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2015

Article
Zootaxa 4059 (3): 581–597 (23 Dec. 2015)
Linnaemya bergstroemi n. sp. (Diptera: Tachinidae)—a new parasitoid fly from the Finnish Lapland
JAAKKO POHJOISMÄKI & ANTTI HAARTO
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Article
Zootaxa 4059 (2): 383–392 (22 Dec. 2015)
New species and records of Goeldichironomus Fittkau, 1965 from Brazil (Diptera: Chironomidae)
GIZELLE AMORA, NEUSA HAMADA & LUIZ CARLOS PINHO
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Article
Zootaxa 4059 (2): 319–334 (22 Dec. 2015)
A new genus and species of the subtribe Thyreophorina (Diptera, Piophilidae) from Japan
TOYOHEI SAIGUSA
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Article
Zootaxa 4059 (1): 181–190 (21 Dec. 2015)
Genus
Trichocera in Morocco: first records from Africa and a new species (Diptera: Trichoceridae)
Ouafaa Driauach, Ewa Krzemińska & Boutaďna Belqat
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Article
Zootaxa 4058 (4): 519–534 (18 Dec. 2015)
Areas of endemism in the Neotropical region based on the geographical distribution of Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)
BRUNA KLASSA & CHARLES MORPHY D. SANTOS
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Article
Zootaxa 4058 (2): 293–295 (16 Dec. 2015)
First North American record of the Palaearctic rhinophorid Stevenia deceptoria (Loew) (Diptera: Rhinophoridae)
JAMES E. O’HARA, PIERFILIPPO CERRETTI & GREGORY A. DAHLEM
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Article
Zootaxa 4058 (1): 112–118 (15 Dec. 2015)
The first southwest Asian record of the subfamily Microdontinae, and the description of a new species of Metadon Reemer from Iran (Diptera: Syrphidae)
EBRAHIM GILASIAN, MENNO REEMER & MEHRDAD PARCHAMI-ARAGHI1
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Article
Zootaxa 4057 (4): 539–550 (14 Dec. 2015)
Two new species of Sycorax (Diptera: Psychodidae: Sycoracinae) from the Oriental Region
JAN JEŽEK, RODZAY ABDUL WAHAB & JAN ŠEVČÍK
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Article
Zootaxa 4057 (1): 115–124 (9 Dec. 2015)
A new species of Stenodiplosis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Spartina grasses (Poaceae) with notes on its biology and its parasitoid Tetrastichus bromi (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
J. MANUEL PERILLA LÓPEZ, PAUL J. JOHNSON, RAYMOND J. GAGNÉ & ARVID BOE
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Article
Zootaxa 4057 (1): 050–062 (9 Dec. 2015)
A new genus and three new species of tribe Oxycerini (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) from Oriental region
ZAI-HUA YANG, RUDOLF ROZKOŠNÝ & MAO-FA YANG
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 4052 (5): 573–576 (7 Dec. 2015)
Morphological variation in diagnostic features for two Culex (Culex) species of the Neotropical Region (Diptera: Culicidae)
MAGDALENA LAURITO & WALTER R. ALMIRÓN
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Article
Zootaxa 4052 (1): 107–116 (1 Dec. 2015)
A new genus and species of net-winged midge from Madagascar (Diptera: Blephariceridae: Blepharicerinae)
GREGORY W. COURTNEY
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Monograph
Zootaxa 4050 (1): 001–110 (30 Nov. 2015)
Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the Neotropical genus Acrochaeta Wiedemann, 1830 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae: Sarginae)
DIEGO AGUILAR FACHIN & DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM
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Article
Zootaxa 4048 (4): 583–593 (27 Nov. 2015)
Review of Platyplastinx Enderlein, 1937 (Diptera, Psychodidae) with descriptions of four new species
PRISCILA SILVA LOPES & FREDDY BRAVO
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Article
Zootaxa 4048 (4): 553–564 (27 Nov. 2015)
New World species of Asymphyloptera Collin (Diptera: Empididae: Clinocerinae)
BRADLEY J. SINCLAIR
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Article
Zootaxa 4048 (4): 523–537 (27 Nov. 2015)
Antocha crane flies from Taiwan (Diptera: Limoniidae: Limoniinae)
SIGITAS PODENAS & CHEN W. YOUNG
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Article
Zootaxa 4048 (3): 392–411 (26 Nov. 2015)
Review of the Gauromydas giant flies (Insecta, Diptera, Mydidae), with descriptions of two new species from Central and South America
JULIA CALHAU, CARLOS JOSÉ EINICKER LAMAS & SILVIO SHIGUEO NIHEI
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Article
Zootaxa 4048 (2): 269–280 (25 Nov. 2015)
Chromosomal and morphological taxonomy of a new species of black fly in the genus Metacnephia (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Western Anatolia, Turkey
UMIT D. ŞIRIN & PETER H. ADLER
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Article
Zootaxa 4048 (1): 114–126 (24 Nov. 2015)
Redescription of Aposycorax chilensis (Tonnoir) (Diptera, Psychodidae, Sycoracinae) with the first identification of a blood meal host for the species
GREGORY R. CURLER, JOHN K. MOULTON & R. ISAI MADRIZ
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Article
Zootaxa 4044 (4): 577–584 (20 Nov. 2015)
Eonandeva gen. nov., a new distinctive genus from Eocene Baltic amber (Diptera: Chironomidae)
MARTA ZAKRZEWSKA & WOJCIECH GIŁKA
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Article
Zootaxa 4044 (4): 567–576 (20 Nov. 2015)
A second New World hoverfly, Toxomerus floralis (Fabricius) (Diptera: Syrphidae), recorded from the Old World
, with description of larval pollen-feeding ecology
KURT JORDAENS, GEORG GOERGEN, ASHLEY H. KIRK-SPRIGGS, AUDREY VOKAER, THIERRY BACKELJAU & MARC DE MEYER
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Article
Zootaxa 4044 (4): 556–566 (20 Nov. 2015)
A new species of Alhajarmyia Stuckenberg (Diptera: Vermileonidae), the first wormlion fly described from East Africa and its biogeographical implications
VAUGHN R. SWART, ASHLEY H. KIRK-SPRIGGS & ROBERT S. COPELAND
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Monograph
Zootaxa 4041 (1): 001–094 (16 Nov. 2015)
New species and host plants of Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae) primarily from Peru and Bolivia
ALLEN L. NORRBOM, ERICK J. RODRIGUEZ, GARY J. STECK, BRUCE A. SUTTON & NORMA NOLAZCO
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 4040 (4): 489–493 (12 Nov. 2015)
Two new species of the genus Cordilura Fallén, 1810 (Diptera, Scathophagidae) from the Russian Far East
A.L. OZEROV & M.G. KRIVOSHEINA
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Article
Zootaxa 4040 (2): 129–148 (10 Nov. 2015)
Review of the Hemyda Robineau-Desvoidy of China (Diptera: Tachinidae)
QIANG WANG, CHUNTIAN ZHANG & XINHUA WANG
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 4039 (3): 483–488 (5 Nov. 2015)
Thaumaleidae (Diptera) collected by the late Dr. W. Joost in the Caucasus Mountains
RÜDIGER WAGNER & RONALD BELLSTEDT
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Article
Zootaxa 4039 (2): 345–358 (4 Nov. 2015)
Two new species of predatory biting midges of the genus Alluaudomyia from Europe and the Canary Islands (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
RYSZARD SZADZIEWSKI, PATRYCJA DOMINIAK & SERHII FILATOV
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Article
Zootaxa 4039 (1): 001–056 (3 Nov. 2015)
Diversity of Hemerodromia Meigen, 1822 (Diptera: Empididae) in Thailand, the tip of a tropical iceberg?
ADRIAN R. PLANT
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Monograph
Zootaxa 4035 (1): 001–079 (2 Nov. 2015)
Revision of the New World Species of the Millipede-Parasitic Genus Myriophora Brown (Diptera: Phoridae)
JOHN M. HASH & BRIAN V. BROWN
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Article
Zootaxa 4034 (1): 127–147 (28 Oct. 2015)
Six new species of Microdon Meigen from Madagascar (Diptera: Syrphidae)
MENNO REEMER & SANDER BOT
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Article
Zootaxa 4033 (4): 507–528 (27 Oct. 2015)
New species of Euplocania Enderlein (Psocodea: ‘Psocoptera’: Psocomorpha: Ptiloneuridae) from Colombia
RANULFO GONZÁLEZ OBANDO, ALFONSO N. GARCÍA ALDRETE & NANCY CARREJO GIRONZA
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Article
Zootaxa 4033 (1): 048–056 (21 Oct. 2015)
Ten species of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) newly recorded from Thailand
ARUNRAT THEPPARAT, GLENN BELLIS, CHITAPA KETAVAN, JIRAPORN RUANGSITTICHAI, SUCHADA SUMRUAYPHOL & CHAMNARN APIWATHNASORN
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Article
Zootaxa 4032 (5): 515–534 (20 Oct. 2015)
A review of the Silba admirabilis McAlpine species group (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) with descriptions of thirteen new species from the Afrotropical region
IAIN MACGOWAN
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Article
Zootaxa 4032 (4): 351–369 (19 Oct. 2015)
New data on the genus Wiedemannia Zetterstedt (Diptera: Empididae) from the Caucasus with description of four new species
SEMEN KUSTOV & DANIL ZHEREBILO
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 4032 (2): 215–220 (15 Oct. 2015)
Pseudacteon notocaudatus and Pseudacteon obtusitus (Diptera: Phoridae), two new species of fire ant parasitoids from South America
ROBERT M. PLOWES, PATRICIA J. FOLGARAIT & LAWRENCE E. GILBERT
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Article
Zootaxa 4032 (1): 081–102 (14 Oct. 2015)
A long-lasting taxonomic problem in European Sympycnus resolved, with the description of a new species and data on habitat preferences
MARC POLLET, MAGNUS PERSSON, ESBEN BŘGGILD & ROY CROSSLEY
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Article
Zootaxa 4028 (4): 511–526 (12 Oct. 2015)
Three new genera and three new species of Lasiopteridi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) on Rubiaceae from Guadeloupe, French West Indies, and a key to genera of Neotropical Lasiopteridi unplaced to tribe
RAYMOND J. GAGNÉ & JEAN ETIENNE
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Article
Zootaxa 4028 (2): 197–214 (8 Oct. 2015)
Neotropical Hemerodromia Meigen (Diptera: Empididae), a world of discovery II: New species from Atlantic forest, Brazil
JOSENIR T. CÂMARA, DANIELA M. TAKIYA, ADRIAN R. PLANT & JOSÉ A. RAFAEL
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Article
Zootaxa 4028 (1): 001–050 (7 Oct. 2015)
Catalog of the subgenus Melanoconion of Culex (Diptera: Culicidae) for South America
CAROLINA TORRES-GUTIERREZ & MARIA ANICE MUREB SALLUM
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 4027 (4): 593–599 (6 Oct. 2015)
A pictorial key to the species of the Aedes (Zavortinkius) in the Afrotropical Region (Diptera: Culicidae)
YIAU-MIN HUANG & LEOPOLDO M. RUEDA
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 4021 (4): 585–590 (29 Sept. 2015)
New species and records of Pseudacteon Coquillett, 1907 (Diptera, Phoridae), parasitoids of the fire ant Solenopsis geminata group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
THALLES PLATINY LAVINSCKY PEREIRA, JACQUES HUBERT CHARLES DELABIE & FREDDY BRAVO
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Article
Zootaxa 4021 (1): 178–186 (24 Sept. 2015)
First crane fly from the Upper Jurassic of Australia (Diptera: Limoniidae)
STEFANIE K. OBERPRIELER, WIESŁAW KRZEMIŃSKI, JACK HINDE & DAVID K. YEATES
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Article
Zootaxa 4021 (1): 093–118 (24 Sept. 2015)
Review of the last instar larvae and pupae of Hexatoma (Eriocera) and Hexatoma (Hexatoma) (Diptera, Limoniidae, Limnophilinae)
VIRGINIJA PODENIENE & JON K. GELHAUS
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Article
Zootaxa 4020 (3): 554–570 (23 Sept. 2015)
A new species of the rare Neotropical genus Auloceromyia Lindner, 1969 (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) and the first record of the male of A. pedunculata Pimentel & Pujol-Luz, 2000
DIEGO AGUILAR FACHIN
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Article
Zootaxa 4020 (2): 257–288 (22 Sept. 2015)
A review of the South Pacific Manota Williston (Diptera, Mycetophilidae), with the description of thirteen new species
OLAVI KURINA1 & HEIKKI HIPPA
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Article
Zootaxa 4020 (1): 169–182 (21 Sept. 2015)
The Costa Rican Systenus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae): rich local sympatry in an otherwise rare genus
DANIEL J. BICKEL
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Article
Zootaxa 4020 (1): 051–080 (21 Sept. 2015)
Taxonomic review of the major larval pests of bolete fungi (Boletaceae) in Europe: The Pegomya fulgens, furva and tabida species groups (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)
VERNER MICHELSEN
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 4018 (2): 292–296 (15 Sept. 2015)
Linnaeomyia hortensis gen. et spec. nov. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae, Porricondylinae) from a backyard site in Öland, Sweden
MATHIAS JASCHHOF & CATRIN JASCHHOF
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Article
Zootaxa 4018 (1): 137–145 (14 Sept. 2015)
A new species of Pseudoparaclius Grichanov (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania, and a key to Afrotropical species
MATHIAS EMIL KAAE, IGOR GRICHANOV & THOMAS PAPE
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Article
Zootaxa 4013 (4): 571–587 (10 Sept. 2015)
New species of the genus Phaonia R.-D., 1830 (Diptera, Muscidae) from Central Asia
VERA S. SOROKINA
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Article
Zootaxa 4013 (3): 301–347 (9 Sept. 2015)
A systematic study of Ichneumonosoma de Meijere, Pelmatops Enderlein, Pseudopelmatops Shiraki and Soita Walker (Diptera: Tephritidae)
XIAO-LIN CHEN, ALLEN NORRBOM, AMNON FREIDBERG, DOUGLAS CHESTERS, MD SAJEDUL ISLAM & CHAO-DONG ZHU
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Article
Zootaxa 4012 (3): 593–600 (4 Sept. 2015)
Description of a new species and new country distribution records of Bactrocera (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacinae) from Cambodia
LUC LEBLANC, MICHAEL SAN JOSE & DANIEL RUBINOFF
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Article
Zootaxa 4012 (3): 581–592 (4 Sept. 2015)
New species of Nothybus Rondani, 1875 (Diptera: Nothybidae) from Vietnam with a key to Vietnamese species of the genus
TATIANA V. GALINSKAYA & ANATOLE I. SHATALKIN
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Article
Zootaxa 4012 (2): 201–257 (3 Sept. 2015)
A review of the genera Cleigastra Macquart, Gonarcticus Becker, Gonatherus Rondani, Hexamitocera Becker, Nanna Strobl, Orthacheta Becker and Spathephilus Becker (Diptera, Scathophagidae) of Russia
A.L. OZEROV & M.G. KRIVOSHEINA
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 4012 (1): 198–200 (2 Sept. 2015)
Assembly of a Phragmites-associated Chloropidae (Diptera) fauna in North America: the Palearctic genus Cryptonevra Lioy in the Nearctic, and the genus Lipara Meigen in Canada
CHRISTINE L. BARRIE & TERRY A. WHEELER
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Monograph
Zootaxa 4011 (1): 001–065 (1 Sept. 2015)
A review of the genus Dudaia Hedicke, 1923 (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae)
LÁSZLÓ PAPP & ALLEN L. NORRBOM
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Article
Zootaxa 4007 (2): 259–266 (27 Aug. 2015)
New species of Cryptophleps Lichtwardt (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with a key to the Afrotropical and Palaearctic species of the genus
IGOR YA. GRICHANOV
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Article
Zootaxa 4007 (2): 207–216 (27 Aug. 2015)
Palearctic species of the genus Tephritis (Diptera, Tephritidae) associated with plants of the tribe Senecioneae (Asteraceae)
SEVERYN V. KORNEYEV, SAMAD KHAGHANINIA, SAEED MOHAMADZADE NAMIN & EBRAHIM ZARGHANI
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Article
Zootaxa 4007 (1): 001–028 (26 Aug. 2015)
A review of Minilimosina Roháček (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) from China
LIXIN SU, GUANGCHUN LIU & JIE XU
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Article
Zootaxa 4006 (3): 506–520 (25 Aug. 2015)
Heterangaeus Alexander, 1925 crane flies (Diptera: Pediciidae) of Korea
SIGITAS PODENAS, VIRGINIJA PODENIENE & HYE-WOO BYUN
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Article
Zootaxa 4006 (3): 439–462 (25 Aug. 2015)
Revision of the species of the Merodon nanus group (Diptera: Syrphidae) including three new species
ANTE VUJIĆ, SNEŽANA RADENKOVIĆ, JELENA AČANSKI, ANA GRKOVIĆ, MIKE TAYLOR, SERDAR GÖKHAN ŞENOL & RÜSTEM HAYAT
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Article
Zootaxa 4006 (2): 201–246 (24 Aug. 2015)
A review of the Oriental species of Cothornobata Czerny (Diptera, Micropezidae, Eurybatinae)
XUANKUN LI, STEPHEN A. MARSHALL & DING YANG
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Article
Zootaxa 4006 (1): 040–058 (21 Aug. 2015)
The genus Leucophenga (Diptera, Drosophilidae), part V: the mutabilis species group from East Asia, with morphological and molecular evidence
LAN ZHOU & HONG-WEI CHEN
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Monograph
Zootaxa 4005 (1): 001–102 (20 Aug. 2015)
Revision of the genus Melanagromyza in California, with descriptions of three new species (Diptera: Agromyzidae)
LI SHI & STEPHEN D. GAIMARI
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Monograph
Zootaxa 4003 (1): 001–064 (20 Aug. 2015)
Revision of the Neotropical species of the subgenus Atrichopogon (Psilokempia) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
GUSTAVO R. SPINELLI, PABLO I. MARINO & HERÓN HUERTA
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Article
Zootaxa 4000 (5): 559–570 (19 Aug. 2015)
A new invasive weed-feeding species of Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) Kieffer from South Africa (Diptera: Chironomidae, Chironominae)
TROND ANDERSEN, ORESTES C. BELLO GONZÁLEZ, JAN-ROBERT BAARS & WILLIAM EARLE
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Article
Zootaxa 4000 (3): 383–391 (17 Aug. 2015)
The description of the female of Platycheirus troll Mutin (Diptera, Syrphidae) with a preliminary key to the Northern Palaearctic females of the Platycheirus clypeatus group
ANTTI HAARTO
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 4000 (2): 299–300 (14 Aug. 2015)
Change of name for the Oriental robber fly Nyssomyia Hull, 1962 (Diptera: Asilidae, Asilinae), nec Nyssomyia Barretto, 1962 (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae)
SERGIO IBÁŃEZ-BERNAL & ERIC FISHER
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 4000 (2): 287–293 (14 Aug. 2015)
Morphological description and DNA barcoding of Hydrobaenus majus sp. nov. (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) from the Russian Far East
EUGENYI A. MAKARCHENKO, MARINA A. MAKARCHENKO & ALEXANDER A. SEMENCHENKO
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Article
Zootaxa 4000 (2): 151–206 (14 Aug. 2015)
A review of the genus Drymeia Meigen, 1826 (Diptera: Muscidae) in Russia
VERA S. SOROKINA & ADRIAN C. PONT
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 4000 (1): 147–150 (13 Aug. 2015)
A remarkable structure in a peculiar species of Sarcophagidae (Diptera): description of the male of Lepidodexia (Harpagopyga) albida Lopes
CÁTIA A. DE MELLO-PATIU
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Article
Zootaxa 3999 (4): 589–599 (12 Aug. 2015)
Redescription of Lutzomyia (Lutzomyia) renei Martins, Falcăo & Silva, 1957 (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae)
PRISCILA B. SÁBIO, ANDREY J. DE ANDRADE & EUNICE A. B. GALATI
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Article
Zootaxa 3999 (3): 439–445 (11 Aug. 2015)
A revised subgeneric position for Polypedilum (Probolum) simantokeleum, with description of a new Uresipedilum species in Japan (Diptera: Chironomidae)
NAO YAMAMOTO & MASARU YAMAMOTO
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Article
Zootaxa 3999 (1): 135–143 (7 Aug. 2015)
Three new species of Megaselia Rondani (Diptera, Phoridae) from mailand China
HONG FANG & GUANGCHUN LIU
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Article
Zootaxa 3994 (2): 151–186 (31 Jul. 2015)
Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of Chiapas collected near the Guatemala border, with additions to the fauna of Mexico and a new subgenus name
SERGIO IBÁŃEZ-BERNAL, JOSÉ MUŃOZ, EDUARDO A. REBOLLAR-TÉLLEZ, AGELICA PECH-MAY & CARLOS F. MARINA
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Article
Zootaxa 3994 (1): 109–121 (30 Jul. 2015)
Diagnoses for Nubensia, n. gen. (Diptera, Chironomidae, Chironomini), with the first full descriptions of the adult female and larva of N. nubens (Edwards, 1929)
MARTIN SPIES & ANDREAS DETTINGER-KLEMM
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Article
Zootaxa 3990 (1): 097–112 (23 Jul. 2015)
Revision of the Urophora xanthippe species group, with description of new species (Diptera: Tephritidae)
SAEED MOHAMADZADE NAMIN & JAMASB NOZARI
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Article
Zootaxa 3986 (3): 307–331 (17 Jul. 2015)
Revision of the genus Dohrniphora Dahl (Diptera: Phoridae) from China
GUANG-CHUN LIU
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Article
Zootaxa 3986 (1): 144–150 (15 Jul. 2015)
A remarkable new species of Chalcosyrphus Curran from the Oriental Region (Diptera: Syrphidae)
MARTIN HAUSER & HEIKKI HIPPA
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Article
Zootaxa 3986 (1): 115–126 (15 Jul. 2015)
The Afrotropical genera of Psychodini: Redefinition of the tribe, first Afrotropical record of Perithreticus Vaillant, 1973 and description of Soeliella gen. nov. (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae)
GUNNAR MIKALSEN KVIFTE
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Article
Zootaxa 3985 (1): 001–030 (9 Jul. 2015)
Revision of the Simulium (Simulium) melanopus species-group (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Sabah, Malaysia
HIROYUKI TAKAOKA, MOHD SOFIAN-AZIRUN, ZUBAIDAH YA’COB, CHEE DHANG CHEN, KOON WENG LAU, KEVIN FERNANDEZ & MARIA LOURDES LARDIZABAL
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Article
Zootaxa 3981 (2): 177–192 (3 Jul. 2015)
A new record of Chironomus (Chironomus) acidophilus Keyl (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Uzon volcanic caldera (Kronotsky Reserve, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia), its karyotype, ecology and biology
OKSANA V. OREL (ZORINA), LUDMILA E. LOBKOVA, SERGEY V. ZHIROV & NINEL A. PETROVA
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3980 (2): 298–300 (29 Jun. 2015)
Nomenclatural corrections to Australian species of Cricotopus (Wulp) (Diptera; Chironomidae)
PETER S. CRANSTON & MATT N. KROSCH
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Zootaxa 3980 (1): 127–135 (26 Jun. 2015)
A contribution to the systematics of Australasian Tanytarsini (Diptera: Chironomidae): first descriptions from New Caledonia
WOJCIECH GIŁKA & ROLAND DOBOSZ
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3978 (1): 001–362 (25 Jun. 2015)
Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part IV: Charles Henry Tyler Townsend
NEAL L. EVENHUIS, ADRIAN C. PONT & DANIEL WHITMORE
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3975 (1): 001–139 (25 Jun. 2015)
Cytotaxonomy of the Simuliidae (Diptera): a systematic and bibliographic conspectus
PETER H. ADLER & ROGER W. CROSSKEY
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Article
Zootaxa 3974 (4): 589–594 (24 Jun. 2015)
The genus Sciara Meigen (Diptera, Sciaridae) in New Caledonia, with the description of two new species
PEKKA VILKAMAA, HEIKKI HIPPA & WERNER MOHRIG
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3974 (4): 595–598 (24 Jun. 2015)
A new species of the shore-fly genus Notiphila Fallén, 1810 (Diptera: Ephydridae) from Indonesia
M.G. KRIVOSHEINA & A.L. OZEROV
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Zootaxa 3974 (4): 555–563 (24 Jun. 2015)
A new species of Simulium (Gomphostilbia) (Diptera: Simuliidae) from South India, with keys to Indian members of the subgenus Gomphostilbia
SANKARAPPAN ANBALAGAN, CHELLAPANDIAN BALACHANDRAN, VIMALANATHAN ARUN PRASANNA, MANI KANNAN, SUNDARAM DINAKARAN & MUTHUKALINGAN KRISHNAN
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Zootaxa 3974 (3): 413–423 (23 Jun. 2015)
A review of the genus Parorthocladius Thienemann, 1935 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) from the Russian Far East
EUGENYI A. MAKARCHENKO & MARINA A. MAKARCHENKO
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Zootaxa 3973 (3): 511–527 (18 Jun. 2015)
Lost in the middle of the sea, found in the back of the shelf: A new giant species of Trachylepis (Squamata: Scincidae) from Tinhosa Grande islet, Gulf of Guinea
LUIS M. P. CERÍACO
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Zootaxa 3973 (3): 451–473 (18 Jun. 2015)
New data on the genus Platypalpus (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Caucasus with description of seven new species
SEMEN KUSTOV, IGOR SHAMSHEV & PATRICK GROOTAERT
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Article
Zootaxa 3973 (1): 159–174 (16 Jun. 2015)
New species and new distribution records of Lestremiinae, Micromyinae and Porricondylinae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Sweden
MATHIAS JASCHHOF & CATRIN JASCHHOF
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Zootaxa 3973 (1): 139–158 (16 Jun. 2015)
A review of the genus Spanagonicus Berg (Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae: Nasocorini) with the description of novel antennal characters, the description of a new species from Central America, and a key to currently known taxa
KATRINA L. MENARD
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3972 (4): 599–600 (15 Jun. 2015)
New combinations and changes in the classification of Ceratopogonidae (Diptera, biting midges)
ART BORKENT
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Article
Zootaxa 3972 (3): 301–327 (12 Jun. 2015)
Elmohardyia Rafael (Diptera, Pipunculidae) from northeastern Brazil: new records and description of new species
DAYSE W.A. MARQUES & JOSÉ A. RAFAEL
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Zootaxa 3972 (2): 280–290 (11 Jun. 2015)
Descriptions of three new species of the genus Cheilosia Meigen from China (Diptera, Syrphidae)
ANATOLIJ V. BARKALOV & GUNILLA STĹHLS
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Article
Zootaxa 3964 (5): 589–595 (5 Jun. 2015)
Haromyia, a new genus of long-legged flies from Dominica (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
JUSTIN B. RUNYON
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Article
Zootaxa 3964 (4): 433–444 (4 Jun. 2015)
Two new species and two new records of
Ptecticus Loew (Diptera: Stratiomyidae: Sargiinae) from China
YANG ZAI-HUA, CHEN XIAO-MING & YANG MAO-FA
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Erratum
Zootaxa 3964 (3): 400–400 (3 Jun. 2015)
KNUT ROGNES (2015) Revision of the frog fly genus Caiusa Surcouf, 1920 (Diptera, Calliphoridae), with a note on the identity of Plinthomyia emimelania Rondani, 1875.
Zootaxa, 3952(1): 1–80.
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Article
Zootaxa 3964 (3): 386–390 (3 Jun. 2015)
Two new species of Medetera Fischer von Waldheim (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Russia and Mongolia
OLEG P. NEGROBOV & STEFAN NAGLIS
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Article
Zootaxa 3964 (3): 321–334 (3 Jun. 2015)
Five species under Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) mitis (Meigen, 1830) (Diptera, Limoniidae)
JAROSLAV STARÝ & ALAN E. STUBBS
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3964 (2): 294–297 (2 Jun. 2015)
A new species of Canon Solovyev, 2014 (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) from Thailand
MARKKU J. PELLINEN & ALEXEY V. SOLOVYEV
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Article
Zootaxa 3964 (1): 125–137 (29 May 2015)
Dolichopodidae (Diptera) from the Iberian Peninsula, with description of three
new species
STEFAN NAGLIS & MIROSLAV BARTÁK
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Article
Zootaxa 3964 (1): 087–094 (29 May 2015)
Two new species of the genus Luzonomyza from CHINA (Diptera, Lauxaniidae)
LI SHI & DING YANG
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Article
Zootaxa 3964 (1): 077–086 (29 May 2015)
New species and revisions of Pediciidae (Diptera) from the Middle Jurassic of
northeastern China and Russia
JIAQI GAO, CHUNGKUN SHIH, KATARZYNA KOPEĆ, WIESŁAW KRZEMIŃSKI & DONG REN
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Zootaxa 3963 (2): 240–249 (26 May 2015)
New species and revisions of Pediciidae (Diptera) from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China and Russia
JIAQI GAO, CHUNGKUN SHIH, KATARZYNA KOPEĆ, WIESŁAW KRZEMIŃSKI & DONG REN
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Article
Zootaxa 3963 (2): 101–159 (26 May 2015)
New Conopid records from the Afrotropical Region (Diptera). Part 1: Paramyopa Kröber, Pseudoconops Camras, Stylogaster Macquart, Thecophora Rondani, and Zodion Latreille
JENS-HERMANN STUKE
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Article
Zootaxa 3963 (1): 001–026 (25 May 2015)
A review of the genus Discomyza (Diptera: Ephydridae) from Afrotropical, Australasian/Oceanian and Oriental Regions
TADEUSZ ZATWARNICKI & MAGDALENA CIELNIAK
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3961 (1): 001–096 (21 May 2015)
The black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Thua Thien Hue and Lam Dong Provinces, Vietnam
HIROYUKI TAKAOKA, MOHD SOFIAN-AZIRUN, ZUBAIDAH YA’COB, CHEE DHANG CHEN, KOON WENG LAU & XUAN DA PHAM
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Article
Zootaxa 3957 (4): 467–479 (18 May 2015)
The identity of Tachina westermanni Wiedemann, 1819 (Diptera: Calliphoridae or Tachinidae) with a solution to a nomenclatural problem
KNUT ROGNES, JAMES E. O’HARA & PIERFILIPPO CERRETTI
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Article
Zootaxa 3957 (4): 455–466 (18 May 2015)
Cryptic diversity in Australian stick insects (Insecta; Phasmida) uncovered by the DNA barcoding approach
A. VELONŔ, P. D. BROCK, J. HASENPUSCH & B. MANTOVANI
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Zootaxa 3957 (3): 334–341 (15 May 2015)
The presence of species of
Pseudochironomus Malloch 1915 (Diptera: Chironomidae) in watercourses of Chaco Serrano Ecoregion (Argentina, South America)
ANALÍA C. PAGGI1 & GRETEL N. RODRIGUEZ GARAY
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Zootaxa 3957 (1): 131–136 (13 May 2015)
Argentine Hydrellia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Ephydridae): new species and key to identification
FRANCISCO DE ASSIS RODRIGUES JÚNIOR, WAYNE NIELSEN MATHIS & MARTIN HAUSER
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Article
Zootaxa 3956 (4): 589–599 (12 May 2015)
Revision of the Tephritis maccus species group (Diptera: Tephritidae) with description of a new species from Iran
SAEED MOHAMADZADE NAMIN, SEVERYN V. KORNEYEV, MEHRDAD PARCHAMI-ARAGHI & EBRAHIM GILASIAN
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Zootaxa 3956 (4): 547–558 (12 May 2015)
New species of Thinophilus Wahlberg (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from mangroves in southern China (Shenzhen)
PATRICK GROOTAERT, CHUFEI TANG & DING YANG
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Article
Zootaxa 3956 (1): 140–148 (7 May 2015)
Description of a new species of Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Fanniidae) and distribution records of the genus from the Caucasus Mountains
ADRIAN C. PONT
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Article
Zootaxa 3955 (4): 537–548 (6 May 2015)
Chaudhuriomyia, a new tanypod genus of Macropelopiini (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae) from the Eastern Himalaya
NILOTPOL PAUL & ABHIJIT MAZUMDAR
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Zootaxa 3955 (3): 444–450 (5 May 2015)
Redescription of the adults and new descriptions of the previously unknown immature stages of Culex (Culex) articularis Philippi, 1865 (Diptera: Culicidae) from central Chile
CHRISTIAN R. GONZÁLEZ, CAROLINA REYES & VIVIANA RADA
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Zootaxa 3955 (3): 403–416 (5 May 2015)
A new genus and species of micro bee flies from Brazil (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae: Psiloderoidinae)
CARLOS J. E. LAMAS, RAFAELA L. FALASCHI & NEAL L. EVENHUIS
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Zootaxa 3955 (3): 371–388 (5 May 2015)
Taxonomy and biology of a new ambrosia gall midge Daphnephila urnicola sp. nov. (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) inducing urn-shaped leaf galls on two species of Machilus (Lauraceae) in Taiwan
LIANG-YU PAN, TUNG-CHUAN CHIANG, YU-CHU WENG, WEN-NENG CHEN, SHU-CHUAN HSIAO, MAKOTO TOKUDA, CHENG-LUNG TSAI & MAN-MIAO YANG
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Article
Zootaxa 3955 (3): 349–370 (5 May 2015)
The New World genus Rhinoleucophenga (Diptera: Drosophilidae): new species and notes on occurrence records
JEAN LUCAS POPPE, HERMES JOSÉ SCHMITZ & VERA LÚCIA DA SILVA VALENTE
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Zootaxa 3955 (2): 188–210 (4 May 2015)
Revision of the New World species of the genus Pelecorhynchus Macquart, 1850 (Diptera: Pelecorhynchidae)
LORENA LLANOS, CHRISTIAN R. GONZALEZ & MÓNICA SALDARRIAGA-CÓRDOBA
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Zootaxa 3955 (1): 123–131 (1 May 2015)
Description of larva and puparium of Oplodontha rubrithorax (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) from the Oriental Region
JANA NERUDOVÁ, DAMIR KOVAC & ANDREA TÓTHOVÁ
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3954 (1): 001–067 (30 Apr. 2015)
The genus Sphegina Meigen (Diptera, Syrphidae) in a biodiversity hotspot: the thirty-six sympatric species in Kambaiti, Myanmar
HEIKKI HIPPA, JEROEN VAN STEENIS & VALERI A. MUTIN
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3953 (1): 001–157 (30 Apr. 2015)
A review of the New World Coproica (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) with a description of 8 new species
MATTHEW D. BERGERON, STEPHEN A. MARSHALL & JOHN E. SWANN
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3952 (1): 001–080 (30 Apr. 2015)
Revision of the frog fly genus Caiusa Surcouf, 1920 (Diptera, Calliphoridae), with a note on the identity of Plinthomyia emimelania Rondani, 1875
KNUT ROGNES
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Article
Zootaxa 3949 (4): 567–574 (29 Apr. 2015)
Two peculiar new species of Otites Latreille 1804 (Diptera: Ulidiidae) with reduced phallus
ELIZABETH MORGULIS
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Zootaxa 3949 (3): 301–322 (28 Apr. 2015)
How to inventory tropical flies (Diptera)—One of the megadiverse orders of insects
ART BORKENT & BRIAN V. BROWN
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Zootaxa 3949 (1): 129–134 (23 Apr. 2015)
A new species of Magnimyiolia Shiraki (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetinae) and new records of Acanthonevrini from India
SHAKTI KUMAR SINGH, K. J. DAVID, DINESH KUMAR & V. V. RAMAMURTHY
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Zootaxa 3949 (1): 111–122 (23 Apr. 2015)
Revision of Heringina Aczél, 1940 (Diptera: Tephritidae), with description of a new species from Iran and Turkey
SAEED MOHAMADZADE NAMIN & SEVERYN V. KORNEYEV
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Zootaxa 3949 (1): 001–040 (23 Apr. 2015)
A review of Billaea Robineau-Desvoidy of the eastern Palearctic and Oriental regions (Diptera: Tachinidae)
CHUN-TIAN ZHANG, HIROSHI SHIMA, QIANG WANG & HANS-PETER TSCHORSNIG
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Zootaxa 3948 (1): 137–144 (20 Apr. 2015)
Limnophyes guarani sp. n., a new hygropetric Orthocladiinae from southern Brazil (Diptera: Chironomidae)
LUIZ CARLOS PINHO & TROND ANDERSEN
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Zootaxa 3947 (4): 563–572 (17 Apr. 2015)
Three new species of Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Neotropical region
LUIZ CARLOS PINHO, LÍVIA MARIA FUSARI & CARLOS JOSÉ EINICKER LAMAS
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Zootaxa 3947 (2): 275–281 (15 Apr. 2015)
Amazonimyia gigantea gen. n., sp. n., a new Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Neotropical Region
FABIO LAURINDO DA SILVA & SOFIA WIEDENBRUG
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Zootaxa 3947 (2): 251–263 (15 Apr. 2015)
On Afrotropical Mohelia Matile (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): new species and phylogenetic comments
SARAH SIQUEIRA OLIVEIRA
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Zootaxa 3947 (1): 122–130 (14 Apr. 2015)
Three new species of genus Apotropina Hendel from China (Diptera, Chloropidae)
XIAOYAN LIU & DING YANG
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Zootaxa 3947 (1): 109–121 (14 Apr. 2015)
Revision of the genus Macrostomus Wiedemann (Diptera, Empididae, Empidinae). IV. The amazonensis species-group
JOSÉ ALBERTINO RAFAEL & JEFFREY M. CUMMING
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Zootaxa 3947 (1): 099–108 (14 Apr. 2015)
A revision of the genus Pelecocera Meigen with the description of the male of Pelecocera persiana Kuznetzov from Iran (Diptera: Syrphidae)
XIMO MENGUAL, FARZANEH KAZERANI, ALI ASGHAR TALEBI & EBRAHIM GILASIAN
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Article
Zootaxa 3946 (4): 451–509 (13 Apr. 2015)
The Sarcophagidae (Insecta: Diptera) described by Chien-ming Chao and Xue-zhong Zhang
DONG ZHANG, MING ZHANG, ZIJUAN LI & THOMAS PAPE
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Zootaxa 3946 (3): 436–444 (10 Apr. 2015)
Serromyia diabolica, a new biting midge species from Lebanon (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
PATRYCJA DOMINIAK & BRUNO MATHIEU
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Zootaxa 3946 (3): 427–435 (10 Apr. 2015)
New species of Medetera (Diptera: Dolichopodidae, Medeterinae) from Tibet
CHUFEI TANG, BAOHAI WANG & DING YANG
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Zootaxa 3946 (3): 347–360 (10 Apr. 2015)
The Tanytarsini (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the collection of the Museum of Amber Inclusions, University of Gdańsk
MARTA ZAKRZEWSKA & WOJCIECH GIŁKA
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Zootaxa 3946 (2): 274–284 (9 Apr. 2015)
New species and records of frog-biting midges from southern Brazil (Diptera: Corethrellidae)
ANDRÉ P. AMARAL & LUIZ CARLOS PINHO
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Zootaxa 3946 (2): 261–273 (9 Apr. 2015)
A new species, new immature stages, and new synonymy in Australian Dasybasis flies (Diptera: Tabanidae: Diachlorini)
DAVID J. FERGUSON & DAVID K. YEATES
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Zootaxa 3946 (2): 233–240 (9 Apr. 2015)
Three new species of Diaphorus Meigen (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Tibet
RUOSI LIU, MENGQING WANG & DING YANG
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Article
Zootaxa 3946 (1): 125–132 (8 Apr. 2015)
Ngirhaphium Evenhuis & Grootaert from southern Thailand (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with the description of a new species
ABDULLOH SAMOH, SINGTOE BOONROTPONG & PATRICK GROOTAERT
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Zootaxa 3941 (4): 451–484 (2 Apr. 2015)
Opportunity in our Ignorance: Urban Biodiversity Study Reveals 30 New Species and One New Nearctic Record for Megaselia (Diptera: Phoridae) in Los Angeles (California, USA)
EMILY A. HARTOP, BRIAN V. BROWN & R. HENRY L. DISNEY
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Zootaxa 3941 (3): 445–450 (1 Apr. 2015)
Afrostilobezzia, a new genus of predatory biting midges from the Afrotropical Region (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
RYSZARD SZADZIEWSKI & PATRYCJA DOMINIAK
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Zootaxa 3941 (1): 079–090 (30 Mar. 2015)
Additional notes on biting midges from the subtropical forest of northeastern Argentina (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
MAHIA M. AYALA, GUSTAVO R. SPINELLI, AMPARO FUNES & MARÍA M. RONDEROS
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Article
Zootaxa 3937 (2): 248–262 (25 Mar. 2015)
A new species, Simulium (Nevermannia) berchtesgadense (Diptera: Simuliidae), and its chromosomes, from the Alps of southeastern Germany
GUNTHER SEITZ, PETER H. ADLER & MIRA FORSTER
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Article
Zootaxa 3936 (4): 451–484 (23 Mar. 2015)
New data on the genus Hybos Meigen (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Palaearctic Region
IGOR SHAMSHEV, PATRICK GROOTAERT & SEMEN KUSTOV
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Article
Zootaxa 3936 (1): 093–114 (18 Mar. 2015)
DNA barcoding of Neotropical black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae): Species identification and discovery of cryptic diversity in Mesoamerica
LUIS M. HERNÁNDEZ-TRIANA, LUIS G. CHAVERRI, MARIO A. RODRÍGUEZ-PÉREZ, SEAN W. J. PROSSER, PAUL D. N. HEBERT, T. RYAN GREGORY & NICK JOHNSON
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Article
Zootaxa 3936 (1): 001–041 (18 Mar. 2015)
A systematic study on Endotribelos Grodhaus (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Brazil including DNA barcoding to link males and females
SUSANA TRIVINHO-STRIXINO & MATEUS PEPINELLI
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3933 (1): 001–088 (17 Mar. 2015)
The Sarcophaginae (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of Southern South America. I. The species of Microcerella Macquart from the Patagonian Region
PABLO RICARDO MULIERI, JUAN CARLOS MARILUIS, LUCIANO DAMIÁN PATITUCCI & MARÍA SOFÍA OLEA
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Article
Zootaxa 3931 (4): 551–567 (16 Mar. 2015)
Nanocladius (Plecopteracoluthus) shigaensis sp. nov. (Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) whose larvae are phoretic on nymphs of stoneflies (Plecoptera) from Japan
YASUE INOUE, CHIHARU KOMORI, TADASHI KOBAYASHI, NATSUKO KONDO,
RYUHEI UENO & KENZI TAKAMURA
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Article
Zootaxa 3931 (1): 001–026 (11 Mar. 2015)
Systematic revision of the ormiine genera Aulacephala Macquart and Phasioormia Townsend (Diptera, Tachinidae)
SILVIO S. NIHEI
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Article
Zootaxa 3926 (4): 499–522 (9 Mar. 2015)
A review of Mimapsilopa Cresson (Diptera: Ephydridae) from Brazil
WAYNE N. MATHIS, DANIEL N. R. COSTA & LUCIANE MARINONI
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Article
Zootaxa 3926 (3): 351–376 (6 Mar. 2015)
Species of Platypalpus Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Uzbekistan, with descriptions of thirteen new species
MIROSLAV BARTÁK & IGOR SHAMSHEV
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Article
Zootaxa 3926 (2): 279–286 (5 Mar. 2015)
The misplaced genus Trischidocera Villeneuve (Diptera, Tachinidae)
SILVIO S. NIHEI
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Article
Zootaxa 3925 (2): 291–300 (27 Feb. 2015)
New species from the genera Kansua and Anatlanticus (Orhtoptera: Tettigoniidae) in China
CHUNXIANG LIU
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Article
Zootaxa 3925 (12): 257–270 (27 Feb. 2015)
New Dicranoptycha Osten Sacken, 1859 Crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) of North and South Korea
SIGITAS PODENAS, HYE-WOO BYUN & SAM-KYU KIM
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Article
Zootaxa 3925 (2): 229–240 (27 Feb. 2015)
Diversity of Piophilidae (Diptera) in northern Canada and description of a new Holarctic species of Parapiophila McAlpine
SABRINA ROCHEFORT & TERRY A. WHEELER
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Article
Zootaxa 3925 (1): 025–036 (26 Feb. 2015)
Pictorial Keys to the Species of the Subgenera Albuginosus and Aedimorphus (Grjebinei and Apicoannulatus Groups) of the Genus Aedes Meigen in the Afrotropical Region (Diptera: Culicidae)
YIAU-MIN HUANG & LEOPOLDO M. RUEDA
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Article
Zootaxa 3920 (4): 586–592 (24 Feb. 2015)
A new species of the genus Pygophora Schiner from Laos (Diptera: Muscidae)
SATOSHI YOSHIZAWA, TAKUJI TACHI, BOUNTHOB PRAXAYSONBATH & DAI SUZUKI
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Article
Zootaxa 3920 (4): 545–554 (24 Feb. 2015)
Taxonomic and distributional notes on two species groups of the genus Dasyrhicnoessa Hendel (Diptera: Canacidae: Tethininae)
LORENZO MUNARI
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Article
Zootaxa 3919 (3): 553–572 (18 Feb. 2015)
A review of the genus Elephantomyia Osten Sacken from China, with descriptions of two new species (Diptera, Limoniidae)
XIAO ZHANG, YAN LI & DING YANG
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Article
Zootaxa 3919 (3): 493–500 (18 Feb. 2015)
A new species of Japanagromyza Sasakawa (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from the Brazilian Amazon with notes on biology
NILTON JUVENCIO SANTIAGO MONTEIRO, FERNANDO DA SILVA CARVALHO-FILHO
& MARIA CRISTINA ESPOSITO
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Article
Zootaxa 3919 (3): 457–478 (18 Feb. 2015)
Review of the genus Parerigone Brauer (Diptera: Tachinidae) with five new species from China
QIANG WANG, CHUNTIAN ZHANG & XINHUA WANG
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Article
Zootaxa 3919 (1): 041–060 (16 Feb. 2015)
Review of the genus Abiskomyia Edwards (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae), with description of new taxa from the Russian Far East and bordering territories
EUGENYI A. MAKARCHENKO & MARINA A. MAKARCHENKO
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Article
Zootaxa 3919 (1): 001–040 (16 Feb. 2015)
Taxonomic review of the chironomid genus Cricotopus v.d. Wulp (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Australia: keys to males, females, pupae and larvae, description of ten new species and comments on Paratrichocladius Santos Abreu
NICK DRAYSON, PETER S. CRANSTON & MATT N. KROSCH
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3918 (4): 599–600 (13 Feb. 2015)
A modified cavity slide for temporary preparation and illustration of insect genitalia in glycerin
DANILO CÉSAR AMENT
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Article
Zootaxa 3918 (4): 571–578 (13 Feb. 2015)
Two new species of the acifer species group of Polypedilum subgenus Tripodura Townes from China (Diptera: Chironomidae)
RUILEI ZHANG, CHAO SONG, LIQING WANG & XINHUA WANG
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Article
Zootaxa 3918 (3): 424–432 (12 Feb. 2015)
Palaearctic species of the Hercostomus plagiatus group (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) with description of a new species from the Middle East
IGOR YA. GRICHANOV
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Article
Zootaxa 3918 (3): 406–414 (12 Feb. 2015)
A catalogue of the types of Stratiomyidae (Diptera: Brachycera) in the collection of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Săo Paulo, Brazil
DIEGO AGUILAR FACHIN & CARLOS JOSÉ EINICKER LAMAS
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Article
Zootaxa 3915 (3): 390–402 (4 Feb. 2015)
New species and new records of the predaceous midge genus Parabezzia Malloch (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Brazil
MARIA LUIZA FELIPPE-BAUER & GUSTAVO R. SPINELLI
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Article
Zootaxa 3915 (3): 301–355 (4 Feb. 2015)
A revision of Boreantrops Kits & Marshall (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Archiborborinae)
JOEL H. KITS & STEPHEN A. MARSHALL
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Article
Zootaxa 3914 (5): 541–557 (30 Jan. 2015)
Integrated taxonomy of a new species of black fly in the subgenus Trichodagmia (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Páramo Region of Colombia
SOFIA A. DIAZ, LIGIA I. MONCADA, CARLOS H. MURCIA, INGRID A. LOTTA,
NUBIA E. MATTA & PETER H. ADLER
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Article
Zootaxa 3914 (5): 525–540 (30 Jan. 2015)
Mesoconius Enderlein (Diptera, Micropezidae, Taeniapterinae) of Central America
S.A. MARSHALL
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Article
Zootaxa 3914 (1): 064–070 (23 Jan. 2015)
Two new species of Euphranta Loew (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetiane) and an updated key for the species from India
K. J. DAVID & SHAKTI KUMAR SINGH
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Article
Zootaxa 3911 (4): 547–559 (21 Jan. 2015)
A new species of Parapsectrocladius Cranston (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) from Patagonia, Argentina
MARIANO DONATO, MELINA MAUAD & MARÍA CECILIA FUENTES
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Article
Zootaxa 3911 (3): 424–432 (20 Jan. 2015)
Simulium hiroyukii, a new species of the subgenus Gomphostilbia (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Mount Murud, Sarawak, Malaysia
ZUBAIDAH YA’COB, HIROYUKI TAKAOKA & MOHD SOFIAN-AZIRUN
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Article
Zootaxa 3911 (3): 411–423 (20 Jan. 2015)
Redescription of three species of Anastrepha (Diptera, Tephritidae) rediscovered in Brazil, with the establishment of a new synonym
KEIKO URAMOTO, ROBERTO A. ZUCCHI & ALLEN L. NORRBOM
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Article
Zootaxa 3911 (3): 369–380 (20 Jan. 2015)
A distinctive new species of Genus Neorhegmoclemina Cook (Diptera: Scatopsidae) from Mexico
HERON HUERTA1 & FELIPE DZUL
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Article
Zootaxa 3911 (2): 231–244 (19 Jan. 2015)
Nematocera flies recorded in Serra do Courel, northwest Spain, May 2012 (Diptera: Anisopodidae, Blepharoceridae, Cylindrotomidae, Limoniidae, Pediciidae, Tipulidae and Trichoceridae) including descriptions of two new species of Limoniidae
E. GEOFFREY HANCOCK, STEPHEN M. HEWITT, DAVID HORSFIELD, RICHARD M. LYSZKOWSI, IAIN MACGOWAN, ANTONIO RICARTE, GRAHAM E. ROTHERAY & KENNETH WATT
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Article
Zootaxa 3905 (3): 557–572 (14 Jan. 2015)
The type specimens of Calyptratae (Diptera) housed in non-traditional institutions in Argentina
LUCIANO DAMIÁN PATITUCCI, PABLO RICARDO MULIERI, M. CECILIA DOMÍNGUEZ & JUAN CARLOS MARILUIS
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Article
Zootaxa 3905 (1): 131–137 (9 Jan. 2015)
Four new species of the Stegana ornatipes species group (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from Yunnan, China, with DNA barcoding information
YUAN ZHANG & HONG-WEI CHEN
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Article
Zootaxa 3904 (3): 427–445 (7 Jan. 2015)
Melastrongygaster, a new genus of the tribe Strongygastrini (Diptera: Tachinidae), with five new species from Asia
HIROSHI SHIMA
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Article
Zootaxa 3904 (3): 301–333 (7 Jan. 2015)
Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Pityocera Giglio-Tos, 1896 (Diptera: Tabanidae: Scionini)
TIAGO KÜTTER KROLOW, AUGUSTO LOUREIRO HENRIQUES, INOCĘNCIO DE SOUSA GORAYEB, FRANCISCO LIMEIRA-DE-OLIVEIRA & JAIME BUESTÁN
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Article
Zootaxa 3904 (1): 105–115 (5 Jan. 2015)
New records and new species of gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) developing on Chenopodiaceae in Egypt
AYMAN KHAMIS ELSAYED, MARCELA SKUHRAVÁ, HEDAYA HAMZA KARAM, ABDELAZIZ ELMINSHAWY & MOHAMED AWAD AL-ERYAN
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2014

