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THE SCALE INSECTS OF IRAN (HEMIPTERA: COCCOMORPHA) PART 3 THE SOFT SCALES (COCCIDAE) AND OTHER FAMILIES
- MASUMEH MOGHADDAM
- GILLIAN W. WATSON
Published : 2024-11-29
New Mythicomyia Coquillett, 1893 (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae: Mythicomyiinae) from Peru
- PÁVEL SÁNCHEZ
- NEAL EVENHUIS
Published : 2024-11-28
On three new species of the earthworm genus Drawida Michaelsen, 1900 (Clitellata: Moniligastridae) from south-western India
- S. PRASANTH NARAYANAN
- DIVYA JOSE
- BIJOY C.
- VIJO THOMAS KURIEN
- A.P. THOMAS
Published : 2024-11-28
New Eocene species of the crinoid genera Holopus and Cyathidium (Cyrtocrinida: Holopodidae) from north-eastern Italy
- PABLO MARTINEZ-SOARES
- MICHEL ROUX
- LUCA GIUSBERTI
- ROBERTO GATTO
- MARC ELÉAUME
- NADIA AMÉZIANE
Published : 2024-11-28
The checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
- SHUANG MA
- ZHURONG HU
- RUIQIN DONG
- BINGYI ZHANG
- HAILI YU
Published : 2024-11-28
Three new species of Demidospermus (Monopisthocotyla: Dactylogyridae) parasitizing Ageneiosus inermis (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from western Amazon, Brazil
- MARCIA CRISTINA NASCIMENTO JUSTO
- WILLIANE MARIA DE OLIVEIRA MARTINS
- SIMONE CHINICZ COHEN
Published : 2024-11-28
A new granite cave dwelling endemic species of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Hon Son Island, Kien Giang Province, Vietnam
- THINH GIA TRAN
- NGON QUANG LAM
- TRUONG MINH NHAT NGUYEN
- NGA THI NGUYEN
- THAO THI PHUONG NGUYEN
- JACOB SMITH
- VU DANG HOANG NGUYEN
- L LEE GRISMER
Published : 2024-11-28
The first Palearctic species of Discheramocephalus Johnson (Coleoptera, Ptiliidae, Ptiliinae) from Korea with an annotated catalog of the genus Discheramocephalus
- TAEYOUNG JANG
- JONG-SEOK PARK
Published : 2024-11-28

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Sphyrna alleni sp. nov., a new hammerhead shark (Carcharhiniformes, Sphyrnidae) from the Caribbean and the Southwest Atlantic.
- CINDY GONZALEZ
- BAUTISSE POSTAIRE
- WILLIAM DRIGGERS
- SUSANA CABALLERO
- DEMIAN CHAPMAN
Published : 2024-09-23
Taxonomy of Iranian Asaccus (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) with description of a new species from southern Iran
- ROMAN A. NAZAROV
- HOSSEIN NABIZADEH
- MEHDI RAJABIZADEH
- DANIEL A. MELNIKOV
- VALENTINA R. VOLKOVA
- NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV
- ESKANDAR RASTEGAR-POUYANI
Published : 2024-09-26
A new subfamily of ulmarid scyphomedusae, the Santjordiinae, with a description of Santjordia pagesi gen. et sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Discomedusae: Semaeostomeae: Ulmaridae) from the Sumisu Caldera, Ogasawara Islands, Japan
- DHUGAL JOHN LINDSAY
- MARY MATILDA GROSSMANN
- JAVIER MONTENEGRO
- ANDRÉ CARRARA MORANDINI
Published : 2023-11-20
Akarotaxis gouldae, a new species of Antarctic dragonfish (Notothenioidei: Bathydraconidae) from the western Antarctic Peninsula
- ANDREW D. CORSO
- THOMAS DESVIGNES
- JAN R. MCDOWELL
- CHI-HING CHRISTINA CHENG
- ELLEN E. BIESACK
- DEBORAH K. STEINBERG
- ERIC J. HILTON
Published : 2024-08-30
New species, new synonymy, taxonomic notes and new records of bark and ambrosia beetles from the southwestern United States and northern Mexico (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae and Scolytinae)
- THOMAS H. ATKINSON
Published : 2024-03-13
The nomenclatural status of “Anoplophallus maculatus” Cope, 1895, its consequences on the systematics of Lycodon subcinctus auctorum, and the description of a new species (Squamata: Colubridae)
- TAN VAN NGUYEN
- JUSTIN L. LEE
- OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS
- STEVIE R. KENNEDY-GOLD
- NIKOLAY A. POYARKOV
- PATRICK DAVID
- GERNOT VOGEL
Published : 2024-10-10
A new species of giant gecko of the genus Rhacodactylus from New Caledonia (Squamata, Gekkota, Diplodactylidae)
- GUNTHER KÖHLER
- JOACHIM SAMEIT
- ROBERT SEIPP
- KATHARINA GEISS
Published : 2024-11-18
A revision of the genus Ima Tindale (Mantodea: Nanomantidae: Fulciniinae) with the description of a new genus
- MATTHEW G. CONNORS
- PETER YEELES
- LORI LACH
- DAVID C.F. RENTZ
Published : 2023-11-30

