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Zootaxa 793: 1-28 (24 December 2004) 5 plates, 44 references                   Accepted: 16 Dec. 2004
New species and new records of stomatopod Crustacea from the Philippines
S.T. AHYONG (Australia)
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Zootaxa 792: 1-11 (24 December 2004)  4 plates, 17 references                   Accepted: 16 Dec. 2004
A new species of Hoplodactylus (Reptilia: Pygopodidae) from the Takitimu Mountains, South Island, New Zealand
T.R. JEWELL & R.A.B. LESCHEN (New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 791: 1-12 (24 December 2004) 3 plates; 8 references                    Accepted: 15 Dec. 2004
Ecsenius caeruliventris and E. shirleyae, two new species of blenniid fishes from Indonesia, and new distribution records for other species of Ecsenius
V.G. SPRINGER (USA) & G.R. ALLEN (Australia)
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Zootaxa 790: 1-20 (22 December 2004) 14 plates; 26 references                    Accepted: 15 Dec. 2004
The beetle family Carabidae of Costa Rica: The genus Epikastea Liebke of the Plochonida Group, with new Neotropical species and notes on their way of life (Insecta: Coleoptera, Lebiini, Agrina)
T.L. ERWIN (USA)
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Zootaxa 789: 1-26 (22 December 2004)  2 plates, 104 references                   Accepted: 20 Nov. 2004
Synopsis on Passalidae family (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) of Brazil with description of a new species of Veturius Kaup, 1871
C.R.V.D. FONSECA (Brazil) & P. REYES-CASTILLO (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 788: 1-4 (22 December 2004) 1 plate; 6 references                        Accepted: 11 Dec. 2004
A new species of Schinia Hübner from riparian habitats in the Grand Canyon (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae)
M.G. POGUE (USA)
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Zootaxa 787: 1-7 (22 December 2004) 4 plates; 8 references                        Accepted: 7 Dec. 2004
Ceraspis jaliscoensis, a new species from México (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)
L. DELGADO & J.L. NAVARRETE-HEREDIA (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 786: 1-12 (22 December 2004)  36 references                                    Accepted: 9 Dec. 2004
Endohelminths from five rare species of turtles (Bataguridae) from southeast Asia confiscated by international authorities in Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
R.A. MURRAY, N.O. DRONEN & C.K. BLEND (USA)
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Zootaxa 785: 1-12 (22 December 2004) 4 plates; 18 references                        Accepted: 9 Dec. 2004
Review of the genus Hyrtanella (Ephemeroptera: Ephemerellidae)
L.M. JACOBUS (USA) & M. SARTORI (Switzerland)
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Zootaxa 784: 1-12 (22 December 2004) 4 plates; 13 references                        Accepted: 10 Dec. 2004
A new hypogeal species of Oregmopyga Hoy (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) from southern California, U.S.A., and a key to species of the genus
T. KONDO, P.J. GULLAN & D.R. MILLER (USA)
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Zootaxa 783: 1-45 (20 December 2004) 21 plates; 8 references                       Accepted: 9 Dec. 2004
A revision of Oocyclus Sharp of Mexico and Central America (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
A.E.Z. SHORT  & P.D. PERKINS (USA)
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Zootaxa 782: 1-10 (20 December 2004) 4 plates; 7 references                       Accepted: 26 Nov. 2004
A new Argentinian species of Bembidion (Chilioperyphus) (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini) with accessory setae
S. ROIG-JUÑENT & E. SCHEIBLER (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 781: 1-15 (20 December 2004) 4 plates; 46 references                        Accepted: 7 Dec. 2004
Phloeocharis subtilissima Mannerheim (Staphylinidae: Phloeocharinae) and Cephennium gallicum Ganglbauer (Scydmaenidae) new to North America: a case study in the introduction of exotic Coleoptera to the port of Halifax, with new records of other species
C. MAJKA & J. KLIMASZEWSKI (Canada)
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Zootaxa 780: 1-14 (20 December 2004) 5 plates; 19 references                       Accepted: 1 Nov. 2004
On the identity of flying-foxes, genus Pteropus (Mammalia: Chiroptera), from islands in the Torres Strait, Australia
K.M. HELGEN (Australia)
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Zootaxa 779: 1-20 (20 December 2004) 4 plates; 28 references                       Accepted: 7 Dec. 2004
Molecular phylogenetics of Chaetodon and the Chaetodontidae (Teleostei: Perciformes) with reference to morphology
D.T.J. LITTLEWOOD (UK), S.M. MCDONALD (UK), A.C. GILL (USA) & T.H. CRIBB (Australia)
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Zootaxa 778: 1-12 (17 December 2004) 3 plates; 2 references                       Accepted: 6 Dec. 2004
Revision of Affecauda Hall & Chambers, 1999 (Digenea: Gyliauchenidae Fukui, 1929), including the description of two new species from fishes of the Indo-West Pacific
K.A. HALL (Japan) & T.H. CRIBB (Australia)
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Zootaxa 777: 1-10 (17 December 2004) 1 plate; 12  references                        Accepted: 2 Dec. 2004
The Xixuthrus species of Fiji (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae)
D. YANEGA (USA), D. OLSON (Fiji), S. SHUTE (UK) & Z. KOMIYA (Japan)
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Zootaxa 776: 1-10 (17 December 2004) 5 plates; 17 references                       Accepted: 7 Dec. 2004
A new species of the genus Bothriomyrmex Emery, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) from Costa Rica
D.A. DUBOVIKOFF (Russia) & J.T. LONGINO (USA)
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Zootaxa 775: 1-12 (17 December 2004) 2 plates; 1 reference                       Accepted: 2 Dec. 2004
New or rare Madagascar tiger beetles—9. Two new species of the genus Physodeutera Lacordaire, with revised keys to the species of subgenera Diarrhiza Jeannel and Minideutera Moravec (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)
J. MORAVEC (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa 774: 1-6 (17 December 2004) 1 plate; 22  references                        Accepted: 6 Dec. 2004
Description of the larval stages of the Shield Darter, Percina peltata (Pisces: Percidae), in New York
R.E. SCHMIDT  & R.A. DANIELS (USA)
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Zootaxa 773: 1-56 (17 December 2004) 9 plates; 38 references                       Accepted: 28 Nov. 2004
New species of Bombylioidea in Mario Bezzi’s Unpublished Hungarian Museum Manuscript
D.J. GREATHEAD (UK) & N.L. EVENHUIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 772: 1-11 (14 December 2004) 3 plates; 26 references                          Accepted: 1 Dec. 2004
Cyrtodactylus thirakhupti (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new cave-dwelling gecko from southern Thailand
O.S.G. PAUWELS (Belgium), A.M. BAUER (USA), M. SUMONTHA (Thailand) & L. CHANHOME (Thailand)
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Zootaxa 771: 1-8 (14 December 2004) 2 plates; 5 references                          Accepted: 6 Dec. 2004
Two new species of Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 from the A. salicis (Fabricius, 1776) species-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
S. BÍLÝ & V. KUBÁN (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa 770: 1-8 (14 December 2004) 5 plates; 11 references                          Accepted: 30 Nov. 2004
A new cleaner goby of the genus Elacatinus (Teleostei: Gobiidae), from Trindade Island, off Brazil
R.Z.P. GUIMARÃES (Brazil), J.L. GASPARINI (Brazil), & L.A. ROCHA (USA)
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Zootaxa 769: 1-14 (14 December 2004) 6 plates; 16 references                          Accepted: 2 Dec. 2004
Description of immature stages of three species of American Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)
J. OROZCO & L.C. PARDO-LOCARNO (Colombia)
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Zootaxa 768: 1-11 (14 December 2004) 3 plates; 26 references                          Accepted: 1 Dec. 2004
Description of pleural defensive organs in three species of firefly larvae (Coleoptera, Lampyridae)
E. TRICE, J. TYLER & J.C. DAY (UK)
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Zootaxa 767: 1-8 (14 December 2004) 3 plates; 2 references                           Accepted: 7 Dec. 2004
A revision of Callicerus Gravenhorst, Pseudosemiris Machulka, and related genera. III. A new genus and species from China, and additional records (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
V. ASSING (Germany)
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Zootaxa 766: 1-4 (14 December 2004) 22 references                                      Accepted: 5 Dec. 2004
Nomenclatural changes in leafcutter bees of the Americas: Megachile Latreille 1802 (Hymenoptera; Megachilidae)
A. RAW (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 765: 1-8 (14 December 2004) 5 plates; 18 references                          Accepted: 2 Dec. 2004
Karyotype of Propsilocerus akamusi (Tokunaga) from China (Diptera: Chironomidae)
I.I. KIKNADZE (Russia), X. WANG (P.R. China), A.G. ISTOMINA (Russia)
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Zootaxa 764: 1-7 (14 December 2004) 2 plates; 16 references                        Accepted: 25 Nov. 2004
Two new species of Ommatius Wiedemann (Diptera: Asilidae) from Brazil
R. VIEIRA, I. CASTRO & F. BRAVO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 763: 1-28 (10 December 2004) 18 plates; 19 references                       Accepted: 1 Dec. 2004
Revision of raphignathoid mites (Acari: Prostigmata) in the collection of H. Habeeb
Q.-H. FAN (P.R. China) & Z.-Q. ZHANG (New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 762: 1-19 (10 December 2004) 1 plate; 69 references                          Accepted: 1 Dec. 2004
A synopsis of the Castniidae (Lepidoptera) of Trinidad and Tobago
J.M. GONZÁLEZ (USA) & M.J.W. COCK (UK)
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Zootaxa 761: 1-6 (10 December 2004) 1 plate; 9  references                      Accepted: 28 Nov. 2004
Trichomycterus giganteus (Siluriformes: Loricarioidea: Trichomycteridae): a new catfish from the Rio Guandu basin, southeastern Brazil
S.M.Q. LIMA & W.J.E.M. COSTA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 760: 1-26 (10 December 2004) 5 plates; 22 references                          Accepted: 26 Nov. 2004
Phylogenetic relationships among families of the order Anomopoda (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Cladocera)
L.M.A. ELMOOR-LOUREIRO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 759: 1-10 (10 December 2004) 5 plates; 17 references                     Accepted: 22 Nov. 2004
Gymnotus ardilai: a new species of Neotropical electric fish (Ostariophysi: Gymnotidae) from the Rio Magdalena Basin of Colombia
J.A. MALDONADO-OCAMPO (Colombia) & J.S. ALBERT (USA)
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Zootaxa 758: 1-9 (10 December 2004) 3 plates; 8   references                    Accepted: 30 Nov. 2004
A remarkable new species of Trirammatus Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini) from the Valdivian Forest of Chile
K.W. WILL  (USA)
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Zootaxa 757: 1-16 (7 December 2004) 4 plates; 14 references                       Accepted: 29 Oct. 2004
The South American genus Nigranitida Metz (Diptera: Therevidae: Therevinae) with the description of three new species
D.W. WEBB & M.A. METZ (USA)
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Zootaxa 756: 1-6 (7 December 2004) 9 references                                    Accepted: 25 Oct. 2004
Nomenclatural emendations (Cirripedia, Pedunculata) involving the family-group names Priscansermarinidae Newman, 1996, Neolepadinae Newman, 1996 & Zeugmatolepadidae Newman, 1996
W.A. NEWMAN (USA)
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Zootaxa 755: 1-8 (7 December 2004) 3 plates; 9 references                      Accepted: 26 Oct. 2004
Description of species of the genera Actacarus and Scaptognathides (Acari: Halacaridae)
I. BARTSCH (Germany)
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Zootaxa 754: 1-10 (7 December 2004) 4 plates; 22 references                      Accepted: 25 Oct. 2004
A new species of Corophium from eastern Australian estuaries (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Corophiidae: Corophiinae: Corophiini)
J.K. LOWRY (Australia)
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Monograph
Zootaxa 753: 1-120 (3 December 2004)  276 references                      Accepted: 28 Oct. 2004
World catalog of the Stephanidae (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea)
A.P. AGUIAR (Brazil)
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Monograph
Zootaxa 752: 1-90 (3 December 2004) 246 references                                   Accepted: 8 Nov. 2004
Notes and recommendations on taxonomy and nomenclature of Chironomidae (Diptera)