Article
Zootaxa 3900 (3): 429–436 (23 Dec. 2014)
The genus Epidapus Haliday (Diptera, Sciaridae) in New Caledonia, with the description of four new species
PEKKA VILKAMAA, HEIKKI HIPPA & WERNER MOHRIG
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Article
Zootaxa 3900 (2): 271–278 (22 Dec. 2014)
A new species of Dasineura Rondani (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in flower galls of Camassia (Asparagaceae: Agavoideae) in the Pacific Northwest, USA
RAYMOND J. GAGNÉ, THERESA BAROSH & SUSAN KEPHART
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Article
Zootaxa 3900 (1): 141–149 (19 Dec. 2014)
The discovery of a second species of Mallophthiria Edwards (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Crocidiinae) from Chile
CAROLINA YAMAGUCHI & CARLOS JOSÉ EINICKER LAMAS
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Article
Zootaxa 3900 (1): 117–126 (19 Dec. 2014)
New species of Antocha Osten Sacken, 1860 crane flies (Diptera: Limoniidae) for South Korea
SIGITAS PODENAS & HYE-WOO BYUN
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Article
Zootaxa 3900 (1): 050–076 (19 Dec. 2014)
Development sites, feeding modes and early stages of seven European Palloptera species (Diptera, Pallopteridae)
GRAHAM E. ROTHERAY
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Article
Zootaxa 3895 (3): 427–432 (16 Dec. 2014)
Nyctomyia biunguiculata, a new cavernicolous species of tribe Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae) from southern Thailand
RALPH E. HARBACH & KRITSANA TAAI
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Article
Zootaxa 3895 (3): 411–418 (16 Dec. 2014)
Two new species of Acroceratitis Hendel (Diptera: Tephritidae) and an updated key for the species from India
K. J. DAVID, D. L. HANCOCK & S. RAMANI
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Article
Zootaxa 3895 (1): 127–136 (12 Dec. 2014)
Species of the genus Aragara Walker (Diptera: Chloropidae: Chloropinae: Mindini) from China with key to species of the world
XIAOYAN LIU & DING YANG
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Article
Zootaxa 3893 (3): 416–428 (9 Dec. 2014)
The immature stages of Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) nodosum (Johannsen) and Polypedilum (Tripodura) masudai (Tokunaga) (Diptera, Chironomidae, Chironominae)
HONG-QU TANG, PETER S. CRANSTON, JIAN-GANG ZHAO, CHAN-WA LOK,
KAI-CHIN WONG & ZHI-QIANG LI
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Article
Zootaxa 3893 (2): 293–300 (8 Dec. 2014)
Two new species of the genus Dasybasis Macquart, 1847, from Chile (Diptera: Tabanidae: Diachlorini)
CHRISTIAN R. GONZÁLEZ
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Article
Zootaxa 3893 (2): 277–292 (8 Dec. 2014)
On the identity of Prochyliza nigrimana (Meigen) and Prochyliza nigricornis (Meigen) (Diptera: Piophilidae), with a synopsis of Prochyliza Walker and description of a new species
DANIEL MARTÍN-VEGA
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Article
Zootaxa 3893 (2): 209–231 (8 Dec. 2014)
Neotropical Hemerodromia Meigen (Diptera: Empididae), a world of discovery I: new generic record and new species from Brazilian Amazon Basin
J.T. CÂMARA, A.R. PLANT & J.A. RAFAEL
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Article
Zootaxa 3893 (1): 001–055 (5 Dec. 2014)
The genus Leucophenga (Diptera, Drosophilidae), part IV: the ornata species group from the East Asia, with morphological and molecular evidence (II)
JIA HUANG, TONG LI & HONGWEI CHEN
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3890 (1): 001–117 (4 Dec. 2014)
Supplements to species groups of the subgenus Homoneura in China (Diptera: Lauxaniidae: Homoneura), with descriptions of twenty new species
LI SHI & DING YANG
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Article
Zootaxa 3889 (1): 118–126 (28 Nov. 2014)
A further new species of Sarcofahrtiopsis Hall (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) associated with faeces of the disk-winged bat (Thyroptera Spix: Chiroptera) in Brazil and the redescription of the female terminalia of S. cuneata (Townsend)
FERNANDO DA SILVA CARVALHO-FILHO, MARIA CRISTINA ESPOSITO & AMANDA DE AZEVEDO SILVA
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Article
Zootaxa 3887 (4): 481–493 (26 Nov. 2014)
A new Lampromyia Macquart from Europe (Diptera: Vermileonidae)
CHRISTIAN KEHLMAIER
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Article
Zootaxa 3887 (3): 251–297 (25 Nov. 2014)
Descriptions of the immature stages of Dampfomyia (Coromyia) beltrani (Vargas & Díaz-Nájera) (Diptera: Psychodidae), with notes on morphology and chaetotaxy nomenclature
ANA CELIA MONTES DE OCA-AGUILAR, EDUARDO REBOLLAR-TÉLLEZ & SERGIO IBÁŃEZ-BERNAL
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Article
Zootaxa 3887 (1): 079–087 (21 Nov. 2014)
Description of new species of Surimyia Reemer and Carreramyia Doesburg (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Brazilian Amazon
FERNANDO DA SILVA CARVALHO-FILHO
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Article
Zootaxa 3887 (1): 001–036 (21 Nov. 2014)
A revision of the New Zealand species of Howickia Richards
S.A. MARSHALL, S.P.L. LUK & H. DONG
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Article
Zootaxa 3884 (6): 567–572 (19 Nov. 2014)
A New Species of Corynoneura Winnertz from Oriental China (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)
XIANGLIANG FANG & XINHUA WANG & YUE FU
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Article
Zootaxa 3884 (4): 333–346 (17 Nov. 2014)
Taxonomic revision of Pseudorhopalia Wilcox & Papavero, 1971 (Insecta, Diptera, Mydidae, Rhopaliinae), with description of a new species from the Brazilian Amazon
JULIA CALHAU, SILVIO SHIGUEO NIHEI & CARLOS JOSÉ EINICKER LAMAS
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Article
Zootaxa 3884 (2): 185–193 (13 Nov. 2014)
New data on Empis Linnaeus (Diptera: Empididae) from Iran, with description of a new species of the subgenus Lissempis Bezzi
FARZANEH KAZERANI, SAMAD KHAGHANINIA, ALI ASGHAR TALEBI & IGOR SHAMSHEV
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Article
Zootaxa 3881 (6): 583–590 (10 Nov. 2014)
The immatures of Culicoides lacustris Ronderos (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
DANIELLE ANJOS-SANTOS, AMPARO FUNES, GUSTAVO R. SPINELLI & MARÍA M. RONDEROS
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Article
Zootaxa 3881 (6): 549–562 (10 Nov. 2014)
New species of Hercostomus baishanzuensis group from Tibet (Diptera: Dolichopodidae, Dolichopodinae)
CHUFEI TANG, LILI ZHANG & DING YANG
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Article
Zootaxa 3881 (3): 228–236 (5 Nov. 2014)
Simulium ledangense, a new species of the Simulium feuerborni species-group of the subgenus Nevermannia (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Mount Ledang, Peninsular Malaysia
ZUBAIDAH YA’COB, HIROYUKI TAKAOKA & MOHD SOFIAN-AZIRUN
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Article
Zootaxa 3881 (2): 165–174 (4 Nov. 2014)
A new species of Forcipomyia Meigen (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) described with immature stages from India
NILOTPOL PAUL, RUPA HARSHA & ABHIJIT MAZUMDAR
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Article
Zootaxa 3881 (2): 101–124 (4 Nov. 2014)
First record of Lucilia bufonivora Moniez, 1876 (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from North America and key to North American species of the L. bufonivora species group
TAREK I. TANTAWI & TERRY WHITWORTH
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3879 (1): 001–327 (31 Oct. 2014)
The Pupae of the Biting Midges of the World (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae), With a Generic Key and Analysis of the Phylogenetic Relationships Between Genera
ART BORKENT
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Article
Zootaxa 3878 (5): 451–461 (29 Oct. 2014)
Two new species of Martintella Artigas, 1996 (Diptera, Asilidae, Asilinae) from Costa Rica
RODRIGO VIEIRA, JOSÉ ALBERTINO RAFAEL & ERIC M. FISHER
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Article
Zootaxa 3878 (4): 390–400 (28 Oct. 2014)
Nomenclature and taxonomy of Telmatoscopus Eaton and Seoda Enderlein; with a discussion of parameral evolution in Paramormiini and Pericomaini (Diptera: Psychodidae, Psychodinae)
GUNNAR MIKALSEN KVIFTE
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Article
Zootaxa 3878 (4): 379–389 (28 Oct. 2014)
A new species of Forcipomyia (Microhelea) Meigen (Insecta: Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Neotropical region
RAFAELA LOPES FALASCHI, FABIANO FABIAN ALBERTONI & LÍVIA MARIA FUSARI
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Article
Zootaxa 3878 (2): 101–200 (23 Oct. 2014)
A new species of Xylota Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Far East
VALERII MUTIN & KATSUYOSHI ICHIGE
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3873 (3): 297–300 (16 Oct. 2014)
A new mycophagous species of the genus Gaurax Loew, 1863 (Diptera: Chloropidae) from Benin, Africa
EMILIA P. NARTSHUK & OLAVI KURINA
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Article
Zootaxa 3873 (2): 195–200 (15 Oct. 2014)
A new species of Canace Haliday from Portugal, with a revised key to species (Diptera: Canacidae: Canacinae)
LORENZO MUNARI & JORGE MOTA ALMEIDA
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Article
Zootaxa 3873 (1): 073–081 (14 Oct. 2014)
A review of genus-group names in Diptera (Insecta) that J.C. Fabricius “borrowed” from other dipterists and proposed as new in his systematic works from 1775 to 1805
VERNER MICHELSEN & JAMES E. O’HARA
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Article
Zootaxa 3872 (5): 541–560 (13 Oct. 2014)
Morphological and molecular analysis of the genus Culicoides (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in Slovakia with five new records
ADELA SARVAŠOVÁ, ALICA KOČIŠOVÁ, MILOŠ HALÁN, JEAN-CLAUDE DELÉCOLLE & BRUNO MATHIEU
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3872 (4): 398–400 (10 Oct. 2014)
The status of Crossopalpus obscuripes (Adams), a new junior synonym of Crossopalpus aenescens (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Hybotidae: Tachydromiinae)
JEFFREY M. CUMMING & BRADLEY J. SINCLAIR
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Article
Zootaxa 3872 (4): 393–397 (10 Oct. 2014)
Paramosina, a new genus of high Andean Limosininae (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae)
STEPHEN A. MARSHALL & TIFFANY YAU
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Article
Zootaxa 3872 (4): 387–392 (10 Oct. 2014)
Phthiria sharafi sp. nov., a new record of the subfamily Phthiriinae (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Saudi Arabia
MAGDI S. EL-HAWAGRY & HATHAL M. AL DHAFER
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Article
Zootaxa 3872 (4): 365–375 (10 Oct. 2014)
Revision of the Neotropical genus Marbenia Malloch (Diptera: Periscelididae)
ROSALY ALE-ROCHA, GEOVÂNIA FREITAS & WAYNE N. MATHIS
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Article
Zootaxa 3872 (4): 355–364 (10 Oct. 2014)
Morphological redescription and DNA barcoding of Linevitshia prima Makarchenko, 1987 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Diamesinae) from Amur River basin (Russian Far East), with notes on systematics of the genus
EUGENYI A. MAKARCHENKO & ALEXANDER A. SEMENCHENKO
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Article
Zootaxa 3869 (5): 573–578 (3 Oct. 2014)
A new species of Nilothauma Kieffer from China, with a key to known species of the genus (Diptera: Chironomidae)
XIN QI, XIAOLONG LIN, XINHUA WANG & QINGJUN SHAO
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Article
Zootaxa 3869 (4): 383–396 (2 Oct. 2014)
Saltbush-associated Asphondylia species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in the Mediterranean Basin and their chalcidoid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)
NETTA DORCHIN, DAVID MIFSUD & RICHARD ASKEW
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Article
Zootaxa 3869 (4): 372–382 (2 Oct. 2014)
A new genus and species of ibis fly in the Lowermost Eocene amber of Oise (France) (Diptera: Athericidae)
JUSTINE MYSKOWIAK & ANDRÉ NEL
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Article
Zootaxa 3869 (2): 171–179 (30 Sept. 2014)
A new Corononcodes Speiser from the Palaearctic Region, with a key to species (Diptera: Acroceridae)
CHRISTIAN KEHLMAIER, BABAK GHARALI & BAHAREH MAJNON JAHROMI
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Article
Zootaxa 3866 (4): 572–582 (25 Sept. 2014)
A new species of Sybistroma Meigen (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Middle East with a key to West-Palaearctic species of the genus
IGOR YA. GRICHANOV & FARZANEH KAZERANI
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Article
Zootaxa 3866 (4): 555–571 (25 Sept. 2014)
Three new species of Simulium (Nevermannia) (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Vietnam
HIROYUKI TAKAOKA, MOHD SOFIAN-AZIRUN, ZUBAIDAH YA’COB, CHEE DHANG CHEN, KOON WENG LAU & XUAN DA PHAM
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Article
Zootaxa 3866 (3): 421–434 (24 Sept. 2014)
Species of Blepharicera Macquart from China with descriptions of two new species (Diptera: Blephariceridae)
ZEHUI KANG & DING YANG
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Article
Zootaxa 3866 (1): 138–144 (22 Sept. 2014)
Notoatherix antiqua gen. et sp. nov., first fossil water snipe fly from the Late Jurassic of Australia (Diptera: Athericidae)
STEFANIE K. OBERPRIELER & DAVID K. YEATES
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Article
Zootaxa 3866 (1): 001–029 (22 Sept. 2014)
Zadbimyia, a new genus of asynaptine Porricondylinae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) with twenty-two new species from the cloud forest of Costa Rica
MATHIAS JASCHHOF & CATRIN JASCHHOF
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3861 (6): 598–600 (18 Sept. 2014)
Discovery of Setihercostomus Zhang et Yang in the Afrotropical Region (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
IGOR YA. GRICHANOV, MATHIAS KAAE & THOMAS PAPE
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Article
Zootaxa 3861 (5): 493–497 (17 Sept. 2014)
Camptotarsopoda annulitarsis Stein: redescription, description of terminalia and new record to South Africa (Diptera: Muscidae)
MÁRCIA SOUTO COURI
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Article
Zootaxa 3861 (5): 451–465 (17 Sept. 2014)
Two new species of Simulium (Gomphostilbia) (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Peninsular India with keys to Peninsular Indian members of the genus Simulium
SANKARAPPAN ANBALAGAN, VIMALANATHAN ARUN PRASANNA, SUNDARAM DINAKARAN & MUTHUKALINGAN KRISHNAN
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Article
Zootaxa 3861 (5): 441–450 (17 Sept. 2014)
Nomenclatural status of the ‘pocketknife fly’: Stomoxoides Schaeffer, 1766 (Diptera: Conopidae)
NEAL L. EVENHUIS & THOMAS PAPE
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Article
Zootaxa 3861 (2): 101–126 (12 Sept. 2014)
Taxonomic revision of Neodiogmites Carrera, 1949 (Diptera, Asilidae) and description of two new species
EDGAR ALVIM, ROSALY ALE-ROCHA & FREDDY BRAVO
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Article
Zootaxa 3860 (3): 235–252 (5 Sept. 2014)
Some remarks on rare and new Palaearctic species of the genus Zodion Latreille (Diptera: Conopidae)
JENS-HERMANN STUKE
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Article
Zootaxa 3860 (1): 081–086 (3 Sept. 2014)
A new sericomyiine flower fly from China (Diptera: Syrphidae)
HONGYAN XIE, SAUL A. CUNNINGHAM, DAVID K. YEATES & F. CHRISTIAN THOMPSON
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3858 (1): 001–090 (2 Sept. 2014)
Revision of the New World species of Houghia Coquillett (Diptera, Tachinidae) reared from caterpillars in Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica
ALAN J. FLEMING, D. MONTY WOOD, M. ALEX SMITH, WINNIE HALLWACHS & DANIEL H. JANZEN
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Article
Zootaxa 3857 (4): 551–570 (1 Sept. 2014)
Revision of the Apocephalus analis group of ant-decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae)
BRIAN V. BROWN
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Article
Zootaxa 3857 (4): 527–550 (1 Sept. 2014)
Taxonomic revision of wasp-like richardiids, Neoidiotypa Osten-Sacken (Diptera, Tephritoidea, Richardiidae)
LISIANE DILLI WENDT & ROSALY ALE-ROCHA
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Article
Zootaxa 3857 (3): 412–422 (29 Aug. 2014)
World Catalogue of the Family Tanypezidae (Diptera: Schizophora)
OWEN LONSDALE
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Article
Zootaxa 3857 (2): 244–260 (28 Aug. 2014)
Nine new species of Phoridae (Insecta: Diptera) from Spain
CARLOS GARCÍA-ROMERA & JOSE ANTONIO BARRIENTOS
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Article
Zootaxa 3857 (1): 125–130 (27 Aug. 2014)
Discovery of the most ancient member of family Tanyderidae (Diptera) from the Lower Jurassic (Sinemurian) of England
KORNELIA SKIBIŃSKA, WIESŁAW KRZEMIŃSKI & ROBERT A. CORAM
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Article
Zootaxa 3857 (1): 101–113 (27 Aug. 2014)
A new species of Axymyiidae (Diptera) from western North America and a key to the Nearctic species
SCOTT J. FITZGERALD & D. MONTY WOOD
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Article
Zootaxa 3856 (3): 301–325 (25 Aug. 2014)
Revision of Nearctic Phthinia Winnertz (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)
SCOTT J. FITZGERALD & PETER H. KERR
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Article
Zootaxa 3852 (5):501–539 (19 Aug. 2014)
New species of Oropezella Collin (Diptera, Hybotidae, Ocydromiinae) from Brazil and Costa Rica, with comments on the relationships among species-groups
ROSALY ALE-ROCHA & RAFAEL AUGUSTO PINHEIRO DE FREITAS-SILVA
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Article
Zootaxa 3852 (3):301–320 (15 Aug. 2014)
New species of Afrotropical Muscidae (Diptera: Muscoidea)
MÁRCIA COURI & ADRIAN C. PONT
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Article
Zootaxa 3852 (2):294–300 (14 Aug. 2014)
The genera Luzonimyia and Pararhinoleucophenga from China (Diptera: Drosophilidae), with DNA barcoding information
QINGSONG GAO & HONGWEI CHEN
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Article
Zootaxa 3852 (1): 083–100 (13 Aug. 2014)
Macropelopia nebulosa group (Diptera, Chironomidae, Tanypodinae)—karyotype and morphology of larvae and pupae
PARASKEVA MICHAILOVA, ANDRZEJ KOWNACKI, OLGA WOŹNICKA, KEITH WHITE, ANDREW DEAN & EWA SZAREK-GWIAZDA
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Article
Zootaxa 3847 (2): 241–258 (7 Aug. 2014)
The world’s biogeographical regions revisited: global patterns of endemism in Tipulidae (Diptera)
GUILHERME C. RIBEIRO, CHARLES M. D. SANTOS, LUIGI T. OLIVIERI, DAUBIAN SANTOS, JULIANA M. BERBERT & ANDRÉ ETEROVIC
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Article
Zootaxa 3847 (1): 097–114 (6 Aug. 2014)
Afrotropical flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae). A new genus and species from Kenya, with a review of the melanostomine group of genera
F. CHRISTIAN THOMPSON & JEFFREY H. SKEVINGTON
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Article
Zootaxa 3846 (4): 584–590 (5 Aug. 2014)
Ceriomicrodon petiolatus Hull, 1937 (Diptera, Syrphidae, Microdontinae): Redescription and new records
GIL FELIPE GONÇALVES MIRANDA
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Article
Zootaxa 3846 (4): 502–546 (5 Aug. 2014)
Revision of Opeatocerata Melander, 1928 (Diptera: Empididae: Empidinae)
J.T. CÂMARA & J.A. RAFAEL
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Article
Zootaxa 3846 (2): 285–292 (1 Aug. 2014)
Two new species of Syrphidae (Diptera) from Chukotka (Northern Russian Far East)
ANATOLIJ V. BARKALOV & VALERIJ A. MUTIN
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Article
Zootaxa 3841 (4): 592–600 (29 Jul. 2014)
A new species of the genus Ctenophora Meigen (Diptera: Tipuloidea: Tipulidae) from China, with a key to the world species
QIU-LEI MEN & MIN-YI HUANG
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Article
Zootaxa 3841 (4): 528–550 (29 Jul. 2014)
Redescription of larva, pupa and imago male of Chironomus (Chironomus) salinarius Kieffer from the saline rivers of the Lake Elton basin (Russia), its karyotype and ecology
OKSANA V. OREL (ZORINA), ALBINA G. ISTOMINA, IYA I. KIKNADZE, TATIANA D. ZINCHENKO & LARISA V. GOLOVATYUK
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Article
Zootaxa 3841 (3): 439–445 (28 Jul. 2014)
The genus Dolichocephala newly found in Shaanxi Province (China), with descriptions of three new species (Diptera: Empididae)
XIAOYAN LIU, MENGQING WANG & DING YANG
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Article
Zootaxa 3841 (3): 418–428 (28 Jul. 2014)
A new genus of Psychodinae (Diptera, Psychodidae) from phytotelmata in a Honduran cloud forest
FREDDY BRAVO, DANILO CORDEIRO & MERLIJN JOCQUE
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Article
Zootaxa 3841 (1): 146–150 (24 Jul. 2014)
Clarification of the authorship, type species, and date of the genus Taxigramma (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
NEAL L. EVENHUIS & THOMAS PAPE
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Article
Zootaxa 3838 (5): 545–556 (22 Jul. 2014)
Two new species of Mesoplecia (Insecta: Diptera: Protopleciidae) from the late Middle Jurassic of China
XIUQIN LIN, CHUNGKUN SHIH & DONG REN
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Article
Zootaxa 3838 (5): 501–517 (22 Jul. 2014)
Comparative study of the phlebotomine sand fly species (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) of the genera Nyssomyia Barretto, 1962, Bichromomyia Artemiev, 1991, and Migonemyia Galati, 1995, vectors of American cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil
RODRIGO ESPÍNDOLA GODOY, EUNICE APARECIDA BIANCHI GALATI, PEDRO CORDEIROESTRELA, NATALY ARAÚJO DE SOUZA, THIAGO VASCONCELOS DOS SANTOS, LINDEMBERG CARANHA DE SOUSA & ELIZABETH FERREIRA RANGEL
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Article
Zootaxa 3838 (3): 347–366 (18 Jul. 2014)
New species and records of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Vinh Phuc Province, Vietnam
HIROYUKI TAKAOKA, MOHD SOFIAN-AZIRUN, ZUBAIDAH YA’COB, CHEE DHANG CHEN, KOON WENG LAU & HONG THAI PHAM
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Article
Zootaxa 3838 (2): 215–223 (17 Jul. 2014)
Catalogue of the Ctenostylidae (Diptera, Schizophora) of the World
A. PEREIRA-COLAVITE & R.L. MELLO
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Erratum
Zootaxa 3835 (4): 600 (14 Jul. 2014)
Erratum: ALLEN L. NORRBOM & LILIA ESTELA NEDER (2014) New neotropical species of Trupanea (Diptera: Tephritidae) with unusual wing patterns. Zootaxa, 3821(4): 443–456.
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Article
Zootaxa 3827 (4): 591–598 (7 Jul. 2014)
Mitinha and Tamanduamyia, two new genera of Mythicomyiinae (Diptera, Mythicomyiidae) from northeast Brazil
J.A. RAFAEL & F. LIMEIRA-DE-OLIVEIRA
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Article
Zootaxa 3827 (4): 576–590 (7 Jul. 2014)
The parerigonine genus Paropesia Mesnil (Diptera, Tachinidae), with descriptions of three new species from East Asia
HIROSHI SHIMA
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Article
Zootaxa 3827 (3): 392–396 (4 Jul. 2014)
A new species of the genus Micropeza Meigen (Diptera: Micropezidae) from Brazil
ÉRICA SEVILHA HARTERREITEN-SOUZA, EDISON RYOITI SUJII & JOSÉ ROBERTO PUJOL-LUZ
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Article
Zootaxa 3827 (2): 231–257 (3 Jul. 2014)
Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Arthropeina Lindner, 1949 (Diptera: Xylomyidae)
DIEGO AGUILAR FACHIN & DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM
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Article
Zootaxa 3827 (2): 214–230 (3 Jul. 2014)
The genus Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in the Congo basin with description of five new species
OLAVI KURINA & HEIKKI HIPPA
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Article
Zootaxa 3821 (4): 443–456 (24 Jun. 2014)
New neotropical species of Trupanea (Diptera: Tephritidae) with unusual wing patterns
ALLEN L. NORRBOM & LILIA ESTELA NEDER
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Article
Zootaxa 3821 (2): 222–238 (20 Jun. 2014)
Description, host range and distribution of a new Macrodiplosis species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) that induces leaf-margin fold galls on deciduous Quercus (Fagaceae) with comparative notes on Palaearctic congeners
WANGGYU KIM, JUNICHI YUKAWA, KEITH M HARRIS, TSUNEO MINAMI, KAZUNORI MATSUO & MAŁGORZATA SKRZYPCZYŃSKA
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Article
Zootaxa 3821 (1): 101–115 (19 Jun. 2014)
Five new species of Centorisoma Becker from China, with an updated key to world species (Diptera, Chloropidae)
XIAOYAN LIU & DING YANG
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3819 (1): 001–154 (18 Jun. 2014)
Revision of the genus Pelecinobaccha Shannon, description of Relictanum gen. nov., and redescription of Atylobaccha flukiella (Curran, 1941) (Diptera: Syrphidae)
GIL FELIPE GONÇALVES MIRANDA, STEPHEN A. MARSHALL & JEFFREY H. SKEVINGTON
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Article
Zootaxa 3815 (4): 526–540 (17 Jun. 2014)
New Mycomya species from South-East Asia (Diptera, Mycetophilidae)
RAUNO VÄISÄNEN
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Article
Zootaxa 3815 (3): 409–416 (16 Jun. 2014)
Two new species of Chrysotus Meigen (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Siberia, with a key to the Siberian species
OLEG P. NEGROBOV, ANATOLIJ V. BARKALOV & OLGA V. SELIVANOVA
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Article
Zootaxa 3815 (2): 291–296 (13 Jun. 2014)
A redefinition of the genus Hemichaeta Steyskal, new status (Diptera; Micropezidae; Taeniapterinae)
STEPHEN A. MARSHALL & MORGAN D. JACKSON
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Article
Zootaxa 3815 (2): 249–262 (13 Jun. 2014)
Mucha Ozerov and Ortalischema Frey newly recorded from China with descriptions of two new species (Diptera, Sepsidae)
XUANKUN LI & DING YANG
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Article
Zootaxa 3815 (1): 119–130 (12 Jun. 2014)
Two new species of Lasiopa (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) from Turkey
TURGAY ÜSTÜNER & ABDULLAH HASBENLİ
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Article
Zootaxa 3815 (1): 068–078 (12 Jun. 2014)
New species of Rhamphomyia (Diptera: Empididae) from Turkey with a key to species of the Middle East and adjacent territories
MIROSLAV BARTÁK, ŠTĚPÁN KUBÍK, HASAN SUNGUR CIVELEK & OKTAY DURSUN
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Article
Zootaxa 3814 (4): 537–552 (11 Jun. 2014)
The Lonchaeidae of Fiji (Diptera: Schizophora)
IAIN MACGOWAN
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Article
Zootaxa 3814 (4): 512–520 (11 Jun. 2014)
Contributions to the taxonomy and faunistics of some arctic species of Spilogona Schnabl (Diptera: Muscidae)
VERA S. SOROKINA & VERNER MICHELSEN
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Article
Zootaxa 3814 (3): 443–450 (10 Jun. 2014)
New species of Eibesfeldtphora Disney (Diptera: Phoridae) and a new key to the genus
SORAYA URIBE, BRIAN V. BROWN, MARCOS A. L. BRAGANÇA, JARBAS M. QUEIROZ & CARLOS A. NOGUEIRA
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Article
Zootaxa 3814 (3): 409–418 (10 Jun. 2014)
A remarkable new species of Paraphamartania Engel from Portugal (Diptera, Asilidae)
JONAS MORTELMANS, GUY TOMASOVIC & ZOLTÁN TAMÁS NAGY
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Article
Zootaxa 3814 (3): 333–352 (10 Jun. 2014)
Subfamily Limoniinae Speiser, 1909 (Diptera, Limoniidae) from Baltic amber (Eocene): the genus Helius Lepeletier & Serville, 1828
IWONA KANIA
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Article
Zootaxa 3814 (2): 259–274 (9 Jun. 2014)
A new species of Heterangaeus Alexander, 1925 crane flies (Diptera: Pediciidae) from north-central Mongolia with first description of the larva for the genus
SIGITAS PODENAS, VIRGINIJA PODENIENE & JON GELHAUS
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Article
Zootaxa 3811 (3): 316–324 (4 Jun. 2014)
Species of the subgenus Chaetolabis, Townes 1945 of the genus Chironomus, Meigen 1803 (Diptera: Chironomidae), from a cytogenetic perspective
JON MARTIN
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3810 (1): 001–076 (29 May 2014)
A revision of the Neotropical species of Lucilia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
TERRY WHITWORTH
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Article
Zootaxa 3802 (4): 553–582 (28 May 2014)
Eight new species of Australian stiletto flies in the genus Anabarhynchus Macquart (Diptera: Therevidae) from South East Queensland
DAVID J. FERGUSON, CHRISTINE L. LAMBKIN & DAVID K. YEATES
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Article
Zootaxa 3802 (3): 301–317 (27 May 2014)
The identity and genetic characterization of Simulium reptans (Diptera: Simuliidae) from central and northern Europe
MATÚŠ KÚDELA, TATIANA BRÚDEROVÁ, LADISLAV JEDLIČKA, RASA BERNOTIENĖ,
PETER CELEC & TOMÁŠ SZEMES
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Article
Zootaxa 3802 (1): 122–130 (23 May 2014)
Monopelopia mongpuense sp. n., a phytotelmata midge from sub–Himalayan region of India (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae)
NILOTPOL PAUL, NILADRI HAZRA & ABHIJIT MAZUMDAR
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Zootaxa 3802 (1): 065–074 (23 May 2014)
To systematics of the genus Saetheria Jackson (Diptera, Chironomidae) from the Russian Far East
OKSANA V. OREL (ZORINA)
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3799 (1): 001–085 (22 May 2014)
A world revision of the bee fly tribe Usiini (Diptera, Bombyliidae) Part 2: Usia sensu stricto
DAVID GIBBS
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Article
Zootaxa 3796 (3): 469–493 (20 May 2014)
World catalog of extant and fossil Chaoboridae (Diptera)
ART BORKENT
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Zootaxa 3796 (3): 453–468 (20 May 2014)
World catalog of extant and fossil Corethrellidae (Diptera)
ART BORKENT
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Article
Zootaxa 3796 (2): 337–348 (19 May 2014)
Three new species of Protearomyia McAlpine, 1962 (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) with a key to males of the Palearctic species
IAIN MACGOWAN
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3796 (1): 194–196 (16 May 2014)
Re-description of Medetera glaucella Kowarz, 1878 (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) based on type material
STEFAN NAGLIS & OLEG P. NEGROBOV
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Article
Zootaxa 3796 (1): 166–174 (16 May 2014)
Biodiversity and Bionomics of the Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Northeastern Algeria
MOUNA CHERAIRIA, PETER H. ADLER & BOUDJÉMA SAMRAOUI
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Article
Zootaxa 3795 (4): 472–482 (14 May 2014)
A new genus of Conopidae from Europe (Diptera)
JENS-HERMANN STUKE
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Article
Zootaxa 3795 (3): 255–274 (13 May 2014)
New Neotropical Culicoides and redescription of Culicoides reticulatus Lutz
(Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
MARIA CLARA ALVES SANTARÉM, ROSIMEIRE LOPES DA TRINDADE, TIAGO DO NASCIMENTO DA SILVA, ELOY GUILLERMO CASTELLÓN, CÁTIA ANTUNES DE MELLO PATIU & MARIA LUIZA FELIPPE-BAUER
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Article
Zootaxa 3795 (2): 187–192 (12 May 2014)
Two new species of Chelifera Macquart from China (Diptera: Empididae)
XIWEI WANG, SHANCHUN YAN & DING YANG
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Article
Zootaxa 3795 (2): 152–160 (12 May 2014)
An updated key to the species of Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Fanniidae) of Southern South America, and the description of a new species from Mendoza, Argentina
M. CECILIA DOMÍNGUEZ & FERNANDO H. ABALLAY
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Article
Zootaxa 3795 (2): 126–134 (12 May 2014)
New species and records of Trypetinae (Diptera: Tephritidae) from India
K. J. DAVID, SHAKTI KUMAR SINGH & S. RAMANI
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Zootaxa 3794 (4): 581–586 (8 May 2014)
A new genus of Podonominae (Diptera: Chironomidae) in Late Eocene Rovno amber from Ukraine
VIKTOR BARANOV, TROND ANDERSEN & EVGENY PERKOVSKY
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Article
Zootaxa 3794 (4): 575–580 (8 May 2014)
A new subgenus and species of Topomyia (Diptera: Culicidae: Sabethini) based on a remarkable male mosquito from Sabah, Malaysia
RALPH E. HARBACH & C. LORNA CULVERWELL
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Article
Zootaxa 3794 (4): 556–574 (8 May 2014)
Two new species of Didicrum Enderlein (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae) from Argentinean Patagonia
GUILLERMO OMAD
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Article
Zootaxa 3794 (3): 344–354 (7 May 2014)
Review of the genus Cratyna Winnertz (Diptera: Sciaridae) in Korea, including the description of a new species
SEUNGGWAN SHIN, FRANK MENZEL, KAI HELLER, HEUNGSIK LEE & SEUNGHWAN LEE
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Article
Zootaxa 3793 (4): 465–474 (1 May 2014)
Revision of the subgenus Diphaomyia Vargas of Culicoides Latreille from India with description of a new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
Mou Nandi & Abhijit Mazumdar
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Article
Zootaxa 3793 (4): 401–422 (1 May 2014)
The syrphids of Serra do Courel, Northern Spain and description of a new Cheilosia Meigen species (Diptera: Syrphidae)
ANTONIO RICARTE, GRAHAM E. ROTHERAY, RICHARD M. LYSZKOWSKI, E. GEOFFREY HANCOCK, STEPHEN M. HEWITT, KENNETH R. WATT, DAVID HORSFIELD & IAIN MACGOWAN
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Zootaxa 3793 (2): 257–264 (29 Apr. 2014)
Albistyla, a new genus of Neotropical Limosininae (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae)
STEPHEN A. MARSHALL
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Article
Zootaxa 3790 (4): 577–586 (23 Apr. 2014)
Ultrastructure of antennal sensilla in Hydrotaea armipes (Fallén) (Diptera: Muscidae): New evidence for taxonomy of the genus Hydrotaea
QI-KE WANG, XIAN-HUI LIU, PENG-FEI LU & DONG ZHANG
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Article
Zootaxa 3790 (3): 495–499 (22 Apr. 2014)
Publication and Dating of Parts IV–VII of Brauer & Bergenstamm’s Die Zweiflügler des Kaiserlichen Museums zu Wien (1889–1894)
NEAL L. EVENHUIS
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Article
Zootaxa 3790 (3): 487–494 (22 Apr. 2014)
Description of the larva and biological notes on Vermiophis taihangensis Yang & Chen, 1993 (Diptera: Vermileonidae) from China
O.G. OVTSHINNIKOVA, ZHILIANG WANG, A.N. OVCHINNIKOV1, XINLI WANG & V. A. KRIVOKHATSKY
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Zootaxa 3790 (1): 139–164 (16 Apr. 2014)
Taxonomy of fungus gnats allied to Neoempheria ferruginea (Brunetti, 1912) (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), with descriptions of 11 new species from Japan and adjacent areas
MASAHIRO SUEYOSHI
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Article
Zootaxa 3790 (1): 086–102 (16 Apr. 2014)
Taxonomic assessment of Chirosiomima Hennig (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), with proposal of a new genus for Hylemyia curtigena Ringdahl
VERNER MICHELSEN
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Article
Zootaxa 3786 (5): 593–599 (14 Apr. 2014)
A new species of Neotraginops Prado (Diptera: Odiniidae) from Mexico and Belize, with additional records for Odinia coronata Sabrosky in Mesoamerica
VICENTE HERNÁNDEZ-ORTIZ & JOSÉ F. DZUL-CAUICH
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Article
Zootaxa 3786 (5): 541–556 (14 Apr. 2014)
Aquatic Empididae (Diptera: Hemerodromiinae and Clinocerinae) of the Sierra Nevada, Spain, with the description of five new species
MARIJA IVKOVIĆ, CARMEN ZAMORA-MUŃOZ, MARTA SAINZ-BARIAÍN
& BRADLEY J. SINCLAIR
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Article
Zootaxa 3786 (2): 166–180 (9 Apr. 2014)
New species of Hybos Meigen from Northwest China (Diptera: Empidoidea, Hybotinae)
ZHU LI, NING WANG & DING YANG
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Article
Zootaxa 3785 (2): 139–174 (3 Apr. 2014)
Revision of the New World genus Glyphidops Enderlein (Diptera: Neriidae)
TATIANA A. SEPÚLVEDA, MARTA I. WOLFF & CLAUDIO J. B. DE CARVALHO

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Article
Zootaxa 3784 (5): 591–595 (1 Apr. 2014)
Scanning electron microscopy of eggs of Georgecraigius fluviatilis (Lutz) (Diptera: Culicidae, Aedini)
JULIANA SOARES SARMENTO, CARLOS BRISOLA MARCONDES, JERONIMO ALENCAR,
ELIANA MEDEIROS OLIVEIRA, CECILIA FERREIRA DE MELLO, VINÍCIOS FERREIRA DE FREITAS & JACENIR SANTOS-MALLET

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Zootaxa 3784 (3): 281–293 (28 Mar. 2014)
New Indo-Pacific species of Dasyrhicnoessa Hendel, 1934 and Pseudorhicnoessa Malloch, 1914 (Diptera: Canacidae: Tethininae)
LORENZO MUNARI

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Article
Zootaxa 3780 (3): 567–576 (24 Mar. 2014)
A new species of Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Euphorbia tehuacana (Euphorbiaceae) in Mexico
ALLEN L. NORRBOM, ANA LUCÍA CASTILLO-MEZA, JUAN HÉCTOR GARCÍA-CHÁVEZ, MARTÍN ALUJA & JUAN RULL

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Zootaxa 3780 (3): 401–454 (24 Mar. 2014)
The immatures of lauxaniid flies (Diptera: Lauxaniidae) and their taxonomical implications
MAREK SEMELBAUER & MILAN KOZÁNEK

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Article
Zootaxa 3780 (2): 201–247 (21 Mar. 2014)
The Ulidiini (Diptera:Tephritoidea:Ulidiidae) of Israel, with a key to the world species of Ulidia and description of five new species
E. MORGULIS & A. FREIDBERG

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Article
Zootaxa 3780 (1): 135–152 (20 Mar. 2014)
New host records for European Acroceridae (Diptera), with discussion of species limits of Acrocera orbiculus (Fabricius) based on DNA-barcoding
CHRISTIAN KEHLMAIER & JORGE MOTA ALMEIDA

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Article
Zootaxa 3779 (5): 585–590 (19 Mar. 2014)
Two new species of the genus Callicera Panzer (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Palaearctic Region
JOHN SMIT

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Article
Zootaxa 3779 (5): 529–539 (19 Mar. 2014)
Six new species of the Platypalpus pallidiventris-cursitans group (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Caucasus
SEMEN KUSTOV, IGOR SHAMSHEV & PATRICK GROOTAERT

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Article
Zootaxa 3779 (4): 463–469 (18 Mar. 2014)
A revision of the types of Neotropical Porricondylinae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)
MATHIAS JASCHHOF

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Article
Zootaxa 3779 (2): 215–245 (14 Mar. 2014)
High diversity of Drosophilidae (Insecta, Diptera) in the Pampas Biome of South America, with descriptions of new Rhinoleucophenga species
JEAN LUCAS POPPE, HERMES JOSÉ SCHMITZ, DAVID GRIMALDI
& VERA LÚCIA DA SILVA VALENTE

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Article
Zootaxa 3779 (2): 157–176 (14 Mar. 2014)
Neotropical Agromyzidae (Diptera) of the Mission Géodésique de l’Équateur: Becker (1920) revisited
STÉPHANIE BOUCHER & TERRY A. WHEELER

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Zootaxa 3774 (5): 473–480 (10 Mar. 2014)
Two new species of the Simulium batoense species-group of Simulium (Gomphostilbia) (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Peninsular Malaysia
HIROYUKI TAKAOKA, MOHD SOFIAN-AZIRUN & ZUBAIDAH YA’COB

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Zootaxa 3774 (2): 282–288 (6 Mar. 2014)
New genus and species of Neotropical robber flies (Diptera, Asilidae, Asilinae)
JORGE N. ARTIGAS & RODRIGO VIEIRA

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3769 (1): 001–185 (3 Mar. 2014)
A taxonomic revision of genus Labrundinia Fittkau, 1962 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae)
FABIO LAURINDO DA SILVA, ALAIDE APARECIDA FONSECA-GESSNER
& TORBJŘRN EKREM

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Article 
Zootaxa 3768 (5): 591–595 (28 Feb. 2014)
The first ibis fly in mid-Cretaceous amber of France (Diptera: Athericidae)
ANDRÉ NEL, GAËL DE PLOËG & VINCENT PERRICHOT

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Article 
Zootaxa 3768 (4): 401–427 (27 Feb. 2014)
Revision of the Culicoides (Avaritia) Imicola complex Khamala & Kettle (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Australasian region
GLENN BELLIS, ALAN DYCE, DAVID GOPURENKO, TOHRU YANASE, CLAIRE GARROS, KARIEN LABUSCHAGNE & ANDREW MITCHELL

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Article 
Zootaxa 3765 (1): 054–068 (14 Feb. 2014)
Two new species of Simulium (Gomphostilbia) (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Cameron’s Highlands, Peninsular Malaysia, with keys to 21 species of the Simulium asakoae species-group
H. TAKAOKA, M. SOFIAN-AZIRUN, Z. YA’COB & R. HASHIM

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Article
Zootaxa 3764 (4): 418–426 (12 Feb. 2014)
A new species of sponge-dwelling Oukuriella (Chironomidae) from Brazil
LÍVIA MARIA FUSARI, CAROLINA FERRAZ BELLODI 
& CARLOS JOSÉ EINICKER LAMAS

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Article 
Zootaxa 3764 (3): 201–239 (11 Feb. 2014)
A review of the genus Rhipidia Meigen from China, 
with descriptions of seven new species (Diptera, Limoniidae)
XIAO ZHANG, YAN LI & DING YANG
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Article
Zootaxa 3764 (2): 152–168 (10 Feb. 2014)
Notes on the first instar larvae of Ctenophora 
and Nephrotoma
(Diptera, Tipulidae)
VIRGINIJA PODENIENE, NIJOLE NASEVICIENE 
& SIGITAS PODENAS

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Article 
Zootaxa 3764 (2): 101–130 (10 Feb. 2014)
New genera of Afrotropical limosinine sphaerocerids 
(Diptera: Sphaeroceridae)
LÁSZLÓ PAPP
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Article
Zootaxa 3760 (3): 479–486 (03 Feb. 2014)
New short-horned flies (Diptera: Eremochaetidae) 
from the Early Cretaceous of China
KUIYAN ZHANG, DING YANG & DONG REN
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Article
Zootaxa 3760 (3): 463–470 (03 Feb. 2014)
Four new species of Tonnoira Enderlein (Diptera: Psychodidae: 
Psychodinae) from the Brazilian Atlantic forest
CLAUDINEY BIRAL DOS SANTOS & GREGORY R. CURLER

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Article
Zootaxa 3760 (3): 429–438 (03 Feb. 2014)
On taxonomy of Hydrobaenus Fries, 1830 (Diptera: Chironomidae: 
Orthocladiinae) from the Russian Far East, with a key to species
EUGENYI A. MAKARCHENKO & MARINA A. MAKARCHENKO

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Article
Zootaxa 3760 (2): 211–240 (31 Jan. 2014)
Revision of the Old World Sobarocephala (Diptera: Clusiidae)
OWEN LONSDALE

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3756 (1): 001–067 (29 Jan. 2014)
The types of Anthomyiidae (Diptera) in the Shanghai 
Entomological Museum, Chinese Academy of Science, China
XUFENG ZHANG & WEIBING ZHU

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Article
Zootaxa 3755 (5): 470–476 (24 Jan. 2014)
A new species of Bilyjomyia Niitsuma et Watson from Japan, 
with keys to species of the genus (Diptera: Chironomidae)
HIROMI NIITSUMA
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Article
Zootaxa 3755 (4): 368–378 (23 Jan. 2014)
A new species of Palpomyia Meigen (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) 
described in all life stages from Shillong plateau, India
NILOTPOL PAUL, RUPA HARSHA & ABHIJIT MAZUMDAR

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Article 
Zootaxa 3755 (3): 230–240 (22 Jan. 2014)
Spazigasteroides a new genus from China with a black face
and scutellum in the Syrphini (Diptera: Syrphidae)
KE-KE HUO

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Article 
Zootaxa 3754 (5): 592–600 (17 Jan. 2014)
A pictorial key to the species of Aedes (Ochlerotatus and Coetzeemyia) in the Afrotropical Region (Diptera: Culicidae)
YIAU-MIN HUANG & LEOPOLDO M. RUEDA

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Article 
Zootaxa 3754 (4): 450–460 (16 Jan. 2014)
A new Loewia Egger (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Turkey, with taxonomic and nomenclatural remarks on congeners
PIERFILIPPO CERRETTI, GIUSEPPE LO GIUDICE & JAMES E. O’HARA

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Article 
Zootaxa 3753 (6): 573–584 (10 Jan. 2014)
Two new species of the genus Timia (Diptera: Ulidiidae) with a key to species with microtrichose black scutellum

TATIANA V. GALINSKAYA

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Article 
Zootaxa 3753 (6): 501–541 (10 Jan. 2014)
Hydrellia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Ephydridae) from Brazil with
an emphasis on the faunas from the states of Parana and Rio de Janeiro
FRANCISCO DE ASSIS RODRIGUES JÚNIOR, WAYNE NIELSEN MATHIS
& MÁRCIA SOUTO COURI
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Article 
Zootaxa 3753 (4): 347–363 (08 Jan. 2014)
New Leptotarsus from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil and Spain: the oldest members of the family Tipulidae (Diptera)
GUILHERME C. RIBEIRO & ELENA D. LUKASHEVICH

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Article 
Zootaxa 3753 (4): 301–322 (08 Jan. 2014)
Taxonomic revision of the genus Chaetocnemistoptera Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae), with the description of five new species
DANILO CÉSAR AMENT

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Erratum
Zootaxa 3753 (3): 300 (07 Jan. 2014)
Erratum:DAVID RAMILO, CLAIRE GARROS, BRUNO MATHIEU, CHRISTOPHE BENEDET, XAVIER ALLČNE, ELISABETE SILVA, GRAÇA ALEXANDRE-PIRES, ISABEL PEREIRA DA FONSECA, SIMON CARPENTER, JANA RÁDROVÁ & JEAN-CLAUDE DELÉCOLLE (2013) Description of Culicoides paradoxalis sp. nov. from France and Portugal (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae). Zootaxa, 3745(2): 243–256.
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3753 (3): 297–299 (07 Jan. 2014)
Denopelopia moema, a new Tanypodinae (Diptera: Chironomidae)
from the Neotropical Region
FABIO LAURINDO DA SILVA
, SOFIA WIEDENBRUG & CAROLINE SILVA NEUBERN DE OLIVEIRA

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Article 
Zootaxa 3753 (2): 133–145 (06 Jan. 2014)
New records of predaceous midges from the Middle East, with the description of two new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

PATRYCJA DOMINIAK, ALICJA ALWIN & WOJCIECH GIŁKA

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Article 
Zootaxa 3753 (2): 133–145 (06 Jan. 2014)
New records of predaceous midges from the Middle East, with the description of two new species (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

PATRYCJA DOMINIAK, ALICJA ALWIN & WOJCIECH GIŁKA

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Article
Zootaxa 3750 (5): 587–600 (23 Dec. 2013)
The genus Leucophenga (Diptera, Drosophilidae), part III: the interrupta species group from the Oriental region, with morphological and molecular evidence
Jia Huang, Tong Li &
Hongwei Chen

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Article 
Zootaxa 3750 (4): 389–395 (20 Dec. 2013)
New species of Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Fanniidae) from Colombia

YESICA DURANGO & MANUEL RAMÍREZ-MORA

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Zootaxa 3750 (3): 289–294 (19 Dec. 2013)
The Neotropical chloropine genus Ischnochlorops Paganelli 2002 (Diptera: Chloropidae), with the description of a new species
RICCARDI PAULA RAILE & AMORIM DALTON DE SOUZA

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Article 
Zootaxa 3750 (3): 237–250 (19 Dec. 2013)
An update of the blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of the Galápagos Islands, and first record of Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart) from mainland Ecuador

TAREK I. TANTAWI & BRADLEY J. SINCLAIR

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Article 
Zootaxa 3746 (4): 580–586 (13 Dec. 2013)
The identity of the genus Scatocoenosia Schnabl, 1915 (Diptera: Muscidae)
VERA S. SOROKINA & ADRIAN C. PONT

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Zootaxa 3746 (4): 501–528 (13 Dec. 2013)
Thailand Agromyzidae (Diptera)—2
MITSUHIRO SASAKAWA

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Zootaxa 3746 (3): 489–494 (12 Dec. 2013)
Heleodromia Haliday newly found in Tibet with description of one new species (Diptera: Empidoidea: Trichopezinae) 
JUNCHAO WANG, MENGQING WANG & DING YANG

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Zootaxa 3746 (2): 338–356 (11 Dec. 2013)
Four new species of Noeetomima Enderlein (Diptera: Lauxaniidae), with a key to world species
LI SHI, STEPHEN GAIMARI & DING YANG

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Zootaxa 3745 (3): 388–396 (5 Dec. 2013)
Notes on Citrogramma Vockeroth and Eosphaerophoria Frey (Diptera: Syrphidae)
XIMO MENGUAL

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Zootaxa 3745 (3): 343–364 (5 Dec. 2013)
Review of the genus Dolichosciara Tuomikoski (Diptera, Sciaridae) from China

HONG WU, KAI SHI, JUNHAO HUANG & SUJIONG ZHANG

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Article 
Zootaxa 3745 (2): 243–256 (4 Dec. 2013)
Description of Culicoides paradoxalis sp. nov. from France and Portugal (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
DAVID RAMILO, CLAIRE GARROS, BRUNO MATHIEU, CHRISTOPHE BENEDET,
XAVIER ALLČNE, ELISABETE SILVA, GRAÇA ALEXANDRE-PIRES, ISABEL PEREIRA DA FONSECA, SIMON CARPENTER, JANA RÁDROVÁ & JEAN-CLAUDE DELÉCOLLE
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Zootaxa 3745 (2): 199–242 (4 Dec. 2013)
World synopsis of described species of the genus Platypygus Loew (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae: Platypyginae)
BABAK GHARALI, NEAL L. EVENHUIS & JORGE ALMEIDA

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Zootaxa 3745 (1): 093–099 (3 Dec. 2013)
New contributions to the knowledge of the immatures of Stilobezzia punctulata Lane and Stilobezzia fiebrigi Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

CARLA G. CAZORLA, FLORENTINA DIAZ, PABLO I MARINO,
GUSTAVO R. SPINELLI & MARÍA M. RONDEROS
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Zootaxa 3742 (1): 001–078 (2 Dec. 2013)
Revision of Beardius Reiss et Sublette, 1985 (Diptera: Chironomidae), with the description of twenty new species
LUIZ CARLOS PINHO, HUMBERTO FONSECA MENDES & TROND ANDERSEN

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Zootaxa 3741 (3): 401–458 (29 Nov. 2013)
Using various lines of evidence to identify Chironomus species (Diptera: Chironomidae) in eastern Canadian lakes
ISABELLE PROULX, JON MARTIN, MELISSA CAREW & LANDIS HARE

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Zootaxa 3741 (3): 391–399 (28 Nov. 2013)
Two Species of Thienemanniella Kieffer from Oriental China (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)

YUE FU
, XIANGLIANG FANG & XINHUA WANG

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Zootaxa 3741 (2): 295–300 (27 Nov. 2013)
Why Drosophila is not Drosophila any more, why it will be worse and what can be done about it?

