards (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)
O. A. SÆTHER & T. ANDERSEN (Norway)
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Zootaxa 216: 1-7 (18 June 2003) 3 plates, 7 references                                   Accepted: 1 3 June 2003
Three water mite species of the genus Protzia Piersig (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from the Balkan, with the description of one new species
VLADIMIR M. PESIC (Serbia and Montenegro)
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Zootaxa 215: 1-6 (18 June 2003) 1 plate; 12 references                                Accepted: 11 June 2003
Polygyrid land snails, Vespericola (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), 4. A new and possibly extinct species from central California, U.S.A.
BARRY ROTH (USA)
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Zootaxa 214: 1-11 (18 June 2003) 5 plates; 10 references                                Accepted: 9 June 2003
A new species of Stegopterna Enderlein, and its relationship to the allotriploid species St. mutata (Malloch, 1914) (Diptera: Simuliidae)
D.C. CURRIE & F.F. HUNTER (Canada)
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Zootaxa 213: 1-8 (12 June 2003) 4 plates, 9 references                                       Accepted: 3 June 2003
A new species of Trichocenthrus from Ecuador (Heteroptera: Colobathristidae), with a key to the species of the genus
M.D.C. COSCARÓN & P.M. DELLAPÉ (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 212: 1-6 (12 June 2003) 1 plate, 8 references                                        Accepted: 6 June 2003
A new species of the genus Synonychimorpha Miyatake (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from South India
J. POORANI  (India)
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Zootaxa 211: 1-458 (12 June 2003) 592 references                                              Accepted: 2 May 2003
A checklist of the New World chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)  
A.V. EVANS (USA)
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Zootaxa 210: 1-36 (6 June 2003) 7 references                                                 Accepted: 30 May 2003
The complete bibliography of scientific works of Jacques-Marie-Frangille Bigot
NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 209: 1-19 (6 June 2003) 8 plates;  19 references                              Accepted: 28 May 2003
Three new Parananochromis species (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from Gabon and Cameroon, Central Africa
A. LAMBOJ (Austria) & M.J. STIASSNY (USA)
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Zootaxa 208: 1-12 (4 June 2003) 3 plates;  18 references                              Accepted: 23 May 2003
A review of the clam shrimp family Leptestheriidae (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Spinicaudata) from Venezuela, with descriptions of two new species
J.V. GARCIA & G. PEREIRA (Venezuela)
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Zootaxa 207: 1-4 (4 June 2003) 1 plate;  6 references                              Accepted: 30 May 2003
Corrections and additions to the dating of the "Histoire Naturelle des Vers" and the Tableau Encyclopédie (Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers) portions of the Encyclopédie Méthodique
NEAL L. EVENHUIS & RICHARD E. PETIT (USA)
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Zootaxa 206: 1-7 (4 June 2003)  3 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 24 May 2003
A new species of Eotetranychus from France (Acari, Prostigmata: Tetranychidae)
P. AUGER (France), A. MIGEON (France)  & C.H.W.FLECHTMANN (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 205: 1-19 (4 June 2003) 6 plates; 58 references                                Accepted: 23 May 2003
A new species of Moraria (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida) from the Laurentian Great Lakes
J.W. REID & L.T. LESKO  (USA)
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Zootaxa 204: 1-15 (30 May 2003)  5 plates; 23 references                              Accepted: 21 May 2003
A new species of the Gondwanan centipede Anopsobius (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) from New South Wales, Australia
G. D. EDGECOMBE (Australia)
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Zootaxa 203: 1-4 (30 May 2003)  2 plates; 5 references                                 Accepted: 24 May 2003
A new species of eriophyid mite from Iran (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyidae)
C.H.W. FLECHTMANN (Brazil), J. TARASI (Iran) & A. SABOORI (Iran)
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Zootaxa 202: 1-36 (30 May 2003)  223 references                                 Accepted: 21 May 2003