M. SPIES (Germany)& O.A. SÆTHER (Norway)
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Monograph
Zootaxa 751: 1-94 (3 December 2004)  495 references                            Accepted: 16 Nov. 2004
The Diptera Genera of Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot
N.L. EVENHUIS (USA) & A.C. PONT (UK)
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Zootaxa 750: 1-19 (3 December 2004) 6 plates; 35 references                      Accepted: 22 Nov. 2004
A review of the genus Cladotanytarsus Kieffer from China, with the description of three new species (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanytarsini)
X. WANG & Y. GUO (P. R. China)
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Zootaxa 749: 1-12 (1 December 2004) 4 plates; 3 references                      Accepted: 22 Nov. 2004
Limnebius acupunctus, a new species of water beetle from Australia and Papua New Guinea (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
P.D. PERKINS (USA)
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Zootaxa 748: 1-4 (1 December 2004) 9 references                                   Accepted: 23 Nov. 2004
Yosiityphlus Sawada, 1971, a new synonym of Thinobius Kiesenwetter, 1844 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
V.I. GUSAROV (Norway) & G. MAKRANCZY (USA)
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Zootaxa 747: 1-36 (1 December 2004) 18 plates; 31 references                     Accepted: 24 Nov. 2004
A revision of the genus Lypoglossa Fenyes, 1918 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
 V.I. GUSAROV (Norway)
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Zootaxa 746: 1-25 (1 December 2004) 14 plates; 52 references                     Accepted: 23 Nov. 2004
A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Halobrecta Thomson, 1858 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) with notes on some Palaearctic species of the genus
 V.I. GUSAROV (Norway)
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Zootaxa 745: 1-15 (1 December 2004) 6 plates; 26 references                     Accepted: 24 Nov. 2004
Review of the genus Sableta Casey, 1910 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Athetini)
J.S. ASHE (USA) & V.I. GUSAROV (Norway)
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Zootaxa 744: 1-8 (1 December 2004) 1 plate; 3 references                       Accepted: 24 Nov. 2004
Description of two new species of the catfish genus Trichomycterus from southeastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)
A.R ALENCAR & W.J.E.M. COSTA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 743: 1-5 (25 November 2004) 2 plates; 10 references                      Accepted: 22 Nov. 2004
Milnesium katarzynae sp. nov., a new species of eutardigrade (Milnesiidae) from China
Ł. KACZMAREK (Poland), Ł. MICHALCZYK (Poland) & C.W. BEASLEY (USA)
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Zootaxa 742: 1-28 (25 November 2004) 2 plates; 64 references                    Accepted: 17 Nov. 2004
Paguristes puniceus Henderson, 1896 (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea: Diogenidae): A study in intraspecific variability
P.A. MCLAUGHLIN (USA)
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Zootaxa 741: 1-14 (25 November 2004) 5 plates; 19 references                    Accepted: 17 Nov. 2004
Description of five Anthrax Scopoli puparia (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Anthracinae, Anthracini)
A.M. CUNHA & C.J. EINICKER LAMAS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 740: 1-42 (25 November 2004) 18 plates; 41 references                  Accepted: 11 Nov. 2004
Review of the Nearctic species of Bryotropha Heinemann (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
T. RUTTEN (Germany) & O. KARSHOLT (Denmark)
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Zootaxa 739: 1-19 (25 November 2004) 4 plates; 23 references                    Accepted: 11 Nov. 2004
A new species of Indotyphlus Taylor (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from the Western Ghats, India
V. GIRI (India), D.J. GOWER (UK) & M. WILKINSON (UK)
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Zootaxa 738: 1-19 (22 November 2004) 22 plates; 6 references                       Accepted: 10 Nov. 2004
Taxonomic note on four poorly known Arizona Eupithecia Curtis (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Eupitheciini)
C.D. FERRIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 737: 1-7 (22 November 2004) 2 plates; 7 references                      Accepted: 10 Nov. 2004
Simpsonichthys radiosus sp. n. (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae): a new annual killifish from the upper Rio Tocantins basin, central Brazil
W.J.E.M. COSTA & G.C. BRASIL (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 736: 1-8 (22 November 2004) 3 plates; 19 references                      Accepted: 3 Nov. 2004
Notozothecium janauachensis n. sp. (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) from wild and cultured tambaqui, Colossoma macropomum (Teleostei: Characidae: Serrasalminae) in Brazil
E. BELMONT-JÉGU (France), M.V. DOMINGUES (Brazil) & M.L. MARTINS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 735: 1-9 (22 November 2004) 2 plates; 31 references                      Accepted: 10 Nov. 2004
Taxonomic revision of Elimia christyi and E. interrupta (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Pleuroceridae)
R.L. MINTON, A.E. BOGAN, J.A. BROOKS & D.M. HAYES (USA)
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Zootaxa 734: 1-15 (18 November 2004) 8 plates; 10 references                       Accepted: 8 Nov. 2004
A new genus and species of Collembola from caves of south Iberian Peninsula (Collembola, Poduromorpha, Onychiuridae)
M. MARTÍNEZ, E. BAQUERO, P. BARRANCO, A.H. ARIÑO & R. JORDANA (Spain)
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Zootaxa 733: 1-8 (18 November 2004) 2 plates; 13 references                       Accepted: 9 Nov. 2004
A new species of the catfish genus Akysis (Siluriformes: Akysidae) from southern Borneo
H.H. NG (USA) & D.J. SIEBERT (UK)
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Zootaxa 732: 1-10 (18 November 2004) 1 plate; 23 references                      Accepted: 2 Nov. 2004
A new species of Didemnum (Ascidiacea, Tunicata) from the Atlantic coast of North America
P. KOTT (Australia)
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Zootaxa 731: 1-10 (18 November 2004) 4 plates; 32 references                      Accepted: 10 Nov. 2004
Status of Cyrtosia marginata Perris (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae) with remarks on the type and new distribution records
N.L. EVENHUIS (USA) & C. DAVID (UK)
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Zootaxa 730: 1-14 (18 November 2004) 2 plates; 5 references                       Accepted: 9 Nov. 2004
New species and records of Melaloncha (Udamochiras) bee-killing flies (Diptera: Phoridae)
L. GONZALEZ & B.V. BROWN (USA)
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Zootaxa 729: 1-19 (18 November 2004) 5 plates; 42 references                      Accepted: 29 Oct. 2004
Lectotype designations in the New World Gymnetini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)
B.C. RATCLIFFE (USA)
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Zootaxa 728: 1-14 (18 November 2004) 5 plates; 6 references                      Accepted: 14 Oct. 2004
A new genus and four new species of Isometopinae (Hemiptera: Miridae) from South Africa
E. AKINGBOHUNGBE (Nigeria)
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Zootaxa 727: 1-63 (15 November 2004) 20 plates; 87 references                    Accepted: 24 Oct. 2004
A review of morphological variation in Trimeresurus popeiorum (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae), with the description of two new species
G. VOGEL (Germany), P. DAVID (France) & O.S. G. PAUWELS (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 726: 1-8 (15 November 2004) 3 plates; 16 references                        Accepted: 9 Nov. 2004
New records of water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from Iran, with the description of a new species
VLADIMIR PESIC (Serbia and Montenegro)
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Zootaxa 725: 1-18 (15 November 2004) 6 plates; 25 references                      Accepted: 28 Oct. 2004
Cyclacanthia n.g. (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida: Latrunculiidae incertea sedis), a new genus of marine sponges from South African waters, and description of two new species
T. SAMAAI (South Africa), V. GOVENDER (South Africa) & M. KELLY (New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 724: 1-10 (15 November 2004) 4 plates; 16 references                       Accepted: 2 Nov. 2004
A description of Harpinia karamani sp. nov. (Amphipoda: Phoxocephalidae) from the Mediterranean, with a redescription of Harpinia truncata Sars, 1891
R.A. KING (USA)
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Zootaxa 723: 1-6 (15 November 2004) 1 plate; 5 references                            Accepted: 4 Nov. 2004
First record of the genus Pisinna Monterosato, 1878 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Anabathridae) from the southwest Atlantic, with description of a new species
F.N. SANTOS  & R.S. ABSALÃO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 722: 1-64 (11 November 2004) 1 plate; 211 references                     Accepted: 15 Oct. 2004
The Sarcophagidae (Insecta: Diptera) described by Louis Pandellé
T. PAPE (Denmark)
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Zootaxa 721: 1-12 (11 November 2004) 5 plates; 9 references                       Accepted: 1 Nov. 2004
Three new species of Cumacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from Costa Rica
I. PETRESCU (Romania) & R.W. HEARD (USA)
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Zootaxa 720: 1-28 (11 November 2004) 12 plates; 37 references                      Accepted: 28 Aug. 2004
Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae)
M.-O. RÖDEL (Germany), A. SCHMITZ (Switzerland), O.S.G. PAUWELS (Belgium) & W. BÖHME (Germany)
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Zootaxa 719: 1-10 (11 November 2004) 2 plates; 16 references                       Accepted: 1 Nov. 2004
Two new species of Actinote (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) from Southeastern Brazil
R.B. FRANCINI (Brazil), A.V.L. FREITAS (Brazil) & C. PENZ (USA)
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Zootaxa 718: 1-19 (8 November 2004) 5 plates; 37 references                         Accepted: 28 Oct. 2004
A review of the Neotropical sharpshooter genus Onega Distant, 1908 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini)
D.M. TAKIYA  & R.R. CAVICHIOLI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 717: 1-10 (8 November 2004) 4 plates; 9 references                           Accepted: 9 Oct. 2004
Two new Brazilian species of Cis Latreille, 1796 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Ciidae)
S.D.S. PINHEIRO DE ALMEIDA & C. LOPES-ANDRADE (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 716: 1-7 (8 November 2004) 2 plates; 7 references                         Accepted: 28 Oct. 2004
Epsilogaster fullertoni, a new species of Epsilogaster Whitfield and Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Mendesellinae) from Florida, USA
K.M. PITZ (USA)
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Zootaxa 715: 1-7 (8 November 2004) 2 plates; 7 references                          Accepted: 26 Oct. 2004
Two new panurgine bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) species from the Near- and Middle East
S. PATINY (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 714: 1-72 (4 November 2004) 33 plates; 80 references                          Accepted: 6 Oct. 2004
New species of Australian Scissurellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) with remarks on Australian and Indo-Malayan species
D.L. GEIGER (USA) & P. JANSEN (Australia)
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Zootaxa 713: 1-47 (4 November 2004) 18 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 2 Oct. 2004
A revision of the Varta-Stymphalus generic complex of the leafhopper tribe Scaphytopiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Old World
C.A. VIRAKTAMATH (India)
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Zootaxa 712: 1-12 (4 November 2004) 2 plates; 46 references                          Accepted: 15 Oct. 2004
Regarding the taxonomic status of Ophyra Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Muscidae): A molecular approach
G. SCHNELL E SCHUEHLI (Brazil), C.B. DE CARVALHO (Brazil) & B.M. WIEGMANN (USA)
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Zootaxa 711: 1-40 (1 November 2004) 18 plates; 12 references                         Accepted: 20 Oct. 2004
Thirteen new species and new distribution records of Helicopsyche (Feropsyche) Johanson from Venezuela (Trichoptera: Helicopsychidae)
K.A. JOHANSON (Sweden) & R.W. HOLZENTHAL (USA)
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Zootaxa 710: 1-8 (1 November 2004) 3 plates; 10 references                          Accepted: 11 Oct. 2004
First occurrence of the genus Paraleucilla (Calcarea, Porifera) in the Atlantic Ocean: P. magna sp. nov.
