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April 2007 (116 papers)

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 Zootaxa 1463, 68 pp (30 Apr. 2007)  6 papers                                                                                                

 Article 
Zootaxa 1463: 1-12 (30 Apr. 2007) 8 plates; 17 references                             Accepted: 3 Feb. 2007
Cave millipeds of the United States. V. The genus Idagona Buckett & Gardner (Chordeumatida, Conotylidae, Idagoninae)
WILLIAM A. SHEAR
(USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1463: 13-20 (30 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 28 references                             Accepted: 4 Apr. 2007
Balantiocheilos ambusticauda, a new and possibly extinct species of cyprinid fish from Indochina (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)
HEOK HEE NG (USA) & MAURICE KOTTELAT
(Singapore)
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Zootaxa 1463: 21-37 (30 Apr. 2007) 9 plates; 41 references                             Accepted: 12 Mar. 2007
A new species of Juliomys (Mammalia: Rodentia: Cricetidae) from the Atlantic forest of southeastern Brazil
LEONORA P. COSTA, SILVIA E. PAVAN, YURI L. R. LEITE & VALERIA FAGUNDES (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1463: 39-45 (30 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 6 Apr. 2007
A new species of Mastigoproctus Pocock, 1894 (Thelyphonida: Thelyphonidae) from Venezuela
CARLOS VIQUEZ (Costa Rica) & LUIS F. DE ARMAS
(Cuba)
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Zootaxa 1463: 47-54 (30 Apr. 2007) 1 plates; 18 references                             Accepted: 9 Mar. 2007
A new species of the genus Zercon (Acari, Zerconidae) from Turkey
RASIT URHAN (Turkey)

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Zootaxa 1463: 55-68 (30 Apr. 2007) 9 plates; 11 references                             Accepted: 12 Dec. 2006
Revision of the subgenus Neopsacas (Hexactinellida, Rossellidae, Crateromorpha) with the description of new species and subspecies
LARISA L. MENSHENINA (Russia), KONSTANTIN R. TABACHNICK (Russia) & DORTE JANUSSEN
(Germany)
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 Zootaxa 1462, 68 pp (30 Apr. 2007)  3 papers                                                                                                

 Article 
Zootaxa 1462: 1-40 (30 Apr. 2007) 16 plates; 76 references                             Accepted: 16 Mar. 2007
The genera of the Neotropical armored catfish subfamily Loricariinae (Siluriformes: Loricariidae): a practical key and synopsis
RAPHAEL COVAIN & SONIA FISCH-MULLER (Switzerland)

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Zootaxa 1462: 41-60 (30 Apr. 2007) 12 plates; 16 references                             Accepted: 14 Mar. 2007
A new species of the natricine snake genus Amphiesma from the Indochinese Region (Squamata: Colubridae: Natricinae)
PATRICK DAVID (France), RAOUL H. BAIN (USA), NGUYEN QUANG TRUONG (Vietnam), NIKOLAI L. ORLOV (Russia),
GERNOT VOGEL (Germany), VU NGOC THANH(Vietnam) & THOMAS ZIEGLER (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1462: 61-68 (30 Apr. 2007) 3 plates; 9 references                             Accepted: 3 Apr. 2007
A new species of Ologamasus (Acari: Ologamasidae) from Brazil
E.S. SILVA (Brazil), G.J. DE MORAES (Brazil) & G.W. KRANTZ (USA)

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 Zootaxa 1461, 68 pp (30 Apr. 2007)  6 papers                                                                                                

