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November 2006 (21 issues, 91 papers with 15 for open access)

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 Zootaxa 1369, 68 pp. (30 Nov. 2006) 6 papers                                                                                                  

Zootaxa 1369: 1-17 (30 Nov. 2006) 4 plates; 31 references                             Accepted: 26 Oct. 2006
Review of the Hemiosus Sharp and Derallus Sharp of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Berosini)

A. ED. Z. SHORT & P.J. TORRES (USA)

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Zootaxa 1369: 19-33 (30 Nov. 2006) 7 plates; 21 references                             Accepted: 26 Oct. 2006
A new species of Cnemaspis (Sauria: Gekkonidae) from Sri Lanka
L.J.M. WICKRAMASINGHE (Turkey)
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Zootaxa 1369: 35-41 (30 Nov. 2006) 2 plates; 19 references                             Accepted: 25 Oct. 2006
A new species of the genus Thalassaphorura from East China (Collembola: Onychiuridae)
H.J. YAN, S.D. SHI & J.X. CHEN (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1369: 43-53 (30 Nov. 2006) 4 plates; 20 references                             Accepted: 31 Oct. 2006
Sigmaxinella cearense sp. nov. from sandstone reefs off Fortaleza (Ceara State, Brazil) (Desmacellidae, Mycalina, Poecilosclerida, Demospongiae)
S. SALANI, T.M.D.C. LOTUFO & E. HAJDU (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1369: 55-61 (30 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 7 references                             Accepted: 7 Nov. 2006
Lopharcha moriutii, sp. nov. and Polylopha cassiicola Liu & Kawabe (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae, Chlidanotinae, Polyorthini) from Thailand and Hong Kong
Y. NASU (Japan)

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Zootaxa 1369: 57-68 (30 Nov. 2006) 32 references                                        Accepted: 16 Nov. 2006
Tardigrada nova: a bibliographic analysis and catalogue of new species described in Zootaxa before 2006
Z.-Q. ZHANG (New Zealand)
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 Zootaxa 1368, 68 pp. (30 Nov. 2006) 5 papers                                                                                                 

Zootaxa 1368: 1-18 (30 Nov. 2006) 7 plates; 51 references                             Accepted: 10 Oct. 2006
Sensiava longiseta (Copepoda, Calanoida): a new genus and species from the abyss of the Weddell Sea
E.L. MARKHASEVA (Russia) & K. SCHULZ (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1368: 19-40 (30 Nov. 2006) 19 plates; 29 references                           Accepted: 7 Nov. 2006
New species of mites in the genera Uropoda, Crinitodiscus and Uroobovella from Turkey (Acari: Mesostigmata: Uropodidae, Urodinychidae)
D.A. BAL (Turkey) 
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Zootaxa 1368: 41-48 (30 Nov. 2006) 2 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 3 Nov. 2006
Brasilaccoderus, a new genus of Eurypinae (Coleoptera: Mycteridae) from Brazil
D.A. POLLOCK (USA)

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Zootaxa 1368: 49-56 (30 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 9 references                             Accepted: 27 Oct. 2006
Rivulus kayapo n. sp. (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae): a new killifish from the serra dos Caiapos, upper rio Araguaia basin, Brazil

W.J.E.M. COSTA (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1368: 57-68 (30 Nov. 2006) 4 plates; 20 references                            Accepted: 10 Oct. 2006
A new species of Parastenocaris from Mindoro Island, Philippines: Parastenocaris distincta sp. nov. (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida: Parastenocarididae)
V. Cottarelli, M.C. Bruno & R. Berera (Italy)
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 Zootaxa 1367, 68 pp. (30 Nov. 2006) 4 papers                                                                                                  

Zootaxa 1367: 1-35 (30 Nov. 2006) 1 plate; 14 references                            Accepted: 27 Oct. 2006
The description of a new species of Agrilus Curtis, with distributional records, and taxonomic and biological notes for Agrilinae and Trachyinae (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of Mexico and Central America
R.L. WESTCOTT & H.A. HESPENHEIDE (USA)
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Zootaxa 1367: 37-50 (30 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 7 Nov. 2006
Picicola Clay and Meinertzhagen (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from jacamars and puffbirds (Piciformes: Galbulidae, Bucconidae), with descriptions of five new species
R.D. PRICE & J.D. WECKSTEIN (USA)