A checklist of the current valid species of the subfamily Triatominae Jeannel, 1919 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae) and their geographical distribution, with nomenclatural and taxonomic notes
C. GALVÃO, R. CARCAVALLO, D. DA S. ROCHA & J. JURBERG (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 201: 1-18 (26 May 2003) 2 plates, 69 references                              Accepted: 16 May 2003
Mexican Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 1829: A new species and checklist, with miscellaneous taxonomic and biological notes on other North American Buprestidae (Coleoptera)
J.M. DAVIDSON (USA)
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Zootaxa 200: 1-94 (26 May 2003) 36 plates; 18 references                                Accepted: 1 May 2003
Systematic revision of Anopinella Powell (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini) and phylogenetic analysis of the Apolychrosis group of genera
J.W. BROWN & D. ADAMSKI (USA)
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Zootaxa 199: 1-10 (19 May 2003) 2 plates, 35 references                             Accepted: 9 May 2003
The phylogenetic position of Gallinuloides Eastman (Aves: Galliformes) from the Tertiary of North America
G. J. DYKE (Ireland)
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Zootaxa 198: 1-16 (19 May 2003) 9 plates, 16 references                             Accepted: 14 May 2003
Two new free living mite species of Eustigmaeus (Actinedida: Raphignathoidea: Stigmaeidae) from Poland, with new data of some other rare species of the genus
A. KAZMIERSKI & J. DONCZYK (Poland)
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Zootaxa 197: 1-18 (19 May 2003) 10 plates, 9 references                             Accepted: 12 May 2003
A new genus and six new species of the tropical Camptotypusgenus-group (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae; Pimplinae) from northern South America
I.E. SÄÄKSJÄRVI (Finland), E. PALACIO (Colombia), I.D. GAULD UK), R.  JUSSILA (Finland)  & J. SALO (Finland)
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Zootaxa 196: 1-24 (14 May 2003) 14 plates, 20 references                             Accepted: 7 May 2003
Revision of the Afrotropical species of Dohrniphora DAHL (Diptera: Phoridae)
R.H.L. DISNEY (UK)
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Zootaxa 195: 1-8 (14 May 2003) 2 plates, 17 references                             Accepted: 2 May 2003
Remarks on some species of tardigrades from South America with the description of Minibiotus sidereus n. sp.
G. PILATO, M. G. BINDA & O. LISI (Italy)
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Zootaxa 194: 1-15 (14 May 2003) 60 references                                               Accepted: 1 May 2003
A checklist of the Medusae (Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa and Cubozoa) of Mexico
L. SEGURA-PUERTAS, E. SUÁREZ-MORALES & L. CELIS (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 193: 1-12 (8 May 2003) 5 plates, 15 references                             Accepted: 1 May 2003
A new species of Paralamyctes (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha: Henicopidae) from southern Chile
G.D. EDGECOMBE (Australia)
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Zootaxa 192: 1-8 (8 May 2003) 16 references                                            Accepted: 1 May 2003
Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) types in the Royal Museum of Scotland Collection
C.L. STAINES  (USA) & A.E. WHITTINGTON (UK)
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Zootaxa 191: 1-36 (8 May 2003) 13 plates, 26 references                           Accepted: 17 April 2003
Revision and cladistic analysis of the Neotropical Genus Thecomyia Perty (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)
L. MARINONI (Brazil), G.C. STEYSKAL (USA) & L. KNUTSON (Italy)
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Zootaxa 190: 1-16 (2 May 2003) 2 plates, 33 references                           Accepted: 24 April 2003
Molecular taxonomy of two sympatric sibling species of the pollen-beetle genus Meligethes (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)
A. DE BIASE, G. ANTONINI, E. MANCINI & P. AUDI-SIO (Italy)
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Zootaxa 189: 1-10 (2 May 2003) 5 plates, 18 references                           Accepted: 24 April 2003
Two new species of Ascidae (Acarina : Mesostigmata) from India 
A. K. BHATTACHARYYA (India)
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Zootaxa 188: 1-16 (2 May 2003) 9 plates; 14 references                               Accepted: 23 April 2003