M. KLAUTAU, L. MONTEIRO & R. BOROJEVIC (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 709: 1-7 (1 November 2004) 4 plates; 6 references                          Accepted: 19 Oct. 2004
Description of two new species of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) from Argentina
M. OLMI (Italy) & E. VIRLA (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 708: 1-11 (29 October 2004) 5 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 21 Oct. 2004
Two new plant feeding mites from Brachiaria ruziziensis in citrus groves in São Paulo, Brazil and new distribution records of other plant mites in Brazil
C.H.W. FLECHTMANN (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 707: 1-12 (29 October 2004) 6 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 19 Oct. 2004
Moema apurinan sp. n. and Aphyolebias boticarioi sp. n. (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae): two new annual killifishes from the Rio Purus basin, Brazilian Amazon
W.J.E.M. COSTA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 706: 1-12 (29 October 2004) 5 plates; 22 references                          Accepted: 7 Oct. 2004
Shell morphometrics of three species of gadilid Scaphopoda (Mollusca) from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: comparing the discriminating power of primary and secondary descriptors
R.S. ABSALÃO & T.S. DE PAULA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 705: 1-8 (29 October 2004) 7 plates; 1 reference                            Accepted: 15 Oct. 2004
A new species of Passadenoides Neunzig from Wyoming and New Mexico (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae)
C.D. FERRIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 704: 1-20 (29 October 2004) 9 plates; 19 references                         Accepted: 8 Oct. 2004
Steinernema guangdongense sp. n. (Nematoda: Steinernematidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from southern China with a note on S. serratum (nomen nudum)
L. QIU (P.R. China), Y. FANG (P.R. China), Y. ZHOU (P.R. China), Y. PANG (P.R. China) & K.B. NGUYEN (USA)
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Zootaxa 703: 1-20 (29 October 2004) 7 plates; 21 references                         Accepted: 18 Oct. 2004
Description of Notarius biffi n. sp. and redescription of N. insculptus (Jordan and Gilbert) (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from the eastern Pacific, with evidence of monophyly and limits of Notarius
R. BETANCUR-R. (USA) & A. ACERO P. (Colombia)
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Zootaxa 702: 1-16 (29 October 2004) 8 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 14 Oct. 2004
New Cumacea species (Malacostraca, Peracarida) from the deepwater area of the Sea of Japan (Collections of the 52nd Cruise by the R/V «Vityaz», 1972)
S. VASSILENKO & L. TZAREVA (Russia)
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Zootaxa 701: 1-86 (27 October 2004) 3 9 plates; 22 references                         Accepted: 29 Sept. 2004
Twenty-five new species of Costa Rican Limacodidae (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea)
M.E. EPSTEIN (USA) & J.F. CORRALES (Costa Rica)
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Zootaxa 700: 1-120 (27 October 2004) 51 plates; 102 references                      Accepted: 7 Jul. 2004
The subgenus Stegomyia of Aedes in the Afrotropical Region with keys to the species (Diptera: Culicidae)
Y.-M. HUANG (USA)
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Zootaxa 699: 1-24 (25 October 2004) 9 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 12 Oct. 2004
The genus Xenosciara gen. n. and the phylogeny of the Sciaridae (Diptera) 
P. VILKAMAA (Finland) & H. HIPPA (Sweden)
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Zootaxa 698: 1-4 (25 October 2004)  23 references                                    Accepted: 14 Oct. 2004
New records of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Argentina
M.C. MELO & M.D.C. COSCARÓN (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 697: 1-5 (25 October 2004) 1 plate; 12 references                          Accepted: 8 Oct. 2004
A new species of Drymusa Simon, 1891 (Araneae, Drymusidae) from Brazil
A.D. BRESCOVIT, A.B. BONALDO & C.A. RHEIMS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 696: 1-8 (25 October 2004) 5 plates; 22 references                      Accepted: 14 Oct. 2004
Rivulus uatuman sp. n. (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae): a new miniature killifish from the central Brazilian Amazon
W.J.E.M. COSTA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 695: 1-70 (25 October 2004) 30 plates; 108 references                      Accepted: 12 Oct. 2004
Further species of the opisthobranch genus Okenia (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) from the Indo-West Pacific
W.B. RUDMAN  (Australia)
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Zootaxa 694: 1-22 (21 October 2004) 10 plates; 11 references                      Accepted: 5 Oct. 2004
Revision of the Afrotropical species of the genus Trichodes HERBST, 1792 (Coleoptera, Cleridae)
R. GERSTMEIER & A. HUESMANN  (Germany)
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Zootaxa 693: 1-8 (21 October 2004) 3 plates; 6 references                      Accepted: 11 Oct. 2004
New morphological information on Simulium cerradense adults and new records of black fly species (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the western region of Bahia state, Brazil
N. HAMADA (Brazil), S.L.B LUZ (Brazil) & S. COSCARÓN  (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 692: 1-6 (21 October 2004) 1 plate; 16 references                      Accepted: 2 Oct. 2004
On the identity of an invasive leafhopper on Hawaii (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Nirvaninae)
M.D. WEBB (UK) & C.A. VIRAKTAMATH  (India)
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Zootaxa 691: 1-6 (21 October 2004) 2 plates; 9 references                      Accepted: 11 Oct. 2004
Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) from Aegithalos caudatus (Passeriformes: Aegithalidae)
M. SKORACKI & G. HEBDA  (Poland)
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Zootaxa 690: 1-24 (18 October 2004) 11 plates; 36 references                      Accepted: 30 Sept. 2004
A new early dinosaur (Sauropodomorpha) from the Caturrita Formation (Late Triassic), Paraná Basin, Brazil
L.A. LEAL, S.A.K. AZEVEDO, A.W.A. KELLNER & Á.A.S. DA ROSA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 689: 1-7 (18 October 2004) 2 plates; 7 references                       Accepted: 9 Oct. 2004
Podonomus pepinellii n. sp., first record of the genus and subfamily from Brazil (Diptera: Chironomidae: Podonominae)
F.D.O. ROQUE & S. TRIVINHO-STRIXINO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 688: 1-15 (18 October 2004) 5 plates; 31 references                       Accepted: 4 Oct. 2004
A new species of Scinax (Anura: Hylidae) from rocky montane fields of the Serra do Cipó, Southeastern Brazil
A. PUGLIESE, J.P. POMBAL, Jr. & I. SAZIMA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 687: 1-10 (14 October 2004) 5 plates; 16 references                       Accepted: 26 Sept. 2004
Hydrolagus matallanasi sp. nov. (Holocephali, Chimaeridae) a new species of rabbitfish from southern Brazil
J.M.R. SOTO & C.M. VOOREN (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 686: 1-11 (14 October 2004) 5 plates; 16 references                      Accepted: 30 Sept. 2004
Remylamyctes (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha), a henicopid centipede from Madagascar and Réunion
G.D. EDGECOMBE (Australia)
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Zootaxa 685: 1-8 (14 October 2004) 4 plates; 18 references                      Accepted: 24 Sept. 2004
The northern river shark Glyphis sp. C (Carcharhinidae) discovered in Western Australia
D.C. THORBURN & D.L. MORGAN (Australia)
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Zootaxa 684: 1-7 (14 October 2004) 1 plate; 15 references                       Accepted: 1 Oct. 2004
Steringovermes notacanthi n. gen., n. sp. (Digenea: Fellodistomidae) from the deep-sea spiny eel Notacanthus bonaparte (Notacanthiformes: Notacanthidae) from the north eastern Atlantic and a new host record for Olssonium turneri
RODNEY A. BRAY (UK)
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Zootaxa 683: 1-80 (12 October 2004) 31 plates; 73 references                 Accepted: 12 Sept. 2004
A revision of the genus Paratyndaris Fisher, 1919 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Polycestinae)
G.H. NELSON & C.L. BELLAMY (USA)
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Zootaxa 682: 1-1295 (12 October 2004) 4 plates; 3187 references                 Accepted: 20 Jul. 2004
Catalog of Recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
J.K. TUCKER (USA)
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Zootaxa 681: 1-119 (12 October 2004) 34 plates; 93 references                     Accepted: 2 Sept. 2004
Whiteflies of Belize (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Part 1 — introduction and account of the subfamily Aleurodicinae Quaintance & Baker
J.H. MARTIN (UK.)
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Zootaxa 680: 1-314 (12 October 2004) 97 plates; 277 references                     Accepted: 2 Jul. 2004
Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta)
ARNE NYGREN (Sweden.)