JAROSLAV FLEGR

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Zootaxa 3737 (2): 129–153 (19 Nov. 2013)
New Mycomya species from the Himalayas (Diptera, Mycetophilidae):
3. Subgenera Cesamya and Mycomyopsis
RAUNO VÄISÄNEN

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Zootaxa 3737 (1): 068–076 (18 Nov. 2013)
A new species of Lixophaga Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Colombia, a parasitoid of Neoleucinodes elegantalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
NANCY CARREJO,
ANA E. DIAZ & NORMAN E. WOODLEY

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Zootaxa 3737 (1): 057–067 (18 Nov. 2013)
New records of moth flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) from Croatia, with the description of Berdeniella keroveci sp.nov.
GUNNAR MIKALSEN KVIFTE, MARIJA IVKOVIĆ & ALEKSANDRA KLARIĆ

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Zootaxa 3736 (5): 569–586 (15 Nov. 2013)
Non-biting midges of the tribe Tanytarsini in Eocene amber from the Rovno region (Ukraine): a pioneer systematic study with notes on the phylogeny (Diptera: Chironomidae)
WOJCIECH GIŁKA, MARTA ZAKRZEWSKA, PATRYCJA DOMINIAK & ALEKSANDRA URBANEK

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Zootaxa 3736 (5): 401–456 (15 Nov. 2013)
Revision of the Empis subgenus Enoplempis Bigot, east of the Rocky Mountains (Diptera: Empididae)

BRADLEY J. SINCLAIR, SCOTT E. BROOKS & JEFFREY M. CUMMING

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Zootaxa 3736 (4): 368–378 (14 Nov. 2013)
Revision of the Neotropical genus Malacophagomyia (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) with description of a new species

PABLO RICARDO MULIERI & CÁTIA ANTUNES MELLO-PATIU

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Zootaxa 3736 (3): 249–264 (13 Nov. 2013)
A new species in the genus Pseudorhyncomyia Peris, 1952 and the identity of P. deserticola Zumpt and Argo, 1978 (Diptera, Rhiniidae)
KNUT ROGNES

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Zootaxa 3734 (4): 477–484 (7 Nov. 2013)
On the taxonomic status of Phlebotomus breviductus Barretto, 1950 (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae)

ANDREY J. DE ANDRADE; PALOMA H. F. SHIMABUKURO & EUNICE A. B. GALATI

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Zootaxa 3734 (3): 391–396 (6 Nov. 2013)
Abcharis nom. nov., a new substitute name for Notiocharis Eaton, 1913
(Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) with world check-list of species
MICHAL TKOČ & JAN JEŽEK

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Zootaxa 3733 (1): 001–123 (4 Nov. 2013)
Neotropical Ablabesmyia Johannsen (Diptera: Chironomidae, Tanypodinae)—Part I
CAROLINE SILVA NEUBERN DE OLIVEIRA, MÁRIO ANTONIO NAVARRO DA SILVA
& ALAÍDE APARECIDA FONSECA GESSNER

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Zootaxa 3731 (4): 520–532 (1 Nov. 2013)
Revision of Taxigramma pseudaperta Séguy, 1941 and comparisons with sympatric T. multipunctata (Rondani, 1859) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
RENÉ RICHET, YURY G. VERVES, DANIEL WHITMORE & THOMAS PAPE

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Zootaxa 3731 (3): 371–380 (31 Oct. 2013)
New microbombyliids (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae) from Eocene Baltic and Rovno ambers, with notes on previously described amber species
NEAL L. EVENHUIS

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Zootaxa 3726 (1): 001–119 (25 Oct. 2013)
Types of Neotropical Mycetophilidae (Diptera) at the Natural History Museum collection, London
DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM & SARAH SIQUEIRA OLIVEIRA

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Erratum
Zootaxa 3718 (6): 600 (9 Oct. 2013)
Erratum: ATEFEH KHAZENI, PETER H. ADLER, ZAKIEH TELMADAREIIY, MOHAMMAD ALI OSHAGHI1,*, HASAN VATANDOOST, SEYED MOHAMMAD ABTAHI & ABOLFAZL LOTFI (2013)The Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Iran . Zootaxa, 3694 (1), 067–074.
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Zootaxa 3718 (6): 575–582 (9 Oct. 2013)
Four new species of Phyllomyza Fallén from China (Diptera, Milichiidae)

YUQIANG XI & DING YANG

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Zootaxa 3718 (5): 500 (8 Oct. 2013)
Erratum: XIAO-LIN CHEN, XIN-JIAN WANG & CHAO-DONG ZHU (2013) New species and records of Trypetinae (Diptera: Tephritidae) from China. Zootaxa, 3710(4), 333–353.
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Zootaxa 3718 (2): 171–182 (3 Oct. 2013)
Three species of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) newly recorded from the Republic of Korea
GLENN BELLIS, HEUNG
-CHUL KIM, MYUNG-SOON KIM, TERRY A. KLEIN,
DONG-KYU LEE & DAVID GOPURENKO
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Zootaxa 3718 (1): 063–072 (2 Oct. 2013)
New records of Black Fungus Gnats (Diptera: Sciaridae) from New Caledonia, with the description of two new Bradysia species and an updated checklist
ARNE KÖHLER & FRANK MENZEL

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Zootaxa 3717 (2): 169–178 (27 Sept. 2013)
Chrysotus Meigen (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Tibet
with descriptions of four new species
RUOSI LIU, MENGQING WANG & DING YANG

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Zootaxa 3716 (4): 592–594 (25 Sept. 2013)
First record of the genus Chvalaea Papp & Földvári from Northern Europe (Diptera: Hybotidae)
JERE KAHANPÄÄ

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Zootaxa 3716 (4): 577–582 (25 Sept. 2013)
A new species of Atrichopleura Bezzi (Diptera, Empididae, Empidinae) from Ceará, Brazil
J.T. CÂMARA, F. LIMEIRA-DE-OLIVEIRA & J.A. RAFAEL

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Zootaxa 3716 (1): 065–074 (20 Sept. 2013)
Uirassubrillia beckeri gen. n., sp. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) from northeastern Brazil
HUMBERTO FONSECA MENDES, TROND ANDERSEN & LUIZ CARLOS PINHO

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Zootaxa 3710 (5): 449–466 (17 Sept. 2013)
Two new species and records of Stenochironomus Kieffer from Brazilian Amazon region, with description of immature stages (Diptera: Chironomidae)
EMILIANO DE ANGELIS REIS, ARLINDO SERPA FILHO & RUTH L. FERREIRA-KEPPLER
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Zootaxa 3710 (4): 395–399 (16 Sept. 2013)
Tapajos cristinae gen. n., sp. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) from the Neotropical region
SUSANA TRIVINHO-STRIXINO, FABIO LAURINDO DA SILVA&
CAROLINE SILVA NEUBERN DE OLIVEIRA
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Zootaxa 3710 (4): 333–353 (16 Sept. 2013)
New species and records of Trypetinae (Diptera: Tephritidae) from China
XIAO-LIN CHEN, XIN-JIAN WANG & CHAO-DONG ZHU

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Zootaxa 3710 (4): 322–332 (16 Sept. 2013)
Notes on the taxonomy of the Holarctic Corynoptera Winnertz sensu lato (Diptera, Sciaridae), with description of six new species
PEKKA VILKAMAA, HEIKKI HIPPA & KAI HELLER

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Zootaxa 3710 (3): 233–256 (13 Sept. 2013)
Species of Bicellaria (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Asia
MIROSLAV BARTÁK, ADRIAN PLANT & ŠTĚPÁN KUBÍK

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Zootaxa 3710 (1): 081–092 (11 Sept. 2013)
The first Triassic dipteran (Insecta) from South America, with review of Hennigmatidae
MARÍA BELÉN LARA & ELENA D. LUKASHEVICH

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Zootaxa 3709 (6): 591–596 (10 Sept. 2013)
A new species of Lappodiamesa Serra-Tosio (Diptera: Chironomidae: Diamesinae) from the Russian Far East, with a key to known species of the genus
EUGENYI A. MAKARCHENKO & MARINA A. MAKARCHENKO

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Zootaxa 3709 (5): 445–460 (9 Sept. 2013)
Japanagromyza Sasakawa (Diptera: Agromyzidae) of Africa
OWEN LONSDALE

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Zootaxa 3704 (1): 001–113 (2 Sept. 2013)
Generic classification of the Archiborborinae (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae), with a revision of Antrops Enderlein, Coloantrops gen. nov., Maculantrops gen. nov., Photoantrops gen. nov., and Poecilantrops gen. nov.
JOEL H. KITS & STEPHEN A. MARSHALL

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Zootaxa 3702 (6): 587–596 (30 Aug. 2013)
New species of Tetradiplosis (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) inducing galls on Prosopis caldenia (Fabaceae) in Argentina
JUAN JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ, BÁRBARA CORRÓ-MOLAS & GRACIELA L. ALFONSO

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Zootaxa 3702 (6): 534–544 (30 Aug. 2013)
Grassflies of the subfamily Chloropinae (Diptera: Chloropidae) from Vietnam and Thailand, with descriptions of two new species
E.P. NARTSHUK

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Zootaxa 3702 (4): 379–385 (28 Aug. 2013)
New species of Calamoncosis Enderlein (Diptera: Chloropidae) from South Africa
TERRY A. WHEELER & ANNA M. SOLECKI

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Zootaxa 3702 (4): 301–347 (28 Aug. 2013)
Muscidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Argentina: revision of Buenos Aires province fauna, with a pictorial key to species
LUCIANO DAMIÁN PATITUCCI, PABLO RICARDO MULIERI, MARIA SOFIA OLEA &
JUAN CARLOS MARILUIS
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Zootaxa 3702 (3): 288–294 (27 Aug. 2013)
Diagnostic clues for identification of selected species of the Micropsectra atrofasciata group, with description of M. uva sp. nov. from Croatia (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanytarsini)
WOJCIECH GIŁKA, MARTA ZAKRZEWSKA, VIKTOR A. BARANOV & PATRYCJA DOMINIAK

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Zootaxa 3702 (1): 090–096 (23 Aug. 2013)
Two new peculiar species of Neotropical Brachypogon Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
GUSTAVOR. SPINELLI, ART BORKENT & MARÍA M. RONDEROS

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Zootaxa 3702 (1): 061–070 (23 Aug. 2013)
A new species of the genus Trichoformosomyia Townsend from Malaysia (Diptera: Tachinidae)
TAKUJI TACHI

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Zootaxa 3701 (5): 589–595 (22 Aug. 2013)
Thalassomya gutae sp. n., a new marine chironomid (Diptera: Chironomidae: Telmatogetoninae) from the Brazilian coast
CAROLINE SILVA NEUBERN DE OLIVEIRA,
FABIO LAURINDO DA SILVA & SUSANA TRIVINHO-STRIXINO

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Zootaxa 3701 (4): 447–459 (21 Aug. 2013)
Description of a new species, Toxorhynchites (Toxorhynchites) tyagii (Diptera: Culicidae), from Nilgiri hills, Western Ghats, southern India
R. KRISHNAMOORTHY, A. MUNIRATHINAM, K.J. DHANANJEYAN, J. HIRIYAN, T. MARIAPPAN,
P. PHILIP SAMUEL & A. VENKATESH
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Zootaxa 3701 (2): 148–158 (19 Aug. 2013)
Four new genera of Nearctic Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) for species previously incorrectly placed
RAYMOND J. GAGNÉ

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Zootaxa 3700 (3): 423–434 (14 Aug. 2013)
Two New Species of Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the High Andes of Colombia
JUAN S. MANTILLA, LIGIA I. MONCADA, NUBIA E. MATTA & PETER H. ADLER

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Zootaxa 3697 (1): 001–088 (9 Aug. 2013)
Taxonomic exploration of Neotropical Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) mimicking stingless bees
MENNO REEMER

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Erratum
Zootaxa 3694 (6): 600 (8 Aug. 2013)
Erratum: RALPH E. HARBACH (2013) Nyctomyia, a replacement name for the preoccupied genus Nyx Harbach & Linton, 2013 (Diptera: Culicidae). Zootaxa, 3691 (1), 199–199.
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Zootaxa 3694 (5): 445–460 (7 Aug. 2013)
New species of Pseudosmittia Edwards, 1932 and new records of Allocladius Kieffer, 1913 (Diptera: Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) from South America
MELINA MAUAD, AUGUSTO SIRI & MARIANO DONATO
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Zootaxa 3694 (3): 280–288 (5 Aug. 2013)
Simulium (Nevermannia) khunklangense, a new species of black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Chiang Mai, Thailand
HIROYUKI TAKAOKA, WICHAI SRISUKA, ATIPORN SAEUNG, YASUSHI OTSUKA
& WEJ CHOOCHOTE
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Zootaxa 3694 (3): 271–279 (5 Aug. 2013)
The Campsicnemus popeye species group (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from French Polynesia
NEAL L. EVENHUIS

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Zootaxa 3694 (3): 201–212 (5 Aug. 2013)
A systematic review of the genus Constempellina Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Russian Far East, with description of a new species
OKSANA V. ZORINA

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Zootaxa 3694 (1): 067–074 (1 Aug. 2013)
The Black Flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Iran
ATEFEH KHAZENI, PETER H. ADLER, ZAKIEH TELMADAREIIY, MOHAMMAD ALI OSHAGHI, HASAN VATANDOOST, SEYED MOHAMMAD ABTAHI
& ABOLFAZL LOTFI
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Zootaxa 3693 (3): 379–386 (30 Jul. 2013)
A new species of Glochinomyia Kertész from Papua New Guinea (Diptera: Stratiomyidae, Pachygastrinae)
RUDOLF ROZKOŠNÝ

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Zootaxa 3693 (1): 085–090 (26 Jul. 2013)
Two new species of moth flies (Diptera, Psychodidae) from the semi-arid region of Brazil
FREDDY BRAVO & MAÍRA XAVIER ARAÚJO

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Zootaxa 3693 (1): 064–074 (26 Jul. 2013)
First record of the genus Abrhexosa Freeman from Mexico, with the description a new species, and two new species and new records of the genus Swammerdamella Enderlein (Diptera: Scatopsidae)
HERON HUERTA & FELIPE DZUL

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Zootaxa 3691 (5): 559–576 (24 Jul. 2013)
A review of the genus Tabanus Linnaeus, 1758 (Diptera: Tabanidae) from Egypt
GAWHARA M.M. ABU EL-HASSAN, HAITHAM B.M. BADRAWY, HASSAN H. FADL & SALWA K. MOHAMMAD

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Zootaxa 3691 (4): 436–442 (23 Jul. 2013)
Species of Nepalomyia Hollis from Taiwan (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Peloropeodinae)
MENGQING WANG, HONGYIN CHEN & DING YANG

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Zootaxa 3691 (4): 401–435 (23 Jul. 2013)
Revision of Sciasmomyia Hendel (Diptera: Lauxaniidae), with eight new species
LI SHI, STEPHEN D. GAIMARI & DING YANG

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Erratum
Zootaxa 3691 (1): 200–200 (18 Jul. 2013)
Erratum: STEFAN NAGLIS, PATRICK GROOTAERT& SCOTT E. BROOKS (2013) Phoomyia, a new genus of Dolichopodinae from the Oriental Region (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) . Zootaxa, 3666(1), 83–99.
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3691 (1): 199–199 (18 Jul. 2013)
Nyctomyia, a replacement name for the preoccupied genus Nyx Harbach & Linton, 2013 (Diptera: Culicidae)
RALPH E. HARBACH

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Zootaxa 3690 (1): 001–098 (17 Jul. 2013)
The genus Hybos Meigen (Diptera: Empidoidea: Hybotidae) in Thailand
ADRIAN R. PLANT

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Zootaxa 3686 (5): 593–599 (15 Jul. 2013)
A new species of Proceroplatus Edwards (Diptera: Keroplatidae) in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic
DAVID PENNEY, NEAL L. EVENHUIS & DAVID I. GREEN

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Zootaxa 3686 (4): 461–470 (15 Jul. 2013)
Two new species of Herina (Diptera: Ulidiidae) from the Mediterranean region, with key to species groups
E. MORGULIS, A. FREIDBERG & E. P. KAMENEVA
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Zootaxa 3686 (3): 396–400 (12 Jul. 2013)
A Mid Cretaceous representative of the modern scatopsid genus Ectaetia
(Diptera: Scatopsidae: Ectaetiinae)
CAITLIN FATE, VINCENT PERRICHOT & ANDRE NEL
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Zootaxa 3686 (3): 389–395 (12 Jul. 2013)
Description of male, pupa and larva of Psorophora (Grabhamia) paulli and
redescription of the female (Diptera: Culicidae)
MARINA STEIN, GUSTAVO CARLOS ROSSI & WALTER RICARDO ALMIRÓN
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Zootaxa 3686 (3): 373–380 (12 Jul. 2013)
Euhybus newly recorded from Tibet with descriptions of two new species
(Diptera: Empidoidea, Hybotinae)
NING WANG, ZHU LI & DING YANG
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Zootaxa 3686 (2): 255–276 (11 Jul. 2013)
Croatian aquatic dance flies (Diptera: Empididae: Clinocerinae and Hemerodromiinae): species diversity, distribution and relationship to surrounding countries
MARIJA IVKOVI
Ć, ROMANA GRAČAN & BOGDAN HORVAT
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Zootaxa 3686 (2): 101–139 (11 Jul. 2013)
New species and new records of Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in the Neotropical region
HEIKKI HIPPA & OLAVI KURINA

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Zootaxa 3686 (1): 085–093 (10 Jul. 2013)
A new species of Dasyhelea Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Brazilian Amazonia
DIAZ, FLORENTINA, RONDEROS, MARIA M., SPINELLI, GUSTAVO R., FERREIRA-KEPPLER, RUTH L. & TORREIAS, SHARLANE R. S.

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Zootaxa 3684 (1): 001–166 (09 Jul. 2013)
A revision of Afrotropical Quasimodo flies (Diptera: Schizophora; Curtonotidae). Part IV—the continental Afrotropical species of Curtonotum Macquart, with descriptions of thirteen new species and a combined phylogenetic analysis of the Curtonotidae
ASHLEY H. KIRK-SPRIGGS & BRIAN M. WIEGMANN

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Zootaxa 3683 (5): 561–570 (8 Jul. 2013)
Pupal cases of three Nearctic species of Machimus (Diptera: Asilidae)
D. STEVE DENNIS & JEFFREY K. BARNES

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Zootaxa 3683 (2): 159–177 (3 Jul. 2013)
Nyx pholeocola, a new genus and cavernicolous species of tribe Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae) from southern Thailand based on morphological and molecular data
RALPH E. HARBACH, IAN J. KITCHING, C. LORNA CULVERWELL, THERESA M. HOWARD & YVONNE-MARIE LINTON

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Article
Zootaxa 3683 (2): 133–144 (3 Jul. 2013)
Five new species and new records of biting midges of the genus Dasyhelea Kieffer from the Near East (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
PATRYCJA DOMINIAK & ALICJA ALWIN

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Zootaxa 3683 (1): 51–064 (2 Jul. 2013)
Revision of the subgenus Episyrphus (Episyrphus) Matsumura (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Australia
SUSAN G. WRIGHT & JEFFREY H. SKEVINGTON

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3682 (4): 584–588 (1 Jul. 2013)
Ptychopteridae, a family of flies (Diptera) new to the Philippine Islands with the description of a new species
NIKOLAY M. PARAMONOV

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Zootaxa 3682 (4): 541–555 (1 Jul. 2013)
Five new species of Ptychoptera Meigen with a key to species from China (Diptera: Ptychopteridae)
ZEHUI KANG, GANG YAO & DING YANG

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Zootaxa 3682 (1): 143–150 (26 Jun. 2013)
Rediscovered at last: a new enigmatic genus of Axymyiidae (Diptera)
from western North America
BRADLEY J. SINCLAIR

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Zootaxa 3682 (1): 045–084 (26 Jun. 2013)
Grallipeza Rondani (Diptera: Micropezidae: Taeniapterinae) of the Caribbean and North America
S.A. MARSHALL

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Article
Zootaxa 3682 (1): 001–044 (26 Jun. 2013)
A Revision of the New World genus Lepidophora Westwood, 1835 (Diptera,
Bombyliidae, Ecliminae) with a key to the species
PAULA FERNANDA MOTTA RODRIGUES & CARLOS JOSÉ EINICKER LAMAS

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Erratum
Zootaxa 3681 (5): 600 (25 Jun. 2013)
Erratum: JORGE ADRIAN BARNECHE, JÉSSICA PAULA GILLUNG & ALDA GONZÁLEZ (2013) Description and host interactions of a new species of Exetasis Walker (Diptera: Acroceridae), with a
key to species of the genus. Zootaxa, 3664(4), 525–536.
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Article
Zootaxa 3681 (5): 573–582 (25 Jun. 2013)
Two new species of Fittkauimyia Karunakaran (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Brazil
GALILEU P.S. DANTAS & NEUSA HAMADA

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Zootaxa 3681 (4): 478–492 (24 Jun. 2013)
Pupal cases of four Nearctic species of Laphria (Diptera: Asilidae)
D. STEVE DENNIS & JEFFREY K. BARNES

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Zootaxa 3681 (3): 293–296 (21 Jun. 2013)
A remarkable new species of Paraclius Loew from Brazil (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
RENATO SOARES CAPELLARI

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Zootaxa 3681 (3): 249–256 (21 Jun. 2013)
Palaearctic Abaristophora (Diptera: Phoridae): First female of A. arctophila Schmitz, 1927 and a new species from N. W. Russia
THOMAS PAPE, SVEN-OLOF ULEFORS & R. HENRY L. DISNEY

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Zootaxa 3681 (2): 175–181 (20 Jun. 2013)
A new Platycheirus Le Peletier et Serville, 1828 (Diptera, Syrphidae) species of the manicatus subgroup, from the Taimyr Peninsula (Northern Siberia)
ANATOLIJ V. BARKALOV

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 3680 (1): 210–211 (18 Jun. 2013)
Dr. Donald H. Colless, in Memoriam
GUNTHER THEISCHINGER

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Zootaxa 3680 (1): 195–209 (18 Jun. 2013)
Review of the Australian Apiocera minor Norris species-group (Diptera: Apioceridae) with a revised key to species
DAVID K. YEATES & STEFANIE K. OBERPRIELER

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Zootaxa 3680 (1): 190–194 (18 Jun. 2013)
A new species of Agapophytus Guérin named after the late Donald H. Colless (Diptera: Therevidae: Agapophytinae)
SHAUN L. WINTERTON

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Zootaxa 3680 (1): 148–189 (18 Jun. 2013)
A key to the Australian Sarcophagidae (Diptera) with special emphasis on Sarcophaga (sensu lato)
KELLY A MEIKLEJOHN, MARK DOWTON, THOMAS PAPE & JAMES F WALLMAN

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Zootaxa 3680 (1): 139–147 (18 Jun. 2013)
Updates on the taxonomy and nomenclature of Australian Sarcophaga (sensu lato) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), with descriptions of two new species
KELLY A MEIKLEJOHN, JAMES F WALLMAN & THOMAS PAPE

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Zootaxa 3680 (1): 130–138 (18 Jun. 2013)
Supplementary descriptions of Australian Rhinotorini (Diptera: Heteromyzidae)
DAVID K. MCALPINE

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Article 
Zootaxa 3680 (1): 118–129 (18 Jun. 2013)
New species of the hairy-eyed horse fly subgenera Scaptia (Myioscaptia) Mackerras, 1955 and Scaptia (Scaptia) Walker, 1850 (Diptera: Tabanidae) from Australia
BRYAN D. LESSARD & DAVID K. YEATES

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Zootaxa 3680 (1): 096–117 (18 Jun. 2013)
Collessiama (Diptera: Therevidae: Agapophytinae: Taenogera genus-group), a new genus from eastern Australia, with a key to the Australian genera of Therevidae
CHRISTINE L. LAMBKIN & FEDERICA TURCO

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Article 
Zootaxa 3680 (1): 055–095 (18 Jun. 2013)
 New species of Anabarhynchus Macquart (Diptera: Therevidae) from arid and monsoon tropical Australia
DAVID J. FERGUSON, MICHAEL E. IRWIN & DAVID K. YEATES

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Article 
Zootaxa 3680 (1): 038–054 (18 Jun. 2013)
Phrudoneura (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Australia and Melanesia
DANIEL J. BICKEL

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Zootaxa 3680 (1): 015–037 (18 Jun. 2013)
Revision of the Immaculatus Group of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Australasian Region with description of two new species
G.A. BELLIS A.L. DYCE, D. GOPURENKO & A. MITCHELL

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Zootaxa 3680 (1): 004–014 (18 Jun. 2013)
Obituary-Donald Henry Colless 1922–2012
DAVID K. YEATES & PETER S. CRANSTON

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3673 (1): 001–064 (17 Jun. 2013)
Review and analysis of information on the biology and morphology of immature stages of robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae)
D. STEVE DENNIS, JEFFREY K. BARNES & LLOYD KNUTSON

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Article
Zootaxa 3670 (2): 215–237 (12 Jun. 2013)
A review of Neotropical species in Thienemanniella Kieffer
(Diptera, Chironomidae)
SOFIA WIEDENBRUG, CARLOS E. LAMAS, SUSANA TRIVINHO-STRIXINO

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Zootaxa 3670 (2): 157–176 (12 Jun. 2013)
The type specimens of Tachinidae (Diptera) housed in the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", Buenos Aires
PABLO RICARDO MULIERI, LUCIANO DAMIÁN PATITUCCI, AXEL OSCAR BACHMANN & JAMES E. O’HARA

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Zootaxa 3670 (1): 071–079 (11 Jun. 2013)
Sarcophaga (Hoa) flexuosa Ho (Diptera: Sarcophagidae): association of sexes using morphological and molecular approaches, and a redefinition of
Hoa Rohdendorf
DONG ZHANG, MING ZHANG, THOMAS PAPE, CAI-WEI GU & WEI WU

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Zootaxa 3669 (2): 147–152 (6 Jun. 2013)
A new species of Furciseta (Diptera, Ctenostylidae) from the Brazilian Amazon

J.T. CÂMARA & J.A. RAFAEL

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Zootaxa 3669 (2): 129–138 (6 Jun. 2013)
A review of the genus Compterosmittia Sćther, 1981
(Diptera: Chironomidae) from China
XIAOLONG LIN, YUANYUAN YAO, WENBIN LIU & XINHUA WANG

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Zootaxa 3666 (3): 301–318 (31 May 2013)
New Mycomya species from the Himalayas (Diptera, Mycetophilidae):
2. Subgenera Calomycomya, Cymomya, Neomycomya and Pavomya subg. n.
RAUNO VÄISÄNEN

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Zootaxa 3666 (2): 267–285 (30 May 2013)
Neohemigaster Malloch, 1939 and Pterogenia Bigot, 1859 (Diptera: Platystomatidae) from eastern Eurasia, with the description of four new species 
TATIANA V. GALINSKAYA & ANATOLE I. SHATALKIN
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Zootaxa 3666 (2): 160–170 (30 May 2013)
Morphological description of the fourth instar larva: Culicoides cataneii and Culicoides sahariensis (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

DARINE SLAMA, ASMA KHEDHER, SASSI BDIRA, FETHI KHAYECH,
JEAN-CLAUDE DELECOLLE, HABIB MEZHOUD, HAMOUDA BABBA & CHAKER EMNA
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Zootaxa 3666 (1): 093–099 (29 May 2013)
Phoomyia, a new genus of Dolichopodinae from the Oriental Region
(Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
STEFAN NAGLIS, PATRICK GROOTAERT & SCOTT E. BROOKS

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Zootaxa 3664 (4): 525–536 (28 May 2013)
Description and host interactions of a new species of Exetasis Walker (Diptera: Acroceridae), with a key to species of the genus 
JORGE ADRIAN BARNECHE, JÉSSICA PAULA GILLUNG & ALDA GONZÁLEZ
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Zootaxa 3664 (4): 479–504 (28 May 2013)
Revision of the Japanese Ablabesmyia (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae), with descriptions of three new species

HIROMI NIITSUMA

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Zootaxa 3660 (1): 001–080 (22 May 2013)
Revision of Nearctic Dasysyrphus Enderlein (Diptera: Syrphidae)
MICHELLE M. LOCKE & JEFFREY H. SKEVINGTON

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Zootaxa 3657 (1): 001–093 (22 May 2013)
Taxonomic revision of the genus Neopleurophora Brown (Diptera: Phoridae), with the description of thirty seven new species
DANILO CESAR AMENT & DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM

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Zootaxa 3656 (1): 001–121 (22 May 2013)
Taxonomic revision of the Afrotropical species of the tribe Eudorylini (Diptera, Pipunculidae)
MIHÁLY FÖLDVÁRI

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Zootaxa 3652 (5): 595–600 (21 May 2013)
New species of Xestochironomus Sublette et Wirth, 1972 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Atlantic Forest, Brazil

LUIZ CARLOS PINHO & JOĂO FRANCISCO SOUZA

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Zootaxa 3652 (5): 569–581 (21 May 2013)
Bromelicolous Polypedilum Kieffer from South Brazil (Diptera: Chironomidae) 
LUIZ CARLOS PINHO, HUMBERTO FONSECA MENDES, TROND ANDERSEN & CARLOS BRISOLA MARCONDES
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Zootaxa 3652 (1): 117–155 (15 May 2013)
Phylogenetic relationships of Culex (Culex) species (Diptera, Culicidae) from Argentina based on morphological characters 
MAGDALENA LAURITO & WALTER R. ALMIRÓN
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Zootaxa 3650 (1): 1–147 (14 May 2013)
Muscidae (Insecta: Diptera) of Latin America and the Caribbean: geographic distribution and check-list by country 
PETER LÖWENBERG-NETO & CLAUDIO J. B. DE CARVALHO
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Zootaxa 3647 (2): 382–389 (09 May 2013)
New species and redescriptions of the New Zealand genus Exsul Hutton (Diptera: Muscidae: Coenosiinae) 
LEANDRO SILVA BARBOSA & MÁRCIA SOUTO COURI
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Zootaxa 3647 (2): 251–278 (09 May 2013)
Species of Bicellaria Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae) of Europe, with descriptions of four new species 
MIROSLAV BARTÁK & ŠTĚPÁN KUBÍK
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Zootaxa 3647 (1): 194–200 (08 May 2013)
Description of a new species and record of Bactrocera Macquart (Diptera,Tephritidae) from China 
LI-BING ZHOU, XIAO-LIN CHEN, YU-LIANG DENG & SHAO-JUN WANG
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Zootaxa 3646 (2): 180–188 (02 May 2013)
Revision of Cerozodus Bigot, 1857 (Diptera, Asilidae, Asilinae) with description of a new species from Brazil 
RODRIGO VIEIRA, JOSÉ ALBERTINO RAFAEL & FRANCISCO LIMEIRA-DE-OLIVEIRA
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Zootaxa 3646 (2): 101–126 (02 May 2013)
Review of Xenochironomus Kieffer, 1921 (Diptera: Chironomidae)
with description of six new species
LÍVIA MARIA FUSARI, FABIO DE OLIVEIRA ROQUE, NEUSA HAMADA

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Zootaxa 3641 (4): 448–462 (26 Apr. 2013)
Subfossils of extinct and extant species of Simuliidae (Diptera) from Austral and Cook Islands (Polynesia): anthropogenic extirpation of an aquatic insect?

DOUGLAS A. CRAIG & NICK PORCH

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Zootaxa 3641 (3): 260–270 (24 Apr. 2013)
Bregmosina, a new Neotropical genus of Limosininae (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae)

STEPHEN A. MARSHALL

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Zootaxa 3641 (2): 129–148 (23 Apr. 2013)
A detailed description of Simulium (Meilloniellum) adersi (Pomeroy) from Mayotte, Comoro islands, with comments on bionomics and biogeography (Diptera: Simuliidae)

DOUGLAS A. CRAIG & NATHALIE MARY-SASAL

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Zootaxa 3641 (1): 083–091 (22 Apr. 2013)
A new species of Dicranophora Macquart (Diptera, Stratiomyidae) from Bahia State, Brazil and a key to species of the genus
FABIO SIQUEIRA PITALUGA DE GODOI & JOSÉ ALBERTINO RAFAEL

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Zootaxa 3640 (3): 442–464 (18 Apr. 2013)
Three new species of the Merodon nigritarsis group (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Middle East

ANTE VUJI
Ć, SNEŽANA RADENKOVIĆ, LAURA LIKOV, SONJA TRIFUNOV & TIJANA NIKOLIĆ
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Zootaxa 3640 (3): 301–342 (18 Apr. 2013)
Review of the genus Prosciara Frey (Diptera, Sciaridae) from China 

KAI SHI, JUNHAO HUANG, LYUDMILA KOMAROVA, SUJIONG ZHANG & HONG WU

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Zootaxa 3638 (1): 1–75 (16 Apr. 2013)
Nomenclatural studies toward a world catalog of Diptera genus-group names. III. Christian Rudolph Wilhelm Wiedemann
NEAL L. EVENHUIS & ADRIAN C. PONT

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Erratum
Zootaxa 3637 (5): 600 (15 Apr. 2013)
Erratum: XUANKUN LI, ZHU LI & DING YANG (2013) Two new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot with a key to species from Vietnam (Diptera: Dolichopodidae). Zootaxa, 3630(3): 549–560.
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Zootaxa 3637 (3): 361–373 (11 Apr. 2013)
The genus Leucophenga (Diptera, Drosophilidae), part I: the abbreviata species group from the Oriental region with morphological and molecular evidence

YIRUI SU, JINMING LU& HONGWEI CHEN

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Zootaxa 3637 (1): 074–078 (9 Apr. 2013)
Two new species of the Empis subgenus Lissempis (Diptera: Empididae)
from the Caucasus
IGOR SHAMSHEV & SEMEN KUSTOV

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Zootaxa 3636 (4): 590–596 (8 Apr. 2013)
A new apterous species of Platypalpus Macquart
(Diptera: Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae) from Ecuador
RAFAEL AUGUSTO PINHEIRO DE FREITAS-SILVA & ROSALY ALE-ROCHA

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Zootaxa 3636 (3): 476–488 (5 Apr. 2013)
Review of the genus Camptochaeta Hippa & Vilkamaa (Diptera, Sciaridae), with the description of nine new species
PEKKA VILKAMAA, HEIKKI HIPPA & KAI HELLER

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Zootaxa 3636 (2): 245–256 (4 Apr. 2013)
Revision of the Neotropical genus Eoneria Aczél (Diptera: Neriidae)
with description of a new species from Colombia
TATIANA A. SEPÚLVEDA, MARTA I. WOLFF & CLAUDIO J. B. DE CARVALHO

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Zootaxa 3635 (4): 491–497 (28 Mar. 2013)
A review of the genera Acathrito Lyneborg, Phycus Walker and Salentia Costa (Diptera: Therevidae: Phycinae) from Egypt
HAITHAM B. M. BADRAWY

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Zootaxa 3635 (4): 439–458 (28 Mar. 2013)
New species and records of Euphranta Loew and other Adramini (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetinae) from south and southeast Asia
K.J. DAVID, D.L. HANCOCK, A. FREIDBERG & K.F.M. GOODGER

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Zootaxa 3630 (3): 549–560 (21 Mar. 2013)
Two new species of Amblypsilopus Bigot with a key to species from Vietnam (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
XUANKUN LI, ZHU LI & DING YANG

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Zootaxa 3630 (2): 400–400 (20 Mar. 2013)
Replacement for a preoccupied Docosia Winnertz
(Diptera: Mycetophilidae) name
OLAVI KURINA & JAN ŠEV
ČÍK
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Zootaxa 3622 (1): 1–87 (11 Mar. 2013)
Revision of the New World genus Peckia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
ELIANA BUENAVENTURA & THOMAS PAPE

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Zootaxa 3621 (1): 1–82 (11 Mar. 2013)
Revision of the genus Erythromelana Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) and analysis of its phylogeny and diversification
DIEGO J. INCLAN & JOHN O. STIREMAN III

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Zootaxa 3620 (3): 473–480 (7 Mar. 2013)
Orchidophaga gastrodiacola Kato, 2006, is Chyliza vittata Meigen, 1826
(Diptera: Psilidae): discussion on its taxonomy and biology
MASAHIRO SUEYOSHI
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Zootaxa 3620 (1): 67–88 (5 Mar. 2013)
Revision of species of the genus Tephritis Latreille 1804 (Diptera: Tephritidae) with entire apical spot

SEVERYN V. KORNEYEV

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Zootaxa 3619 (5): 541–553 (4 Mar. 2013)
Review of Otites Latreille (Diptera: Ulidiidae) from Israel with two new species and notes on biology and behavior
ELIZABETH MORGULIS

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Zootaxa 3619 (5): 526–540 (4 Mar. 2013)
The Oriental genus Nasimyia (Diptera: Stratiomyidae): Geographical distribution, key to species and descriptions of three new species
ZAI-HUA YANG, MARTIN HAUSER, MAO-FA YANG & TING-TING ZHANG

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Zootaxa 3619 (4): 453–459 (1 Mar. 2013)
A contribution to the systematics of Neotropical Tanytarsus van der Wulp: first descriptions from Ecuador (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanytarsini)
WOJCIECH GIŁKA & MARTA ZAKRZEWSKA

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Zootaxa 3619 (4): 401–427 (1 Mar. 2013)
Development sites and early stages of eleven species of Clusiidae (Diptera) occurring in Europe
GRAHAM E ROTHERAY & DAVID HORSFIELD

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Zootaxa 3619 (3): 246–274 (28 Feb. 2013)
Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles amharicus, new members of the Anopheles gambiae complex
MAUREEN COETZEE, RICHARD H. HUNT, RICHARD WILKERSON, ALESSANDRA DELLA TORRE, MAMADOU B. COULIBALY & NORA J. BESANSKY

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Zootaxa 3619 (2): 183–194 (27 Feb. 2013)
New species of the genus Colobostema Enderlein (Diptera: Scatopsidae) from Mexico
HERON HUERTA

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Zootaxa 3616 (3): 268–276 (20 Feb. 2013)
On the enigmatic Heterostomus curvipalpis Bigot, 1857, with a description of the pupa (Diptera, Brachycera)
SIXTO COSCARÓN, MARÍA DEL CARMEN COSCARÓN & LEONARDO H. GIL-AZEVEDO

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Zootaxa 3613 (6): 597–600 (14 Feb. 2013)
A new species of Neorhaphiomidas Norris (Diptera: Mydidae) from Queensland, Australia
GREG DANIELS

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Zootaxa 3613 (3): 274–280 (11 Feb. 2013)
Lamprempis Wheeler & Melander (Diptera, Empididae, Empidinae) from Maranhăo, Brazil
J.T. CÂMARA & J.A. RAFAEL

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Article 
Zootaxa 3613 (2): 181–189 (8 Feb. 2013)
A revision of the Egyptian species of the genus Actorthia Kröber (Diptera: Therevidae: Phycinae)
HAITHAM B. M. BADRAWY & SALWA K. MOHAMMAD

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Article 
Zootaxa 3609 (4): 437–442 (31 Jan. 2013)
New Sycoracinae (Diptera, Psychodidae) from southern Brazil
CLAUDINEY BIRAL DOS SANTOS, FREDDY BRAVO & ALOÍSIO FALQUETO

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Article 
Zootaxa 3609 (4): 361–391 (31 Jan. 2013)
Systematic study of the genera Phryno Robineau-Desvoidy and Botria Rondani in the Palearctic Region, with discussions of their phylogenetic positions (Diptera, Tachinidae)
TAKUJI TACHI

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Article 
Zootaxa 3609 (1): 85–90 (25 Jan. 2013)
Description of a new phlebotomine species (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) and new records of sand flies from the State of Acre, northern Brazil
CAROLINA BIONI GARCIA TELES, RUI ALVES FREITAS, ARLEY FARIA JOSÉ DE OLIVEIRA, GUILHERME MAERSCHNER OGAWA, EDICARLOS ANDRÉ CAVALCANTE DE ARAÚJO, JANSEN FERNANDES MEDEIROS, FELIPE ARLEY COSTA PESSOA & LUÍS MARCELO ARANHA CAMARGO

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3604 (1): 1–72 (14 Jan. 2013)
A worldwide review of the genus Arganthomyza Roháček, with revision of the Nearctic species (Diptera: Anthomyzidae)
JINDŘICH ROHÁČEK & KEVIN N. BARBER

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3603 (1): 1–61 (14 Jan. 2013)
The flies of the family Hybotidae (Diptera, Empidoidea) collected during the Boyekoli Ebale Congo 2010 Expedition in Democratic Republic of Congo
PATRICK GROOTAERT & IGOR SHAMSHEV

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3600 (1): 1–105 (11 Jan. 2013)
An annotated catalogue of the New World Therevidae (Insecta: Diptera: Asiloidea)
DONALD W. WEBB, STEPHEN D. GAIMARI, MARTIN HAUSER, KEVIN C. HOLSTON, MARK A. METZ, MICHAEL E. IRWIN, GAIL E. KAMPMEIER & KRISTIN ALGMIN

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Article 
Zootaxa 3599 (6): 564–576 (10 Jan. 2013)
Chironomus polonicus sp. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae) from southern Poland
PARASKEVA MICHAILOVA, ANDRZEJ KOWNACKI & PETER H. LANGTON

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3599 (5): 499–500 (9 Jan. 2013)
On the distribution of Dolichopus humilis Van Duzee in the Palaearctic Region and a new synonym (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Dolichopus latipennis species group)
OLEG P. NEGROBOV & IGOR YA. GRICHANOV

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Article
Zootaxa 3599 (4): 361–370 (8 Jan. 2013)
Preimaginal morphology of the genera Salpingogaster Schiner, 1868 and Eosalpingogaster Hull, 1949 (Diptera: Syrphidae), with its systematic implications
CELESTE PÉREZ-BAŃÓN, EVELIN ARCAYA, XIMO MENGUAL & SANTOS ROJO

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Zootaxa 3599 (1): 59–66 (3 Jan. 2013)
New taxa of Tanyderidae (Diptera) from Eocene Baltic amber
WIESŁAW KRZEMINSKI, EWA KRZEMINSKA, IWONA KANIA & ANDREW J. ROSS

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2012

Erratum
Zootaxa 3597: 68 (24 Dec. 2012)
Erratum: JESSICA D. PETERSEN, MATTHEW J. PETERSEN & GREGORY W. COURTNEY (2012). Description of a new subgenus Neophylidorea (Diptera: Tipulidae) and a new species. Zootaxa, 3555, 40–54.
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Article
Zootaxa 3591: 67–74 (19 Dec. 2012)  4 plates; 29 references            Accepted: 8 Nov. 2012
The genus Scatopsciara Edwards (Diptera, Sciaridae) in New Caledonia, with the description of four new species 
PEKKA VILKAMAA (Finland), HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden) & WERNER MOHRIG (Germany)

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Zootaxa 3591: 1–46 (19 Dec. 2012)  12 plates; 56 references            Accepted: 5 Nov. 2012
Neotropical Fanniidae (Insecta, Diptera): new species of Fannia from Colombia 
DIANA GRISALES (Brazil), MARTA WOLFF (Colombia) & CLAUDIO J. B. DE CARVALHO (Brazil)

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3590: 86–88 (18 Dec. 2012)  1 plate; 14 references            Accepted: 16 Nov. 2012
Notes on the collection of fungus gnats left by the late Prof. Galina Petrovna Ostroverkhova with a new specific synonymy in the genus Mycetophila Meigen (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) 
ELENA SUBBOTINA (Russia) & OLAVI KURINA (Estonia)
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Zootaxa 3590: 79–85 (18 Dec. 2012)  3 plates; 12 references          Accepted: 2 Nov. 2012
Tephritis azari, a New Fruit Fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Iran and Azerbaijan, with a Key to the Tephritis maccus Species Group 
SAEED MOHAMADZADE NAMIN (Iran) & SEVERYN V. KORNEYEV (Ukraine)

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Article
Zootaxa 3590: 23–36 (18 Dec. 2012)  7 plates; 21 references          Accepted: 23 Nov. 2012
Stylogaster Macquart, 1835 (Diptera: Conopidae) from Northeastern Brazil: new records and two new species 
LEONARDO SILVESTRE GOMES ROCHA & CÁTIA ANTUNES DE MELLO-PATIU (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 3582: 33–36 (12 Dec. 2012)  2 plates; 9 references        Accepted: 19 Sept. 2012
Two new biting midges of the subfamily Forcipomyiinae Lenz (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from China 
HAIYING CHEN, YANGQING LIU&YIXIN YU (China)

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Article
Zootaxa 3580: 43–55 (11 Dec. 2012)  6 plates; 18 references           Accepted: 2 Nov. 2012
Description of a new species of the genus Onconeura Andersen et Sćther (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Argentina with a cladistic analysis of the genus 
MARIANO DONATO3, AUGUSTO SIRI & MELINA MAUAD (Argentina)

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Article
Zootaxa 3577: 80–88 (10 Dec. 2012)  3 plates; 20 references              Accepted: 2 Nov. 2012
First record of Didicrum Enderlein (Diptera: Psychodidae, Psychodinae) from the Northern Andes bioregion, with the description of a new species 
ROSA HELENA MOYA-ARÉVALO, SERGIO IBÁŃEZ-BERNAL & MARÍA TERESA SUÁREZ-LANDA (Mexico)

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Article
Zootaxa 3577: 1–42 (10 Dec. 2012)  15 plates; 127 references            Accepted: 31 Oct. 2012
Morphotaxonomic revision of Simulium (Gomphostilbia) (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the Oriental Region 
HIROYUKI TAKAOKA (Malaysia)

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3574: 1–61 (6 Dec. 2012) 35 plates; 15 references             Accepted: 12 Oct. 2012   
A review of the genus Corynoneura Winnertz (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Neotropical region
SOFIA WIEDENBRUG, CARLOS E. LAMAS & SUSANA TRIVINHO-STRIXINO

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Article
Zootaxa 3573: 40–46 (6 Dec. 2012)  1 plate; 49 references            Accepted: 29 Oct. 2012
A new species of Trichomyia Haliday (Diptera: Psychodidae: Trichomyiinae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, with a checklist of Western Hemisphere species 
CLAUDINEY BIRAL DOS SANTOS & GUSTAVO ROCHA LEITE (Brazil)

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Article
Zootaxa 3570: 25–40 (3 Dec. 2012)  8 plates; 36 references             Accepted: 1 Nov.. 2012
Notes on Docosia Winnertz (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), with description of six new species from Central Asia and the first generic record from the Afrotropical region 
OLAVI KURINA (Estonia) & JAN ŠEVČÍK (Czech Republic)

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Article
Zootaxa 3566: 51–60 (29 Nov. 2012)  3 plates; 18 references            Accepted: 19 Sept.. 2012
Redescription of the adults of Culicoides bancrofti Lee and Reye and C. hornsbyensis Lee and Reye (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) 
GLENN BELLIS & ALAN DYCE (Australia)

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Zootaxa 3566: 39–50 (29 Nov. 2012)  10 plates; 10 references          Accepted: 26 Oct. 2012
Two new species of Atrichopogon Kieffer from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) 
MARIA LUIZA FELIPPE-BAUER, TIAGO DO NASCIMENTO DA SILVA & JOĂO RICARDO CARREIRA ALVES (Brazil)

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Article
Zootaxa 3566: 1–13 (29 Nov. 2012)  8 plates; 1 5 references               Accepted: 17 Oct. 2012
Species of Ammothereva Lyneborg, 1984 (Diptera: Therevidae: Therevinae: Cyclotelini) from China 
SI-PEI LIU (China), STEPHEN D. GAIMARI (USA) & DING YANG (China)

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3561: 1–61 (23 Nov. 2012) 15 plates; 45 references             Accepted: 12 Oct. 2012   
World revision of Iteaphila macquarti group (Diptera: Empididae)
BRADLEY J. SINCLAIR & IGOR V. SHAMSHEV

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Article
Zootaxa 3557: 31–39 (21 Nov. 2012)  6 plates; 11 references            Accepted: 17 Oct. 2012
Species of Bittacomorphella Alexander from China with descriptions of two new species (Diptera: Ptychopteridae) 
ZEHUI KANG, JUNCHAO WANG & DING YANG (China)
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Zootaxa 3557: 20–30 (21 Nov. 2012)  8 plates; 8 references              Accepted: 25 Oct. 2012
Two New Species of the Genus Atrichopogon Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Mexico 
HERÓN HUERTA & FELIPE DZUL (Mexico)
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Article
Zootaxa 3555: 40–54 (20 Nov. 2012)  5 plates; 62 references              Accepted: 11 Oct. 2012
Description of a new subgenus Neophylidorea (Diptera: Tipulidae) and a new species 
JESSICA D. PETERSEN, MATTHEW J. PETERSEN & GREGORY W. COURTNEY (USA)
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Erratum
Zootaxa 3554: 58 (19 Nov. 2012)
Erratum: HARBACH, RALPH E. & GREENWALT, DALE (2012) Two Eocene species of Culiseta (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Kishenehn Formation in Montana. Zootaxa, 3530, 25–34.
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Article
Zootaxa 3554: 45–57 (19 Nov. 2012)  7 plates; 12 references           Accepted: 24 Oct. 2012
A new species of Brachygasterina Macquart from Colombia, and description of the males of B. stuebeli Röder and B. muisca Soares & Carvalho (Diptera: Muscidae) 
SANDRA PÉREZ (Colombia), MARTA WOLFF (Colombai) & CLAUDIO J. B. DE CARVALHO (Brazil)
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3553: 1–65 (19 Nov. 2012) 33 plates; 63 references             Accepted: 10 Oct. 2012   
Revision of the Afrotropical species of the Bengalia peuhi species-group, including a species reassigned to the B. spinifemorata species-group (Diptera, Calliphoridae), with notes on the identity of Ochromyia petersiana Loew, 1852 (Diptera, Rhiniidae)
KNUT ROGNES

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Article
Zootaxa 3552: 43–65 (16 Nov. 2012)  11 plates; 72 references        Accepted: 5 Oct. 2012
New species of Psychodidae (Diptera) from Australasia, with a checklist of the world species of Bruchomyiinae and Sycoracinae 
GREGORY R. CURLER & AMANDA J. JACOBSON (USA)

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3549: 1–117 (15 Nov. 2012) 37 plates; 116 references             Accepted: 6 Sept. 2012   
Systematics and Phylogeny of Leptomorphus Curtis (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)
CHRISTOPHER J. BORKENT & TERRY A. WHEELER

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Zootaxa 3548: 75–87 (14 Nov. 2012)  8 plates; 13 references          Accepted: 21 Sept.. 2012
Rhaphium Meigen (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from the Taimyr Peninsula (Russia), with description of a new species 
OLEG P. NEGROBOV, АNATOLII V. BARKALOV & ОLGA В. SELIVANOVA (Russia)

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Article
Zootaxa 3548: 69–74 (14 Nov. 2012)  3 plates; 6 references             Accepted: 16 Oct. 2012
A new species of Herina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Ulidiidae) from Turkey, with the key to species of oscillans group 
ELENA P. KAMENEVA & VALERY A. KORNEYEV (Ukraine)

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Article
Zootaxa 3548: 39–54 (14 Nov. 2012)  8 plates; 15 references           Accepted: 18 Oct. 2012
Two new species of Podonomus (Diptera: Chironomidae: Podonominae) of the Brundin’s decarthrus group from Ventania system, Argentina 
AUGUSTO SIRI & MARIANO DONATO (Argentina)

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Zootaxa 3547: 24–34 (13 Nov. 2012)  5 plates; 21 references             Accepted: 12 Oct. 2012
Taxonomy of Neotropical Trichomyia (Septemtrichomyia) Bravo (Diptera, Psychodidae, Trichomyiinae) with descriptions of five new species 
MAÍRA XAVIER ARAÚJO & FREDDY BRAVO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 3545: 83–88 (9 Nov. 2012)  3 plates; 9 references             Accepted: 8 Oct. 2012
Neotype designation for Cladotanytarsus (Lenziella) bicornutus (Kieffer), and first description of the distinctive female (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanytarsini) 
WOJCIECH GIŁKA (Poland) & MARTIN SPIES (Germany)

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Zootaxa 3537: 76–88 (2 Nov. 2012)  6 plates; 41 references            Accepted: 24 Sept. 2012
A review of the subgenera Euorthocladius and Orthocladius s. str. from China (Diptera: Chironomidae) 
FANQING KONG (China), OLE A.SĆTHER (Norway) & XINHUA WANG (China)

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Zootaxa 3537: 1–28 (2 Nov. 2012)  15 plates; 15 references             Accepted: 8 Oct. 2012
Eleven new species of the Homoneura (Homoneura) beckeri group from Yunnan, China (Diptera, Lauxaniidae) 
WENLIANG LI & DING YANG (China)

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3536: 1–61 (2 Nov. 2012) 28 plates; 44 references              Accepted: 9 Oct. 2012   
Corynoneura Winnertz and Thienemanniella Kieffer from the Nearctic Region (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)
YUE FU & OLE A. SĆTHER

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Zootaxa 3530: 25–34 (30 Oct. 2012)  4 plates; 26 references             Accepted: 5 Oct. 2012
Two Eocene species of Culiseta (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Kishenehn Formation in Montana 
RALPH E. HARBACH (UK) & DALE GREENWALT (USA)

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Erratum

Article
Zootaxa 3525: 51–64 (24 Oct. 2012)  11 plates; 9 references             Accepted: 24 Sept. 2012
Review of the genus Griphophanes Grootaert & Meuffels (Diptera, Dolichopodidae), with the description of ten new species from Sri Lanka 
STEFAN NAGLIS (Switzerland) & PATRICK GROOTAERT (Belgium)

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Zootaxa 3525: 35–50 (24 Oct. 2012)  9 plates; 26 references             Accepted: 28 Sept. 2012
Proposed change in status of the Nearctic genus Charadrodromia Melander (Diptera: Hybotidae, Tachydromiinae), with description of four new species 
IGOR SHAMSHEV (Russia) & PATRICK GROOTAERT (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 3521: 80–88 (18 Oct. 2012)  6 plates; 21 references              Accepted: 16 Aug. 2012
Probittacomorpha brisaci n. sp. (Ptychopteridae, Bittacomorphinae) from the Late Miocene of Montagne d’Andance, Saint Bauzile, Ardčche (France) 
WIESŁAW KRZEMINSKI (Poland), IWONA KANIA (Poland) & ANDRÉ NEL (France)

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Zootaxa 3521: 59–66 (18 Oct. 2012)  18 plates; 12 references            Accepted: 21 Sept. 2012
Condylostylus Bigot from Vietnam with description of a new species and a key to Vietnamese species (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) 
XUANKUN LI, ZHU LI & DING YANG (China)

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Zootaxa 3514: 43–69 (11 Oct. 2012)  4 plates; 128 references              Accepted: 24 Sept. 2012

DNA barcodes reveal cryptic genetic diversity within the blackfly subgenus Trichodagmia Enderlein (Diptera: Simuliidae: Simulium) and related taxa in the New World 

LUIS MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ-TRIANA (Canada), JAMES LEE CRAINEY (Brazil) , ANDY HALL (UK), FARRAH FATIH (UK), JACQUELINE MACKENZIE-DODDS (UK), ANTHONY JOHN SHELLEY (UK), XIN ZHOU (Canada), RORY J. POST (UK), T. RYAN GREGORY (Canada) & PAUL DAVID NEIL HEBERT (Canada)

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Zootaxa 3509: 77–80 (8 Oct. 2012)  1 plate; 18 references                   Accepted: 6 Sept. 2012

Scanning electron microscopy of eggs of Ochlerotatus taeniorhynchus (Diptera: Culicidae, Aedini) 

CARLOS BRISOLA MARCONDES, GERSON AZULIM MÜLLER, JACENIR SANTOS-MALLET, JERONIMO ALENCAR, JULIANA SOARES SARMENTO, CLAUDINEY BIRAL DOS SANTOS & HELDER RICAS REZENDE (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 3504: 1–55 (2 Oct. 2012)  24 plates; 49 references                Accepted: 12 Sept. 2012
Taxonomy of Neomuscina Townsend (Diptera, Muscidae) from Brazil 
ALESSANDRE PEREIRA-COLAVITE & CLAUDIO J. B. DE CARVALHO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 3501: 74–82 (1 Oct. 2012)  3 plates; 59 references                Accepted: 30 Aug. 2012
Sir Richard Owen’s fly, Gyrostigma rhinocerontis (Diptera: Oestridae): correction of the authorship and date, with a list of animal names newly proposed by Owen in his little-known 1830 catalogue 
NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA)

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Zootaxa 3501: 55–62 (1 Oct. 2012)  3 plates; 28 references                 Accepted: 10 Sept. 2012
Two new species of Ptychopteridae and Trichoceridae from the Middle Jurassic of northeastern China (Insecta: Diptera: Nematocera) 
LUXI LIU, CHUNGKUN SHIH & DONG REN (China)

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Zootaxa 3497: 1–16 (25 Sept. 2012)  7 plates; 30 references                 Accepted: 5 Sept. 2012
Review of the Campsicnemus fumipennis group (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) in the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of new species and corrections of misidentifications 
NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA)

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Zootaxa 3495: 42–56 (24 Sept. 2012)  3 plates; 72 references                 Accepted: 20 Aug. 2012
A new species of Palaeopoecilostola Meunier, 1899 (Diptera: Limoniidae) from the Eocene Baltic amber 
IWONA KANIA & WIESŁAW KRZEMIŃSKI (Poland)

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Zootaxa 3495: 1–41 (24 Sept. 2012)  16 plates; 12 references                 Accepted: 23 Aug. 2012
A systematic review of Neotropical Caladomyia Säwedal (Diptera: Chironomidae) 
SUSANA TRIVINHO-STRIXINO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 3489: 81–88 (19 Sept. 2012)  2 plates; 26 references                 Accepted: 10 Aug. 2012
Systematic position of the monotypic Azorean genus Falbouria Dyte with notes on the definition of Chrysotus Meigen (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) 
RENATO SOARES CAPELLARI & DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 3489: 45–57 (19 Sept. 2012)  8 plates; 19 references                   Accepted: 30 Aug. 2012  

Microphorella similis sp. nov. from Switzerland, a close relative of the type species, M. praecox (Loew) (Diptera: Dolichopodidae: Parathalassiinae) 

SCOTT E. BROOKS (Canada) & HANS ULRICH (Germany)

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Zootaxa 3489: 25–44 (19 Sept. 2012)  13 plates; 40 references                 Accepted: 29 Jun. 2012
The genus Bradysia Winnertz (Diptera, Sciaridae) in New Caledonia, with the description of thirteen new species 
PEKKA VILKAMAA (Finland), HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden) & WERNER MOHRIG (Germany)

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Zootaxa 3488: 63–79 (18 Sept. 2012)  9 plates; 14 references                     Accepted: 20 Aug. 2012

Revision of Neotropical species of Empididae (Diptera) described by Mario Bezzi. XI. The species described in Empis Linnaeus 

J.A. RAFAEL & J.T. CÂMARA (Brazil)

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3487: 85–88 (18 Sept. 2012)  2 plates; 15 references                 Accepted: 7 Aug. 2012  

On the identity of Bithoracochaeta sociabilis Blanchard (Diptera: Muscidae): a new synonym of Atherigona orientalis Schiner 

LUCIANO DAMIÁN PATITUCCI, PABLO RICARDO MULIERI & JUAN CARLOS MARILUIS (Argentina)

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Zootaxa 3478: 434–452 (11 Sept. 2012) 10 plates; 28 references     Accepted: 17 Jul. 2012
Pupae of Mesozoic Jurochlus Kalugina, 1985 (Diptera: Chironomidae), with description of four new species
ELENA D. LUKASHEVICH & ANDREY A. PRZHIBORO

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

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

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

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Article
Zootaxa 3455: 1–48 (6 Sept. 2012)  28 plates; 13 references                     Accepted: 6 Jul. 2012
New species and new records of Afrotropical Manota Williston (Diptera, Mycetophilidae), with a key to the species
HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden) & OLAVI KURINA (Estonia)

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3444: 65–68 (29 Aug. 2012)  1 plate; 33 references                      Accepted: 2 Jul. 2012
An overlooked earlier name for the bird blow fly genus Protocalliphora Hough (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA)

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Zootaxa 3434: 31–48 (22 Aug. 2012)  9 plates; 46 references                    Accepted: 18 Jun. 2012
Revision of the European Delia pruinosa species group (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) feeding as larvae in seed capsules of Silene L. (Caryophyllaceae)
VERNER MICHELSEN (Sweden)

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Article
Zootaxa 3419: 1–52 (13 Aug. 2012)  24 plates; 19 references                      Accepted: 5 Jun. 2012
A revision of Biting Midges of the Subgenera Forcipomyia (Metaforcipomyia) and F. (Saliohelea) from Costa Rica (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
GUSTAVO R. SPINELLI (Argentina), PABLO I. MARINO (Argentina) & ART BORKENT (Canada)

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Article
Zootaxa 3413: 19–28 (8 Aug. 2012)  5 plates; 21 references                    Accepted: 15 Jun. 2012
Revision of the Apocephalus mucronatus group of ant decapitating flies (Diptera: Phoridae)
BRIAN V. BROWN (USA)

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Article
Zootaxa 3409: 30–46 (6 Aug. 2012)  4 plates; 11 references                 Accepted: 14 Jun. 2012
Distribution records of Helina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera: Muscidae) from the Caucasus Mountains, with the descriptions of three new species
ADRIAN C. PONT (UK)

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Article
Zootaxa 3408: 47–53 (3 Aug. 2012)  2 plates; 14 references                 Accepted: 13 Jun. 2012
Two new species of Empis (Diptera: Empididae) from Turkey
MUSTAFA CEMAL ÇİFTÇİ, ABDULLAH HASBENLİ & DERYA CANPOLAT (Turkey)

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3401: 66–68 (27 Jul. 2012)  1 plates; 4 references                 Accepted: 3 Jun. 2012
Description of the male of Culicoides (Hoffmania) baniwa Felippe-Bauer of the hylas species group (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
ELOY GUILLERMO CASTELLÓN (Brazil), FELIPE ARLEY COSTA PESSOA (Brazil),
GUSTAVO SPINELLI (Argentina) & MARIA LUIZA FELIPPE-BAUER (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3399: 53–60 (25 Jul. 2012)  4 plates; 9 references                   Accepted: 30 May 2012
Biting midges of the genus Leehelea Debenham (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) in India
MOU NANDI, ABHIJIT MAZUMDAR & PRASANTA K. CHAUDHURI (India)

