Editor Cruickshank, R.  (cruicksr@lincoln.ac.nz) Molecular systematics
Bio-Protection & Ecology Division, PO Box 84, Lincoln University, New Zealand 
Editor Dubois, A. (adubois@mnhn.fr) Zoological nomenclature
Reptiles & Amphibiens, USM 602 Taxonomie et Collections (Vertébrés), Département de Systématique et Evolution, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 25 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France
Editor Ronquist, Fredrik (ronquist@scs.fsu.edu) Cladistics; theory and methods
Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306, USA

Zootaxa 1761: 37-48 (2 May 2008) 
New species and subspecies descriptions do not and should not always require a dead type specimen
THOMAS M. DONEGAN (UK)
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Zootaxa 1757: 66-68 (28 Apr. 2008) 
A family-series nomen based on a junior synonym is not thereby made invalid: the case of Adamansini Huber, 2007 (Cyprinotontiformes, Nothobranchiidae)
ALAIN DUBOIS (France)
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Zootaxa 1671: 1-2 (1 Jan. 2008) 6 references                          
Zoological taxonomy at 250: showcasing species descriptions in the cyber era
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG (New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 1668: 7-10 (21 Dec. 2007) 31 references                                     
Linnaeus tercentenary & invertebrate taxonomy: an introduction
ZHI-QIANG ZHANG (New Zealand) & WILLIAM A. SHEAR (USA)
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Zootaxa 1668: 10-18 (21 Dec. 2007) 44 references  
Invertebrate systematics or spineless taxonomy?
QUENTIN D. WHEELER (USA)
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Zootaxa 1668: 19-40 (21 Dec. 2007)  8 plates; 78 references 
The Tree of Life Web Project
DAVID R. MADDISON (USA), KATJA-SABINE SCHULZ (USA) & WAYNE P. MADDISON (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1668: 41-46 (21 Dec. 2007)  1 plate; 5 references 
Reflections on PEET, the Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy
JAMES E. RODMAN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1668: 47-54 (21 Dec. 2007)  2 plates; 27 references   
Archives of a small planet: The significance of museum collections and museum-based research in invertebrate taxonomy
JUDITH E. WINSTON (USA)
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Zootaxa 1668: 55-60 (21 Dec. 2007)  46 references
Invertebrate taxonomy and evolutionary developmental biology
ALESSANDRO MINELLI (Italy)
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Zootaxa 1668: 61-79 (21 Dec. 2007) 5 plates;  158 references 
A modern look at the Animal Tree of Life
GONZALO GIRIBET (USA), CASEY W. DUNN (USA), GREGORY D. EDGECOMBE (UK) & GREG W. ROUSE (USA)
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Zootaxa 1668: 81-106 (21 Dec. 2007)  56 references 
Nomina zoologica linnaeana
ALAIN Dubois (France)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1586: 67-68 (17 Sep. 2007)  0 plates; 15 references              Accepted: 31 Aug. 2007
Integrative taxonomists should use and produce DNA barcodes
JOSE M. PADIAL & IGNACIO DE LA RIVA (Spain)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1577: 1-2 (7 Sep. 2007) 0 plates; 16 references                          
Taxonomy, the Cinderella of science, hidden by its evolutionary stepsister
JOSE M. PADIAL & IGNACIO DE LA RIVA (Spain)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1550: 49-68 (15 Aug. 2007) 0 plates; 53 references     
Genitives of species and subspecies nomina derived from personal names should not be emended
ALAIN DUBOIS (France)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1541: 41-48 (2 Aug. 2007) 0 plates; 22 references                          
The genitive of species-group scientific names formed from personal names
DOUGLAS BRANDON-JONES (Australia), J. W. DUCKWORTH (UK), PAULINA D. JENKINS (UK), ANTHONY B. RYLANDS (USA) & ESTEBAN E. SARMIENTO (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1519: 27-68 (2 Jul. 2007) 2 plates; 133 references         
Phylogeny, taxonomy and nomenclature: the problem of taxonomic categories and of nomenclatural ranks
ALAIN DUBOIS (France)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1494: 67-68 (31 May 2007) 0 plates; 5 references                 
Comments on "Helping Solve the 'Other' Taxonomic Impediment: Completing the Eight Steps to Total Enlightenment and Taxonomic Nirvana" by Evenhuis (2007)
R. WILLS FLOWERS (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1409: 1-22 (19 Feb. 2007)   76 references       
Does nomenclatural availability of nomina of new species or subspecies require the deposition of vouchers in collections?
A. DUBOIS (France) & A. NEMÉSIO (Brazil)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1407: 1-2 (15 Feb. 2007)  5 references                          
A forum for the discussion of issues in zoological taxonomy
Z.-Q. Zhang (New Zealand)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1407: 3-12 (15 Feb. 2007)  14 references               
Helping Solve the "Other" Taxonomic Impediment: Completing the Eight Steps to Total Enlightenment and Taxonomic Nirvana
N. L. EVENHUIS (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1360: 61-68 (20 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 7 references                            
Substituting time-consuming pencil drawings in arthropod taxonomy using stacks of digital photographs
C.O. COLEMAN (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1337: 1-37 (19 Oct. 2006)   6 plates; 117 references  
Incorporation of nomina of higher-ranked taxa into the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature: some basic questions
A. DUBOIS (France)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1145: 1-110 (10 Mar. 2006) 13 plates; 188 references
The abduction of phylogenetic hypotheses
K. FITZHUGH (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1093: 35-43 (8 Dec. 2005) 1 plate; 32 references         
A simple solution for accurate measuring of long and contorted ovipositors in pinned specimens of Hymenoptera
A. P. AGUIAR (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1008: 30-38 (14 Jun. 2005) 2 plates; 12 references           
An accurate procedure to describe colors in taxonomic works, with an example from Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera)
A.P. AGUIAR (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 385: 1-68 (16 December 2003) 3 plates; 3 references   
Publication and dating of the journals forming the Annals and Magazine of Natural History and the Journal of Natural History
N.L. EVENHUIS (USA)
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