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Zootaxa 1367: 51-62 (30 Nov. 2006) 4 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 25 Sept. 2006
Associations, new records, and a new species of Atopsyche from northwestern Argentina and southern Bolivia (Trichoptera: Hydrobiosidae)
P.A.R. MARTIN (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1367: 63-68 (30 Nov. 2006) 1 plate; 6 references                            Accepted: 3 Nov. 2006
First record of the genus Euepedanus from China, with the description of a new species (Opiliones: Laniatores: Epedanidae)
M.-S. ZHU & W.-G. LIAN (P.R. China)
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 Zootaxa 1366, 68 pp. (27 Nov. 2006) 4 papers                                                                                                  

Zootaxa 1366: 1-44 (27 Nov. 2006) 21 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 11 Sept. 2006
A review of the Malagasy Pachypanchax (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes, Aplocheilidae), with descriptions of four new species
P.V. LOISELLE (USA)

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Zootaxa 1366: 45-54 (27 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 32 references                            Accepted: 12 Oct. 2006
The occurrence of Scolymia cubensis in Brazil: revising the problem of the Caribbean solitary mussids
E. NEVES (Brazil), R. JOHNSSON (Brazil), C. SAMPAIO (Brazil) & M. PICHON (France)

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Zootaxa 1366: 55-59 (27 Nov. 2006) 1 plate; 8 references                            Accepted: 31 Oct. 2006
A new species of Neoseiulella (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from the Macaronesian Region, Canary Islands
M.L. MORAZA & M.;.P. ESTÉVEZ (Sapin)

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Zootaxa 1366: 61-68 (27 Nov. 2006) 2 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 27 Oct. 2006
Description of Sinothomisus gen. nov. with a new species from Yunnan Province, China (Araneae, Thomisidae)
G. TANG (P.R. China), C.-M. YIN (P.R. China), C. GRISWOLD (USA) & X.-J. PENG (P.R. China)

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 Zootaxa 1365, 68 pp. (27 Nov. 2006) 5 papers                                                                                                  

Zootaxa 1365: 1-17 (27 Nov. 2006) 7 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 26 Oct. 2006
Crangonyx islandicus sp. nov., a subterranean freshwater amphipod (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Crangonyctidae) from springs in lava fields in Iceland

J. SVAVARSSON & B.K. KRISTJÁNSSON (Iceland)

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Zootaxa 1365: 19-35 (27 Nov. 2006) 6 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 25 Oct. 2006
Aulacid wasps (Hymenoptera: Aulacidae) of New Guinea, with descriptions of five new species
J.T. JENNINGS & A.D. AUSTIN (Australia)

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Zootaxa 1365: 37-47 (27 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 20 references                            Accepted: 11 Oct. 2006
Notes on Acanthoderini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) described by Ernst Fuchs, now in the Herbert Schmid Collection, Vienna, Austria
M.L. MONNÉ & M.A. MONNÉ (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1365: 49-59 (27 Nov. 2006) 9 plates; 4 references                            Accepted: 25 Oct. 2006
Four new species of the genus Coelotes (Araneae: Amaurobiidae) from China
X. XU & S.Q. LI (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1365: 61-68 (27 Nov. 2006) 2 plates; 4 references                            Accepted: 15 Oct. 2006
New species of Chauhanellus (Monogenoidea, Platyhelminthes) from the gills of Southern Atlantic marine catfishes (Siluriformes, Ariidae) of the Neotropical region
M.V. DOMINGUES & K.H. FEHLAUER (Brazil)

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 Zootaxa 1364, 68 pp. (23 Nov. 2006) 4 papers                                                                                                 

Zootaxa 1364: 1-44 (23 Nov. 2006) 27 plates; 65 references                            Accepted: 27 Oct. 2006
Caridea (Crustacea, Decapoda) collected on the Brazilian (13o/22oS) continental shelf and slope
I. CARDOSO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1364: 45-49 (23 Nov. 2006) 2 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 18 Oct. 2006
A new species of the genus Xysticus C. L. Koch from Turkey (Araneae: Thomisidae)
H. DEMIR, A. TOPCU & T. TURKES (Turkey)

