Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | May | Jun. | Jul. | Aug. | Sept.  | Oct. | Nov. | Dec.

Zootaxa 1103: 1-15 (22 Dec. 2005) 8 plates; 13  references                             Accepted: 8 Nov. 2005
Male description and generic review of Agyrtolasia Szymczakowski, with key to genera of Agyrtodini (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Camiarinae: Agyrtodini)
A. E. SEAGO (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  380KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1103: 17-26 (22 Dec. 2005) 3 plates; 19  references                            Accepted: 2 Nov. 2005
Description of a new species, records of five previously unrecorded species, and rediscovery of a lost species in the genus Ancylis Hübner (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from China
B.-K. BYUN (R. Korea) & S.C. YAN (P. R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  240KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1103: 27-39 (22 Dec. 2005) 6 plates; 11  references                            Accepted: 20 Oct. 2005
Two new species of the feather mite genus Dicrurobius Mironov, 2001 (Acari: Astigmata: Pteronyssidae) from drongos (Passeriformes: Dicruridae) in Africa
S. V. MIRONOV (Russia) & G. WAUTHY  (Belgium)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  290KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1103: 41-49 (22 Dec. 2005) 2 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 30 Nov. 2005
Molecular phylogeny of some genera of Pamphagidae (Acridoidea, Orthoptera) from China based on mitochondrial 16S rDNA sequences
D.-C. ZHANG, X.-J. LI, W.-Q. WANG, H. YIN, Z. YIN & X.-C. YIN  (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  100KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1103: 51-64 (22 Dec. 2005) 14 plates; 5 references                            Accepted: 13 Oct. 2005
Revision of the genus Pseudomictis Hsiao and transfer of Pseudomictis quadrispinus to the genus Pternistria Stål (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Mictini)
W.B. ZHU & W.J. BU (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  310KB) Order PDF

Monograph
Zootaxa 1102: 1-161 (19 Dec. 2005) 889 references                                         Accepted: 15 Sept. 2005
Catalogue of the superfamily Cancellarioidea Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)—2nd edition
R.E. PETIT & M.G. HARASEWYCH (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  1120KB) Order PDF

Monograph
Zootaxa 1101: 1-119 (19 Dec. 2005) 1 plate; 732 references                          Accepted: 15 Sept. 2005
Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 1850 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
R. BIELER & R. E. PETIT (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 990KB)    open access 

Monograph
Zootaxa 1100: 1-151 (19 Dec. 2005) 42 plates; 37 references                          Accepted: 10 Aug. 2005
The Middle American species of Embates Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae)
J. PRENA (Germany)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article part a, part b (PDF; 2240KB)    open access 

Monograph
Zootaxa 1099: 1-120 (19 Dec. 2005) 24  plates; 118 references                          Accepted: 26 Jul. 2005
Taxonomic review of the Tribe Melaenini (Coleoptera: Carabidae), with observations on morphological, ecological and chorological evolution
G. E. BALL & D. SHPELEY (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article part a, part b (PDF; 2400KB)   open access 

Monograph
Zootaxa 1098: 1-116 (19 Dec. 2005) 42 plates; 71 references                           Accepted: 7 Sept. 2005
Whiteflies of Belize (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Part 2— review of the subfamily Aleyrodinae Westwood
J.H. MARTIN (UK)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  2720KB) Order PDF

Monograph
Zootaxa 1097: 1-60 (16 Dec. 2005) 30 plates; 37 references                             Accepted: 8 Sept. 2005
New giant pill-millipede species from the littoral forest of Madagascar (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zoosphaerium)
T. WESENER (Germany) & P. SIERWALD (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 2180KB)    open access 

Zootaxa 1096: 1-16 (16 Dec. 2005) 5 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 22 Jun. 2005
Description of two new species of Hetereleotris (Gobiidae) from the south Pacific, with a revised key to species and synonymization of the genus Pascua with Hetereleotris
D. F. HOESE & H. K. LARSON (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  180KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1096: 17-28 (16 Dec. 2005) 5 plates; 7 references                             Accepted: 29 Nov. 2005
New species and new records of Copris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Mexico and the United States
S. MCCLEVE (USA) & B. KOHLMANN (Costa Rica)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 390KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1096: 29-39 (16 Dec. 2005) 5 plates; 22 references                            Accepted: 21 Oct. 2005
A new species of Jenynsia (Cyprinodontiformes: Anablepidae) from northwestern Argentina and its phylogenetic relationships
G. AGUILERA  & J. M. MIRANDE  (Argentina)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  120KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1096: 41-59 (16 Dec. 2005) 5 plates; 31 references                            Accepted: 31 Oct. 2005
A taxonomic revision of Piezura Rondani (Diptera: Fanniidae)
A. MOORES & J. SAVAGE  (Canada)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  190KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1096: 61-67 (16 Dec. 2005) 2 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 20 Oct. 2005
A key to adult Amazonian stonefly genera with new geographical records of Enderleina Jewett for Brazil and first description of the E. froehlichi Ribeiro-Ferreira female (Insecta: Plecoptera)
J.M.F. RIBEIRO & J.A. RAFAEL (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  200KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1095: 1-60 (13 Dec. 2005) 16 plates; 112 references                            Accepted: 19 Oct. 2005
Species of the genus Munidopsis (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the deep Atlantic Ocean, including cold-seep and hydrothermal vent areas
E. MACPHERSON (Spain) & M. SEGONZAC (France)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  1300KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1094: 1-23 (13 Dec. 2005) 9 plates; 19 references                                 Accepted: 14 Oct. 2005
Bryconops magoi and Bryconops collettei (Characiformes: Characidae), two new freshwater fish species from Venezuela, with comments on B. caudomaculatus (Gunther)
B. CHERNOFF (USA) & A. MACHADO-ALLISON (Venezuela)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 360KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1094: 25-40 (13 Dec. 2005) 5 plates; 39 references                               Accepted: 28 Nov. 2005
Ectonocryptoides quadrimeropus, a new centipede genus and species from Jalisco, Mexico; proposal of Ectonocryptopinae, analysis of subfamilial relationships, and a key to subfamilies and genera of the Scolopocryptopidae (Scolopendromorpha)
R. M. SHELLEY & R. MERCURIO (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  170KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1094: 41-51 (13 Dec. 2005) 1 plate; 15 references                               Accepted: 19 Nov. 2005
A review of the type material of the Southern African genus Stenobasipteron Lichtwardt, 1910 (Diptera: Nemestrinidae),  with transfer of two species to Prosoeca Schiner, 1867
D. A. BARRACLOUGH (S. Africa)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  140KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1094: 53-64 (13 Dec. 2005) 4 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 9 Nov. 2005
Bothrocara nyx: a new species of eelpout (Perciformes: Zoarcidae) from the Bering Sea
DUANE E. STEVENSON (USA)& M. ERIC ANDERSON (S. Africa)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 220KB)    open access 