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Zootaxa 679: 1-16 (8 October 2004) 4 plates; 4 references                             Accepted: 23 Sept. 2004
New species and notes on Apenesia (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from the Brazilian Amazon
G. O. LANES & C. O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 678: 1-23 (8 October 2004) 5 plates; 35 references                             Accepted: 4 Sept. 2004
Typhlomyrmex meire, a remarkable new species endemic to Southern Bahia, Brazil (Formicidae: Ectatomminae)
S. LACAU (France) C. VILLEMANT (France) & J.H.C. DELABIE (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 677: 1-6 (8 October 2004) 3 plates; 11 references                             Accepted: 15 Sept. 2004
Redescription of Trichogrammatoidea annulata De Santis (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)
R.B. QUERINO & R.A. ZUCCHI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 676: 1-46 (8 October 2004) 28 plates; 19 references                      Accepted: 9 Sept. 2004
Morphology of the prothorax and procoxa in the New World Cryptocephalini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)
M.L. CHAMORRO-LACAYO & A.S. KONSTANTINOV (USA)
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Zootaxa 675: 1-6 (8 October 2004) 16 references                                            Accepted: 24 Sept. 2004
New records of six species of subgenus Sophophora (Drosophila, Drosophilidae) collected in Brazil
J.S. DÖGE, M.S. GOTTSCHALK, D.C. DE TONI, L.E.M. BIZZO, S.C. F. OLIVEIRA, V.L.S. VALENTE & P.R.P. HOFMANN (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 674: 1-14 (6 October 2004)  3 plates; 11 references                          Accepted: 27 Sept. 2004
A new species of the genus Dactylopleustes (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Pleustidae) from Japan, with a partial redescription of D. echinoides Bousfield and Hendrycks, 1995
K. TOMIKAWA (Japan), E.A. HENDRYCKS (Canada) & S.F. MAWATARI (Japan)
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Zootaxa 673: 1-10 (6 October 2004)  5 plates; 6 references                          Accepted: 28 Sept. 2004
Water mite species of the genus Monatractides K. Viets (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) from Iran, with the description of two new species
V. PESIC (Serbia and Montenegro) & A. SABOORI (Iran)
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Zootaxa 672: 1-16 (6 October 2004)  9 plates; 1 reference                           Accepted: 24 Sept. 2004
A revision of the Western Australian endemic humicolous beetle genus Tympallopatrum Perkins (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
P.D. PERKINS (USA)
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Zootaxa 671: 1-14 (4 October 2004)  3 plates; 23 references                        Accepted: 18 Sept. 2004
Description of Catumiri n. gen. and three new species (Theraphosidae: Ischnocolinae)
J.P.L. GUADANUCCI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 670: 1-12 (4 October 2004)  4 plates; 35 references                        Accepted: 29 Aug. 2004
Synonymy of the reduviid (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) genus Torrealbaia (Triatominae) with Amphibolus (Harpactorinae), with notes on Amphibolus venator (Klug, 1830)
D. FORERO (USA), C. WEIRAUCH (USA) & M. BAENA (Spain)
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Zootaxa 669: 1-12 (4 October 2004)  5 plates; 5 references                        Accepted: 18 Sept. 2004
Descriptions of the males of two recently described South African Panurginae (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), with updated keys to the African species of Melitturga and Meliturgula
S. PATINY (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 668: 1-8 (4 October 2004)  3 plates; 8 references                        Accepted: 17 Sept. 2004
Description of the females of Oxysoma itambezinho Ramírez and Monapia tandil Ramírez, and their effects on the generic relationships of Gayennini (Araneae, Anyphaenidae, Amaurobioidinae)
M.J. RAMÍREZ, M.J. ANSALDI & A.F. PUGLISI (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 667: 1-14 (1 October 2004)  5 plates; 8 references                        Accepted: 24 Sept. 2004
Revision of the Microserica lineata Moser, 1915-group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)
D. AHRENS (Germany)
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Zootaxa 666: 1-11 (1 October 2004)  3 plates; 10 references                        Accepted: 29 Aug. 2004
Description of a new species of Lauromacromia Geijskes, 1970 (Odonata: Corduliidae) from Southeastern Brazil
A.L. CARVALHO, L.G.V. SALGADO & P.C. WERNECK-DE-CARVALHO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 665: 1-8 (1 October 2004)  6 plates; 9 references                        Accepted: 22 Sept. 2004
First known male of Enicoscolus (Diptera: Bibionidae), with a redescription of E. brachycephalus
D.D.S. AMORIM & L.G. PINTO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 664: 1-8 (1 October 2004) 4 plates; 6 references                      Accepted: 16 Sept. 2004
Pachamama, an uncommon and distinctive new genus of Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from tropical America
A.K. OWEN & J.D. PINTO (USA)
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Zootaxa 663: 1-8 (1 October 2004)  2 plates; 9 references                        Accepted: 6 Sept. 2004
Taxonomic studies on Indian Tropobracon Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae), with descriptions of two new species
A.A. HAIDER, Z. AHMAD & SHUJAUDDIN (India)
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Zootaxa 662: 1-54 (1 October 2004) 40 plates; 38 references                      Accepted: 16 Sept. 2004
The beetle family Carabidae of Costa Rica: The genera of the Cryptobatida group of subtribe Agrina, tribe Lebiini, with new species and notes on their way of life (Insecta: Coleoptera)
T.L. ERWIN (USA)
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Zootaxa 661: 1-22 (29 September 2004)  5 plates; 5 references                   Accepted: 16 Sept. 2004
Fourteen new species of Pseudisobrachium (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Atlantic rain forest of Espírito Santo, Brazil
C. WAICHERT & C.O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 660: 1-7 (29 September 2004)  1 plate; 9 references                         Accepted: 6 Sept. 2004
Biserovus xiae sp. n. and Doryphoribius qinlingense sp. n., new species of eutardigrades from China 
X.C. LI, L.N. SU & D. YU (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 659: 1-8 (29 September 2004)  2 plates; 8 references                         Accepted: 8 Sept. 2004
Two new mealybug species from the Falkland Islands (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea, Pseudococcidae)
D.J. WILLIAMS (UK)
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Zootaxa 658: 1-5 (29 September 2004)  2 plates; 7 references                     Accepted: 20 Sept. 2004
Redescription of the pupae of Hyperalonia morio morio (Fabricius), 1775 (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Anthracinae, Exoprosopini)
A.M. CUNHA & C.J.E. LAMAS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 657: 1-24 (27 September 2004)  14 plates; 15 references                   Accepted: 30 Aug. 2004
A taxonomic revision of the genus Paradynomene Sakai, 1963 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Dynomenidae)
C.L. MCLAY (New Zealand) & P.K.L. NG (Singapore)
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Zootaxa 656: 1-10 (27 September 2004)  2 plates; 21 references                   Accepted: 15 Sept. 2004
Two new Eastern North American species of the Aleiodes coxalis (Spinola) species-group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Rogadinae) reared from Geometridae
S.R.  SHAW & P.M. MARSH (USA)
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Zootaxa 655: 1-12 (27 September 2004)  5 plates; 17 references                   Accepted: 14 Sept. 2004
A revision of the Aphaenogaster phalangium complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
J.T. LONGINO & S. COVER (USA)
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Zootaxa 654: 1-48 (24 September 2004)  28 references                                Accepted: 2 Aug. 2004
The bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Jordan
S. ARABYAT (Jordan), A. KATBEH-BADER (Jordan) & D. GREATHEAD (UK)
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Zootaxa 653: 1-8 (24 September 2004) 2 plates, 17 references                    Accepted: 24 Aug. 2004
Amamiku, a new genus for the true freshwater crab, Candidiopotamon amamense Minei, 1973 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Potamidae), from the Central Ryukyu Islands, Japan
T. NARUSE, R. SEGAWA & S. SHOKITA (Japan)
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Zootaxa 652: 1-11 (22 September 2004) 2 plates; 40 references                       Accepted: 1 Sept. 2004
Taxonomy of the monotypic genus Koehleria Cherbonnier, 1988 (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Cucumariidae)
A.S. THANDAR  (South Africa) & Y. SAMYN (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 651: 1-15 (22 September 2004) 5 plates, 35 references                    Accepted: 30 Aug. 2004
A key to Brazilian genera of Plecoptera (Insecta) based on nymphs
M.H. OLIFIERS, L.F.M. DORVILLÉ & J.L. NESSIMIAN & N. HAMADA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 650: 1-19 (22 September 2004) 4 plates, 33 references                    Accepted: 10 Sept. 2004
A review of the genus Rheotanytarsus Thienemann & Bause from China (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanytarsini)
X. WANG & Y. GUO (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 649: 1-30 (20 September 2004) 4 plates, 69 references                    Accepted: 1 Sept. 2004
Species diversity and phylogeny of the deep-sea genus Pseudomma (Crustacea: Mysida)
K. MELAND (Norway)
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Zootaxa 648: 1-8 (20 September 2004) 5 plates, 11 references                    Accepted: 2 Sept. 2004
Notes on Acanthoscurria chacoana Brèthes, 1909 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) in Brazil, and its synonymy with Acanthoscurria altmanni Schmidt, 2003
R. BERTANI & S. CARLA-DA-SILVA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 647: 1-20 (20 September 2004) 79 references                                 Accepted: 2 Sept. 2004
Ectoparasitic chiggers (Acari: Trombiculidae, Leeuwenhoekiidae), lice (Phthiraptera), and Hemiptera (Cimicidae and Reduviidae) from South Carolina, U.S.A.
W.K. REEVES, L.A. DURDEN & W.J. WRENN (USA)
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Zootaxa 646: 1-29 (16 September 2004) 13 plates; 38 references                      Accepted: 27 Aug. 2004
Talitridae (Amphipoda, Gammaridea) from the Brazilian coastline
C.S. SEREJO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 645: 1-15 (16 September 2004) 6 plates; 17 references                         Accepted: 27 Aug. 2004
The genus Trischizostoma (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Trischizostomidae) from the Southwest Atlantic, collected by the REVIZEE Program
P.R. FREIRE & C.S. SEREJO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 644: 1-8 (16 September 2004) 1 plate; 6 references                           Accepted: 30 Aug. 2004
A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from the surroundings of Mookambika Wildlife Sanctuary, Karnataka, India
G. BHATTA & R. SRINIVASA  (India)
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Zootaxa 643: 1-70 (16 September 2004) 7 plates; 137 references                   Accepted: 14 Aug. 2004
Phylogeny and systematics of the Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 (Crustacea: Brachyura), with the description of a new family
P. CASTRO (USA), P.K.L. NG (Singapore) & S.T. AHYONG  (Australia)
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Zootaxa 642: 1-10 (13 September 2004) 5 plates; 12 references                   Accepted: 24 Aug. 2004
A new killifish genus and species from the coastal plains of northeastern Brazil (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae)
W.J.E.M. COSTA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 641: 1-4 (13 September 2004) 1 plate; 5 references                        Accepted: 18 Aug. 2004
A new species of Brachystegus A. Costa (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicinae) from Nepal
P.G. NEMKOV (Russia)
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Zootaxa 640: 1-6 (13 September 2004) 2 plates; 4 references                        Accepted: 30 Aug. 2004
A new species of Fissiphalliidae from Brazilian Amazon Rain Forest (Arachnida: Opiliones)
R. PINTO-DA-ROCHA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 639: 1-7 (13 September 2004) 2 plates; 17 references                        Accepted: 2 Sept. 2004
Biemna trisigmata sp. n., a new sponge from the North coast of Brazil (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida)
B. MOTHES & M.A. DE CAMPOS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 638: 1-7 (13 September 2004) 2 plates; 19 references                        Accepted: 2 Sept. 2004
Macrobiotus dariae sp. n., a new species of eutardigrade (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) from Cyprus
G. PILATO, R. BERTOLANI (Italy)
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Zootaxa 637: 1-68 (10 September 2004) 26 plates; 17 references                    Accepted: 26 Aug. 2004
Distinctive new species of Atrichopogon Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Costa Rica
A. BORKENT (Canada) & A. PICADO (Costa Rica)
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Zootaxa 636: 1-43 (10 September 2004) 22 plates; 49 references                       Accepted: 5 Aug. 2004
Fish fauna in inland waters of the Pilbara (Indian Ocean) Drainage Division of Western Australia — evidence for three subprovinces