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Zootaxa 1364: 51-57 (23 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 19 Oct. 2006
Descriptions of a new species of Idaea Treitschke and the female of Scopula vojnitsi Inoue (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Sterrhinae) from the Russian Far East
E.A. BELJAEV (Russia)
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Zootaxa 1364: 59-64 (23 Nov. 2006) 2 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 24 Oct. 2006
Agelanius burgeri, a new species of horse fly from south Chile (Diptera: Tabanidae)
C.R. GONZÁLEZ (Chile)

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Zootaxa 1364: 65-66 (23 Nov. 2006)                                                                  Accepted: 20 Oct. 2006
Corrections to "A checklist of the butterflies of Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and some adjacent areas" published in Zootaxa, 1178 (2006)
W.J. TENNENT (UK)
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Zootaxa 1364: 67-68 (23 Nov. 2006)                                                                  Accepted: 31 Oct. 2006
Taxonomic notes on the genus Gonycentrum Bergroth (Hemiptera: Tingidae)
B. LIS & J.A. LIS (Poland)
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 Zootaxa 1363, 68 pp. (23 Nov. 2006) 4 papers                                                                                                 

Zootaxa 1363: 1-21 (23 Nov. 2006) 12 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 4 Oct. 2006
A revision of the North Atlantic amphipod genus Normanion (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Lysianassoidea)
N.M. KILGALLEN, A.A. MYERS & D. MCGRATH (Ireland)
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Zootaxa 1363: 23-38 (23 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 47 references                            Accepted: 5 Oct. 2006
A review of the systematics of the genus Bradypodion (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae), with the description of two new genera
C.R. TILBURY , K.A. TOLLEY & W.R. BRANCH (South Africa)
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Zootaxa 1363: 39-48 (23 Nov. 2006) 4 plates; 20 references                            Accepted: 9 Oct. 2006
Redescription of Parapagurapseudopsis carinatus (Tanaidacea: Apseudomorpha) and remarks about the male form
K.C.D. SANTOS & A.M.S. PIRES-VANIN (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1363: 49-68  (23 Nov. 2006) 8 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 9 Oct. 2006
Notes on identity, new synonymy and larva of Ivalia Jacoby (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) with description of a new species
C.N. DUCKETT (USA), K.D. PRATHAPAN (India) & A.S. KONSTANTINOV (USA)
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 Zootaxa 1362, 68 pp. (23 Nov. 2006) 4 papers                                                                                                 

Zootaxa 1362: 1-21 (23 Nov. 2006) 12 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 19 Sept. 2006
Convolutidae (Acoela) from Tanzania
J.G. ACHATZ & M.D. HOOGE (USA)
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Zootaxa 1362: 23-42  (23 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 42 references                            Accepted: 3 Oct. 2006
Key to conifer-infesting species of Lepidosaphes Shimer worldwide (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Diaspididae), with descriptions of two new species and a redescription of L. pallidula (Williams)
D.R. MILLER (USA), D.J. WILLIAMS (UK) & J.A. DAVIDSON (USA)
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Zootaxa 1362: 43-53  (23 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 8 Sept. 2006
Description of the immature stages of Anastomoneura guahybae Huamantinco & Nessimian, 2004 (Trichoptera: Odontoceridae), with a new record for the genus and keys to larvae and pupae of Neotropical genera
L.L. DUMAS & J.L. NESSIMIAN (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1362: 55-68 (23 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 28 references                            Accepted: 9 Oct. 2006
Definition of Doriclytus, stat. rev. as a subgenus of Polynema and redescription of its type species, P. (Doriclytus) vitripenne (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)
S.V. TRIAPITSYN (USA) & P. FIDALGO (Argentina)
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 Zootaxa 1361, 68 pp. (20 Nov. 2006) 6 papers                                                                                                 

Zootaxa 1361: 1-20 (20 Nov. 2006) 7 plates; 53 references                              Accepted: 2 Oct. 2006
Description of a new Episemion species (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from northern Gabon and southeastern Equatorial Guinea
R. SONNENBERG, T. BLUM & B.Y. MISOF (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1361: 21-31 (20 Nov. 2006) 1 plate; 28 references                              Accepted: 3 Oct. 2006
Review of the taxonomy and conservation status of the Ecuadorian Glassfrog Centrolenella puyoensis Flores & McDiarmid (Amphibia: Anura: Centrolenidae)
D.F. CISNEROS-HEREDIA & R.W. MCDIARMID (USA)
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Zootaxa 1361: 33-43 (20 Nov. 2006) 5 plates; 24 references                              Accepted: 16 Oct. 2006
A new species of Liolaemus (Reptilia: Iguanidae) from San Guillermo National Park, western Argentina
J.C. MONGUILLOT, M.R. CABRERA, J.C. ACOSTA & J. VILLAVICENCIO (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1361: 45-51 (20 Nov. 2006) 1 plate; 15 references                              Accepted: 6 Oct. 2006
A new genus of Neocoelidiinae Oman (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae)
A.P. MARQUES-COSTA & R.R. CAVICHIOLI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1361: 53-59 (20 Nov. 2006) 2 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 18 Oct. 2006
Robackia Saeher from China (Diptera: Chironomidae)
C.C. YAN & X.H. WANG (P.R.China)