Zootaxa 1093: 1-24 (8 Dec. 2005) 8 plates; 90 references                                Accepted: 13 Nov. 2005
The identity of catfishes identified as Mystus cavasius (Hamilton, 1822) (Teleostei: Bagridae), with a description of a new species from Myanmar
P. CHAKRABARTY & H. H. NG (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 360KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1093: 25-33 (8 Dec. 2005) 3 plates; 16 references                                 Accepted: 8 Oct. 2005
A new species and five new records of the family Echiniscidae (Tardigrada) from China
X.C. LI, L.Z. WANG, Y. LIU & L.N. SU (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  320KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1093: 35-43 (8 Dec. 2005) 1 plate; 32 references                                 Accepted:12 Oct. 2005
A simple solution for accurate measuring of long and contorted ovipositors in pinned specimens of Hymenoptera
A. P. AGUIAR (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  90KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1093: 45-53 (8 Dec. 2005) 2 plates; 16 references                                 Accepted:13 Oct. 2005
Rhynchelmis aleutensis n. sp. (Clitellata: Lumbriculidae) from Adak Island, Alaska
S. V. FEND (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  190KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1093: 55-59 (8 Dec. 2005) 2 plates; 7 references                                 Accepted: 8 Oct. 2005
Two new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Cameroon, Central Africa
I. D. ZANNOU (Benin), C. ZUNDEL (Switzerland), R. HANNA (Benin) & GILBERTO JOSE de MORAES (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  70KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1093: 61-68 (8 Dec. 2005) 3 plates; 8 references                                 Accepted: 13 Oct. 2005
Description of a new Geodipsas snake from northern Madagascar (Squamata: Colubridae)
V. MERCURIO & F. ANDREONE  (Italy)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  180KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1092: 1-20 (8 Dec. 2005) 10 plates; 31 references                                 Accepted: 8 Oct. 2005
New species of Thyasiridae from a methane seepage area off Concepcion, Chile
P.G. OLIVER (UK)  & J. SELLANES (Chile)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  620KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1092: 21-30 (8 Dec. 2005) 3 plates; 7 references                                 Accepted: 30 Sept. 2005
Description of a new Batrochoglanis species (Siluriformes, Pseudopimelodidae) from the rio Paraguai basin, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil
O.A. SHIBATTA  & C.S. PAVANELLI (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 170KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1092: 31-38 (8 Dec. 2005) 2 plates; 22 references                                 Accepted: 3 Sept. 2005
Taxonomic revision of Coleopterodes Philippi (Heteroptera: Tingidae)
S. I. MONTEMAYOR & M. D. C. COSCARON (Argentina)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  310KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1092: 39-45 (8 Dec. 2005) 3 plates; 3 references                                Accepted: 19 Oct. 2005
Echiniscus taibaiensis sp. nov. and a new record of Echiniscus bisetosus Heinis (Tardigrada, Echiniscidae) from China
L.Z. WANG & X.C. LI  (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  220KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1092: 47-63 (8 Dec. 2005) 11 plates; 20 references                            Accepted: 11 Sept. 2005
First record of Sergestes belonging to edwardsii species group (Sergestidae, Crustacea) from the Indian Ocean
F. YOUSUF & Q. B. KAZMI  (Pakistan)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  250KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1092: 64 (8 Dec. 2005)
News & notices from ICZN
Full article (PDF; 10KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1091: 1-26 (5 Dec. 2005) 5 plates; 12 references                               Accepted: 21 Oct. 2005
New Genera of Neotropical Therevidae (Insecta: Diptera)
DONALD W. WEBB (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  270KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1091: 27-40 (5 Dec. 2005) 9 plates; 14 references                               Accepted: 15 Oct. 2005
Two new species of Asphondyliini (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) associated with Bauhinia brevipes (Fabaceae) in Brazil
V. C. MAIA & G. W. FERNANDES (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  320KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1091: 41-51 (5 Dec. 2005) 3 plates; 12 references                               Accepted: 25 Oct. 2005
Astacoides hobbsi, a new crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae) from Madagascar
C. B. BOYKO (USA), O. R. RAVOAHANGIMALALA (Madagascar), D. RANDRIAMASIMANANA (Madagascar), & T. H. RAZAFINDRAZAKA  (Madagascar)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  390KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1091: 53-64 (5 Dec. 2005) 1 plate; 46 references                                 Accepted: 11 Oct. 2005
Rumen ciliated protozoa of the Turkish domestic goats (Capra hircus L.)
B. GÖÇMEN, S. RASTGELDI, A. KARAOGLU & HAKAN ASKAN  (Turkey)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  170KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1090: 1-34 (2 Dec. 2005) 20 plates; 17 references                               Accepted: 10 Oct. 2005
A review of the genus Micropagurus (Crustacea Decapoda Anomura Paguridae)
AKIRA ASAKURA (Japan)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  760KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1090: 35-49 (2 Dec. 2005) 2 plates; 11 references                               Accepted: 12 Oct. 2005
A review of the Romanian Halticoptera Spinola (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae), with description of three new species
M.-D. MITROIU (Romania)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  190KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1090: 51-64 (2 Dec. 2005) 5 plates; 13 references                                 Accepted: 6 Oct. 2005
Draconema brasiliensis and Draconema fluminensis (Chromadorida, Draconematidae): two new species of free living nematodes from a rocky shore affected by upwelling on the Brazilian coast
V. VENEKEY, L. M. LAGE & V. DA FONSECA-GENEVOIS (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  330KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1089: 1-36 (2 Dec. 2005) 1 plate; 86 references                                    Accepted: 2 Nov. 2005
Some new synonyms in Aphididae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha)
V. F. EASTOP & R. L. BLACKMAN (UK)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  250KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1089: 37-47 (2 Dec. 2005) 5 plates; 8 references                                 Accepted: 5 Oct. 2005
A new genus and species of Hoplapoderini from Madagascar (Coleoptera: Attelabidae: Apoderinae)
S. BIONDI (Italy)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 310KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1089: 49-56 (2 Dec. 2005) 4 plates; 11 references                                Accepted: 20 Oct. 2005
A new genus and species of Trombidiinae (Acari: Trombidiidae) described from larvae ectoparasitic on aphid from Iran
A. SABOORI, M. BAGHERI, K.H. IRANI-NEJAD, K. KAMALI  & M. KHANJANI  (Iran)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  100KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1089: 57-63 (2 Dec. 2005) 2 plates; 9 references                                 Accepted: 8 Oct. 2005
Charybdis moretonensis Rees & Stephenson, 1966, a junior synonym of Charybdis granulata (de Haan, 1833) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)
S.T. AHYONG  & T. LEE (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  190KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1089: 64 (2 Dec. 2005)  4 references                                                      Accepted: 10  Oct. 2005
Pagurodofleinia, a replacement generic name for Dofleinia McLaughlin & Asakura, 2004 (Crustacea: Decapoda), preoccupied by Dofleinia Wassilieff, 1908 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa)
AKIRA ASAKURA
Full article (PDF;  10KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1088: 1-10 (29 Nov. 2005) 4 plates; 5 references                                 Accepted: 29 Aug. 2005
Notes on Geraecormobius clavifemur (Mello-Leitão, 1927) and description of Geraecormobius reitzi n. sp. (Arachnida: Opiliones: Gonyleptidae)
EDUARDO G. VASCONCELOS (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  120KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1088: 11-16 (29 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 5 references                               Accepted:  9 Aug. 2005
Description of a new genus of Nemesiidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae) from the Brazilian Cerrado
R. P. INDICATTI  & S. M. LUCAS (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  190KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1088: 17-24 (29 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 9 references                               Accepted: 6 Oct. 2005
A new species of Plectromerus Haldeman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Dominican amber with notes on the fossil Plectromerus tertiarius Vitali 
E. H. NEARNS & M. A. BRANHAM (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 240KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1088: 25-32 (29 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 20 references                          Accepted:  20 Sept. 2005
First report of Aethaloptera dispar Brauer 1875 (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) from Ile-Ife, southwestern Nigeria, West Africa
S. S. OGBOGU (Nigeria)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  120KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1088: 33-43 (29 Nov. 2005) 1 plate; 21 references                            Accepted:  19 Oct. 2005
A new species of Vaejovis (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) from Coahuila and Nuevo Leon, and a key to the vaejovid species from northeastern and north-central Mexico
W. DAVID SISSOM  & BRENT E. HENDRIXSON  (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 160KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1088: 45-53 (29 Nov. 2005) 4 plates; 15 references                            Accepted:  18 Oct. 2005
Two new species and new records of caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Far East of Russia
T. I. AREFINA (Russia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 110KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1088: 55-59 (29 Nov. 2005) 1 plate; 5 references                            Accepted:  23 Oct. 2005
Synopsis of the genus Erythropterus Melzer, 1934 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Heteropsini)
D. S. NAPP & M. A. MONNE  (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 90KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1088: 60 (29 Nov. 2005) 1 plate
Erratum: MASUMOTO, M. & OKAJIMA, S. (2005) in Zootaxa 1082
Full article (PDF; 10KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1087: 1-31 (29 Nov. 2005) 15 plates; 26 references                              Accepted: 6 Oct. 2005
Cumaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the Persian Gulf
J. CORBERA, P. TIRADO & D. MARTIN (Spain)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  560KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1087: 33-38 (29 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 25 Oct. 2005
Basilia quadrosae sp. nov. (Diptera: Nycteribiidae), member of the ferruginea group, from Southern Brazil
G. GRACIOLLI  & M. O. MOURA  (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  120KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1087: 39-44 (29 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 19 Oct. 2005
A new species of Biemna Gray, 1867 (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from the north coast of Brazil
B. MOTHES (Brazil), M. CAMPOS (Brazil) , C. LERNER (Brazil), J. L. CARRARO (Brazil) & R. W.M. VAN SOEST (The Netherlands)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  120KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1087: 45-52 (29 Nov. 2005) 4 plates; 4 references                             Accepted: 16 Aug. 2005
A new species of Metavononoides from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Arachnida: Opiliones: Cosmetidae)
C. P. FERREIRA, D. R. PEDROSO  & A. B. KURY  (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  170KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1087: 53-58 (29 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 31 Oct. 2005
New record of Tettigarctidae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil
F. MENON (UK)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  100KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1087: 59-64 (29 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 7 Oct. 2005
A new species of Schwenckfeldina (Diptera: Sciaridae) from Japan
M. SUTOU (Japan)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  90KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1086: 1-24 (25 Nov. 2005) 8 plates; 41 references                                Accepted: 18 Oct. 2005
A review of the genus Cryptotendipes Lenz (Diptera: Chironomidae) from China
C.C. YAN, H.Q. TANG & X.H. WANG (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  400KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1086: 25-36 (25 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 46 references                            Accepted: 19 Oct. 2005
On the morphology and distribution of Dipolydora giardi and status of D. trilobata (Annelida: Spionidae)
V. I. RADASHEVSKY (Russia) & M. E. PETERSEN (Denmark)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  140KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1086: 37-46 (25 Nov. 2005) 19 references                                              Accepted: 8 Nov. 2005
On Euconnus (Napochus) campestris Schaufuss and its synonymy (Coleoptera: Scydmaenidae)
H. MEYBOHM  (Germany) & S. VIT (Switzerland)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 70KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1086: 47-64 (25 Nov. 2005) 41 references                                            Accepted: 11 Aug. 2005
Name-bearing Types of Neuropterida (Insecta) in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh
A. E. WHITTINGTON (UK)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  120KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1085: 1-19 (22 Nov. 2005) 7 plates; 9 references                                Accepted: 6 Oct. 2005
New species of the genus Collettea Lang, 1973 (Peracarida: Tanaidacea, Colletteidae) from the Antarctic
M. BLAZEWICZ-PASZKOWYCZ (Poland) & K. LARSEN (Denmark)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  230KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1085: 21-32 (22 Nov. 2005) 4 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 18 Oct. 2005
Xenosellidae, a new family of Janiroidea (Asellota: Isopoda: Crustacea), for Xenosella coxospinosa gen. nov., sp. nov., from the marine bathyal of eastern Australia
J. JUST (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  180KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1085: 33-45 (22 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 36 references                          Accepted: 5 Oct. 2005
Symsagittifera smaragdina sp. nov.: A new acoel (Acoela: Acoelomorpha) from the Mediterranean Sea
J. G. ACHATZ, R. GSCHWENTNER, R. RIEGER (Austria)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  360KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1085: 47-60 (22 Nov. 2005) 7 plates; 11 references                         Accepted: 10 Oct. 2005
A new species of the mealybug genus Rastrococcus Ferris (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) from New Zealand
D.J.WILLIAMS (UK) & R.C. HENDERSON (New Zealand)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  260KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1084: 1-30 (22 Nov. 2005) 6 plates; 76 references                          Accepted: 10 Oct. 2005
Two new species of jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida) from tropical Western Australia, presumed to cause Irukandji Syndrome
L.-A. GERSHWIN (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  470KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1084: 31-41 (22 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 19 references                          Accepted: 1 Nov. 2005
Notes on the type species of the subgenera Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) and P. (Amphipedia) (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini)
A. J. C. AGUIAR  & G. A. R. MELO (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  130KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1084: 43-48 (22 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 1 reference                            Accepted: 10 Aug. 2005
Corrections of the original description of the genus Caiganga and description of the female of Caiganga antennata Carvalho & Becker, 1957 (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae)
P. S. F. FERREIRA, F. F. SALLES, L. G. DIAS, & L. A. COELHO  (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  120KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1084: 49-57 (22 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 23 Sept. 2005
Achaeta becki sp. nov. (Oligochaeta: Enchytraeidae) from Amazonian forest soils
R. M. SCHMELZ & R. COLLADO  (Spain)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  320KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1084: 59-64 (22 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 2 Nov. 2005
A new species of Arctodiamesa Makarchenko (Diptera: Chironomidae: Diamesinae) from the Russian Far East, with a key to known species of the genus
EUGENYI A. MAKARCHENKO  (Russia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  120KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1083: 1-35 (18 Nov. 2005) 17 plates; 35 references                            Accepted: 12 Sept. 2005
New species and new occurrences of Copidognathus (Acari, Halacaridae) from the northern littoral zone of São Paulo State (Brazil)
A. R. PEPATO  & C. G. TIAGO (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  640KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1083: 37-62 (18 Nov. 2005) 6 plates; 35 references                            Accepted: 11 Oct. 2005
Two new species of Paguristes sensu stricto (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea: Diogenidae) and a review of Paguristes pusillus Henderson
P. A. MCLAUGHLIN (USA) & D. RAHAYU (Indonesia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  500KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1083: 63-68 (18 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 12 Oct. 2005
Two new species of Amphinemura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from Sichuan, China
W.H. LI & D. YANG (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  120KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1082: 1-27 (18 Nov. 2005) 11 plates; 24 references                          Accepted: 22 Sept. 2005
Trichromothrips Priesner (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) of Japan and Taiwan, with descriptions of four new species and a review of the Trichromothrips group of genera
M. MASUMOTO & S. OKAJIMA (Japan)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  320KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1082: 29-35 (18 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 24 Jun. 2005
First record of the genus Rhopaltriplasia Diakonoff from China, with description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae)
H.L. YU & H.H. LI (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  300KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1082: 37-44 (18 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 34 references                             Accepted: 6 Oct. 2005
Scanning electron microscopy of Chordodes moutoni Camerano, 1895 (Gordiida, Nematomorpha)
F. ZANCA & C. DE VILLALOBOS (Argentina)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  290KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1082: 45-55 (18 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 25 references                             Accepted: 29 Sept. 2005
Nomenclatural changes in Neotropical Eulophidae, Eupelmidae and Torymidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) relating to parasitoids of Cecidoses eremita (Lepidoptera: Cecidosidae)
R.A. BURKS (USA), G.A.P. GIBSON (Canada) & J. LA SALLE (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  250KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1082: 57-64 (18 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 12 references                             Accepted: 11 Oct. 2005
New species of Ceroprepes Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae), with a key to Chinese species
Y.L. DU, S.M. SONG & D. YANG (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  310KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1081: 1-31 (15 Nov. 2005) 16 plates; 22 references                          Accepted: 15 Sept. 2005
Tanacetipathes Opresko, 2001 (Cnidaria: Antipatharia: Myriopathidae) from Brazil, including two new species
L. L. LOIOLA & C. B. CASTRO (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  860KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1081: 33-46 (15 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 16 references                        Accepted: 8 Sept. 2005
Neotropical Meliponini: Paratrigonoides mayri, new genus and species from western Colombia (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae) and phylogeny of related genera
J. M. F. CAMARGO (Brazil & D. W. ROUBIK (Panama)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  150KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1081: 47-59 (15 Nov. 2005) 6 plates; 11 references                        Accepted: 10 Jul. 2005
Description of two leaf-miner larvae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from the Brazilian Atlantic forest
S. A. CASARI & J. M. QUEIROZ (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  270KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1081: 61-68 (15 Nov. 2005) 7 plates; 11 references                        Accepted: 14 Oct. 2005
A new species of Pterodectes Robin, 1877 (Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae) from the pale-breasted thrush, Turdus leucomelas (Passeriformes: Turdidae)
F. A. HERNANDES & M. P. VALIM  (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  260KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1080: 1-16 (15 Nov. 2005) 5 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 27 Sept. 2005
Two new species of Neodactria Landry (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Crambinae) from the United States of America
B. LANDRY (Switzerland) & R. L. BROWN (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 340KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1080: 17-31 (15 Nov. 2005) 4 plates;  9 references                           Accepted: 30 Sept. 2005
Six new species of Pseudotremia from caves of the Tennessee Cumberland Plateau (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Cleidogonidae)
J. J. LEWIS (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  290KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1080: 33-38 (15 Nov. 2005) 3 plates;  5 references                           Accepted: 30 Sept. 2005
A new species of Tardigrada Bryodelphax brevidentatus sp. nov. (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) from China (Asia)
L. KACZMAREK (Poland) , L. MICHALCZYK (UK) & P. DEGMA (Slovakia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  180KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1080: 39-64 (15 Nov. 2005) 9 plates;  36 references                         Accepted: 30 Sept. 2005
Revision of the South American freshwater genus Plagioscion (Teleostei, Perciformes, Sciaenidae)
L. CASATTI (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  320KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1079: 1-9 (11 Nov. 2005) 1 plate;  31 references                              Accepted: 6 Aug. 2005
Description of a new species of Chinaia Bruner & Metcalf (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Neocoelidiinae) and a redescription of the genus
A. P. MARQUES-COSTA  & R. R. CAVICHIOLI (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  130KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1079: 11-64 (11 Nov. 2005) 15 plates; 139 references                      Accepted: 25 Sept. 2005
Predatory mites from crops and pastures in South Africa: potential natural enemies of redlegged earth mite Halotydeus destructor (Acari: Penthaleidae)
R. B. HALLIDAY (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  630KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1078: 1-24 (7 Nov. 2005) 5 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 4 Oct. 2005
A revision of the Oocyclus Sharp of Thailand with description of six new species (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
A. E. Z. SHORT & A. P. SWANSON (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  570KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1078: 25-32 (7 Nov. 2005) 38 references                                             Accepted: 29 Sept. 2005
Sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Pernambuco State, northeastern Brazil: The presence of species incriminated as vectors of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Amazon region
V. Q. BALBINO, M. S. ANDRADE, I. COUTINHO-ABREU, I. V. SONODA, C. B. MARCONDES, J. J. SHAW & S. P. BRANDAO-FILHO (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  70KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1078: 33-40 (7 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 9 references                                 Accepted: 17 Oct. 2005
Myriotrochus (Oligotrochus) meteorensis spec. nov., a new myriotrochid holothurian from the deep-sea off NW Africa (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Myriotrochidae)
J. M. BOHN (Germany)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  170KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1078: 41-58 (7 Nov. 2005) 5 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 21 Sept. 2005
A new genus and five new species of Eriophyoidea (Prostigmata) associated with palm trees from Brazilian Amazon
D. NAVIA  & C. H. W. FLECHTMANN (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  320KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1078: 59-64 (7 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 15 references                               Accepted: 27 Jul. 2005
Leuctra klapperichi, a new stonefly species (Plecoptera: Leuctridae) from Iran with geographic affinities of related species 
D. MURANYI (Hungary)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  130KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1077: 1-23 (7 Nov. 2005) 4 plates; 46 references                              Accepted: 26 Sept. 2005
Sipunculans from the coast of northern Cyprus (eastern Mediterranean Sea)
S. AÇIK (Turkey), G. V. MURINA (Ukraine), M. E. ÇINAR (Turkey) & Z. ERGEN (Turkey)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  290KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1077: 25-36 (7 Nov. 2005) 4 plates; 32 references                              Accepted: 21 Jun. 2005
The internal male and female reproductive apparatus in Cixidia sikaniae D'Urso & Guglielmino, 1995 (Fulgoromorpha, Achilidae)
V. D'URSO, A. GUGLIELMINO & A. MAUCERI (Italy)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  240KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1077: 37-49 (7 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 23 Sept. 2005
Description of a new species of weasel shark, Hemigaleus australiensis n. sp. (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae) from Australian waters
W. T. WHITE (Australia), P. R. LAST (Australia)  & L.J.V. COMPAGNO (S. Africa)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  140KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1077: 51-60 (7 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 16 Aug. 2005
Three new monotypic genera of Epipsocidae (Psocoptera) from Peru and Brazil
A. N. G. ALDRETE (Mexico)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 260KB)   open access 

