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October

15,184 times
Zootaxa 3522: 49–60 (19 Oct. 2012) 6 plates; 31 references               Accepted: 17 Sept. 2012
Betta mahachaiensis, a new species of bubble-nesting fighting fish (Teleostei: Osphronemidae) from Samut Sakhon Province, Thailand 
CHANON KOWASUPAT, BHINYO PANIJPAN, PINTIP RUENWONGSA & NAMKANG SRIWATTANAROTHAI (Thailand)

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12,649 times
Zootaxa 3524: 1–124 (24 Oct. 2012) 71 plates; 34 references                   Accepted: 11 Sept. 2012   
New Zealand Ceratocumatidae and Nannastacidae (Crustacea: Cumacea)
SARAH GERKEN
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10,431 times
Zootaxa 3518: 1–24 (16 Oct. 2012) 19 plates; 25 references                  Accepted: 20 Aug. 2012
Taxonomic assessment of Diporiphora (Reptilia: Agamidae) dragon lizards from the western arid zone of Australia 
PAUL DOUGHTY, LUKE KEALLEY & JANE MELVILLE (Australia)

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10,006 times
Zootaxa 3477: 1–108 (10 Sept. 2012) 43 plates; 183 references                   Accepted: 17 May 2012   
It is time for a new classification of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae)
KIRSTEN E. NICHOLSON, BRIAN I. CROTHER, CRAIG GUYER & JAY M. SAVAGE

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8,809 times
Zootaxa 3511: 1–80 (9 Oct. 2012) 8 plates; 383 references                   Accepted: 28 Aug. 2012   
Molluscan taxa in the publications of the Museum Godeffroy of Hamburg, with a discussion of the Godeffroy Sales Catalogs (1864–1884), the Journal des Museum Godeffroy (1873–1910), and a history of the museum 
RÜDIGER BIELER & RICHARD E. PETIT

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8,296 times
Zootaxa 3515: 60–66 (12 Oct. 2012) 4 plates; 17 references               Accepted: 6 Sept. 2012
Sea cucumbers collected by the Kermadec Biodiscovery Expedition 2011 (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apodida and Dendrochirotida) 
P MARK O’LOUGHLIN (Australia) & DIDIER VANDENSPIEGEL (Belgium)

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7,816 times
Zootaxa 3375: 1–80 (4 Jul. 2012) 37 plates; 80 references                   Accepted: 10 Apr. 2011   
Taxonomy and distribution of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia) from deep water of the northeastern Pacific
WENDY E. EASH-LOUCKS & DAPHNE G. FAUTIN
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6,385 times
Zootaxa 3459: 1–156 (7 Sept. 2012) 78 plates; 187 references                 Accepted: 4 Jul. 2012   
Review of Teiid Morphology with a Revised Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata)
MICHAEL B. HARVEY, GABRIEL N. UGUETO & RONALD L. GUTBERLET, Jr.

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6,093 times
Zootaxa 3144: 1–113 (23 Dec. 2011) 42 plates; 21 references                      Accepted: 4 Oct. 2011
Revision of the Lower Ordovician (lower Floian; Tulean) pliomerid trilobite Protopliomerella, with new species from the Great Basin, western USA
NEO E.B. McADAMS & JONATHAN M. ADRAIN

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5,614 times
Zootaxa 3364: 1–78 (4 Jul. 2012) 43 plates; 106 references                   Accepted: 20 Jun. 2012   
Molecular phylogenetics of stream treefrogs of the Hyloscirtus larinopygion group (Anura: Hylidae), and description of two new species from Ecuador
LUIS A. COLOMA, SOFÍA CARVAJAL-ENDARA, JUAN F. DUEÑAS, ARTURO PAREDES-RECALDE, MANUEL MORALES-MITE, DIEGO ALMEIDA-REINOSO, ELICIO E. TAPIA, CARL R. HUTTER, EDUARDO TORAL, & JUAN M. GUAYASAMIN
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September

69,781 times
Zootaxa 3477: 1–108 (10 Sept. 2012) 43 plates; 183 references                   Accepted: 17 May 2012   
It is time for a new classification of anoles (Squamata: Dactyloidae)
KIRSTEN E. NICHOLSON, BRIAN I. CROTHER, CRAIG GUYER & JAY M. SAVAGE

