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Dilemma frumarkernorum (Mollusca) 
JOSE H. LEAL
Zootaxa 1764  (2008)

 

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Zootaxa 1766: 1-45 (9 May 2008)
Review of the genus Ceraturgus Wiedemann (Diptera: Asilidae) in North America north of Mexico
JEFFREY K. BARNES (USA)

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Zootaxa 1668: 10-18 (21 Dec. 2007
Invertebrate systematics or spineless taxonomy?
QUENTIN D. WHEELER (USA)
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Special issue: Linnaeus Tercentenary, PiscesAmphibiaReptiliaCrustaceaColeoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera, Hemiptera, MammaliaHymenoptera, Acari, Mollusca, Featured papers, Theory & Methodology                        

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NEWS

09/05/08 During the week of  5 May to 9 May 2008, 15 articles, 1 Monograph and 4 correspondences on  Crustacea, Acari, Reptilia, Mollusca, Nematoda, Coelenterata, Myriapoda and insects (Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Phthiraptera, Trichoptera, Hymenoptera, Orthoptera, Collembola, Psocoptera ) with a total of 347 pages were published by 42 authors representing 16 countries from N. & S. America, Europe, Asia and Australaisa.
28/04/08 The number of Zootaxa authors from Australia  has exceeded 200!
07/04/08 Top ten species:
The International Institute for Species Exploration, in cooperation with the International Commission for Zoological Nomenclature, the International Plant Names Index, and Thompson Scientific/Zoological Record, will issue top ten species described each year. Find more information about this here and nominate your top new species described in Zootaxa or elsewhere!
05/03/08
The number of pages published in Zootaxa  has exceeded 80,000!
04/02/08 Zootaxa in the news: 'Missing Link' Croc Displayed in Brazil  (The Washington Post).
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.
31/01/08 The number of new taxa described in Zootaxa has exceeded 7000!

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