Monograph
Zootaxa 1076: 1-62 (4 Nov. 2005) 8 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 27 Sept. 2005
Taxonomic revision of the genus Anomalophylla Reitter, 1887 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)
D. AHRENS (Germany)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;  850KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1075: 1-40 (4 Nov. 2005) 13 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 16 Sept. 2005
Fistulococcus, a new genus of soft scale insect (Sternorrhyncha, Coccidae) proposed for two new species from Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea
C. J. HODGSON  & J. H. MARTIN (UK)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 580KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1075: 41-53 (4 Nov. 2005) 5 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 29 Sept. 2005
Notes on a new marine peritrichous ciliate (Ciliophora: Peritrichida), Zoothamnium xuianum n. sp., with redescription of Z. paraentzii Song, 1991 from northern China
P. SUN, D.D. JI & W.B. SONG (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 490KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1075: 55-68 (4 Nov. 2005) 5 plates; 29 references                             Accepted: 9 Sept. 2005
Remarks on Macrobiotus furciger Murray, 1906 and description of three new species of the furciger group (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae)
M. G. BINDA, G. PILATO & O. LISI (Italy)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 430KB) Order PDF

Monograph
Zootaxa 1074: 1-66 (1 Nov. 2005) 21 plates; 49 references                              Accepted: 15 Aug. 2005
A radiation of hydrobiid snails in the caves and streams at Precipitous Bluff, southwest Tasmania, Australia (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea: Hydrobiidae s.l.)
W. F. PONDER, S. A. CLARK, S. EBERHARD & J. B. STUDDERT (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 1010KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1073: 1-29 (1 Nov. 2005) 113 references                                             Accepted: 8 Sept. 2005
Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the genus Agrilus Curtis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilini)
E. JENDEK (Slovakia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 220KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1073: 31-35 (1 Nov. 2005) 1 plate; 7 references                                Accepted: 10 Sept. 2005
Rediscovery and redescription of the Malagasy dwarf gecko Lygodactylus klemmeri
M. PUENTE (Spain), A.P. RASELIMANANA (Madagascar) & M. VENCES (The Netherlands)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 220KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1073: 37-60 (1 Nov. 2005) 51 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 9 Sept. 2005
An illustrated key to the species of Trichogramma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) of Brazil
R.B. QUERINO & R.A.ZUCCHI (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 570KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1072: 1-25 (28 Oct. 2005) 67 references                                                Accepted: 8 Oct. 2005
The type specimens of Paradisaeidae, Cnemophilidae and Ptilonorhynchidae (Aves) in the Museum für Naturkunde of the Humboldt-University of Berlin
F. D. STEINHEIMER (Germany)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 200KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1072: 27-33 (28 Oct. 2005) 3 plates; 16 references                            Accepted: 31 Aug. 2005
Additions to the ichthyofauna of the Tristan da Cunha Group, South Atlantic Ocean
M. E. ANDERSON (South Africa), D. L. STEIN (USA) & H. W. DETRICH (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 200KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1072: 35-42 (28 Oct. 2005) 4 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 27 Jul. 2005
The tadpole of Physalaemus soaresi Izecksohn, 1965 (Anura: Leptodactylidae), with comments on taxonomy, reproductive behavior, and vocalizations
LUIZ NORBERTO WEBER, SERGIO POTSCH DE CARVALHO-E-SILVA & LUIZ PEDREIRA GONZAGA (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 200KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1072: 43-60 (28 Oct. 2005) 1 plate; 55 references                            Accepted: 17 Aug. 2005
A checklist of the freshwater ichthyofauna from El Petén and Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, with notes for its conservation and management
M. E. VALDEZ-MORENO, J. POOL-CANUL & S. CONTRERAS-BALDERAS (Mexico)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 250KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1071: 1-18 (28 Oct. 2005) 4 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 2 Sept. 2005
Revision of Telotrema Ozaki, 1933 (Digenea: Gyliauchenidae Fukui, 1929), including the description of a new species from an acanthurid fish from the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
K. A. HALL (Japan) & T. H. CRIBB (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 220KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1071: 19-38 (28 Oct. 2005) 13 plates; 15 references                             Accepted: 5 Sept. 2005
Two new species of Ostracoda from hydrothermal vents of Riftia pachyptila aggregations on the East Pacific Rise (Halocypridina; Cladocopina)
LOUIS S. KORNICKER & ELIZABETH HARRISON-NELSON (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 470KB)    open access 