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28,402 times
Zootaxa 3364: 1–78 (4 Jul. 2012) 43 plates; 106 references                   Accepted: 20 Jun. 2012   
Molecular phylogenetics of stream treefrogs of the Hyloscirtus larinopygion group (Anura: Hylidae), and description of two new species from Ecuador
LUIS A. COLOMA, SOFÍA CARVAJAL-ENDARA, JUAN F. DUEÑAS, ARTURO PAREDES-RECALDE, MANUEL MORALES-MITE, DIEGO ALMEIDA-REINOSO, ELICIO E. TAPIA, CARL R. HUTTER, EDUARDO TORAL, & JUAN M. GUAYASAMIN
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12,510 times
Zootaxa 3459: 1–156 (7 Sept. 2012) 78 plates; 187 references                 Accepted: 4 Jul. 2012   
Review of Teiid Morphology with a Revised Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Teiidae (Lepidosauria: Squamata)
MICHAEL B. HARVEY, GABRIEL N. UGUETO & RONALD L. GUTBERLET, Jr.

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10,268 times
Zootaxa 3487: 58–64 (18 Sept. 2012)  2 plates; 7 references                   Accepted: 13 Aug. 2012  

The Australia-New Zealand connection re-visited, with two new species of Cartomothrips (Thysanoptera, Phlaeothripinae) 

LAURENCE A. MOUND (Australia) & ANNETTE K. WALKER (New Zealand)

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9,936 times
Zootaxa 3366: 1–111 (4 Jul. 2012) 96 plates; 99 references                   Accepted: 1 Mar. 2012   
Phylogenetic Systematics of the Family Pentacerotidae(Actinopterygii: Order Perciformes)
SEONG-YONG KIM

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8,885 times
Zootaxa 3485: 26–40 (17 Sept. 2012) 5 plates; 31 references                   Accepted: 14 Aug. 2012
A new species of Sibon (Squamata: Colubroidea: Dipsadidae) from the Cordillera Central of western Panama, with comments on other species of the genus in the area 
SEBASTIAN LOTZKAT, ANDREAS HERTZ & GUNTHER KÖHLER (Germany)

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6,360 times
Zootaxa 3492: 30–48 (20 Sept. 2012) 8 plates; 24 references                  Accepted: 22 Aug. 2012
Lepidiolamprologus kamambae, a new species of cichlid fish (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika 
SVEN O. KULLANDER (Sweden), MAGNUS KARLSSON (Tanzania) & MIKAEL KARLSSON (Tanzania)

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5,788 times
Zootaxa 3464: 1–107 (7 Sept. 2012) 27 plates; 69 references                      Accepted: 5 Apri. 2012   
A Revision of the Australian species of the genus Melobasis Laporte & Gory 1837 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Part 1 (Introductory material, key to species-groups and keys to species of the thoracica, pusilla, formosa, propinqua & gloriosa species-groups)
BRIAN LEVEY

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5,247 times
Zootaxa 3490: 1–29 (19 Sept. 2012) 05 plates; 31 references                    Accepted: 26 Jul. 2012
On the identity of the type species of Sphenomorphus (Squamata: Scincidae): Lygosoma melanopogon Duméril and Bibron 1839, with a note on a new scalation character of the pes in Sphenomorphus 
GLENN M. SHEA (Australia)

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5,004 times
Zootaxa 3482: 1–32 (13 Sept. 2012)  33 plates; 51 references                     Accepted: 18 Jul. 2012
Checklist and distribution atlas of the Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Costa Rica 
ÁNGEL SOLÍS & BERT KOHLMANN (Costa Rica)