D.L. MORGAN & H.S. GILL (Australia)
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Zootaxa 635: 1-12 (10 September 2004) 31 references                                      Accepted: 23 Aug. 2004
An annotated catalogue of the scutigeromorph centipedes in the collection of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (France) (Chilopoda: Scutigeromorpha)
P. STOEV (Bulgaria) & J.-J. GEOFFROY (France)
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Zootaxa 634: 1-24 (8 September 2004) 4 plates; 42 references                    Accepted: 20 Aug. 2004
Morphological and genetic evidence of the full species status of Iberolacerta cyreni martinezricai (Arribas, 1996)
O. ARRIBAS & S. CARRANZA (Spain)
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Zootaxa 633: 1-12 (8 September 2004) 2 plates; 48 references                       Accepted: 9 Aug. 2004
A checklist of polyclad flatworms (Platyhelminthes: Polycladida) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia, South America
S.Y. QUIROGA, D.M. BOLAÑOS & M.K. LITVAITIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 632: 1-14 (8 September 2004) 5 plates; 32 references                    Accepted: 16 Aug. 2004
Redescription of Apteronotus mariae (Eigenmann & Fisher, 1914) and the taxonomic status of Apteronotus jurubidae (Fowler, 1944) (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae)
C.D. DE SANTANA (Brazil) & J.A. MALDONADO-OCAMPO (Colombia)
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Zootaxa 631: 1-54 (6 September 2004) 13 plates; 25 references                      Accepted: 10 Aug. 2004
A review of the Neotropical genus Prionodera Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae) with description of a new genus
R.W. FLOWERS (USA)
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Zootaxa 630: 1-12 (6 September 2004) 3 plates; 50 references                      Accepted: 24 Aug. 2004
New records of octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) from the south western Atlantic Ocean, with zoogeographic considerations
C.D. PÉREZ (Brazil) & M.O. ZAMPONI  (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 629: 1-19 (3 September 2004) 4 plates; 48 references                      Accepted: 12 Aug. 2004
Phylogeny of infraorder Sejina (Acari: Mesostigmata)
M. LEKVEISHVILI & H. KLOMPEN (USA)
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Zootaxa 628: 1-15 (3 September 2004) 4 plates; 19 references                          Accepted: 18 Aug. 2004
Pseudancistrus sidereus, a new species from southern Venezuela (Siluriformes: Loricariidae) with a redescription of Pseudancistrus
J.W. ARMBRUSTER (USA)
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Zootaxa 627: 1-8 (3 September 2004) 2 plates; 4 references                        Accepted: 16 Jul. 2004
Borneomyia, a new genus and two new species of Milichiidae (Diptera, Schizophora)
I. BRAKE (USA)
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Zootaxa 626: 1-8 (3 September 2004) 2 plates; 41 references                        Accepted: 19 Jul. 2004
Nemotelus flavipes De Geer, 1776 recognized as a nomen oblitum and synonym of Pandivirilia eximia (Meigen, 1820) (Diptera: Therevidae)
K.C. HOLSTON (Sweden)
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Zootaxa 625: 1-30 (1 September 2004) 5 plates; 11 references                        Accepted: 15 Jul. 2004
A review of the Afrotropical genus Mycomyiella Matile, 1973 (Diptera, Mycetophilidae, Mycomyini), with the description of six new species
Ø. GAMMELMO (Norway)
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Zootaxa 624: 1-10 (1 September 2004) 2 plates; 21 references                        Accepted: 19 Aug. 2004
A new Bursaphelenchus species (Nematoda: Parasitaphelenchidae) sharing characters with Ektaphelenchidae from the People’s Republic of China
H. BRAASCH (Germany)
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Zootaxa 623: 1-12 (1 September 2004) 5 plates; 22 references                        Accepted: 12 Aug. 2004
Paradella tiffany sp. nov., a distinctive sphaeromatid isopod (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidea) from Baja California, Mexico
N.L. BRUCE (New Zealand) & R. WETZER (USA)
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Zootaxa 622: 1-27 (30 August 2004) 9 plates; 31 references                           Accepted: 10 Aug. 2004
Review of unreported shore-fly genera of the tribe Scatellini from the New Zealand subregion (Diptera: Ephydridae) with description of three new species
W.N. MATHIS (USA), T. ZATWARNICKI (Poland) & J.W.M. MARRIS (New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 621: 1-16 (30 August 2004) 4 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 12 Aug. 2004
A new genus of long-horned caddisfly from the Amazon basin (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae: Grumichellini)
R.W. HOLZENTHAL (USA) & A.M. OLIVEIRA PES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 620: 1-7 (30 August 2004) 3 plates; 12 references                           Accepted: 16 Aug. 2004
A new species of Ameroseius (Mesostigmata : Ameroseiidae) from the Indian Thar Desert
A.K. BHATTACHARYYA (India)
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Zootaxa 619: 1-14 (27 August 2004) 5 plates; 28 references                           Accepted: 13 Aug. 2004
A new species of Stasimopus from the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Ctenizidae), with notes on its natural history
B.E. HENDRIXSON & J.E. BOND (USA)
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Zootaxa 618: 1-12 (27 August 2004) 7 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 13 Aug. 2004
Kaloketos pilosus, a new genus and species of Remipedia (Crustacea) from the Turks and Caicos Islands
S. KOENEMANN  (The Netherlands), T.M. ILIFFE (USA) & J. YAGER (USA)
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Zootaxa 617: 1-18 (27 August 2004) 6 plates; 25 references                           Accepted: 17 Jun. 2004
A new species of Eucyclops Claus (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from Southeast Mexico with a key for the identification of the species recorded in Mexico
E. SUÁREZ-MORALES (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 616: 1-23 (25 August 2004) 5 plates; 38 references                           Accepted: 13 Aug. 2004
Revision of the systematic status of Helminthoglypta walkeriana morroensis (Hemphill, 1911) (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)
B. ROTH & J. TUPEN (USA)
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Zootaxa 615: 1-16 (25 August 2004) 7 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 8 Aug. 2004
The genera Acaromantis and Simognathus (Simognathinae, Halacaridae) on the north coast of São Paulo State, Brazil
A.R. PEPATO & C.G. TIAGO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 614: 1-7 (25 August 2004) 2 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 12 Aug. 2004
Maruina guria (Diptera, Psychodidae), a new psychodid species from Brazil
F. BRAVO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 613: 1-18 (23 August 2004) 2 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 6 Aug. 2004
The genus Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the toucans (Piciformes: Ramphastidae), with descriptions of three new species
R.D. PRICE, R.A. HELLENTHAL & J.D. WECKSTEIN (USA)
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Zootaxa 612: 1-6 (23 August 2004) 1 plate; 5 references                           Accepted: 6 Aug. 2004
Lectotype designation and redescription of Drymeia aterrima (Wulp, 1896) (Diptera: Muscidae)
S.S. NIHEI & C.J.B. DE CARVALHO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 611: 1-20 (23 August 2004) 8 plates; 6 references                        Accepted: 2 Aug. 2004
New genus and seven new species of Brazilian eriophyoid mites and redescription of Catachela machaerii Keifer (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea)
C.H.W. FLECHTMANN (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 610: 1-43 (18 August 2004) 14 plates; 10 references                        Accepted: 21 Jul. 2004
Eugnamptine weevils of La Selva, Costa Rica (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae)
R.W. HAMILTON & A.L. NOVINGER (USA)
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Zootaxa 609: 1-7 (18 Aug. 2004) 1 plate; 13 references                                 Accepted: 10 Aug. 2004
The milliped family Anthroleucosomatidae new to North America: Leschius mcallisteri, n. gen., n. sp. (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Anthroleucosomatoidea)
W.A. SHEAR & W.P. LEONARD (USA)
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Zootaxa 608: 1-4 (18 Aug. 2004) 2 plates; 3 references                                 Accepted: 2 Aug. 2004
A new species of Ileopeltus Cwikla from Costa Rica (Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae)
C. GODOY (Costa Rica)
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Zootaxa 607: 1-6 (13 Aug. 2004) 3 plates; 6 references                                 Accepted: 30 Jul. 2004
A new species of Emersonella (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), parasitoid on weevil eggs (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), from Costa Rica
C. HANSSON (Sweden)& K. NISHIDA (Costa Rica)
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Zootaxa 606: 1-20 (13 August 2004) 4 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 6 Aug. 2004
New species of Pteromalidae and Torymidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from California, with taxonomic notes
R.A. BURKS & R.A. REDAK (USA)
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Zootaxa 605: 1-19 (13 August 2004) 3 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 3 Aug. 2004
Revisional notes on the "amastris" group of Catasticta Butler, 1870 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae), with descriptions of new species and subspecies
GERARDO LAMAS (Peru) & MAURIZIO BOLLINO (Italy)
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Zootaxa 604: 1-12 (11 Aug. 2004) 5 plates; 6 references                                 Accepted: 2 Aug. 2004
Pseudochromis lugubris and P. tonozukai, two new dottyback  fish species from the Indo-Australian Archipelago (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae: Pseudochrominae)
A.C. GILL (USA) & G.R. ALLEN (Australia)
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Zootaxa 603: 1-12 (11 August 2004) 6 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 1 July 2004
Choniomyzon libiniae, sp. n. (Crustacea, Copepoda, Nicothoidae) from São Sebastião, SP, Brazil
C. SANTOS & T. BJÖRNBERG (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 602: 1-4 (11 August 2004) 1 plate; 4 references                               Accepted: 29 July 2004
A new species of Pedinotus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Brazil
F.C. FÉLIX & A. M. PENTEADO-DIAS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 601: 1-16 (11 Aug. 2004) 7 plates; 9 references                                 Accepted: 29 July 2004
Taxonomy of the Hister criticus group, with description of a new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae)
M.S. CATERINO (USA)
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Zootaxa 600: 1-26 (9 August 2004) 14 plates; 29 references                              Accepted: 16 July 2004
Redescription of Hymenopenaeus obliquirostris (Crustacea, Decapoda, Penaeoidea, Solenoceridae) and descriptions of two new species of Hymenopenaeus from the Indo-West Pacific
A. CROSNIER (France) & W. DALL (Australia)
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Zootaxa 599: 1-4 (9 August 2004) 1 plate; 4 references                              Accepted: 28 July 2004
A new genus and a new species of phytoseiid mite (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from northeastern Brazil
K.K.M. FIABOE (Kenya), G.J. DE MORAES, M.G.C. GONDIM Jr (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 598: 1-5 (9 August 2004) 3 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 27 July 2004
Protopolybia aliciae, a new polistine social wasp from Brazilian Amazonia (Hym.; Vespidae, Polistinae, Epiponini)
O.T. SILVEIRA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 597: 1-11 (9 August 2004) 4 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 14 July 2004
Notes on some Oriental Derbidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) with description of new species
J. SZWEDO & M. ADAMCZEWSKA (Poland)
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Zootaxa 596: 1-18 (6 Aug. 2004) 4 plates; 10 references                                 Accepted: 17 July 2004
A new solar powered species of the genus Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg, 1831 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea) from Indonesia with analysis of its photosynthetic activity and notes on biology 
I. BURGHARDT  & H. WÄGELE  (Germany)
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Zootaxa 595: 1-35 (6 August 2004) 5 plates; 53 references                              Accepted: 15 July 2004
The chironomids (Diptera, Chironomidae) described by Lundström (1915) from arctic Siberia, with a redescription of Derotanypus sibiricus (Kruglova & Chernovskii)
O.A. SÆTHER (Norway)
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Monograph
Zootaxa 594: 1-82 (6 August 2004) 23 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 10 July 2004
A review of Antillocladius Sæther, 1981; Compterosmittia Sæther, 1981 and Litocladius new genus (Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) 
H.F. MENDES (Brazil), T. ANDERSEN (Norway) & O.A. SÆTHER (Norway)
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Zootaxa 593: 1-11 (3 Aug. 2004) 1 plate; 37 references                           Accepted: 21 July 2004
A mitochondrial 12S and 16S rRNA phylogeny of critical genera of Phoridae (Diptera) and related families of Aschiza
