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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

This section is for theoretic and methodological papers of general interest to systematic zoologists (zoological nomenclature included). Papers dealing mainly with a specific taxon should be sent to the subject editor of that taxon.

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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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1385: 67-68 (21 Dec. 2006) 1 plate; 4 references                      
The making of a mega-journal in taxonomy
Z.-Q. Zhang (New Zealand)

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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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