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Announcements

Over 5000 documents for open access! 2024-11-14

Discoveries Unleashed: 153 New Beetle Species from China 2024-10-23

Zootaxa has 4730 documents for open access 2024-02-01

latest

THE SCALE INSECTS OF IRAN (HEMIPTERA: COCCOMORPHA) PART 3 THE SOFT SCALES (COCCIDAE) AND OTHER FAMILIES

**New Mythicomyia Coquillett, 1893 (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae: Mythicomyiinae) from Peru**

**On three new species of the earthworm genus Drawida Michaelsen, 1900 (Clitellata: Moniligastridae) from south-western India**

**New Eocene species of the crinoid genera Holopus and Cyathidium (Cyrtocrinida: Holopodidae) from north-eastern Italy**

The checklist of the tribe Olethreutini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau

**Three new species of Demidospermus (Monopisthocotyla: Dactylogyridae) parasitizing Ageneiosus inermis (Siluriformes: Auchenipteridae) from western Amazon, Brazil**

**A new granite cave dwelling endemic species of the Cyrtodactylus intermedius group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Hon Son Island, Kien Giang Province, Vietnam**

The first Palearctic species of Discheramocephalus Johnson (Coleoptera, Ptiliidae, Ptiliinae) from Korea with an annotated catalog of the genus Discheramocephalus

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Sphyrna alleni sp. nov., a new hammerhead shark (Carcharhiniformes, Sphyrnidae) from the Caribbean and the Southwest Atlantic.

**Taxonomy of Iranian Asaccus (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) with description of a new species from southern Iran**

A new subfamily of ulmarid scyphomedusae, the Santjordiinae, with a description of Santjordia pagesi gen. et sp. nov. (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa: Discomedusae: Semaeostomeae: Ulmaridae) from the Sumisu Caldera, Ogasawara Islands, Japan

Akarotaxis gouldae, a new species of Antarctic dragonfish (Notothenioidei: Bathydraconidae) from the western Antarctic Peninsula

New species, new synonymy, taxonomic notes and new records of bark and ambrosia beetles from the southwestern United States and northern Mexico (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae and Scolytinae)

The nomenclatural status of “Anoplophallus maculatus” Cope, 1895, its consequences on the systematics of Lycodon subcinctus auctorum, and the description of a new species (Squamata: Colubridae)

**A new species of giant gecko of the genus Rhacodactylus from New Caledonia (Squamata, Gekkota, Diplodactylidae)**

**A revision of the genus Ima Tindale (Mantodea: Nanomantidae: Fulciniinae) with the description of a new genus**

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