C.E. COOK, J.J. AUSTIN & R.H.L. DISNEY (UK)
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Zootaxa 592: 1-12 (3 Aug. 2004) 2 plates; 27 references                           Accepted: 18 July 2004
New species of the catfish genus Trichomycterus (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae) from the headwaters of the rio São Francisco basin, Brazil
W.B. WOSIACKI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 591: 1-5 (3 August 2004) 1 plate; 8 references                              Accepted: 23 July 2004
A new species of Tribotropis Jekel, 1855 from Colombia (Coleoptera: Anthribidae, Anthribinae, Ptychoderini)
J.R.M. MERMUDES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 590: 1-5 (3 Aug. 2004) 1 plate; 10 references                       Accepted: 17 July 2004
Acropora rongelapensis sp. nov., a new species of Acropora from the Marshall Islands (Scleractinia: Astrocoeniina: Acroporidae) 
Z.T. RICHARDS & C.C. WALLACE (Australia)
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Monograph
Zootaxa 589: 1-60 (3 Aug 2004) 157 plates; 48 references                       Accepted: 25 June 2004
Pictorial keys for the identification of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) associated with Dengue Virus Transmission
L.M. RUEDA (USA)
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Zootaxa 588: 1-20 (30 July 2004) 17 plates; 24 references                              Accepted: 20 July 2004
Water mites from Pacific Islands (Acari: Hydrachnidia)
H. SMIT (The Netherlands)
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Zootaxa 587: 1-11 (30 July 2004) 2 plates; 24 references                                Accepted: 21 June 2004
Benthic ciliates from Sepetiba Bay (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) with description of Pseudokeronopsis sepetibensis n. sp. (Spirotrichea: Urostylida)
R.C. WANICK & I.D.D. SILVA-NETO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 586: 1-10 (30 July 2004) 22 references                                                 Accepted: 16 July 2004
The types of Chilopoda and Diplopoda (Myriapoda) housed at the Museo de La Plata, Argentina
L.A. PEREIRA, C. ITUARTE & M.P. TASSARA (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 585: 1-39 (27 July 2004)  15 plates; 9 references                                Accepted: 21 July 2004
A revision of the Australian endemic water beetle genus Gymnanthelius Perkins (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
P.D. PERKINS (USA)
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Zootaxa 584: 1-11 (27 July 2004)  3 plates; 22 references                                      Accepted: 5 July 2004
A new species of Strongylodesma Lévi, 1969 (Porifera; Demospongiae; Poecilosclerida; Latrunculiidae) from Aliwal Shoal on the east coast of South Africa
T. SAMAAI, R. KEYZERS, M. DAVIES-COLEMAN (South Africa)
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Zootaxa 583: 1-4 (27 July 2004)  1 plate; 10 references                                      Accepted: 14 July 2004
The first records of two cheyletid mites from Turkey: Chelotomimus (Hemicheyletia) wellsi (Baker, 1949) and Hypopicheyla elongata Volgin, 1969 (Acari: Cheyletidae)
S. DOGAN  & N. AYYILDIZ (Turkey)
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Zootaxa 582: 1-26 (23 July 2004)  98 references                                              Accepted: 12 July 2004
A partial revision of the genus Periclimenes Costa, 1884 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae)
A.J. BRUCE (Australia)
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Zootaxa 581: 1-10 (23 July 2004)  3 plates; 14 references                               Accepted: 9 July 2004
New species of Bryophaenocladius Thienemann from the Nearctic Region (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)
X.H. WANG (P.R. China), Z. LIU (P.R. China) & J.H. EPLER (USA)
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Zootaxa 580: 1-11 (23 July 2004)  5 plates; 4 references                                  Accepted: 9 July 2004
Ompok platyrhynchus, a new silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from Borneo
H.H. NG (USA) & H.H. TAN (Singapore)
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Zootaxa 579: 1-15 (21 July 2004)  6 plates; 35 references                               Accepted: 9 July 2004
Comparative study of mouthparts of three species of horse flies of the tribe Pangoniini of Chilean distribution (Diptera: Tabanidae)
C.R. GONZÁLEZ & P. FLORES (Chile)
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Zootaxa 578: 1-48 (21 July 2004)  15 plates; 14 references                         Accepted: 24 June 2004
A revision of the deltocephaline leafhopper genus Scaphoideus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Indian  subcontinent
C.A. VIRAKTAMATH & G.S. MOHAN (India)
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Zootaxa 577: 1-11 (19 July 2004)  5 plates; 14 references                                   Accepted: 3 July 2004
Cryptopeniculus nigrosetus n.g., n. sp. (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from the Namaqualand region of South Africa
T.K. PHILIPS & D.E. FOSTER (USA)
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Zootaxa 576: 1-6 (19 July 2004)  1 plate; 6 references                                   Accepted: 9 July 2004
Notes on some tardigrades from South Africa, with the description of Diphascon (Diphascon) zaniewi sp. nov. (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae)
L. KACZMAREK & L. MICHALCZYK (Poland)
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Zootaxa 575: 1-4 (19 July 2004)  3 plates; 4 references                                   Accepted: 1 July 2004
A new Brazilian stag beetle of the genus Sclerostomus Burmeister, 1847 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Lucanidae)
P.C. GROSSI & F. RACCA-FILHO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 574: 1-12 (19 July 2004)  3 plates; 23 references                                  Accepted: 9 July 2004
Argentine Argyrotaenia (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae): Synopsis and descriptions of two new species
P. TREMATERRA (Italy) & J.W. BROWN (USA)
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Zootaxa 573: 1-7 (19 July 2004)  2 plates; 22 references                                   Accepted: 9 July 2004
The immature stages of Dasybasis (Dasybasis) pruinivitta (Kröber), from Central Chile (Diptera: Tabanidae)
C.R. GONZÁLEZ (Chile)
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Zootaxa 572: 1-8 (16 July 2004)  2 plates; 7 references                                  Accepted: 8 July 2004
A new species and first record of the subgenus Forcipomyia (Schizoforcipomyia) Chan & LeRoux from the Neotropical Region (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
G.R. SPINELLI (Argentina) & A. BORKENT (Canada)
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Zootaxa 571: 1-5 (16 July 2004)  1 plate; 12 references                               Accepted: 9 July 2004
Agelanius verai, a new species of horse fly from Chile (Diptera: Tabanidae)
C.R. GONZÁLEZ (Chile)
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Zootaxa 570: 1-6 (16 July 2004)  1 plate; 7 references                               Accepted: 7 July 2004
A new species of Brachypogon (Isohelea) from arid zones of Argentina (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) 
G.R. SPINELLI & C.G. CAZORLA (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 569: 1-7 (16 July 2004)  6 plates; 3 references                                  Accepted: 8 July 2004
Taxonomic note on Sarata tephrella Ragonot (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea: Pyralidae: Phycitinae)
C.D. FERRIS & J.S. NORDIN (USA)
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Zootaxa 568: 1-12 (16 July 2004)  4 plates; 42 references                                  Accepted: 2 July 2004
Rita macracanthus, a new riverine catfish (Teleostei: Bagridae) from South Asia
H.H. NG (USA)
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Monograph
Zootaxa 567: 1-66 (14 July 2004)  10 plates; 192 references                               Accepted: 6 July 2004
A review of the families and genera of the hyperiidean amphipod superfamily Phronimoidea Bowman & Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea)
W. ZEIDLER (Australia)
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Zootaxa 566: 1-18 (14 July 2004)  1 plate; 28 references                            Accepted: 24 June 2004
Macrourimegatrema brayi n. gen., n. sp. (Digenea: Opecoelidae) from four species of deep-sea macrourid fishes from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, with a list of endohelminths reported from species of Bathygadus and Gadomus (Macrouridae)
C.K. BLEND, N.O. DRONEN & H.W. ARMSTRONG (USA)
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Zootaxa 565: 1-38 (14 July 2004)  14 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 25 June 2004
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) Oyewo and Sæther from China (Diptera: Chironomidae)
R.L. ZHANG & X.H. WANG (R.R. China)
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Zootaxa 564: 1-10 (9 July 2004)  5 plates; 9 references                                  Accepted: 5 July 2004
Apistogramma eremnopyge, a new species of cichlid fish (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Peru
J.S. READY & S.O. KULLANDER (Sweden)
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Zootaxa 563: 1-10 (9 July 2004)  5 plates; 14 references                                  Accepted: 2 July 2004
Microcambeva ribeirae sp. n. (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae): a new sarcoglanidine catfish from the Rio Ribeira do Iguape basin, southeastern Brazil
W.J.E.M. COSTA, S.M.Q. LIMA & C.R.S.F. BIZERRIL (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 562: 1-4 (9 July 2004)  1 plate; 13 references                                  Accepted: 29 June 2004
Description of the pupae of Lepidophora culiciformis Walker, 1850 (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Ecliminae) and host records
C.J.E. LAMAS  & D.D.A. LOPES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 561: 1-6 (9 July 2004)  2 plates; 4 references                                  Accepted:30 June 2004
Ovalidota milleri, a new genus and species of bathyal sea cucumber from the Caribbean Sea (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida)
D.L. PAWSON (USA)
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Zootaxa 560: 1-13 (7 July 2004)  1 plate; 26 references                                  Accepted:30 June 2004
Revision of Sarcophaga dissimilis Meigen, 1826 and Sarcophaga chaetoneura Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) 
R.M. BLACKITH (Ireland), R. RICHET (France) & T. PAPE (Sweden)
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Zootaxa 559: 1-12 (7 July 2004)  4 plates; 3 references                                  Accepted:25 June 2004
A revision of the South African endemic humicolous beetle genus Nucleotops Perkins and Balfour-Browne (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
P.D. PERKINS (USA)
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Zootaxa 558: 1-19 (7 July 2004)  10 plates; 6 references                                  Accepted:19 June 2004
A new genus and four new species of millipedes from Tasmania, Australia (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae), with notes on male leg setae in some Tasmanian dalodesmids
R. MESIBOV (Auatralia)
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Zootaxa 557: 1-16 (2 July 2004)  6 plates; 45 references                                  Accepted:26 June 2004
Four new sympatric species of Tethya (Demospongiae: Hadromerida) from Abrolhos Archipelago (Bahia State, Brazil)
S.M. RIBEIRO & G. MURICY (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 556: 1-10 (2 July 2004)  3 plates; 31 references                                  Accepted:19 June 2004
The egg morphology of some species of Sennius Bridwell (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) based on scanning electron micrographs 
E. CARON, C.S. RIBEIRO-COSTA & A.M. LINZMEIER (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 555: 1-11 (2 July 2004)  41 references                                          Accepted: 6 June 2004
Taxonomic studies on Anthaxiina Gory & Laporte de Castelnau and Curina Holynski (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
S. BÍLY (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa 554: 1-7 (2 July 2004)  2 plates, 8 references                            Accepted: 18 June 2004
Two new genera of Phoridae (Insecta: Diptera) from the Neotropical Region
B.V. BROWN & G.-A. KUNG (USA)
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Zootaxa 553: 1-16 (28 June 2004) 9 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 19 June 2004
Cicindis horni Bruch (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Cicindini): The Fairy Shrimp Hunting Beetle, its way of life on the Salinas Grandes of Argentina
T.L. ERWIN (USA) & V. ASCHERO (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 552: 1-7 (28 June 2004) 2 plates; 5 references                               Accepted: 1 June 2004
New species of Chimarrhodella from Venezuela and Ecuador (Trichoptera: Philopotamidae)
R.J. BLAHNIK (USA)
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Zootaxa 551: 1-27 (28 June 2004)  7 plates, 40 references                            Accepted: 18 June 2004
Pycnogonids (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from French Cruises to Melanesia
R.N. BAMBER (UK)
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Zootaxa 550: 1-20 (25 June 2004)  10 plates, 11 references                            Accepted: 15 June 2004
Acanthocopinae (Crustacea: Isopoda: Munnopsididae) from the Southern Ocean deep sea with the description of Acanthocope eleganta sp. nov.