Zootaxa 1071: 39-45 (28 Oct. 2005) 3 plates; 6 references                          Accepted: 10 Sept. 2005
Tractolira delli, a new Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) from the abyssal plains off Antarctica
J.H. LEAL  & M.G. HARASEWYCH (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 200KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1071: 47-60 (28 Oct. 2005) 5 plates; 11 references                        Accepted: 26 Sept. 2005
Biacanthus pleuronichthydis (Yamaguti, 1939) gen. n., comb. n. (Copepoda: Taeniacanthidae), an ectoparasite of flatfishes from Japanese waters
D. TANG (Australia) & K. IZAWA  (Japan)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 260KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1070: 1-30 (25 Oct. 2005) 13 plates; 20 references                        Accepted: 11 Aug. 2005
Redescription of Chone americana Day, 1973 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) and description of five new species from the Grand Caribbean Region
M. A. TOVAR-HERNANDEZ (Mexico)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 860KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1070: 31-42 (25 Oct. 2005) 6 plates; 13 references                         Accepted: 9 Sept. 2005
Two new species of the mesopelagic isopod genus Syscenus Harger, 1880 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Aegidae) from the southwestern Pacific 
N. L. BRUCE (New Zealand)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 180KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1070: 43-47 (25 Oct. 2005) 2 plates; 3 references                          Accepted: 11 Oct. 2005
A new species of Agathirsia Westwood (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) from Mexico
M. J. SHARKEY  (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 140KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1070: 49-60 (25 Oct. 2005) 5 plates; 9 references                           Accepted: 2 Sept. 2005
Redescription of Paromius procerulus (Berg) (new combination) (Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae: Myodochini), and description of eggs and immature stages
P. M. DELLAPÉ (Argentina)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 300KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1069: 1-32 (25 Oct. 2005) 5 plates; 33 references                          Accepted: 19 Sept. 2005
Molecular systematics and geographical distribution of the Drosophila longicornis species complex (Diptera: Drosophilidae)
D. C. S. G. OLIVEIRA, P. M. O'GRADY, W. J. ETGES, W. B. HEED  & R. DeSALLE (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 360KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1069: 33-45 (25 Oct. 2005) 2 plates; 32 references                         Accepted: 6 Jun. 2005
A new species of Tapinocyba (Araneae, Linyphiidae) with a redescription of Tapinocyba minuta (Emerton)
N. DUPÉRRÉ & P. PAQUIN  (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 210KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1069: 47-60 (25 Oct. 2005) 9 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 10 Sept. 2005
Crinitodiscus ozkani sp. n., a new uropodid mite from Turkey (Acari, Mesostigmata, Uropodidae)
D. A. BAL  (Turkey)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 270KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1068: 1-25 (21 Oct. 2005) 10 plates; 34 references                           Accepted: 8 Sept. 2005
Taxonomy of Aphelinoidea (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) species attacking eggs of the beet leafhopper, Circulifer tenellus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), in California
G.P. WALKER, I.M. BAYOUN, S.V. TRIAPITSYN  & J.Y. HONDA (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 640KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1068: 27-38 (21 Oct. 2005) 10 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 27 Sept. 2005
Two new species of Plakina Schulze, 1880 (Porifera, Plakinidae) from the Aleutian Islands (Alaska, USA)
H. LEHNERT (Germany), R. STONE (USA) & W. HEIMLER (Germany)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 520KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1068: 29-46 (21 Oct. 2005) 10 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 26 Jul. 2005
Gorgocephalus yaaji n. sp. (Digenea: Gorgocephalidae) from the brassy chub Kyphosus vaigiensis (Perciformes: Kyphosidae) off Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef and further records of G . kyphosi
R. A. BRAY (UK) & T.H. CRIBB  (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 140KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1068: 47-58 (21 Oct. 2005) 4 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 9 Sept. 2005
A new species of Opisthosyllis (Polychaeta: Syllidae) from California (U.S.A.)
M. T. AGUADO (Spain), G. SAN MARTIN (Spain) & A. NYGREN  (Sweden)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 430KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1068: 59-68 (21 Oct. 2005) 2 plates; 6 references                           Accepted: 13 Sept. 2005
Studies on neotropical Phasmatodea I: A remarkable new species of Peruphasma Conle & Hennemann, 2002 from Northern Peru (Phasmatodea: Pseudophasmatidae: Pseudophasmatinae)
O. V. CONLE & F. H. HENNEMANN  (Germany)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 220KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1067: 1-36 (21 Oct. 2005) 11 plates; 45 references                           Accepted: 16 Sept. 2005
The Neotropical annual killifish genus Pterolebias Garman (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae): phylogenetic relationships, descriptive morphology, and taxonomic revision 
W. J. E. M. COSTA (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 460KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1067: 37-48 (21 Oct. 2005) 5 plates; 12 references                           Accepted: 28 Sept. 2005
Five new species of the genus Tetra Keifer (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from China
X.-F. XUE & X.-Y. HONG (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 190KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1067: 49-57 (21 Oct. 2005) 4 plates; 9 references                             Accepted: 2 Sept. 2005
A new species of Pseudobagrus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Bagridae) from southern China
J. LI, X.L. CHEN & B.P.L. CHAN  (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 140KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1067: 59-68 (21 Oct. 2005) 1 plate; 32 references                             Accepted: 8 Sept. 2005
On the status of some species of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) described by J. C. Fabricius and the synonymy of Dichelosus Szepligeti with Coccygidium De Saussure
C. E. SARMIENTO M.(Colombia) & M. SHARKEY  (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 250KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1066: 1-42 (18 Oct. 2005) 9 plates; 69 references                           Accepted: 19 Sept. 2005
Revision of Zorion Pascoe (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), an endemic genus of New Zealand
F.-R. SCHNITZLER & Q. WANG (New Zealand)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 520KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1066: 43-56 (18 Oct. 2005) 5 plates; 37 references                           Accepted: 21 Jul. 2005
Redescription of two Hexactinosida (Porifera, Hexactinellida) from the southwestern Atlantic, collected by Programme REVIZEE
D. A. LOPES (Brazil), E. HAJDU (Brazil) & H. M. REISWIG  (Canada)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 390KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1066: 57-60 (18 Oct. 2005) 1 plate; 11 references                           Accepted: 5 Aug. 2005
A new genus with a new species of Cantacaderinae (Heteroptera: Tingidae) from Argentina
D. L. CARPINTERO & S. I. MONTEMAYOR  (Argentina)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 70KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1065: 1-27 (18 Oct. 2005) 189 references                                          Accepted: 4 Aug. 2005
A catalogue of the Trichobranchinae (Polychaeta: Terebellidae) of the world
A. R. S. GARRAFFONI (Brazil), P. C. LANA (Brazil) & P. HUTCHINGS  (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 190KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1065: 29-50 (18 Oct. 2005) 80 references                                          Accepted: 6 Aug. 2005
List of Argentinian Tingidae Laporte (Heteroptera) with their host plants
S. MONTEMAYOR & M. D. C. COSCARON  (Argentina)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 140KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1065: 51-60 (18 Oct. 2005) 3 plates; 20 references                             Accepted: 19 Sept. 2005
Euglossa paisa, a new species of orchid bee from the Colombian Andes (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
S. RAMIREZ (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 300KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1064: 1-24 (14 Oct. 2005) 4 plates; 74 references                             Accepted: 3 Aug. 2005
On adult and larval morphology of Polydora cornuta Bosc, 1802 (Annelida: Spionidae)
V. I. RADASHEVSKY (Russia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 480KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1064: 25-30 (14 Oct. 2005) 1 plate; 7 references                             Accepted: 10 Aug. 2005
A new species of Allobethylus (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) from Australia, with a key to world species
C. O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 100KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1064: 31-37 (14 Oct. 2005) 1 plate; 9 references                             Accepted: 27 Sept. 2005
Description of the two new Microserica species from Laos and Thailand (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)
D. AHRENS (Germany)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 70KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1064: 39-49 (14 Oct. 2005) 5 plates; 8 references                           Accepted: 19 Sept. 2005
A new genus of millipede (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae) from Tasmania with a pseudo-articulated gonopod telopodite
ROBERT MESIBOV (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 190KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1064: 51-64 (14 Oct. 2005) 8 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 4 Oct. 2005
Neolyrium gen. n., first South American genus of net-winged beetles with 10-segmented antennae (Coleoptera: Lycidae)
S. V. KAZANTSEV (Russia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 500KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1063: 1-31 (14 Oct. 2005) 16 plates; 63 references                             Accepted: 27 Aug. 2005
Immature stages of Calycopis caulonia (Hewitson, 1877) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini), with notes on rearing detritivorous hairstreaks on artificial diet
M. DUARTE (Brazil), R. K. ROBBINS (USA) & O. H. H. MIELKE (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 960KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1063: 33-52 (14 Oct. 2005) 2 plates; 37 references                             Accepted: 2 Sept. 2005
A checklist of parasitic helminths reported from sixty-five species of marine fish from Turkey including two new records of monogeneans
A. OKTENER (Turkey)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 260KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1063: 53-68 (14 Oct. 2005) 7 plates; 24 references                             Accepted: 28 Sept. 2005
The Neotropical caddisfly genus Tolhuaca (Trichoptera: Glossosomatidae)
D. R. ROBERTSON & R. W. HOLZENTHAL (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 380KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1062: 1-56 (11 Oct. 2005) 25 plates; 89 references                             Accepted: 2 Sept. 2005
Cladistic analysis of the tribe Torneutini Thomson (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Trachyderoinia)
M. L. MONNÉ & D. S. NAPP (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 1020KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1062: 57-68 (11 Oct. 2005) 2 plates; 6 references                             Accepted: 6 Oct. 2005
Nine new species of Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 1838 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
SHELLEY BARKER (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 1020KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1061: 1-28 (11 Oct. 2005) 7 plates; 13 references                             Accepted: 20 Sept. 2005
The genus Nactus (Lacertilia: Gekkonidae): a phylogenetic analysis and description of two new species from the Papuan Region
F. KRAUS (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 570KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1061: 29-34 (11 Oct. 2005) 3 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 4 Oct. 2005
Pachygaster hymenaea sp. nov. and P. antiqua James, 1971 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) in Neotropical ambers
MARTIN GRUND  (Germany ) & MARTIN HAUSER (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 170KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1061: 35-64 (11 Oct. 2005) 3 plates; 70 references                             Accepted: 23 Sept. 2005
On the taxonomy of water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) described from the Palaearctic, part 1: Hydrachnidae, Limnocharidae and Eylaidae
K. DAVIDS (The Netherlands), A. DI SABATINO (Italy), R. GERECKE (Germany), T. GLEDHILL (UK) & H. SMIT (The Netherlands)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 300KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1060: 1-26 (7 Oct. 2005) 4 plates; 39 references                             Accepted: 13 Sept. 2005
A revision of the southern South American stag beetles of the genus Sclerostomus Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae)
M.J. PAULSEN (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 390KB)  open access 

Zootaxa 1060: 27-36 (7 Oct. 2005) 6 plates; 7 references                             Accepted: 23 Aug. 2005
A new genus and species of gall midge (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) associated with Waltheria indica L. (Sterculiaceae)
V. C. MAIA & G. W. FERNANDES (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 190KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1060: 37-50 (7 Oct. 2005) 3 plates; 38 references                             Accepted: 30 Jun. 2005
Checklist and new species of the Coleophora salicorniae group from China (Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae)
H.H. LI (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 410KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1060: 51-64 (7 Oct. 2005) 4 plates; 34 references                             Accepted: 21 Sept. 2005
Revalidation and redescription of Pterocryptis anomala (Herre, 1933), a catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from southern China
H. H. NG (USA) & B. P.-L. CHAN (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 140KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1059: 1-32 (7 Oct. 2005) 4 plates; 17 references                             Accepted: 17 Jul. 2005
Revision of the Neotropical Stiletto Fly Genus Notiothereva Metz & Irwin (Diptera: Therevidae: Therevinae)
D. W. WEBB (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 280KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1059: 33-38 (7 Oct. 2005) 2 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 5 Sept. 2005
Prosorhynchoides lamprelli n. sp. (Digenea: Bucephalidae) from the brassy trevally, Caranx papuensis (Teleostei: Carangidae), from off Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
N. J. BOTT & T. H. CRIBB  (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 80KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1059: 39-47 (7 Oct. 2005) 2 plates; 4 references                             Accepted: 30 Aug. 2005
Four new species of Desmopachria Babington from Peru (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
KELLY B. MILLER (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 120KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1059: 49-59 (7 Oct. 2005) 3 plates; 4 references                             Accepted: 30 Aug. 2005
Two new species of Agaporomorphus Zimmermann (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) from Peru
KELLY B. MILLER (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 110KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1058: 1-34 (4 Oct. 2005) 18 plates; 20 references                             Accepted: 10 Sept. 2005
Mygalomorph spiders from southwestern Oregon, USA, with descriptions of four new species
J.C. COKENDOLPHER, R.W. PECK & C.G. NIWA  (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 820KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1058: 35-41 (4 Oct. 2005) 2 plates; 15 references                             Accepted: 29 Aug. 2005
Comparative study of mouthparts of the female of two species of Dasybasis Macquart from Chile (Diptera: Tabanidae)
C. R. GONZALEZ , K. BREVIS , C. MIRANDA & A. SOTOMAYOR  (Chile)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 130KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1058: 43-49 (4 Oct. 2005) 1 plate; 26 references                             Accepted: 6 Sept. 2005
Tardigrade fauna of the South Sandwich Islands, maritime Antarctic
S. J. MCINNES & P. CONVEY  (UK)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 90KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1058: 51-60 (4 Oct. 2005) 3 plates; 9 references                             Accepted: 24 Jul. 2005
Species of Nepalomyia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Guangxi, China, with a key to Palaearctic and Oriental species
L.L. ZHANG & D. YANG (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 100KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1057: 1-44 (4 Oct. 2005) 9 plates; 41 references                             Accepted: 9 Sept. 2005
Terebellidae (Polychaeta) from the Mexican Caribbean with description of four new species
M. H. LONDONO-MESA & L. F. CARRERA-PARRA (Mexico)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 650KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1057: 45-50 (4 Oct. 2005) 2 plates; 5 references                             Accepted: 2 Sept. 2005
Draconarius exilis, a new species of coelotine spider from China (Araneae, Amaurobiidae)
Z.-S. ZHANG (P.R. China), M.-S. ZHU  (P.R. China) & X.-P. WANG  (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 120KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1057: 51-60 (4 Oct. 2005) 2 plates; 22 references                             Accepted: 26 Aug. 2005
Synorthocladius Thienemann from China, with a review of the genus (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)
Y.D. LIU & X.H. WANG  (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 130KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1057: 61-64 (4 Oct. 2005) 1 plate; 9 references                             Accepted: 10 Sept. 2005
A new species of Chudania Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Nirvaninae) from China
W. DAI & Y.L. ZHANG (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 100KB)  open access 

