ZOOTAXA ISSN 1175-5326 (Print Edition) & ISSN 1175-5334 (Online Edition)
A mega-journal for zoological taxonomists in the world

Home | Online issues  | Editors  | Information for authors  | Information for subscribers  | Q&A  | Advantages  | Statistics

February 2007 (43 papers)

.Free Acrobat Reader
for viewing PDF files

  Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | Apr. | MayJun.Jul.  | Aug. | Sept.Oct.Nov. | Dec

  Zootaxa 1412, 68 pp. (22 Feb. 2007)  3 papers                                                                                            

 Article 
Zootaxa 1412: 1-54 (26 Feb. 2007) 41 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the African genus Ischnopoderona (Scheerpeltz, 1974) new status (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) 

GRZEGORZ PASNIK (Poland)

Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 70KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1412: 55-60 (26 Feb. 2007) 2 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 12 Feb. 2007
The female genital structures of several species of the genus Cionus Clairville,
1798 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
OSMAN SERT (Turkey)

Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 1210KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1412: 61-67 (26 Feb. 2007) 4 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 10 Jan. 2007
A new European species of Delia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) near the wheat bulb fly, D. coarctata (Fallen)
VERNER MICHELSEN (Sweden)

Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 10KB) free | Full article (PDF; 200KB) Order PDF

Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1412: 68 (28 Feb. 2007)  
Erratum (for Zootaxa, 1357, 61-68)
GOBBI, F.T. & AZEVEDO, C.O.
Full article (PDF; 10KB) Order PDF

 Zootaxa 1411, 68 pp. (22 Feb. 2007)  5 papers                                                                                             

 Article 
Zootaxa 1411: 1-24 (22 Feb. 2007)    11 plates; 39 references                         Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
On the Oxypoda species of Turkey and adjacent regions. II. Three new species, additional records, and a checklist (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)
V. ASSING (Germany)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 720KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1411: 25-32 (22 Feb. 2007)   4 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
A revision of Amarochara of the Holarctic region. III. A new species, a new synonym, and additional records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
V. ASSING (Germany)

Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 720KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1411: 33-41 (22 Feb. 2007)    7 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
On the Aploderus species of Turkey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae)
V. ASSING (Germany)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 270KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1411: 43-46 (22 Feb. 2007)    2 plates; 2 references                           Accepted: 12 Dec. 2006
New record of the genus Caputanurina Lee, 1983 (Collembola: Neanuridae) from China, with description of a new species
D.H. WU & W.Y. YIN (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 60KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1411: 47-67 (22 Feb. 2007)  4 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
The Mesoamerican Mesorhaga (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with a taxonomic conspectus of the New World fauna
D.J. BICKEL (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 300KB)   open access 

Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1411: 68 (22 Feb. 2007)  
Errata
CHEN, X.L. & WHITTINGTON, A.E.
Full article (PDF; 20KB) Order PDF

 Zootaxa 1410, 68 pp. (22 Feb. 2007)  3 papers                                                                                             

 Article 
Zootaxa 1410: 1-41 (22 Feb. 2007)    29 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 5 Dec. 2006
Taxonomy of the plesiolebiasine killifish genera Pituna, Plesiolebias and Maratecoara (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), with descriptions of nine new species
W.J.E.M. COSTA (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 700KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1410: 43-53 (22 Feb. 2007)    1 plate; 23 references                              Accepted: 7 Dec. 2006
Diversity and conservation status of the Ichthyofauna of the Rio Lacantun basin in the Biosphere Reserve Montes Azules, Chiapas, Mexico
M. L LOZANO-VILANO, M.E GARCIA-RAMIREZ, S. CONTRERAS-BALDERAS & Y C. RAMIREZ-MARTINEZ (Mexico)

Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 700KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1410: 55-68 (22 Feb. 2007)    9 plates; 39 references                         Accepted: 16 Jan. 2007
Studies on the genus Onisimus Boeck, 1871 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Uristidae) II. The barentsi and edwardsii groups
J. BERGE, W. VADER, & J.R. JOHNSEN (Norway)

Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 170KB) Order PDF

 Zootaxa 1409, 68 pp. (19 Feb. 2007)  4 papers                                                                                             

 Article 
Zootaxa 1409: 1-22 (19 Feb. 2007)   76 references                                             Accepted: 8 Jan. 2006
Does nomenclatural availability of nomina of new species or subspecies require the deposition of vouchers in collections?
A. DUBOIS (France) & A. NEMÉSIO (Brazil)

Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 170KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1409: 23-50 (19 Feb. 2007)  13 plates; 38 references                         Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
A new genus of scutigerid centipedes (Chilopoda) from Western Australia, with new characters for morphological phylogenetics of Scutigeromorpha
G.D. EDGECOMBE & L. BARROW (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 2,480KB)   open access 

 Article 
Zootaxa 1409: 51-59 (19 Feb. 2007)  5 plates; 15 references                          Accepted: 17 Jan. 2007
A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from Goa, India
G. BHATTA , K.P. DINESH , P. PRASHANTH & N.U. KULKARNI (India)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 210KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1409: 61-67 (19 Feb. 2007)  5 plates; 13 references                             Accepted: 2 Jan. 2007
A new species of Cyrtomaia Miers, 1886 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Majidae) from Micronesia
B.R. DE FORGES (Nouvelle-Caledonie) & P.K.L. NG (Singapore)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 270KB) Order PDF

 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1409: 68 (19 Feb. 2007)  3 references                                                  Accepted: 28 Jan. 2007
Replacement name for a homonym in Typhlodromus Scheuten (Acari: Phytoseiidae)
A.C. LOFEGO & R.J.F. FERES (Brazil)
Full article (PDF; 20KB) Order PDF

 Zootaxa 1408, 78 pp. (15 Feb. 2007) 1 monograph                                                                                    

 Monograph 
Zo
otaxa 1408: 1-78 (15 Feb. 2007)  12 plates; 185 references                          Accepted: 13 Dec. 2006
A revision of the genus Leptotyphlops in northeastern Africa and southwestern Arabia (Serpentes: Leptotyphlopidae)
D.G. BROADLEY & V. WALLACH
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 1080KB) Order PDF

 Zootaxa 1407, 68 pp. (15 Feb. 2007)  5 papers                                                                                             

 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1407: 1-2 (15 Feb. 2007)  5 references                                                Accepted: 12 Feb. 2007
A forum for the discussion of issues in zoological taxonomy
Z.-Q. Zhang (New Zealand)
Full article (PDF; 20KB)   open access 

 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1407: 3-12 (15 Feb. 2007)  14 references                                              Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
Helping Solve the "Other" Taxonomic Impediment: Completing the Eight Steps to Total Enlightenment and Taxonomic Nirvana
N. L. EVENHUIS (USA)

Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 70KB)   open access 

 Article 
Zootaxa 1407: 13-22 (15 Feb. 2007)  6 plates; 4 references                           Accepted: 28 Dec. 2006
Three new Helicopsyche from Laos (Trichoptera: Helicopsychidae)
K.A. JOHANSON & T. MALM (Sweden)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 310KB)   open access 

 Article 
Zootaxa 1407: 23-42 (15 Feb. 2007)  11 plates; 59 references                       Accepted: 5 Dec. 2006
Systematic review to the genus Liothorax (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)
M. DELLACASA (Italy), R.D. GORDON (USA), & G. DELLACASA (Italy)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 540KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1407: 43-55 (15 Feb. 2007)  1 plate; 25 references                            Accepted: 19 Dec. 2006
Updated distribution records of the Anopheles (Anopheles) hyrcanus species-group (Diptera: Culicidae) in China
L.M. RUEDA (USA), T.Y. ZHAO (P.R. China), Y.J. MA (P.R. China), Q. GAO (P.R. China), Z.G. DING (P.R. China), B. KHUNTIRAT (Thailand), J. SATTABONGKOT (Thailand) & R.C. WILKERSON (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 100KB)   open access 

 Article 
Zootaxa 1407: 57-64 (15 Feb. 2007)  3 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 13 Dec. 2006
New species of Laxotela Winterton & Irwin from Australia (Diptera: Therevidae: Agapophytinae)
S.L. WINTERTON (Australia)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 160KB)   open access 

 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1407: 65-66 (15 Feb. 2007)  6 references                                            Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
On a little-known work by A.H. Haliday containing nomenclatural notes on Diptera genus-group names (Insecta: Brachycera)
N.L. EVENHUIS (USA)
Full article (PDF; 20KB)   open access 

 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1407: 67-68 (15 Feb. 2007)  6 references                                            Accepted: 30 Nov. 2006
Commentaries on the paper by Fox and collaborators on the morphology of juvenile stages of Ampulex compressa (Fabricius, 1781) (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae)
S.C. BUYS (Brazil)
Full article (PDF; 20KB) Order PDF