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Zootaxa 1361: 61-68 (20 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 3 references                              Accepted: 20 Oct. 2006
Description of the unknown stages of Simulium (Aspathia) sandyi Coscaron, Ibanez-Bernal & Coscaron-Arias (Diptera: Simuliidae)
C.A. SANDOVAL-RUIZ & S. IBANEZ-BERNAL

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 Zootaxa 1360, 68 pp. (20 Nov. 2006) 4 papers                                                                                                

Zootaxa 1360: 1-40 (20 Nov. 2006) 21 plates; 33 references                              Accepted: 3 Oct. 2006
Fossil flower bugs (Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha: Cimicoidea) from the Late Jurassic of Northeast China, including a new family, Vetanthocoridae
Y.Z. YAO, W.Z. CAI & D. REN (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1360: 41-50 (20 Nov. 2006) 5 plates; 27 references                              Accepted: 19 Oct. 2006
The tadpole of Physalaemus henselii (Peters) (Anura: Leiuperidae)
F. KOLENC, C. BORTEIRO, M. TEDROS, D. NUNEZ & R. MANEYRO (Uruguay)

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Zootaxa 1360: 51-60 (20 Nov. 2006) 4 plates; 27 references                              Accepted: 4 Oct. 2006
Lentireduvius, a new genus of Peiratinae from Brazil, with a key to the New World genera (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)
W.Z. CAI (P.R. China) & S.J. TAYLOR (USA)

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Zootaxa 1360: 61-68 (20 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 18 Oct. 2006
Substituting time-consuming pencil drawings in arthropod taxonomy using stacks of digital photographs
C.O. COLEMAN (Germany)
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 Zootaxa 1359, 68 pp. (16 Nov. 2006) 3 papers                                                                                                

Zootaxa 1359: 1-30 (16 Nov. 2006) 28 plates; 35 references                              Accepted: 22 Sept. 2006
Systematic notes on tribes in the family Caliscelidae (Hemiptera: Fulgoroidea) with the description of new taxa from Palaearctic and Oriental Regions
V.M. GNEZDILOV (Russia) & M.R. WILSON (UK)
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Zootaxa 1359: 31-55 (16 Nov. 2006) 12 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 11 Oct. 2006
Two new species of Tarsonemus (Acari: Tarsonemidae) associated with bark beetles (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) from Crimea, Ukraine
W.L. MAGOWSKI (Poland) & A.A. KHAUSTOV (Russia)
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Zootaxa 1359: 57-66 (16 Nov. 2006) 7 plates; 30 references                             Accepted: 16 Oct. 2006
Redescription of the largest ice bug, Namkungia magnus com. nov. (Grylloblattodea, Grylloblattidae) from Korea
B.-W. KIM & W. LEE (R. Korea)
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Zootaxa 1359: 67-68 (16 Nov. 2006)  
Erratum
T. TÖPFER (Germany)
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 Zootaxa 1358, 68 pp. (16 Nov. 2006) 4 papers                                                                                                 

Zootaxa 1358: 1-37 (16 Nov. 2006) 14 plates; 56 references                              Accepted: 7 Sept. 2006
Biodiversity "hotspots", patterns of richness and endemism, and distribution of marine sponges in South Africa based on actual and interpolation data: A comparative approach
T. SAMAAI (South Africa)
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Zootaxa 1358: 39-48 (16 Nov. 2006) 4 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 11 Oct. 2006
A new species of Calappa Weber, 1795 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Calappidae) from East and South Africa
J.C.Y. LAI & P.K.L. NG (Singapore)
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Zootaxa 1358: 49-57 (16 Nov. 2006) 5 plates; 11 references                              Accepted: 12 Oct. 2006
Psammocora albopicta sp. nov., a new species of Scleractinian Coral from the Indo-West Pacific (Scleractinia; Siderastreidae)
F. BENZONI (Italy)