Zootaxa 1056: 1-18 (30 Sept. 2005) 2 plates; 47 references                               Accepted: 16 Jul. 2005
A new species of Halictophagus (Insecta: Strepsiptera: Halictophagidae) from Texas, and a checklist of Strepsiptera from the United States and Canada
J. KATHIRITHAMBY (UK) & S.J. TAYLOR (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 230KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1056: 19-42 (30 Sept. 2005) 11 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 6 Aug. 2005
New species of Middle Asian Longitarsus Latreille with discussion of their subgeneric placement (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
A. S. KONSTANTINOV (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 740KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1056: 43-51 (30 Sept. 2005) 4 plates; 23 references                          Accepted: 25 Aug. 2005
Phyllodistomum centropomi sp. n. (Digenea: Gorgoderidae), a parasite of the fat snook, Centropomus parallelus (Osteichthyes: Centropomidae), in the Papaloapan River at Tlacotalpan, Veracruz State, Mexico
B. MENDOZA-GARFIAS & G. PEREZ-PONCE DE LEON (Mexico)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 160KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1056: 53-60 (30 Sept. 2005) 2 plates; 16 references                            Accepted: 31 Aug. 2005
On the identity of the type species of the planthopper genus Oliarus Stal, 1862, Oliarus walkeri (Stal, 1859) (Hemiptera: Cixiidae)
H. HOCH (Germany)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 80KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1055: 1-22 (30 Sept. 2005) 4 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 24 Aug. 2005
Pygommatius Scarbrough & Marascia, a valid ommatiine genus (Diptera: Asilidae) with new combinations and new species from the Philippines
A. G. SCARBROUGH (USA) & H. HILL (Germany)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 230KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1055: 23-40 (30 Sept. 2005) 9 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 22 Aug. 2005
A review of the genus Aulacogenia Stal (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Stenopodainae) from China
P. ZHAO (P.R. China), W.Z. CAI (P.R. China) & M. TOMOKUNI (Japan)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 1350KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1055: 41-48 (30 Sept. 2005) 1 plate; 11 references                           Accepted: 14 Sept. 2005
Description of two new species of Stenocatantops (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Catantopinae) from Taiwan with a key to known species of genus
H. YIN & X.-C. YIN (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 130KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1055: 49-59 (30 Sept. 2005) 5 plates; 7 references                             Accepted: 22 Sept. 2005
Five new species of Diptilomiopidae from China (Acari: Eriophyoidea)
X.-F. XUE & X.-Y. HONG (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 520KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1055: 60 (30 Sept. 2005) 
Erratum
X.-F. XUE & X.-Y. HONG (P.R. China)
Full article (PDF; 10KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1054: 1-14 (27 Sept. 2005) 6 plates; 6 references                               Accepted: 8 Sept. 2005
A revision of the genus Xenochilicola (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Colletidae), with the description of a new species 
J. A. GENARO & L. PACKER (Canada)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 210KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1054: 15-23 (27 Sept. 2005) 38 references                                          Accepted: 14 Sept. 2005
Substitute names for three genera of fossil Neuroptera, with taxonomic notes
V. N. MAKARKIN (Russia) & S. B. ARCHIBALD (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 70KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1054: 25-29 (27 Sept. 2005) 2 plates; 3 references                            Accepted: 19 Aug. 2005
A new species of Brachysiderus Waterhouse, 1881 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Maranhao State, Brazil
P. C. GROSSI & E. J. GROSSI (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 90KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1054: 31-42 (27 Sept. 2005) 4 plates; 22 references                            Accepted: 27 Jul. 2005
A new species of "Lithasia"(Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Pleuroceridae) from the Harpeth River, Tennessee, U.S.A.
R. L. MINTON, S. P. SAVARESE, JR., & D. C. CAMPBELL (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 250KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1054: 43-50 (27 Sept. 2005) 3 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 29 Aug. 2005
New species of Platypalpus from Hebei province, China (Diptera: Empididae)
D. YANG & W.H. LI  (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 110KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1054: 51-60 (27 Sept. 2005) 2 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 27 Jul. 2005
New records and combinations for Neotropical Leptophlebiidae (Ephemeroptera)
J. G. PETERS (USA), R. W. FLOWERS (USA), M. D. HUBBARD (USA), E. DOMINGUEZ (Argentina) & H. M. SAVAGE  (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 190KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1053: 1-21 (23 Sept. 2005) 12 plates; 27 references                           Accepted: 9 Sept. 2005
A cladistic analysis of the genera of the tribe Entimini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), with description of a new genus and species from the Amazonian Region
S. A. VANIN & F. GAIGER (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 370KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1053: 23-34 (23 Sept. 2005) 6 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 15 Sept. 2005
Eurycleonus talamellii n. sp. of Cleonine weevil from the Moroccan desert (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae: Cleonini)
M. MEREGALLI (Italy)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 540KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1053: 35-45 (23 Sept. 2005) 3 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 16 Sept. 2005
Some tardigrades from Siberia (Russia, Baikal region) with a description of Macrobiotus garynahi sp. nov. (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae: richtersi group)
L. KACZMAREK, L. MICHALCZYK & D. DIDUSZKO  (Poland)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 200KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1053: 47-60 (23 Sept. 2005) 7 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 7 Sept. 2005
A new Troglosiro species (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Troglosironidae) from New Caledonia
P. SHARMA & G. GIRIBET (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 670KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1052: 1-20 (20 Sept. 2005) 9 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 25 Aug. 2005
A review of the genus Amphimonhystera Allgen, 1929 (Monhysterida: Xyalidae, Marine Freeliving Nematodes) with description of three new species
A. V. TCHESUNOV  & V. O. MOKIEVSKY (Russia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 280KB)  open access 

Zootaxa 1052: 21-28 (20 Sept. 2005) 2 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 25 Aug. 2005
Neosyringophilopsis, a new genus of the subfamily Syringophilinae (Acari: Syringophilidae)
M. SKORACKI, B. SIKORA (Poland)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 100KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1052: 29-39 (20 Sept. 2005) 4 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 18 Aug. 2005
A new species of treefrog (Anura: Hylidae: Litoria) from the Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea
S. J. RICHARDS (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 240KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1052: 41-48 (20 Sept. 2005) 2 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 9 Sept. 2005
Austrolebias univentripinnis sp. nov. (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae): a new annual killifish from the Mirim Lagoon basin, southern Brazil
W. J. E. M. COSTA & M. M. CHEFFE (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 80KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1052: 49-60 (20 Sept. 2005) 4 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 7 Sept. 2005
Chromosomal and morphological taxonomy of larvae of Simulium (Gomphostilbia) (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Thailand
J. PHASUK (Thailand), J. CHANPAISAENG (Thailand), P.H. ADLER (USA) & G.W. COURTNEY  (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 210KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1051: 1-18 (20 Sept. 2005) 9 plates; 29 references                           Accepted: 30 Aug. 2005
First survey of Simuliidae (Diptera) from the North of Ceara State, Brazil, with description of a new species and identification keys for the immature stages
F. A. C. PESSOA, C. M. R. VELASQUEZ, V. PY-DANIEL (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 660KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1051: 19-32 (20 Sept. 2005) 6 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 25 Aug. 2005
Three new minute nematode species of the superfamily Monhysteroidea from Arctic Abyss
A. V. TCHESUNOV & M. A. MILJUTINA (Russia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 240KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1051: 33-37 (20 Sept. 2005) 2 plates; 4 references                           Accepted: 7 Sept. 2005
A new species of Thinoscatella Mathis, 1979 from China (Diptera: Ephydridae), with an updated key to the world species
J.H. ZHANG & D. YANG (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 100KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1051: 39-54 (20 Sept. 2005) 5 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 18 Aug. 2005
A new rainbowfish (Teleostei: Melanotaenioidei: Bedotiidae) from the southeastern highlands of Madagascar, with comments on the biogeography of Bedotia
J. S. SPARKS  & L. M. R. RUSH (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 260KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1051: 55-64 (20 Sept. 2005) 2 plates; 12 references                           Accepted: 23 Aug. 2005
A new species of Neocorynura from Ecuador (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), with notes on taxonomy of the genus 
ALLAN H. SMITH-PARDO (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 230KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1050: 1-14 (16 Sept. 2005) 3 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 27 Aug. 2005
A new Neotropical species of the genus Metriocnemus van der Wulp (Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) from Eryngium L. (Apiaceae) phytotelmata
M. DONATO & A. C. PAGGI  (Argentina)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 280KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1050: 15-20 (16 Sept. 2005) 2 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 5 Sept. 2005
Rynkatorpa felderi, new species, from a bathyal hydrocarbon seep in the northern Gulf of Mexico (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida)
D. L. PAWSON & D. J. VANCE (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 80KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1050: 21-38 (16 Sept. 2005) 5 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 29 Aug. 2005
The Central American species of Diplonevra Lioy (Diptera: Phoridae)
E. M. CORONA & B. V. BROWN (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 310KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1050: 39-43 (16 Sept. 2005) 2 plates; 6 references                           Accepted: 1 Sept. 2005
Description of a new species in the Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)
J. P. PITTS (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 100KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1050: 45-60 (16 Sept. 2005) 6 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 4 Aug. 2005
A new species of stag beetle from sand dunes in west Texas, and a synopsis of the genus Nicagus (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Aesalinae: Nicagini)
M.J. PAULSEN & A. D. SMITH (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 370KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1049: 1-17 (13 Sept. 2005) 4 plates; 12 references                           Accepted: 20 Aug. 2005
The Neotropical genera Oxycrepis Reiche and Stolonis Motschulsky: a taxonomic review, key to the described species and description of new Stolonis species from Ecuador (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Loxandrini)
K. W. WILL (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 310KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1049: 19-32 (13 Sept. 2005) 2 plates; 23 references                           Accepted: 12 Aug. 2005
New species of Diamesa (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Tibet: conspecific males and females associated with mitochondrial DNA
E. WILLASSEN (Norway)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 310KB)  open access 