 Zootaxa 1406, 68 pp. (12 Feb. 2007)  7 papers                                                                                             

 Article 
Zootaxa 1406: 1-15 (12 Feb. 2007)  7 plates; 20 references                                 Accepted: 27 Dec. 2006
Seven new species of the genus Epitrimerus Nalepa (Acari: Eriophyidae: Phyllocoptinae) from China
X.-F. XUE, Z.-W. SONG & X.-Y. HONG (P.R. China)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 280KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1406: 17-24 (12 Feb. 2007)  7 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 16 Nov. 2006
Redescription of C. Willmann's Holarctic species of the genus Trhypochthonius (Acari: Oribatida: Trhypochthoniidae)
A. SZYWILEWSKA-SZCZYKUTOWICZ & Z. OLSZANOWSKI (Poland)

Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 140KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1406: 25-32 (12 Feb. 2007)  3 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 31 Dec. 2006
Pseudecheneis maurus, a new species of glyptosternine catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Central Vietnam
H.H. NG (USA) & H.H. TAN (Singapore)

Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 280KB)   open access 

 Article 
Zo
otaxa 1406: 33-39 (12 Feb. 2007)  4 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 21 Dec. 2006
Gammaropsis (Podoceropsis) grasslei (Amphipoda: Photidae) a new species of commensal amphipod of the deep-water lithodid Neolithodes diomedeae from the Guaymas Basin, Gulf of California
L.A. SOTO (Mexico) & A. CORONA (Australia)

Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 130KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zo
otaxa 1406: 41-46 (12 Feb. 2007)  1 plate; 12 references                            Accepted: 15 Dec. 2006
Redescription of Pylocheles (Bathycheles) cubensis Ortiz & Gomez, 1986, the senior synonym of Pylocheles (B.) chacei Forest, 1987 (Decapoda, Anomura, Paguroidea, Pylochelidae)
P.A. MCLAUGHLIN, R. LEMAITRE & M. ORTIZ (USA)

Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 120KB)   open access 

 Article 
Zo
otaxa 1406: 47-59  (12 Feb. 2007)  4 plates; 61 references                           Accepted: 9 Jan. 2007
Hermit crabs from Brazil. Family Paguridae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Paguroidea): Genus Pagurus
P.R. NUCCI & G.A.S.T DE MELO (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 320KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1406: 61-68 (12 Feb. 2007)  4 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 5 Dec. 2006
The spider genus Uroctea Dufour, 1820 (Araneae: Oecobiidae) in Yemen
C.A. RHEIMS (Brazil), A.J. SANTOS (Brazil) & A. van HARTEN (United Arab Emirates)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 320KB) Order PDF

 Zootaxa 1405, 68 pp. (8 Feb. 2007)  3 paper                                                                                                  

 Article 
Zootaxa 1405: 1-38 (8 Feb. 2007)  12 plates; 80 references                               Accepted: 6 Dec. 2006
Taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic Tetramorium chefketi species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
S. CSOSZ (Hungary), A. RADCHENKO (Poland) & A. SCHULZ (Germany)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 1290KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1405: 39-49 (8 Feb. 2007)  3 plates; 13 references                                Accepted: 5 Dec. 2006
Taxonomic review of the Grammia nevadensis species group (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) with descriptions of` two new species
D.C. FERGUSON (USA) & B.C. SCHMIDT (Canada)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 990KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1405: 51-62 (8 Feb. 2007)  4 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 13 Dec. 2006
Revision of the Australian stiletto fly genus Acatopygia Krober (Diptera: Therevidae: Agapophytinae)
S.L. WINTERTON (Australia)

Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 180KB)   open access 

 Article 
Zootaxa 1405: 63-68 (8 Feb. 2007)  2 plates; 20 references                              Accepted: 22 Dec. 2006
Liangcoris, a new genus of Harpactorinae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from China
P. ZHAO, W.Z. CAI & D. REN (P. R. China)

Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 340KB) Order PDF

 Zootaxa 1404, 66 pp. (5 Feb. 2007) 1 monograph                                                                                       

 Monograph 
Zo
otaxa 1404: 1-66 (5 Feb. 2007)  26 plates; 100 references                           Accepted: 13 Dec. 2006
Chironomid midges from early Eocene amber of France (Diptera: Chironomidae)
G. DOITTEAU & A. NEL
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 1630KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1403, 68 pp. (5 Feb. 2007) 3 papers                                                                                                 