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Article
Zootaxa 3397: 1–68 (24 Jul. 2012)  2 plates; 16 references                  Accepted: 1 Jun. 2012
A new species and records of Alepia Enderlein (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae) from Argentina
GUILLERMO OMAD & GUSTAVO C. ROSSI (Argentina)

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3396: 1–98 (23 Jul. 2012) 30 plates; 151 references                      Accepted: 22 Mar. 2012   
The Pupae of Culicomorpha—Morphology and a New Phylogenetic Tree
Art Borkent

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3394: 64–68 (20 Jul. 2012)  3 plates; 8 references                Accepted: 18 May 2012
A new species and new records of Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan in Neotropical Mexico (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
HERÓN HUERTA (Mexico), MARIA LUIZA FELIPPE-BAUER (Brazil) & GUSTAVO R. SPINELLI (Argentina)

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Zootaxa 3389: 25–33 (16 Jul. 2012)  3 plates; 17 references                Accepted: 3 Apr. 2012
Newly discovered males and new records of the uncommon Neotropical genera Eutabanus Kröber and Myiotabanus Lutz (Diptera: Tabanidae)
TIAGO KÜTTER KROLOW (Brazil), KEITH M. BAYLESS (USA) & AUGUSTO LOUREIRO HENRIQUES (Brazil)

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Article
Zootaxa 3385: 33–38 (11 Jul. 2012) 1 plates; 28 references            Accepted: 18 May 2012
Parasitoid phorid flies (Diptera: Phoridae) from the threatened leafcutter ant Atta robusta Borgmeier (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
BRIAN V. BROWN, MARCOS A. L. BRAGANCA, DIEGO S. GOMES, JARBAS M. QUEIROS & MARCOS C. TEIXEIRA (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 3382: 53–58 (9 Jul. 2012) 3 plates; 12 references                 Accepted: 17 May 2012
Chrysosoma from Vietnam, with description of a new species and a key to Vietnamese species (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
JINJING WANG, LILI ZHANG & DING YANG (China)

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3370: 1–307 (4 Jul. 2012) 90 plates; 52 references                      Accepted: 21 Mar. 2012   
Sobarocephala (Diptera: Clusiidae: Sobarocesphalinae)—Subgeneric
classification and Revision of the New World species

OWEN LONSDALE & STEPHEN A. MARSHALL

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Article
Zootaxa 3361: 45–55 (29 Jun. 2012) 7 plates; 17 references            Accepted: 18 May 2012
Revision of the genus Macrostomus Wiedemann (Diptera, Empididae,
Empidinae). III. The limbipennis species-group
JOSÉ ALBERTINO RAFAEL (Brazil) & JEFFREY M. CUMMING (Canada)

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Zootaxa 3361: 18–32 (29 Jun. 2012) 14 plates; 10 references            Accepted: 2 May 2012
The genus Centorisoma Becker in China, with a key to world species (Diptera, Chloropidae)
XIAOYAN LIU & DING YANG (China)

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3360: 68 (29 Jun. 2012) 0 plates; 3 references                 Accepted: 18 May 2012
Costarica Mengual & Thompson, 2009 (Insecta: Diptera: Syrphidae) junior homonym of Costarica Kocak & Kemal, 2008 (Insecta: Orthoptera): proposed replacement by Tiquicia nom. nov.
F. CHRISTIAN THOMPSON (USA)

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Zootaxa 3355: 51–61 (22 Jun. 2012) 6 plates; 7 references                 Accepted: 18 May 2012
A brachypterous Bryophaenocladius (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) with hypopygium inversum from Heggie’s Rock, Georgia, U.S.A.
J.H. EPLER (USA)

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Article
Zootaxa 3353: 55–68 (21 Jun. 2012) 6 plates; 13 references                 Accepted: 20 Apr. 2012
Revision of the type series of Empis (Planempis) mandarina Frey, the type species
of Planempis (Diptera: Empididae)
TOYOHEI SAIGUSA (Japan)

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Article
Zootaxa 3346: 64–68 (14 Jun. 2012) 0 plate; 55 references                 Accepted: 2 May  2012
Nomenclatural notes on some Diptera genus-group names of P.A. Latreille
NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA)

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Article
Zootaxa 3346: 29–42 (14 Jun. 2012) 7 plates; 20 references                 Accepted: 1 May  2012
Four new species of Penottus Distant (Hemiptera: Tingidae) from China
KAI DANG, CHUANREN LI & WENJUN BU (China)

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Zootaxa 3346: 1–28 (14 Jun. 2012) 20 plates; 34 references                 Accepted: 1 May  2012
Morphology of preimaginal stages of Lauxania and Calliopum (Diptera: Lauxaniidae)
MAREK SEMELBAUER & MILAN KOZÁNEK (Slovakia)

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Article
Zootaxa 3343: 31–44 (12 Jun. 2012) 12 plates; 9 references                 Accepted: 18 Apr. 2012
A new species of Araucnephia (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Northeast Region of Brazil
FELIPE ARLEY COSTA PESSOA, CLAUDIA MARÍA RÍOS-VELÁSQUEZ 
& VICTOR PY-DANIEL (Brazil)

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Article
Zootaxa 3342: 39–50 (12 Jun. 2012)  5 plates; 25 references                Accepted: 7 May 2012
A new genus and species of Chamaemyiidae (Diptera: Lauxanioidea) from South America feeding on Ceroplastes wax scales (Hemiptera: Coccidae), and status of the genus Ortalidina as a chamaemyiid
STEPHEN D. GAIMARI (USA)

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Article
Zootaxa 3341: 46–53 (11 Jun. 2012) 4 plates; 38 references                 Accepted: 26 Mar. 2012
A review of the subgenus Eudactylocladius (Diptera: Chironomidae) from China
FANQING KONG (China), OLE A.SĆTHER (Norway) & XINHUA WANG (China)

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Article
Zootaxa 3333: 24–37 (4 Jun. 2012) 10 plates; 18 references                 Accepted: 1 May 2012
Ten new species of the Stegana (Steganina) shirozui species group (Diptera, Drosophilidae) from China
XI-PENG CHEN & HONG-WEI CHEN (China)

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Article
Zootaxa 3333: 1–23 (4 Jun. 2012) 8 plates; 19 references                 Accepted: 12 Apr. 2012
A revision of the genus Rosapha Walker (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
DAMIR KOVAC (Germany) & RUDOLF ROZKOŠNÝ (Czech Republic)

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Zootaxa 3329: 64–68 (31 May 2012) 4 plates; 9 references                 Accepted: 5 Apr. 2012
Discovery of Shamshevia Grichanov in the Oriental Region (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
IGOR YA. GRICHANOV (Russia)

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Article
Zootaxa 3329: 51–63 (31 May 2012) 7 plates; 38 references                 Accepted: 20 Apr. 2012
Fossil Bibionidae (Diptera: Bibionomorpha) from the late Oligocene of Bes-Konak, Anatolia, Turkey
JOHN SKARTVEIT (Norway) & ANDRÉ NEL (France)

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Article
Zootaxa 3326: 37–48 (28 May 2012) 8 plates; 6 references                 Accepted: 2 Apr. 2012
Revision and cladistic analysis of Neotropical genus Psilochlorops Duda (Diptera: Chloropidae)
PAULA RAILE RICCARDI & DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM (Brazil)

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3324: 1–65 (24 May 2012) 52 plates; 55 references                      Accepted: 27 Feb. 2012   
Chironomidae (Diptera) larvae of Precambrian Shield headwater streams, Canada
ARMIN NAMAYANDEH, BOHDAN BILYJ, DAVID V. BERESFORD, KEITH M. SOMERS
 
& PETER J. DILLON

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Article
Zootaxa 3323: 57–63 (24 May 2012) 3 plates; 6 references                 Accepted: 16 Apr. 2012
Description of the female, pupa, and larva of Culex (Melanoconion) bahiensis Duret, and redescription of the male (Diptera: Culicidae)
EDUARDO A. LESTANI & GUSTAVO C. ROSSI (Argentina)

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Article
Zootaxa 3318: 51–56 (21 May 2012) 3 plates; 6 references                 Accepted: 12 Apr. 2012
New records of Tonnoira Enderlein (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae) from the Brazilian Amazon with descriptions of two new species
CÍNTHIA CHAGAS-VIEIRA (Brazil)

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Article
Zootaxa 3316: 1–14 (17 May 2012) 12 plates; 18 references                 Accepted: 13 Apr. 2012
Chionea Dalman newly recorded from China with descriptions of two new species (Diptera, Limoniidae)
XIAO ZHANG, JUNCHAO WANG & DING YANG (China)

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Article
Zootaxa 3311: 61–67 (14 May 2012) 4 plates; 16 references                 Accepted: 27 Mar. 2012
Species of Philorus Kellogg from China with description of a new species (Diptera: Blephariceridae)
ZEHUI KANG & DING YANG (China)

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Article
Zootaxa 3300: 62–68 (4 May 2012)  2 plates; 5 references                Accepted: 20 Mar. 2012
Two new species of Saetherolabis Andersen et Mendes, 2007 from Brazil (Diptera: Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae)
TROND ANDERSEN (Norway), HUMBERTO F. MENDES (Brazil) & LUIZ C. PINHO (Brazil)

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Article
Zootaxa 3300: 55–61 (4 May 2012) 10 plates; 17 references                 Accepted: 5 Mar. 2012
Two new species of Syneches belonging to S. signatus species-group from Vietnam (Diptera: Empidoidea, Hybotinae)
XIAOYAN LIU, LILI ZHANG & DING YANG (China)

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Article
Zootaxa 3298: 53–61 (3 May 2012) 4 plates; 18 references                 Accepted: 21 Mar. 2012
Mannheimsia Beyer (Diptera: Phoridae): description of a new species, redescription of Mannheimsia stricta and studies on hypopygial morphology
DANILO CÉSAR AMENT (Brazil)

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Article
Zootaxa 3298: 30–42 (3 May 2012) 19 plates; 7 references                 Accepted: 21 Mar. 2012
Scuttle flies (Diptera: Phoridae) caught at dead mice in S. W. Finland
R. HENRY L. DISNEY (UK)

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Article
Zootaxa 3298: 17–29 (3 May 2012) 14 plates; 19 references                 Accepted: 6 Mar. 2012
Togeciphus Nishijima and Neoloxotaenia Sabrosky (Diptera: Chloropidae) from China
XIAOYAN LIU & DING YANG (China)

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Zootaxa 3279: 1–45 (25 Apr. 2012)  19 plates; 34 references                Accepted: 15 Feb. 2012
The Frog-Biting Midges of Borneo—From Two to Eleven Species (Corethrellidae: Diptera)
ART BORKENT (Canada) & T. ULMAR GRAFE (Brunei Darussalam)

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Article
Zootaxa 3275: 29–42 (23 Apr. 2012) 4 plates; 62 references                 Accepted: 1 Mar. 2012
Two new species of Philosepedon Eaton (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae) from Europe, with comments on subgeneric classification 
MARKÉTA OMELKOVÁ & JAN JEŽEK (Czech Republic)

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Zootaxa 3275: 20–28 (23 Apr. 2012) 4 plates; 6 references                   Accepted: 2 Mar. 2012
Three new species of Dinera Robineau-Desvoidy from China (Diptera: Tachinidae) 
CHUN-TIAN ZHANG & CHAO FU (China)

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Zootaxa 3275: 1–19 (23 Apr. 2012) 9 plates; 58 references                    Accepted: 16 Mar. 2012
The Chironomus group (Diptera: Chironomidae) in Lake Winnipeg, Canada 
OLE A. SĆTHER (Norway)

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Zootaxa 3270: 58–62 (17 Apr. 2012) 2 plates; 16 references                 Accepted: 1 Mar. 2012
Revision of Neotropical species of Empidoidea (Diptera) described by Mario Bezzi. X. The species described in Apalocnemis Philippi (Brachystomatidae, Trichopezinae) 
J.A. RAFAEL (Brazil) & BRADLEY J. SINCLAIR (Canada)

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Article
Zootaxa 3267: 44–54 (12 Apr. 2012) 5 plates; 61 references                 Accepted: 1 Mar.. 2012
New generic synomyms in the Chloropidae (Diptera, Acalyptratae), with additional taxonomic notes 
EMILIA P. NARTSHUK (Russia) & MICHAEL VON TSCHIRNHAUS (Germany)

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Article
Zootaxa 3267: 1–43 (12 Apr. 2012) 1 plate; 273 references                 Accepted: 12 Sep. 2011
A check list of the world genera of the family Chloropidae (Diptera, Cyclorrhapha, Muscomorpha) 
EMILIA P. NARTSHUK (Russia)

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Article
Zootaxa 3262: 35–45 (9 Apr. 2012) 6 plates; 12 references                 Accepted: 27 Feb. 2012
Three new species of the Homoneura (Homoneura) henanensis species group (Diptera, Lauxaniidae), with a key to Chinese species 
JUNCHAO WANG, CAIXIA GAO & DING YANG (China)
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Zootaxa 3256: 1–26 (4 Apr. 2012) 14 plates; 39 references                 Accepted: 15 Feb. 2012
Revision of Argoravinia Townsend (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of Brazil with the description of two new species 
FERNANDO DA SILVA CARVALHO FILHO & MARIA CRISTINA ESPOSITO (Brazil)

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3255: 62–64 (3 Apr. 2012) 1 plate; 8 references                 Accepted: 21 Dec. 2011
Redescription of Heizmannia (Heizmannia) chandi Edwards (Diptera: Culicidae) 
S.C. TEWARI, R. KRISHNAMOORTHY, K. AYANAR, A. MUNIRATHINAM, A. VENKATESH & B.K. TYAGI (India)

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Zootaxa 3255: 37–51 (3 Apr. 2012) 9 plates; 29 references                 Accepted: 14 Feb. 2012
The genus Ctenosciara Tuomikoski (Diptera, Sciaridae) in New Caledonia, with the description of eight new species 
PEKKA VILKAMAA (Finland), HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden) & WERNER MOHRIG (Germany)

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Zootaxa 3247: 32–42 (26 Mar. 2012) 8 plates; 12 references                 Accepted: 17 Feb. 2012
Species of the genus Rhipidia Meigen from Taiwan (Diptera, Limoniidae) 
XIAO ZHANG, YAN LI & DING YANG (China)
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Zootaxa 3242: 47–52 (21 Mar. 2012) 2 plates; 12 references                 Accepted: 7 Feb. 2012
A new species of fig-feeding Lonchaeidae (Diptera: Schizophora) from India and a checklist for the family in the Indian sub-continent 
IAIN MACGOWAN, NAKEER RAZAK, GRAHAM E. ROTHERAY & IRFAN AHMAD (India)
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Zootaxa 3242: 39–46 (21 Mar. 2012) 4 plates; 14 references                 Accepted: 1 Feb. 2012
Description of the pupa and male of Paryphoconus grandis Macfie (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
MARÍA M. RONDEROS, PABLO I. MARINO & FLORENTINA DÍAZ (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 3239: 51–57 (20 Mar. 2012) 3 plates; 13 references                 Accepted: 2 Feb. 2012
Two new species of Empis (Planempis) from Oriental China, with an updated key to species of China (Diptera: Empidoidea) 
XIAOYAN LIU (China), TOYOHEI SAIGUSA (Japan) & DING YANG (China)

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Zootaxa 3239: 43–50 (20 Mar. 2012) 3 plates; 21 references                 Accepted: 2 Feb. 2012
New species of Ablabesmyia Johannsen from the Neotropical region: first report of a sponge-dwelling Tanypodinae 
LÍVIA MARIA FUSARI, CAROLINE S. NEUBERN OLIVEIRA, NEUSA HAMADA & FABIO O. ROQUE (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 3238: 57–63 (19 Mar. 2012) 5 plates; 10 references                 Accepted: 25 Jan. 2012
A new species of the genus Kuwanimyia Townsend (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Zhanjiang, China
ZHE ZHAO, CHUN-TIAN ZHANG & XIAO-LIN CHEN (China)
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Zootaxa 3238: 49–56 (19 Mar. 2012) 4 plates; 28 references                 Accepted: 27 Jan. 2012
Redescription of the genus Coniceps Loew, 1873 (Diptera, Richardiidae) 
LISIANE DILLI WENDT & ROSALY ALE-ROCHA (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 3238: 1–22 (19 Mar. 2012) 11 plates; 36 references                 Accepted: 1 Feb. 2012
Notes on the Homoneura subgenera Euhomoneura, Homoneura and Minettioides from China (Diptera: Lauxaniidae) 
LI SHI (China), STEPHEN D. GAIMARI (USA) & DING YANG (China)

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Zootaxa 3232: 62–68 (13 Mar. 2012) 3 plates; 9 references                 Accepted: 31 Jan. 2012
A new species of Bezzia Kieffer from Argentina (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) 
GUSTAVO R. SPINELLI, MARÍA M. RONDEROS & CARLA G. CAZORLA (Argentina)

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Erratum 
Zootaxa 3231: 68 (13 Mar. 2012)
Erratum: K.J. DAVID & S. RAMANI (2011) An illustrated key to fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Peninsular India and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Zootaxa, 3021, 1–31.

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Article 
Zootaxa 3231: 29–52 (13 Mar. 2012) 0 plate; 121 references                 Accepted: 12 Jan. 2012
Catalogue and bibliography of Afrotropical Psychodidae: Bruchomyiinae, Psychodinae, Sycoracinae and Trichomyiinae 
GUNNAR MIKALSEN KVIFTE (Norway)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3230: 52–58 (12 Mar. 2012) 3 plates; 18 references                 Accepted: 28 Jan. 2012
A new distinctive species of the genus Orthocladius with hairy eyes from Japan (Diptera: Chironomidae) 
TADASHI KOBAYASHI (Japan)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3227: 1–33 (8 Mar. 2012) 15 plates; 22 references                 Accepted: 20 Jan. 2012
Revision of Aciuroides Hendel and Neoacanthoneura Hendel (Diptera: Ulidiidae: Pterocallini) ELENA P. KAMENEVA (Ukraine)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3223: 24–39 (6 Mar. 2012) 6 plates; 36 references                 Accepted: 18 Jan. 2012
Taxonomic revision of the fruit fly genus Neoceratitis Hendel (Diptera: Tephritidae) 
MARC DE MEYER (Belgium) & AMNON FREIDBERG (Israel)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3218: 1–17 (1 Mar. 2012) 4 plates; 59 references                 Accepted: 20 Dec. 2011
Anopheles (Kerteszia) lepidotus (Diptera: Culicidae), not the malaria vector we thought it was: Revised male and female morphology; larva, pupa, and male genitalia characters; and molecular verification 
BRUCE A. HARRISON (USA), FREDDY RUIZ-LOPEZ (USA), GUILLERMO CALDERON FALERO (Peru), HARRY M. SAVAGE (USA), JAMES E. PECOR (USA) & RICHARD C. WILKERSON (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3209: 1–27 (28 Feb. 2012) 11 plates; 25 references                    Accepted: 29 Dec. 2011
Identification of Neotropical blow flies of the genus Calliphora Robineau- Desvoidy (Diptera: Calliphoridae) with the description of a new species 
TERRY WHITWORTH (USA) WITH AN APPENDIX BY KNUT ROGNES (Norway) & TERRY WHITWORTH (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3207: 54–62 (27 Feb. 2012) 6 plates; 10 references                       Accepted: 5 Dec. 2011
Species of the genus Ensiferella Andersson from China, with a key to world species (Diptera, Chloropidae) 
XIAOYAN LIU & DING YANG (China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3207: 1–21 (27 Feb. 2012) 13 plates; 31 references                         Accepted: 20 Dec. 2011
The genus Pseudolycoriella Menzel & Mohrig (Diptera, Sciaridae) in New Caledonia, with the description of thirteen new species 
PEKKA VILKAMAA (Finland), HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden) & WERNER MOHRIG (Germany)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3198: 63–67 (20 Feb. 2012) 3 plates; 11 references                     Accepted: 12 Jan. 2012
New species of Heteropsilopus and Amblypsilopus from China (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) XIAOYAN LIU, YAJUN ZHU & DING YANG (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3191: 33–40 (13 Feb. 2012) 3 plate; 22 references                            Accepted: 13 Dec. 2011
The subgenus Pentapedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) in the Yaeyama Islands, the Ryukyus, Japan
NAO YAMAMOTO, TOSHIYA HIROWATARI & MASARU YAMAMOTO (Japan)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3191: 21–32 (13 Feb. 2012) 6 plate; 29 references                            Accepted: 29 Dec. 2011
Confirmation of Aedes koreicus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Belgium and description of morphological differences between Korean and Belgian specimens validated by molecular identification
VEERLE VERSTEIRT (Belgium), JAMES E. PECOR (USA), DINA M. FONSECA (USA),
 
MARC COOSEMANS (Belgium) & WIM VAN BORTEL (Belgium)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3189: 56–68 (10 Feb. 2012) 7 plate; 12 references                            Accepted: 15 Dec. 2011
Revision of Neotropical species of Empididae (Diptera) described by Mario Bezzi. VIII. The species described in Hilarempis Bezzi
J.A. RAFAEL (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3189: 1–28 (10 Feb. 2012) 12 plate; 55 references                            Accepted: 29 Dec. 2011
Discovery of the second European Amalopis species: an integrative survey of
the widespread Pedicia (Amalopis) occulta (Meigen, 1830) (Insecta, Diptera, Pediciidae)
LUJZA UJVÁROSI (Romania) & MIKLÓS BÁLINT (Germany)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3188: 55–63 (9 Feb. 2012) 6 plate; 14 references                            Accepted: 9 Dec. 2011
Medetera (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) of Sri Lanka
STEFAN NAGLIS (Switzerland) & DANIEL J. BICKEL (Australia)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3188: 1–30 (9 Feb. 2012) 10 plate; 40 references                            Accepted: 21 Dec. 2011
New species of Hawaiian picture wing Drosophila (Diptera: Drosophilidae), with a key to species
KARL N. MAGNACCA & DONALD K. PRICE (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3186: 1–24 (8 Feb. 2012) 23 plates; 39 references                           Accepted: 21 Dec. 2011
Six new species of Paraleia Tonnoir (Diptera, Mycetophilidae): amphinotic elements at the northern range of the Andes
SARAH SIQUEIRA OLIVEIRA & DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3180: 1–18 (1 Feb. 2012) 6 plate; 53 references                              Accepted: 5 Dec. 2011
Two new species of Pneumia Enderlein (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae) from the Palaearctic region
MARKÉTA OMELKOVÁ & JAN JEŽEK (Czech Republic)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3177: 59–65 (30 Jan. 2012) 3 plate; 4 references                              Accepted: 02 Dec. 2011
Wuelkerella toncekensis n. gen., n. sp. (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae) from Argentina
DIEGO A. AŃÓN SUÁREZ (Argentina) & JAMES E. SUBLETTE (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3175: 1–23 (27 Jan. 2012) 3 plate; 43 references                           Accepted: 28 Nov. 2011
Syrphidae (Diptera) from the Greek island of Lesvos, with description of two new species
ANTONIO RICARTE (UK), ZORICA NEDELJKOVI
Ć (Serbia), GRAHAM E. ROTHERAY (UK),
RICHARD M. LYSZKOWSKI (UK), E. GEOFFREY HANCOCK (UK), KENNETH WATT (UK), STEPHEN M. HEWITT (UK), DAVID HORSFIELD (UK) & GEOFFREY WILKINSON (UK)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3173: 54–68 (25 Jan. 2012) 29 plate; 9 references                           Accepted: 30 Nov. 2011
Redescription of Notholimnophila Alexander and Acantholimnophila Alexander,
poorly known New Zealand endemics (Diptera: Tipulomorpha: Limoniidae)
GUILHERME CUNHA RIBEIRO (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3164: 64–68 (18 Jan. 2012) 2 plate; 11 references                           Accepted: 22 Nov. 2011
A new species of Nemapalpus Macquart (Diptera, Psychodidae, Bruchomyiinae) from caverns in Minas Gerais State in southeastern Brazil
FREDDY BRAVO & RICARDO ANDRADE BARATA (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3159: 59–64 (13 Jan. 2012) 3 plate; 13 references                           Accepted: 16 Nov. 2011
Heleodromia Haliday newly recorded from China with descriptions of two new species (Diptera: Empidoidea)
XIAOYAN LIU, JINJING WANG & DING YANG (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3159: 36–46 (13 Jan. 2012) 7 plate; 15 references                           Accepted: 15 Nov. 2011
Two new species of the genus Cymatopus Kertész from the Mariana Islands
 
(Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
KAZUHIRO MASUNAGA (Japan) & NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3151: 1–27 (5 Jan. 2012) 9 plates; 33 references                           Accepted: 28 Oct. 2011
Taxonomic revision of the Amazonian species of Ropalomera Wiedemann, 1824 (Diptera: Ropalomeridae)
FREDERICO DUTRA KIRST & ROSALY ALE-ROCHA (Brazil)

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2011

Editorial
Zootaxa 3148: 222–229 (23 Dec. 2011
Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

THOMAS PAPE, VLADIMIR BLAGODEROV & MIKHAIL B. MOSTOVSKI
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 3141: 1–268 (23 Dec. 2011) 5 plates; 557 references                     Accepted: 9 Nov. 2011
Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part II: Camillo Rondani
JAMES E. O’HARA, PIERFILIPPO CERRETTI, THOMAS PAPE & NEAL L. EVENHUIS

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Article
Zootaxa 3136: 61–68 (19 Dec 2011) 3 plates; 20 references                        Accepted: 01 Nov. 2011
The flat-footed fly genus Seri Kessel & Kessel (Diptera: Platypezidae)
JEFFREY M. CUMMING & HEATHER J. CUMMING (Canada)
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Article
Zootaxa 3136: 45–60 (19 Dec 2011) 7 plates; 21 references                        Accepted: 14 Nov. 2011
New species and records of Nandeva Wiedenbrug, Reiss et Fittkau (Chironomidae: Chironominae)
TROND ANDERSEN (Norway), OLE A. SĆTHER (Norway) & ATILANO CONTRERAS-RAMOS (Mexico)

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Article
Zootaxa 3128: 58–66 (13 Dec. 2011) 5 plates; 8 references                           Accepted: 25 Oct. 2011
New Afrotropical and Oriental species of Micrepimera Matile (Diptera: Keroplatidae)
JAN ŠEVČÍK (Czech Republic) & LÁSZLÓ PAPP (Hungary)

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3122: 68–68 (07 Dec. 2011) 00 plates; 01 references                        Accepted: 30 Nov. 2011
Schizomyia botellus n.sp. – a new bud galling species from Apiaceae in Israel
NETTA DORCHIN & AMNON FREIDBERG (Israel)

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Article
Zootaxa 3118: 31–44 (05 Dec. 2011) 04 plates; 26 references                  Accepted: 28 Oct. 2011
Fanniidae and Muscidae (Insecta, Diptera) associated with burrows of the Altai Mountains Marmot (Marmota baibacina baibacina Kastschenko, 1899) in Siberia, with the description of new species
VERA S. SOROKINA & ADRIAN C. PONT (Russia)

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Article
Zootaxa 3112: 49–58 (29 Nov. 2011) 06 plates; 56 references                  Accepted: 11 Oct. 2011
Repeatability and precision in proboscis length measurements for long proboscid flies
SHELAH I. MORITA (USA)

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Article
Zootaxa 3112: 36–48 (29 Nov. 2011) 05 plates; 50 references                  Accepted: 28 Oct. 2011
Three new species of Fergusonina Malloch gall-flies (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) from terminal leaf bud galls on Eucalyptus (Myrtaceae) in south-eastern Australia
LEIGH A. NELSON (Australia), SONJA J. SCHEFFER (USA) & DAVID K. YEATES (Australia)

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Article
Zootaxa 3102: 50–68 (18 Nov. 2011) 10 plates; 46 references                         Accepted: 11 Oct. 2011
Biology of the Afrotropical Sepedonella nana (Diptera: Sciomyzidae), whose larvae feed only on freshwater Aulophorus furcatus (Oligochaeta: Naididae)
JEANCLAUDE VALA & LOUIS GHÉLUS GBEDJISSI (France)

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Article
Zootaxa 3101: 38–46 (17 Nov. 2011) 4 plates; 20 references                  Accepted: 20 Oct. 2011
Mberu, a new neurigonine genus from southeastern Brazil (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
RENATO SOARES CAPELLARI & DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM (Brazil)

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Article
Zootaxa 3101: 1–37 (17 Nov. 2011) 19 plates; 44 references                  Accepted: 10 Oct. 2011
Taxonomy of Brazilian Psychoda Latreille, 1796 (Diptera, Psychodidae) with the description of thirteen new species
DANILO CORDEIRO, FREDDY BRAVO & CLAUDIO J. B. DE CARVALHO (Brazil)

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Article
Zootaxa 3100: 1–34 (16 Nov. 2011) 15 plates; 30 references                  Accepted: 19 Oct. 2011
Six unusual Cladotanytarsus Kieffer: towards a systematics of the genus
and resurrection of Lenziella Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanytarsini)
WOJCIECH GIŁKA (Poland)

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Article
Zootaxa 3097: 35–44 (14 Nov. 2011) 4 plates; 23 references                  Accepted: 11 Oct. 2011
Review of Ruppellia Wiedemann, 1830 (Diptera: Therevidae) in the Middle East
HAITHAM B. M. BADRAWY & SALWA K. MOHAMMAD (Egypt)

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Monograph 
Zootaxa 3079: 1–110 (28 Oct. 2011) 44 plates; 56 references                   Accepted: 04 Aug. 2011
Systematics of New World Curtonotum Macquart (Diptera: Curtonotidae)
JOHN KLYMKO & STEPHEN A. MARSHALL

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Article
Zootaxa 3069: 63–68 (26 Oct. 2011) 2 plates; 6 references                  Accepted: 04 Oct. 2011
A new fossil Tanytarsus from Eocene Baltic amber, with notes on systematics of the genus (Diptera: Chironomidae)
WOJCIECH GIŁKA (Poland)

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Article
Zootaxa 3069: 43–62 (26 Oct. 2011) 10 plates; 36 references                  Accepted: 26 Sep. 2011
Notes on Canadian Ablabesmyia Johannsen, with keys to known Nearctic immatures of the genus (Diptera: Chironomidae)
OLE A. SĆTHER (Norway)

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Article
Zootaxa 3069: 26–42 (26 Oct. 2011) 8 plates; 41 references                  Accepted: 26 Sep. 2011
Notes on some tanypods from Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Diptera: Chironomidae)
OLE A. SĆTHER (Norway)

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Article
Zootaxa 3062: 46–54 (19 Oct. 2011) 5 plates; 18 references                  Accepted: 23 Oct. 2011
A new species of Polypedilum Kieffer from bromeliads in Parque Nacional Cusuco, Honduras (Chironomidae: Chironominae) 
HUMBERTO F. MENDES (Norway), TROND ANDERSEN (Norway) & MERLIJN JOCQUÉ (Belgium)
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Article
Zootaxa 3062: 37–45 (19 Oct. 2011) 5 plates; 4 references                  Accepted: 07 Sep. 2011
Two new species of Opeatocerata Melander (Diptera, Empididae, Empidinae) from the Brazilian Amazon Basin
J.T. CÂMARA & J.A. RAFAEL (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3062: 1–12 (19 Oct. 2011) 3 plates; 42 references                  Accepted: 21 Sep. 2011
A review of the European species of the genus Tetragoneura Winnertz (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)
ALEXEI POLEVOI (Russia) & JEVGENI JAKOVLEV (Finland)
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Article
Zootaxa 3047: 54–62 (03 Oct. 2011) 4 plates; 17 references                  Accepted: 01 Sep. 2011
A new species of Tephritis Latreille (Diptera: Tephritidae) with an unusual wing pattern from Iran and its taxonomic implications 

SAMAD KHAGHANINIA (Iran), EBRAHIM ZARGHANI (Iran), SAEED MOHAMADZADE NAMIN (Iran) & VALERY A. KORNEYEV (Ukraine)

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Article
Zootaxa 3044: 28–48 (29 Sep. 2011) 9 plates; 29 references                  Accepted: 31 Aug. 2011
The gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) of Apiaceae in Israel 

NETTA DORCHIN (Germany) & AMNON FREIDBERG (Israel)

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Article
Zootaxa 3040: 34–42 (23 Sep. 2011) 3 plates; 29 references                  Accepted: 29 Aug. 2011
Saetheria Jackson from the Sino-Indian Region (Diptera: Chironomidae) 
CHUNCAI YAN (China), OLE A. SĆTHER (Norway) & XINHUA WANG (China)
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Article
Zootaxa 3038: 61–67 (22 Sep. 2011) 5 plates; 20 references                  Accepted: 24 Aug. 2011
Host records of Physocephala wulpi Camras, with a description of the puparium (Diptera: Conopidae) 
JENS-HERMANN STUKE (Germany), MARIANO LUCIA (Argentina) & ALBERTO H. ABRAHAMOVICH (Argentina)
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Article
Zootaxa 3038: 51–58 (22 Sep. 2011) 3 plates; 6 references                  Accepted: 16 Aug. 2011
Taxonomic notes, new species and identification key to the New World species of Toxophora Meigen (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Toxophorinae) 
ANDRÉ M. CUNHA, CARLOS JOSÉ E. LAMAS & MÁRCIA S. COURI (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3038: 1–28 (22 Sep. 2011) 7 plates; 25 references                  Accepted: 08 Jul. 2011
Oriental species of clusiid flies (Diptera: Clusiidae: Clusiinae) 
MITSUHIRO SASAKAWA (Japan)
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Article
Zootaxa 3031: 61–68 (16 Sep. 2011) 2 plates; 37 references                  Accepted: 11 Aug. 2011
Notes on winter flies Trichoceridae (Diptera) of Mongolia with description of new species
ANDRIUS PETRAŠIŪNAS & SIGITAS PODĖNAS (Lithuania)
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Article
Zootaxa 3031: 37–46 (16 Sep. 2011) 1 plates; 61 references                  Accepted: 22 Aug. 2011
Tentative key to robber fly (Diptera: Asilidae) subfamilies based on pupal cases 
D. STEVE DENNIS & JEFFREY K. BARNES (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3023: 51–60 (12 Sep. 2011) 6 plates; 14 references                  Accepted: 22 Jul. 2011
A new European species of Drymeia Meigen (Diptera: Muscidae) near D. brumalis (Rondani), with observations of a unique prestomal teeth structure 

VERNER MICHELSEN (Denmark)

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Article
Zootaxa 3021: 1–31 (12 Sep. 2011) 13 plates; 40 references                  Accepted: 25 Jul. 2011
An illustrated key to fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Peninsular India and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands 
K.J. DAVID & S. RAMANI (India)
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Zootaxa 3017: 51–68 (07 Sep. 2011) 5 plates; 48 references                  Accepted: 26 Jul. 2011
A faunal summary of Simulium (Montisimulium) with descriptions of five new species from China (Diptera: Simuliidae) 

CHEN HAN-BIN, LIAN GUO-SHENG & ZHANG CHUN-LIN (P.R. China)

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Article
Zootaxa 3016: 1–28 (07 Sep. 2011) 12 plates; 13 references                  Accepted: 03 Aug. 2011
Revision of the Neotropical genus Neoscutops Malloch (Diptera: Periscelididae) 
ROSALY ALE-ROCHA & GEOVÂNIA FREITAS (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3014: 59–64 (05 Sep. 2011) 2 plates; 13 references                  Accepted: 27 Jul. 2011
A new species and record of Bactrocera Macquart (Diptera,Tephritidae) from China 

XIAOLIN CHEN, LIBING ZHOU, SHAOJUN WANG, ZHIWEN LI & JIE LI (P.R. China)

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Article
Zootaxa 3014: 35–58 (05 Sep. 2011) 11 plates; 21 references                  Accepted: 4 Jul. 2011
Marksomyia, a new subgenus of Culicoides Latreille (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from the Australasian biogeographic region with descriptions of two new species 

GLENN BELLIS & ALAN DYCE (Australia)

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Article
Zootaxa 3014: 26–34 (05 Sep. 2011) 3 plates; 14 references                  Accepted: 2 Aug. 2011
A new species of Syringogastridae (Diptera, Acalyptratae) from the Amazon Basin and new records for Brazil 
J. A. RAFAEL, J. T. CÂMARA & M. J. A. HOLANDA (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3012: 21–30 (01 Sep. 2011) 5 plates; 30 references                  Accepted: 29 Jul. 2011
Morphology of preimaginal stages of Minettia longipennis Fabricius (Diptera: Lauxaniidae)
MAREK SEMELBAUER & MILAN KOZÁNEK (Slovakia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3007: 1–49 (29 Aug. 2011) 30 plates; 50 references                  Accepted: 28 Jun. 2011
A review of the Oriental and Australasian Ptilocera species (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) 
FRANCO MASON (Italy) & RUDOLF ROZKOŠNÝ (Czech Republic)
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Article
Zootaxa 2999: 45–62 (19 Aug. 2011) 5 plates; 35 references                  Accepted: 23 Jul. 2011
Descriptions and records of the Palaearctic Molophilus Curtis (Diptera, Limoniidae) 

JAROSLAV STARÝ

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 2999: 42–44 (19 Aug. 2011) 2 plates; 6 references                  Accepted: 7 Jun. 2011
Culicoides parauapebensis, a new species of the subgenus Hoffmania Fox from northern Brazil (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) 

ROSIMEIRE LOPES DA TRINDADE & MARIA LUIZA FELIPPE-BAUER

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Article
Zootaxa 2991: 44–48 (10 Aug. 2011) 3 plates; 7 references                  Accepted: 12 Jul. 2011
A remarkable new species of Rhaphium Meigen (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) from Sri Lanka
STEFAN NAGLIS (Switzerland) & PATRICK GROOTAERT (Belgium)
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Article
Zootaxa 2991: 13–20 (10 Aug. 2011) 2 plates; 38 references                  Accepted: 12 Jul. 2011
Preliminary use of DNA sequences for Dohrniphora (Diptera: Phoridae) phylogeny and taxonomy
JOHN M. HASH, BRIAN V. BROWN & PAUL T. SMITH (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 2987: 18–30 (05 Aug. 2011) 6 plates; 21 references                  Accepted: 1 Jul. 2011
Species of Chlorops Meigen from Palaearctic China (Diptera, Chloropidae) 

YUSI CUI & DING YANG (China)

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Article
Zootaxa 2979: 25–40 (28 Jul. 2011) 10 plates; 14 references                  Accepted: 13 Jun. 2011
A review of the genus Platypygus Loew (Mythicomyiidae: Platypyginae) in Iran,
with notes on Cyrtisiopsis maculiventris (Loew) n. comb.
BABAK GHARALI (Iran), NEAL EVENHUIS (USA), KARIM KAMALI (Iran) & ALI ASGHAR TALEBI
(Iran)
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Article
Zootaxa 2979: 1–24 (28 Jul. 2011) 16 plates; 18 references                  Accepted: 5 Jul. 2011
New species of Chersodromia from the Russian Far East
(Diptera: Empidoidea: Hybotidae: Tachydromiinae)
TAKUYA MAEDA (Japan)

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Article
Zootaxa 2975: 1–28 (25 Jul. 2011) 11 plates; 12 references                  Accepted: 30 Jun. 2011
Nine new species from China of the subgenera Chaetohomoneura and Neohomoneura in the genus Homoneura (Diptera, Lauxaniidae)

LI SHI, JUN CHAO WANG & DING YANG (China)

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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2964: 1–60 (13 Jul. 2011) 26 plates; 128 references                   Accepted: 21 Jun. 2011
A review of the monophyly and composition of the Bengaliinae with the description of a new genus and species, and new evidence for the presence of Melanomyinae in the Afrotropical Region (Diptera, Calliphoridae)
KNUT ROGNES

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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2960: 1–77 (08 Jul. 2011) 22 plates; 16 references                   Accepted: 23 May 2011
A world revision of the bee fly tribe Usiini (Diptera, Bombyliidae) —Part 1: Usia subgenus Micrusia, U. versicolor (Fabricius) (= black-haired species) and Usia martini François
DAVID GIBBS

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Article
Zootaxa 2935: 41–46 (01 Jul. 2011) 3 plates; 14 references                  Accepted: 9 May 2011
Walkeromya plumipes (Philippi) (Diptera: Bombyliidae), a parasitoid associated
with carpenter bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopini) in Argentina
OMAR ÁVALOS-HERNÁNDEZ (Mexico), MARIANO LUCIA (Argentina), LEOPOLDO J. ÁLVAREZ
(Argentina) & ALBERTO H. ABRAHAMOVICH (Argentina)
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Article
Zootaxa 2932: 41–46 (28 Jun. 2011) 2 plates; 17 references                  Accepted: 15 Jun. 2011
A new stalk-eyed species of Batrachophthalmum Hendel
(Diptera, Richardiidae) from Colombia
CLAUDIO J. B. DE CARVALHO (Brazil), MARTA WOLFF (Colombia) & LISIANE D. WENDT (Brazil)

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Article
Zootaxa 2928: 49–56 (23 Jun. 2011) 10 plates; 12 references                       Accepted: 7 Jun. 2011
Two new species of Hilara (Diptera, Empididae) from northwestern Turkey
MUSTAFA CEMAL ÇIFTÇI & ABDULLAH HASBENLI (Turkey)

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Article
Zootaxa 2928: 29–40 (23 Jun. 2011) 0 plates; 59 references                       Accepted: 7 Jun. 2011
An updated checklist of the phlebotomine sand flies of Veracruz, Mexico
(Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae)
SERGIO IBÁŃEZ-BERNAL, TERESA SUÁREZ-LANDA & FREDY MENDOZA (Mexico)

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Article
Zootaxa 2926: 55–60 (22 Jun. 2011) 2 plates; 16 references                       Accepted: 9 May 2011
Revision of Efflatouniella Kröber, 1927 (Diptera: Therevidae)
SALWA K. MOHAMMAD & HAITHAM B. M. BADRAWY (Egypt)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2921: 39–46 (16 Jun. 2011) 3 plates; 21 references                     Accepted: 23 May 2011
Tetrigimyia minor, a new genus and species of Tachinidae (Diptera) parasitic on Formosatettix larvatus (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) in Japan
HIROSHI SHIMA & HAJIME TAKAHASHI (Japan)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2916: 1–34 (14 Jun. 2011) 20 plates; 11 references                        Accepted: 17 May 2011
Oriental Teratomyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora)
LÁSZLÓ PAPP (Hungary)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2915: 61–65 (13 Jun. 2011) 2 plates; 7 references                        Accepted: 19 May 2011
A new species of the Neotropical genus Itatingamyia Albuquerque (Diptera: Muscidae)
KIRSTERN L. F. HASEYAMA & CLAUDIO J. B. DE CARVALHO (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2915: 39–51 (13 Jun. 2011) 4 plates;15 references                        Accepted: 24 May 2011
New species and records of Antillocladius Sćther and Litocladius Mendes, Andersen et Sćther from Brazil and Costa Rica (Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)
HUMBERTO F. MENDES, TROND ANDERSEN & LINN K. HAGENLUND (Norway)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2915: 29–38 (13 Jun. 2011) 5 plates; 5 references                        Accepted: 24 May 2011
Description of the immature stages and redescription of the adults of Culex (Culex) lahillei Bachmann & Casal (Diptera: Culicidae)
MAGDALENA LAURITO, WALTER RICARDO ALMIRÓN
& GUSTAVO CARLOS ROSSI (Argentina)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2915: 1–19 (13 Jun. 2011) 7 plates;37 references                        Accepted: 25 May 2011
Chironomidae from Gough, Nightingale and Tristan da Cunha islands
OLE A. SĆTHER & TROND ANDERSEN (Norway)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2913: 38–46 (10 Jun. 2011) 5 plates; 35 references                        Accepted: 10 May 2011
A taxonomic discussion of the genus Phalacrotophora Enderlein, 1912 (Diptera: Phoridae), with the description of two new species from Southeast Asia
GÁBOR DÁNIEL LENGYEL (Hungary)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2906: 61–65 (3 Jun. 2011) 2 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 3 Mar. 2011
A new Australian species of Chasmia Enderlein (Diptera: Tabanidae: Diachlorini), a genus newly recorded from Australia
GREG DANIELS (Australia)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2892: 47–52 (26 May 2011) 3 plates; 15 references                       Accepted: 21 Apr. 2011
The identity of Paratrizygia conformis Tonnoir (Diptera, Mycetophilidae), with comments on its systematic position
DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM (Brazil), SARAH SIQUEIRA OLIVEIRA (Brazil) & ERICA MCALISTER
(UK)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2892: 33–46 (26 May 2011) 7 plates; 16 references                       Accepted: 11 Apr. 2011
The genus Manota Williston (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) in Japan, with a key to the Palaearctic species of the genus
HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden), JOSTEIN KJĆRANDSEN (Sweden) & TOYOHEI SAIGUSA (Japan)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2888: 1–22 (24 May 2011) 14 plates; 19 references                      Accepted: 31 Mar. 2011
Review of the yellow-bodied species of the genus Timia (Diptera: Ulidiidae) with description of two new species
TATIANA V. GALINSKAYA (Russia)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2885: 23–32 (20 May 2011) 4 plates; 28 references                       Accepted: 7 Apr. 2011
The first Rhynchomicropteron Annandale, 1912 (Diptera, Phoridae) species from the Palearctic region, with taxonomic and faunistic notes on the fauna of Israel
GÁBOR DÁNIEL LENGYEL (Hungary)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2872: 49–57 (9 May 2011) 11 plates; 14 references                     Accepted: 30 Mar. 2011
Cytotaxonomy of Simulium (Montisimulium) ghoomense (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the Darjeeling Hills, India
WILLIE HENRY (India), SACHIN THAPA (India), PETER H. ADLER (USA), SUBRATA KUMAR DEY
(India) & RAKESH VARMA (India)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2866: 61–68 (4 May 2011) 4 plates; 5 references                           Accepted: 11 Apr. 2011
A new species of Neolasioptera (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Parkinsonia aculeata (Leguminosae) in Argentina for possible use in biological control in Australia, with a key to Neotropical species of Neolasioptera
RAYMOND J. GAGNÉ (USA), FERNANDO MC KAY (Argentina) & TIM A. HEARD (Australia)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2863: 35–48 (2 May 2011) 6 plates; 11 references                         Accepted: 1 Mar. 2011
Morphological variation in S. minusculum Lutz and S. oyapockense Floch
and Abonnenc and a redescription of the larva of S. minusculum (Diptera, Simuliidae) in the Neotropical Region
LUIS MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ (UK), ANTHONY JOHN SHELLEY (UK), MARILZA MAIA–HERZOG (Brazil)
& ANTONIO PAULINO ANDRADE LUNA DIAS (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2863: 1–34 (2 May 2011) 17 plates; 18 references                        Accepted: 24 Feb. 2011
A revision of Frutillaria Richards and Penola Richards (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae: Archiborborinae)
JOEL H. KITS & STEPHEN A. MARSHALL (Canada)

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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2858: 1–60 (29 Apr. 2011) 2 plates; 334 references                     Accepted: 3 Dec. 2010
A preliminary bibliographic survey of the insects found in poultry houses from the Neotropical Region, with remarks on selected taxa shared with native birds' nests

OSVALDO DI IORIO & PAOLA TURIENZO
(Argentina)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2852: 1–83 (29 Apr. 2011) 0 plates; 74 references                         Accepted: 22 Nov. 2010
The Muscidae described by J. W. Zetterstedt (Insecta: Diptera)

ADRIAN C. PONT (UK),
WITH AN APPENDIX BY CHRISTER BERGSTRÖM (Sweden) & ADRIAN C. PONT
(UK)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2850: 1–123 (29 Apr. 2011) 54 plates; 114 references                      Accepted: 7 Apr. 2011
The Liriomyza (Agromyzidae: Schizophora: Diptera) of California 
OWEN LONSDALE (USA)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2849: 1–314 (29 Apr. 2011) 120 plates; 153 references                 Accepted: 15 Mar. 2011
A revision of the genera Pseudosmittia Edwards, 1932, Allocladius Kieffer, 1913, and Hydrosmittia gen. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) 

LEONARD C. FERRINGTON JR. (USA) & OLE A. SĆTHER (Norway)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2837: 67–85 (29 Apr. 2011) 5 plates; 14 references                    Accepted: 20 Jan. 2011
Revision of the genus Stenogephyra Lyneborg (Diptera: Therevidae: Phycinae)
DONALD W. WEBB & MARTIN HAUSER (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2836: 51–61 (28 Apr. 2011) 9 plates; 42 references                          Accepted: 5 Apr. 2011
A new species of the genus Mesosmittia Brundin, 1956 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Neotropics with a cladistic analysis of the genus using quantitative characters
MARIANO DONATO (Argentina)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2835: 61–67 (28 Apr. 2011) 2 plates; 15 references                       Accepted: 22 Mar. 2011
New species and records of Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Brazil
ALLEN L. NORRBOM (USA) & MANOEL A. UCHÔA (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2835: 1–29 (28 Apr. 2011) 12 plates; 33 references                       Accepted: 23 Mar. 2011
Revision of the Bengalia spinifemorata species-group (Diptera, Calliphoridae)
KNUT ROGNES (Norway)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2832: 51–55 (26 Apr. 2011) 2 plates; 10 references                       Accepted: 22 Mar. 2011
Description of a new species of Macronychia Rondani (Diptera: Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae), with a key to the New World species of the genus
PABLO RICARDO MULIERI & JUAN CARLOS MARILUIS (Argentina)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2829: 46–58 (22 Apr. 2011) 0 plates; 36 references                         Accepted: 22 Mar. 2011
Faunistic and bibliographical inventory of the blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae)
of Morocco
BOUTAĎNA BELQAT (Maroc), PETER H. ADLER (USA) & ROGER W. CROSSKEY (UK)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2824: 62–68 (19 Apr. 2011) 4 plates; 9 references                          Accepted: 21 Feb. 2011
A new species of black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) with
an entirely yellow thorax from Darjeeling, India
HIROYUKI TAKAOKA (Japan), SACHIN THAPA (India) & WILLIE HENRY (India)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2822: 1–40 (18 Apr. 2011) 25 plates; 24 references                        Accepted: 17 Feb. 2011
New species of the genus Corynoneura Winnertz (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Brazil
SOFIA WIEDENBRUG & SUSANA TRIVINHO-STRIXINO (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2821: 62–68 (15 Apr. 2011) 4 plates; 5 references                        Accepted: 10 Mar. 2011
Vitilevumyia, an enigmatic new genus of Stratiomyidae from Fiji (Diptera)
NORMAN E. WOODLEY (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2821: 1–18 (15 Apr. 2011) 7 plates; 33 references                          Accepted: 7 Feb. 2011
Review of the Japanese species of Paramerina (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae), with a key to the known males
HIROMI NIITSUMA, RISA SUZUKI & HIDEAKI KATO (Japan)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2810: 56–62 (6 Apr. 2011) 3 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 1 Mar. 2011
A new species of the South American genus Arthurella Albuquerque (Diptera: Muscidae), with a key to species and new records
LUCIANO DAMIÁN PATITUCCI, JUAN CARLOS MARILUIS & FERNANDO HERNÁN ABALLAY
(Argentina)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2810: 47–55 (6 Apr. 2011) 2 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 8 Feb. 2011
Anopheles (Cellia) rampae n. sp., alias chromosomal form K of the Oriental Maculatus Group (Diptera: Culicidae) in Southeast Asia
PRADYA SOMBOON (Thailand), DAMRONGPAN THONGWAT (Thailand) & RALPH E. HARBACH (UK)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2810: 26–36 (6 Apr. 2011) 5 plates; 24 references                          Accepted: 10 Mar. 2011
Three new species of Docosia Winnertz from central and southern Europe
(Diptera: Mycetophilidae)
OLAVI KURINA (Estonia) & JAN ŠEV
ČÍK (Czech Republic)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2810: 15–25 (6 Apr. 2011) 6 plates; 22 references                            Accepted: 8 Feb. 2011
Acidiella longipennis Hendel, the type species of Acidiella Hendel (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetini), with recognition of two new allied species from Myanmar
HO-YEON HAN (Korea)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2808: 49–56 (4 Apr. 2011) 3 plates; 16 references                            Accepted: 7 Mar. 2011
Panava a senior synonym of Wulpisca, and description of new species of Panava and Dexosarcophaga (Bezzisca) from the Brazilian Amazon (Diptera, Sarcophagidae)
FERNANDO DA SILVA CARVALHO FILHO & MARIA CRISTINA ESPOSITO (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2806: 60–68 (31 Mar. 2011) 2 plates; 30 references                       Accepted: 1 Mar. 2011
Records of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera, Psychodidae, Phlebotominae)
with a description of a new species of Sergentomyia França & Parrot from Khao Yai National Park, Thailand
GREGORY R. CURLER (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2806: 1–23 (31 Mar. 2011) 9 plates; 9 references                          Accepted: 10 Feb. 2011
A review of the genus Hoplocheiloma Cresson (Diptera: Micropezidae)
S. A. MARSHALL (Canada)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2803: 57–62 (29 Mar. 2011) 1 plates; 12 references                     Accepted: 28 Feb. 2011
Taxonomic review of the lepida-group of Fannia R.-D. (Diptera: Fanniidae)
DONG ZHANG, JING WANG, MING-FU WANG & KAI LI (P.R. China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2802: 41–50 (28 Mar. 2011) 10 plates; 15 references                     Accepted: 10 Feb. 2011
Three new species of the genus Macgregoromyia Alexander, with a key to world species (Diptera, Tipulidae)
QIFEI LIU & DING YANG (P.R. China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2802: 34–40 (28 Mar. 2011) 3 plates; 9 references                        Accepted: 22 Feb. 2011
Three new species of Telmatoscopus Eaton, 1904 (Diptera, Psychodidae) from Brazil
FREDDY BRAVO, ISYS SOUZA, CLAUDINEY BIRAL DOS SANTOS & ADELSON LUIZ FERREIRA (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2795: 46–64 (18 Mar. 2011) 5 plates; 37 references                         Accepted: 8 Jan. 2011
Alotanypus vittigera (Edwards) comb. nov.: adult redescription, immature description and a phylogenetic analysis of the genus (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae)
AUGUSTO SIRI, MARIANO DONATO, GERMÁN ORPELLA & JULIETA MASSAFERRO (Argentina)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2792: 41–50 (16 Mar. 2011) 7 plates; 7 references                          Accepted: 28 Jan. 2011
Three new species and a new key to the Diplonevra Lioy (Diptera: Phoridae)
from Australia
R. H. L. DISNEY (UK)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2786: 27–41 (9 Mar. 2011) 6 plates; 32 references                          Accepted: 24 Jan. 2011
Two new species of Larsia Fittkau, 1962 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae)
from Neotropical Region, with a checklist of Larsia species of the world
CAROLINE SILVA NEUBERN DE OLIVEIRA & FABIO LAURINDO DA SILVA (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2784: 39–50 (7 Mar. 2011) 8 plates; 25 references                         Accepted: 15 Dec. 2010
Prochetostoma expandens (Diptera: Tephritidae) sp. n., a fruit parasite of Ilex integra Thunberg (Aquifoliaceae) in Japan
MASAHIRO SUEYOSHI (Japan) & HO-YEON HAN (Korea)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2784: 20–32 (7 Mar. 2011) 12 plates; 12 references                         Accepted: 21 Jan. 2011
Four new species of the subgenus Sinoropeza Alexander, with a key to world species (Diptera, Tipulidae, Dolichopeza)
QIFEI LIU & DING YANG (P.R. China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2780: 20–28 (1 Mar. 2011) 7 plates; 9 references                             Accepted: 15 Jan. 2011
A new species of Downeshelea Wirth & Grogan and a redescription of the male of Downeshelea cebacoi (Lane & Wirth) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
MARIA LUIZA FELIPPE-BAUER (Brazil), TIAGO DO NASCIMENTO DA SILVA (Brazil), ENALY SILVA
RIBEIRO (Brazil) & ART BORKENT (Canada)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2778: 58–68 (28 Feb. 2011) 6 plates; 14 references                        Accepted: 25 Jan. 2011
Description of the immature stages of Culex (Culex) ameliae Casal and Culex (Culex) articularis Philippi (Diptera: Culicidae)
MAGDALENA LAURITO, WALTER RICARDO ALMIRÓN
& GUSTAVO CARLOS ROSSI (Argentina)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2778: 1–57 (28 Feb. 2011) 10 plates; 127 references                      Accepted: 29 Nov. 2010
New taxonomic and nomenclatural data on Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), with description of six new species
DANIEL WHITMORE (Italy)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2777: 61–68 (25 Feb. 2011) 4 plates; 10 references                        Accepted: 24 Dec. 2010
Two new Patagonian species of Atrichopogon (Meloehelea) (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
PABLO I. MARINO (Argentina), ANDREA TÓTHOVÁ (Czech Republic) &
GUSTAVO R SPINELLI (Argentina)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2771: 53–61 (22 Feb. 2011) 5 plates; 20 references                        Accepted: 15 Jan. 2011
The genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera, Sciaridae) in New Caledonia, with the description of five new species
PEKKA VILKAMAA (Finland), HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden) & WERNER MOHRIG (Germany)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2764: 49–60 (14 Feb. 2011) 7 plates; 17 references                          Accepted: 5 Jan. 2011
The genus Paragus Latreille (Diptera: Syrphidae) in Iran, with the description of a new species
EBRAHIM GILASIAN (Iran) & VERA S. SOROKINA (Russia)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2763: 39–60 (11 Feb. 2011) 5 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 6 Jan. 2011
New species and new records of Manota Williston (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from Thailand, with a key to the Oriental and Palaearctic species
HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2762: 37–48 (10 Feb. 2011) 4 plates; 20 references                        Accepted: 14 Dec. 2010
Description of Chaetocladius longivirgatus sp. n., with a review of C. suecicus (Kieffer) (Diptera: Chironomidae)
ELISABETH STUR (Norway) & MARTIN SPIES (Germany)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2760: 39–52 (8 Feb. 2011) 4 plates; 26 references                           Accepted: 15 Dec. 2010
Glyptotendipes Kieffer and Demeijerea Kruseman from Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, with the description of four new species (Diptera: Chironomidae)
OLE A. SĆTHER (Norway)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2756: 40–52 (3 Feb. 2011) 8 plates; 12 references                             Accepted: 4 Dec. 2010
Revision of the genus Oedematopus (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) with the description of a new genus and a key to the Neotropical genera of Hydrophorinae
STEFAN M. NAGLIS (Switzerland)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2750: 65–68 (27 Jan. 2011) 5 plates; 6 references                          Accepted: 10 Dec. 2010
A new species of Terellia (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Iran with a key to the species of the tarbinskiorum group
SAEED MOHAMADZADE NAMIN, JAMASB NOZARI & AREZOO NAJARPOOR (Iran)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2748: 1–17 (25 Jan. 2011) 6 plates; 5 references                            Accepted: 22 Dec. 2010
Revision of the New World Hendelia (Diptera: Clusiidae: Clusiodinae)
OWEN LONSDALE & STEPHEN A. MARSHALL (Canada)