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August

28,988 times
Zootaxa 3364: 1–78 (4 Jul. 2012) 43 plates; 106 references                   Accepted: 20 Jun. 2012   
Molecular phylogenetics of stream treefrogs of the Hyloscirtus larinopygion group (Anura: Hylidae), and description of two new species from Ecuador
LUIS A. COLOMA, SOFÍA CARVAJAL-ENDARA, JUAN F. DUEÑAS, ARTURO PAREDES-RECALDE, MANUEL MORALES-MITE, DIEGO ALMEIDA-REINOSO, ELICIO E. TAPIA, CARL R. HUTTER, EDUARDO TORAL, & JUAN M. GUAYASAMIN
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18,240 times
Zootaxa 3363: 45–51 (3 Jul. 2012) 4 plate; 7 references                  Accepted: 14 Mar 2012
Phallostethus cuulong, a new species of priapiumfish (Actinopterygii: Atheriniformes: Phallostethidae) from the Vietnamese Mekong
KOICHI SHIBUKAWA (Japan), DINH DAC TRAN (Vietnam) & LOI XUAN TRAN (Vietnam)

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12,249 times
Zootaxa 3425: 1–22 (16 Aug. 2012) 11 plates; 55 references                     Accepted: 18 Jun. 2012
Stalked crinoids (Echinodermata) collected by the R/V Polarstern and Meteor in the south Atlantic and in Antarctica
MARC ELÉAUME (France), JENS-MICHAEL BOHN (Germany), MICHEL ROUX (France) & NADIA AMÉZIANE (France)

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11,371 times
Zootaxa 3437: 51–68 (24 Aug. 2012) 11 plates; 53 references                   Accepted: 29 Jun. 2012
A new species of coralsnake of the genus Calliophis (Squamata: Elapidae) from the west coast of peninsular India
ERIC N. SMITH (USA), HEMANT OGALE (India), V. DEEPAK (India) & VARAD B. GIRI (India)

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9,247 times
Zootaxa 3415: 37–57 (9 Aug. 2012) 12 plates; 19 references                     Accepted: 5 Jun. 2012
Revision of the genus Sinopoda Jäger, 1999 in Laos with discovery of the first eyeless huntsman spider species (Sparassidae: Heteropodinae)
PETER JÄGER (Germany)

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6,836 times
Zootaxa 3366: 1–111 (4 Jul. 2012) 96 plates; 99 references                   Accepted: 1 Mar. 2012   
Phylogenetic Systematics of the Family Pentacerotidae(Actinopterygii: Order Perciformes)
SEONG-YONG KIM

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6,059 times
Zootaxa 3410: 35–50 (6 Aug. 2012) 8 plates; 22 references                        Accepted: 11 Jun. 2012
Hemitaeniochromis brachyrhynchus, a new species of cichlid fish from Lake Malaŵi, with comments on some other supposed members of the genus (Teleostei: Cichlidae)
MICHAEL K. OLIVER (USA)

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5,977 times
Zootaxa 3409: 47–57 (6 Aug. 2012)  7 plates; 26 references                 Accepted: 13 Jun. 2012
Description of a new and redescriptions of two known species of Torymus (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) in Taiwan with a key to Taiwanese species
KAZUNORI MATSUO (Japan), MAN–MIAO YANG (Taiwan), GENE–SHENG TUNG (Taiwan), MAKOTO TOKUDA (Japan) & JUNICHI YUKAWA (Japan)

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5,781 times
Zootaxa 3285: 1–120 (30 Apr. 2012) 80 plates; 93 references                   Accepted: 7 Nov. 2011   
Snailfishes (Family Liparidae) of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, and Closely Adjacent Waters
DAVID L. STEIN

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4,484 times
Zootaxa 3406: 1–29 (1 Aug. 2012) 18 plates; 24 references                        Accepted: 5 Jun. 2012
Two new species of Colubotelson Nicholls, 1944 in Tasmania's Lake Pedder: persistence of Phreatoicidae (Crustacea, Isopoda) in therein
GEORGE D. F. WILSON , A. W. OSBORN & G. N. R. FORTEATH (Australia)