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Zootaxa 1358: 59-66 (16 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 11 references                              Accepted: 21 Aug. 2006
A new species in the genus Agadasys Whittington (Diptera: Platystomatidae, Plastotephritinae) from China
X.L. CHEN (P.R.China) & A.E. WHITTINGTON (UK)
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Zootaxa 1358: 67-68 (16 Nov. 2006)  5 references                                         Accepted: 10 Oct. 2006
Retropluma solomonensis nom. nov., a replacement name for Retropluma laurentae McLay, 2006 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Retroplumidae)
C.L. MCLAY (New Zealand)

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 Zootaxa 1357, 68 pp. (13 Nov. 2006) 5 papers                                                                                                

Zootaxa 1357: 1-19 (13 Nov. 2006) 5 plates; 29 references                              Accepted: 11 Oct. 2006
Spongillaflies (Neuroptera: Sisyridae) of North America with a key to the larvae and adults
D.E. BOWLES (USA)
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Zootaxa 1357: 21-29 (9 Nov. 2006) 4 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 27 Sept. 2006
Description of the larva and pupa of Potamyia phaidra Malicky and Chantaramongkol (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) from southern Thailand
T.O. PROMMI (Thailand), S. PERMKAM (Thailand) & R.W. SITES (USA)
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Zootaxa 1357: 31-43 (13 Nov. 2006) 5 plates; 25 references                              Accepted: 6 Oct. 2006
Phylogenetic studies of the subgenus Petrophilus Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichus), with description of a new species sympatric with P. thunbergi Morawitz
K. SASAKAWA & K. KUBOTA (Japan)
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Zootaxa 1357: 45-60 (13 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 3 references                              Accepted: 5 Oct. 2006
Four new species of Discomorpha Chevrolat, 1837 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Omocerini), with key to Discomorpha s. str.
L. BOROWIEC (Poland)
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Zootaxa 1357: 61-68 (13 Nov. 2006) 1 plate; 4 references                              Accepted: 6 Oct. 2006
The Brazilian Holepyris (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), with description of a new species from Amazonian forest
F.T. GOBBI & C.O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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 Zootaxa 1356, 78 pp. (13 Nov. 2006) 1 monograph                                                                                        

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1356: 1-78 (13 Nov. 2006)  43 plates; 19 references                       Accepted: 29 Sept. 2006
Revision of the South Pacific endemic genera Orthopsyche McFarlane 1976, Abacaria Mosely 1941 and Caledopsyche Kimmins 1953 with the description of 29 new species (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae)
J. OL
ÁH (Hungary), K.A. JOHANSON (Sweden) & P.C. BARNARD (UK)
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 Zootaxa 1355, 68 pp. (9 Nov. 2006) 4 papers                                                                                                   

Zootaxa 1355: 1-37 (9 Nov. 2006) 16 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 21 Sept. 2006
Revision and phylogenetic analysis of Chilicola sensu stricto (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) with the description of a new species
J. GIBBS & L. PACKER (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1355: 39-47 (9 Nov. 2006) 2 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 22 Aug. 2006
Hydroporus neclae sp. n. from north-eastern Turkey, a new member of the memnonius-group of Hydroporus Clairville (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
O. K. ERMAN (Turkey) & H. FERY (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1355: 49-59 (9 Nov. 2006) 4 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 11 Oct.. 2006
Four new species of Contulma from South America (Trichoptera: Anomalopsychidae)
R.W. HOLZENTHAL & D.R. ROBERTSON (USA)
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Zootaxa 1355: 61-68 (9 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 3 references                              Accepted: 27 Sept.. 2006
A new species of Caenis (Ephemeroptera: Caenidae) from Florida, USA
M.L. PESCADOR & B.A. RICHARD (USA)
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 Zootaxa 1354, 68 pp. (9 Nov. 2006) 5 papers                                                                                                   