A new species of Polydiscia (Acari, Prostigmata, Tanaupodidae) with reference to its host: a new species of Deuterosminthurus (Collembola, Symphypleona, Bourletiellidae)
E. BAQUERO, M. L. MORAZA & R. JORDANA (Spain) 
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Zootaxa 187: 1-12 (24 April 2003) 3 plates, 14 references                         Accepted: 16 April 2003
Description of a new Patagonian species of Urophonius Pocock (Scorpiones, Bothriuridae), from Meseta de Somuncurá, Argentina 
LUIS E. ACOSTA (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 186: 1-8 (24 April 2003) 2 plates, 17 references                         Accepted: 9 April 2003
Morphology of the larval mandible and maxilla in the subgenus Carrollia Lutz of Culex L. (Diptera: Culicidae)
J. LIRIA  & J.-C. NAVARRO (Venezuela)
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Zootaxa 185: 1-35 (24 April 2003) 19 plates; 31 references                         Accepted: 14 April 2003
A revision of Nearctic species of the genera Adota Casey, 1910 and Psammostiba Yosii & Sawada, 1976 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) 
V. I. GUSAROV (USA) 
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Zootaxa 184: 1-18 (16 April 2003) 6 plates, 26 references                     Accepted: 18 March 2003
The genera Demoulinia Gillies and Potamocloeon Gillies (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) in Madagascar
J.-L. GATTOLLIAT (Switzerland)
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Zootaxa 183: 1-7 (16 April 2003) 2 plates, 4 references                           Accepted: 1 April 2003
Acrochordonichthys gyrinus, a new species of akysid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from Thailand
C. VIDTHAYANON (Thailand) & H.H. NG (USA)
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Zootaxa 182: 1-11 (16 April 2003) 4 plates, 22 references                           Accepted: 7 April 2003
Four new tydeid species from Iran (Acari: Prostigmata)
M. KHANJANI (Iran) & E. A. UECKERMANN (South Africa)
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Zootaxa 181: 1-72 (16 April 2003) 14 plates, 95 references                           Accepted: 9 April 2003
Review of the subgenus Geron (Geron) Meigen in the Nearctic Region (Diptera: Bombyliidae: Toxophorinae)
J. C. HALL  & N. L. EVENHUIS  (USA)
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Zootaxa 180: 1-8 (9 April 2003) 2 plates, 21 references                          Accepted: 31 March 2003
Redescription of the milliped Amphelictogon subterraneus bahamiensis Chamberlin, 1918, with an assessment of the family Chelodesmidae in the Bahamas (Polydesmida: Leptodesmidea)
R.M. SHELLEY (USA)
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Zootaxa 179: 1-10 (9 April 2003) 8 plates; 7 references                         Accepted: 20 March 2003
SEM and systematic studies of Steinernema abbasi Elawad et al., 1997, and S. riobrave Cabanillas et al., 1994 (Rhabditida: Steinernematidae)
K. B. NGUYEN & B. J. ADAMS (USA) 
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Zootaxa 178: 1-8 (9 April 2003) 2 plates, 19 references                          Accepted: 28 March 2003
The New World species of Cerodontha (Xenophytomyza) Frey (Diptera: Agromyzidae)
S. BOUCHER (Canada)
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Zootaxa 177: 1-4 (3 April 2003) 5 references                                                Accepted: 26 March 2003
New records of and key to Tardigrada from Costa Rica
L KACZMAREK (Poland)
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Zootaxa 176: 1-8 (3 April 2003) 3 plates; 6 references                         Accepted: 28 March 2003
Two new species of the genus Orizabus Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from southern and central Mexico
M.A. MORÓN, A.M. TAPIA & A. ARAGÓN (Mexico) 
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Zootaxa 175: 1-10 (3 April 2003) 4 plates; 25 references                     Accepted: 26 March 2003
A new genus and new species of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) from the south western region of Australia
P. ALDERSLADE (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 174: 1-19 (3 April 2003) 3 plate; 16 references                          Accepted: 25 March 2003
The Madagascan Coraebini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae): Part 4, New genera and species
C. L. BELLAMY (USA)
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Zootaxa 173: 1-4 (31 March 2003) 1 plate; 5 references                          Accepted: 20 March 2003
A new species of Aleurocanthus Quaintance & Baker (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) from Areca catechu in India, with comments on the status of Aleurodes nubilans Buckton