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July

52,823 times
Zootaxa 3364: 1–78 (4 Jul. 2012) 43 plates; 106 references                   Accepted: 20 Jun. 2012   
Molecular phylogenetics of stream treefrogs of the Hyloscirtus larinopygion group (Anura: Hylidae), and description of two new species from Ecuador
LUIS A. COLOMA, SOFÍA CARVAJAL-ENDARA, JUAN F. DUEÑAS, ARTURO PAREDES-RECALDE, MANUEL MORALES-MITE, DIEGO ALMEIDA-REINOSO, ELICIO E. TAPIA, CARL R. HUTTER, EDUARDO TORAL, & JUAN M. GUAYASAMIN
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34,585 times
Zootaxa 3366: 1–111 (4 Jul. 2012) 96 plates; 99 references                   Accepted: 1 Mar. 2012   
Phylogenetic Systematics of the Family Pentacerotidae(Actinopterygii: Order Perciformes)
SEONG-YONG KIM

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19,984 times
Zootaxa 3375: 1–80 (4 Jul. 2012) 37 plates; 80 references                   Accepted: 10 Apr. 2011   
Taxonomy and distribution of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria and Corallimorpharia) from deep water of the northeastern Pacific
WENDY E. EASH-LOUCKS & DAPHNE G. FAUTIN
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8,545 times
Zootaxa 3365: 1–123 (4 Jul. 2012) 62 plate; 44 references                    Accepted: 22 Mar. 2012   
The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region—taxonomy of the T. bessonii, T. bonibony, T. dysalum, T. marginatum, T. tsingy, and T. weitzeckeri species groups
FRANCISCO HITA GARCIA & BRIAN L. FISHER
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8,390 times
Zootaxa 3371: 1–307 (4 Jul. 2012) 15 plates; 599 references                 Accepted: 16 Mar. 2012   
Decapod Crustacea of the Californian and Oregonian Zoogeographic Provinces
MARY K. WICKSTEN

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6,242 times
Zootaxa 3363: 45–51 (3 Jul. 2012) 4 plate; 7 references                  Accepted: 14 Mar 2012
Phallostethus cuulong, a new species of priapiumfish (Actinopterygii: Atheriniformes: Phallostethidae) from the Vietnamese Mekong
KOICHI SHIBUKAWA (Japan), DINH DAC TRAN (Vietnam) & LOI XUAN TRAN (Vietnam)

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5,379 times
Zootaxa 3344: 1–33 (13 Jun 2012) 26 plates; 14 references                  Accepted: 16 May 2012
New species of Scissurellidae, Anatomidae, and Larocheidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from New Zealand and beyond
DANIEL L. GEIGER (USA) & BRUCE A. MARSHALL (New Zealand)

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4,807 times
Zootaxa 3392: 1–34 (18 Jul. 2012) 12 plates; 152 references                     Accepted: 24 May 2012
A history of biogeographical regionalisation in Australia
MALTE C. EBACH (Australia)
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4,785 times
Zootaxa 3359: 17–30 (28 Jun 2012) 15 plates; 21 references                  Accepted: 7 May 2012
Rediscovery of the Sri Lankan ‘house gecko’ Hemidactylus pieresii Kelaart
(Reptilia: Gekkonidae) with a redescription of Hemidactylus depressus Gray
SUDESH BATUWITA (Sri Lanka) & ROHAN PETHIYAGODA (Australia)

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3,827 times
Zootaxa 3380: 1–33 (5 Jul 2012) 21 plates; 29 references                  Accepted: 15 May. 2012
New and little-known gnathiid isopod crustaceans (Cymothoida)
from the northern Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea
JÖRUNDUR SVAVARSSON & NIEL L. BRUCE

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May

18,541 times
Zootaxa 3287: 1–262 (30 Apr. 2012) 104 plates; 433 references                    Accepted: 31 Jan. 2012   
A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea)
M. S. MOULDS

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13,209 times
Zootaxa 3285: 1–120 (30 Apr. 2012) 80 plates; 93 references                   Accepted: 7 Nov. 2011   
Snailfishes (Family Liparidae) of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, and Closely Adjacent Waters
DAVID L. STEIN

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10,448 times
Zootaxa 3305: 53–68 (9 May 2012) 9 plates; 44 references                   Accepted: 30 Mar. 2012
Description of a new species of Eupsophus (Amphibia: Neobatrachia) from the Valdivian Coastal range, Southern Chile: an integrative taxonomic approach
JOSÉ J. NUÑEZ, FELIPE E. RABANAL & J. RAMON FORMAS (Chile)