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Erratum 
Zootaxa 2743: 68 (18 Jan. 2011
Erratum:
MARTIN, JON, SUBLETTE, JAMES E. & CALDWELL, BROUGHTON A. (2010) Description of Chironomus quinnitukut, n. sp., closely related to the C. decorus group in North America, with characterization of an additional larval form from halobiontic habitats. Zootaxa, 2716, 29–41.
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Article 
Zootaxa 2743: 56–62 (18 Jan. 2011) 3 plates; 7 references                          Accepted: 14 Dec. 2010
Phylogeny of Pnyxiopalpus Vilkamaa & Hippa, with the description of P. persimplex sp. n. (Diptera, Sciaridae)
PEKKA VILKAMAA (Finland) & HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2743: 40–48 (18 Jan. 2011) 4 plates; 21 references                         Accepted: 14 Dec. 2010
Redescriptions of species of Bryophaenocladius Thienemann, 1934 (Diptera: Chironomidae) described by Brundin (1947)
JING DU (P.R. China), XIN-HUA WANG (P.R. China) & OLE SĆTHER (Norway)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2743: 27–39 (18 Jan. 2011) 5 plates; 38 references                         Accepted: 10 Dec. 2010
Exploring unknown life stages of Arctic Tanytarsini
(Diptera: Chironomidae) with DNA barcoding
ELISABETH STUR & TORBJŘRN EKREM (Norway)

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Article
Zootaxa 2741: 38–58 (17 Jan. 2011) 0 plates; 121 references                       Accepted: 19 Nov. 2010
Catalogue of the Bolitophilidae and Diadocidiidae of the World
(Insecta: Diptera)
DIMITAR BECHEV (Bulgaria) & PETER CHANDLER (UK)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2740: 1–23 (14 Jan. 2011) 9 plates; 24 references                           Accepted: 22 Dec. 2010
New species of and taxonomic notes on Anastrepha (Diptera: Tephritidae)
ALLEN L. NORRBOM (USA) & CHESLAVO A. KORYTKOWSKI (Panama)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2736: 44–56 (11 Jan. 2011) 5 plates; 33 references                            Accepted: 7 Dec. 2010
Comparative morphology of the male terminalia of the subtribe Rhinotorina
(Diptera, Heleomyzidae, Rhinotorini)
JULIA C. ALMEIDA & ROSALY ALE-ROCHA (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2735: 35–56 (10 Jan. 2011) 19 plates; 28 references                      Accepted: 17 Nov. 2010
Three new cryptic species of the genus Merodon Meigen (Diptera: Syrphidae)
from the island of Lesvos (Greece)
SNEŽANA RADENKOVI
Ć (Serbia), ANTE VUJIĆ (Serbia), GUNILLA STĹHLS (Finland), CELESTE PÉREZ-BAŃÓN (Spain), SANTOS ROJO (Spain), THEODORA PETANIDOU (Greece) & SMILJKA ŠIMIĆ (Serbia)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2735: 28–30 (10 Jan. 2011) 1 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 7 Dec. 2010
The identity of the frog fly Caiusa coomani Séguy, 1948 (Diptera, Calliphoridae)
KNUT ROGNES (Norway)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2733: 63–68 (6 Jan. 2011) 8 plates; 27 references                              Accepted: 1 Dec. 2010
Heterotrissocladius Spärck from China (Diptera: Chironomidae)
FANQING KONG & XINHUA WANG (P.R. China)

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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2731: 1–62 (24 Dec. 2010) 29 plates; 35 references                          Accepted: 16 Oct. 2010
New species of black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Nepal
HIROYUKI TAKAOKA (Japan) & SUCHITRA SHRESTHA (Nepal)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2729: 1–35 (23 Dec. 2010) 19 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 1 Dec. 2010
A revision of the Hawaiian and Wake Island species of
the genus Conchopus Takagi (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)
KAZUHIRO MASUNAGA & TOYOHEI SAIGUSA (Japan)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2728: 39–49 (22 Dec. 2010) 4 plates; 14 references                        Accepted: 28 Oct. 2010
New species of Lopescladius (Cordiella) Coffman et Roback (Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) from Brazil
LINN K. HAGENLUND, TROND ANDERSEN & HUMBERTO F. MENDES (Norway)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2726: 68 (20 Dec. 2010) 0 plates; 5 references                                 Accepted: 20 Nov. 2010
Pericoma nielseni nom. nov., a replacement name for Pericoma formosa Nielsen, 1964, preoccupied by Pericoma formosa Meunier, 1905 (Diptera: Psychodidae)
GUNNAR MIKALSEN KVIFTE (Norway)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2726: 59–67 (20 Dec. 2010) 4 plates; 11 references                         Accepted: 17 Nov. 2010
Two new species of Paratanytarsus (Diptera: Chironomidae) from southeast of Brazil
SUSANA TRIVINHO-STRIXINO (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2726: 34–58 (20 Dec. 2010) 15 plates; 36 references                       Accepted: 30 Nov. 2010
Procladius Skuse from Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, with keys to some females and immature stages of the genus (Diptera: Chironomidae)
OLE A. SĆTHER (Norway)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2721: 47–54 (14 Dec. 2010) 4 plates; 15 references                          Accepted: 16 Nov. 2010
The Stegana (Steganina) biprotrusa species group from the Oriental Region (Diptera: Drosophilidae)
LIANG WU, JIAN-JUN GAO & HONG-WEI CHEN (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2717: 53–61 (8 Dec. 2010) 4 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 11 Nov. 2010
Notes on the genus Procystiphora Felt, 1915 (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) with description of one new species inducing galls in branchlets of a bamboo in China
KELONG JIAO & WENJUN BU (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2716: 42–52 (8 Dec. 2010) 5 plates; 47 references                           Accepted: 22 Nov. 2010
The immature stages of the biting midge Culicoides debilipalpis Lutz (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
MARÍA M. RONDEROS, CARLA G. CAZORLA & GUSTAVO R. SPINELLI (Argentina)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2716: 29–41 (8 Dec. 2010) 7 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 10 Nov. 2010
Description of Chironomus quinnitukut, n. sp., closely related to the C. decorus group in North America, with characterization of an additional larval form from halobiontic habitats
JON MARTIN (Australia), JAMES E. SUBLETTE (USA) & BROUGHTON A. CALDWELL (USA)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2705: 1–81 (3 Dec. 2010) 24 plates; 93 references                          Accepted: 1 Oct. 2010
A review of the genus Dexia Meigen in the Palearctic and Oriental Regions (Diptera: Tachinidae)
CHUN-TIAN ZHANG (P.R. China), HIROSHI SHIMA (Japan) & XIAO-LIN CHEN (P.R. China)

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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2699: 1–142 (3 Dec. 2010) 43 plates; 41 references                          Accepted: 19 Oct. 2010
Revision of the New World Dohrniphora Dahl species lacking large hind tibial setae (Diptera:
Phoridae)
BRIAN V. BROWN & GIAR-ANN KUNG (USA)

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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2695: 1–197 (3 Dec. 2010) 127 plates; 159 references                      Accepted: 16 Nov. 2010
Review of the Holarctic Corynoptera
Winnertz, 1867, s. str. (Diptera, Sciaridae)
HEIKKI HIPPA
(Sweden), PEKKA VILKAMAA (Finland) & KAI HELLER (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2689: 27–36 (26 Nov. 2010) 4 plates; 47 references                           Accepted: 2 Nov. 2010
Description of the larva and pupa and redescription of the adults of Isostomyia paranensis (Brčthes) (Diptera: Culicidae)
RAÚL E. CAMPOS (Argentina) & THOMAS J. ZAVORTINK (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2689: 1–14 (26 Nov. 2010) 7 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 4 Oct. 2010
A new species of Parachironomus Lenz, 1921 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae), and description of immature stages of two other species from the Neotropical Region
SUSANA TRIVINHO-STRIXINO, FABIO LAURINDO DA SILVA & FABIO OLIVEIRA ROQUE
(Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2683: 1–22 (22 Nov. 2010) 11 plates; 18 references                          Accepted: 29 Oct. 2010
A taxonomic study on Chrysotus Meigen (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from southwest China: descriptions of eleven new species belonging to the redefined C. laesus-group
LIANMENG WEI & LILI ZHANG (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2675: 57–64 (12 Nov. 2010) 1 plates; 26 references                           Accepted: 12 Oct. 2010
Tvetenia vitracies (Sćther, 1969), a synonym of Tvetenia tshernovskii (Pankratova, 1968), comb. n. (Diptera: Chironomidae)
ANDREY A. PRZHIBORO (Russia) & OLE A. SĆTHER (Norway)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2675: 47–56 (12 Nov. 2010) 4 plates; 33 references                           Accepted: 19 Oct. 2010
Notes on the species of the genus Hyadina from China (Diptera: Ephydridae)
DAN ZHOU, JUNHUA ZHANG & DING YANG (P.R. China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2670: 3 1–51 (8 Nov. 2010) 11 plates; 32 references                             Accepted: 6 Oct. 2010
Redescription of the Australian metallic-green tomato fly,
Lamprolonchaea brouniana (Bezzi) (Diptera: Lonchaeidae), with notes on the Australian Lamprolonchaea fauna
MARK J. BLACKET & MALLIK B. MALIPATIL (Australia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2669: 45–56 (8 Nov. 2010) 6 plates; 15 references                             Accepted: 20 Sep. 2010
Four new Neotropical species of Stilobezzia (Acanthohelea) Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)

CARLA G. CAZORLA & GUSTAVO R. SPINELLI (Argentina)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2668: 1–20 (5 Nov. 2010) 26 plates; 24 references                             Accepted: 14 Oct. 2010
Discovery of Griphophanes Grootaert & Meuffels and Nepalomyia Hollis in the
Afrotropical Region with a key to Afrotropical genera of Peloropeodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
IGOR YA. GRICHANOV (Russia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2663: 1–35 (1 Nov. 2010) 17 plates; 41 references                            Accepted: 23 Sep. 2010
Keys to the genera and species of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of the West
Indies and description of a new species of Lucilia Robineau-Desvoidy
TERRY WHITWORTH (USA)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2662: 66–68 (29 Oct. 2010) 1 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 14 Aug. 2010
A new species of moth fly (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae) collected from
Bromeliads in Florida
RÜDIGER WAGNER (Germany) & LAWRENCE J. HRIBAR (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2661: 33–46 (29 Oct. 2010) 5 plates; 12 references                             Accepted: 1 Oct. 2010
Bothaella manhi, a new species of tribe Aedini (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Cuc Phuong National Park of Vietnam based on morphology and DNA sequence
SHELLEY COOK (UK), NGO GIANG LIEN (Vietnam), ERICA MCALISTER (UK)
& RALPH E. HARBACH (UK)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2656: 67–67 (25 Oct. 2010) 0 plates; 4 references                                Accepted: 4 Oct. 2010
A nomenclatural note on European Chalarus (Diptera: Pipunculidae):
a new synonymy of C. elegantulus Jervis, 1992
CHRISTIAN KEHLMAIER (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2656: 1–40 (25 Oct. 2010) 13 plates; 64 references                           Accepted: 24 Sep. 2010
Taxonomic revision of the New World genus Chlorotabanus Lutz, 1913
(Diptera: Tabanidae)
TIAGO KÜTTER KROLOW & AUGUSTO LOUREIRO HENRIQUES (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2654: 1–16 (22 Oct. 2010) 7 plates; 12 references                             Accepted: 28 Sep. 2010
A review of stalk-eyed fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetinae)

XIAOLIN CHEN, YANZHOU ZHANG, JIE LI & CHAODONG ZHU (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2653: 60–68 (21 Oct. 2010) 4 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 21 Sep. 2010
Two new species of the genus Angarotipula Savchenko, with a key to world species (Diptera, Tipulidae)
QIFEI LIU & DING YANG (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2653: 37–50 (21 Oct. 2010) 2 plates; 55 references                           Accepted: 28 Sep. 2010
Type designations of Diptera (Insecta) in the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana
NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2651: 43–51 (20 Oct. 2010) 0 plates; 51 references                             Accepted: 1 Oct. 2010
Systematics of Anopheles (Cellia) yaeyamaensis sp. n., alias species E of
the An. minimus complex in southeastern Asia (Diptera: Culicidae)
PRADYA SOMBOON (Thailand), ANGELA RORY (UK), YOSHIO TSUDA (Japan), MASAHIRO
TAKAGI (Japan) & RALPH E. HARBACH (UK)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2648: 32–44 (18 Oct. 2010) 6 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 20 Sep. 2010
Species of the subgenus Acutipula Alexander from Henan, east-central China
(Diptera, Tipulidae)
YAN LI & DING YANG (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2645: 64–68 (14 Oct. 2010) 6 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 5 Sep. 2010
A new Chersodromia Walker (Diptera: Hybotidae) from
shore of the Sea of Azov (Russia)
PATRICK GROOTAERT (Belgium) & IGOR SHAMSHEV (Russia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2645: 49–54 (14 Oct. 2010) 4 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 28 Sep. 2010
A new Mesozoic-aged rhagionemestriid fly (Diptera: Nemestrinoidea)
from China
ANDRÉ NEL (France)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2644: 25–46 (13 Oct. 2010) 10 plates; 40 references                         Accepted: 20 Sep. 2010
A systematic review of the genus Tanypus Meigen from Japan, with a description of T. nakazatoi sp. nov. (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae)
TADASHI KOBAYASHI (Japan)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2641: 55–61 (11 Oct. 2010) 3 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 15 Sep. 2010
A second known species of Eratomyia Amorim & Rindal
(Diptera, Rangomaramidae, Chiletrichinae) from Colombia
DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM & RAFAELA LOPES FALASCHI (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2638: 1–24 (6 Oct. 2010) 4 plates; 28 references                               Accepted: 11 Sep. 2010
Coetzeemyia, a new subgenus of Aedes, and a redescription of the holotype female of Aedes (Coetzeemyia) fryeri (Theobald) (Diptera: Culicidae) 
YIAU-MIN HUANG, WAYNE N. MATHIS & RICHARD C. WILKERSON (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2629: 29–46 (29 Sep. 2010) 13 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 6 Sep. 2010
Four new species of Paratrizygia Tonnoir from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Diptera, Mycetophilidae, Sciophilinae)
SARAH SIQUEIRA OLIVEIRA & DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2627: 1–19 (27 Sep. 2010) 8 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 24 Aug. 2010
First record of the genus Empidideicus (Diptera: Bombylioidea: Mythicomyiidae) from Iran, with description of six new species
BABAK GHARALI (Iran), KARIM KAMALI (Iran), NEAL EVENHUIS (USA), ALI ASGHAR TALEBI
(Iran) & JAFAR KHALGANI (Iran)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2622: 49–60 (23 Sep. 2010) 7 plates; 6 references                             Accepted: 21 Aug. 2010
A new species and key for Rhaphiomidas Osten Sacken (Diptera: Mydidae)
MATTHEW H. VAN DAM (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2619: 49–55 (21 Sep. 2010) 3 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 14 Aug. 2010
Blood sucking midges of Leptoconops (Holoconops Kieffer)
(Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from India
ABHIJIT MAZUMDAR, NARAYAN C. SAHA & PRASANTA K. CHAUDHURI (India)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2619: 14–26 (21 Sep. 2010) 18 plates; 10 references                        Accepted: 21 Aug. 2010
Two new species and two new synonyms of Systropus Wiedemann, 1820 from Palaearctic China (Diptera: Bombyliidae)
WEINA CUI & DING YANG (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2618: 47–60 (20 Sep. 2010) 6 plates; 5 references                            Accepted: 26 Aug. 2010
Review of the genus Paramanota Tuomikoski (Diptera, Mycetophilidae), with the description of new fossil and recent species
HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2614: 18–32 (16 Sep. 2010) 6 plates; 18 references                            Accepted: 28 Jul. 2010
New species of Cryptochironomus Kieffer, 1918
(Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) from Brazil
FABIO LAURINDO DA SILVA, SUSANA TRIVINHO STRIXINO & HELIANA ROSELY NEVES
OLIVEIRA (Brazil)
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Erratum 
Zootaxa 2609: 68 (13 Sep. 2010
Erratum: KERR, PETER H. (2010) Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with
implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera). Zootaxa, 2592, 1–133.
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Article 
Zootaxa 2608: 45–56 (10 Sep. 2010) 5 plates; 4 references                                Accepted: 4 Aug. 2010
Four new species of Saetherocladius Andersen et Mendes from Mata Atlântica, Brazil (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)
TROND ANDERSEN (Norway), HUMBERTO F. MENDES (Norway) & LUIZ C. PINHO (Brazil)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 2602: 67–68 (3 Sep. 2010) 1 plates; 9 references                                Accepted: 7 Aug. 2010
Ristocordyla nom. nov. (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) a replacement name for the
subgenus Paracordyla Tuomikoski, 1966, nec Hallmann, 1912
EIRIK RINDAL & GEIR SŘLI (Norway)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2597: 1–87 (31 Aug. 2010) 1 plates; 272 references                           Accepted: 15 Jul. 2010
An annotated catalogue of the Muscidae (Diptera) of Siberia
VERA S. SOROKINA (Russia) & ADRIAN C. PONT (UK)

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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2592: 1–133 (31 Aug. 2010) 26 plates; 390 references                        Accepted: 21 Jul. 2010
Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for
Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)
PETER H. KERR (USA)

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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2581: 1–246 (31 Aug. 2010) 61 plates; 111 references                        Accepted: 1 May 2010
A taxonomic revision of Australian Conopidae (Insecta: Diptera)
MARGARET A SCHNEIDER (Australia)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2575: 38–48 (24 Aug. 2010) 3 plates; 33 references                           Accepted: 23 Jul. 2010
New species and new records of Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera, Fanniidae) from the Brazilian Amazon Region
LISIANE DILLI WENDT (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2575: 1–37 (24 Aug. 2010) 8 plates; 149 references                           Accepted: 28 Jul. 2010
Review of the Sarcophaginae (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of Buenos Aires Province (Argentina), with a key and description of a new species
PABLO RICARDO MULIERI JUAN CARLOS MARILUIS & LUCIANO DAMIÁN PATITUCCI
(Argentina)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2560: 51–60 (6 Aug. 2010) 3 plates; 51 references                                 Accepted: 9 Jul. 2010
The synonymies of Dolichopus lepidus lepidus Staeger, 1842 —
demasculinisations, lectotype designations and a nomen oblitum (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)
CHRISTOPH GERMANN (Switzerland), JERE KAHANPÄÄ (Finland), MARC POLLET (Belgium),
LUCIA POLLINI (Switzerland) & MARCO VALERIO BERNASCONI (Switzerland)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2560: 42–50 (6 Aug. 2010) 4 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 12 Jul. 2010
The genus Ctenosciara Tuomikoski in China, with descriptions of three new species (Diptera, Sciaridae)
HONG WU, SU-JIONG ZHANG & JUNHAO HUANG (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2559: 36–46 (5 Aug. 2010) 6 plates; 15 references                                Accepted: 3 Jul. 2010
Adult morphology of Paramorganiella adventurosa Tonnoir (Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Sciophilinae), including a description of the unique maxillary palpi
MATHIAS JASCHHOF, STEPHAN M. BLANK & UWE KALLWEIT (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2556: 1–39 (2 Aug. 2010) 2 plates; 86 references                                Accepted: 12 Jul. 2010
The Muscidae (Diptera) of Vanuatu
MARCIA S. COURI (Brazil), ADRIAN C. PONT (UK) & CHRISTOPHE DAUGERON (France)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2553: 35–59 (29 Jul. 2010) 13 plates; 18 references                          Accepted: 28 Jun. 2010
Systematics of Bulbostyla, a new subgenus of Sarcophaga Meigen, and change of status for Robackina Lopes (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
MARJOLAINE GIROUX & TERRY A. WHEELER (Canada)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2545: 1–22 (22 Jul. 2010) 4 plates; 11 references                              Accepted: 17 Jun. 2010
Nearctic species related to Diogmites angustipennis Loew (Diptera: Asilidae)
JEFFREY K. BARNES (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2542: 18–32 (20 Jul. 2010) 7 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 23 Jun. 2010
New species of Rhegmoclematini (Diptera: Scatopsidae) from Mexico
HERÓN HUERTA & FELIPE DZUL (Mexico)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2540: 48–58 (19 Jul. 2010) 6 plates; 18 references                            Accepted: 15 Jun. 2010
Revision of Neodischistus Painter, 1933 (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae)
CARLOS JOSÉ EINICKER LAMAS & CAROLINA YAMAGUCHI (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2540: 1–47 (19 Jul. 2010) 25 plates; 55 references                            Accepted: 15 Jun. 2010
An overview of the Afrotropical Ommatiinae (Diptera: Asilidae) with a key to genera
A.G. SCARBROUGH (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2538: 60–68 (16 Jul. 2010) 4 plates; 5 references                              Accepted: 15 Jun. 2010
Two new species of the genus Spartimas Enderlein from China (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
TING-TING ZHANG & DING YANG (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2535: 49–60 (14 Jul. 2010) 8 plates; 6 references                             Accepted: 17 Jun. 2010
New species of Anastrepha Schiner (Diptera, Tephritidae) from remnant area of the Atlantic Rain Forest and surroundings in the state of Espírito Santo, Brazil
KEIKO URAMOTO & ROBERTO ANTONIO ZUCCHI (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2531: 57–63 (9 Jul. 2010) 3 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 22 Jun. 2010
The Stegana (Oxyphortica) convergens species group from the Oriental region (Diptera: Drosophilidae)
YU CHENG, MIAOFENG XU & HONGWEI CHEN (China)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2524: 65–68 (1 Jul. 2010) 1 plates; 10 references                               Accepted: 12 Jun. 2010
Long-distance introduction: first New World record of Stevenia deceptoria (Loew) and a key to the genera of New World Rhinophoridae (Diptera)
PABLO RICARDO MULIERI (Argentina), LUCIANO DAMIÁN PATITUCCI (Argentina), JUAN
CARLOS MARILUIS (Argentina) & THOMAS PAPE (Denmark)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2524: 51–62 (1 Jul. 2010) 5 plates; 18 references                               Accepted: 8 Jun. 2010
Descriptions of three new species of Psychodidae (Diptera) from the southeastern United States
GREGORY R. CURLER & JOHN K. MOULTON (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2520: 49–65 (28 Jun. 2010) 25 plates; 25 references                           Accepted: 5 Jun. 2010
Re-description and new combination of five New World species of Chrysotus Meigen, with comments on the Neotropical genus Lyroneurus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
RENATO SOARES CAPELLARI & DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2517: 53–61 (24 Jun. 2010) 10 plates; 21 references                         Accepted: 26 May 2010
New species of the genus Neurigona (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from China
MENGQING WANG, HONGYIN CHEN & DING YANG (P.R. China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2516: 49–67 (23 Jun. 2010) 9 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 28 May 2010
Description of a new genus and six new species of Tachinidae (Diptera) from Asia and New Guinea
HIROSHI SHIMA (Japan), HO-YON HAN (South Korea) & TAKUJI TACHI (Japan)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2515: 45–64 (23 Jun. 2010) 14 plates; 18 references                             Accepted: 1 Jun. 2010
Revision of the Neotropical genus Carrerapyrgota Aczél (Diptera, Pyrgotidae)
with the description of two new species
RAMON LUCIANO MELLO, CARLOS JOSÉ EINICKER LAMAS & JOSÉ ALBERTINO RAFAEL
(Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2512: 47–55 (21 Jun. 2010) 4 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 19 May 2010
Two new yellow-legged species of the genus Hybos from Vietnam (Diptera: Empidoidea: Hybotinae)
SHAN HUO (P.R. China), PATRICK GROOTAERT (Belgium) & DING YANG (P.R. China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2507: 37–43 (16 Jun. 2010) 3 plates; 25 references                           Accepted: 18 May 2010
A new species of Hydrobaenus Fries, 1830 (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Algeria
KARIMA ZERGUINE (Algeria) & BRUNO ROSSARO (Italy)

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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2503: 1–61 (11 Jun. 2010) 4 plates; 137 references                           Accepted: 17 May 2010
The Muscidae (Diptera) of New Caledonia
MARCIA S. COURI (Brazil), ADRIAN C. PONT (UK) & CHRISTOPHE DAUGERON (France)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2502: 56–60 (11 Jun. 2010) 2 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 18 May 2010
A new species of the genus Malaisemyia Alexander from China, with an updated key to the world species (Diptera, Pediciidae)
MENG MAO & DING YANG (P.R. China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2499: 39–56 (9 Jun. 2010) 4 plates; 32 references                             Accepted: 10 May 2010
Revision of the cluster flies of the Pollenia haeretica species-group (Diptera, Calliphoridae)
KNUT ROGNES (Norway)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2497: 1–36 (7 Jun. 2010) 10 plates; 80 references                                Accepted: 3 May 2010
The problems with Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae), with the description of Probolum subgen. n.
OLE A. SĆTHER(Norway), TROND ANDERSEN (Norway), LUIZ C. PINHO (Brazil) & HUMBERTO F. MENDES (Norway)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2490: 47–54  (1 Jun. 2010) 4 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 17 Apr. 2010
A new Neotropical species of the genus Stenochironomus Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) with wood-mining larvae
GALILEU P. S. DANTAS (Brazil), NEUSA HAMADA (Brazil) & HUMBERTO F. MENDES (Norway)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2485: 16–32 (27 May 2010) 3 plates; 42 references                           Accepted: 12 Mar. 2010
A review of the Oriental Japanagromyza Sasakawa (Diptera: Agromyzidae), with descriptions of four new species
MITSUHIRO SASAKAWA (Japan)

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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2472: 1–77 (14 May 2010) 35 plates; 35 references                          Accepted: 16 Apr. 2010
Neotropical Allocladius Kieffer, 1913 and Pseudosmittia Edwards, 1932 (Diptera: Chironomidae)
TROND ANDERSEN, OLE A. SĆTHER & HUMBERTO F. MENDES (Norway)

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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2471: 1–84 (14 May 2010) 0 plates; 394 references                           Accepted: 8 Apr. 2010
World Catalog of the Family Canacidae (including Tethinidae) (Diptera), with keys to the supraspecific
taxa
LORENZO MUNARI (Italy) & WAYNE N. MATHIS (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2453: 62–68  (13 May 2010) 2 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 25 Mar. 2010
Chinese Paracladius Hirvenoja, with the description of P. ovatus sp. n. (Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)
YUE FU (China), XINHUA WANG (China) & TROND ANDERSEN (Norway)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2453: 42–47  (13 May 2010) 3 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 13 Apr. 2010
Two new species of the subgenus Planempis, with a key to the species of China (Diptera: Empidoidea: Empididae)
JINJING WANG, ZHU LI & DING YANG (China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2453: 1–24  (13 May 2010) 12 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 8 Apr. 2010
The genus Anastoechus Osten Sacken, 1877 (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from China, with descriptions of four new species
GANG YAO (China), DING YANG (China) & NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2448: 26–34  (7 May 2010) 4 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 31 Mar. 2010
Two new species of phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae, Phlebotominae) from Quintana Roo, Mexico
SERGIO IBÁŃEZ-BERNAL, EMIGDIO MAY-UC, & EDUARDO A. REBOLLAR-TELLEZ (Mexico)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2441: 41–52  (30 Apr. 2010) 4 plates; 17 references                         Accepted: 16 Mar. 2010
Two new species of the genus Apolysis (Apolysini, Bombyliidae, Diptera) from the north of Iran
BABAK GHARALI (Iran), KARIM KAMALI (Iran), NEAL EVENHUIS (USA) & ALI ASGHAR
TALEBI (Iran)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2441: 27–40  (30 Apr. 2010) 1 plates; 29 references                         Accepted: 23 Mar. 2010
Systematic ambiguity in the well-established model system insect Scathophaga stercoraria (Diptera: Scathophagidae): sister species S. soror revealed by molecular evidence
MARCO VALERIO BERNASCONI, DAVID BERGER & WOLF U. BLANCKENHORN (Switzerland)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2441: 20–26  (30 Apr. 2010) 5 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 8 Mar. 2010
A new species of Apolysis Loew, 1860 from China (Diptera: Bombyliidae, Usiinae, Apolysini)
GANG YAO (China), DING YANG (China), NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA), & BABAK GHARALI (Iran)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2437: 1–37 (26 Apr. 2010) 5 plates; 183 references                          Accepted: 22 Mar. 2010
Distribution and new synonymy in European biting midges of the genus Dasyhelea Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
PATRYCJA DOMINIAK & RYSZARD SZADZIEWSKI (Poland)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2431: 1–42 (20 Apr. 2010) 21 plates; 58 references                          Accepted: 10 Mar. 2010
Thienemanniella Kieffer from East Asia, with a systematic review of the genus (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)
YUE FU (China), OLE SĆTHER (Norway) & XINHUA WANG (China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2428: 47–54 (16 Apr. 2010) 5 plates; 26 references                        Accepted: 9 Mar. 2010
Flavizona Huo, a new genus of Syrphini from China, with a key to genera of Syrphini in China
KE-KE HUO & FU-MIN SHI (P.R. China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2428: 22–36 (16 Apr. 2010) 10 plates; 20 references                        Accepted: 15 Mar. 2010
A new black fly species from Brazil, closely related to Simulium guianense Wise (Diptera, Simuliidae), revealed by morphology and DNA barcoding
NEUSA HAMADA, MATEUS PEPINELLI, ALINE MATTOS-GLÓRIA & SERGIO LUIZ BESSA LUZ
(Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2425: 31–44 (13 Apr. 2010) 4 plates; 27 references                      Accepted: 9 Mar. 2010
New species and records of Anastrepha Schiner (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Colombia
NELSON A. CANAL (Colombia)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2424: 42–50 (13 Apr. 2010) 6 plates; 11 references                      Accepted: 6 Mar. 2010
The Central Asian Herina (Diptera: Ulidiidae), with the description of a new species from Afghanistan
ELENA P. KAMENEVA & IGOR G. PLJUSHTCH (Ukraine)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2423: 63–68 (12 Apr. 2010) 4 plates; 8 references                               Accepted: 1 Mar. 2010
Contarinia manii sp. n. (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae): inducer of a remarkable gall on Acacia ferruginea in southern India
KEITH M. HARRIS (UK)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2421: 35–48 (8 Apr. 2010) 7 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 11 Feb. 2010
Five new species of Coniceromyia Borgmeier (Diptera: Phoridae) from the Atlantic Forest, Brazil
DANILO CESAR AMENT & DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2420: 53–62 (7 Apr. 2010) 4 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 20 Feb. 2010
A new species of the genus Monopelopia from South Brazil, with keys to the
Neotropical–Nearctic species (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae)
CAROLINE SILVA NEUBERN DE OLIVEIRA (Brazil), HUMBERTO FONSECA MENDES (Norway) &
MÁRIO ANTÔNIO NAVARRO DA SILVA (Brazil)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 2417: 66–68 (2 Apr. 2010) 2 plates; 8 references                                Accepted: 3 Feb. 2010
Notes on the status of some species of the Medetera jacula group (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
OLEG P. NEGROBOV (Russia)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2417: 40–50 (2 Apr. 2010) 2 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 22 Feb. 2010
Review of the species of Betasyrphus Matsumura, 1917 (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Madagascar with description of a new species
AXEL SSYMANK (Germany)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2415: 43–53 (31 Mar. 2010) 7 plates; 12 references                           Accepted: 24 Feb. 2010
Description of the immature stages of Wyeomyia (Spilonympha) howardi Lane & Cerqueira (Diptera: Culicidae) with a redescription of the adults
DORALICE DI PACE PALACIO, RICARDO LOURENÇO-DE-OLIVEIRA & MONIQUE DE
ALBUQUERQUE MOTTA (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2412: 53–62 (29 Mar. 2010) 6 plates; 36 references                          Accepted: 25 Feb. 2010
Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Piezura Rondani (Diptera: Fanniidae)
MING-FU WANG, DONG ZHANG & HU AO (China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2412: 1–20 (29 Mar. 2010) 8 plates; 33 references                          Accepted: 16 Feb. 2010
Cryptotendipes Lenz from Manitoba, Canada, with keys to known immatures of the genus (Diptera: Chironomidae)
OLE A. SĆTHER (Norway)

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Erratum 
Zootaxa 2411: 68 (26 Mar. 2010
Erratum—SCABROUGH, A.G. & TOMASOVIC, G. (2010) Ommatomyia, a new genus from
Vietnam (Diptera: Asilidae: Ommatiinae). Zootaxa, 2366, 46–54.
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Article 
Zootaxa 2402: 61–67 (18 Mar. 2010) 2 plates; 12 references                             Accepted: 8 Feb. 2010
A new genus and two new species of Pachygastrinae from the Oriental region
(Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
ZAIHUA YANG & MAOFA YANG (China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2401: 52–60 (17 Mar. 2010) 5 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 3 Feb. 2010
Four new species of the genus Brithura Edwards from China, with an updated key to world species (Diptera, Tipulidae)
QIFEI LIU & DING YANG (China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2401: 30–40 (17 Mar. 2010) 5 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 22 Feb. 2010
Finnish species of Nemotelus (Diptera: Stratiomyidae), with description of a new species
JERE KAHANPÄÄ (Finland)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2400: 57–65 (16 Mar. 2010) 5 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 10 Feb. 2010
Hurleyella, a new genus of Nearctic Dolichopodidae (Diptera)
JUSTIN B. RUNYON & HAROLD ROBINSON (USA)

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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2398: 1–65 (12 Mar. 2010) 26 plates; 44 references                           Accepted: 21 Jan. 2010
New genera, species and host plant records
of Nearctic and Neotropical Tephritidae (Diptera)
ALLEN L. NORRBOM (USA), BRUCE D. SUTTON (USA), GARY J. STECK (USA) & JOSÉ MONZÓN (Guatemala)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2397: 48–60 (12 Mar. 2010) 5 plates; 20 references                            Accepted: 3 Feb. 2010
Contributions to Nearctic Stupkaiella Vaillant (Diptera: Psychodidae)
GREGORY R. CURLER & JOHN K. MOULTON (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2397: 41–47 (12 Mar. 2010) 2 plates; 10 references                          Accepted: 29 Jan. 2010
Parameristomerinx copelandi—a new genus and species of Afrotropical Pachygastrinae and a new generic synonym of Dolichodema Kertész
(Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
NORMAN E. WOODLEY (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2397: 29–40 (12 Mar. 2010) 18 plates; 33 references                         Accepted: 25 Jan. 2010
A molecular phylogenetic analysis of genus Anevrina (Diptera: Phoridae), with the description of a new species and updated world key
PAUL T. SMITH & BRIAN V. BROWN (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2397: 1–14 (12 Mar. 2010) 8 plates; 25 references                              Accepted: 3 Feb. 2010
New Azana species from Western North America (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) 
PETER H. KERR (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2387: 28–38 (3 Mar. 2010) 6 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 29 Jan. 2010
The genus Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in New Zealand
MATHIAS JASCHHOF & CATRIN JASCHHOF (Germany)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2386: 59–64 (2 Mar. 2010) 2 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 15 Dec. 2009
Two new species of Psychodidae (subfamilies Trichomyiinae and Psychodinae)
from Germany associated with decaying wood
BERNADETT BERAN, DIETER DOCZKAL, KURT PFISTER & RÜDIGER WAGNER (Germany)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2386: 49–58 (2 Mar. 2010) 4 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 25 Jan. 2010
A new species of the genus Ablabesmyia Johannsen from the Neotropics and description of the pupa of Ablabesmyia bianulata Paggi (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae)
AUGUSTO SIRI & ANALÍA C. PAGGI (Argentina)

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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2374: 1–139 (26 Feb. 2010) 35 plates; 28 references                         Accepted: 16 Nov. 2009
Revision of the femoralis group of Blepharoneura Loew
(Diptera: Tephritidae)
ALLEN L. NORRBOM & MARTY CONDON (USA)

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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2373: 1–265 (26 Feb. 2010) 8 plates; 417 references                          Accepted: 21 Jan. 2010
Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part I: André-Jean-Baptiste Robineau-Desvoidy
NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA), JAMES E. O’HARA (Canada), THOMAS PAPE (Denmark) & ADRIAN C. PONT (UK)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2368: 40–48 (24 Feb. 2010) 4 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 15 Jan. 2010
The genus Zygoneura Meigen in China, with descriptions of three new species
(Diptera, Sciaridae)
SU-JIONG ZHANG, HONG WU & JUNHAO HUANG (P.R. China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2368: 1–39 (24 Feb. 2010) 19 plates; 41 references                            Accepted: 26 Nov. 2009
A taxonomic revision of Stibasoma Schiner, 1867 (Diptera: Tabanidae)
MAUREN TURCATEL, CLAUDIO JOSÉ BARROS DE CARVALHO & JOSÉ ALBERTINO RAFAEL
(Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2366: 46–54 (23 Feb. 2010) 3 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 11 Jan. 2010
Ommatomyia, a new genus from Vietnam (Diptera: Asilidae: Ommatiinae)
AUBREY G. SCABROUGH (USA) & GUY TOMASOVIC (Belgium)

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Correspondence  
Zootaxa 2359: 65–67 (15 Feb. 2010) 1 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 5 Jan. 2010
The karyotype of Chironomus acerbiphilus Tokunaga, 1939 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Poland
IZABELA JABLONSKA-BARNA (Poland), PARASKEVA MICHAILOVA (Bulgaria), ANDRZEJ
KOWNACKI (Poland) & PETER H. LANGTON (Ireland)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2359: 43–57 (15 Feb. 2010) 5 plates; 40 references                            Accepted: 21 Jan. 2010
Taxonomic status of Nimbocera Reiss, 1972, a junior synonym of Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1874 (Diptera: Chironomidae)
ANGELA M. SANSEVERINO, SUSANA TRIVINHO-STRIXINO & JORGE L. NESSIMIAN (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2359: 35–42 (15 Feb. 2010) 4 plates; 16 references                            Accepted: 5 Jan. 2010
Two new species of Phora Latreille (Diptera: Phoridae) from China, with a key to species
GUANGCHUN LIU & BAOLIANG WANG (China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2357: 63–67 (11 Feb. 2010) 3 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 5 Jan. 2010
Three new species of scuttle fly (Diptera: Phoridae) from Indonesia 
R. H. L. DISNEY (UK)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2350: 22–34 (3 Feb. 2010) 5 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 16 Dec. 2009
The genus Phthinia Winnertz (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) in the Neotropical region, with the first records from Brazil
SARAH SIQUEIRA OLIVEIRA & DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2350: 1–21 (3 Feb. 2010) 10 plates; 27 references                           Accepted: 5 Dec. 2009
A systematic review of the genus Parapsectra Reiss (Diptera: Chironomidae:
Tanytarsini) with description of a new species from Poland
WOJCIECH GIŁKA & NATALIA JA
ŻDŻEWSKA (Poland)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2344: 39–51 (26 Jan. 2010) 5 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 27 Nov. 2009
Ommatius Wiedemann, 1821, normus species-group (Diptera, Asilidae): description of two new species and comments on Brazilian species
RODRIGO VIEIRA, FREDDY BRAVO & JOSÉ ALBERTINO RAFAEL (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2344: 1–16 (26 Jan. 2010) 9 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 24 Dec. 2009
Species of the genus Metalimnobia Matsumura from China (Diptera, Limoniidae)
MENG MAO & DING YANG (P.R. China)

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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2342: 1–64 (22 Jan. 2010) 30 plates; 35 references                           Accepted: 5 Nov. 2009
Revision of the Neotropical subfamily Eurychoromyiinae
(Diptera: Lauxaniidae)
STEPHEN D. GAIMARI (USA) & VERA C. SILVA (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2338: 1–22 (19 Jan. 2010) 7 plates; 35 references                           Accepted: 24 Dec. 2009
Review of Afrotropical Thienemanniella Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)
YUE FU (P.R. China), TOR CHRISTIAN HESTENES (Norway) & OLE SĆTHER (Norway)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2333: 41–58 (12 Jan. 2010) 8 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 18 Nov. 2009
Revision of the Neotropical genus Cheiromyia Dyte (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
SCOTT E. BROOKS (Canada), JEFFREY M. CUMMING (Canada) & MARC A. A. POLLET (Belgium)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2333: 1–25 (12 Jan. 2010) 15 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 26 Nov. 2009
Notes on Oriental and Australasian Manotinae (Diptera, Mycetophilidae), with
the description of thirteen new species
HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden) & JAN ŠEV
ČÍK (Czech Republic)
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2009 

 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2325: 65-67 (23 Dec. 2009) 1 plates; 3 references                         Accepted: 20 Oct. 2009
A new synonymy and a new species of Mydidae (Diptera) from Madagascar
B. C. KONDRATIEFF (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2325: 1-28 (23 Dec. 2009) 12 plates; 11 references                          Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
Notes on the Homoneura (Homoneura) beckeri group from the Oriental Region,
with descriptions of ten new species from China (Diptera: Lauxaniidae)
LI SHI & DING YANG (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 427-439 (22 Dec. 2009) 4 plates; 38 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
The Bibionidae (Diptera) of Sardinia, with description of two new species
JEAN-PAUL HAENNI (Switzerland)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 440-449 (22 Dec. 2009) 2 plates; 22 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
The Scatopsidae (Diptera) of Sardinia, with description of a new species
JEAN-PAUL HAENNI (Switzerland)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 450-506 (22 Dec. 2009) 4 plates; 132 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
The fungus gnats (Diptera: Bolitophilidae, Keroplatidae, Mycetophilidae) of Sardinia, with description of six
new species
PETER J. CHANDLER (UK)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 507-530 (22 Dec. 2009) 9 plates; 67 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
A review of the soldier flies (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) of Sardinia
FRANCO MASON (Italy), RUDOLF ROZKOŠNÝ (Czech Republic) & MARTIN HAUSER (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 531-544 (22 Dec. 2009) 3 plates; 29 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
Systematics of the Euro-Mediterranean Empis (Kritempis) (Diptera: Empididae: Empidinae)
CHRISTOPHE DAUGERON (France)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 545-551 (22 Dec. 2009) 2 plates; 18 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
Three new species of Chloropidae (Diptera) from southern Sardinia
EMILIA P. NARTSHUK (Russian Federation)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 552-565 (22 Dec. 2009) 5 plates; 25 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
Phylogeny and re-definition of the genus Melanophora (Diptera: Rhinophoridae), with description of a new
species from Sardinia
PIERFILIPPO CERRETTI (Italy) & THOMAS PAPE (Denmark)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 566-588 (22 Dec. 2009) 5 plates; 69 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
A review of the Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) of Sardinia
DANIEL WHITMORE (Italy)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2315: 51-65 (21 Dec. 2009) 6 plates; 26 references                          Accepted: 5 Dec. 2009
The Pegomya maculata species group (Diptera Anthomyiidae) in Europe, with
description of a new species
VERNER MICHELSEN (Sweden) & D. MICHAEL ACKLAND (UK)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2315: 31-38 (21 Dec. 2009) 0 plates; 13 references                          Accepted: 17 Nov. 2009
A redescription of Rheotanytarsus lamellatus Reiss in all stages
(Diptera: Chironomidae) and new records from Argentina
EVA GABRIELA TEJERINA & ANALÍA CONSTANCIA PAGGI (Argentina)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2311: 55-65 (15 Dec. 2009) 4 plates; 7 references                          Accepted: 26 Nov. 2009
A taxonomic revision of the genus Metadrinomyia Shima (Diptera: Tachinidae)
with descriptions of two new species
HYE-WOO BYUN & HO-YEON HAN (South Korea)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2308: 58-64 (10 Dec. 2009) 4 plates; 18 references                          Accepted: 20 Oct. 2009
Species of the genus Limnellia from China (Diptera: Ephydridae)
JUNHUA ZHANG & DING YANG (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2308: 1-28 (10 Dec. 2009) 13 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 2 Nov. 2009
A key to Siberian flies of the genus Coenosia Meigen (Diptera, Muscidae) with
the descriptions of three new species
VERA S. SOROKINA (Russia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2306: 59-65 (8 Dec. 2009) 3 plates; 7 references                          Accepted: 10 Nov. 2009
First record of the genus Atrichobrunettia Satchell in Mexico, with the
description of a new species (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae)
SERGIO IBÁŃEZ-BERNAL (Mexico)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2306: 51-58 (8 Dec. 2009) 2 plates; 21 references                          Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
Morphological description of the pupa and fourth-instar larva and redescription
of the adults of Psorophora (Psorophora) pallescens Edwards (Diptera: Culicidae)
MARINA STEIN, MAGDALENA LAURITO, GUSTAVO CARLOS ROSSI & WALTER RICARDO
ALMIRÓN (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2300: 39-46 (30 Nov. 2009) 2 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 27 Oct. 2009
A new Neotropical species of the genus Parochlus Enderlein, 1912
(Chironomidae: Podonominae) and new distribution in Argentina
MARIANA S. RODRÍGUEZ, ANALÍA C. PAGGI & ANA MEDINA (Argentina)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2299: 29-43 (27 Nov. 2009) 6 plates; 31 references                          Accepted: 3 Nov. 2009
Taxonomic revision of the Pegomya meridiana species group (Diptera:
Anthomyiidae) including natural enemies of invasive Hypericum spp. (Clusiaceae)
VERNER MICHELSEN (Sweden)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2299: 19-28 (27 Nov. 2009) 5 plates; 11 references                          Accepted: 27 Oct. 2009
Two new species of Oxycera and description of the female of O. signata Brunetti
from China (Diptera, Stratiomyidae)
ZAIHUA YANG, LIANMENG WEI & MAOFA YANG China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2299: 1-18 (27 Nov. 2009) 8 plates; 43 references                          Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
Studies on Anopheles (Kerteszia) homunculus Komp (Diptera: Culicidae)
 
MARIA ANICE MUREB SALLUM (Brazil), CECILIA L. S. DOS SANTOS (Brazil), RICHARD C. WILKERSON (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2295: 64-68 (23 Nov. 2009) 1 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 27 Oct. 2009
Description of a new species of Tabanidae (Diptera) from the Amazon region:
Catachlorops (Rhamphidommia) dubius sp. nov. and a key to species of the subgenus
AUGUSTO LOUREIRO HENRIQUES & TIAGO KÜTTER KROLOW (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2295: 46-54 (23 Nov. 2009) 4 plates; 15 references                          Accepted: 27 Oct. 2009
Description of the immatures of the predaceous midge Bezzia blantoni Spinelli
& Wirth (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
RONDEROS, MARIA M. & GUSTAVO R. SPINELLI (Argentina)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2295: 31-45 (23 Nov. 2009) 7 plates; 19 references                          Accepted: 29 Oct. 2009
Asiorrhina, a new Oriental genus of Lygistorrhinidae (Diptera: Sciaroidea) and
its phylogenetic position
VLADIMIR BLAGODEROV (UK), HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden), JAN ŠEV
ČÍK (Czech Republic)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2295: 15-24 (23 Nov. 2009) 3 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 24 Oct. 2009
Neotype designation and redescription of adult male and immature stages of
Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) pictipennis (Philippi) (Diptera: Culicidae)
CHRISTIAN R. GONZÁLEZ (Chile) & MARIA ANICE MUREB SALLUM (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2288: 51-60 (12 Nov. 2009) 5 plates; 10 references                          Accepted: 13 Oct. 2009
A review of of the Holarctic Sepedon fuscipennis and S. spinipes groups with
description of a new species (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)
KAUPO ELBERG (Estonia) , RUDOLF ROZKOŠNÝ (Czech Reoublic) & LLOYD KNUTSON (Italy)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2287: 1-44 (11 Nov. 2009) 20 plates; 53 references                          Accepted: 1 Oct. 2009
Corynoneura Winnertz from East Asia, with a systematic review of the genus (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)
YUE FU (P.R. China), OLE A. SĆTHER (Norway) & XINHUA WANG (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2282: 1-50 (5 Nov. 2009) 7 plates; 132 references                          Accepted: 12 Oct. 2009
Curt Schrottky (1874–1937): South American entomology at the beginning of
the 20th century (Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera)
CLAUS RASMUSSEN (Peru), BOLÍVAR RAFAEL GARCETE-BARRETT (Brazil) & RODRIGO B.
GONÇALVES (Brazil)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2281: 68 (4 Nov. 2009) 0 plates; 3 references                          Accepted: 2 Oct. 2009
Validation of the genus Blagorrhina Hippa, Mattsson & Vilkamaa gen. n.
(Diptera: Lygistorrhinidae)
HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden), INGEGERD MATTSSON† & PEKKA VILKAMAA (Finland)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2279: 51-59 (2 Nov. 2009) 2 plates; 22 references                          Accepted: 22 Sep. 2009
New species of Neotropical Melanagromyza Hendel (Diptera: Agromyzidae)
from Asteraceae flower heads
MARINA REITER BRAUN, ANGELO PIRES DO PRADO & THOMAS MICHAEL LEWINSOHN
(Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2274: 51-61 (28 Oct. 2009) 16 plates; 9 references                          Accepted: 9 Oct. 2009
Four new species of Paraclius Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, and notes on the systematic position of Cheiromyia Dyte
RENATO SOARES CAPELLARI & DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2273: 49-58 (27 Oct. 2009) 7 plates; 7 references                          Accepted: 28 Sep. 2009
Four distinctive new Neotropical species of Coniceromyia Borgmeier
(Diptera: Phoridae) with patterned-wings
GIAR-ANN KUNG (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2273: 1-48 (27 Oct. 2009) 0 plates; 314 references                          Accepted: 21 Aug. 2009
Catalog of the New World Biting Midges North of Mexico
(Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
ART BORKENT (Canada) & WILLIAM L. GROGAN, JR (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2272: 1-20 (23 Oct. 2009) 12 plates; 25 references                          Accepted: 9 Sep. 2009
Review of the genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera: Sciaridae), with the
description of eleven new species
PEKKA VILKAMAA (Finland), FRANK MENZEL (Germany) & HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2268: 59-64 (20 Oct. 2009) 5 plates; 23 references                          Accepted: 3 Oct. 2009
The Dolichopus planitarsis species group in the Palearctic Region with the
description of a new species from the Russian Altai (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
ANATOLII V. BARKALOV, OLEG P. NEGROBOV & IGOR YA. GRICHANOV (Russia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2268: 23-40 (20 Oct. 2009) 10 plates; 17 references                          Accepted: 2 Oct. 2009
Description and comparison of morphological structures of the eggs of
Anopheles hyrcanus group and related species (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Republic of Korea
LEOPOLDO M. RUEDA (USA), TRACY L. BROWN (USA), HEUNG-CHUL KIM (USA), TERRY A.
KLEIN (USA), AMPORN THONGKUKIATKUL (Thailand) & VAN SHERWOOD (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2265: 1-26 (15 Oct. 2009) 9 plates; 24 references                          Accepted: 15 Sep. 2009
Review of the genus Onconeura Andersen et Sćther (Diptera: Chironomidae),
with the description of four new species from Brazil
SOFIA WIEDENBRUG (Brazil), HUMBERTO F. MENDES (Norway), MATEUS PEPINELLI (Brazil) &
SUSANA TRIVINHO-STRIXINO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2264: 58-64 (14 Oct. 2009) 3 plates; 9 references                          Accepted: 15 Sep. 2009
Description of three new species of Nemapalpus (Diptera, Psychodidae,
Bruchomyiinae) from Atlantic Forest in southeastern Brazil
CLAUDINEY BIRAL DOS SANTOS (Brazil), ALOÍSIO FALQUETO (Brazil) & BRUCE ALEXANDER
(UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2263: 21-30 (13 Oct. 2009) 4 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 12 Sep. 2009
Morphological redescription of the immature and adult stages of Culex (Culex)
acharistus Root (Diptera: Culicidae)
MAGDALENA LAURITO, WALTER RICARDO ALMIRÓN & GUSTAVO CARLOS ROSSI
(Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2261: 52-62 (9 Oct. 2009) 1 plates; 33 references                          Accepted: 17 Sep. 2009
Argentine Philornis Meinert species (Diptera: Muscidae) with synonymic notes