B.V. DAVID & M. MANJUNATHA (India)
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Zootaxa 172: 1-12 (31 March 2003) 5 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 3 March 2003
Two new species of Sabatieria (Nematoda, Comesomatidae) from Golfo Nuevo, Chubut (Argentina)
C. T. PASTOR DE WARD (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 171: 1-11 (31 March 2003) 3 plates; 11 references                     Accepted: 24 March 2003
Two new species of deeper dwelling Apogon (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from Micronesia and South Pacific Ocean
T.H. FRASER & J.E. RANDALL (USA) 
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Zootaxa 170: 1-7 (31 March 2003) 2 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 11 March 2003
A new milliped of the genus Abacion Rafinesque, 1820 from Arkansas, U. S. A. (Callipodida: Abacionidae)
R. M. SHELLEY, C. T. McALLISTER & J. L. HOLLIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 169: 1-4 (24 March 2003) 2 plates; 3 references                          Accepted: 17 March 2003
Pygmodispus (Pygmodispus) paraequestris spec. nov. (Acari: Heterostigmata: Scutacaridae) from Turkmenistan
A.A. KHAUSTOV (Ukraine) & P.R. CHYDYROV (Turkmenistan)
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Zootaxa 168: 1-12 (24 March 2003) 7 plates; 12 references                  Accepted: 14 March 2003
New records of the water mite genera Atractides Koch and Sperchon Kramer from the Balkan, with the description of one new species
V. M. PESIC (Serbia & Crna Gora)
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Zootaxa 167: 1-16 (24 March 2003) 5 plates; 9 references                     Accepted: 11 March 2003
New species and records of Copris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae; Scarabaeinae) from Central America
B. KOHLMANN (Costa Rica), E. CANO (Guatemala) & L. DELGADO (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 166: 1-48 (17 March 2003) 4 plates; 34 references                     Accepted: 7 March 2003
Dating and publication of the Encyclopédie Méthodique (1782– 1832), with special reference to the parts of the Histoire Naturelle and details on the Histoire Naturelle des Insectes
NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 165: 1-7 (17 March 2003) 2 plates; 20 references                        Accepted: 7 March 2003
Mayatyphlus carltoni Gusarov, a new genus and species of leptotyphline staphylinid beetle from Belize (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Leptotyphlinae)
VLADIMIR I. GUSAROV (USA)
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Zootaxa 164: 1-20 (17 March 2003) 10 plates; 24 references                     Accepted: 7 March 2003
A revision of the genus Goniusa Casey, 1906 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
VLADIMIR I. GUSAROV (USA)
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Zootaxa 163: 1-10 (17 March 2003) 4 plates; 4 references                  Accepted: 7 March 2003
New species of Trichogramma Westwood (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) associated with lepidopterous eggs in Brazil
R.B. QUERINO & R.A. ZUCCHI  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 162: 1-22 (17 March 2003) 10 plates; 24 references                  Accepted: 7 March 2003
Seven new species of New World Puliciphora Dahl (Diptera: Phoridae) with a new key to the Neotropical species
R.H.L. DISNEY (UK)
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Zootaxa 161: 1-7 (12 March 2003) 2 plates; 10 references                   Accepted: 6 March 2003
Cis leoi, a new species of Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from the Neotropical Region
C. LOPES-ANDRADE, F. GUMIER-COSTA & A.A. ZACARO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 160: 1-14 (12 March 2003) 2 plates; 59 references                   Accepted: 7 March 2003
Nomenclatural comments on the Rusty-spotted Genet (Carnivora, Viverridae) and designation of a neotype
P. GAUBERT (France) , M. TRANIER (France) , G. VERON (France), D. KOCK (Germany), A.E. DUNHAM (USA), P. J. TAYLOR (South Africa), C. STUART (South Africa), T. STUART (South Africa) & C. W. WOZENCRAFT (USA)
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Zootaxa 159: 1-16 (12 March 2003) 5 plates; 29 references                         Accepted: 3 March 2003
The placement of Engiscaptomyza, Grimshawomyia, and Titanochaeta, three clades of endemic Hawaiian Drosophilidae (Diptera)
P. O’GRADY (USA), J. BONACUM (USA), R. DESALLE (USA) & F. DO VAL (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 158: 1-8 (12 March 2003) 5 plates; 9 references                         Accepted: 4 March 2003