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9,691 times
Zootaxa 3283: 1–101 (30 Apr. 2012) 39 plates; 28 references                      Accepted: 22 Feb. 2012   
Taxonomy of the cerapachyine ant genera Simopone Forel, Vicinopone gen. n. and Tanipone gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
BARRY BOLTON & BRIAN L. FISHER

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7,090 times
Zootaxa 3301: 1–33 (4 May 2012) 22 plates; 30 references                   Accepted: 21 Mar. 2012
First record of the littoral genus Alismobates (Acari: Oribatida) from the Atlantic ocean, with a redefinition of the family Fortuyniidae based on adult and juvenile morphology
TOBIAS PFINGSTL (Bermuda) & REINHART SCHUSTER (Austria)

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5,414 times
Zootaxa 3300: 20–33 (4 May 2012)  12 plates; 11 references                Accepted: 5 Mar. 2012
A new species of Bucculatrix Zeller (Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae) associated
with Baccharis salicifolia (Asteraceae) in northern Chile
HECTOR A. VARGAS (Chile) & GILSON R.P. MOREIRA (Brazil)

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4,190 times
Zootaxa 3297: 1–33 (2 May 2012) 13 plates; 27 references                   Accepted: 1 Mar. 2012
The spotted flounder, Azygopus flemingi Nielsen 1961 (Pisces: Pleuronectiformes: Rhombosoleidae), from deep waters off New Zealand: a second valid species of Azygopus Norman 1926, with notes on distribution, size, maturity, and ecology
THOMAS A. MUNROE (USA)

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3,448 times
Zootaxa 3270: 1–30 (17 Apr. 2012)  15 plates; 24 references                Accepted: 21 Feb. 2012
Toward the identification of Frankliniella species in Brazil (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) 
ADRIANO CAVALLERI (Brazil) & LAURENCE A. MOUND (Australia)

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3,325 times
Zootaxa 3217: 1–106 (29 Feb. 2012) 49 plates; 272 references                   Accepted: 14 Nov. 2011   
Biodiversity Quadrupled—Revision of Easter Island and Salas y Gómez Bivalves
BRET RAINES & MARKUS HUBER
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2,925 times
Zootaxa 3286: 1–132 (30 Apr. 2012) 0 plate; 460 references                    Accepted: 28 Jan. 2012   
An annotated catalog of fossil and subfossil Lepidoptera (Insecta: Holometabola) of the world
JAE-CHEON SOHN, CONRAD LABANDEIRA,
DONALD DAVIS & CHARLES MITTER
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April

17,996 times
Zootaxa 3253: 1–53 (2 Apr. 2012) 25 plates; 128 references                  Accepted: 7 Feb. 2012
A review of Norwegian streptaster-bearing Astrophorida (Porifera: Demospongiae: Tetractinellida), new records and a new species 

PACO CÁRDENAS & HANS TORE RAPP (Norway)

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15,219 times
Zootaxa 3258: 1–27 (5 Apr. 2012) 9 plates; 21 references                  Accepted: 16 Feb. 2012
Review of the Lake Mala
ŵi genus Melanochromis (Teleostei: Cichlidae) with a description of a new species 
ADRIANUS F. KONINGS & JAY R. STAUFFER, JR. (USA)

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5,240 times
Zootaxa 3261: 33–58 (6 Apr. 2012)  8 plates; 65 references                Accepted: 23 Feb. 2012
Revision of Palaearctic and Oriental Necrophila Kirby & Spence, part 2: subgenus Chrysosilpha Portevin (Coleoptera: Silphidae) 
JAN R
ŮŽIČKA (Czech Republic), JAN SCHNEIDER (Czech Republic), 
JARIN QUBAIOVÁ (Czech Republic) & MASAAKI NISHIKAWA (Japan)

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4,482 times
Zootaxa 3287: 1–262 (30 Apr. 2012) 104 plates; 433 references                    Accepted: 31 Jan. 2012   
A review of the genera of Australian cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadoidea)
M. S. MOULDS