Zootaxa 1354: 1-30 (9 Nov. 2006) 129 references                                              Accepted: 11 Oct. 2006
A synopsis of the fleas (Insecta: Siphonaptera) parasitizing New World species of Soricidae (Mammalia: Insectivora)
J.J. MORRONE & R. ACOSTA (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 1354: 31-44 (9 Nov. 2006) 7 plates; 5 references                              Accepted: 10 Oct. 2006
Dirt-encrusted and dragon millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida: Paradoxosomatidae) from Queensland, Australia
R. MESIBOV (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1354: 45-56 (9 Nov. 2006) 4 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 20 Oct. 2006
The Acentropinae and Musotiminae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
B. LANDRY (Switzerland) & L. ROQUE-ALBELO (UK)
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Zootaxa 1354: 57-61 (9 Nov. 2006) 1  plate; 9 references                                 Accepted: 6 Oct. 2006
A new species of Stigmaeus Koch (Acari: Stigmaeidae) from Northwest of Iran
K.H. IRANI-NEJAD, M. BAGHERI, M. KHANJANI, K. KAMALI & A. SABOORI (Iran)
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Zootaxa 1354: 63-68 (9 Nov. 2006) 3  plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 9 Oct. 2006
A new sibling species of Halyzia straminea (Hope) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Halyziini) from the Indian subcontinent
J. POORANI (India) & R.G. BOOTH (UK)
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 Zootaxa 1353, 68 pp. (9 Nov. 2006) 4 papers                                                                                                   

Zootaxa 1353: 1-37 (9 Nov. 2006)  13 plates; 106 references                         Accepted: 28 Aug. 2006
Morphology and biology of Polydora species (Polychaeta: Spionidae) boring into oyster shells in South America, with the description of a new species
V.I. RADASHEVSKY (Russia), P.C. LANA (Brazil) & R.C. NALESSO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1353: 39-51 (9 Nov. 2006)  5 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 5 Sept. 2006
Notes on Eotrechus Kirkaldy, 1902 (Heteroptera: Gerridae), with descriptions of two new species
A.D. TRAN (Singapore) & H. ZETTEL (Austria)
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Zootaxa 1353: 53-61 (9 Nov. 2006)  6 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 5 Sept. 2006
A new genus and species of Bennarellini from Costa Rica (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae)
W.E. Holzinger & G. Kunz (Austria)
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Zootaxa 1353: 63-68 (9 Nov. 2006)  4 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 30 Oct. 2006
Tadpole and advertisement call of Chiasmocleis albopunctata (Anura, Microhylidae) from Brazil
J.C. DE OLIVEIRA FILHO & A.A. GIARETTA (Brazil)
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 Zootaxa 1352, 70 pp. (6 Nov. 2006) 1 monograph                                                                                          

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Zootaxa 1352: 1-70 (6 Nov. 2006)  37 plates; 60 references                       Accepted: 7 Sept. 2006
On a small collection of harpacticoids from Easter Island: the family Laophontidae T. Scott (Crustacea: Copepoda: Harpacticoida)

S. GÓMEZ & C.B. BOYKO

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 Zootaxa 1351, 68 pp. (6 Nov. 2006) 7 papers                                                                                                   

Zootaxa 1351: 1-13 (6 Nov. 2006)  3 plates; 30 references                         Accepted: 21 Sept. 2006
The larvae of Amarodytes duponti (Aube (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae), with comments on Bidessini larval morphology and chaetotaxy
M. MICHAT (Argentina) & Y. ALARIE (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1351: 15-22 (6 Nov. 2006)  3 plates; 5 references                         Accepted: 21 Aug. 2006
A new species of Hydara (Hemiptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Hydarini) from Madagascar
H. BRAILOVSKY (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 1351: 23-34 (6 Nov. 2006)  5 plates; 25 references                         Accepted: 22 Sept. 2006
A new species of Asterocheres (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Asterocheridae) associated to Placospongia cristata Boury-Esnault (Porifera) in Bahia State, Brazil
R. BISPO, R. JOHNSSON & E. NEVES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1351: 35-43 (6 Nov. 2006)  2 plates; 3 references                         Accepted: 22 Sept. 2006
Two new species of Plinachtus Stal (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Gonocerini) from Aldabra Atoll and Madagascar
H. BRAILOVSKY & E. BARRERA (Mexico)