A new species of flea beetle, genus Pedilia Clark (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), from Osa Pennisula, Costa Rica
C.N. DUCKETT (USA)
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Zootaxa 157: 1-14 (12 March 2003) 3 plates; 26 references                   Accepted: 4 March 2003
Character analysis of adaptations for tarsal pollen collection in the Bombyliidae (Insecta: Diptera): the benefits of putting your foot in your mouth
J.L. NEFF, B.B. SIMPSON, N. L. EVENHUIS  & G. DIERINGER  (USA)
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Zootaxa 156: 1-12 (12 March 2003) 3 plates; 11 references                   Accepted: 27 February 2003
A new species of Gastropteridae (Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Cephalaspidea) from tropical Northeast Australia
A. KLUSSMANN-KOLB  & A. KLUSSMANN (Germany)
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Zootaxa 155: 1-31 (12 March 2003) 21 plates; 6 references                   Accepted: 27 February 2003
Tergoceracris, a new genus and six new species of montane grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Ommatolampinae) from Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico
D. E. PEREZ-GELABERT & D. OTTE (USA)
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Zootaxa 154: 1-23 (5 March 2003)  9 plates; 28 references                   Accepted: 25 February 2003
Redescription, shell variability and geographic distribution of Plagiodontes dentatus (Wood, 1828) (Gastropoda: Orthalicidae: Odontostominae) from Uruguay and Argentina
J. PIZÁ & N. J. CAZZANIGA (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 153: 1-10 (5 March 2003)  3 plates; 7 references                   Accepted: 25 February 2003
New genus and species of eriophyid mites (Acari, Eriophyidae) from Myrtaceae in Brazil, with notes on damages caused by Aculus pitangae Boczek & Davis
C. H.W. FLECHTMANN & G. J. DE MORAES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 152: 1-23 (5 March 2003)  8 plates; 71  references              Accepted: 23 February 2003
A new blind Lamyctes (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) from Tasmania with an analysis of molecular sequence data for the Lamyctes-Henicops Group
G. D. EDGECOMBE (Australia) & G. GIRIBET (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 151: 1-150 (5 March 2003)  16 plates; 120  references              Accepted: 6 February 2003
The Crematogaster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) of Costa Rica
JOHN T. LONGINO (USA)
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Zootaxa 150: 1-6 (27 February 2003) 1 plate; 6 references               Accepted: 23 February 2003
Gymnoamblyopus novaeguineae, a new genus and species of worm goby from Papua New Guinea (Gobiidae: Amblyopinae)
EDWARD O. MURDY & CARL J. FERRARIS, JR. (USA)
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Zootaxa 149: 1-10 (27 February 2003)  3 plates; 5 references                Accepted: 21 February 2003
Aculus sayanicus, a new species of Eriophyidae (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from grasses in Russia
ANNA SKORACKA & ANNA PACYNA (Poland)
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Zootaxa 148: 1-6 (27 February 2003)  1 plate; 5 references                Accepted: 19 February 2003
A new species of Calliaspis Dejean, 1837 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from French Guyana
L. BOROWIEC (Poland)
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Zootaxa 147: 1-20 (27 February 2003)  37 references                  Accepted: 18 February 2003
Correction to the Buprestidae and Schizopodidae (Coleoptera) listings from Nomina Insecta Nearctica (1996)
C. L. BELLAMY & R. L. WESTCOTT (USA)
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Zootaxa 146: 1-34 (20 February 2003)  153 references                  Accepted: 12February 2003
Census of " Microturbellarians" (free-living Platyhelminthes) of the zoogeographical regions originating from Gondwana
C. NOREÑA (Spain), F. BRUSA (Argentina) & A. FAUBEL (Germany)
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Zootaxa 145: 1-8 (20 February 2003) 6 plates; 2 references               Accepted: 12February 2003
Taxonomic status of Veithia Oudemans, 1941 and redescriptions of two species described by Oudemans (Acari: Smarididae)
Z.-Q. ZHANG (New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 144: 1-4 (20 February 2003) 1 plate; 2 references               Accepted: 4 February 2003
A new species of Nysson Latreille (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicinae) from Turkmenistan
P.G. NEMKOV (Russia) & S. F. GAYUBO (Spain)