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3,986 times
Zootaxa 3217: 1–106 (29 Feb. 2012) 49 plates; 272 references                   Accepted: 14 Nov. 2011   
Biodiversity Quadrupled—Revision of Easter Island and Salas y Gómez Bivalves
BRET RAINES & MARKUS HUBER
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3,963 times
Zootaxa 3266: 41–52 (11 Apr. 2012) 6 plates; 43 references                  Accepted: 2 Mar. 2012
Thalasseleotrididae, new family of marine gobioid fishes from New Zealand and temperate Australia, with a revised definition of its sister taxon, the Gobiidae (Teleostei: Acanthomorpha) 

ANTHONY C. GILL (Australia) & RANDALL D. MOOI (Canada)

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3,956 times
Zootaxa 3270: 1–30 (17 Apr. 2012)  15 plates; 24 references                Accepted: 21 Feb. 2012
Toward the identification of Frankliniella species in Brazil (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) 
ADRIANO CAVALLERI (Brazil) & LAURENCE A. MOUND (Australia)

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3,908 times
Zootaxa 3221: 48–59 (5 Mar. 2012) 6 plates; 30 references                  Accepted: 12 Jan. 2012
Description of a new species of deepwater catshark, Bythaelurus giddingsi sp. nov., from the Galápagos Islands (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) 
JOHN E. McCOSKER, DOUGLAS J. LONG & CAROLE C. BALDWIN (USA)
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3,225 times
Zootaxa 3257: 22–37 (4 Apr. 2012) 3 plates; 21 references                  Accepted: 13 Feb. 2012
A preliminary assessment of the Nactus pelagicus species group (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in New Guinea and a new species from the Admiralty Islands 
GEORGE R. ZUG & ROBERT N. FISHER (USA)
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3,185 times
Zootaxa 3277: 1–26 (24 Apr. 2012) 15 plates; 68 references                     Accepted: 27 Feb. 2012
New Macrostylidae Hansen, 1916 (Crustacea: Isopoda) from the Gay Head-Bermuda transect with special consideration of sexual dimorphism
TORBEN RIEHL (Germany), GEORGE D.F. WILSON (Australia) & ROBERT R. HESSLER (USA)

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March

17,440 times
Zootaxa 3212: 1–76 (29 Feb. 2012) 9 plates; 176 references                      Accepted: 9 Dec. 2011   
The Aleyrodidae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha) of the Canary Islands with special reference to Aleyrodes, Siphoninus, and the challenges of puparial morphology in Bemisia
ESTRELLA HERNÁNDEZ-SUÁREZ, JON H. MARTIN, RAYMOND J. GILL, IAN D. BEDFORD, CHRISTOPHER P. MALUMPHY, J. ALFREDO REYES BETANCORT & AURELIO CARNERO
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15,849 times
Zootaxa 3220: 29–43 (2 Mar. 2012) 12 plates; 41 references                   Accepted: 19 Jan. 2012
A new species of the giant pill-millipede genus Sphaerobelum Verhoeff, 1924 from northern Thailand, with an extensive description and molecular characters (Diplopoda: Sphaerotheriida: Zephroniidae) 
NATTARIN WONGTHAMWANICH (Thailand), SOMSAK PANHA (Thailand), PETRA SIERWALD (USA), THOMAS WESENER (Germany) & KUMTHORN THIRAKHUPT (Thailand)

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14,244 times
Zootaxa 3217: 1–106 (29 Feb. 2012) 49 plates; 272 references                   Accepted: 14 Nov. 2011   
Biodiversity Quadrupled—Revision of Easter Island and Salas y Gómez Bivalves
BRET RAINES & MARKUS HUBER
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10,226 times
Zootaxa 3221: 48–59 (5 Mar. 2012) 6 plates; 30 references                  Accepted: 12 Jan. 2012
Description of a new species of deepwater catshark, Bythaelurus giddingsi sp. nov., from the Galápagos Islands (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) 
JOHN E. McCOSKER, DOUGLAS J. LONG & CAROLE C. BALDWIN (USA)
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8,323 times
Zootaxa 3222: 1–27 (5 Mar. 2012) 7 plates; 74 references                    Accepted: 13 Jan. 2012
Descriptions of new Tortricidae (Lepidoptera) reared from native fruit in Kenya 
JÓZEF RAZOWSKI (Poland) & JOHN W. BROWN (USA)