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Zootaxa 1351: 45-52 (6 Nov. 2006)  2 plates; 6 references                         Accepted: 3 Oct. 2006
The genus Isotomodes Linnaniemi, 1907 of the Ibero-balearic fauna, with description of two new species (Collembola: Entomobryomorpha: Isotomidae)
J. ARBEA (Spain)
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Zootaxa 1351: 53-59 (6 Nov. 2006)  3 plates; 13 references                         Accepted: 9 Oct. 2006
First record of the frog parasite genus Batrachomyia Krefft from New Guinea (Diptera: Chloropidae)
N. EVENHUIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1351: 61-68 (6 Nov. 2006)  4 plates; 13 references                         Accepted: 9 Oct. 2006
Ptychopteridae -a family of flies (Diptera) new to the Neotropical Region and description of a new species
E.G. HANCOCK (UK), M-A. MARCOS-GARCIA (Spain) & G.E. ROTHERAY (UK)

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 Zootaxa 1350, 68 pp. (2 Nov. 2006) 5 papers                                                                                                   

Zootaxa 1350: 1-19 (2 Nov. 2006)  3 plates; 26 references                         Accepted: 6 Oct. 2006
Study of two species groups of Phaonia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Muscidae) from China, with the description of three new species
W.-Q. XUE, M.-F. WANG & J. DU (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1350: 21-31 (2 Nov. 2006)  5 plates; 10 references                         Accepted: 20 Sept. 2006
Cnesterodon holopteros (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae: Poeciliinae), a new species from the Republic of Uruguay
P.H.F. LUCINDA (Brazil), T. LITZ (Germany) & R. RECUERO (Uruguay)

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Zootaxa 1350: 33-43 (2 Nov. 2006)  6 plates; 8 references                         Accepted: 20 Sept. 2006
Redescription of the type specimens of the Elachista freyerella species-group (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Elachistinae) from India and Sri Lanka
V. SRUOGA & A. DISKUS (Italy)
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Zootaxa 1350: 45-53 (2 Nov. 2006)  1 plate; 44 references                         Accepted: 20 Sept. 2006
The millipede genus Epanerchodus Attems, 1901 in the Korean Peninsula, with a description of a new species (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Polydesmidae)
E.V. MIKHALJOVA (Russia)& K.-Y. LIM (R. Korea)
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Zootaxa 1350: 55-68 (2 Nov. 2006)  20 references                                     Accepted: 14 Sept. 2006
The species of Larinus Dejean, 1821 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) described by J. Desbrochers : lectotype designations and new synonymies
L. GULTEKIN (Turkey) & H. PERRIN (France)

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 Zootaxa 1349, 68 pp. (2 Nov. 2006) 6 papers                                                                                                   

Zootaxa 1349: 1-18  (2 Nov. 2006)  9 plates; 36 references                       Accepted: 20 Sept. 2006
Hyla vigilans Solano, 1971, a second species for the genus Scarthyla, redescription and distribution in Venezuela and Colombia
C.L. BARRIO-AMOROS (Venezuela), A.D. DE PASCUAL (Venezuela), J.J. MUESES-CISNEROS (Colombia), E. INFANTE (Venezuela) & A. CHACON (Venezuela)

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Zootaxa 1349: 19-36  (2 Nov. 2006)  4 plates; 36 references                       Accepted: 20 Sept. 2006
Description of two new genera and species of Eriococcidae (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) from southern South America
T. KONDO (USA), N. HARDY (USA), L. COOK (Australia) & P. GULLAN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1349: 37-45 (2 Nov. 2006)  4 plates; 14 references                       Accepted: 20 Sept. 2006
Revision of the genus Sinopalaeocossus Hong (Hemiptera: Palaeontinidae), with description of a new species from the Middle Jurassic of China
B. WANG, H.C. ZHANG, Y. FANG, & Y. DUAN (P.R.China)
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Zootaxa 1349: 47-51 (2 Nov. 2006)  3 plates; 10 references                       Accepted: 3 Oct. 2006
A new species of the genus Zora from China (Araneae: Zoridae)
M.-S. ZHU & B.-S. ZHANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1349: 53-62 (2 Nov. 2006)  4 plates; 8 references                         Accepted: 4 Oct. 2006
Puelchesia gracilis, a new genus and species of Pachydemini endemic to the Monte biogeographic province in Argentina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)
F.C. OCAMPO (USA) & A.B.T. SMITH (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1349: 63-68 (2 Nov. 2006)  3 plates; 18 references                         Accepted: 6 Oct. 2006
The first fossil Myopsocidae (Psocoptera) in Dominican amber
A. NEL (France), A. WALLER (France) & G.O. POINAR, Jr. (USA)
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