MÁRCIA S. COURI (Brazil), LEANDRO R. ANTONIAZZI (Argentina), PABLO BELDOMENICO
(Argentina) & MARTIN QUIROGA (Argentina)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2251: 1-76 (8 Oct. 2009) 27 plates; 75 references                           Accepted: 30 Jul. 2009
Revision of the Oriental species of the Bengalia peuhi speciesgroup
(Diptera, Calliphoridae) 
KNUT ROGNES
(Norway)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2249: 33-43 (7 Oct. 2009) 4 plates; 8 references                          Accepted: 15 Sep. 2009
First records of Tachydromia Meigen and Tachypeza Meigen (Diptera:
Hybotidae) from Viet Nam, with descriptions of four new species
PATRICK GROOTAERT (Belgium) & IGOR SHAMSHEV (Russia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2245: 32-46 (2 Oct. 2009) 5 plates; 25 references                          Accepted: 4 Sep. 2009
Revision of the species of Elaphropeza Macquart, 1827 (Diptera: Hybotidae,
Tachydromiinae) from Amazon Basin and some remarks about E. ciliatocosta (Bezzi, 1904)
RAFAEL A.P. FREITAS-SILVA & ROSALY ALE-ROCHA (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2239: 45-54 (24 Sep. 2009) 3 plates; 21 references                          Accepted: 1 Sep. 2009
Biting midges of the genus Atrichopogon Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
described by Kieffer from Taiwan
RYSZARD SZADZIEWSKI & PATRYCJA DOMINIAK (Poland)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2221: 58-66 (4 Sep. 2009) 7 plates; 9 references                          Accepted: 17 Aug. 2009
Langkawiana maculata gen. et sp. n. from Malaysia and its systematic position
in the tribe Robsonomyiini (Diptera: Keroplatidae)
JAN ŠEV
ČÍK (Czech Republic)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2219: 61-68 (3 Sep. 2009) 4 plates; 10 references                         Accepted: 29 Jul. 2009
A new species of Helgreelia Gaimari (Diptera: Odiniidae) from Brazil, with a
key to the Neotropical species of Odiniidae
FERNANDO DA SILVA CARVALHO FILHO, MARIA CRISTINA ESPOSITO & RITA DE CÁSSIA
OLIVEIRA DOS SANTOS (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2219: 49-60 (3 Sep. 2009) 5 plates; 33 references                         Accepted: 17 Jul. 2009
Description of a new species, Anopheles pseudosundaicus (Diptera: Culicidae)
from Kerala, India
B.K. TYAGI, J. HIRIYAN, S.C. TEWARI, K. AYANAR, P. PHILIP SAMUEL, N. ARUNACHALAM,
R. PARAMASIVAN, R. KRISHNAMOORTHY, K.J. DHANANJEYAN, S. VICTORJERALD LEO & R. RAJENDRAN (India)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2219: 18-30 (3 Sep. 2009) 10 plates; 16 references                         Accepted: 18 Aug. 2009
Review of the Neotropical species of Nervijuncta Marshall, 1896
(Diptera, Ditomyiidae)
RAFAELA LOPES FALASCHI & DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2216: 37-48 (1 Sep. 2009) 6 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 20 Jul. 2009
Stegana ornatipes species group from the Oriental Region
(Diptera: Drosophilidae)
YU CHENG, JIAN-JUN GAO & HONG-WEI CHEN (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2214: 1-28 (31 Aug. 2009) 9 plates; 139 references                          Accepted: 13 Jul. 2009
A conspectus of the flower fly genus Allograpta (Diptera: Syrphidae) with
description of a new subgenus and species
XIMO MENGUAL (Spain), CARLOS RUIZ (Colombia), SANTOS ROJO (Spain), GUNILLA STĹHLS
(Finland) & F. CHRISTIAN THOMPSON (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2210: 1-25 (27 Aug. 2009) 7 plates; 159 references                          Accepted: 21 Jul. 2009
Review of the genus Chagasia (Diptera: Culicidae: Anophelinae)
RALPH E. HARBACH & THERESA M. HOWARD (UK)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2208: 1-24 (25 Aug. 2009) 9 plates; 38 references                           Accepted: 11 Jun. 2009
Cryptochironomus Kieffer from Lake Winnipeg, Canada, with a review of
Nearctic species (Diptera: Chironomidae)
OLE A. SĆTHER (Norway)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2204: 37-47 (20 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 27 references                           Accepted: 25 Jul. 2009
A review of the carbonaria-subgroup of Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy
(Diptera: Fanniidae), with descriptions of two new species from China
MING-FU WANG, DONG ZHANG, SHUANG ZHENG & CHUN-TIAN ZHANG (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2197: 31-42 (13 Aug. 2009) 5 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 9 Jul. 2009
Evaluation of diagnostic characters of the Tanytarsus chinyensis group
(Diptera: Chironomidae), with description of a new species from Lapland
WOJCIECH GIŁKA (Poland) & LAURI PAASIVIRTA (Finland)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2194: 37-53 (11 Aug. 2009) 2 plates; 68 references                           Accepted: 21 Jul. 2009
Long-legged flies (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) in the collection of the Natal
Museum: A review of C.H. Curran’s types, new synonyms, and new combinations
IGOR YA. GRICHANOV (Russia) & MIKE B. MOSTOVSKI (South Africa)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2193: 53-61 (10 Aug. 2009) 6 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 14 Jul. 2009
Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of the Amiota nagatai species group
(Diptera: Drosophilidae)
XIAOFANG HE, JIAN-JUN JIANG, HUA-ZHI CAO & HONG-WEI CHEN (China)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2190: 1-236 (6 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 670 references                           Accepted: 22 May 2009
ANNOTATED CATALOGUE OF THE TACHINIDAE (INSECTA: DIPTERA)
OF CHINA
JAMES E. O’HARA (Canada), HIROSHI SHIMA (Japan) & CHUNTIAN ZHANG
(P.R. China)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2188: 1-166 (6 Aug. 2009) 35 plates; 144 references                           Accepted: 20 Jul. 2009
Revision of Milichiella Giglio-Tos (Diptera, Milichiidae)
 
IRINA BRAKE (UK)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2182: 1-91 (6 Aug. 2009) 25 plates; 57 references                           Accepted: 2 Jun. 2009
A revision of the Anastrepha robusta species group
(Diptera: Tephritidae)
ALLEN L. NORRBOM (USA) & CHESLAVO A. KORYTKOWSKI
  (Panama)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2179: 1-72 (6 Aug. 2009) 30 plates; 79 references                           Accepted: 16 Jun. 2009
Revision of Toxomerus Macquart, 1855 (Diptera: Syrphidae) from Brazil with synonymic notes, identification key to
the species and description of three new species
ZULEICA M. BORGES & MARCIA S. COURI
(Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2175: 42-50 (4 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 12 references                           Accepted: 10 Jul. 2009
A review of Ulidia Meigen (Diptera: Ulidiidae) from China
XIAO-LIN CHEN (China) & ELENA P. KAMENEVA (Ukraine)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2175: 29-41 (4 Aug. 2009) 20 plates; 27 references                           Accepted: 17 Jun. 2009
Acroceridae (Diptera): a pictorial key and diagnosis of the Brazilian genera
 
JÉSSICA PAULA GILLUNG & CLAUDIO JOSÉ BARROS DE CARVALHO (Brasil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2174: 63-68 (3 Aug. 2009) 2 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 9 Jul. 2009
Taxonomy of the genus Parasycorax Duckhouse (Diptera, Psychodidae,
Sycoracinae), with description of a new species from Brazil
CLAUDINEY BIRAL DOS SANTOS, ADELSON LUIZ FERREIRA & FREDDY BRAVO (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2174: 18-26 (3 Aug. 2009) 4 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 12 Jun. 2009
Review of the genus Nepaletricha Chandler (Diptera, Rangomaramidae),
with description of new species from Thailand and Vietnam
HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden), PETER CHANDLER (UK) & LÁSZLÓ PAPP (Hungary)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2172: 59-68 (30 Jul. 2009) 7 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 8 Jul. 2009
Phalacrotophora species (Diptera: Phoridae) with four subequal scutellar setae
and notes on the other European species
GÁBOR DÁNIEL LENGYEL (Hungary)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2170: 46-52 (29 Jul. 2009) 6 plates; 23 references                           Accepted: 24 Jun. 2009
Mediterranean species of the Medetera plumbella species group with description
of a new peculiar species from Morocco (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
IGOR YA. GRICHANOV & NIKITA E. VIKHREV (Russia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2169: 21-34 (28 Jul. 2009) 3 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 30 Jun. 2009
A revision of the genus Gondwanoscurus Jezek (Diptera: Psychodidae)
GREGORY R. CURLER (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2166: 45-56 (23 Jul. 2009) 7 plates; 8 references                           Accepted: 17 Jun. 2009
Species of the genus Heteralonia Bezzi, 1921 from China (Diptera: Bombyliidae)
GANG YAO (P.R. China), DING YANG (P.R. China) & NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2166: 57-68 (23 Jul. 2009) 2 plates; 26 references                           Accepted: 22 Jun. 2009
Bilyjomyia, a new genus of the tribe Macropelopiini from the Holarctic
(Diptera: Chironomidae)
HIROMI NIITSUMA (Japan) & CHARLES N. WATSON JR. (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2162: 37-49 (20 Jul. 2009) 6 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 17 Jun. 2009
New species of Nepalomyia from China (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
MENGQING WANG (China), DING YANG (China) & PATRICK GROOTAERT (Belgium)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2162: 50-56 (20 Jul. 2009) 5 plates; 2 references                           Accepted: 18 Jun. 2009
A new microbombyliid Mythenteles rameli sp.n. (Diptera, Mythicomyiidae)
from Northern Greece
DAVID GIBBS (UK)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2160: 29-50 (16 Jul. 2009) 11 plates; 30 references                          Accepted: 12 Jun. 2009
On the genus Urytalpa Edwards (Diptera: Keroplatidae) in the Nordic and Nearctic regions, with fixation of a new type species and a key to world males
JOSTEIN KJĆRANDSEN (Sweden), SVANTE MARTINSSON (Sweden), KJELL HEDMARK (Sweden)
& NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2157: 1-33 (14 Jul. 2009) 30 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 14 Apr. 2009
Revision of the stiletto fly genus Neodialineura Mann (Diptera: Therevidae):
an empirical example of cybertaxonomy
SHAUN L. WINTERTON (Australia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2155: 55-68 (13 Jul. 2009) 2 plates; 33 references                           Accepted: 13 Jun. 2009
The identity of Dicranomyia (Dicranomyia) luteipennis Goetghebuer
(Diptera, Limoniidae)
JAROSLAV STARÝ (Czech Republic)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2155: 28-36 (13 Jul. 2009) 2 plates; 23 references                           Accepted: 17Jun. 2009
A new species of Acantothereva Séguy, 1935, from Tunisia (Diptera: Therevidae:
Therevinae): taxonomic consequences and phylogenetic implications
KEVIN C. HOLSTON (Sweden)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2152: 63-68 (8 Jul. 2009) 1 plates; 25 references                           Accepted: 30 May 2009
The first psychodid (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) species from the Lower Eocene amber of Vastan, Gujarat, India
MÓNICA M. SOLÓRZANO KRAEMER & RÜDIGER WAGNER (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2152: 55-62 (8 Jul. 2009) 2 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 17 Jun. 2009
Species of the genus Hyadina from China (Diptera: Ephydridae)
JUNHUA ZHANG & DING YANG (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2152: 1-35 (8 Jul. 2009) 11 plates; 36 references                           Accepted: 12 Jun. 2009
Revision of the goldenrod-galling Rhopalomyia species (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in North America
NETTA DORCHIN, MILES V. MCEVOY, TODD A. DOWLING, WARREN G. ABRAHAMSON &
JOSEPH G. MOORE (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2146: 61-68 (1 Jul. 2009) 3 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 4 Jun. 2009
Oukuriella pesae, a new species of sponge-dwelling chironomid (Insecta:
Diptera) from Amazonia, Brazil
LÍVIA MARIA FUSARI, FABIO O. ROQUE & NEUSA HAMADA (Brasil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2146: 35-52 (1 Jul. 2009) 0 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 15 May 2009
A catalogue of the types of Asiloidea (Diptera) in the collection of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Săo Paulo, Brazil (Part 1: Bombyliidae and Mydidae)
CAROLINA YAMAGUCHI & CARLOS JOSÉ EINICKER LAMAS (Brasil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2127: 1-49 (8 Jun. 2009) 18 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 11 May 2009
African Dacus (Diptera: Tephritidae); New Species and Data, with Particular Reference to the Tel Aviv University Collection
IAN M. WHITE & KIM F.M. GOODGER (UK)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2125: 67-68 (4 Jun. 2009) 0 plates; 9 references                           Accepted: 25 Apr. 2009
New placement for Spaniotoma (Eukiefferiella) claviculata Edwards, 1931 (Diptera: Chironomidae) 
JULIETA MASSAFERRO (Argentina), MARIANO DONATO (Argentina) & STEPHEN J. BROOKS (UK)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2121: 44-56 (29 May 2009) 5 plates; 12 references                           Accepted: 8 May 2009
New species of the genus Epiphragma Osten Sacken from Yunnan, Southwest
China (Diptera, Limoniidae)
MENG MAO & DING YANG (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2117: 43-48 (25 May 2009) 2 plates; 9 references                           Accepted: 28 Apr. 2009
Cowanomyia hillaryi gen. et sp. n., a remarkable new gnoristine
(Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Sciophilinae) from New Zealand
MATHIAS JASCHHOF & CATRIN JASCHHOF (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2112: 53-64 (20 May 2009) 9 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 3 Apr. 2009
A new species of Alipumilio Shannon (Diptera, Syrphidae) found in association with the exudate resin of Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi (Anacardiaceae)

MÍRIAN NUNES MORALES (BRAZIL), DARLI MASSARDO (BRAZIL), GILSON R. P. MOREIRA
(BRAZIL) & F. CHRISTIAN THOMPSON (USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2112: 65-67 (20 May 2009) 2 plates; 11 references                          Accepted: 30 Apr. 2009
First record of a Japanese marine shore dolichopodid fly, Thambemyia (= Conchopus) borealis (Takagi), from the Neotropical Region
(Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
SCOTT E. BROOKS & JEFFREY M. CUMMING (Canada)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2108: 45-61 (15 May 2009) 8 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 18 Apr. 2009
Revision of the Botanophila helviana species group
(Diptera: Anthomyiidae) in Europe
VERNER MICHELSEN (Sweden)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2108: 62-64 (15 May 2009) 1 plates; 3 references                           Accepted: 25 Apr. 2009
A new species of Trichocera Meigen (Diptera: Trichoceridae) from Sardinia

ANDRIUS PETRAŠI
ŪNAS (Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2094: 36-41 (8 May 2009) 4 plates; 5 references                           Accepted: 1 Apr. 2009
A new species of Pseudatrichia Osten Sacken (Diptera: Scenopinidae)
from North America
SHAUN L. WINTERTON (Australia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2094: 42-51 (8 May 2009) 9 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 8 Apr. 2009
New species of Metatrichia Coquillett (Diptera: Scenopinidae) from Australia and Venezuela
SHAUN L. WINTERTON (Australia) & NORMAN E. WOODLEY (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2093: 37-42 (6 May 2009) 2 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 11 Apr. 2009
A new species of Sycorax Curtis (Diptera, Psychodidae, Sycoracinae) collected
on harlequin frogs (Anura: Bufonidae, Atelopus) in the Ecuadorian Andes
FREDDY BRAVO (Brazil) & DAVID SALAZAR-VALENZUELA (Ecuador)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2091: 1-67 (4 May 2009) 12 plates; 39 references                           Accepted: 4 Mar. 2009
A revision of the genera Acrosathe Irwin and Lyneborg, Arenigena Irwin and
Lyneborg, and Litolinga Irwin and Lyneborg (Diptera: Therevidae: Therevinae) from the Nearctic Region
DONALD W. WEBB (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2090: 57-68 (4 May 2009) 6 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 9 Apr. 2009
Two new species of the genus Phobeticomyia from China (Diptera, Lauxaniidae)
LI SHI, WENLIANG LI & DING YANG (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2090: 1-39 (4 May 2009) 17 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 27 Mar. 2009
The Cycloneura Marshall group of genera in New Zealand
(Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Leiini)
MATHIAS JASCHHOF & UWE KALLWEIT (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2087: 59-64 (1 May 2009) 3 plates; 12 references                           Accepted: 27 Mar. 2009
Two new species of Xanthempis Bezzi (Diptera, Empididae, Empidinae)
endemic to the Pyrenees
CHRISTOPHE DAUGERON (France)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2087: 37-45 (1 May 2009) 6 plates; 23 references                           Accepted: 17 Mar. 2009
The Dolichopus latipennis species group (=Hygroceleuthus Loew) in the
Palearctic Region (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
OLEG P. NEGROBOV, IGOR YA. GRICHANOV & ANATOLII V. BARKALOV (Russia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2078: 1-33 (20 Apr. 2009) 6 plates; 90 references                           Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
Keys to the adult females and fourth-instar larvae of the mosquitoes of Iran
(Diptera: Culicidae)
SHAHYAD AZARI-HAMIDIAN (Iran) & RALF E. HARBACH (UK)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2078: 34-54 (20 Apr. 2009) 13 plates; 15 references                         Accepted: 13 Mar. 2009
Chimeromyiidae, a new family of Eremoneuran Diptera from the Cretaceous
DAVID A. GRIMALDI (USA), JEFFREY M. CUMMING (Canada) & ANTONIO ARILLO (Spain)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2074: 1-49 (16 Apr. 2009) 29 plates; 44 references                           Accepted: 24 Feb. 2009
A review of the North American species of Hemipenthes Loew, 1869
(Diptera: Bombyliidae)
OMAR ÁVALOS-HERNÁNDEZ (Mexico)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2074: 50-60 (16 Apr. 2009) 6 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 14 Mar. 2009
Thienemannimyia Fittkau (Diptera: Chironomidae) from China
MING CHENG & XINHUA WANG (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2069: 59-68 (10 Apr. 2009) 4 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 19 Mar. 2009
Differentiation of larvae and pupae of aquatic genera of Nearctic
Hemerodromiinae (Diptera: Empididae)
COLIN A. BRAMMER, J. ROBERT HARKRIDER & JOHN F. MACDONALD (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2064: 39-56 (6 Apr. 2009) 9 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 2 Mar. 2009
Revision of the genus Macrostomus Wiedemann (Diptera: Empididae: Empidinae). I. The ferrugineus species-group
JOSÉ ALBERTINO RAFAEL (Brasil) & JEFFREY M. CUMMING (Canada)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2063: 1-45 (6 Apr. 2009) 23 plates; 45 references                           Accepted: 26 Feb. 2009
Neotropical Nilothauma Kieffer, 1921, with the description of thirteen new species (Diptera: Chironomidae)
HUMBERTO FONSECA MENDES & TROND ANDERSEN (Norway)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2056: 1-45 (30 Mar. 2009) 16 plates; 51 references                           Accepted: 20 Feb. 2009
The genus Pseudexechia Tuomikoski re-characterized, with a review of
European species (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)
JOSTEIN KJĆRANDSEN (Sweden)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2055: 49-60 (27 Mar. 2009) 6 plates; 9 references                             Accepted: 3 Mar. 2009
Four new species and a new record of Villa Lioy, 1864 from China (Diptera: Bombyliidae)
GANG YAO (China), DING YANG (China) & NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2054: 38-48 (27 Mar. 2009) 4 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 23 Feb. 2009
A review of Erebomyia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae),
with descriptions of three new species
RICHARD L. HURLEY & JUSTIN B. RUNYON (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2054: 49-58 (27 Mar. 2009) 2 plates; 31 references                           Accepted: 23 Feb. 2009
Phylogeny and affiliation of European Anthomyzidae (Diptera) based on
mitochondrial 12S and 16S rRNA
JIND
ŘICH ROHÁČEK, ANDREA TÓTHOVÁ & JAROMÍR VAŇHARA (Czech Republic)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2052: 62-68 (25 Mar. 2009) 6 plates; 7 references                         Accepted: 19 Feb. 2009
First record of the genus Euchariomyia Bigot, 1888 from China
(Diptera: Bombyliidae)
GANG YAO (China), DING YANG (China) & NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2048: 31-46 (23 Mar. 2009) 10 plates; 15 references                          Accepted: 28 Jan. 2009
Morphotaxonomy of the Simulium (Simulium) tuberosum species group
(Diptera: Simuliidae) in Thailand
UBON TANGKAWANIT (Thailand), CHALIOW KUVANGKADILOK (Thailand), VISUT BAIMAI
(Thailand) & PETER H. ADLER (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2043: 1-76 (16 Mar. 2009) 38 plates; 116 references                      Accepted: 14 Jan. 2009
Revision of the willow catkin flies, genus Egle Robineau-Desvoidy
(Diptera: Anthomyiidae), in Europe and neighbouring areas
VERNER MICHELSEN
(Sweden)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2039: 1-139 (16 Mar. 2009) 58 plates; 75 references                           Accepted: 6 Jan. 2009
Revision of New World Leptocera Olivier (Diptera, Sphaeroceridae)

MATTHIAS BUCK & STEPHEN A. MARSHALL
(Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2034: 1-30 (13 Mar. 2009) 12 plates; 51 references                            Accepted: 30 Jan. 2009
Species groups of Oriental Ptecticus Loew including descriptions of ten new
species with a revised identification key to the Oriental species (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
RUDOLF ROZKOŠNÝ (CZECH) & MARTIN HAUSER (USA)

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Zootaxa 2033: 26-40 (11 Mar. 2009) 5 plates; 16 references                            Accepted: 10 Feb. 2009
Revision of the Neotropical genus Goniaspis Duda (Diptera: Chloropidae)
JULIA J. MLYNAREK & TERRY A. WHEELER (Canada)

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Zootaxa 2032: 39-47 (11 Mar. 2009) 4 plates; 6 references                             Accepted: 27 Jan. 2009
A review of the genus Ditylometopa Kertész (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
NORMAN E. WOODLEY (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2032: 48-54 (11 Mar. 2009) 2 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 14 Jan. 2009
On the systematics of Sylvenomyia Mamaev & Zaitzev (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae,
“Porricondylinae”), with the description of a new species from Finland
JOUNI PENTTINEN (Finland) & MATHIAS JASCHHOF (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2026: 63-68 (4 Mar. 2009) 2 plates; 13 references                             Accepted: 14 Jan. 2009
The enigmatic genus Ctenostylum Macquart with the description of a new
species from the Brazilian Amazon Basin and a checklist of world Ctenostylidae species (Diptera)
JOSÉ ALBERTINO RAFAEL, THEREZINHA DE JESUS PIMENTEL, FABIO SIQUEIRA P. GODOI &
RENATO JOSE PIRES MACHADO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 2026: 47-52 (4 Mar. 2009) 2 plates; 19 references                             Accepted: 1 Dec. 2008
The pupal exuviae of Chironomus crassimanus Strenzke (Diptera:
Chironomidae), an acid-resistant species from Germany
GILBERTO GONÇALVES RODRIGUES (Germany), PETER H. LANGTON (UK) & BURKHARD W.
SCHARF (Germany)
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Zootaxa 2026: 33-39 (4 Mar. 2009) 1 plates; 28 references                             Accepted: 10 Dec. 2008
First fossil Litoleptis (Diptera: Spaniidae) from the Lower Cretaceous amber of
San Just (Teruel Province, Spain)
ANTONIO ARILLO, ENRIQUE PEŃALVER & VICTORIA GARCÍA-GIMENO (Spain)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2023: 28-46 (27 Feb. 2009) 8 plates; 33 references                             Accepted: 22 Jan. 2009
Chironomus blaylocki sp. n. and C. bifurcatus sp. n., North American species
near the base of the decorus-group (Diptera: Chironomidae)
WOLFGANG WUELKER (Germany), JON MARTIN (Australia), IYA I. KIKNADZE (Russia), JAMES E.
SUBLETTE (USA) & SUSANNE MICHIELS (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2023: 47-54 (27 Feb. 2009) 3 plates; 18 references                             Accepted: 28 Jan. 2009
A new Nearctic species of Atrichopogon (Meleohelea) and a redescription of
Atrichopogon (M.) chilensis Ingram & Macfie (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
ANDREA TÓTHOVÁ (Czech) GUSTAVO R. SPINELLI (Argentina) & PABLO I. MARINO (Czech)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2020: 37-50 (25 Feb. 2009) 3 plates; 20 references                             Accepted: 14 Jan. 2009
Revision of the east Asian genus Achelipoda Yang, Zhang & Zhang, 2007
(Diptera: Empididae: Hemerodromiinae) including designation of a neotype for Achelipoda pictipennis (Bezzi, 1912) and descriptions of six new species
ADRIAN R. PLANT (UK)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2020: 51-62 (25 Feb. 2009) 5 plates; 28 references                             Accepted: 28 Jan. 2009
The genus Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in Mexico
HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden) & HERON HUERTA (Mexico)

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Zootaxa 2017: 1-33 (20 Feb. 2009) 14 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 27 Jan. 2009
New species and new records of Manota Williston (Diptera, Mycetophilidae)
from Thailand
HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden)

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Zootaxa 2017: 34-40 (20 Feb. 2009) 2 plates; 12 references                             Accepted: 14 Jan. 2009
Two new species of the genus Noonamyia from Hainan in China
(Diptera, Lauxaniidae)
LI SHI & DING YANG (China)

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Zootaxa 2017: 41-46 (20 Feb. 2009) 3 plates; 7 references                             Accepted: 14 Jan. 2009
Species of Epichlorops Becker from China (Diptera, Chloropidae)
YUSI CUI & DING YANG (China)

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Zootaxa 2014: 59-64 (18 Feb. 2009) 4 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 14 Jan. 2009
A review of the flower fly genus Ornidia Lepeletier & Serville (Diptera:
Syrphidae) with the description of a new species from Brazil
FERNANDO DA SILVA CARVALHO FILHO1 & MARIA CRISTINA ESPOSITO (Braizil)

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Zootaxa 2014: 34-40 (18 Feb. 2009) 2 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 14 Jan. 2009
Two new species of the genus Noonamyia from Hainan in China
(Diptera, Lauxaniidae)
LI SHI & DING YANG (China)

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Zootaxa 2010: 57-68 (13 Feb. 2009) 8 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 19 Jan. 2009
A review of Cyrtodiopsis Frey (Diptera, Diopsidae) from China
LIQUN LIU, HONG WU & DING YANG (China)

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Zootaxa 2009: 41-68 (11 Feb. 2009) 13 plates; 27 references                           Accepted: 24 Dec. 2008
Species of the genus Cestrotus Loew from China (Diptera: Lauxaniidae)
SHI LI (China), DING YANG (China) & STEPHEN D. GAIMARI (USA)

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Zootaxa 2004: 25-48 (5 Feb. 2009) 9 plates; 16 references                             Accepted: 6 Jan. 2009
Review of Campsicnemus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) of the Marquesas, French
Polynesia, with description of four new species groups
NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2003: 53-68 (5 Feb. 2009) 3 plates; 36 references                             Accepted: 8 Dec. 2008
Review of the spoon tarsus subgroup of Hawaiian Drosophila
(Drosophilidae: Diptera), with a description of one new species
RICHARD T. LAPOINT (USA), KARL N. MAGNACCA (Ireland) & PATRICK M. O’GRADY (USA)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1996: 1-80 (4 Feb. 2009) 28 plates; 25 references                             Accepted: 18 Nov. 2008
A revision of the family Syringogastridae (Diptera: Diopsoidea)

S.A. MARSHALL (Canada), M. BUCK (Canada), J.H. SKEVINGTON (Canada) & D. GRIMALDI
(USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1994: 1-66 (4 Feb. 2009) 27 plates; 36 references                             Accepted: 17 Dec. 2008
Review of the West Indian species of Efferia Coquillett (Diptera: Asilidae) with 13 new species and checklist: Part II. Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Lesser Antilles including Tobago and Trinidad
AUBREY G. SCARBROUGH & DANIEL E. PEREZ-GELABERT (USA)
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Zootaxa 1993: 27-40 (2 Feb. 2009) 5 plates; 33 references                             Accepted: 17 Dec. 2008
Redescription of Sarcophaga (Discachaeta) bezziana Böttcher and Sarcophaga (Heteronychia) infixa Böttcher, and description of a new Heteronychia Brauer & Bergenstamm from southern France (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
DANIEL WHITMORE (Italy), RENÉ RICHET (France), THOMAS PAPE (Denmark) & RUTH M. BLACKITH (Ireland)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1993: 41-52 (2 Feb. 2009) 4 plates; 19 references                             Accepted: 15 Dec. 2008
Ubatubaneura, a new genus of the Corynoneura group (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
SOFIA WIEDENBRUG & SUSANA TRIVINHO-STRIXINO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1991: 51-56 (30 Jan. 2009) 3 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 8 Dec. 2008
Two new species of the genus Brithura Edwards from China, with a key to world species (Diptera, Tipulidae)
QIFEI LIU & DING YANG (P.R. China)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1989: 66-68 (27 Jan. 2009) 0 plates; 15 references                             Accepted: 14 Nov. 2008
Resurrection of the name Pachycheta Portschinsky for a genus of Tachinidae (Diptera)
JAMES E. O’HARA (Canada)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1985: 43-51 (21 Jan. 2009) 4 plates; 29 references                            Accepted: 15 Dec. 2008
Four new species of Nanocladius Kieffer from Oriental China
(Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)
YUE FU & XINHUA WANG (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1984: 61-65 (21 Jan. 2009) 2 plates; 18 references                             Accepted: 3 Dec. 2008
A new species of Archirhagio Rohdendorf, 1938 from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia of China (Diptera: Archisargidae)
KUIYAN ZHANG, JINHUA LI, DING YANG & DONG REN (China)

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Zootaxa 1984: 31-56 (21 Jan. 2009) 11 plates; 25 references                             Accepted: 31 Oct. 2008
Systematic study of the genus Rossimyiops Mesnil (Diptera: Tachinidae)
PIERFILIPPO CERRETTI (Italy), ALESSIO DE BIASE (Italy) & AMNON FREIDBERG (Israel)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1976: 1-24 (12 Jan. 2009) 18 plates; 8 7 references                              Accepted: 15 Oct. 2008
The Muscini flies of the world (Diptera, Muscidae): identification key and generic diagnoses
Silvio Shigueo Nihei & CLAUDIO JOSÉ BARROS DE CARVALHO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1976: 25-38 (12 Jan. 2009) 0 plates; 65 references                             Accepted: 24 Nov. 2008
Descriptions of Danielsia Theobald, a genus recently resurrected from synonymy (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini), and its type species Dn. albotaeniata Leicester
JOHN F. REINERT (USA)

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Zootaxa 1972: 53-58 (7 Jan. 2009) 2 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 13 Nov. 2008
A new species of Pseudogaurax Malloch (Diptera: Chloropidae) reared from dobsonfly egg-masses (Megaloptera: Corydalidae) in Brazil
ADRIANO S. MELO (Brazil) & TERRY A. WHEELER (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1972: 59-64 (7 Jan. 2009) 3 plates; 23 references                              Accepted: 26 Nov. 2008
A new species of Basilia Miranda-Ribeiro (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) from Honduras, parasite of Bauerus dubiaquercus (Van Gelder) (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae: Antrozoinae)
GUSTAVO GRACIOLLI (Brazil)& CARL W. DICK (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1968: 58-64 (22 Dec. 2008) 12 plates; 8 references                          Accepted: 18 Nov. 2008
Acomopterella martinovskyi sp. n., the first Palaearctic record of the genus
Acomopterella Zaitzev (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)
JAN ŠEVČÍK (Czech Republic) & PETER J. CHANDLER (Great Britain)

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Zootaxa 1968: 1-22 (22 Dec. 2008) 12 plates; 37 references                          Accepted: 23 Oct. 2008
Three new species of the Harnischia complex from the Sino-Indian Region, with a review of Demicryptochironomus Lenz (Diptera: Chironomidae)
CHUNCAI YAN (China), OLE A. SĆTHER (Norway) , ZHAOHUI JIN (China) & XINHUA WANG (China)

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Zootaxa 1966: 53-61 (17 Dec. 2008) 4 plates; 9 references                          Accepted: 30 Oct. 2008
Catotrichinae (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Tasmania, with the description of
Trichotoca edentula gen. et sp. n.
Mathias Jaschhof & Catrin Jaschhof (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1958: 31-40 (8 Dec. 2008) 5 plates; 22 references                       Accepted: 7 Oct. 2008
Description of immature stages and adult diagnosis of Stilobezzia coquilletti Kieffer 1917 (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
MARÍA M. RONDEROS, CARLA G. CAZORLA, GUSTAVO R. SPINELLI & DAIANE SILVEIRA CARRASCO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1953: 1-145 (5 Dec. 2008) 47 plates; 106 references                          Accepted: 6 Oct. 2008
Revision of Polypedilum (Pentapedilum) Kieffer and Ainuyusurika Sasa et Shirasaki (Diptera: Chironomidae)
EMMANUEL ADEOYE OYEWO & OLE A. SĆTHER (Norway)
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Zootaxa 1944: 1-33 (28 Nov. 2008) 12 plates; 24 references                     Accepted: 10 Sept. 2008
Revision of the temperate South American genus Apiochaeta Czerny, 1903, with synonymy of Alloclusia Hendel, 1917 (Diptera: Clusiidae)
OWEN LONSDALE (USA) & STEPHEN A. MARSHALL (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1944: 53-65 (28 Nov. 2008) 5 plates; 24 references                    Accepted: 16 Oct. 2008
New species of Clinotanypus Kieffer, 1913
(Chironomidae: Tanypodinae) from China
MING CHENG & XINHUA WANG (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1941: 31-42 (24 Nov. 2008) 6 plates; 25 references                        Accepted: 16 Oct. 2008
Morphological description of the pupa and redescription of the adults and larva of Culex (Culex) apicinus Philippi (Diptera: Culicidae)
GUSTAVO CARLOS ROSSI, MAGDALENA LAURITO & WALTER RICARDO ALMIR[N (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1937: 67-68 (19 Nov. 2008) 0 plates; 2 references                     Accepted: 23 Oct. 2008
First Neotropical species of genus Azana (Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Sciophilinae)
Dalton de Souza Amorim, SARAH SIQUEIRA OLIVEIRA & MARIA ISABEL P.A. BALBI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1936: 1-39 (19 Nov. 2008) 9 plates; 57 references                            Accepted: 1 Oct. 2008
The European species of Chalarus Walker, 1834 revisited (Diptera: Pipunculidae)
CHRISTIAN KEHLMAIER & THORSTEN ASSMANN (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1936: 40-58 (19 Nov. 2008) 7 plates; 27 references                         Accepted: 16 Oct. 2008
Taxonomic review of Neorhinotora Lopes 1934 (Diptera, Heleomyzidae)
JÚLIA C. ALMEIDA & ROSALY ALE-ROCHA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1937: 1-22 (19 Nov. 2008) 9 plates; 28 references                           Accepted: 3 Oct. 2008
The Chenopodiaceae-feeding gall midges (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) of the Na'aman salt marsh, Israel
NETTA DORCHIN (Germany) & AMNON FREIDBERG (Israel)
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Zootaxa 1937: 23-38 (19 Nov. 2008) 10 plates; 13 references                      Accepted: 10 Oct. 2008
Review of Oriental Metopina Macquart (Diptera: Phoridae)
R. HENRY L. DISNEY (UK)
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Zootaxa 1934: 1-29 (17 Nov. 2008) 12 plates; 71 references                          Accepted: 16 Oct. 2008
Paracladopelma Harnisch from the Sino-Indian Region (Diptera: Chironomidae)
CHUNCAI YAN, ZHAOHUI JIN & XINHUA WANG (China)

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Zootaxa 1933: 1-11 (14 Nov. 2008) 6 plates; 11 references                             Accepted: 24 Oct. 2008
Two new genera of Phoridae (Diptera) from New Zealand
BRIAN V. BROWN & HUGH OLIVER (USA)
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Zootaxa 1933: 63-65 (14 Nov. 2008) 1 plate; 17 references                          Accepted: 1 Oct. 2008
Morphology and DNA sequences confirm the first Neotropical record for the Holarctic sepsid species Themira leachi (Meigen) (Diptera: Sepsidae)
YUCHEN ANG, GWYNNE SHIMIN LIM & RUDOLF MEIER (Singapore)

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Zootaxa 1926: 41-52 (7 Nov. 2008) 7 plates; 5 references                           Accepted: 1 Oct. 2008
Systematics of Agrophaspidium, a new genus of Neotropical Chloropidae (Diptera)
TERRY A. WHEELER & JULIA J. MLYNAREK (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1926: 53-60 (7 Nov. 2008) 0 plates; 11 references                         Accepted: 24 Oct. 2008
New combinations in Hawaiian Drosophila and Scaptomyza (Diptera: Drosophilidae)
KARL N. MAGNACCA (Ireland) & PATRICK M. O'GRADY (USA)
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Zootaxa 1922: 1-20 (3 Nov. 2008) 1 plate; 16 references                               Accepted: 23 Sept. 2008
New records of West Palaearctic Limoniidae, Pediciidae and Cylindrotomidae (Diptera) from the collections of the Zoological Museum, Amsterdam
JAROSLAV STARu (Czech Republic) & PJOTR OOSTERBROEK (Netherlands)

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Zootaxa 1920: 1-28 (31 Oct. 2008) 10 plates; 27 references                           Accepted: 23 Sept. 2008
Eleven new species of the genus Cluzobra Edwards (Diptera, Mycetophilidae, Sciophilinae) from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil
DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM & SARAH SIQUEIRA OLIVEIRA(Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1920: 29-40 (31 Oct. 2008) 1 plate; 17 references                           Accepted: 9 Sept. 2008
Microphorites (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from the Lower Cretaceous amber of San Just (Spain), and the co-occurrence of two ceratopogonid species in Spanish amber deposits
ANTONIO ARILLO , ENRIQUE PEŃALVER & XAVIER DELCLŇS (Spain)
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Zootaxa 1920: 41-50 (31 Oct. 2008) 4 plates; 5 references                           Accepted: 25 Sept. 2008
Two new species of Culex subgenus Melanoconion (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Amazon forest
ROSA SÁ GOMES HUTCHINGS & MARIA ANICE MUREB SALLUM (Brasil)
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Zootaxa 1917: 1-28 (29 Oct. 2008) 15 plates; 29 references                           Accepted: 16 Sept. 2008
Cytogenetics and morphotaxonomy of the Simulium (Gomphostilbia) ceylonicum species group (Diptera: Simuliidae) in Thailand
SANAE JITKLANG (Thailand), CHALIOW KUVANGKADILOK (Thailand), VISUT BAIMAI (Thailand), HIROYUKI TAKAOKA (Japan) & PETER H. ADLER (USA)
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Zootaxa 1917: 19-37 (29 Oct. 2008) 5 plates; 6 references                           Accepted: 18 Sept. 2008
Species of Chrysotimus Loew from Nepal (Diptera: Empidoidea, Dolichopodidae)
DING YANG (China), TOYOHEI SAIGUSA (Japan) & KAZUHIRO MASUNAGA (Japan)
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Zootaxa 1916: 44-56 (27 Oct. 2008) 4 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 25 Sept. 2008
Cladopelma Kieffer from the Sino-Indian Region (Diptera: Chironomidae)
CHUNCAI YAN, ZHAOHUI JIN & XINHUA WANG (China)

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Zootaxa 1916: 63-68 (27 Oct. 2008) 2 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 23 Sept. 2008
Description of two new species of Tonnoira Enderlein from caves in the Brazilian Amazon and comments about the taxonomic status of Tonnoira plumaria Quate (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae)
FREDDY BRAVO, CINTHIA CHAGAS & VERACILDA RIBEIRO ALVES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1912: 1-44 (22 Oct. 2008) 0 plates; 196 references                              Accepted: 9 Sept. 2008
The problems of subsequent typification in genus-group names and use of the Zoological Record: a study of selected post-1930 Diptera genus-group names without type species designations
Neal L. Evenhuis (USA), THOMAS PAPE (Denmark) & ADRIAN C. PONT (UK)
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Zootaxa 1910: 21-26 (20 Oct. 2008) 2 plates; 6 references                           Accepted: 23 Sept. 2008
Lasiopteridi (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) with aciculate ovipositor and larval puparium
KEITH M. HARRIS (UK)
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Zootaxa 1910: 27-44 (20 Oct. 2008) 5 plates; 8 references                          Accepted: 26 Sept. 2008
The Campsicnemus lobatus and zigzag groups in the Society Islands, French Polynesia (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1899: 57-68 (15 Oct. 2008)  6 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 22 Sept. 2008
Six new species of Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae)
from mainland Australia
R. H. L. DISNEY (UK)
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Zootaxa 1896: 51-57 (10 Oct. 2008) 2 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 26 Aug. 2008
Description of the fourth-stage larva and pupa of Stegomyia edwardsi Barraud (Diptera: Culicidae)
S.C. TEWARI, A. MUNIRATHINAM, A. VENKATESH, J. HIRIYAN & R. REUBEN (India)
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Zootaxa 1895: 66-68 (8 Oct. 2008) 1 plate; 6 references                              Accepted: 3 Sept. 2008
An unusual new species of Scenopinus Latreille (Diptera: Scenopinidae)  from Australia
SHAUN L. WINTERTON (Australia)

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Zootaxa 1891: 55-65 (3 Oct. 2008) 6 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 26 Aug. 2008
The Stegana coleoptrata species group (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from mainland China
XI-PENG CHEN & HONG-WEI CHEN (China)
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Zootaxa 1887: 1-75 (29 Sept. 2008) 21 plates; 48 references                              Accepted: 2 Jul. 2008
A review of Antillocladius Sćther and Litocladius Mendes, Andersen et
Sćther, with the description of two new Neotropical genera (Diptera, Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae)
HUMBERTO FONSECA MENDES & TROND ANDERSEN
(Norway)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1886: 1-80 (26 Sept. 2008) 15 plates; 75 references                              Accepted: 17 Jul. 2008
Revision of the horse fly genera Lissimas and Cydistomyia
(Diptera: Tabanidae: Diachlorini) of Australia
I.M. MACKERRAS, D.M. SPRATT & D.K. YEATES (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1879: 1-17 (17 Sept. 2008) 9 plates; 26 references                              Accepted: 20 Aug. 2008
Phytotelmatomyia, a new Neotropical subgenus of Culex (Diptera: Culicidae)
GUSTAVO C. ROSSI (Argentina) & RALPH E. HARBACH (UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1879: 21-48 (17 Sept. 2008) 8 plates; 97 references                              Accepted: 3 Jun. 2008
A generic conspectus of the Microdontinae (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of two new genera from Africa and China
XIN-YUE CHENG (China) & F. CHRISTIAN THOMPSON (USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1879: 57-60 (17 Sept. 2008) 1 plate; 4 references                             Accepted: 13 Aug. 2008
A new genus and species of Coenosiini from Bolivia (Diptera: Muscidae: Coenosiinae)
MÁRCIA SOUTO COURI (Brasil)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1879: 61-64 (17 Sept. 2008) 2 plates; 14 references                         Accepted: 13 Aug. 2008
The first Middle Jurassic Protobrachyceron Handlirsch fly (Diptera: Brachycera: Protobrachyceridae) from Inner Mongolia (China)
KUIYAN ZHANG, DING YANG & DONG REN (China)
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Zootaxa 1876: 1-18 (15 Sept. 2008) 6 plates; 41 references                              Accepted: 4 Aug. 2008
Robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae) of South Korea. Parts VI-VIII. South Korean species of the Subfamilies Dasypogoninae, Dioctriinae and Trigonomiminae
CHARLES L. YOUNG (Korea) & MILAN M. HRADSKÝ(Czech Rep.)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1874: 1-15 (10 Sept. 2008) 4 plates; 19 references                          Accepted: 13 Aug. 2008
Two new neotropical genera of the shore-fly tribe Ephydrini Zetterstedt (Diptera: Ephydridae)
WAYNE N. MATHIS (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1874: 50-56 (10 Sept. 2008) 4 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 18 Aug. 2008
Two new genera of Conopidae from the Afrotropical and Neotropical Region (Diptera)
JENS-HERMANN STUKE (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1874: 63-68 (10 Sept. 2008) 3 plates; 9 references                           Accepted: 13 Aug. 2008
Cluzobra matilei sp. n. from French Guyana, with notes on congeners (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)
OLAVI KURINA (Estonia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1871: 1-55 (8 Sept. 2008) 10 plates; 151 references                              Accepted: 2 Jul. 2008
Insects found in birds' nests from Argentina: Anumbius annumbi (Vieillot, 1817) (Aves: Furnariidae)
PAOLA TURIENZO & OSVALDO DI IORIO (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1870: 43-60 (5 Sep. 2008) 9 plates; 11 references                              Accepted: 13 Aug. 2008
New species of the genus Paravibrissina Shima (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Southeast Asia and South Pacific
HIROSHI SHIMA & TAKUJI TACHI (Japan)

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Zootaxa 1870: 1-23 (5 Sep. 2008) 11 plates; 22 references                              Accepted: 13 Aug. 2008
Species of Hemipenthes Loew, 1869 from Palaearctic China (Diptera: Bombyliidae)
GANG YAO (China), DING YANG (China) & NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA)

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Zootaxa 1868: 1-98 (3 Sep. 2008) 35 plates; 124 references                            Accepted: 18 Jul. 2008
Pupal cases of Nearctic robber flies (Diptera: Asilidae)
D. STEVE DENNIS (USA), JEFFREY K. BARNES (USA) & LLOYD KNUTSON (Italy)
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Zootaxa 1859: 1-39 (29 Aug. 2008) 21 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 6 Aug. 2008
Revision of the Brazilian Amazon Basin species of Porphyrochroa Melander (Diptera: Empididae)
MIRIAN NASCIMENTO MENDONCA, JOSE ALBERTINO RAFAEL & ROSALY ALE-ROCHA (Brazil)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1856: 67 (25 Aug. 2008) 0 plates; 2 references                              Accepted: 4 Aug. 2008
Eulobomyia, a new replacement name for Lobomyia Woodley & Arnaud (Diptera: Tachinidae)
NORMAN E. WOODLEY & PAUL H. ARNAUD, JR (USA)

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Zootaxa 1848: 27-36 (13 Aug. 2008) 6 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 3 Jul. 2008
Revision of the Stegana nigrolimbata species group (Diptera: Drosophilidae) from the Oriental Region
HUA-ZHI CAO & HONG-WEI CHEN (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1848: 37-46 (13 Aug. 2008)  5 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 22 Jul. 2008
Beach and Surge Flies (Diptera: Canacidae) from the Arabian Peninsula, with descriptions of three new species
LORENZO MUNARI (Italy)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1846: 61-68 (11 Aug. 2008) 0 plates; 58 references                            Accepted: 21 Jul. 2008
A critical review of the world catalogs of Empidoidea (Insecta: Diptera) by Yang et al. (2006, 2007)
BRADLEY J. SINCLAIR, SCOTT E. BROOKS & JEFFREY M. CUMMING (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1845: 60-68 (8 Aug. 2008) 2 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 23 Jun. 2008
Russian Zavrelia Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae), with the description of two new species
OKSANA V. ZORINA (Russia)

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Zootaxa 1845: 33-46 (8 Aug. 2008) 10 plates; 24 references                           Accepted: 30 Jun. 2008
A review of the luteitarsis group of the genus Pipiza Fallen (Diptera: Syrphidae) with description of a new species from the Balkan Peninsula

ANTE VUJIC, SNEZANA RADENKOVIC & DUBRAVKA POLIC (Serbia)
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Zootaxa 1834: 1-100 (30 Jul. 2008) 22 plates; 98 references                          Accepted: 23 Apr. 2008
Review of the Neotropical blackfly subgenus Chirostilbia Enderlein (Diptera:
Simuliidae) based on adults and pupal morphology
LUIS MIGUEL HERNANDEZ (UK), ANTHONY JOHN SHELLEY (UK), ANTONIO PAULINO ANDRADE DE
LUNA DIAS (Brasil) & MARILZA MAIA-HERZOG (Brasil)
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Zootaxa 1831: 1-530 (30 Jul. 2008) 2 plates; 4557 references                        Accepted: 12 Feb. 2008
Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography
DANIEL E. PEREZ-GELABERT
(USA)
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Zootaxa 1830: 21-36 (28 Jul. 2008) 8 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 23 Jun. 2008
New and little-known species of the genus Tachydromia Meigen (Diptera, Hybotidae) from Thailand
IGOR SHAMSHEV (Russia) & PATRICK GROOTAERT (Belgium)

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Zootaxa 1830: 37-46 (28 Jul. 2008) 8 plates; 11 references                              Accepted: 23 Jun. 2008
Immature stages and redescription of Lejops barbiellinii (Ceresa) (Diptera, Syrphidae) found in bromeliads in Brazil
MIRIAN NUNES MORALES & LUCIANE MARINONI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1827: 65-68 (23 Jul. 2008) 0 plates; 11 references                              Accepted: 16 Jun. 2008
The status of Mesnil's 1949 Die Fliegen genus-group names (Diptera: Tachinidae)

Neal L. Evenhuis (USA) & James E. O'hara (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1825: 40-50 (18 Jul. 2008) 9 plates; 27 references                              Accepted: 17 Jun. 2008
The Cheilosia canicularis group (Diptera: Syrphidae): species delimitation and evolutionary relationships based on wing geometric morphometrics
JASMINA LUDOSKI, LJUBINKA FRANCUSKI, ANTE VUJIC & VESNA MILANKOV (Serbia)

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Zootaxa 1817: 59-64 (7 Jul. 2008) 3 plates; 10 references                              Accepted: 28 May 2008
Review of the monotypic genus Idiopyrgota Aczel (Diptera, Pyrgotidae)

RAMON LUCIANO MELLO & CARLOS JOSE EINICKER LAMAS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1817: 1-17 (7 Jul. 2008) 7 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 3 Jun. 2008
A review of Boreoheptagyia Brundin, 1966 (Chironomidae: Diamesinae) from East Asia and bordering territories, with the description of five new species
EUGENYI A. MAKARCHENKO (Russia), KAZUO ENDO (Japan), JINGYANG WU (P.R. China) & XINHUA WANG (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1816: 57-60 (4 Jul. 2008) 2 plates; 25 references                              Accepted: 28 May 2008
The first keroplatid (Diptera: Keroplatidae) species from the Lower Eocene amber of Vastan, Gujarat, India
MONICA M. SOLOZANO KRAEMER (Germany) & NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA)

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Zootaxa 1811: 57-68 (27 Jun. 2008) 3 plates; 25 references                              Accepted: 28 May 2008
Gynandromorphs of New Zealand Austrosimulium spp. (Diptera: Simuliidae)
DOUGLAS A. CRAIG (Canada) & TREVOR K. CROSBY (New Zealand)

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Zootaxa 1808: 61-68 (23 Jun. 2008) 3 plates; 14 references                             Accepted: 19 May 2008
The immature stages of Ablabesmyia (Sartaia) metica Roback, 1983 (Diptera: Chironomidae) with keys to subgenera
CAROLINE S. N. OLIVEIRA, ALAIDE A. FONSECA-GESSNER & MARIO ANTONIO NAVARRO SILVA (Brasil)
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Zootaxa 1808: 44-52 (23 Jun. 2008) 4 plates; 15 references                          Accepted: 22 May 2008
The family Lygistorrhinidae (Diptera: Sciaroidea) in Mexico and the description of two new species
HERON HUERTA & SERGIO IBANEZ-BERNAL (Mexico)

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Zootaxa 1806: 1-34 (20 Jun. 2008) 12 plates; 75 references                           Accepted: 26 May 2008
Keys, phylogenies and biogeography of Polypedilum subgenus Uresipedilum Oyewo et Saeher (Diptera, Chironomidae)
OLE A. SAEHER & EMMANUEL ADEOYE OYEWO (Norway)

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Zootaxa 1806: 35-46 (20 Jun. 2008) 3 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 29 Apr. 2008
A taxonomic review of Neogriphoneura Malloch, 1924 (Diptera: Lauxaniidae), with description of three new species
RAMON LUCIANO DE MELLO & VERA CRISTINA SILVA (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1806: 59-65 (20 Jun. 2008) 2 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 7 May 2008
Lonchopteridae (Diptera) from Guangxi, Southwest China
QIBIAO DONG, BAOPING PANG & DING YANG (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1805: 52-60 (18 Jun. 2008) 4 plates; 20 references                             Accepted: 7 May 2008
Three new species of Alepia Enderlein (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae) from the Brazilian semi-arid region
FREDDY BRAVO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1804: 1-456 (16 Jun. 2008) 147 plates; 217 references                      Accepted: 3 Mar. 2008
The Frog-Biting Midges of the World (Corethrellidae: Diptera)
ART BORKENT (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1794: 49-64 (13 Jun. 2008) 6 plates; 12 references                           Accepted: 16 Apr. 2008
A review of the Oriental Campeprosopa species (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
FRANCO MASON (Italy) & RUDOLF ROZKOSNY (Czech Republic) 

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Zootaxa 1793: 1-27 (13 Jun. 2008) 8 plates; 26 references                              Accepted: 15 Apr. 2008
The identity of the oriental leafhopper genera Cyrta Melichar and Placidus Distant (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Stegelytrinae), with description of a new genus
CONG WEI (P.R. China), M.D. WEBB (UK) & YALIN ZHANG (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1789: 57-65 (11 Jun. 2008) 6 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 5 Apr. 2008
Azana atlantica, n.sp., with reduced mouthparts and two ocelli: first record of Azana for the Neotropical region (Diptera: Mycetophilidae: Sciophilinae)
DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM, SARAH SIQUEIRA OLIVEIRA & MARIA ISABEL P.A. BALBI (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1783: 31-39 (6 Jun. 2008) 7 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 6 May 2008
Lobomyia neotropica, a new genus and species of Tachinidae (Diptera) from the Neotropical Region
NORMAN E. WOODLEY & PAUL H. ARNAUD, JR. (USA)

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Zootaxa 1781: 31-46 (3 Jun. 2008) 9 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 17 Apr. 2008
The Palaearctic species of the Pegomya terminalis species group (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), with descriptions of two new species
VERNER MICHELSEN (Sweden)

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Zootaxa 1779: 65-68 (30 May 2008) 1 plates; 20 references                              Accepted: 7 May 2008
New records of Haemagogus (Haemagogus) from Northern and Northeastern Brazil (Diptera: Culicidae, Aedini)

JERONIMO ALENCAR (Brazil), FRANCISCO C. CASTRO (Brazil), HAMILTON A. O. MONTEIRO (Brazil), ORLANDO V. SILVA (Brazil), NICOLAS DEGALLIER (France), CARLOS BRISOLA MARCONDES (Brazil) & ANTHONY E. GUIMARAES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1779: 38-44 (30 May 2008) 2 plates; 19 references                              Accepted: 8 May 2008
Kaurimyia gen. nov.: discovery of Apsilocephalidae (Diptera: Therevoid clade) in New Zealand
SHAUN L. WINTERTON (Australia) & MICHAEL E. IRWIN (USA)

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Zootaxa 1773: 18-30 (21 May 2008) 8 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 18 Mar. 2008
A survey of the genus Phortica Schiner from Kenya, Africa (Diptera: Drosophilidae)
STEPHANE PRIGENT & HONG-WEI CHEN (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1773: 31-43 (21 May 2008) 6 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 5 Apr. 2008
New Cryptodacus (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Panama, with a key to the known species
ALLEN L. NORRBOM (USA) & CHESLAVO A. KORYTKOWSKI (Panama)

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Zootaxa 1772: 1-54 (19 May 2008) 47 plates; 24 references                              Accepted: 4 Apr. 2008
Review of Neotropical Chonocephalus Wandolleck (Diptera: Phoridae)
R.H.L. DISNEY (UK)