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5,078 times
Zootaxa 2854: 1–73 (29 Apr. 2011) 25 plates; 80 references                      Accepted: 22 Dec. 2010
A multilingual key to the genera and subgenera of the subfamily Scarabaeinae
of the New World (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
FERNANDO Z. VAZ-DE-MELLO (Brazil), W. D. EDMONDS (USA),
FEDERICO C. OCAMPO (Argentina) & PAUL SCHOOLMEESTERS (Belgium)
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4,144 times
Zootaxa 1418: 1-628 (8 Mar. 2007) 2723 references                                           Accepted: 4 Oct. 2006
Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types
CARL J. FERRARIS, JR. (USA)
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3,433 times
Zootaxa 3243: 52–58 (22 Mar. 2012) 3 plates;12 references                  Accepted: 13 Feb. 2012
Cordylancistrus santarosensis (Siluriformes: Loricariidae), a new species with unique snout deplatation from the Río Santa Rosa, Ecuador 

MILTON TAN & JONATHAN W. ARMBRUSTER (USA)

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2,885 times
Zootaxa 3193: 28–52 (15 Feb. 2012) 17 plate; 17 references                            Accepted: 15 Dec. 2011
New species and revalidations of scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Athyreini and Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Costa Rica and Panama 
BERT KOHLMANN & ÁNGEL SOLÍS (Costa Rica)

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2,845 times
Zootaxa 3229: 47–57 (9 Mar. 2012) 5 plates; 24 references                   Accepted: 23 Jan. 2012
A new species of scincid lizard in the genus Caledoniscincus (Reptilia: Scincidae) from northwest New Caledonia 
ROSS A. SADLIER (Australia), TONY WHITAKER (New Zealand), PERRY L.WOOD, JR. (USA) & AARON M. BAUER (USA)

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February

9,562 times
Zootaxa 3217: 1–106 (29 Feb. 2012) 49 plates; 272 references                   Accepted: 14 Nov. 2011   
Biodiversity Quadrupled—Revision of Easter Island and Salas y Gómez Bivalves
BRET RAINES & MARKUS HUBER
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6,909 times
Zootaxa 3187: 33–42 (9 Feb. 2012) 6 plate; 57 references                         Accepted: 22 Dec. 2011
A new bent-toed gecko (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Cyrtodactylus) from the Kimberley region, Western Australia
AARON M. BAUER (USA) & PAUL DOUGHTY (Australia)

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6,698 times
Zootaxa 2460: 1–185 (14 May 2010) 50 plates; 166 references                        Accepted: 15 Jan. 2010
Morphology of terebelliform polychaetes (Annelida: Polychaeta: Terebelliformia), with a focus on Terebellidae
JOÃO MIGUEL DE MATOS NOGUEIRA (Brazil), PAT A. HUTCHINGS (Australia) & MARCELO VERONESI
FUKUDA (Brazil)
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5,273 times
Zootaxa 3197: 43–54 (17 Feb. 2012) 9 plates; 16 references                      Accepted: 9 Jan. 2012
Krobia xinguensis, a new species of cichlid fish from the Xingu River drainage in Brazil (Teleostei: Cichlidae) 
SVEN O. KULLANDER (Sweden)
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4,685 times
Zootaxa 3193: 28–52 (15 Feb. 2012) 17 plate; 17 references                            Accepted: 15 Dec. 2011
New species and revalidations of scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Athyreini and Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Costa Rica and Panama 
BERT KOHLMANN & ÁNGEL SOLÍS (Costa Rica)

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3,758 times
Zootaxa 3136: 1–44 (19 Dec 2011) 31 plates; 71 references                        Accepted: 03 Nov. 2011
A morphological review of tribes in Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
JAAN VIIDALEPP (Estonia)
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3,556 times
Zootaxa 3141: 1–268 (23 Dec. 2011) 5 plates; 557 references                     Accepted: 9 Nov. 2011
Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part II: Camillo Rondani
JAMES E. O’HARA, PIERFILIPPO CERRETTI, THOMAS PAPE & NEAL L. EVENHUIS