 Article 
Zootaxa 1461: 1-14 (30 Apr. 2007) 6 plates; 28 references                             Accepted: 7 Dec. 2006
A review of the North and Central American Megachile subgenus Argyropile Mitchell (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
VICTOR H. GONZALEZ & TERRY L. GRISWOLD
(USA)
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Zootaxa 1461: 15-24 (30 Apr. 2007) 8 plates; 6 references                             Accepted: 24 Feb. 2007
Three new species of Anacroneuria (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
CLAUDIO G. FROEHLICH
(Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1461: 25-37 (30 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 29 references                             Accepted: 26 Feb. 2007
A new genus of Lysitermini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Lysiterminae) from Madagascar and its taxonomic placement based on 28S rDNA sequence data
SERGEY A. BELOKOBYLSKIJ (Poland), ALEJANDRO ZALDIVAR-RIVERON (Mexico), VIRGINIA LEONREGAGNON (Mexico) & DONALD L. J. QUICKE
(UK)
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Zootaxa 1461: 39-47 (30 Apr. 2007) 8 plates; 14 references                             Accepted: 10 Mar. 2007
Parvimyrma gen. nov. belonging to the Solenopsis genus group from Vietnam (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Solenopsidini)
KATSUYUKI EGUCHI & TUAN VIET BUI
(Japan)
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Zootaxa 1461: 49-58 (30 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 7 references                             Accepted: 13 Mar. 2007
Three new genera of Onychiuridae (Collembola)
ROMUALD J. POMORSKI (Poland)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1461: 59-68 (30 Apr. 2007) 4 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 19 Mar. 2007
New insights on the distribution and floral choices of Systropha Illiger, 1806 in Africa (Hymenoptera, Apoidea), with description of a new species from Sudan
SEBASTIEN PATINY & DENIS MICHEZ
(Belgium)
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 Zootaxa 1460, 68 pp (27 Apr. 2007)  5 papers                                                                                                

 Article 
Zootaxa 1460: 1-24 (27 Apr. 2007) 18 plates; 54 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
The Porcellanidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) of the Red Sea with description of a new species of Petrolisthes
BERND WERDING & ALEXANDRA HILLER
(Germany)
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Zootaxa 1460: 25-34 (27 Apr. 2007) 4 plates; 13 references                             Accepted: 28 Mar. 2007
A new genus and two new species of Lithobiid Centipedes (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha) from China
HUI-QIN MA, DA-XIANG SONG & MING-SHENG ZHU
(P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1460: 35-46 (27 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 26 references                             Accepted: 2 Apr. 2007
A new subfamily, Vulcanocalliacinae n.subfam., for Vulcanocalliax arutyunovi n.gen., n.sp. from a mud volcano in the Gulf of Cádiz (Crustacea, Decapoda, Callianassidae)
PETER C. DWORSCHAK (Austria) & MARINA R. CUNHA
(Portugal)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1460: 47-58 (27 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 18 references                             Accepted: 1 Feb. 2007
Revision of the North American genus Scirites (Araneae, Linyphiidae)
NADINE DUPERRE (Canada) & PIERRE PAQUIN (USA)

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Zootaxa 1460: 59-68 (27 Apr. 2007) 4 plates; 29 references                             Accepted: 2 Mar. 2007
The genus Malthonica Simon, 1898 in the Iberian Peninsula (Araneae: Agelenidae)
JOSE ANTONIO BARRIENTOS (Spain) & PEDRO CARDOSO (Denmark)

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 Zootaxa 1459, 68 pp (27 Apr. 2007)  2 papers                                                                                                

 Article 
Zootaxa 1459: 1-35 (27 Apr. 2007) 18 plates; 108 references                             Accepted: 19 Feb. 2007
New records and description of four new species of spionids (Annelida: Polychaeta: Spionidae) from the Philippines: the genera Dispio, Malacoceros, Polydora, and Scolelepis, with notes on palp ciliation patterns of the genus Scolelepis
JASON D. WILLIAMS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1459: 37-68 (27 Apr. 2007) 14 plates; 11 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
A revision of the Brementia-group of genera (Copepoda: Notodelphyidae), with descriptions of a new genus and four new species
GEOFF A. BOXSHALL (UK) & ANDREY MARCHENKOV (Russia)

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 Zootaxa 1458, 80 pp (25 Apr. 2007)  1 monograph                                                                                        

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1458: 1-80 (25 Apr. 2007) 43 plates; 142 references                             Accepted: 10 Jan. 2007
A review of the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of southern South America
ANDREW B. T. SMITH (Canada) & PAUL E. SKELLEY (USA)

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 Zootaxa 1457, 68 pp (25 Apr. 2007)  4 papers                                                                                                