Zootaxa 1049: 33-48 (13 Sept. 2005) 3 plates; 51 references                           Accepted: 2 Sept. 2005
Updated diagnoses for the Indian species of Streptocephalus (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca)
C. S VELU & N. MUNUSWAMY (India)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 430KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1049: 49-68 (13 Sept. 2005) 66 references                                            Accepted: 18 Aug. 2005
Edaphic and plant inhabiting oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Cerrado and Mata Atlantica ecosystems in the State of São Paulo, southeast Brazil
A. R. OLIVEIRA (Brazil), R. A. NORTON (USA) & G. J. DE MORAES (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 140KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1048: 1-20 (13 Sept. 2005) 3 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 12 Aug. 2005
The genus Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from tyrant-flycatchers (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae), with descriptions of 13 new species
R. D. PRICE, R. A. HELLENTHAL & R. C. DALGLEISH  (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 250KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1048: 21-25 (13 Sept. 2005) 2 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 23 Aug. 2005
Contributions to the knowledge of the "Staphylinus-complex" (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini) of China. Part 10. A new species of the genus Platydracus Thomson, 1858
A. SMETANA  (Canada)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 80KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1048: 37-44 (13 Sept. 2005) 2 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 1 Sept. 2005
Two new species of Zetzellia Oudemans (Acari: Stigmaeidae) that threaten the concept of genera: disgeneric marriage?
F. A. HERNANDES & R. J.F. FERES  (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 310KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1048: 45-51 (13 Sept. 2005) 2 plates; 4 references                            Accepted: 15 Aug. 2005
A new species of the Neotropical genus Daimothoracodes Petrovitz (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae)
F.C. OCAMPO  (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 200KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1048: 53-64 (13 Sept. 2005) 5 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 8 Aug. 2005
A remarkable new genus of Thripinae (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) with enlarged metathoracic furca, from Southeast Asia
M. MASUMOTO & S. OKAJIMA  (Japan)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;180KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1047: 1-19 (8 Sept. 2005) 9 plates; 26 references                              Accepted: 5 Aug. 2005
Two new species of Pseudecheneis, rheophilic catfishes (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Nepal
H. H. NG  & D. R. EDDS  (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 300KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1047: 21-60 (8 Sept. 2005) 24 references                                           Accepted: 29 Aug. 2005
Primary type specimens of sucking lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Anoplura) in the U.S. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
L. A. DURDEN & N. E. ADAMS (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 250KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1046: 1-15 (8 Sept. 2005) 7 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 12 Aug. 2005
New specimens of the early Eocene frigatebird Limnofregata (Pelecaniformes: Fregatidae), with the description of a new species
S. L. OLSON (USA) & H. MATSUOKA (Japan)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 790KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1046: 17-27 (8 Sept. 2005) 5 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 16 Jul. 2005
A new species of Hyla (Anura: Hylidae) from Cerro Las Flores, Oaxaca, Mexico
J. M. MEIK (USA), L. CANSECO-MARQUEZ (Mexico), E. N. SMITH (USA) & J. A. CAMPBELL (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 380KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1046: 29-36 (8 Sept. 2005) 3 plates; 12 references                           Accepted: 17 Aug. 2005
Petroscirtes pylei, a new saber-toothed blenny from the Fiji Islands (Teleostei: Blenniidae)
W. F. SMITH-VANIZ (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 90KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1046: 37-47 (8 Sept. 2005) 4 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 12 Aug. 2005
A new Brazilian species of Stenochironomus Kieffer mining decayed leaves in bromeliads (Diptera: Chironomidae)
L. C. DE PINHO (Brazil), H. F. MENDES (Norway) & C. B. R. MARCONDES (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 490KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1046: 49-53 (8 Sept. 2005) 1 plate; 12 references                           Accepted: 24 Aug. 2005
Species of Rhodesiella from Guangdong, South China (Diptera: Chloropidae)
Y.L. XU & D. YANG (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 90KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1046: 55-68 (8 Sept. 2005) 5 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 23 Aug. 2005
On plant mites from Guadeloupe, with descriptions of four new species of Eriophyidae
C. H.W. FLECHTMANN (Brazil) & J. ETIENNE  (Guadeloupe)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 220KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1045: 1-24 (5 Sept. 2005) 11 plates; 11 references                              Accepted: 27 Jul. 2005
Notes on the genus Neochauliodes from Guangxi, China (Megaloptera: Corydalidae)
X.Y. LIU & D. YANG (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 490KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1045: 25-37 (5 Sept. 2005) 4 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 17 Aug. 2005
Description of a new pest species of Hemilecanium Newstead (Hemiptera: Coccidae) on mango from Thailand, and a key to species of the genus
T. KONDO & M. L. WILLIAMS (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 240KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1045: 39-43 (5 Sept. 2005) 2 plates; 4 references                              Accepted: 23 Aug. 2005
Peracchius durantae, a new genus and species of whitefly (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from Brazil
A. F. LIMA  & F. RACCA-FILHO (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 60KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1045: 45-60 (5 Sept. 2005) 3 plates; 30 references                              Accepted: 7 Aug. 2005
Description of Cathorops mapale, a new species of sea catfish (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from the Colombian Caribbean, based on morphological and mitochondrial evidence
RICARDO BETANCUR-R. (USA) & ARTURO ACERO P. (Colombia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 200KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1044: 1-15 (2 Sept. 2005) 2 plates; 23 references                              Accepted: 3 Aug. 2005
A new species of Chrysobothris Eschscholtz from Oregon and Washington, with notes on other Buprestidae (Coleoptera) occurring in the United States and Canada
R.L. WESTCOTT (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 320KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1044: 17-26 (2 Sept. 2005) 4 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 1 Jul. 2005
Heteropoda dagmarae sp. nov. from Laos—a close relative of Heteropoda javana (Simon 1880) from Indonesia (Arachnida: Araneae: Sparassidae)
PETER JÄGER & VINCENT VEDEL (Germany)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 300KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1044: 27-34 (2 Sept. 2005) 3 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 4 Aug. 2005
A new species of Neochrysocharis Kurdjumov (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a parasitoid of serpentine leafminers (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in Southeast Asia
NICOLE FISHER & JOHN LA SALLE (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 200KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1044: 35-47 (2 Sept. 2005) 3 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 6 Aug. 2005
Two new species of Pseudolaguvia (Teleostei: Erethistidae) from Bangladesh
H. H. NG (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 200KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1044: 49-55 (2 Sept. 2005) 3 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 16 Aug. 2005
Cladistic analysis finds a placement for an enigmatic species, Peyerimhoffia sepei sp. n. (Diptera: Sciaridae), with a note on its spermatophore
HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden) & PEKKA VILKAMAA (Finland)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 230KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1044: 57-64 (2 Sept. 2005) 3 plates; 19 references                              Accepted: 22 Jul. 2005
Species of Moguai Tan and Ng, 1999 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Camptandriidae) from brackish waters in the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with the description of a new species
T. NARUSE (Japan)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 140KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1043: 1-16 (30 Aug. 2005) 3 plates; 59 references                           Accepted: 9 Aug. 2005
Autalia villosa, a new species from Korea, and an annotated catalog of the genus Autalia Leach (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
J.-S. PARK & K.-J. AHN (R. Korea)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 160KB)    open access 

Zootaxa 1043: 17-32 (30 Aug. 2005) 5 plates; 12 references                               Accepted: 2 Jul. 2005
Scorpaena bulacephala, a new species of scorpionfish (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae) from the northern Tasman Sea
H. MOTOMURA, P.R. LAST & G.K. YEARSLEY (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 200KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1043: 33-46 (30 Aug. 2005) 5 plates; 17 references                               Accepted: 5 Aug. 2005
Two new species of Macrobiotus (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) from Tien Shan (Kirghizia), with notes on Macrobiotus tenuis group
D.V. TUMANOV (Russia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 340KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1043: 47-59 (30 Aug. 2005)  59 references                                          Accepted: 17 Aug. 2005
Taxonomy of the ceratophysellan lineage (Collembola: Hypogastruridae) in the light of laboratory hybridization studies
D. SKARZYNSKI (Poland)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 110KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1043: 60 (30 Aug. 2005) 1 reference                                              
Erratum
F.Z. VAZ-DE-MELLO (Mexico)  & F. GENIER (Canada)
Full article (PDF; 110KB)  open access 

Zootaxa 1042: 1-26 (30 Aug. 2005) 15 plates; 35 references                            Accepted: 29 Jun. 2005
On the cranial morphology of Elapomorphus, Phalotris and Apostolepis (Serpentes: Colubridae), and its phylogenetic significance
C. HOFSTADLER-DEIQUES & T. DE LEMA (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 570KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1042: 27-38 (30 Aug. 2005) 6 plates; 23 references                             Accepted: 28 Jul. 2005
A new species of reed snake, Calamaria (Squamata: Colubridae), from the Central Truong Son (Annamite mountain range), Vietnam
T. ZIEGLER (Germany) & LE KHAC QUYET (Vietnam)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 250KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1042: 39-54 (30 Aug. 2005) 10 plates; 26 references                             Accepted: 5 Aug. 2005
Rudimentary halteres of some flightless female Phoridae (Diptera) reassessed, and some taxonomic implications
R.H.L. DISNEY (UK)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 160KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1042: 55-63 (30 Aug. 2005) 3 plates; 6 references                             Accepted: 16 Aug. 2005
Denopelopia Roback & Rutter from China with emendation of the generic diagnosis (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae)
M. CHENG & X.H. WANG (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 210KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1042: 64 (30 Aug. 2005) 1 plate; 1 reference                
Correction to "A description of four new species of Clavicornaltica Scherer from Continental Asia"
A.S. KONSTANTINOV & C. N. DUCKETT (USA)
Full article (PDF; 32KB) free    open access 

Monograph
Zootaxa 1041: 1-76 (26 Aug. 2005) 28 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 15 Jun. 2005
Afroestricus, a new Afrotropical Ommatine (Diptera: Asilidae) genus with twenty species and two species groups
A. G. SCARBROUGH (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 810KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1040: 1-16 (23 Aug. 2005) 7 plates; 1 8 references                               Accepted: 21 Jul. 2005
Pastinachus solocirostris sp. nov., a new species of Stingray (Elasmobranchii: Myliobatiformes) from the Indo-Malay Archipelago
PETER R. LAST (Australia), B. M. MANJAJI (Malaysia) & G. K. YEARSLEY (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 390KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1040: 17-29 (23 Aug. 2005) 8 plates; 9 references                               Accepted: 29 Jun. 2005
Simulium (Thyrsopelma) duodenicornium, a new black fly species (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Southeast Region of Brazil
M. PEPINELLI, N. HAMADA  & S. TRIVINHO-STRIXINO (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 600KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1040: 31-43 (23 Aug. 2005) 4 plates; 10 references                           Accepted:10 Jul. 2005
A new genus and species of Ephydridae (Diptera) from the Oriental Region
J.H. ZHANG (P.R. China), D. YANG (P.R. China) & W. N. MATHIS (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 240KB)    open access 

Zootaxa 1040: 45-48 (23 Aug. 2005) 1 plate; 9 references                               Accepted: 12 Aug. 2005
Thraulodes basimaculatus sp. n., a new species of mayfly from Bolivia: (Ephemeroptera: Leptophlebiidae: Atalophlebiinae)
J. A. GIORDANO & E. DOMINGUEZ (Argentina)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 70KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1040: 49-64 (23 Aug. 2005) 4 plates; 30 references                           Accepted:10 Aug. 2005
A new species of Trichomycterus (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from south Brazil and redescription of T. iheringi (Eigenmann)
W. B. WOSIACKI (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 200KB)  open access 