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3,535 times
Zootaxa 2854: 1–73 (29 Apr. 2011) 25 plates; 80 references                      Accepted: 22 Dec. 2010
A multilingual key to the genera and subgenera
of the subfamily Scarabaeinae of the New World (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
FERNANDO Z. VAZ-DE-MELLO (Brazil), W. D. EDMONDS (USA),
FEDERICO C. OCAMPO (Argentina) & PAUL SCHOOLMEESTERS (Belgium)
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3,430 times
Zootaxa 3146: 1–63 (23 Dec. 2011) 28 plates; 168 references                     Accepted: 02 Nov. 2011
Revision of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Australia
GLENN SHEA, PATRICK COUPER, JESSICA WORTHINGTON WILMER & ANDREW AMEY
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3,084 times
Zootaxa 3089: 1–50 (03 Nov. 2011) 21 plates; 86 references                         Accepted: 07 Oct. 2011
New records and new species of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from Lifou, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia
SABINE STÖHR (Sweden)

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January

10,641 times
Zootaxa 3136: 1–44 (19 Dec 2011) 31 plates; 71 references                        Accepted: 03 Nov. 2011
A morphological review of tribes in Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
JAAN VIIDALEPP (Estonia)
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7,217 times
Zootaxa 2189: 1–218 (6 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 717 references                         Accepted: 30 Jun. 2009
George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III:
their conchological publications and Molluscan taxa
RICHARD E. PETIT (USA)

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7,078 times
Zootaxa 3146: 1–63 (23 Dec. 2011) 28 plates; 168 references                     Accepted: 02 Nov. 2011
Revision of the genus Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Australia
GLENN SHEA, PATRICK COUPER, JESSICA WORTHINGTON WILMER & ANDREW AMEY
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6,668 times
Zootaxa 3141: 1–268 (23 Dec. 2011) 5 plates; 557 references                     Accepted: 9 Nov. 2011
Nomenclatural Studies Toward a World List of Diptera Genus-Group Names. Part II: Camillo Rondani
JAMES E. O’HARA, PIERFILIPPO CERRETTI, THOMAS PAPE & NEAL L. EVENHUIS

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6,570 times
Zootaxa 3166: 59–68 (19 Jan. 2012) 6 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 1 Nov. 2011
A new Alestopetersius (Characiformes: Alestidae) from the Kwilu River (Kasai basin) of central Africa; with a phylogeny for the genus and synonymy of Duboisialestes
JOSÉ JUSTIN MBIMBI MAYI MUNENE (Democratic Republic of Congo)
& MELANIE L.J. STIASSNY (USA)
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5,166 times
Zootaxa 3157: 31–40 (11 Jan. 2012) 4 plate; 19 references                         Accepted: 16 Nov. 2011
Belicinus Rhomboideus, a new genus and species of Psepheninae
(Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea: Psephenidae) from Belize

ROBERTO ARCE-PÉREZ (Mexico), WILLIAM D. SHEPARD (USA) & MIGUEL A. MORÓN (Mexico)

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4,745 times
Zootaxa 3137: 31–45 (20 Dec 2011) 4 plates; 61 references                     Accepted: 11 Nov. 2011
A new avocado pest in Central America (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) with a key to Lepidoptera larvae threatening avocados in California
TODD M. GILLIGAN, JOHN W. BROWN & MARK S. HODDLE (USA)

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2,554 times
Zootaxa 1418: 1-628 (8 Mar. 2007) 2723 references                                           Accepted: 4 Oct. 2006
Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types
CARL J. FERRARIS, JR. (USA)
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2,281 times
Zootaxa 3102: 1–26 (18 Nov. 2011) 14 plates; 29 references                   Accepted: 10 Oct. 2011
Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) associated with Aenictus laeviceps (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Sarawak, Malaysia: Strict host specificity, and first myrmecoid Aleocharini
MUNETOSHI MARUYAMA (USA), TAKASHI MATSUMOTO (Japan) & TAKAO ITIOKA (Japan)

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2,260 times
Zootaxa 3171: 1–77 (24 Jan. 2012) 55 plates; 338 references                      Accepted: 30 Nov. 2011   
On a collection of hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa, Hydroidolina) from the west coast of Sweden, with a checklist of species from the region 
DALE R. CALDER
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