 Article 
Zootaxa 1457: 1-34 (25 Apr. 2007) 15 plates; 72 references                             Accepted: 11 Apr. 2007
Biodiversity, conservation, and hotspot atlas of Costa Rica: a dung beetle perspective (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
BERT KOHLMANN (Costa Rica),
ÁNGEL SOLÍS (Costa Rica), ORTWIN ELLE (Costa Rica), XINIA SOTO (Germany) & RICARDO RUSSO (Costa Rica)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1457: 35-48 (25 Apr. 2007) 11 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 17 Jan. 2007
New species of Laparocerus Schonherr, 1834 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands)
ANTONIO MACHADO
(Spain)
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Zootaxa 1457: 49-55 (25 Apr. 2007) 3 plates; 11 references                             Accepted: 30 Dec. 2006
Three new Old World species of the leafhopper genus Scaphoideus Uhler (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae)
M.D. WEBB (UK) & C.A. VIRAKTAMATH
(India)
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Zootaxa 1457: 57-68 (25 Apr. 2007) 9 plates; 37 references                             Accepted: 12 Feb. 2007
Redescription of the genus Cavernicola and the tribe Cavernicolini (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae), with morphological and morphometric parameters
MARIA ANGELICA DE OLIVEIRA, RITA DE CASSIA MOREIRA DE SOUZA & LILEIA DIOTAIUTI
(Brizal)
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 Zootaxa 1456, 68 pp (25 Apr. 2007)  3 papers                                                                                                

 Article 
Zootaxa 1456: 1-44 (25 Apr. 2007) 25 plates; 58 references                             Accepted: 19 Dec. 2006
Freshwater prawns of the genus Macrobrachium Bate, 1868 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) of Colombia
DIEGO M. VALENCIA & MARTHA R. CAMPOS
(Colombia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1456: 45-62 (25 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 48 references                             Accepted: 10 Apr. 2007
Comparison of the cryptic nematode species Caenorhabditis brenneri sp. n. and C. remanei (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) with the stem species pattern of the Caenorhabditis Elegans group
WALTER SUDHAUS (Germany) & KARIN KIONTKE
(USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1456: 63-68 (25 Apr. 2007) 3 plates; 6 references                             Accepted: 23 Mar. 2007
Three new species of the genus Clubiona from China (Araneae: Clubionidae)
PING LIU (P.R. China), HENG-MEI YAN(P.R. China), CHARLES GRISWOLD (USA) & DARRELL UBICK (USA)

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 Zootaxa 1455, 68 pp (23 Apr. 2007)  1 monograph                                                                                        

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1455: 1-68 (23 Apr. 2007) 41 plates; 38 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
Review of the Oriental and Australasian species of Acmopolynema, with taxonomic notes on Palaeoneura and Xenopolynema stat. rev. and description of a new genus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN & VLADIMIR V. BEREZOVSKIY
(USA)
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 Zootaxa 1454, 68 pp (23 Apr. 2007)  5 papers                                                                                                

 Article 
Zootaxa 1454: 1-26 (23 Apr. 2007) 0 plates; 111 references                             Accepted: 22 Jan. 2007
Checklist of raphignathoid mites (Acari: Raphignathoidea) of Turkey
SALIH DOGAN (Turkey)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1454: 27-37 (23 Apr. 2007) 2 plates; 37 references                             Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
Two new species of Nicomache (Polychaeta: Maldanidae) from the Southwest Atlantic
JOSE ERIBERTO DE ASSIS, CARMEN ALONSO SAMIGUEL & MARTIN LINDSEY
CHRISTOFFERSEN (Brasil)
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Zootaxa 1454: 39-47 (23 Apr. 2007) 6 plates; 15 references                             Accepted: 12 Feb. 2007
Callinera emiliae sp. nov. (Nemertea: Palaeonemertea) from Negros Island, the Philippines
HIROSHI KAJIHARA
(Japan)
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Zootaxa 1454: 49-57 (23 Apr. 2007) 3 plates; 35 references                             Accepted: 15 Mar. 2007
First record of Epistylis plicatilis (Ciliophora: Peritrichia) attached to Pomacea canaliculata (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Southern Brazil
LAURA R. P. UTZ
(Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1454: 59-68 (23 Apr. 2007) 4 plates; 9 references                             Accepted: 28 Dec. 2006
A new species of Talitridae (Amphipoda: Gammaridea) from Tioman Island, Malaysia
B.H.R. OTHMAN & B.A.R. AZMAN
(Malaysia)
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 Zootaxa 1453, 68 pp (23 Apr. 2007)  5 papers                                                                                                