Zootaxa 1039: 1-17 (23 Aug. 2005) 9 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 9 Aug. 2005
A new genus and eight new species of Phyllocoptini (Acari: Eriophyidae: Phyllocoptinae) from China
X.-F. XUE & X.-Y. HONG (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 300KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1039: 19-26 (23 Aug. 2005) 3 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 21 Jul. 2005
Description of larva and pupa of Phylloicus abdominalis Ulmer, 1905 (Trichoptera: Calamoceratidae)
A. A. HUAMANTINCO, L. L. DUMAS & J. L. NESSIMIAN (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 250KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1039: 27-38 (23 Aug. 2005) 3 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 10 Aug. 2005
A new species of Opisthopatus Purcell, 1899 (Onychophora: Peripatopsidae) from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
H. RUHBERG (Germany) & M. L. HAMER (South Africa)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 370KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1039: 39-55 (23 Aug. 2005) 11 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 4 Apr. 2005
A new species of Catinia Bocquet & Stock, 1957 (Copepoda, Catiniidae) associated with mud shrimps, Axianassa australis Rodrigues & Shimizu, 1992 (Decapoda, Thalassinidea, Laomediidae), from Brazil
T. C. KIHARA, C. E. F. ROCHA & C.  SANTOS (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 700KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1039: 57-64 (23 Aug. 2005) 6 plates; 10 references                               Accepted: 5 Jul. 2005
Simpsonichthys nielseni sp. n. (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae): a new annual killifish from the São Francisco River basin, Brazil
WILSON J. E. M. COSTA (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 270KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1038: 1-10 (19 Aug. 2005) 10 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 19 Jul. 2005
An electrophoretic comparison of the venoms of a colubrid and various viperid snakes from Turkey and Cyprus, with some taxonomic and phylogenetic implications
H. ARIKAN, B. GÖÇMEN, A. MERMER & H. BAHAR  (Turkey)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 190KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1038: 11-22 (19 Aug. 2005) 2 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 21 Jul. 2005
Lioscorpius trifasciatus, a new scorpionfish (Scorpaeniformes: Setarchidae) from the South-West Pacific Ocean 
P.R. LAST, G.K. YEARSLEY & H. MOTOMURA (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 120KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1038: 23-40 (19 Aug. 2005) 2 plates; 22 references                            Accepted: 10 Aug. 2005
The Philippine Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilini) Part 6: new and resurrected genera and new species
C.L. BELLAMY (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 300KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1038: 41-52 (19 Aug. 2005) 2 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 7 Jul. 2005
Lectotype designations, new synonymies, and new species in the genera Trichillum Harold and Pedaridium Harold (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
F.Z. VAZ-DE-MELLO (Mexico)  & F. GENIER (Canada) 
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 230KB)  open access  | Erratum

Zootaxa 1038: 53-63 (19 Aug. 2005) 4 plates; 13 references                               Accepted: 26 Jul. 2005
A new species of Lissoporcellana (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae) from Okinawa, southwestern Japan
M. OSAWA  & Y. FUJITA (Japan)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 220KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1038: 64 (19 Aug. 2005)  1 reference                                                  Accepted: 15 Aug. 2005
The type species of the genus Blagorrhina Hippa, Mattsson & Vilkamaa (Diptera: Lygistorrhinidae)
H. HIPPA (Sweden), I. MATTSSON (Sweden) & P. VILKAMAA (Finland)
Full article (PDF; 10KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1037: 1-22 (19 Aug. 2005) 9 plates; 17 references                             Accepted: 12 Aug. 2005
A review of the Pomerantziidae (Acari: Prostigmata: Pomerantzioidea), with the description of a new genus
Q.-H. FAN  & Y. CHEN  (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 400KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1037: 23-28 (19 Aug. 2005) 2 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 14 Jul. 2005
A new eriophyoid mite in the genus Disella from Ilex paraguariensis in Brazil
D. NAVIA & C.H.W. FLECHTMAN  (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 110KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1037: 29-36 (19 Aug. 2005) 5 plates; 9 references                           Accepted:24 Jun. 2005
A new species of Megasoma Kirby (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Sinaloa, Mexico
M.-A. MORON (Mexico)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 220KB)    open access 

Zootaxa 1037: 37-48 (19 Aug. 2005) 8 plates; 12 references                             Accepted: 5 Jul. 2005
A review of Panurgus (Pachycephalopanurgus), with the description of a new species from Spain
S. PATINY (Belgium), F.J. ORTIZ-SANCHEZ (Spain) & D. MICHEZ (Belgium)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 110KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1037: 49-64 (19 Aug. 2005) 10 plates; 15 references                           Accepted:27 Jun. 2005
New species of Clavicornaltica Scherer (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from continental Asia
A.S. KONSTANTINOV & C.N. DUCKETT (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 510KB)  | Erratum   open access 

Zootaxa 1036: 1-20 (15 Aug. 2005) 6 plates; 28 references                           Accepted:19 Jul. 2005
The genus Euryparasitus in North America (Mesostigmata: Euryparasitidae)
T. HAGELE, B. KAUFMAN, J.O. WHITAKER JR.  & H. KLOMPEN  (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 270KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1036: 21-29 (15 Aug. 2005) 4 plates; 6 references                               Accepted: 6 Aug. 2005
Mediostigmaeus gen. n. (Acari: Stigmaeidae), with the description of a new species from the USA
Q.-H. FAN (P.R. China) & D.E. WALTER  (Canada)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 240KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1036: 31-42 (15 Aug. 2005) 4 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 20 Jun. 2005
Craniella quirimure sp. nov. from the mangroves of Bahia (Brazil) (Tetillidae, Spirophorida, Demospongiae)
S. PEIXINHO, B. COSME  & E. HAJDU  (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 290KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1036: 43-54 (15 Aug. 2005) 4 plates; 10 references                              Accepted: 8 Jul. 2005
Syllis ergeni: a new species of Syllidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from Izmir Bay (Aegean Sea, eastern Mediterranean Sea)
M.E. ÇINAR  (Turkey)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 340KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1036: 55-60 (15 Aug. 2005) 1 plate; 19 references                              Accepted: 27 May 2005
Isohypsibius taibaiensis sp. nov. (Tardigrada, Hypsibiidae) from China
X.C. LI & L.Z. WANG (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 80KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1035: 1-49 (15 Aug. 2005) 4 references                                             Accepted: 20 Jul. 2005
Franz Spaeth: Publications and proposed taxa
C. L. STAINES  (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 250KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1035: 51-59 (15 Aug. 2005) 3 plates; 17 references                           Accepted:13 Jul. 2005
A revision of Metapontius (Siphonostomatoida: Artotrogidae) with the description of a new species associated with an octocoral from Eniwetok Atoll, Marshall Islands (USA)
R. JOHNSSON & E.G. NEVES (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 140KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1034: 1-20 (11 Aug. 2005) 8 plates; 48 references                                 Accepted: 5 Jul. 2005
Galveosaurus herreroi, a new sauropod dinosaur from Villar del Arzobispo Formation (Tithonian-Berriasian) of Spain
B. SANCHEZ-HERNANDEZ  (Spain)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 460KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1034: 21-42 (11 Aug. 2005) 17 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 28 Jun. 2005
A new genus of burrowing and cave-dwelling millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Dalodesmidae) from Tasmania, Australia
R. MESIBOV (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 400KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1034: 43-60 (11 Aug. 2005) 7 plates; 42 references                            Accepted: 28 Jul. 2005
Phellinocis, a new genus of Neotropical Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)
C. LOPES-ANDRADE (Brazil) & J.F. LAWRENCE (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 560KB) Order PDF

Monograph
Zootaxa 1033: 1-62 (11 Aug. 2005) 7 plates, 31 references                               Accepted: 7 Jul. 2005
The world species of Balcha Walker (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae), parasitoids of wood-boring beetles
G.A.P. GIBSON (Canada)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 1360KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1032: 1-28 (8 Aug. 2005) 21 plates, 10 references                               Accepted: 28 Jun. 2005
The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
M.G. POGUE (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 1320KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1032: 29-60 (8 Aug. 2005) 101 references                                               Accepted: 3 Aug. 2005
A supplement to the checklist of the New World chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) with notes on their tribal classification
A.B.T. SMITH & A.V. EVANS (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 180KB)  open access 

Monograph
Zootaxa 1031: 1-76 (8 Aug. 2005) 58 plates; 26 references                             Accepted: 15 Jun. 2005
Deep-sea Oplophoridae (Crustacea Caridea) from the southwestern Brazil
I. CARDOSO & P. YOUNG (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 2010KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1030: 1-48 (8 Aug. 2005) 14 plates; 31 references                             Accepted: 21 Jun. 2005
Taxonomic studies on Palaearctic and Oriental Eudorylini (Diptera: Pipunculidae), with the description of three new species
C. KEHLMAIER (Germany)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 500KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1030: 49-60 (8 Aug. 2005) 3 plates; 26 references                             Accepted: 26 Jul. 2005
Water mites (Acari: Hydrachnidia) from interstitial waters of Iran, with the description of one new species
V. PESIC (Serbia and Montenegro), A. SABOORI (Iran), M. ASADI (Iran) & R. VAFAEI (Iran)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 120KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1029: 1-30 (5 Aug. 2005) 7 plates; 79 references                             Accepted: 30 Jun. 2005
On a collection of Dromiidae and Dynomenidae from the Philippines, with description of a new species of Hirsutodynomene McLay, 1999 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)
C.L. MCLAY (New Zealand) & P.K. L. NG (Singapore)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 840KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1029: 31-38 (5 Aug. 2005) 3 plates; 16 references                             Accepted: 29 Jun. 2005
On a new species of coral-symbiont crab of the genus Cymo de Haan, 1833 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthidae), from the South China Sea
P.-H. HO (R. China) & PETER K. L. NG  (Singapore)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 290KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1029: 39-46 (5 Aug. 2005) 4 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 29 Jun. 2005
Dicranodromia danielae, a new species of homolodromiid crab from the Philippines (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)
P.K.L. NG (Singapore) & C.L. MCLAY  (New Zealand)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 530KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1029: 47-60 (5 Aug. 2005) 9 plates; 13 references                             Accepted: 10 Jul. 2005
New species of Chrysosoma Guerin-Meneville (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a key to Chinese species
Y.J. ZHU & D. YANG  (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 780KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1028: 1-22 (2 Aug. 2005) 12 plates; 12 references                             Accepted: 20 Jul. 2005
New Zealand species of Steneotarsonemus Beer (Acari: Tarsonemidae)
J.-Z. LIN (P.R. China) & Z.-Q. ZHANG (New Zealand)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 250KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1028: 23-36 (2 Aug. 2005) 4 plates, 17 references                               Accepted: 15 Jun. 2005
Two new species of Plectromerus Haldeman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from the West Indies
C.J. MICHELI  & E.H. NEARNS (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 450KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1028: 37-47 (2 Aug. 2005) 2 plates; 45 references                             Accepted: 29 Jun. 2005
Molecular Identification of Anopheles minimus sensu lato and Anopheles dirus sensu lato (Diptera: Culicidae) from Kampong Spoe Province, Cambodia
Y.J. MA (P.R. China), S. VANNE (Cambodia), S.Z. LI (P.R. China) & P. YANG (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 190KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1028: 49-60 (2 Aug. 2005) 4 plates; 18 references                             Accepted: 15 Jun. 2005
A new species of gregarious Meteorus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) reared from caterpillars of Venadicodia caneti (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) in Costa Rica
S.R. SHAW (USA) & K. NISHIDA  (Costa Rica)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 1180KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1027: 1-26 (29 Jul. 2005) 11 plates; 27 references                             Accepted: 2 Jun. 2005
Redescriptions and taxonomic notes on species of the Synalpheus townsendi Coutiere, 1909 complex (Decapoda: Caridea: Alpheidae)
M.H. SALAZAR (Mexico), M. WICKSTEN (USA) & J.J. MORRONE  (Mexico)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 270KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1027: 27-45 (29 Jul. 2005) 11 plates; 15 references                             Accepted: 29 May 2005
Remarks on some Echiniscidae (Heterotardigrada) from New Zealand with the description of two new species
G. PILATO, M.G. BINDA & O. LISI (Italy)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 890KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1027: 46-53 (29 Jul. 2005) 3 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 17 Jun. 2005
Camelobaetidius francischettii: a new species of Baetidae (Ephemeroptera) from Brazil
SALLES, F.F. , ANDRADE,  M.B. & DA-SILVA, E.R.  (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 150KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1027: 55-63 (29 Jul. 2005) 3 plates; 16 references                             Accepted: 9 Jun. 2005
A new species of Hystrichopsylla Taschenberg (Siphonaptera: Hystrichopsyllidae) from the Mexican transition zone
R. ACOSTA & J.J. MORRONE (Mexico)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 120KB) Order PDF