M. MALYUTINA (Russia) & A. BRANDT (Germany)
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Zootaxa 549: 1-18 (25 June 2004) 7 plates; 11 references                               Accepted: 11 June 2004
New flightless Eumolpinae of the genera Apterodina Bechyné and Brachypterodina n. gen. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the Neotropics
R.W. FLOWERS (USA)
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Zootaxa 548: 1-16 (25 June 2004) 6 plates; 29 references                               Accepted: 26 May 2004
Horismenus species (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in a bruchid beetle parasitoid guild, including the description of a new species
C. HANSSON (Sweden), A. AEBI (Switzerland) & B. BENREY (Switzerland)
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Zootaxa 547: 1-8 (21 June 2004)  4 plates, 9 references                               Accepted: 9 June 2004
Rediscovery and redescription of Tetranychus gigas (Acari, Prostigmata, Tetranychidae)
D. NÁVIA & C.H.W. FLECHTMANN (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 546: 1-6 (21 June 2004)  2 plates, 9 references                               Accepted: 7 June 2004
Hemiodus jatuarana, a new species of Hemiodontidae from the rio Trombetas, Amazon Basin, Brazil (Teleostei, Characiformes)
F. LANGEANI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 545: 1-7 (21 June 2004)  2 plates, 9 references                               Accepted: 9 June 2004
Doryphoribius neglectus sp. n. and Parascon nichollsae sp. n., new species of eutardigrades from Australia
G. PILATO & O. LISI  (Italy)
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Zootaxa 544: 1-10 (21 June 2004)  4 plates, 11 references                               Accepted: 8 June 2004
A new stingless bee species of the genus Scaura (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic forest, with notes on S. latitarsis (Friese)
G.A.R. MELO & M.A. COSTA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 543: 1-4 (21 June 2004)  1 plate, 4 references                               Accepted: 2 June 2004
A new species of the genus Terpnacarus Grandjean (Acari: Terpnacaridae) from Egypt
F.M. MOMEN, A.A. SAYED & A.K. NASR (Egypt)
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Zootaxa 542: 1-15 (18 June 2004)  4 plates, 21 references                               Accepted: 16 April 2004
New species of Hopperia (Nematoda, Comesomatidae) and Metachromadora (Nematoda, Desmodoridae) from Patagonia, Chubut, Argentina
C.T. PASTOR DE WARD (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 541: 1-15 (18 June 2004) 5 plates; 11 references                               Accepted: 19 May 2004
New species of the gorgoniian genus Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae) from Pacific Panama
O. BREEDY (Costa Rica) & H.M. GUZMAN (Panama)
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Zootaxa 540: 1-7 (18 June 2004)  2 plates, 12 references                               Accepted: 4 June 2004
A new genus and species of Sciomyzidae (Diptera) from the Neotropical Region
L. MARINONI (Brazil), M.A. ZUMBADO (Costa Rica) & L. KNUTSON (Italy)
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Zootaxa 539: 1-8 (18 June 2004)  4 plates, 8 references                               Accepted: 1 May 2004
A new species of Diaphania Hübner, 1818 from Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae)
R. VILA (USA), F. PIÑAS (Ecuador) & J.A. CLAVIJO (Venezuela)
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Zootaxa 538: 1-38 (14 June 2004)  2 4 plates, 2 references                               Accepted: 25 May 2004
A revision of the South African endemic water beetle genus Pneuminion Perkins (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
P.D. PERKINS (USA)
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Zootaxa 537: 1-18 (14 June 2004) 3 plates; 1 2 references                               Accepted: 3 May 2004
The beetle family Carabidae of Costa Rica and Panamá: Descriptions of four new genera and six new species with notes on their way of life (Insecta: Coleoptera)
T.L. ERWIN (USA)
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Zootaxa 536: 1-7 (11 June 2004) 4 plates; 2 references                               Accepted: 24 May 2004
Two new species of the Australian planthopper genus Solonaima Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae)
P. ERBE & H. HOCH (Germany)
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Zootaxa 535: 1-12 (11 June 2004)  4 plates, 17 references                               Accepted: 23 May 2004
A description of a new species of Typhlotanais (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) from West Antarctic with a note on the genus
M. BLAZEWICZ-PASZKOWYCZ (Poland)
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Zootaxa 534: 1-13 (11 June 2004)  3 plates, 25 references                               Accepted: 28 May 2004
Chiridota heheva, new species, from Western Atlantic deep-sea cold seeps and anthropogenic habitats (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida)
D.L. PAWSON & D.J. VANCE (USA)
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Zootaxa 533: 1-56 (4 June 2004)  14 plates, 22 references                               Accepted: 21 May 2004
An analysis of species-groups of the genus Plinthisus Stephens (Hemiptera: Rhyparochromidae) in the Ethiopian Region with the description of eight new species
M.H. SWEET & J.A. SLATER (USA)
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Zootaxa 532: 1-8 (4 June 2004)  4 plates, 6 references                               Accepted: 24 May 2004
Calathiscus tantillus, a new genus and new species of scleractinian coral (Scleractinia, Poritidae) from the Gulf of Oman
MICHEL R. CLAEREBOUDT & ISSA S. AL-AMRI (Sultanate of Oman)
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Zootaxa 531: 1-52 (31 May 2004) 21 plates; 19 references                               Accepted: 14 May 2004
The Microsynodontis (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Mochokidae) of the lower Guinea region, west central Africa, with the description of eight new species
H.H. NG (USA)
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Zootaxa 530: 1-7 (31 May 2004)  3 plates, 11 references                               Accepted: 21 May 2004
The first records of Kempnyia (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from Central Brazil, with descriptions of new species
P.C. BISPO & C.G. FROEHLICH (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 529: 1-18 (26 May 2004)  3 plates, 13 references                               Accepted: 14 May 2004
Nicaraguan Pipunculidae (Diptera): new records and description of new species
J.A. RAFAEL & R. ALE-ROCHA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 528: 1-8 (26 May 2004)  5 plates, 24 references                               Accepted: 18 May 2004
The non-indigenous stolidobranch ascidian Polyandrocarpa zorritensis in the Mediterranean: description, larval morphology and pattern of vascular budding
R. BRUNETTI & F. MASTROTOTARO (Italy)
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Zootaxa 527: 1-8 (26 May 2004)  5 plates, 10 references                               Accepted: 20 May 2004
Eriophyoid mites of Taiwan: description of three species of Calacarini from Hueysuen (Acari: Eriophyoidea: Phyllocoptinae)
K.-W. HUANG & C.-F. WANG (R. China)
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Zootaxa 526: 1-11 (26 May 2004)  2 plates, 8 references                               Accepted: 13 May 2004
Review of the microgastrine braconid wasp genus Exoryza, with description of a new species, E. monocavus, from Central America
A. A. VALERIO (Costa Rica), A. R. DEANS (USA) & J. B. WHITFIELD (USA)
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Zootaxa 525: 1-19 (26 May 2004)  24 references                                     Accepted: 19 May 2004
The Sipuncula of sublittoral New Zealand, with a key to all New Zealand species
E.B. CUTLER, A. SCHULZE & H.K. DEAN (USA)
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Zootaxa 524: 1-15 (26 May 2004)  6 plates, 21 references                             Accepted: 17 May 2004
A new and presumably extinct species of Ptychochromoides (Teleostei: Perciformes: Cichlidae) from central Madagascar
J.S. SPARKS (USA)
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Zootaxa 523: 1-14 (26 May 2004)  6 plates, 14 references                             Accepted: 1 May 2004
Notes on the known species of Trichomyia Haliday of Mexico, with the establishment of a synonymy and the description of a new species (Diptera: Psychodidae)
S. IBÁÑEZ-BERNAL (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 522: 1-6 (24 May 2004)  2 plates, 13 references                             Accepted: 14 May 2004
New records and a new synonymy in Elachistidae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) from Far Eastern Russia
V. SRUOGA (Lithuania)
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Zootaxa 521: 1-6 (24 May 2004)  4 plates, 4 references                             Accepted: 15 May 2004
Description of a new pterygosomatid mite (Acari, Actinedida: Pterygosomatidae) parasitic on Liolaemus spp. (Iguania: Liolaemini) from Argentina
K.D. DE LA CRUZ (USA), M. MORANDO (Argentina) & L. AVILA (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 520: 1-18 (24 May 2004)  4 plates, 66 references                             Accepted: 12 May 2004
A review of the hyperiidean amphipod superfamily Lycaeopsoidea Bowman & Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea)
W. ZEIDLER (Australia)
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Zootaxa 519: 1-12 (24 May 2004) 11 plates; 8 references                               Accepted: 2 May 2004
Description of Sphecosoma pattiannae, new species, with comments on its novel male androconia (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae: Euchromiini)
R.B. SIMMONS (USA)
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Zootaxa 518: 1-28 (21 May 2004)  10 plates, 48 references                             Accepted: 14 May 2004
Genera resembling Beckerina Malloch (Diptera: Phoridae)
R.H.L. DISNEY (UK)
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Zootaxa 517: 1-6 (21 May 2004)  1 plate, 9 references                                  Accepted: 13 May 2004
Bees of the subgenus Allocoelioxys Tkalcu of the genus Coelioxys Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae) from the Russian Far East
M. YU. PROSHCHALYKIN & A.S. LELEJ (Russia)
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Zootaxa 516: 1-18 (21 May 2004)  43  references                                            Accepted: 11 May 2004
Phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) on Myrtaceae in the State of São Paulo, Brazil
A. C. LOFEGO, G. J. DE MORAES & L. A. S. CASTRO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 515: 1-7 (17 May 2004) 4 plates; 6 references                               Accepted: 4 May 2004
Gymnothorax hansi, a new species of moray eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from the Comoro Islands, Western Indian Ocean
P.C. HEEMSTRA (South Africa)
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Zootaxa 514: 1-12 (17 May 2004) 4 plates; 19 references                               Accepted: 28 April 2004
A new species of Trapania (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) from Western Australia with comparisons to other Indo-West Pacific Trapania. 
S.J. FAHEY (Australia)
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Zootaxa 513: 1-27 (17 May 2004) 9 plates; 20 references                               Accepted: 5 May 2004
Review of the deep-water asellote genus Notopais Hodgson, 1910 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Munnopsididae) with description of three new species from the south-western Pacific. 