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Zootaxa 143: 1-15 (5 February 2003) 8 plates; 12 references               Accepted: 24 January 2003
Chromidotilapia melaniae and C. nana, two new cichlid species (Perciformes, Cichlidae) from Gabon, Central Africa
ANTON LAMBOJ (Austria)
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Zootaxa 142: 1-102 (5 February 2003) 71 plates; 8 references               Accepted: 27 January 2003
A revision of the genus Seeversiella Ashe, 1986 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
VLADIMIR I. GUSAROV (USA)
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Zootaxa 141: 1-43 (31 January 2003) 15 plates; 60 references               Accepted: 27 January 2003
A review of the hyperiidean amphipod family Cystisomatidae Willemöes-Suhm, 1875 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea)
WOLFGANG ZEIDLER (Australia)
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Zootaxa 140: 1-6 (31 January 2003) 2 plates; 6 9 references               Accepted: 24 January 2003
Hexapodibius christenberryae, a new species of tardigrade from North America (Eutardigrada, Calohypsibiidae)
G. PILATO & M.G. BINDA (Italy)
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Zootaxa 139: 1-14 (24 January 2003) 6 plates; 6 references               Accepted: 21 January 2003
New species of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Costa Rica and Panama
Á. SOLÍS & B. KOHLMANN (Costa Rica)
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Zootaxa 138: 1-6 (24 January 2003) 1 plate; 4 references               Accepted: 20 January 2003
Odontamblyopus rebecca, a new species of amblyopine goby from Vietnam with a key to known species of the genus (Gobiidae: Amblyopinae)
E.O. MURDY (USA) & K. SHIBUKAWA (Japan)
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Zootaxa 137: 1-10 (24 January 2003) 2 plates; 9 references            Accepted: 17 January 2003
Description of the female and larval stage of Odontophotopsis succinea Viereck (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with new synonymy and notes 
J.P. PITTS & F.D. PARKER (USA)
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Zootaxa 136: 1-6 (24 January 2003) 2 plates; 5 references            Accepted: 17 January 2003
Panurgus platymerus Pérez, 1895 (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) synonymy, status of the Warncke lectotype
S. PATINY (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 135: 1-4 (17 January 2003) 2 plates; 9 references            Accepted: 15 January 2003
A new species of the water mite genus Kawamuracarus Uchida from Oman (Acari: Hydrachnidia)
H. SMIT (The Netherlands)
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Zootaxa 134: 1-11 (17 January 2003) 2 plates; 4 references            Accepted: 7 January 2003
Six new species of Trichogramma Westwood (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) from a Brazilian forest reserve
R.B. QUERINO  & R.A. ZUCCHI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 133: 1-14 (17 January 2003) 10 plates; 12 references            Accepted: 3 January 2003
A new Rakaia species (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Pettalidae) from Otago, New Zealand
S. L. BOYER & G. GIRIBET (USA)
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Zootaxa 132: 1-8 (17 January 2003) 3 plates; 5 references              Accepted: 3 January 2003
Platicrista horribilis, a new species of Tardigrada (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae) from Mongolia
L KACZMAREK  & L. MICHALCZYK (Poland)
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Zootaxa 131: 1-14 (10 January 2003) 8 plates; 16 references           Accepted: 16 December 2002
Two new acoels (Acoela, Platyhelminthes) from the central coast of California
MATTHEW D. HOOGE & SETH TYLER (USA)
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Zootaxa 130: 1-6 (10 January 2003) 3 plates; 5 references           Accepted: 23 December 2002
A new Cylindromorphoides Kerremans, 1903 from the "Gran Sabana" in Venezuela (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
MICHAEL HORNBURG (Germany)
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Zootaxa 129: 1-10 (10 January 2003) 4 plates; 15 references           Accepted: 16 December 2002
Quill mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) from African passeriform birds
M. SKORACKI & B. SIKORA (Poland)
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Zootaxa 128: 1-10 (10 January 2003) 4 plates; 21 references           Accepted: 20 December 2002
A new species of Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from Panamá
O. BREEDY (Costa Rica) & H. M. GUZMÁN (Panamá)
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