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Zootaxa 1767: 64-66 (12 May 2008) 0 plates; 10 references                          Accepted: 16 Apr. 2008
Redescription of the holotype of Finlaya lepchana Barraud, 1923 (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini)
JOHN F. REINERT (USA)

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Zootaxa 1766: 1-45 (9 May 2008) 13 plates; 53 references                          Accepted: 14 Apr. 2008
Review of the genus Ceraturgus Wiedemann (Diptera: Asilidae) in North America north of Mexico
JEFFREY K. BARNES (USA)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1763: 38-40 (5 May 2008) 1 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 8 Apr. 2008
Orthocladius paratatricus Chernovskii, 1949 a synonym of Heterotrissocladius subpilosus (Kieffer, 1911)
ANDREY A. PRZHIBORO (Russia) & OLE A. SĆTHER (Norway)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1759: 43-50 (30 Apr. 2008) 3 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 5 Mar. 2008
A new species of Philophylla Rondani (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetini) from New Caledonia, recognized based on female postabdominal structure and molecular sequence data
HO-YEON HAN (Korea) & ALLEN L. NORRBOM (USA)

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Zootaxa 1754: 41-51 (21 Apr. 2008) 7 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 4 Apr. 2008
Revision of the Costa Rican species of Elachiptera (Diptera: Chloropidae)
JULIA J. MLYNAREK & TERRY A. WHEELER (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1754: 52-62 (21 Apr. 2008) 4 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 4 Apr. 2008
Review of three little-known monotypic empidoid genera (Diptera: Empidoidea: Brachystomatidae), assigned to Trichopezinae
BRADLEY J. SINCLAIR (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1746: 65-67 (11 Apr. 2008) 1 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 29 Feb. 2008
First record of the ectoparasitic biting midge, Atrichopogon (Meloehelea) oedemerarum Stora from the Neotropical region (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
ANDREA TOTHOVA (Czech Republic)

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Zootaxa 1746: 39-45 (11 Apr. 2008) 2 plates; 4 references                              Accepted: 3 Mar. 2008
Kerteszmyia, a new genus of Pachygastrinae from the Neotropical Region (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
NORMAN E. WOODLEY (USA)

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Zootaxa 1741: 1-23 (4 Apr. 2008) 12 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 10 Mar. 2008
Notes on Afrotropical Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), with the description of seven new species
HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden)

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Zootaxa 1741: 24-30 (4 Apr. 2008) 2 plates; 5 references                              Accepted: 18 Feb. 2008
Four new species of Saigusaia Vockeroth, 1980 (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from China
XIAOLING NIU, HONG WU & XIAOXIA YU (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1741: 31-36 (4 Apr. 2008) 2 plates; 20 references                              Accepted: 6 Mar. 2008
A taxonomic review of the Palpada ruficeps species group, with the description of a new flower fly from Colombia (Diptera: Syrphidae)
XIMO MENGUAL (Spain) & F. CHRISTIAN THOMPSON (USA)

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Zootaxa 1740: 53-58 (2 Apr. 2008) 3 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 21 Feb. 2008
Asphondylia gochnatiae, a new species of gall midge (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) associated with Gochnatia polymorpha (Less.) Cabrera (Asteraceae)
VALERIA CID MAIA, FERNANDO A. O. SILVEIRA, LAZARO A. OLIVEIRA & MARCIA F. XAVIER (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1740: 28-36 (2 Apr. 2008) 2 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 29 Feb. 2008
A review of the Nearctic species of the genus Eurygarka Quate (Diptera: Psychodidae)
GREGORY R. CURLER & JOHN K. MOULTON (USA)

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Zootaxa 1740: 1-14 (2 Apr. 2008) 8 plates; 43 references                              Accepted: 21 Feb. 2008
Immature stages of two species of Evandromyia (Aldamyia) and the systematic importance of larval mouthparts within Psychodidae (Diptera, Phlebotominae, Psychodinae)
FELIPE ARLEY COSTA PESSOA (Brazil), MARLISSON AUGUSTO COSTA FEITOSA (Brazil), ELOY GUILLERMO CASTELLON-BERMUDEZ (Brazil), CLAUDIA MARIA RIOS-VELASQUEZ (Brazil) & RICHARD DOUGLAS WARD (UK)
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Zootaxa 1732: 65-68 (25 Mar. 2008) 2 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 25 Feb. 2008
Description of the larva of Simulium lobatoi Luna Dias, Hernandez, Maia-Herzog & Shelley (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Brazil
LUIS MIGUEL HERNANDEZ (UK), NEUSA HAMADA (Brazil), MATEUS PEPINELLI (Brazil) & REGINA MAYUMI KIKUCHI (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1730: 59-64 (20 Mar. 2008) 3 plates; 17 references                              Accepted: 7 Feb. 2008
The puparium and mature larva of the flat-footed fly Lindneromyia hungarica Chandler, 2001 (Diptera: Platypezidae)
MICHAL TKOC
& JAROMIR VANHARA (Czech Republic)

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Zootaxa 1728: 1-58 (17 Mar. 2008) 6 plates; 74 references                              Accepted: 28 Dec. 2007
A review of the endemic Hawaiian Drosophilidae and their host plants

KARL N. MAGNACCA, DAVID FOOTE & PATRICK M. O'GRADY (USA)
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Zootaxa 1725: 61-66 (12 Mar. 2008) 1 plates; 18 references                          Accepted: 13 Dec. 2007
Review of mining flies of the genus Phytobia Lioy (Diptera: Agromyzidae): Western Palearctic species
VLADIMIR V. ZLOBIN (Russia)

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Zootaxa 1725: 37-47 (12 Mar. 2008) 3 plates; 30 references                          Accepted: 31 Jan. 2008
Species delimitation in the Drosophila aldrichi subcluster
(Diptera: Drosophilidae) using DNA sequences 
DEODORO C. S. G. OLIVEIRA, MELISSA LEONIDAS, WILLIAM J. ETGES, PATRICK M. O'GRADY & ROB DeSALLE (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1725: 27-36 (12 Mar. 2008) 3 plates; 23 references                         Accepted: 30 Jan. 2008
Drosophila sonorae (Diptera, Drosophilidae), a new species in the repleta species group from Mexico
WILLIAM B. HEED & SERGIO CASTREZANA (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1725: 1-16 (12 Mar. 2008) 8 plates; 32 references                            Accepted: 20 Jan. 2008
Robber flies of South Korea-V. South Korean species of the Subfamily Apocleinae Papavero, 1973 (Diptera, Asilidae)
CHARLES L. YOUNG (South Korea) & MILAN M. HRADSKY (Czech Republik)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1723: 1-41 (10 Mar. 2008) 21 plates; 6 references                             Accepted: 4 Feb. 2008
New species and new records of Manota Williston (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Oriental region
HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1720: 57-65 (5 Mar. 2008) 4 plates; 13 references                     Accepted: 31 Jan. 2008
New records of Scatopsidae (Diptera) from southeastern Mexico, and descriptions of new species of Swammerdamella Enderlein and Colobostema Enderlein
HERON HUERTA & SERGIO IBANEZ-BERNAL (Mexico)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1720: 1-45 (5 Mar. 2008) 10 plates; 28 references                            Accepted: 29 Jan. 2008
A revision of the New World genus Penniverpa Irwin and Lyneborg (Diptera: Therevidae: Therevinae)
DONALD W. WEBB & MARK A. METZ (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1716: 59-68 (29 Feb. 2008) 6 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 11 Dec. 2007
Chetoneura shennonggongensis, a new species of cave-dwelling Keroplatini from China (Diptera: Keroplatidae), with a discussion of the position of Chetoneura
Dalton de Souza Amorim (Brazil), Changying Niu (P.R. China), Xuezhen Li (P.R. China), Chaoliang Lei (P.R. China) & ARTHUR K. CLARKE (Australia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1716: 1-20 (29 Feb. 2008) 6 plates; 77 references                            Accepted: 23 Jan. 2008
A conspectus of New Zealand flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of a new genus and species
F. CHRISTIAN THOMPSON (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1716: 21-34 (29 Feb. 2008) 8 plates; 40 references                            Accepted: 9 Jan. 2008
Track analysis of the Neotropical genus Sepedonea Steyskal (Diptera: Sciomyzidae): a proposal based on the phylogenetic analysis of its species
AMANDA CIPRANDI PIRES, LUCIANE MARINONI & CLAUDIO JOSE BARROS DE CARVALHO (Brazil)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1714: 67-68 (27 Feb. 2008) 0 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 4 Feb. 2008
On the senior authorship of Musca oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae)
ALFIO RASPI & GENNARO VIGGIANI (Italy)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1714: 31-36 (27 Feb. 2008) 4 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 15 Jan. 2008
Apiformyia, a new genus of Australian bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae) with affinities to the New World Heterostylum Macquart
DAVID K. YEATES (Australia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1713: 1-26 (27 Feb. 2008) 9 plates; 64 references                            Accepted: 26 Nov. 2007
Revision of the Myopa testacea Species-Group in the Palaearctic Region (Diptera: Conopidae)
JENS-HERMANN STUKE (Germany) & DAVID K. CLEMENTS (UK)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1712: 49-64 (25 Feb. 2008) 4 plates; 67 references                           Accepted: 13 Jan. 2008
Synonymic notes on some species of Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa
TADASHI KOBAYASHI & KAZUO ENDO (Japan)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1702: 61-68 (13 Feb. 2008) 3 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 7 Dec. 2007
Three new species of Polypedilum s. str. Kieffer from China, with L-shaped superior volsella (Diptera: Chironomidae)
RUILEI ZHANG & XINHUA WANG (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1702: 41-51 (13 Feb. 2008) 1 plates; 42 references                         Accepted: 28 Dec. 2007
Nominal species of Australasian/Oceanian Sarcophagidae proposed by P.J.M. Macquart (Insecta: Diptera)
THOMAS PAPE (Danmark)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1701: 29-39 (11 Feb. 2008) 5 plates; 5 references                             Accepted: 17 Jan. 2008
Two new Stratiomyinae, including Panamamyia gen. nov., from the Neotropical Region (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
NORMAN E. WOODLEY (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1692: 1-25 (29 Jan. 2008) 10 plates; 30 references                           Accepted: 7 Dec. 2007
Revision of the Neotropical genus Lactistomyia Melander (Diptera, Hybotidae, Hybotinae)
ROSALY ALE-ROCHA (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1692: 26-42 (29 Jan. 2008) 6 plates; 24 references                         Accepted: 18 Dec. 2007
Studies on the Canacidae (Diptera), subfamily Apetaeninae. II. A review of the world subgenera of Apetaenus Eaton, with a special reference to the Australian and New Zealand species
LORENZO MUNARI (Italy)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1689: 29-50 (25 Jan. 2008) 6 plates; 22 references                         Accepted: 10 Dec. 2007
Revision of the new world fauna of Mesembrina Meigen (Diptera: Muscidae) with the description of a new neotropical species
James S. Kuchta & JADE SAVAGE (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1689: 51-62 (25 Jan. 2008) 1 plate; 34 references                           Accepted: 7 Dec. 2007
Nematode-induced demasculinisation of Dolichopus males (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
JERE KAHANPAA (Finland)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1689: 63-68 (25 Jan. 2008) 4 plates; 9 references                          Accepted: 27 Nov. 2007
Two new species of Hemipenthes Loew from Oriental China (Diptera: Bombyliidae)
GANG YAO & DING YANG (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1683: 51-62 (18 Jan. 2008) 3 plates; 29 references                         Accepted: 10 Dec. 2007
Redescription of Culex (Culex) dolosus (Lynch Arribálzaga) (Diptera: Culicidae), based on specimens from Pico do Itapeva, Serra da Mantiqueira, Săo Paulo, Brazil
LUANA VALENTE SENISE & MARIA ANICE MUREB SALLUM (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1676: 57-62 (9 Jan. 2008) 3 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 17 Nov. 2007
Polytene chromosomes of Simulium (Psaroniocompsa) daltanhani
(Diptera: Simuliidae) from Central Amazonia, Brazil
NEUSA HAMADA (Brazil), Eleny da Silva Pereira (Brazil) & PETER H. ADLER (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1676: 1-27 (9 Jan. 2008) 14 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 31 Oct. 2007
The Tachytrechus alatus species group (= Syntomoneurum Becker) revisited:
new species and revised species group limits (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
SCOTT E. BROOKS & JEFFREY M. CUMMING (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1676: 29-36 (9 Jan. 2008) 6 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 19 Nov. 2007
Urytalpa chandleri sp. n. (Diptera: Keroplatidae) from Turkey, with a key to the Western Palaearctic species of the genus
DIMITAR BECHEV (Bulgaria) & HASAN KOC(Turkey)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1676: 37-43 (9 Jan. 2008) 5 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 31 Oct. 2007
A new species of Cnodalomyia Hull, 1962 (Diptera, Asilidae, Asilinae) from Brazil
Carlos Jose Einicker Lamas & Gabriela Bastos Mellinger (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1672: 1-42 (4 Jan. 2008) 16 plates; 55 references                              Accepted: 8 Nov. 2007
Finnish Pipunculidae (Diptera) studies Part I: Taxonomic notes on Cephalops Fallen, 1810, Pipunculus Latreille, 1802 and Tomosvaryella Aczel, 1939
CHRISTIAN KEHLMAIER (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1668: 565-590 (21 Dec. 2007) 1 plate;  222 references                     Accepted: 27 Nov. 2007
Phylogeny and systematics of Diptera: Two decades of progress and prospects
David K. Yeates (Australia), Brian M. Wiegmann (USA), Greg W. Courtney (USA), Rudolf Meier (Singapore) & Thomas Pape (Denmark)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1668: 591-638 (21 Dec. 2007) 29 plates; 242 references                   Accepted: 23 Nov. 2007
The Culicidae (Diptera): a review of taxonomy, classification and phylogeny
RALPH E. HARBACH (UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1664: 61-68 (17 Dec. 2007)  3 plates; 13 references                        Accepted: 21 Nov. 2007
Two new species of Rhaphiomidas (Diptera: Mydidae)
Rick Rogers & Matthew H. Van Dam (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1661: 55-61 (14 Dec. 2007)  3 plates; 9 references                         Accepted: 15 Nov. 2007
Non-marine Chersodromia Walker from Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea (Diptera, Empidoidea, Hybotidae)
PATRICK GROOTAERT (Belgium), JEFFREY CUMMING (Canada) & IGOR SHAMSHEV (Russia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1661: 1-16 (14 Dec. 2007)  7 plates; 38 references                            Accepted: 11 Nov. 2007
New Zealand species of the shore-fly genus Nostima Coquillett (Diptera: Ephydridae)
JAMES F. EDMISTON (Russia) & WAYNE N. MATHIS (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1654: 61-67 (5 Dec. 2007)  3 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 5 Nov. 2007
A new Neotropical species of Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1874 (Diptera: Chironomidae), with an unusual anal process
SUSANA TRIVINHO-STRIXINO & GIOVANNI STRIXINO (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1654: 41-54 (5 Dec. 2007)  6 plates; 55 references                            Accepted: 13 Nov. 2007
Formal taxonomy of species C of the Anopheles minimus sibling species complex (Diptera: Culicidae)
RALPH E. HARBACH (UK), CLAIRE GARROS (France), NGUYEN DUC MANH (Vietnam) & SYLVIE MANGUIN (France)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1655: 63-68 (5 Dec. 2007)  2 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 13 Nov. 2007
On the genus Diadocidia (Diptera, Sciaroidea, Diadocidiidae) in Australia
Mathias Jaschhof & Catrin Jaschhof (Germany)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1649: 1-96 (28 Nov. 2007)  21 plates; 63 references                            Accepted: 19 Sep. 2007
Review of the Neotropical blackfly subgenus Inaequalium Coscarón & Wygodzinsky (Diptera: Simuliidae) based on adults and pupal morphology
LUIS MIGUEL HERNANDEZ (UK), ANTHONY JOHN SHELLEY (UK), ANTONIO PAULINO ANDRADE DE
LUNA DIAS (Brasil) & MARILZA MAIA-HERZOG (Brasil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1645: 1-17 (23 Nov. 2007)  14 plates; 2 references                            Accepted: 12 Oct. 2007
The oldest Calosargus Mostovski, 1997 from the Middle Jurassic of China (Diptera: Brachycera: Archisargidae)
KUIYAN ZHANG, DING YANG, DONG REN & CHUNGKUN SHIH (China)

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Zootaxa 1643: 39-68 (21 Nov. 2007)  8 plates; 48 references                            Accepted: 15 Oct. 2007
Preliminary considerations on phylogeny of Simuliidae Genera from Southern Hemisphere (Insecta, Diptera)
LEONARDO H. GIL-AZEVEDO & MARILZA MAIA-HERZOG (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1640: 41-53 (19 Nov. 2007)  3 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 21 Oct. 2007
Two new genera of Swammerdamellini (Diptera, Scatopsidae), with a discussion of the position of the species of Rhexoza
DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1637: 47-54 (14 Nov. 2007)  3 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 27 Aug. 2007
Brumptomyia carvalheiroi sp. nov. (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) from Atlantic forest domain, Sao Paulo State, Brazil
PALOMA HELENA FERNANDES SHIMABUKURO, ANA MARIA MARASSA & EUNICE APARECIDA BIANCHI GALATI (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1636: 1-32 (12 Nov. 2007)  10 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 28 Sep. 2007
A review of Ascodipterinae (Diptera: Streblidae) of the Oriental and Australasian regions with a description of three new species of Ascodipteron Adensamer and a key to the subfamily
MICHAEL W. HASTRITER (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1633: 1-38 (9 Nov. 2007)  16 plates; 75 references                            Accepted: 8 Oct. 2007
A review of the genus Botanophila Lioy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) from China, with descriptions of three new species
WAN-QI XUE & WEN-HUI SONG (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1631: 1-32 (5 Nov. 2007)  11 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 10 Sep. 2007
New species of Lonchaeidae (Diptera: Schizophora) from Asia
IAIN MacGOWAN (UK)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1630: 47-54 (5 Nov. 2007)  3 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 26 Sep. 2007
Review of the tribe Aphoebantini Becker (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Egypt, with description of a new species
MAGDI S. A. El-HAWAGRY (Egypt)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1629: 27-37 (2 Nov. 2007)  5 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 29 Sep. 2007
Leptopezella, a new Southern Hemisphere genus of Ocydromiinae (Diptera: Empidoidea: Hybotidae)
BRADLEY J. SINCLAIR & JEFFREY M. CUMMING (Canada)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1624: 31-41 (29 Oct. 2007)  3 plates; 34 references                            Accepted: 5 Sep. 2007
Two new species of European Stevenia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Rhinophoridae) and a key to the Palaearctic species
PIERFILIPPO CERRETTI (Italy) & THOMAS PAPE (Denmark)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1622: 57-68 (26 Oct. 2007)  6 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 20 Sep. 2007
New species and records of Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera, Sciaridae) from the Oriental region
HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden) & PEKKA VILKAMAA (Finland)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1620: 37-51 (23 Oct. 2007)  7 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 8 Oct. 2007
A morphological and molecular description of a new Teleopsis species (Diptera: Diopsidae) from Thailand
MIHALY FOLDVARI (Hungary), ANDREW POMIANKOWSKI (UK), SAMUEL COTTON (Switzerland) & MARTIN CARR (UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1592: 1-44 (24 Sep. 2007)  20 plates; 33 references                            Accepted: 24 Jul. 2007
Taxonomic review of Eurasian Paradelia Ringdahl (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) with descriptions of two new species
VERNER MICHELSEN (Sweden)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1592: 45-56 (24 Sep. 2007)  1 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 1 Aug. 2007
A review of Palaearctic Teuchophorus, with a new species from Bulgaria (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
MARC A.A. POLLET (Belgium) & MIHAIL KECHEV (Bulgaria)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1590: 61-68 (21 Sep. 2007)  2 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 25 Aug. 2007
Descriptions of a new subgenus and two new species of Atrichobrunettia Satchell (Diptera, Psychodidae) from the Neotropical region
FREDDY BRAVO (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1588: 31-51 (19 Sep. 2007)  3 plates; 81 references                            Accepted: 16 Aug. 2007
Redescription of Anopheles oswaldoi (Peryassu 1922) (Diptera: Culicidae), with formal lectotype designation
MAYSA TIEMI MOTOKI (Brazil), YVONNE-MARIE LINTON (UK), FREDDY RUIZ (UK), CARMEN FLORES-MENDOZA (Brazil) & MARIA ANICE MUREB SALLUM (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1586: 33-38 (17 Sep. 2007)  2 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 8 Aug. 2007
On the genus Diadocidia (Diptera, Sciaroidea, Diadocidiidae) in Costa Rica
Mathias Jaschhof & Catrin Jaschhof (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1576: 1-13 (5 Sep. 2007) 5 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 30 May 2007
Zealantha thorpei gen. et sp. nov. (Diptera: Anthomyzidae), first family representative from New Zealand
JINDRICH ROHACEK (Czech Republic)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1575: 1-34 (5 Sep. 2007) 19 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 28 Jun. 2007
The Meniscus midges of Costa Rica (Diptera: Dixidae)
LUIS GUILLERMO CHAVERRI (Costa Rica) & ART BORKENT (Canada)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1556: 31-50 (22 Aug. 2007) 10 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 27 Jun. 2007
The flagria group of Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera, Sciaridae) in a biodiversity hot spot: nine new sympatric species from Kambaiti, Myanmar
HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden) & PEKKA VILKAMAA (Finland)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1554: 27-40 (20 Aug. 2007) 11 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 4 Jul. 2007
Revision of the Holarctic genus Novakia Strobl (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)
PETER H. KERR (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1554: 41-48 (20 Aug. 2007) 6 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 9 Jul. 2007
Myrciariamyia admirabilis, a new species of gall midge (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) associated with Erythroxylum suberosum (Erythroxylaceae)
VALERIA CID MAIA & G. WILSON FERNANDES (Brazil)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1554: 63-65 (20 Aug. 2007) 1 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 12 Jul. 2007
A new species of the genus Hesperempis Melander (Diptera: Empididae) from Siberia
IGOR V. SHAMSHEV (Russia)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1554: 67-68 (20 Aug. 2007) 1 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 11 Jul. 2007
The status of Clinocera rufipes Bezzi, a new junior synonym of Clinocera nigra Meigen (Diptera: Empididae: Clinocerinae)
BRADLEY J. SINCLAIR (Canada)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1552: 53-68 (17 Aug. 2007) 7 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 27 Jun. 2007
Review of the Nearctic Claustropyga Hippa, Vilkamaa & Mohrig (Diptera, Sciaridae) with the description of three new species
PEKKA VILKAMAA (Finland) & HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1547: 1-19 (13 Aug. 2007) 2 plates; 81 references                            Accepted: 24 May 2007
Biogeographic area relationships in Venezuela: A Parsimony analysis of Culicidae-Phytotelmata distribution in National Parks
JUAN-CARLOS NAVARRO, JONATHAN LIRIA, HERMES PINANGO & ROBERTO BARRERA (Venezuela)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1542: 21-34 (6 Aug. 2007) 5 plates; 32 references                            Accepted: 12 Jun. 2007
Studies on the Canacidae (Diptera), subfamily Apetaeninae. I. Apetaenus enderleini, nomen novum for Listriomastax litorea Enderlein, 1909, with remarks on the chaetotaxy, morphology, and habitats of the Apetaeninae from the Kerguelen Biogeographical Province
LORENZO MUNARI (Italy)

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Zootaxa 1542: 35-48 (6 Aug. 2007) 0 plates; 84 references                            Accepted: 4 Jul. 2007
Corrections in the status and rank of names used to denote varietal forms of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)
RALPH E. HARBACH & THERESA M. HOWARD (UK)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1537: 1-88 (30 Jul. 2007) 20 plates; 49 references                            Accepted: 16 Apr. 2007
The Hemerodromiinae (Diptera: Empididae) of New Zealand II. Chelipoda Macquart
ADRIAN R. PLANT 
(UK)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1535: 1-92 (30 Jul. 2007) 45 plates; 73 references                            Accepted: 16 Mar. 2007
Phylogeny of the Mycetophiliformia, with proposal of the subfamilies Heterotrichinae, Ohakuneinae, and Chiletrichinae for the Rangomaramidae (Diptera, Bibionomorpha)
DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM (Brazil) & EIRIK RINDAL 
(Norway)
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Zootaxa 1533: 63-68 (26 Jul. 2007) 4 plates; 1 references                            Accepted: 17 May 2007
Mythenteles andalusica sp.n. (Diptera, Mythicomyiidae) from Southern Spain and the first description of the male of M. infrequens Evenhuis & Blasco-Zumeta, 2003
DAVID GIBBS (UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1530: 19-26 (23 Jul. 2007) 1 plates; 16 references                            Accepted: 19 Jun. 2007
Phylogeny of Philornis Meinert species (Diptera: Muscidae)
MARCIA SOUTO COURI, CLAUDIO JOSE BARROS DE CARVALHO & PETER LOWENBERG-NETO (Brasil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1530: 27-32 (23 Jul. 2007) 3 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 12 Jun. 2007
Notes on the extinct family Protapioceridae, with description of a new species from China (Insecta: Diptera: Asiloidea)
KUIYAN ZHANG, DING YANG & DONG REN (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1530: 41-67 (23 Jul. 2007) 8 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 22 May 2007
A revision of the new world stiletto fly genus Ataenogera Krober (Diptera: Therevidae: Phycinae) with the description of two new species
MARTIN HAUSER & DONALD W. WEBB (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1528: 1-40 (19 Jul. 2007) 24 plates; 20 references                            Accepted: 15 May 2007
The Conopidae of Costa Rica (Diptera) (Part 1: Conopinae - Conopini &Tropidomyiini)
Jens-HermANN STUKE (Germany) & JEFFREY H. SKEVINGTON (CANADA)
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Zootaxa 1528: 41-60 (19 Jul. 2007) 10 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 31 May 2007
The genus Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in Thailand, with the description of seven new species
HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden) & LASZLO PAPP (Hungary)
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Zootaxa 1527: 1-15 (16 Jul. 2007) 7 plates; 38 references                            Accepted: 16 Jun. 2007
Kloosia Kruseman, Chernovskiia Saeher, Robackia Saeher, and Saetheria Jackson (Chironomidae: Chironominae) in Japan
TADASHI KOBAYASHI (Japan)

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Zootaxa 1527: 45-52 (16 Jul. 2007) 2 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 24 May 2007
Mansonia (Mansonia) iguassuensis sp. nov. (Diptera: Culicidae) from Brasil
ANDREIA APARECIDA BARBOSA, MARIO ANTONIO NAVARRO DA SILVA & MARIA ANICE MUREB SALLUM (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1527: 53-58 (16 Jul. 2007) 3 plates; 18 references                            Accepted: 30 May 2007
Redescription of Tipula octomaculata Savchenko, with notes on related Holarctic species (Diptera, Tipulidae)
JUKKA SALMELA & OLLI AUTIO (Finland)

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1527: 67-68 (16 Jul. 2007)

Erratum ( Correia, L.C.D.S. & Trivinho-strixino, S. (2007) New species of Chironomus Meigen (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) from Brazil. Zootaxa, 1504, 53–68)
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Zootaxa 1521: 9-18 (5 Jul. 2007) 6 plates; 20 references                            Accepted: 15 May 2007
A review of Afrotropical Perasis Hermann, 1905 (Diptera: Asilidae: Laphriinae)
JASON G. H. LONDT (South Africa)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1521: 31-41 (5 Jul. 2007) 3 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 21 May 2007
A new species of Myiopharus Brauer and Bergenstamm (Diptera: Tachinidae) parasitic on adults of the sunflower beetle, Zygogramma exclamationis (Fabricius)
JAMES E. O'HARA (Canada)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1521: 43-58 (5 Jul. 2007) 8 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 21 May 2007
Robber flies of South Korea IV. Species of the subfamily Stichopogoninae Hardy, 1930 (Diptera: Asilidae)
CHARLES L. YOUNG (South Korea)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1510: 1-33 (18 Jun. 2007) 22 plates; 35 references                            Accepted: 9 May 2007
Chrysopilus
(Diptera: Rhagionidae) from Brazil: redescription of Chrysopilus fascipennis Bromley and description of eleven new species
Charles Morphy D. Santos & DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1510: 35-50 (18 Jun. 2007) 10 plates; 30 references                            Accepted: 9 May 2007
Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Pelinoides Cresson (Diptera-Ephydridae)
MERCEDES LIZARRALDE DE GROSSO & CLAUDIA SZUMIK (Argentina)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1506: 1-80 (14 Jun. 2007) 15 plates; 128 references                            Accepted: 19 Apr. 2007
New specific synonymies and taxonomic notes on Neotropical black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) belonging to the subgenera Chirostilbia Enderlein, Hemicnetha Enderlein, Inaequalium Coscaron & Wygodzinsky, Psaroniocompsa Enderlein and Psilopelmia Enderlein
LUIS MIGUEL HERNANDEZ(UK), ANTHONY JOHN SHELLEY (UK), ANTONIO PAULINO ANDRADE DE LUNA DIAS (BRAZIL) & MARILZA MAIA-HERZOG (BRAZIL)

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Zootaxa 1504: 53-68 (11 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 30 Apr. 2007
New species of Chironomus Meigen (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) from Brazil
LENY CELIA DA SILVA CORREIA & SUSANA TRIVINHO-STRIXINO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1503: 33-54 (11 Jun. 2007) 12 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 3 May 2007
New species of Neohybos Ale-Rocha & Carvalho (Diptera, Hybotidae, Hybotinae) from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
R. ALE-ROCHA (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1502: 1-44 (11 Jun. 2007) 22 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 11 Apr. 2007
The genus Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in Melanesia and Oceania
HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden)

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Zootaxa 1497: 1-22 (4 Jun. 2007) 0 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 18 Apr. 2007
A catalogue of the types of Limoniidae and Tipulidae (Diptera: Tipulomorpha) in the collection of the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
GUILHERME CUNHA RIBEIRO, CARLOS JOSE EINICKER LAMAS & LEISA NATHALIE SILVA DE AZEVEDO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1497: 35-40 (4 Jun. 2007) 7 plates; 5 references                            Accepted: 12 Apr. 2007
First record of the tribe Keroplatini from China, with descriptions of two new species (Diptera: Keroplatidae)
HUACHAO XU, JIAN CAO, ZUJI ZHOU, HONG WU & ZHIWEI HUANG (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1497: 41-46 (4 Jun. 2007) 1 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 19 Apr. 2007
A new genus and new species of Nearctic Therevidae (Insecta: Diptera) from Southern New Mexico
DONALD W. WEBB (USA)

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Zootaxa 1497: 47-55 (4 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 19 Apr. 2007
A new species, new synonymy, and taxonomic notes in the Anastrepha schausi group (Diptera: Tephritidae)
ALLEN L. NORRBOM & CHESLAVO A. KORYTKOWSKI (USA)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1488: 1-164 (31 May 2007) 67 plates; 67 references                         Accepted: 24 Feb. 2007
Revision of the genus Elaphropeza Macquart (Diptera: Hybotidae) from the Oriental Region, with a special attention to the fauna of Singapore
IGOR V. SHAMSHEV & PATRICK GROOTAERT (Belgium)

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Zootaxa 1474: 55-62 (14 May 2007) 5 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 16 Apr. 2007
A remarkable new species of Empidideicus (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae) from Madagascar
NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA)

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Zootaxa 1469: 51-57 (10 May 2007) 3 plates; 14 references                             Accepted: 4 Apr. 2007
Two new European species of Delia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) with a bipartite male sternite III
VERNER MICHELSEN (Sweden)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1465: 31-38 (3 May 2007) 10 plates; 4 references                             Accepted: 17 Mar. 2007
First record of the genus Xenoplatyura Malloch, 1928 from China, with descriptions of three new species (Diptera: Keroplatidae)
JIAN CAO, ZUJI ZHOU, HUACHAO XU & HONG WU (P.R. China)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1465: 65-68 (3 May 2007) 2 plates; 6 references                             Accepted: 3 Apr. 2007
The identity of the fossil Psilocephala tarsalis (Statz, 1940) (Diptera: Asiloidea)
MARTIN HAUSER & ERIC M. FISHER (USA)

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Zootaxa 1444: 35-51 (9 Apr. 2007) 8 plates; 27 references                             Accepted: 16 Mar. 2007
Five new species of Drymeia Meigen from the Tibet Plateau, China (Diptera: Muscidae)
WAN-QI XUE, DAN-DAN WANG, XUE-ZHONG ZHANG & CHAO-QUN XIANG (P. R. China)
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Zootaxa 1443: 1-16 (9 Apr. 2007) 6 plates; 11 references                             Accepted: 21 Feb. 2007
Three new Neotropical genera of Odiniidae (Diptera: Acalyptratae)
STEPHEN D. GAIMARI  (USA)
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Zootaxa 1443: 29-35 (9 Apr. 2007) 2 plates; 5 references                             Accepted: 14 Feb. 2007
Notes on South American Dasyomma, with the description of a remarkable new species from Chile (Diptera: Athericidae)
NORMAN E. WOODLEY (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1438: 1-25 (2 Apr. 2007) 9 plates; 16 references                             Accepted: 14 Feb. 2007
New species of Acraspisoides Hill & Winterton and Bonjeania Irwin & Lyneborg
(Diptera: Therevidae: Agapophytinae), with the description of a new genus
SHAUN L. WINTERTON (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1423: 1-26 (12 Mar. 2007) 5 plates; 47 references                                Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
DNA Barcoding: Mixed results for big-headed flies (Diptera: Pipunculidae)
JEFFREY H. SKEVINGTON (Canada), CHRISTIAN KEHLMAIER (Germany) and GUNILLA STAHLS (Findand)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1423: 51-57 (12 Mar. 2007) 2 plates; 4 references                             Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
Four new species of Isoneuromyia from China (Diptera: Keroplatidae)
HUACHAO XU (P.R. China), JIAN CAO (P.R. China), HONG WU (P.R. China), NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA) & ZUJI ZHOU (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1413: 47-53 (1 Mar. 2007) 2 plates; 3 references                             Accepted: 31 Dec. 2006
Two new genera of oscinelline Chloropidae (Diptera) from Costa Rica
TERRY A. WHEELER (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1413: 55-64 (1 Mar. 2007) 2 plates; 18 references                             Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
New species of Nanexila Winterton & Irwin and Taenogera Krober from Australia (Diptera: Therevidae)
SHAUN L. WINTERTON (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1412: 61-67 (26 Feb. 2007) 4 plates; 9 references                                Accepted: 10 Jan. 2007
A new European species of Delia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) near the wheat bulb fly, D. coarctata (Fallen)
VERNER MICHELSEN (Sweden)

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Zootaxa 1411: 47-67 (22 Feb. 2007)  4 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
The Mesoamerican Mesorhaga (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a taxonomic conspectus of the New World fauna
D.J. BICKEL (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1407: 57-64 (15 Feb. 2007)  3 plates; 12 references                         Accepted: 13 Dec. 2006
New species of Laxotela Winterton & Irwin from Australia (Diptera: Therevidae: Agapophytinae)
S.L. WINTERTON (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1407: 43-55 (15 Feb. 2007)  1 plate; 25 references                           Accepted: 19 Dec. 2006
Updated distribution records of the Anopheles (Anopheles) hyrcanus species-group (Diptera: Culicidae) in China
L.M. RUEDA (USA), T.Y. ZHAO (P.R. China), Y.J. MA (P.R. China), Q. GAO (P.R. China), Z.G. DING (P.R. China), B. KHUNTIRAT (Thailand), J. SATTABONGKOT (Thailand) & R.C. WILKERSON (USA)
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Zootaxa 1405: 51-62 (8 Feb. 2007)  4 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 13 Dec. 2006
Revision of the Australian stiletto fly genus Acatopygia Krober (Diptera: Therevidae: Agapophytinae)
S.L. WINTERTON (Australia)

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 Monograph  
Zootaxa 1404: 1-66 (5 Feb. 2007)  26 plates; 100 references                          Accepted: 13 Dec. 2006
Chironomid midges from early Eocene amber of France(Diptera: Chironomidae)
G. DOITTEAU & A. NEL
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1398: 68 (25 Jan. 2007)  2 references                                                    Accepted: 19 Dec. 2006
Replacement name for Alishania Bickel, 2004 (Diptera Dolichopodidae)
D.J. BICKEL (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1398: 15-28 (25 Jan. 2007)  8 plates; 34 references                             Accepted: 20 Dec. 2006
A review of Physiphora Fallen (Diptera: Ulidiidae) from China
X.-L. CHEN (P.R. China) & E.P. KAMENEVA (Ukraine)

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Zootaxa 1388: 25-43 (8 Jan. 2007)  10 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 17 Nov. 2006
Notes on the Neurigona Rondani (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Chinese Mainland
M.Q. WANG (P.R. China), D. YANG (P.R. China) & P. GROOTAERT (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 1388: 1-23 (8 Jan. 2007)  11 plates; 32 references                           Accepted: 15 Nov. 2006
Robber flies of South Korea III. South Korean species of the Subfamily Laphriinae Macquart, 1838 (Diptera: Asilidae)
C.L. YOUNG (South Korea) & M.M. HRADSKÝ (Czech Republic)
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2006 (106 papers; 2536 pages)

Zootaxa 1384: 59-68 (18 Dec. 2006) 4 plates; 10 references                          Accepted: 24 Nov. 2006
Parapentaneura bentogomensis gen. n., sp. n., a new Tanypodinae (Diptera, Chironomidae) from Brazil
E. STUR (Norway), E.J. FITTKAU (Germany) & M.A.D.S. SERRANO (Brazil)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1381: 1-91 (14 Dec. 2006)  30 plates; 60 references                       Accepted: 24 Oct. 2006
A review of the asilid (Diptera) fauna from Hispaniola with six genera new to the island, fifteen new species, and checklist
A.G. SCARBROUGH & D.E. PEREZ-GELABERT (USA)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1380: 1-90 (14 Dec. 2006)  25 plates; 44 references                       Accepted: 12 Oct. 2006
A taxonomic revision of the southwestern Pacific subgenus Hebridosimulium (Diptera: Simuliidae: Simulium)
D.A. CRAIG, D.C. CURRIE, F.F. HUNTER & M. SPIRONELLO (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1378: 61-68 (11 Dec. 2006) 7 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 10 Oct. 2006
A new species of Anthrax Scopoli, 1763 from Brazil, with description of its puparium (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Anthracinae, Anthracini)
C.J.E. LAMAS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1377: 1-26 (11 Dec. 2006) 3 plates; 69 references                            Accepted: 16 Oct. 2006
Integrative taxonomy of Iberian Merodon species (Diptera, Syrphidae)

X. MENGUAL (Spain), G. STAHLS (Findand), A. VUJIC (Serbia and Montenegro) & M. MARCOS-GARCIA (Spain)

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Zootaxa 1374: 61-68 (7 Dec. 2006) 2 plates; 18 references                            Accepted: 24 Oct. 2006
A key to known species of Mastumyia Shiraki (Diptera, Syrphidae) from China, with descriptions of two new species
K.K. HUO & G.D. REN (P.R.China)
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Zootaxa 1372: 17-25 (4 Dec. 2006) 2 plates; 19 references                             Accepted: 14 Oct. 2006
New species of Eupsilocephala Krober from Australia (Diptera: Therevidae)
S.L. WINTERTON (USA)

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Zootaxa 1371: 23-35 (4 Dec. 2006) 9 plates; 11 references                             Accepted: 11 Oct. 2006
Simulium nunesdemelloi (Diptera: Simuliidae), a new species of black fly from the northwestern region of Amazonas State, Brazil
N. HAMADA (Brazil), M. PEPINELLI (Brazil) & L.M. HERNANDEZ (UK)

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Zootaxa 1371: 1-21 (4 Dec. 2006) 12 plates; 11 references                             Accepted: 25 Oct. 2006
Eight new species of Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) from the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Yemen
R.H.L. DISNEY (UK)
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Zootaxa 1364: 59-64 (23 Nov. 2006) 2 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 24 Oct. 2006
Agelanius burgeri, a new species of horse fly from south Chile (Diptera: Tabanidae)
C.R. GONZÁLEZ (Chile)

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Zootaxa 1361: 61-68 (20 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 3 references                              Accepted: 20 Oct. 2006
Description of the unknown stages of Simulium (Aspathia) sandyi Coscaron, Ibanez-Bernal & Coscaron-Arias (Diptera: Simuliidae)
C.A. SANDOVAL-RUIZ & S. IBANEZ-BERNAL

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Zootaxa 1361: 53-59 (20 Nov. 2006) 2 plates; 15 references                         Accepted: 18 Oct. 2006
Robackia Saeher from China (Diptera: Chironomidae)
C.C. YAN & X.H. WANG (P.R.China)

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Zootaxa 1358: 59-66 (16 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 11 references                          Accepted: 21 Aug. 2006
A new species in the genus Agadasys Whittington (Diptera: Platystomatidae, Plastotephritinae) from China
X.L. CHEN (P.R.China) & A.E. WHITTINGTON (UK)
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Zootaxa 1351: 61-68 (6 Nov. 2006)  4 plates; 13 references                         Accepted: 9 Oct. 2006
Ptychopteridae -a family of flies (Diptera) new to the Neotropical Region and description of a new species
E.G. HANCOCK (UK), M-A. MARCOS-GARCIA (Spain) & G.E. ROTHERAY (UK)

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Zootaxa 1351: 53-59 (6 Nov. 2006)  3 plates; 13 references                         Accepted: 9 Oct. 2006
First record of the frog parasite genus Batrachomyia Krefft from New Guinea (Diptera: Chloropidae)
N. EVENHUIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1350: 1-19 (2 Nov. 2006)  3 plates; 26 references                         Accepted: 6 Oct. 2006
Study of two species groups of Phaonia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Muscidae) from China, with the description of three new species
W.-Q. XUE, M.-F. WANG & J. DU (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1333: 1-23 (12 Oct. 2006)  3 plates; 60 references                       Accepted:  16 Aug. 2006
Drosophila bunnanda-a new species from northern Australia with notes on other Australian members of the montium subgroup (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

M. SCHIFFER & S.F. MCEVEY (Australia)

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Zootaxa 1328: 1-26 (5 Oct. 2006)  11 plates; 25 references                       Accepted:  17 Aug. 2006
Simuliidae (Diptera) of the Solomon Islands: new records and species, ecology, and biogeography
D.A. CRAIG (Canada), R.A. ENGLUND (USA) & H. TAKAOKA (Japan)
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Zootaxa 1326: 1-16 (2 Oct. 2006)  3 plates; 17  references                      Accepted:  14 Sept. 2006
Three new species of Coenosia Meigen (Diptera: Muscidae) from P.R. China, with a key to the Chinese species of the genus
W.-Q. XUE & Y. ZHU (P.R. China)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1322: 1-131 (28 Sept. 2006) 23 plates; 133  references                      Accepted:  17 Jul. 2006
The Calliphoridae of Namibia (Diptera: Oestroidea)
H. KURAHASHI (Japan) & A.H. KIRK-SPRIGGS (South Africa)
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Zootaxa 1312: 25-35 (11 Sept. 2006) 4 plates; 15  references                        Accepted:  21 Aug. 2006
Redescription of Culex (Culex) brethesi Dyar, 1919 (Diptera: Culicidae)

R. GUSTAVO C. (Argentina)

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Zootaxa 1302: 43-59 (24 Aug. 2006)  4 plates; 19  references                          Accepted:  1 Aug. 2006
Phylogeny of the subfamily Mycetophilinae (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)
E. RINDAL & G.E.E. SŘLI (Norway)
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Zootaxa 1300: 1-29 (21 Aug. 2006)  28 plates; 21 references                               Accepted:  2 Aug. 2006
A review of Anapausis Enderlein (Diptera: Scatopsidae) in the Neotropical Region, with four new species and comments on the phylogeny of the genus
D.D.S. AMORIM & M.I.P.A. BALBI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1298: 1-15 (17 Aug. 2006) 4 plates; 36 references                              Accepted:  28 Jul. 2006
Two new species and new records of Psychoda Latreille
(Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) from Brazil, with comments on supraspecific classification of the genus
F. BRAVO, D. CORDEIRO & C. CHAGAS
(Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1295: 1-27 (14 Aug. 2006) 4 plates; 20 references                              Accepted:  24 Jul. 2006
The neotropical genera Microthereva Malloch and Peralia Malloch (Diptera: Therevidae: Therevinae)
D.W. WEBB (USA)

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Zootaxa 1295: 61-68 (14 Aug. 2006) 1 plate; 19 references                             Accepted:  20 Jul. 2006
A review of the hirticeps-group of Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Fanniidae), with the description of one new species from China
M.-F. WANG & R.-R. WANG (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa
1291: 1-101 (14 Aug. 2006) 47 plates; 25 references                          Accepted:  30 Jun. 2006
Revision of the New World species of Craspedochaeta (Diptera: Clusiidae)
O. LONSDALE & S.A. MARSHALL (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1288: 1-241 (14 Aug. 2006) 36 plates; 49 references                        Accepted:  18 Apr. 2006
A Revision of the New World Genera Brachylinga Irwin and Lyneborg and Lysilinga Irwin and Lyneborg (Diptera: Therevidae: Therevinae) with the Description of a New Genus, Elcaribe Webb
DONALD W. WEBB & MARK A. METZ (USA)

