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Pygopleurus anahitae (Coleoptera) 
DENIS KEITH & MARCO ULIANA
Zootaxa 1825  (2008)

 

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Zootaxa 1825: 1-17 (18 Jul. 2008
Redescription of Isotomiella alulu and I. delamarei (Collembola: Isotomidae) with notes on the systematics of the genus and new records from the Neotropics
L'UBOMIR KOVAC
(Slovak Republic) & JOSE G. PALACIOS-VARGAS (Mexico)

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VIEWS  A forum for taxonomists 
Zootaxa 1668: 10-18 (21 Dec. 2007
Invertebrate systematics or spineless taxonomy?
QUENTIN D. WHEELER (USA)
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HOT !  Most-accessed sections  
Special issue: Linnaeus Tercentenary, PiscesAmphibia, Reptilia, Crustacea, Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, Mollusca LepidopteraAcari,
MammaliaFeatured papers, Theory & Methodology                        

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Top 10 most-accessed papers in the last month.

NEWS

18/07/08 During the week of  14 July to 18 July 2008, 16 articles, 1 monograph and 3 correspondences on Amphibia, Crustacea, Pisces, Acari, Araneae, Platyhelminthes, Mammalia, Myriapoda, and insects (Diptera, Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Collembola, Trichoptera ) with a total of 280 pages were published by 51 authors representing 21 countries from N. & S. America, Europe, Asia, and Australaisa.
16/07/08 Celebrating 250 years of zoological nomenclature: A two-day symposium "SYSTEMA NATURAE 250" will be organized by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature during the XXth International Congress of Zoology 26-29 August 2008 in Pairs, with Keynote Speaker Prof. Edward O.Wilson (The Linnaean Ark). 
16/06/08 The number of new taxa described in Zootaxa has exceeded 8000!
16/06/08
Over 200 new taxa were described in 9 monographs published in Zootaxa today.
13/06/08 Top ten species:
Zootaxa published four of the Top Ten New species in 2007.
03/06/08
Zootaxa entered the top 50% in ISI field Plant & Animal Science with the highest total citations.
28/04/08 The number of Zootaxa authors from Australia  has exceeded 200!
05/03/08
The number of pages published in Zootaxa  has exceeded 80,000!
01/02/08
The cybertaxonomy exemplar paper by Pyle et al. (2008: 3-31) received 12559 hits during the first month of its publication. In other words, there was an average of 405 hits every day, which is a record for papers in Zootaxa.

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New species,  more new species!
2 new Hemiptera and others
Status of manuscripts accepted in 
 
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ISI Impact Factor  0.691
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