 Article 
Zootaxa 1403: 1-36 (5 Feb. 2007)  111 references                                         Accepted: 15 Dec. 2006
Checklist of digenean parasites of birds from Argentina
L.I. Lunaschi, F. Cremonte & F.B. Drago (Argentina)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 220KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1403: 37-54 (5 Feb. 2007)  5 plates; 35 references                               Accepted: 4 Dec. 2006
Osteological characterization of four putative species of the genus Adenomera (Anura: Leptodactylidae), with comments on intra- and interspecific variation
M.L. PONSSA (Argentina) & W.R. HEYER (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 400KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1403: 55-68 (5 Feb. 2007)  11 plates; 6 references                                Accepted: 5 Dec. 2006
A new species of endemic frog belonging to genus Nannophrys Gunther, 1869 (Anura: Dicroglossinae) from Sri Lanka
S.S. FERNANDO, L.J.M. WICKRAMASINGHA & R.K. RODIRIGO (Sri Lanka)

Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 330KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1402, 68 pp. (1 Feb. 2007) 4 papers                                                                                                 

 Article 
Zootaxa 1402: 1-22 (1 Feb. 2007)  10 plates; 29 references                            Accepted: 15 Dec. 2006
Calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) from Ilha Grande Bay, Brazil, with descriptions of three new species
F. AZEVEDO & M. KLAUTAU (Brazil)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 680KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1402: 23-37 (1 Feb. 2007)  8 plates; 18 references                            Accepted: 6 Dec. 2006
Epimeria schiaparelli sp. nov., an amphipod crustacean (family Epimeriidae) from the Ross Sea, Antarctica, with molecular characterisation of the species complex
A.-N. LORZ (New Zealand) E.W. MAAS (New Zealand), K. LINSE (UK) & G.D. FENWICK (New Zealand)

Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 240KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1402: 39-57 (1 Feb. 2007)  9 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 7 Dec. 2006
Four new species of Sabatieria Rouville, 1903 (Nematoda, Comesomatidae) from the Continental Slope of Atlantic Southeast
A.P. BOTELHO; M.C. DA SILVA; A.M. ESTEVES;V. FONSECA-GENEVOIS (Brazil)

Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 680KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1402: 59-68 (1 Feb. 2007)  4 plates; 35 references                            Accepted: 29 Nov. 2006
Rediscovery of the enigmatic blind snake genus Xenotyphlops in northern
Madagascar, with description of a new species (Serpentes: Typhlopidae)
V. WALLACH (USA), V. MERCURIO (Germany) & F. ANDREONE (Italy)

Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 160KB) Order PDF

Zootaxa 1401, 68 pp. (1 Feb. 2007) 4 papers                                                                                                  

 Article 
Zootaxa 1401: 1-32 (1 Feb. 2007)  15 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 19 Dec. 2006
Parapseudid tanaidaceans (Crustacea: Tanaidacea:Apseudomorpha) from Eastern Australia
M. BLAZEWICZ-PASZKOWYCZ (Poland) & R.N. BAMBER (UK)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 720KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1401: 33-51 (1 Feb. 2007)  6 plates; 60 references                            Accepted: 11 Nov. 2006
Morphological cladistic analysis of Ophiurolepis Matsumoto, 1915 (Ophiurida: Ophiuridae) from the Southern Ocean
R.L. HUNTER (USA)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 380KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1401: 53-61 (1 Feb. 2007)  2 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 19 Dec. 2006
Descriptions of the tadpoles of two species of Gephyromantis, with a discussion of the phylogenetic origin of direct development in mantellid frogs
R.-D. RANDRIANIAINA (Madagascar), F. GLAW (Germany), M. THOMAS (Switzerland), J. GLOS (Germany), N. RAMINOSOA (Madagascar), M. VENCES (Germany)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 260KB) Order PDF

 Article 
Zootaxa 1401: 63-68 (1 Feb. 2007)  1 plate; 15 references                            Accepted: 19 Dec. 2006
Larvae of the sand stargazer Sindoscopus australis and notes on the development of Dactyloscopidae (Perciformes: Blennioidei)
G.A. HERRERA (USA), A. LLANOS-RIVERA (Chile) & M.F. LANDAETA (Chile)
Abstract & excerpt (PDF; 20KB) free | Full article (PDF; 70KB) Order PDF

 

Papers published in
 2001, 2002,
2003
, 2004,
2005
, 2006,
2007
, 2008,
2009
, 2010,
2011, 2012,

List of all papers by author and taxa

Theory & Methods

Featured papers

Highly cited papers

Most-accessed papers

Corrigenda


Copyright © 2001-2007 Magnolia Press
Published 26 Feb. 2007