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Zootaxa 1282: 39-48 (7 Aug. 2006) 3 plates; 13 references                               Accepted:  7 Jul. 2006
Two unusual species of Polypedilum Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Oriental China
R.L. ZHANG (P.R. China), X.H. WANG (P.R. China) & O.A. SĆTHER (Norway)
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Zootaxa 1280: 1-68 (3 Aug. 2006) 10 plates; 30 references                           Accepted:  22 Jun. 2006
Revision of the untreated taxa of Melaloncha s. s. bee-killing flies (Diptera: Phoridae)
B.V. BROWN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1277: 39-63 (31 Jul. 2006) 6 plates; 56 references                              Accepted:  3 Jul. 2006
An overview of the South African tangle-veined flies (Diptera: Nemestrinidae), with an annotated key to the genera and a checklist of species
D.A. BARRACLOUGH (S. Africa)
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Zootaxa 1275: 1-20 (31 Jul. 2006) 7 plates; 20 references                               Accepted: 6 Jun. 2006
Taxonomy of Simulium (Inaequalium) petropoliense Coscarón (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Brazil, with the first description of the male and larva
L.M. HERNANDEZ (UK), A.P.A. DE LUNA DIAS, M. MAIA-HERZOG & A. J. SHELLEY (UK)
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Zootaxa 1274: 1-68 (27 Jul. 2006) 23 plates; 44 references                            Accepted: 13 Jun. 2006
An interpretation of the morphological variation in the Simulium amazonicum species group (Diptera: Simuliidae) of Latin America
A.J. SHELLEY (UK), L.M. HERNÁNDEZ (UK), M.A.MAIA-HERZOG (Brazil), A.P.A. LUNA DIAS (BRazil) & S.B. LUZ (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1273: 1-7 (27 Jul. 2006) 1 plate; 10 references                               Accepted: 22 Jun. 2006
Remarkable sexual dimorphism in the Afrotropical species Nycterimyia capensis Bezzi, 1924 (Diptera: Nemestrinidae), and its taxonomic implications
D.A. BARRACLOUGH (S. Africa)
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Zootaxa 1270: 19-33 (24 Jul. 2006) 4 plates; 31 references                            Accepted: 27 Jun. 2006
Collections of Bruchomyiinae and Phlebotominae (Diptera: Psychodidae) from the north-central portion of the State of Veracruz, Mexico, with the description of a new species
S. IBÁŃEZ-BERNAL, R.A. HERNÁNDEZ-XOLIOT & F. MENDOZA (Mexico) 
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Zootaxa 1267: 49-57 (20 Jul. 2006) 4 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 29 May 2006
A new species of Leptogaster Meigen (Diptera, Asilidae) from Turkey with egg and spermatheca structure
A. HASBENLI, S. CANDAN & N. ALPAY (Turkey) 
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Zootaxa 1260: 37-46 (14 Jul. 2006)  4 plates; 15 references                               Accepted: 13 Jun. 2006
A new European species of Pegomya Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) near P. testacea (De Geer)
V. MICHELSEN (Sweden) 
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Zootaxa 1259: 25-31 (14 Jul. 2006) 2 plates; 20 references                               Accepted: 19 Jun. 2006
A new genus and species of Richardiidae (Diptera) from Hispaniola
D.E. PEREZ-GELABERT & F.C. THOMPSON (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1257: 49-55 (10 Jul. 2006)  3 plates; 9 references                               Accepted: 14 Jun. 2006
A new European species of Pegomya Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) near P. flavoscutellata (Zetterstedt)
V. MICHELSEN (Sweden) 
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Zootaxa 1256: 21-47 (10 Jul. 2006)  11 plates; 38 references                           Accepted: 7 Jun. 2006
Revision of Engelimyia Lopes, 1975 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
T. PAPE (Denmark) & C.A. DE MELLO-PATIU (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1253: 61-68 (6 Jul. 2006)  3 plates; 9 references                               Accepted: 15 Jun. 2006
Two new species of Sciophila Meigen (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from Turkey, with a key to the Western Palaearctic species of the S. lutea Macquart group
D. BECHEV (Bulgaria) & H. KOÇ (Turkey) 
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Zootaxa 1249: 61-68 (3 Jul. 2006) 3 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 1 Jun. 2006
Systematic review of Neotropical genera of Lauxaniidae: 3. The genus Paracestrotus Hendel, 1925 (Diptera: Schizophora)
V.C. SILVA (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1243: 1-60 (26 Jun. 2006) 34 plates; 51 references                           Accepted: 19 May 2006
A systematic study of the genus Dinera Robineau-Desvoidy from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions (Diptera: Tachinidae)
C.-T. ZHANG (P.R. China) & H. SHIMA (Japan) 
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Zootaxa 1242: 37-52 (23 Jun. 2006) 9 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 15 May 2006
A new species of Coenosopsia Malloch (Diptera, Anthomyiidae) from southern Brazil and a reappraisal of the cladistic relationships of the genus
M. BORTOLANZA, C.J.B. DE CARVALHO & A.P.C. LARA (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1236: 37-52 (19 Jun. 2006) 8 plates; 21 references                             Accepted: 20 Apr. 2006
A cladistic analysis of the Neotropical genus Sepedonea Steyskal (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)
L. MARINONI (Brazil) & W.N. MATHIS (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1235: 1-48 (19 Jun. 2006) 8 plates; 31 references                            Accepted: 13 Apr. 2006
Systematic revision of the fruit fly genus Carpophthoromyia Austen (Diptera, Tephritidae)
M. DE MEYER (Belgium) 
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Zootaxa 1223: 1-18 (5 Jun. 2006) 7 plates; 30 references                              Accepted: 26 Apr. 2006
Immature stages of three Japanese species of the genus PleciaWiedemann (Diptera: Bibionidae)
M. SUTOU (Japan) 
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Zootaxa 1220: 55-61 (30 May 2006) 1 plate;  5 references                              Accepted: 24 Apr. 2006
A new species of crane fly, Pedicia (Pedicia) goldsworthyi (Diptera: Pediciidae), from eastern North America
M.J. PETERSEN (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1220: 35-46 (30 May 2006) 1 plate; 28 references                              Accepted: 26 Apr. 2006
A faunal survey of nycteribiid flies (Diptera: Nycteribiidae) associated with bats in Paraguay
G. GRACIOLLI (Brazil), C.W. DICK (USA) & D. GETTINGER (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1211: 1-19 (24 May 2006) 7 plates; 25 references                             Accepted: 8 Mar. 2006
A description of a new species of Diasemopsis (Diptera, Diopsidae) from the Comoro Islands with morphological, molecular and allometric data
MARTIN CARR (UK) , SAMUEL COTTON (UK) , MIHÁLY FÖLDVÁRI (Hungary) & MARION KOTRBA (Germany) 
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Zootaxa 1210: 1-25 (24 May 2006) 12 plates; 18 references                             Accepted: 22 Mar. 2006
Nine new species of Megaselia Rondani (Diptera: Phoridae) from the Seychelles
R.H.L. DISNEY (UK
) 
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Zootaxa 1206: 63-68 (18 May 2006)  2 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 24 Apr. 2006
Two new species of Philosepedon Eaton (Diptera: Psychodidae: Psychodinae) from the Atlantic Coastal Rain Forest of northeastern Brazil
F. BRAVO, C. CHAGAS & D. CORDEIRO (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1206: 1-22 (18 May 2006)  14 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 13 Jan. 2006
Review of the species of the genus Ochthera from China (Diptera: Ephydridae)
J.H. ZHANG & D. YANG (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1204: 37-40 (18 May 2006) 4 references                                                Accepted: 19 Apr. 2006
Location and deposition of the type specimens of Culex scheuberi Carpintero & Leguizamón, Ochlerotatus jorgi (Carpintero & Leguizamón), and Orthopodomyia peytoni Leguizamón & Carpintero (Diptera: Culicidae)
M.N. (LEGUIZAMÓN) HRIBAR & L.J. HRIBAR (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1198: 21-51 (11 May 2006)  5 plates; 65 references                              Accepted: 3 Apr. 2006
Japanese Pseudosmittia Edwards (Diptera: Chironomidae)
O.A. SĆTHER (Norway) 
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Zootaxa 1196: 33-61 (8 May 2006)  241 references                                              Accepted: 7 Mar. 2006
Descriptions of genus Downsiomyia Vargas (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini) and its type species Do. nivea (Ludlow)
J.F. REINERT (USA) & R.E. HARBACH (UK) 
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Zootaxa 1193: 49-57 (4 May 2006) 3 plates; 19 references                              Accepted: 4 Apr. 2006
Nilotanypus Kieffer from China (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae)
M. CHENG & X.H. WANG (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1185: 1-19 (24 Apr. 2006) 7 plates; 40 references                            Accepted: 10 Feb. 2006
Taxonomic notes on the Volucella pellucens species group (Diptera: Syrphidae) with a description of one new species from the Eastern Palaearctic
D.-S. CHOI (R. Korea), K. ÔHARA (Japan) & H.-Y. HAN (R. Korea)
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Zootaxa 1183: 43-56 (24 Apr. 2006) 3 plates; 22 references                            Accepted: 3 Mar. 2006
Tokunagaia Sćther from China (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)
Y.D. LIU & X.H. WANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1183: 57-68 (24 Apr. 2006) 3 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 16 Mar. 2006
A new species of Hoplacephala Macquart (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) from Namibia, with a discussion of generic monophyly
T. PAPE (Denamrk)
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Zootaxa 1180: 1-172 (21 Apr. 2006) 69 plates; 250 references                       Accepted: 25 Feb. 2006
The morphology, higher-level phylogeny and classification of the Empidoidea (Diptera)
B.J. SINCLAIR (Germany) & J.M. CUMMING (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1174: 49-62 (19 Apr. 2006) 7 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 23 Feb. 2006
Description of two new species of Neorhagio (Diptera, Tabanomorpha, Rhagionidae), and remarks on a controversial female character
C.M.D. SANTOS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1171: 17-29 (10 Apr. 2006) 1 plate; 19 references                             Accepted: 17 Feb. 2006
Placement of Cacoceria and phylogenetic relationships of the xylotine genera of the tribe Milesiini (Diptera, Syrphidae: Eristalinae) based on molecular characters
G. STĹHLS (Finland)
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Zootaxa 1167: 17-30 (6 Apr. 2006) 5 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 17 Feb. 2006
First description of species of Chvalaea Papp & Földvári from the Neotropical Region (Diptera, Hybotidae, Ocydromiinae)
R. ALE-ROCHA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1167: 47-60 (6 Apr. 2006) 8 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 27 Feb. 2006
Simulium (Inaequalium) margaritatum, a new species of black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the central region of Bahia State, Brazil
M. PEPINELLI, N. HAMADA & S.L.B. LUZ (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1167: 61-68 (6 Apr. 2006) 4 plates; 4 references                                 Accepted: 10 Jan. 2006
Recharacterization of Rhynchoheterotricha Freeman (Diptera, Sciaroidea), with description of R. chandleri sp. n. from South Africa
H. HIPPA (Sweden) & P. VILKAMAA (Finland)
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Zootaxa 1166: 1-20 (3 Apr. 2006) 6 plates; 23 references                              Accepted: 22 Feb. 2006
Four new species of the genus Diaphorus (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from China
M.Q. WANG (P.R. China), D. YANG (P.R. China) & P. GROOTAERT (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 1165: 47-55 (3 Apr. 2006) 2 plates; 6 references                                Accepted: 12 Feb. 2006
Morphological descriptions of the female, pupa, and larva of Culex (Culex) cuyanus Duret (Diptera: Culicidae)
G.C. ROSSI, E. SCHEIBLER & M.C. DOMINGUEZ (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1162: 1-18 (30 Mar. 2006) 5 plates; 25 references                           Accepted: 13 Jan. 2006
Four new species of Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1874 (Diptera: Chironomidae) from South America
A.M. SANSEVERINO & E.J. FITTKAU (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1162: 19-31 (30 Mar. 2006) 4 plates; 27 references                           Accepted: 15 Feb. 2006
The enigmatic Dacochile microsoma Poinar & Brown: Tanyderidae or Bruchomyiinae?
G. POINAR, JR.& A.E. BROWN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1162: 33-43 (30 Mar. 2006) 2 plates; 23 references                           Accepted: 21 Feb. 2006
A review of the F. serena-subgroup of Fannia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Fanniidae), with the description of two new species from China
M.-F. WANG, D. ZHANG  & W.-Q. XUE (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1161: 1-49 (30 Mar. 2006) 17 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 16 Feb. 2006
Diversity of Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in a Malaysian rainforest: description of twenty-seven new sympatric species
H. HIPPA (Sweden)
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Zootaxa 1158: 68 (23 Mar. 2006
Corrigenda: Carvalho, C.J.B. de & Pont, A.C. (2006)
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Zootaxa 1156: 65-68 (23 Mar. 2006) 2 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 10 Feb. 2006
A new species of Villa Lioy, 1864 (Diptera: Bombyliidae) parasitic on Sesiidae (Lepidoptera)
D.J. GREATHEAD (UK) & Y. KARIMPOUR (Iran)
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Zootaxa 1155: 25-33 (20 Mar. 2006) 2 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 17 Feb. 2006
A new species of Myoleja Rondani (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Turkey with a key to the known species of the genus
H.-Y. HAN (R. Korea) & M. KüTüT (Turkey)
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Zootaxa 1155: 41-50 (20 Mar. 2006) 5 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 10 Feb. 2006
A new species of Alloxytropus Bezzi (Diptera: Scenopinidae: Proratinae) from Israel
S.L. WINTERTON & P.H. KERR (USA)
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Zootaxa 1153: 1-16 (17 Mar. 2006) 8 plates; 37 references                            Accepted: 21 Jan. 2006
A redescription of Neozavrelia cuneipennis (Edwards) comb. nov., with a checklist of Neozavrelia species of the world  (Diptera: Chironomidae)
T. EKREM (Norway)
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Zootaxa 1151: 1-26 (14 Mar. 2006) 7 plates; 46 references                            Accepted: 12 Jan. 2006
Taxonomy, cladistics and biogeography of the South American genus Brachygasterina Macquart (Diptera: Muscidae)
C.J.B. DE CARVALHO (Brazil) & A.C. PONT (UK)
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Zootaxa 1151: 47-53 (14 Mar. 2006) 1 plate; 9 references                               Accepted: 16 Jan. 2006
New species and records of Beckidia Saether (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Russian Far East
O.V. ZORINA  (Russia)
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Zootaxa 1150: 31-42 (14 Mar. 2006) 6 plates; 12 references                             Accepted: 4 Jan. 2006
Corynoptera vagula Tuomikoski and allied species (Diptera: Sciaridae)
P. VILKAMAA (Finland) & H. HIPPA (Sweden)
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Zootaxa 1149: 1-88 (10 Mar. 2006) 3 plates; 74 references                               Accepted: 5 Jan. 2006
New records of Namibian Bombyliidae (Diptera), with notes on some genera and descriptions of new species
D.J. GREATHEAD (UK)
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Zootaxa 1147: 35-59 (10 Mar. 2006) 9 plates; 12 references                           Accepted: 29 Dec. 2005
Review of Hayesomyia Murray & Fittkau (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae) from China
M. CHENG & X.H. WANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1147: 61-68 (10 Mar. 2006) 2 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 26 Jan. 2006
A new species of Eomedina Mesnil (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Namibia
P. CERRETTI (Italy) & N. WYATT (UK)
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Zootaxa 1140: 1-29 (6 Mar. 2006) 8 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 4 Feb. 2006
New species of Isoneuromyia Brunetti (Diptera: Keroplatidae) from the Oriental Region
N.L. EVENHUIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1139: 1-17 (6 Mar. 2006) 5 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 1 Feb. 2006
New genera and host plant records of Asteraceae-feeding Tephritidae (Diptera) from Brazil
A.L. NORRBOM (USA) & P.I. PRADO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1137: 63-68 (2 Mar. 2006) 1 plate; 23 references                               Accepted: 16 Jan. 2006
A review of the H. obtusipennis species-group of the genus Helina R.-D. (Diptera: Muscidae) from the Palaearctic and Oriental regions, with description of one new species
M.-F. WANG, R.-R. WANG  & W.-Q. XUE (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1136: 49-64 (27 Feb. 2006) 8 plates; 4 references                             Accepted: 11 Jan. 2006
New species of Macrostomus Wiedemann (Diptera, Empididae) from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
J.A. RAFAEL  (Brazil) & J.M. CUMMING (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1135: 49-55 (27 Feb. 2006) 14 references                                         Accepted: 16 Jan. 2006
Aedes (Finlaya) alongi Galliard and Ngu (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini): description of the female, redescription of the fourth-instar larva, and reassignment to genus Bothaella Reinert
J.F. REINERT (USA), R.E. HARBACH (UK) & V.D. HUONG (Vietnam)
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Zootaxa 1134: 1-28 (23 Feb. 2006) 8 plates; 34 references                             Accepted: 13 Jan. 2006
The taxonomy of Neotropical Brunettiina (Diptera, Psychodidae, Psychodinae, Mormiini), with descriptions of ten new species from Brazil and comments on the generic classification of the subtribe
F. BRAVO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1134: 29-49 (23 Feb. 2006) 6 plates; 33 references                             Accepted: 10 Dec. 2005
Non-biting midges of the genus Paracladopelma Harnisch (Diptera: Chironomidae) from the Russian Far East
O. V. ZORINA (Russia)
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Zootaxa 1134: 51-57 (23 Feb. 2006) 3 plates; 26 references                             Accepted: 9 Jan. 2006
The first snipe fly (Diptera: Rhagionidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China
K.Y. ZHANG, D. YANG & D. REN (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1134: 59-68 (23 Feb. 2006) 4 plates; 3 references                             Accepted: 9 Jan. 2006
On the distribution of the marine genus Thinolestris Grootaert & Meuffels (Diptera, Dolichopodidae) with a description of a new species from Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei
P. GROOTAERT (Belgium) & N.L. EVENHUIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1132: 1-30 (20 Feb. 2006) 5 plates; 30 references                             Accepted: 18 Dec. 2005
Robber flies of South Korea—I. South Korean species of the Subfamily Asilinae Latreille, 1802 (Diptera, Asilidae)
C.L. YOUNG (Rep. of Korea)
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Zootaxa 1132: 63-68 (20 Feb. 2006) 1 plate; 19 references                             Accepted: 4 Jan. 2006
Phylogeny of the Sciaroidea (Diptera): the implication of additional taxa and character data
H. HIPPA (Sweden) & P. VILKAMAA  (Finland)
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Zootaxa 1130: 57-68 (16 Feb. 2006) 3 plates; 24 references                             Accepted: 21 Dec. 2005
A new species of Chironomus Meigen (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) from polluted streams of southeastern Brazil
L.C.S. CORREIA (Brazil), S. TRIVINHO-STRIXINO (Brazil) & P. MICHAILOVA  (Bulgaria)
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Zootaxa 1128: 49-56 (16 Feb. 2006) 2 plates; 11 references                              Accepted: 5 Dec. 2005
Psectrotanypus Kieffer (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae) from China
M. CHENG & X.H. WANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1124: 47-53 (8 Feb. 2006) 1 plate; 14 references                                Accepted: 5 Dec. 2006
Description of a new species of Microcerella (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) from Argentinean Patagonia
J.C. MARILUIS (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1123: 21-37 (8 Feb. 2006) 9 plates; 18 references                                Accepted: 1 Dec. 2006
Simulium (Chirostilbia) jefersoni, a new species of black fly (Diptera: Simuliidae) from the state of Bahia, Brazil
N. HAMADA (Brazil), L.M. HERNANDEZ (UK), S.L.B. LUZ (Brazil) & M. PEPINELLI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1123: 39-55 (8 Feb. 2006) 9 plates; 14 references                                Accepted: 5 Dec. 2006
The genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera: Sciaridae) in a biodiversity hot spot: new sympatric species from Kambaiti, Burma
P. VILKAMAA (Finland), L.A. KOMAROVA  (Russia) & H. HIPPA (Sweden)
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Zootaxa 1122: 47-55 (2 Feb. 2006) 3 plates; 15 references                                Accepted: 5 Dec. 2006
A new synonym of the biting midge, Culicoides bottimeri Wirth, with a redescription, new distribution records and seasonal activity data (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
R.A. PHILLIPS, W.L. GROGAN, JR. & B.A. MULLENS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1122: 57-68 (2 Feb. 2006) 5 plates; 21 references                                Accepted: 7 Dec. 2006
Investigation of taxonomically important morphological features of endoparasitic bat flies of the subfamily Ascodipterinae (Diptera: Streblidae) by scanning electron microscopy
M.W. HASTRITER, K. DITTMAR & M.F. WHITING (USA)
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Zootaxa 1114: 53-59 (27 Jan. 2006) 2 plates; 15 references                          Accepted: 25 Nov. 2005
First record of Syntormon from Singapore with the description of a new species (Insecta, Diptera, Dolichopodidae)
P. GROOTAERT (Belgium), D. YANG (P.R. China) & M.Q. WANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1113: 21-32 (24 Jan. 2006) 3 plates; 19 references                          Accepted: 21 Nov. 2005
Review of the genus Villa Lioy (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Egypt, with descriptions of two new species
M.S. EL-HAWAGRY (Egypt) & D.J. GREATHEAD (UK)
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Zootaxa 1111: 59-67 (20 Jan. 2006) 2 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 29 Dec. 2005
Natarsia Fittkau (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae) from China
M. CHENG & X.H. WANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1110: 47-57 (17 Jan. 2006) 3 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 28 Nov. 2005
Homology of the gonostylus parts in crane flies, with emphasis on the families Tipulidae and Limoniidae (Diptera, Tipulomorpha)
G.C. RIBEIRO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1108: 35-51 (13 Jan. 2006) 5 plates; 27 references                             Accepted: 5 Nov. 2005
A review of Microtendipes Kieffer from China (Diptera: Chironomidae)
X. QI & X.H. WANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1108: 53-68 (13 Jan. 2006) 5 plates; 43 references                           Accepted: 16 Nov. 2005
Microchironomus Kieffer from China (Diptera: Chironomidae)
C.C. YAN & X.H. WANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1104: 23-34 (5 Jan. 2006) 4 plates; 16 references                             Accepted: 2 8 Oct. 2005
Taxonomy of Simulium guaporense Py-Daniel (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Brazil, with the first description of males and females
N. HAMADA (Brazil), L.M. HERNANDEZ (UK) & S.L.B. LUZ (Brazil)
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2005 (88 papers; 2044 pages)

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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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 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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Zootaxa 1013: 1-18 (30 Jun. 2005) 2 plates; 35 references                               Accepted: 8 Jun. 2005
The crane flies (Diptera: Tipuloidea) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
M.J. PETERSEN , C.R. PARKER  & E. BERNARD (USA)
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Zootaxa 1012: 53-60 (28 Jun. 2005) 1 plate, 22 references                               Accepted: 7 Jun. 2005
Dacochile microsoma Poinar & Brown, not a tanyderid but a bruchomyiine psychodid (Diptera: Psychodidae, Tanyderidae)
N.E. WOODLEY (USA)
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Zootaxa 1011: 1-54 (24 Jun. 2005) 28 plates; 14 references                               Accepted: 7 Jun. 2005
The genus Manota in Costa Rica (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)
M. JASCHHOF & H. HIPPA (Sweden)
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Zootaxa 1010: 15-24 (21 Jun. 2005) 4 plates; 18 references                         Accepted: 19 May 2005
Notes on the genus Homoneura from Guizhou, China (Diptera: Lauxaniidae)
C.X. GAO (P.R. China) & D. YANG  (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1010: 37-52 (21 Jun. 2005) 5 plates; 25 references                             Accepted: 2 Jun. 2005
Five new species of Tachydromiinae (Diptera: Empididae s.l.) from New World Tertiary ambers
M.M. SOLORZANO KRAEMER (Germany) , B.J. SINCLAIR (Germany)  & J. M. CUMMING (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1009: 21-36 (17 Jun. 2005) 5 plates, 31 references                           Accepted: 18 May 2005
Curiosimusca, gen. nov., and three new species in the family Aulacigastridae from the Oriental Region (Diptera: Opomyzoidea)
A. RUNG (USA), W.N. MATHIS (USA) & L. Papp (Hungary)
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Zootaxa 1008: 39-45 (14 Jun. 2005) 2 plates, 7 references                             Accepted: 23 May 2005
A new remarkable Xestomyzinae (Insecta, Diptera, Therevidae) genus from Mexican Amber
M. HAUSER & M.E. IRWIN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1006: 23-32 (10 Jun. 2005) 4 plates; 5 references                               Accepted: 31 May 2005
Two new species of Heterostylum Macquart (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae) from Brazil
A.M. CUNHA & C.J.E. LAMAS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1004: 1-14 (7 Jun. 2005) 7 plates; 14 references                               Accepted: 12 May 2005
The appendiculatus species-group of Habropogon Loew, 1847 (Diptera: Asilidae) in the Palaearctic Region, including the description of new species
M. HRADSKÝ (Czech Republic) & F. GELLER-GRIMM  (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1004: 51-64 (7 Jun. 2005) 2 plates; 30 references                               Accepted: 13 May 2005
A review of the Neotropical genus Sarcopromusca Townsend (Diptera: Muscidae) with a key to species and a redescription of S. sarcophagina (Wulp)
S.S. NIHEI  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1003: 1-32 (3 Jun. 2005) 25 plates; 15 references                               Accepted: 10 May 2005
Chrysotimus Loew from China (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
M. WANG (P.R. China), D. YANG (P.R. China) & P. GROOTAERT  (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 993: 1-8 (25 May 2005) 3 plates; 16 references                                  Accepted: 20 Apr. 2005
Description of an unusual new Costa Rican species of Cerodontha (Dizygomyza) with additional notes on Neotropical species of Dizygomyza (Diptera: Agromyzidae)
S. BOUCHER (Canada)
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Zootaxa 990: 1-14 (23 May 2005) 7 plates; 2 references                                 Accepted: 5 May 2005
Quichuamyia, a new Neotropical genus of Stratiomyidae
(Insecta: Diptera)
C.A. BRAMMER (USA)
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Zootaxa 979: 1-12 (16 May 2005) 4 plates; 16 references                                  Accepted: 9 May 2005
Gynocladius scalpellosus n. gen., n. sp. from Brazil (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)
H.F. MENDES (Norway), O.A. SĆTHER (Norway) & M. ANDRADE-MORRAYE (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 978: 1-14 (16 May 2005) 4 plates; 10 references                                 Accepted: 2 May 2005
Two new genera and four new species of Mydidae (Diptera) from Madagascar
B.C. KONDRATIEFF, R.J. CARR & M.E. IRWIN (USA
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Zootaxa 977: 1-36 (13 May 2005) 14 plates; 27 references                                 Accepted: 13 May 2005
Revision of Nearctic Nephrocerus Zetterstedt (Diptera: Pipunculidae)
J.H. SKEVINGTON (Canada
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Zootaxa 975: 1-12 (13 May 2005) 4 plates; 34 references                                 Accepted: 27 Apr. 2005
Cyrtosathe gen. n.: the first non-scenopinine window fly from sub-Saharan Africa (Diptera: Scenopinidae)
S.L. WINTERTON  & M.A. METZ (USA
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Zootaxa 974: 1-56 (9 May 2005) 12 plates; 54 references                                 Accepted: 24 Apr. 2005
A new subgenus and new species of Orthocladius van der Wulp, with a phylogenetic evaluation of the validity of the subgenera of the genus (Diptera: Chironomidae)
OLE A. SĆTHER (Norway
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Zootaxa 967: 1-23 (2 May 2005) 5 plates; 5 references                                 Accepted: 22 Apr. 2005
New species of Lonchaeidae (Diptera: Schizophora) from central and southern Africa
I. MACGOWAN (UK)
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Zootaxa 960: 1-34 (26 Apr. 2005) 12 plates; 13 references                               Accepted: 13 Apr. 2005
New taxa of the Lygistorrhinidae (Diptera: Sciaroidea) and their implications for a phylogenetic analysis of the family
H. HIPPA (Sweden), I. MATTSSON (Sweden) & P. VILKAMAA (Finland)
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Zootaxa 957: 1-16 (26 Apr. 2005) 4 plates; 13 references                                 Accepted: 14 Apr. 2005
Onconeura, a new Neotropical orthoclad genus (Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae)
T. ANDERSEN & O.A. SĆTHER (Norway
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Zootaxa 942: 1-10 (18 Apr. 2005) 2 plates; 19 references                                 Accepted: 3 Apr. 2005
Two new species of the genus Chersodromia Walker (Diptera: Hybotidae) from Southeast Asia
I. SHAMSHEV & P. GROOTAERT  (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 941: 1-26 (15 Apr. 2005) 6 plates; 15 references                                 Accepted: 24 Mar. 2005
Two new species of Anopheles (Anopheles) Hyrcanus Group (Diptera: Culicidae) from the Republic of South Korea
L.M. RUEDA (USA
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Zootaxa 940: 1-15 (15 Apr. 2005) 2 plates; 46 references                                 Accepted: 3 Apr. 2005
Paratanytarsus Thienemann & Bause from China (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanytarsini)
X. WANG & Y. GUO (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 939: 1-8 (15 Apr. 2005) 2 plates; 9 references                                 Accepted: 22 Mar. 2005
A newly recognized species in the Anopheles Hyrcanus Group and molecular identification of related species from the Republic of South Korea (Diptera: Culicidae)
C. LI, J. S. LEE, J.L. GROEBNER, H.-C. KIM, T.A. KLEIN, M.L. O’GUINN & R. C. WILKERSON (USA
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Zootaxa 938: 1-46 (12 Apr. 2005) 9 plates; 140 references                                 Accepted: 29 Mar. 2005
A review of the tachinid parasitoids (Diptera: Tachinidae) of Nearctic Choristoneura species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), with keys to adults and puparia
J.E. O’HARA (Canada
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Zootaxa 931: 1-11 (5 Apr. 2005) 5 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 29 Mar. 2005
Review of the subgenus Scatella Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 from China (Diptera: Ephydridae)
J. ZHANG and D. YANG  (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 922: 1-12 (29 Mar. 2005) 5 plates; 12 references                                  Accepted: 17 Mar. 2005
Simulium (Psaroniocompsa) stellatum (Diptera: Simuliidae), a new black fly from a high mountain range in southeastern Brazil
L. GIL-AZEVEDO, R. FIGUEIRÓ & M. MAIA-HER-ZOG (Brazil
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Zootaxa 912: 1-7 (21 Mar. 2005) 8 plates; 11 references                               Accepted: 15 Mar. 2005
New species of Hybos Meigen from Guangdong Province, South China (Diptera: Empididae)
D. YANG (P.R. China), S.D. GAIMARI (USA) and P. GROOTAERT (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 910: 1-31 (21 Mar. 2005) 10 plates; 31 references                                   Accepted: 9 Mar. 2005
Demicryptochironomus Lenz from China (Diptera: Chironomidae)
C. YAN, H. TANG & X. WANG (P. R. China
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Zootaxa 908: 1-4 (21 Mar. 2005) 1 plate; 9 references                                    Accepted: 8 Mar. 2005
A new species of Clinocera Meigen (Diptera: Empididae) from China 
D. YANG (P.R. China) , P. GROOTAERT (Belgium) & B. HORVAT (Slovenia
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Zootaxa 905: 1-11 (18 Mar. 2005) 2 plates; 21 references                                Accepted: 10 Mar. 2005
Description and revalidation of Mansonia (Mansonia) fonsecai  (Pinto) (Diptera: Culicidae)
A.A. BARBOSA, M.A.N. DA SILVA & M.A.M. SALLUM (Brazil
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Zootaxa 896: 1-14 (10 Mar. 2005) 4 plates; 17 references                               Accepted: 27 Feb. 2005
Redescription of the female, male, and pupa of Simulium itaunense D’Andretta & González B. (Diptera: Simuliidae)
L.M. HERNÁNDEZ (UK), A.J. SHELLEY (UK), A.P.L. DIAS (Brazil) & M. MAIA-HERZOG (Brazil
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Zootaxa 894: 1-12 (10 Mar. 2005) 58 references                                                Accepted: 2 Mar. 2005
On selected family-group names in Chironomidae (Insecta, Diptera), and related nomenclature
M. SPIES  (Germany)
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Zootaxa 892: 1-8 (10 Mar. 2005) 3 plates; 14 references                                    Accepted: 1 Mar. 2005
New species of Asyndetus Loew (Diptera: Dolichopodidae) from Xinjiang, with a key to Central Asian species
M. WANG & D. YANG (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 887: 1-10 (7 Mar. 2005)  6 references                                                Accepted: 27 Feb. 2005
Generic and subgeneric status of aedine mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini) occurring in the Australasian Region
J. F. REINERT (USA) & R.E. HARBACH  (UK)
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Zootaxa 886: 1-12 (7 Mar. 2005) 1 plate; 10 references                                   Accepted: 18 Feb. 2005
The interpretation of some Conopidae (Diptera) described by Robineau-Desvoidy
J.-H. STUKE (Germany) & D.K. CLEMENTS (UK) 
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Zootaxa 885: 1-36 (7 Mar. 2005) 7 plates; 66 references                                   Accepted: 11 Feb. 2005
Revision of the West Palaearctic species of the genus Pales Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Tachinidae)
P. CERRETTI (Iatly) 
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Zootaxa 866: 1-28 (23 Feb. 2005) 8 plates; 55 references                                     Accepted: 16 Feb. 2005
Systematic revision of Johnmannia Irwin and Lyneborg (Diptera: Therevidae): Atypical metallic stiletto flies from Australian mesic habitats
C.L. LAMBKIN, J.M. RECSEI & D.K. YEATES (Australia)
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Zootaxa 860: 1-282 (16 Feb. 2005)  750 references                                              Accepted: 6 Jan. 2005
A Catalogue of the Muscidae (Diptera) of the Neotropical Region
C.J.B. DE CARVALHO (Brazil), M.S. COURI (Brazil), A.C. PONT, D. PAMPLONA (Brazil) & S.M. LOPES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 857: 1-158 (16 Feb. 2005)  39 plates, 216 references                          Accepted: 12 Jan. 2005
Systematics and phylogeny of Dolichopodinae (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
S.E. BROOKS (Canada)
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Zootaxa 856: 1-35 (11 Feb. 2005)  8 plates, 43 references                                  Accepted: 28 Jan. 2005
A review of fungus gnats in the tribe Exechiini (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the J. W. Zetterstedt collection at the Museum of Zoology in Lund, Sweden
J. KJĆRANDSEN (Sweden)
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Zootaxa 853: 1-46 (8 Feb. 2005)  13 plates, 3 references                                  Accepted: 21 Jan. 2005
New specific synonymies and taxonomic notes on Neotropical blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae)
L.M. HERNÁNDEZ & A.J. SHELLEY (UK)
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Zootaxa 828: 1-4 (20 Jan. 2005) 1 plate, 2 references                                    Accepted: 17 Jan. 2005
A new species of the genus Neosilba (Diptera: Lonchaeidae)
P.C. STRIKIS & A.P. PRADO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 818: 1-8 (17 Jan. 2005) 3 plates, 11 references                                  Accepted: 4 Jan. 2005
A new species of Propebrevitrichia Kelsey (Diptera: Scenopinidae: Scenopininae) from Botswana
S.L. WINTERTON (USA)
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Zootaxa 816: 1-56 (14 Jan. 2005) 7 plates, 30 references                                  Accepted: 10 Jan. 2005
A revision of the Holarctic genus Spiriverpa Irwin and Lyneborg (Diptera: Therevidae: Therevinae)
D.W. WEBB (USA)
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Zootaxa 811: 1-8 (14 Jan. 2005) 2 plates, 35 references                                    Accepted: 4 Jan. 2005
Two new species of the genus Hercostomus from Taiwan, China (Diptera, Dolichopodidae)
L. ZHANG (P.R. China), D. YANG  (P.R. China) & K. MASUNAGA (Japan)
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Zootaxa 802: 1-8 (10 Jan. 2005) 2 plates, 15 references                                   Accepted: 22 Dec. 2004
A review of the genus Parorthocladius Thienemann from China (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)
Y. LIU & X. WANG (P.R. China)
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2004 (60 papers; 1429 pages)

Zootaxa 773: 1-56 (17 December 2004) 9 plates; 38 references                       Accepted: 28 Nov. 2004
New species of Bombylioidea in Mario Bezzi’s Unpublished Hungarian Museum Manuscript
D.J. GREATHEAD (UK) & N.L. EVENHUIS
(USA)
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Zootaxa 765: 1-8 (14 December 2004) 5 plates; 18 references                          Accepted: 2 Dec. 2004
Karyotype of Propsilocerus akamusi (Tokunaga) from China (Diptera: Chironomidae)
I.I. KIKNADZE (Russia), X. WANG (P.R. China), A.G. ISTOMINA
(Russia)
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Zootaxa 764: 1-7 (14 December 2004) 2 plates; 16 references                          Accepted: 25 Nov. 2004
Two new species of Ommatius Wiedemann (Diptera: Asilidae) from Brazil
R. VIEIRA, I. CASTRO & F. BRAVO
(Brazil)
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Zootaxa 757: 1-16 (7 December 2004) 4 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 29 Oct. 2004
The South American genus Nigranitida Metz (Diptera: Therevidae: Therevinae) with the description of three new species
D.W. WEBB & M.A. METZ
(USA)
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Zootaxa 752: 1-90 (3 December 2004) 246 references                                   Accepted: 8 Nov. 2004
Notes and recommendations on taxonomy and nomenclature of Chironomidae (Diptera)
M. SPIES (Germany)& O.A. SĆTHER (Norway)

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Zootaxa 751: 1-94 (3 December 2004)  495 references                      Accepted: 16 Nov. 2004
The Diptera Genera of Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot
N.L. EVENHUIS (USA) & A.C. PONT (UK)
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Zootaxa 750: 1-19 (3 December 2004) 6 plates; 35 references                      Accepted: 22 Nov. 2004
A review of the genus Cladotanytarsus Kieffer from China, with the description of three new species (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanytarsini)
X. WANG & Y. GUO
(P. R. China)
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Zootaxa 741: 1-14 (25 November 2004) 5 plates; 19 references                      Accepted: 17 Nov. 2004
Description of five Anthrax Scopoli puparia (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Anthracinae, Anthracini)
A.M. CUNHA & C.J. EINICKER LAMAS
(Brazil)
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Zootaxa 731: 1-10 (18 November 2004) 4 plates; 32 references                      Accepted: 10 Nov. 2004
Status of Cyrtosia marginata Perris (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae) with remarks on the type and new distribution records
N.L. EVENHUIS (USA) & C. DAVID
(UK)
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Zootaxa 730: 1-14 (18 November 2004) 2 plates; 5 references                       Accepted: 9 Nov. 2004
New species and records of Melaloncha (Udamochiras) bee-killing flies (Diptera: Phoridae)
L. GONZALEZ & B.V. BROWN (USA)

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Zootaxa 722: 1-64 (11 November 2004) 1 plate; 211 references                     Accepted: 15 Oct. 2004
The Sarcophagidae (Insecta: Diptera) described by Louis Pandellé
T. PAPE (Denmark)

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Zootaxa 712: 1-12 (4 November 2004) 2 plates; 46 references                          Accepted: 15 Oct. 2004
Regarding the taxonomic status of Ophyra Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Muscidae): A molecular approach
G. SCHNELL E SCHUEHLI (Brazil), C.B. DE
CARVALHO (Brazil) & B.M. WIEGMANN (USA)
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Zootaxa 700: 1-120 (27 October 2004) 51 plates; 102 references                 Accepted: 7 Jul. 2004
The subgenus Stegomyia of Aedes in the Afrotropical Region with keys to the species (Diptera: Culicidae)
Y.-M. HUANG
(USA)
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Zootaxa 699: 1-24 (25 October 2004) 9 plates; 20 references                        Accepted: 12 Oct. 2004
The genus Xenosciara gen. n. and the phylogeny of the Sciaridae (Diptera) 
P. VILKAMAA (Finland) & H. HIPPA
(Sweden)
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Zootaxa 693: 1-8 (21 October 2004) 3 plates; 6 references                      Accepted: 11 Oct. 2004
New morphological information on Simulium cerradense adults and new records of black fly species (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the western region of Bahia state, Brazil
N. HAMADA (Brazil), S.L.B LUZ (Brazil) & S. COSCARÓN  (Argentina)

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Zootaxa 689: 1-7 (18 October 2004) 2 plates; 7 references                       Accepted: 9 Oct. 2004
Podonomus pepinellii n. sp., first record of the genus and subfamily from Brazil (Diptera: Chironomidae: Podonominae)
F.D.O. ROQUE & S. TRIVINHO-STRIXINO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 675: 1-6 (8 October 2004) 16 references                                            Accepted: 24 Sept. 2004
New records of six species of subgenus Sophophora (Drosophila, Drosophilidae) collected in Brazil
J.S. DÖGE, M.S. GOTTSCHALK, D.C. DE TONI, L.E.M. BIZZO, S.C. F. OLIVEIRA, V.L.S. VALENTE & P.R.P.
HOFMANN (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 665: 1-8 (1 October 2004)  6 plates; 9 references                        Accepted: 22 Sept. 2004
First known male of Enicoscolus (Diptera: Bibionidae), with a redescription of E. brachycephalus
D.D.S. AMORIM & L.G. PINTO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 658: 1-5 (29 September 2004)  2 plates; 7 references                     Accepted: 20 Sept. 2004
Redescription of the pupae of Hyperalonia morio morio (Fabricius), 1775 (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Anthracinae, Exoprosopini)
A.M. CUNHA & C.J.E. LAMAS (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 654: 1-48 (24 September 2004)  28 references                                Accepted: 2 Aug. 2004
The bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) of Jordan
S. ARABYAT (Jordan), A. KATBEH-BADER (Jordan) & D. GREATHEAD (UK)
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Zootaxa 650: 1-19 (22 September 2004) 4 plates, 33 references                    Accepted: 10 Sept. 2004
A review of the genus Rheotanytarsus Thienemann & Bause from China (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanytarsini)
X. WANG & Y. GUO
(P.R. China)
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Zootaxa
637: 1-68 (10 September 2004) 26 plates; 17 references                    Accepted: 26 Aug. 2004
Distinctive new species of Atrichopogon Kieffer (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) from Costa Rica
A. BORKENT (Canada) & A. PICADO
(Costa Rica)
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Zootaxa 627: 1-8 (3 September 2004) 2 plates; 4 references                        Accepted: 16 Jul. 2004
Borneomyia, a new genus and two new species of Milichiidae (Diptera, Schizophora)
I. BRAKE
(USA)
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Zootaxa 626: 1-8 (3 September 2004) 2 plates; 41 references                        Accepted: 19 Jul. 2004
Nemotelus flavipes De Geer, 1776 recognized as a nomen oblitum and synonym of Pandivirilia eximia (Meigen, 1820) (Diptera: Therevidae)
K.C. HOLSTON
(Sweden)
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Zootaxa 625: 1-30 (1 September 2004) 5 plates; 11 references                        Accepted: 15 Jul. 2004
A review of the Afrotropical genus Mycomyiella Matile, 1973 (Diptera, Mycetophilidae, Mycomyini), with the description of six new species
Ř. GAMMELMO (Norway)
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Zootaxa 622: 1-27 (30 August 2004) 9 plates; 31 references                           Accepted: 10 Aug. 2004
Review of unreported shore-fly genera of the tribe Scatellini from the New Zealand subregion (Diptera: Ephydridae) with description of three new species
W.N. MATHIS (USA), T. ZATWARNICKI (Poland) & J.W.M. MARRIS (New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 614: 1-7 (25 August 2004) 2 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 12 Aug. 2004
Maruina guria (Diptera, Psychodidae), a new psychodid species from Brazil
F. BRAVO
(Brazil)
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Zootaxa 612: 1-6 (23 August 2004) 1 plate; 5 references                           Accepted: 6 Aug. 2004
Lectotype designation and redescription of Drymeia aterrima (Wulp, 1896) (Diptera: Muscidae)
S.S. NIHEI & C.J.B. DE CARVALHO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 595: 1-35 (6 August 2004) 5 plates; 53 references                              Accepted: 15 July 2004
The chironomids (Diptera, Chironomidae) described by Lundström (1915) from arctic Siberia, with a redescription of Derotanypus sibiricus (Kruglova & Chernovskii)
O.A. SĆTHER (Norway)
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Zootaxa 594: 1-82 (6 August 2004) 23 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 10 July 2004
A review of Antillocladius Sćther, 1981; Compterosmittia Sćther, 1981 and Litocladius new genus (Chironomidae, Orthocladiinae) 
H.F. MENDES (Brazil), T. ANDERSEN (Norway) & O.A. SĆTHER
(Norway)

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Zootaxa 593: 1-11 (3 Aug. 2004) 1 plate; 37 references                           Accepted: 21 July 2004
A mitochondrial 12S and 16S rRNA phylogeny of critical genera of Phoridae (Diptera) and related families of Aschiza
C.E. COOK, J.J. AUSTIN & R.H.L. DISNEY
(UK)

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Zootaxa 589: 1-60 (3 Aug 2004) 157 plates; 48 references                       Accepted: 25 June 2004
Pictorial keys for the identification of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) associated with Dengue Virus Transmission
L.M. RUEDA
(USA)

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Zootaxa 581: 1-10 (23 July 2004)  3 plates; 14 references                               Accepted: 9 July 2004
New species of Bryophaenocladius Thienemann from the Nearctic Region (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)
X.H. WANG (P.R. China), Z. LIU (P.R. China) & J.H. EPLER (USA)

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Zootaxa 579: 1-15 (21 July 2004)  15 plates; 14 references                               Accepted: 9 July 2004
Comparative study of mouthparts of three species of horse flies of the tribe Pangoniini of Chilean distribution (Diptera: Tabanidae)
C.R. GONZÁLEZ & P. FLORES (Chile)

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Zootaxa 573: 1-7 (19 July 2004)  2 plates; 22 references                                   Accepted: 9 July 2004
The immature stages of Dasybasis (Dasybasis) pruinivitta (Kröber),
from Central Chile (Diptera: Tabanidae)
C.R. GONZÁLEZ (Chile)
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Zootaxa 572: 1-8 (16 July 2004)  2 plates; 7 references                                  Accepted: 8 July 2004
A new species and first record of the subgenus Forcipomyia (Schizoforcipomyia) Chan & LeRoux from the Neotropical Region (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
G.R. SPINELLI (Argentina) & A. BORKENT (Canada)
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Zootaxa 571: 1-5 (16 July 2004)  1 plate; 12 references                               Accepted: 9 July 2004
Agelanius verai, a new species of horse fly from Chile (Diptera: Tabanidae)
C.R. GONZÁLEZ
(Chile)

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Zootaxa 570: 1-6 (16 July 2004)  1 plate; 7 references                               Accepted: 7 July 2004
A new species of Brachypogon (Isohelea) from arid zones of Argentina (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) 
G.R. SPINELLI & C.G. CAZORLA (Argentina)

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Zootaxa 565: 1-38 (14 July 2004)  14 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 25 June 2004
Polypedilum (Uresipedilum) Oyewo and Sćther from China (Diptera: Chironomidae)
R.L. ZHANG & X.H. WANG (R.R. China)

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Zootaxa 562: 1-4 (9 July 2004)  1 plate; 13 references                                  Accepted: 29 June 2004
Description of the pupae of Lepidophora culiciformis Walker, 1850 (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Ecliminae) and host records
C.J.E. LAMAS  & D.D.A. LOPES (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 560: 1-13 (7 July 2004)  1 plate; 26 references                                  Accepted:30 June 2004
Revision of Sarcophaga dissimilis Meigen, 1826 and Sarcophaga chaetoneura Brauer & Bergenstamm, 1889 (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) 
R.M. BLACKITH (Ireland), R. RICHET (France) & T. PAPE (Sweden)

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Zootaxa 554: 1-7 (2 July 2004)  2 plates, 8 references                            Accepted: 18 June 2004
Two new genera of Phoridae (Insecta: Diptera) from the Neotropical Region
B.V. BROWN & G.-A. KUNG
(USA)

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Zootaxa 540: 1-7 (18 June 2004)  2 plates, 12 references                               Accepted: 4 June 2004
A new genus and species of Sciomyzidae (Diptera) from the Neotropical Region
L. MARINONI (Brazil), M.A. ZUMBADO (Costa Rica) & L. KNUTSON (Italy)

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Zootaxa 529: 1-18 (26 May 2004)  3 plates, 13 references                               Accepted: 14 May 2004
Nicaraguan Pipunculidae (Diptera): new records and description of new species
J.A. RAFAEL & R. ALE-ROCHA
(Brazil)

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Zootaxa 523: 1-14 (26 May 2004)  6 plates, 14 references                             Accepted: 1 May 2004
Notes on the known species of Trichomyia Haliday of Mexico, with the establishment of a synonymy and the description of a new species (Diptera: Psychodidae)
S. IBÁŃEZ-BERNAL
(Mexico)

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Zootaxa 518: 1-28 (21 May 2004)  10 plates, 48 references                             Accepted: 14 May 2004
Genera resembling Beckerina Malloch (Diptera: Phoridae)
R.H.L. DISNEY (UK)

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Zootaxa 509: 1-8 (7 May 2004) 4 plates; 10 references                               Accepted: 30 April 2004
A new species of Metelasmus (Diptera: Streblidae: Streblinae) from southern South America
G. GRACIOLLI (Brazil) & C.W. DICK
(USA)

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Zootaxa 508: 1-12 (7 May 2004) 3 plates; 11 references                               Accepted: 30 April 2004
Three new species of Orthocladius subgenus Eudactylocladius (Diptera: Chironomidae) from Norway
O.A. SĆTHER (Norway)

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Zootaxa 485: 1-4 (6 April 2004) 1 plate; 10 references                              Accepted: 31 March 2004
Two new species of Sarcofahrtiopsis (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
T. PAPE (Sweden) & J. MÉNDEZ  (Panama)

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Zootaxa 483: 1-44 (2 April 2004) 1 plate; 118 references                              Accepted: 29 March 2004
Hematophagous and parasitic Diptera (Insecta) in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA
W.K. REEVES, P.H. ADLER, W.L. GROGAN, Jr. & P.E. SUPER (USA)

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Zootaxa 477: 1-31 (29 March 2004) 6 plates; 25 references                    Accepted: 26 February 2004
A new species of Wyeomyia (Hystatomyia) (Diptera: Culicidae) from Colombia and a redescription of Wy. (Hystatomyia) intonca Dyar & Knab
C.H. PORTER (USA) & M. I. WOLFF E. (Colombia)
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Zootaxa 450: 1-18 (4 March 2004) 7 plates; 15 references            Accepted: 16 February 2004
Three new species of Inseliellum (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Polynesia
D.A. CRAIG (Canada)

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Zootaxa 449: 1-39 (4 March 2004) 16 plates; 16 references            Accepted: 21 February 2004
A new genus of Lauxaniidae (Diptera) from New Caledonia
S.D. GAIMARI (USA)

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Zootaxa 429: 1-7 (6 February 2004) 2 plates; 8 references                  Accepted: 3 February 2004
Taxonomic status of Cacoplox griseatus Hull, 1970 with redescription of the genus and type species (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae, Bombyliini)
D.D.A. LOPES & C.J.E. LAMAS (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 414: 1-15 (28 January 2004) 3 plates; 36 references                   Accepted: 20 January 2004
Acraspisoides gen. nov. (Diptera: Therevidae: Agapophytinae): a new genus of stiletto-flies from Australia
H.N. HILL & S.L. WINTERTON (USA)

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Zootaxa 413: 1-8 (28 January 2004) 2 plates; 12 references                    Accepted: 9 January 2004
Are hind coxal knobs a synapomorphy for therevids? An unusual new species of Anabarhynchus Macquart from Australia (Diptera: Therevidae: Therevinae)
S.L. WINTERTON (USA)

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Zootaxa 412: 1-8 (22 January 2004) 2 plates; 17 references                    Accepted: 19 January 2004
A new species of the genus Feuerborniella Vaillant, from Mexico (Diptera: Psychodidae)
S. IBÁŃEZ-BERNAL (Mexico)

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Zootaxa 409: 1-12 (16 January 2004) 6 plates; 27 references                  Accepted: 9 January 2004
An unusual new species of Paracnephia Rubtsov (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Western Australia
J.K. MOULTON (USA), P.H. ADLER (USA) & J. PRINCE (Australia)

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Zootaxa 396: 1-52 (9 January 2004) 2 plates; 38 references                Accepted: 11 December 2003
Simulium (Hearlea) Vargas, Martínez Palacios, & Díaz Nájera (Diptera: Simuliidae): Taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis
S. COSCARÓN (Argentina), D.R. MIRANDA ESQUIVEL (Colombia), J.K. MOULTON (USA), C.L. COSCARÓN-ARIAS (Argentina) & S. IBAŃEZ BERNAL (Mexico)

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2003 (33 papers; 1038 pages)

Zootaxa 389: 1-10 (19 December 2003) 2 plates; 23 references           Accepted: 12 December 2003
Tanytarsus rhabdomantis: New combination for Nimbocera rhabdomantis Trivinho-Strixino & Strixino, 1991 (Diptera: Chironomidae)
S. TRIVINHO-STRIXINO & A.M. SANSEVERINO  (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 387: 1-16 (16 December 2003) 5 plates; 18 references           Accepted: 10 December 2003
Neohybos gen. nov. (Diptera, Empidoidea, Hybotinae) from the Neotropical Region
R. ALE-ROCHA & C.J.B. DE CARVALHO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 378: 1-14 (8 December 2003) 1 plate; 51 references                Accepted: 4 November 2003
Molecular confirmation of Anopheles (Anopheles) lesteri from the Republic of South Korea and its genetic identity with An. (Ano.) anthropophagus from China (Diptera: Culicidae)
RICHARD C. WILKERSON (USA), CONG LI (China), LEOPOLDO M. RUEDA (USA), HEUNG–CHUL KIM (Rep. Korea), TERRY A. KLEIN (USA), GUAN–HONG SONG (China)  & DANIEL STRICKMAN (USA)

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Zootaxa 360: 1-6 (19 November 2003) 1 plate; 7 references                Accepted: 13 November 2003
A new brachypterous species of Elachiptera Becker (Diptera: Chloropidae) from freshwater wetlands in eastern Canada
T.A. WHEELER  (Canada)

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Zootaxa 347: 1-6 (10 November 2003) 27 references             Accepted: 28 October 2003
New records of mosquitoes from the southern Brazilian States of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, with 18 species new for the
States (Diptera: Culicidae)
C.B. MARCONDES, A. FERNANDES, U. PATERNO, G.A. MÜLLER, L.C. DE PINHO  & D.V. STRUFFALDI  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 346: 1-28 (3 November 2003) 9 plates; 23 references             Accepted: 29 October 2003
World revision of the microbombyliid genus Mythenteles Hall & Evenhuis (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae) 
N.L. EVENHUIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 322: 1-7 (7 October 2003) 35 references                                   Accepted: 3 October 2003
Nomenclature notes on some orthoclads (Diptera: Chironomidae)
O.A. SĆTHER & L.C. FERRINGTON JR.  (Norway)

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Zootaxa 315: 1-7 (1 October 2003) 2 plates; 6 references              Accepted: 25 September 2003
Description of the pupae of two Toxophora species from Brazil (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Toxophorinae, Toxophorini)
C.J.E. LAMAS, A.M. CUNHA  & M. S. COURI (Brazil)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 300: 1-64 (19 September 2003) 29 references               Accepted: 11 September 2003
World Catalog of Bee Flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae): Corrigenda and Addenda
N.L. EVENHUIS (USA) & D.J. GREATHEAD  (UK) 

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Zootaxa 293: 1-16 (12 September 2003) 6 plates, 51 references              Accepted: 3 September 2003
The dorsal abdominal glands and the higher classification of the Phoridae (Diptera)
R.H.L. DISNEY (UK)

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Zootaxa 276: 1-320 (29 August 2003) 81 plates, 194 references                    Accepted: 31 July 2003
Systematics of Phasia Latreille (Diptera: Tachinidae)
X. SUN & S. A. MARSHALL (Canada)
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Zootaxa 274: 1-6 (22 August 2003) 2 plates, 10 references                        Accepted: 13 August 2003
A sympatric species pair: Spogostylum ocyale (Wiedemann, 1828) and S. griseipenne Macquart, 1850 (Diptera: Bombyliidae)
D.J. GREATHEAD (UK)

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Zootaxa 262: 1-10 (11 August 2003) 4 plates, 14 references                           Accepted: 30 July 2003
A new phytotelmatic species of Monopelopia Fittkau, 1962
(Insecta: Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanypodinae) from South Brazil
H.F. MENDES, C.B. MARCONDES & L.C. DE PINHO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 261: 1-7 (7 August 2003) 5 plates, 8 references                           Accepted: 31 July 2003
Two new species of Basilia Miranda-Ribeiro, 1903 (Diptera: Nycteribiidae), members of the ferruginea group,
from Southern Brazil
G. GRACIOLLI  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 259: 1-39 (7 August 2003) 15 plates, 8 5 references                           Accepted: 18 July 2003
Crozetia Davies (Diptera: Simuliidae): redescription of Cr. crozetensis, Cr. seguyi, number of larval instars, phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography
D.A. CRAIG (Canada), D.C. CURRIE (Canada)  & P. VERNON (France)

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Zootaxa 253: 1-35  (1 August 2003) 23 plates, 29 references                          Accepted: 21 July 2003
Systematics of the Neotropical species of Styringomyia Loew (Diptera: Tipulomorpha: Limoniidae)
GUILHERME CUNHA RIBEIRO (Brazil )
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Zootaxa 246: 1-19 (25 July 2003) 2 plates; 104 references                               Accepted: 15 July 2003
Austalis, a new genus of flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with revisionary notes on related genera
F. C. THOMPSON (USA)
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Zootaxa 234: 1-12 (9 July 2003) 2 plates; 10 references                              Accepted: 27 June 2003
The South American genus Protothereva Malloch (Diptera: Therevidae: Therevinae) with description of two new species
D.W. WEBB & M.A. METZ  (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 228: 1-94 (4 July 2003) 31 plates; 29 references                              Accepted: 13 June 2003
Revision of Ommatius Wiedemann (Diptera: Asilidae). IV. Pygommatius subgen. nov. with twenty-five Afrotropical species
A.G. SCARBROUGH (USA) & C.G. MARASCIA (Italy)
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Zootaxa 223: 1-11 (26 June 2003) 4 plates; 21 references                                Accepted: 3 June 2003
Description of a new species of Caenotus Cole (Diptera: Scenopinidae) from Baja California Sur, Mexico, with a review of the genus

M. A. METZ   (USA)
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Zootaxa 222: 1-12 (26 June 2003) 2 plates; 13 references                                Accepted: 18 June 2003
Distostylus gen. nov., a monotypic therevine genus (Diptera: Asiloidea: Therevidae) from the Caribbean Island of Dominica
M. A. METZ & D.W. WEBB  (USA)
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Zootaxa 219: 1-32  (23 June 2003) 188 references                                       Accepted: 13 June 2003
A catalogue of the Fanniidae (Diptera) of the Neotropical Region
C.J.B. DE CARVALHO (Brazil), A.C. PONT (UK), M.S. COURI (Brazil) & D. PAMPLONA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 217: 1-20  (18 June 2003) 4 plates, 10 references                              Accepted: 1 3 June 2003
Redescription of Rhinocladius Edwards (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae)
O. A. SĆTHER & T. ANDERSEN (Norway)
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Zootaxa 214: 1-11 (18 June 2003) 5 plates; 10 references                                Accepted: 9 June 2003
A new species of Stegopterna Enderlein, and its relationship to the allotriploid species St. mutata (Malloch, 1914) (Diptera: Simuliidae)
D.C. CURRIE & F.F. HUNTER (Canada)
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Zootaxa 210: 1-36 (6 June 2003) 7 references                                                 Accepted: 30 May 2003
The complete bibliography of scientific works of Jacques-Marie-Frangille Bigot
NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA)

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Zootaxa 196: 1-24 (14 May 2003) 14 plates, 20 references                             Accepted: 7 May 2003
Revision of the Afrotropical species of Dohrniphora DAHL (Diptera: Phoridae)
R.H.L. DISNEY (UK)

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Zootaxa 191: 1-36 (8 May 2003) 13 plates, 26 references                           Accepted: 17 April 2003
Revision and cladistic analysis of the Neotropical Genus Thecomyia Perty (Diptera: Sciomyzidae)
L. MARINONI (Brazil), G.C. STEYSKAL (USA) & L. KNUTSON (Italy)

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Zootaxa 186: 1-8 (24 April 2003) 2 plates, 17 references                         Accepted: 9 April 2003
Morphology of the larval mandible and maxilla in the subgenus Carrollia Lutz of Culex L. (Diptera: Culicidae)
J. LIRIA  & J.-C. NAVARRO (Venezuela)

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Zootaxa 181: 1-72 (16 April 2003) 14 plates, 95 references                           Accepted: 9 April 2003
Review of the subgenus Geron (Geron) Meigen in the Nearctic Region (Diptera: Bombyliidae: Toxophorinae)
J. C. HALL  & N. L. EVENHUIS  (USA)

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Zootaxa 178: 1-8 (9 April 2003) 2 plates, 19 references                          Accepted: 28 March 2003
The New World species of Cerodontha (Xenophytomyza) Frey (Diptera: Agromyzidae)
S. BOUCHER (Canada)

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Zootaxa 162: 1-22 (17 March 2003) 10 plates; 24 references                  Accepted: 7 March 2003
Seven new species of New World Puliciphora Dahl (Diptera: Phoridae) with a new key to the Neotropical species
R.H.L. DISNEY (UK)

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Zootaxa 159: 1-16 (12 March 2003) 5 plates; 29 references                          Accepted: 3 March 2003
The placement of Engiscaptomyza, Grimshawomyia, and Titanochaeta, three clades of endemic Hawaiian Drosophilidae (Diptera)
P. O’GRADY (USA), J. BONACUM (USA), R. DESALLE (USA) & F. DO VAL (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 157: 1-14 (12 March 2003) 3 plates; 26 references                          Accepted: 4 March 2003
Character analysis of adaptations for tarsal pollen collection in the Bombyliidae (Insecta: Diptera): the benefits of putting your foot in your mouth
J.L. NEFF, B.B. SIMPSON, N. L. EVENHUIS  & G. DIERINGER  (USA)

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2002 (11 papers; 171 pages)

Zootaxa 122: 1-16 (16 December 2002) 7 plates; 32 references            Accepted: 24 November 2002
Revision of some Dexosarcophaga species described by R. Dodge (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
C. A. DE MELLO-PATIU (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 111: 1-8 (26 November 2002)  3 plates; 5 references               Accepted: 21 November 2002
Three new species of anthracine bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from Egypt
M.S. EL-HAWAGRY (Egypt)

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Zootaxa 100: 1-15 (8 November 2002)  6 plates; 24 references               Accepted: 2 November 2002
Review of the Tertiary microbombyliids (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae) in Baltic, Bitterfeld, and Dominican amber
N. L. EVENHUIS (USA)

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Zootaxa 98: 1-9 (8 November 2002)  3 plates; 8 references                      Accepted: 2 November 2002
A new species of Elachiptera Macquart from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, and the taxonomic status of Ceratobarys Coquillett (Diptera: Chloropidae)
T.A. WHEELER & J. FORREST (Canada)

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Zootaxa 76: 1-12 (3 October 2002)  3 plates; 21 references                  Accepted: 27 September 2002
Notes on the functional morphology of terminalia from Prorates ballmeri Nagatomi and Liu (Diptera: Scenopinidae: Proratinae) collected while in copula, with a description of the previously unknown female
M.A. METZ, S.L. WINTERTON, &  M.E. IRWIN (USA)

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Zootaxa 64: 1-12 (22 August 2002) 4 plates; 9 references                           Accepted: 20 August 2002
Review of the genus Onchopelma Hesse, with descriptions of new species (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae)
N.L. EVENHUIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 60: 1-36 (8 August 2002) 21 plates; 38 references                              Accepted: 25 July 2002
Revisionary notes on Chonocephalus Wandolleck (Diptera: Phoridae) with keys to species of the Holarctic Region
R.H L. DISNEY (UK)
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Zootaxa 46: 1-16 (28 June 2002) 12 plates; 20 references                               Accepted: 17 June 2002
A review of the genus Elephantomyia Osten Sacken in Brazil, with description of two new species (Diptera: Tipulomorpha, Limoniidae)
GUILHERME CUNHA RIBEIRO  & DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 45: 1-12 (21 June 2002) 5 plates; 9 references                                   Accepted: 15 June 2002
Descriptions of the spermathecae and male genitalia of the species of Crocidium Loew described by Hesse (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Crocidiinae)
CARLOS J.E. LAMAS (Brazil), NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA) & MÁRCIA S. COURI  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 36: 1-28 (15 May 2002) 12 plates; 28 references                     Accepted: 2 May 2002
Pieza, a new genus of microbombyliids from the New World (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae)
NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 31: 1-7 (3 May 2002) 3 plates; 11 references                                     Accepted: 16 April 2002
Taxonomy and biology of Simulium clarkei Stone & Snoddy(Diptera: Simuliidae), a poorly known black fly of the southeastern United States
JOHN K. MOULTON & PETER H. ADLER (USA)
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2001 (2 papers, 31 pages)

Zootaxa 14: 1-11 (26 November 2001) 4 plates; 6 references                Accepted: 19 November 2001
Bombylioidea (Diptera: Bombyliidae; Mythicomyiidae) from the island of Sokotra 
D.J. GREATHEAD (UK) & N.L. EVENHUIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 7: 1-20 (31 August 2001) 2 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 24 August 2001
Description of the pupal exuviae of some species belonging to Orthocladius s. str. van der Wulp, 1874 (Diptera: Chironomidae: Orthocladiinae), with a new key to species of West Palaearctic region

BRUNO ROSSARO & CARLOTTA CASALEGNO (Italy)
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