K.L. MERRIN (New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 512: 1-10 (14 May 2004) 3 plates; 20 references                               Accepted: 21 April 2004
A new phytophagous species of Eurytoma (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) attacking Werauhia gladioliflora (Bromeliales: Bromeliaceae)
M.W. GATES (USA) & A. CASCANTE-MARIN (The Netherlands)
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Zootaxa 511: 1-80 (14 May 2004)  38 plates; 40 references                               Accepted: 30 April 2004
The caddisfly genus Triaenodes in the Neotropics (Trichoptera: Leptoceridae)
R.W. HOLZENTHAL (USA) & T. ANDERSEN (Norway) 
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Zootaxa 510: 1-160 (14 May 2004)  29 references                                           Accepted: 26 April 2004
Catalog of the type specimens of Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
J.W. BROWN, D. ADAMSKI, R.W. HODGES & S.M. BAHR, II  (USA) 
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Zootaxa 509: 1-8 (7 May 2004) 4 plates; 10 references                               Accepted: 30 April 2004
A new species of Metelasmus (Diptera: Streblidae: Streblinae) from southern South America
G. GRACIOLLI (Brazil) & C.W. DICK (USA)
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Zootaxa 508: 1-12 (7 May 2004) 3 plates; 11 references                               Accepted: 30 April 2004
Three new species of Orthocladius subgenus Eudactylocladius (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Norway
O.A. SÆTHER (Norway)
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Zootaxa 507: 1-19 (7 May 2004) 4 plates; 20 references                               Accepted: 21 April 2004
Revision of Agrilus acutus (Thunberg, 1787) and related species (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
E. JENDEK (Slovakia)
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Zootaxa 506: 1-8 (7 May 2004) 6 plates; 14 references                               Accepted: 26 April 2004
Parioglossus galzini, a new species of ptereleotrid dartfish from Rapa Island (Teleostei: Gobioidei: Ptereleotridae)
J.T. WILLIAMS (USA) & D. LECCHINI  (France)
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Zootaxa 505: 1-26 (4 May 2004) 13 plates; 23 references                               Accepted: 20 April 2004
Comparative morphometric study of three species of Apoamphisiella Foissner, 1997 (Ciliophora: Hypotrichea) from Brazilian locations, including a description of Apoamphisiella foissneri sp. n.
T.D.S. PAIVA & I.D.D. SILVA-NETO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 504: 1-10 (4 May 2004) 3 plates; 15 references                               Accepted: 20 April 2004
Description of Parentocirrus brasiliensis sp. n. (Ciliophora: Spirotrichea), a new ciliate protist present in activated sludge
T.D.S. PAIVA & I.D.D. SILVA-NETO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 503: 1-13 (4 May 2004) 2 plates; 28 references                               Accepted: 16 April 2004
An unusual dendrodorid: redescription of the tropical nudibranch Dendrodoris atromaculata (Alder & Hancock, 1864) (Anthobranchia: Doridoidea: Dendrodorididae)
G.D. BRODIE (Australia)
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Zootaxa 502: 1-66 (4 May 2004) 17 plates; 28 references                               Accepted: 20 April 2004
Revision of the genus Peltonotus Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Southeastern Asia
M.L. JAMESON (USA) & K. WADA (Japan)
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Zootaxa 501: 1-10 (30 April 2004) 4 plates; 10 references                               Accepted: 20 April 2004
Mesosignum weddellensis sp. nov. (Crustacea: Asellota: Mesosignidae), a new isopod species from the abyssal Weddell Sea, Antarctica
M. CHOUDHURY & A. BRANDT (Germany )
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Zootaxa 500: 1-6 (30 April 2004) 2 plates; 11 references                               Accepted: 14 April 2004
Embolemus kheeli: a new species of Embolemidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) from the Dominican Republic
M. OLMI (Italy )
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Zootaxa 499: 1-11 (30 April 2004) 7 plates; 8 references                               Accepted: 17 April 2004
A remarkable new genus of Cylapinae from Sulawesi (Heteroptera: Miridae)
J. GORCZYCA (Poland), F. CHÉROT (Belgium)& PAVEL ŠTYS (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa 498: 1-11 (30 April 2004) 7 plates; 9 references                               Accepted: 13 April 2004
New species of Stizocera (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Bolivia
S.W. LINGAFELTER (USA)
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Zootaxa 497: 1-10 (27 April 2004) 3 plates; 11 references                               Accepted: 15 April 2004
Three new species of Gollumiella Hedqvist (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae)
J. HERATY (USA)
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Zootaxa 496: 1-48 (27 April 2004) 10 plates; 20 references                               Accepted: 9 April 2004
Phylogeny of the tribe Erotini (Coleoptera, Lycidae), with descriptions of new taxa
S.V. KAZANTSEV (Russia )
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Zootaxa 495: 1-40 (27 April 2004) 17 plates; 35 references                              Accepted: 16 April 2004
Studies on water mites of the family Hygrobatidae (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from Iran, I. The water mite genus Atractides Koch, with the description of five new species
V. PESIC (Serbia and Montenegro), A. SABOORI (Iran), M.  ASADI (Iran) & R. VAFAEI (Iran )
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Zootaxa 494: 1-14 (27 April 2004) 9 plates; 4 references                              Accepted: 15 April 2004
Omniops gen. n. and two new species of Hydrophilini from Papua New Guinea (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
P.D. PERKINS & A.E.Z. SHORT (USA)
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Zootaxa 493: 1-32 (21 April 2004) 10 plates; 19 references                              Accepted: 6 April 2004
Contribution to the knowledge of Macrolycini with description of Calcaeron, new genus (Coleoptera, Lycidae)
S.V. KAZANTSEV (Russia)
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Zootaxa 492: 1-12 (21 April 2004) 5 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 16 April 2004
A new species of whiptail stingray of the genus Dasyatis Rafinesque, 1810 from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes: Dasyatidae)
H.R.S. SANTOS, U.L. GOMES, P. CHARVET-ALMEIDA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 491: 1-6 (21 April 2004) 1 plate; 5 references                           Accepted: 9 April 2004
A new species of Tracheliodes Morawitz (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) from Colombia and a key to the Neotropical species
F. FERNÁNDEZ C. (Colombia) & S.T.P. AMARANTE (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 490: 1-8 (13 April 2004) 3 plates; 5 references                               Accepted: 2 April 2004
Description of the larva and pupa of Antarctoecia brasiliensis Huamantinco & Nessimian, 2003 (Trichoptera, Limnephilidae)
A.A. HUAMANTINCO & J.L. NESSIMIAN (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 489: 1-11 (13 April 2004) 5 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 1 April 2004
Mexicope sushara sp. nov., the first New Zealand record of the isopod crustacean family Acanthaspidiidae (Asellota)
N.L. BRUCE (New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 488: 1-24 (13 April 2004) 6 plates; 45 references                           Accepted: 22 March 2004
Taxonomic revision of Algero-Tunisian Pleurodeles (Caudata: Salamandridae) using molecular and morphological data. Revalidation of the taxon Pleurodeles nebulosus (Guichenot, 1850)
S. CARRANZA (Spain) & E. WADE (UK)
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Zootaxa 487: 1-8 (6 April 2004) 1 plate; 33 references                                  Accepted: 2 April 2004
First record of Dendrobaena pygmaea (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae) from Asia (Yokohama, Japan)
R.J. BLAKEMORE (Japan)
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Zootaxa 486: 1-27 (6 April 2004) 5 plates; 22 references                              Accepted: 26 March 2004
New genera and new species of earthworms (Oligochaeta: Octochaetidae) from Western Ghats, South India
J.M. JULKA (india), E. BLANCHART (France) & L. CHAPUIS-LARDY  (France)
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Zootaxa 485: 1-4 (6 April 2004) 1 plate; 10 references                              Accepted: 31 March 2004
Two new species of Sarcofahrtiopsis (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
T. PAPE (Sweden) & J. MÉNDEZ  (Panama)
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Zootaxa 484: 1-4 (2 April 2004) 1 plate; 10 references                              Accepted: 30 March 2004
Discothyrea sringerensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) a new ant species from India
M. ZACHARIAS & P.D. RAJAN (India)
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Zootaxa 483: 1-44 (2 April 2004) 1 plate; 118 references                              Accepted: 29 March 2004
Hematophagous and parasitic Diptera (Insecta) in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA
W.K. REEVES, P.H. ADLER, W.L. GROGAN, Jr. & P.E. SUPER (USA)
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Zootaxa 482: 1-4 (2 April 2004) 2 plates; 5 references                                 Accepted: 26 March 2004
The second species of the subgenus Navinaxonopsis Cook, 1967 (Acari, Hydrachnidia: Aturidae: Axonopsinae) from Iran
V. PESIC (Serbia and Montenegro)
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Zootaxa 481: 1-63 (2 April 2004) 27 plates; 20 references                         Accepted: 23 March 2004
A revision of the genus Paraleptognathia Kudinova-Pasternak, 1981 (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) and description of four new species
J. GUERRERO-KOMMRITZ (Germany)
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Zootaxa 480: 1-27 (31 March 2004) 12 plates; 9 references                         Accepted: 22 March 2004
A new genus of millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae) from Tasmania, Australia with a mosaic distribution
R. MESIBOV (Australia)
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Zootaxa 479: 1-12 (31 March 2004) 4 plates; 20 references                         Accepted: 24 March 2004
A new species of Physalaemus (Amphibia; Leptodactylidae) from the Atlantic forest in southeastern Brazil
C.F.B. HADDAD & I. SAZIMA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 478: 1-12 (31 March 2004) 2 plates; 26 references                         Accepted: 15 March 2004
Two new species of Opheliidae (Annelida: Polychaeta): Euzonus papillatus sp. n. from a northeastern Brazilian sandy beach and Euzonus mammillatus sp. n. from the continental shelf of southeastern Brazil
C.S.G. SANTOS (Brazil), E.F. NONATO (Brazil) & M.E. PETERSEN (Denmark)
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Zootaxa 477: 1-31 (29 March 2004) 6 plates; 25 references                    Accepted: 26 February 2004
A new species of Wyeomyia (Hystatomyia) (Diptera: Culicidae) from Colombia and a redescription of Wy. (Hystatomyia) intonca Dyar & Knab
C.H. PORTER (USA) & M. I. WOLFF E. (Colombia)
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Zootaxa 476: 1-11 (29 March 2004) 5 plates; 11 references                         Accepted: 19 March 2004
Oribatid mites of the genera Belba and Belbodamaeus (Acari: Oribatida: Damaeidae) from Eastern Mongolia
B. BAYARTOGTOKH (Mongolia)
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Zootaxa 475: 1-8 (29 March 2004) 4 plates; 23 references                         Accepted: 18 March 2004
Rediscovery and redescription of the centipede Paracryptops inexpectus Chamberlin, 1914, with an account of the genus (Scolopendromorpha: Cryptopidae: Cryptopinae)
A. CHAGAS JUNIOR (Brazil) & R.M. SHELLEY (USA)
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Zootaxa 474: 1-27 (25 March 2004) 4 plates; 10 references                         Accepted: 15 March 2004
A revision of Lomachaeta Mickel, with a new species of Smicromutilla Mickel (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)
J.P. PITTS & D.G. MANLEY (USA)
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Zootaxa 473: 1-32 (25 March 2004) 1 2 plates; 22 references                        Accepted: 12 March 2004
A review of the Schinia tertia (Grote) species complex (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae)
M.G. POGUE  & C.E. HARP (USA)
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Zootaxa 472: 1-76 (23 March 2004) 17 plates; 65 references                         Accepted: 16 March 2004
Deep-water Galatheidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) from southern and eastern Australia
S.T. AHYONG & G.C. B. POORE (Australia)
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Zootaxa 471: 1-44 (23 March 2004) 18 plates; 41 references                          Accepted: 12 March 2004
Tanaidacea (Crustacea) of the Northeast Atlantic: non-filiform species of Anarthruridae Lang from the Atlantic Margin
G. BIRD (UK)
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Zootaxa 470: 1-10 (23 March 2004) 2 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 17 March 2004
Rhodacarella, a new genus of Rhodacaridae mites from North America (Acari: Mesostigmata: Rhodacaridae)
M.L. MORAZA (USA)
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