Monograph
Zootaxa 1026: 1-122 (29 Jul. 2005) 60 plates; 14 references                             Accepted: 1 Jun. 2005
Systematics of Robustagramma, a new genus of New World Sphaeroceridae (Diptera)
S.A. MARSHALL & Y.S. CUI (Canada)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 2030KB) Order PDF

Monograph
Zootaxa 1025: 1-94 (29 Jul. 2005) 37 plates; 199 references                             Accepted: 7 May 2005
Phylogeny and classification of Callimorphini (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Arctiinae)
M.A. DaCosta & S.J. WELLER (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 1400KB) Order PDF

Monograph
Zootaxa 1024: 1-161 (29 Jul. 2005) 80 plates; 15 references                             Accepted: 18 May 2005
A revision of the water beetle genus Gymnochthebius Orchymont (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) for Australia and Papua New Guinea  
P.D. PERKINS (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article A, B  (PDF; 2500KB) Order PDF

Monograph
Zootaxa 1023: 1-760 (29 Jul. 2005) 1753 references                                             Accepted: 8 Jun. 2005
Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part II. Subfamily Lamiinae
M.A. MONNE (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article A, B, C  (PDF; 5200KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1022: 1-35 (25 Jul. 2005) 8 plates; 17 references                               Accepted: 13 Jun. 2005
An annotated catalog of types of Neotropical Pierinae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) in the collection of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
S.P. ABADJIEV  (Bulgaria)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 980KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1022: 37-56 (25 Jul. 2005) 7 plates; 28 references                               Accepted: 8 Jun. 2005
The genus Diachasmimorpha Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Opiinae) from China
Q. WU, X.-X. CHEN , J.-H. HE  (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 350KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1022: 57-64 (25 Jul. 2005) 3 plates; 23 references                               Accepted: 28 May 2005
Tardigrades of the Australian Antarctic: Hypsibius heardensis (Eutardigrada: Hypsibiidae: dujardini group) a new species from sub-Antarctic Heard Island
W.R. MILLER (USA) , S.J. MCINNES (UK), & D.M. BERGSTROM  (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 250KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1021: 1-12 (22 Jul. 2005) 7 plates, 3 references                               Accepted: 17 Jun. 2005
Erethistoides sicula, a new catfish (Teleostei: Erethistidae) from India
H.H. NG (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 210KB)  open access 

Zootaxa 1021: 13-27 (22 Jul. 2005) 7 plates; 23 references                             Accepted: 11 Jul. 2005
A new stygiobiont species of Macrobrachium (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Palaemonidae) from an anchialine cave on Miyako Island, Ryukyu Islands
T. KOMAI & Y. FUJITA  (Japan)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 220KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1021: 29-36 (22 Jul. 2005) 2 plates, 4 references                               Accepted: 6 Jul. 2005
Notes on the genus Lagocheirus Dejean: records and descriptions (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Acanthocinini)
V. H. TOLEDO (Mexico) & F. T. HOVORE (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 230KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1021: 37-43 (22 Jul. 2005) 2 plates; 24 references                               Accepted: 7 Jul. 2005
First record of genus Atherimorpha (Diptera: Rhagionidae) in Brazil, with description of a new species
C.M.D.D. SANTOS  (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 200KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1021: 45-63 (22 Jul. 2005) 6 plates; 45 references                             Accepted: 15 Jun. 2005
On Agelena labyrinthica (Clerck, 1757) and some allied species, with descriptions of two new species of the genus Agelena from China (Araneae: Agelenidae)
Z.-S. ZHANG, M.-S. ZHU & D.-X. SONG (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 510KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1021: 64 (22 Jul. 2005) 
Errata: Zootaxa 1012
Arruda, E.P. & Domaneschi, O. 
Full article (PDF; 45KB) Order PDF

Monograph
Zootaxa 1020: 1-64 (22 Jul. 2005) 10 plates; 91 references                               Accepted: 1 Jul. 2005
The genus Thrips (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) in Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand
L.A. MOUND (Australia) & M. MASUMOTO (Japan)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 1480KB)  open access 

Zootaxa 1019: 1-25 (19 Jul. 2005) 6 plates, 53 references                               Accepted: 10 Jun. 2005
Descriptions of four new species, redescription of Paraliparis membranaceus, and additional data on species of the fish family Liparidae (Pisces, Scorpaeniformes) from the west coast of South America and the Indian Ocean
D.L. STEIN (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;380KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1019: 27-42 (19 Jul. 2005) 7 plates; 13 references                               Accepted: 7 Jul. 2005
A new species of Alvinocaris (Crustacea: Decapoda: Caridea: Alvinocarididae) and a new record of A. muricola from methane seeps on the Blake Ridge Diapir, Northwestern Atlantic
T. KOMAI (Japan), T.M. SHANK (USA) & C.L. VAN DOVER (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 230KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1019: 43-52 (19 Jul. 2005) 4 plates, 8 references                               Accepted: 16 Jun. 2005
Three unusually divergent new genera of phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae) from Costa Rica
G.-A. KUNG & B.V. BROWN (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF;220KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1019: 53-64 (19 Jul. 2005) 7 plates; 13 references                               Accepted: 6 Jul. 2005
Water mites of the genus Protzia Piersig, 1896 (Acari, Hydrachnidia: Hydryphantidae) from Iran 
V. PESIC (Serbia and Montenegro)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 150KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1018: 1-14 (15 Jul. 2005) 4 plates; 18 references                               Accepted: 9 Jun. 2005
Morphometric analysis to differentiate taxonomically seven species of Eleutherodactylus (Amphibia: Anura: Leptodactylidae) from an Andean cloud forest of Colombia
S.B. ARROYO (Colombia), P.M. SANCHEZ (Brazil) , M.P. RAMIREZ-PINILLA (Colombia), H.A. SUAREZ (Colombia), D.R. MIRANDA-ESQUIVEL  (Colombia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 150KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1018: 15-46 (15 Jul. 2005) 8 plates, 52 references                               Accepted: 24 May 2005
A review of the Scleractinia (Cnidaria: Anthozoa) of Chile, with the description of two new species
S.D. CAIRNS (USA), V. HÄUSSERMANN (Germany) & G. FÖRSTERRA (Germany)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 1030KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1018: 47-54 (15 Jul. 2005) 2 plates, 10 references                               Accepted: 19 Jun. 2005
Two new species of Aphanogmus (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae) of economic importance reared from Cybocephalus nipponicus (Coleoptera: Cybocephalidae)
G.A. EVANS (USA) , P. DESSART (Belgium) & H. GLENN (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 180KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1018: 55-60 (15 Jul. 2005) 3 plates; 3 references                                   Accepted: 8 Jul. 2005
A new species of Alboscia Schultz, 1995 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Oniscidea: Philosciidae) from Brazil
P.B. ARAUJO & A.F. QUADROS (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 70KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1017: 1-17 (12 Jul. 2005) 5 plates; 21 references                               Accepted: 17 Jun. 2005
Revision of the spider genus Hamataliwa Keyserling from China (Araneae: Oxyopidae)
J.-X. ZHANG, M.-S. ZHU  & D.-X. SONG  (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 460KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1017: 19-24 (12 Jul. 2005)  1 plate; 17 references                               Accepted: 21 Jun. 2005
A new species of Ommatius Wiedemann (Diptera: Asilidae) from Brazil
R. VIEIRA, I. CASTRO & F. BRAVO (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 80KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1017: 25-32 (12 Jul. 2005) 4 plates, 12 references                               Accepted: 23 Jun. 2005
A new milliped of the genus Stenozonium Shelley 1998 from Washington State, U. S. A.: first record of the genus and family from North of the Columbia River (Polyzoniida: Polyzoniidae)
R.M. SHELLEY & W.A. SHEAR (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 100KB)   open access 

Zootaxa 1017: 33-37 (12 Jul. 2005)  2 plates; 4 references                               Accepted: 17 Jun. 2005
Sigmatineurum puleloai (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), a new species from Pelekunu Stream, Moloka'i, Hawaiian Islands
R.A. ENGLUND & N.L. EVENHUIS (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 70KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1017: 39-60 (12 Jul. 2005)  7 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 27 Jun. 2005
A review of the genera comprising species of the genus Eurynogaster sensu Hardy & Kohn, 1964 in Hawai'i (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
N.L. EVENHUIS (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 330KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1016: 1-14 (8 Jul. 2005) 3 plates; 21 references                               Accepted: 2 Jun. 2005
Larval development of Symphurus atramentatus (Cynoglossidae: Pleuronectiformes) from the Gulf of California
R.J. SALDIERNA-MARTINEZ, E.A. GONZALEZ-NAVARRO & G. ACEVES-MEDINA (Mexico)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 190KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1016: 15-19 (8 Jul. 2005) 2 plates; 8 references                               Accepted: 2 Jun. 2005
Observations on a new species of Monocystis Stein, 1848 (Protozoa: Apicomplexa: Monocystidae) Monocystis levinei sp. nov. from an Indian earthworm (Annelida: Oligochaeta) Eutyphoeus incommo-dus
P.K. BANDYOPADHYAY, B. BHOWMIK & A.K. MITRA (India)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 70KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1016: 21-27 (8 Jul. 2005) 1 plate; 11 references                               Accepted: 29 Apr. 2005
On the taxonomic status of the genus Horvathinia Montandon (Hemiptera: Belostomatidae)
J.A. SCHNACK & A.L. ESTEVEZ (Argentina)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 70KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1016: 29-38 (8 Jul. 2005) 3 plates; 16 references                               Accepted: 8 Jun. 2005
Prasmodon zlotnicki, a new Neotropical species of the genus Prasmodon Nixon (Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from Costa Rica, with the first host records for the genus
A.A. VALERIO (Costa Rica) , J.J. RODRIGUEZ (USA), J.B. WHITFIELD (USA) & D.H. JANZEN  (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 450KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1016: 39-47 (8 Jul. 2005) 4 plates; 7 references                               Accepted: 21 May 2005
A new species of Coleopterocoris Hungerford from Southeastern Brazil, with notes on C. hungerfordi De Carlo and C. kleerekoperi Hungerford (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Potamocoridae)
R. DE SA LONGO 1, 2 , J.R.I. RIBEIRO & J.L.NESSIMIAN (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 160KB) Order PDF