 Article 
Zootaxa 1453: 1-31 (23 Apr. 2007) 0 plates; 192 references                             Accepted: 10 Jan. 2007
Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Portugal: genus-group names and their type species
TRIST
AO BRANCO (PORTUGAL)
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Zootaxa 1453: 33-40 (23 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 5 references                             Accepted: 5 Dec. 2006
Garrisonia aurindae gen. and spec. nov. from the State of Bahia, Brazil (Anisoptera: Libellulidae)
R. PENALVA & J. M.COSTA
(Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1453: 41-54 (23 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 25 references                             Accepted: 12 Jan. 2007
Description of three new species of Neoperla (Plecoptera: Perlidae) and a historical review of tropical Southeast Asian Perlidae
THI KIM THU CAO, SOON AH HAM & YEON JAE BAE
(Korea)
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Zootaxa 1453: 55-62 (23 Apr. 2007) 12 plates; 19 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
A new genus and a new species of the tribe Mithymnini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Nogodinidae) from Namibia, with sternal sensory pits in the adult
VLADIMIR M. GNEZDILOV (Russia) & MICHAEL R. WILSON
(UK)
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Zootaxa 1453: 63-68 (23 Apr. 2007) 1 plates; 13 references                             Accepted: 20 Mar. 2007
A new species and a key to known species of the genus Atractomorpha (Orthoptera, Acridoidea, Pyrgomorphidae) from China
XIANG-CHU YIN & JIAN-PING SHI
(P.R. China)
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 Zootaxa 1452, 68 pp (19 Apr. 2007)  4 papers                                                                                                

 Article 
Zootaxa 1452: 1-23 (19 Apr. 2007) 9 plates; 12 references                             Accepted: 5 Dec. 2006
A taxonomic review of the southern African millipede genus, Bicoxidens Attems, 1928 (Diplopoda: Spirostreptida: Spirostreptidae), with the description of three new species and a tentative phylogeny
TAROMBERA MWABVU, MICHELLE L. HAMER & ROBERT H. SLOTOW (South Africa)

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Zootaxa 1452: 25-42 (19 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 57 references                             Accepted: 14 Mar. 2007
The limits of polymorphism in Liolaemus rothi: Molecular and phenotypic evidence for a new species of the Liolaemus boulengeri clade (Iguanidae, Liolaemini) from boreal Patagonia of Chile
DANIEL PINCHEIRA-DONOSO (UK), J. ALEJANDRO SCOLARO (Argentina) & JAMES A. SCHULTE II (USA)

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Zootaxa 1452: 43-54 (19 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 22 references                             Accepted: 15 Mar. 2007
A new species of Liolaemus (Reptilia: Squamata: Liolaemini) from southern Mendoza province, Argentina
LUCIANO JAVIER AVILA (Argentina), MARIANA MORANDO (Argentina), CRISTIAN HERNAN FULVIO PEREZ (Argentina)&JACK W. SITES, JR. (USA)

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Zootaxa 1452: 55-68 (19 Apr. 2007) 4 plates; 32 references                             Accepted: 15 Mar. 2007
Iguanian species-richness in the Andes of boreal Patagonia: Evidence for an additional new Liolaemus lizard from Argentina lacking precloacal glands (Iguania, Liolaeminae)
DANIEL PINCHEIRA-DONOSO (UK)& J. ALEJANDRO SCOLARO (Argentina)

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 Zootaxa 1451, 68 pp (19 Apr. 2007)  2 papers                                                                                                

 Article 
Zootaxa 1451: 1-40 (19 Apr. 2007) 20 plates; 78 references                             Accepted: 1 Feb. 2007
A taxonomic revision of the catshark genus Haploblepharus Garman 1913 (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae)
BRETT A. HUMAN (South Africa)

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Zootaxa 1451: 41-68 (19 Apr. 2007) 12 plates; 38 references                             Accepted: 21 Mar. 2007
Chaetozone and Caulleriella (Polychaeta: Cirratulidae) from the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, with description of eight new species
HARLAN K. DEAN & JAMES A. BLAKE (USA)

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 Zootaxa 1450, 68 pp (19 Apr. 2007)  6 papers                                                                                                

 Article 
Zootaxa 1450: 1-20 (19 Apr. 2007) 8 plates; 15 references                             Accepted: 10 Mar. 2007
Four new species of coral crabs belonging to the genus Tetralia Dana, 1851 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Tetraliidae)
SANDRA E. TRAUTWEIN (USA)

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Zootaxa 1450: 21-29 (19 Apr. 2007) 3 plates; 28 references                             Accepted: 9 Mar. 2007
A new species of Polyonyx Stimpson, 1858 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae) from the Philippines and Loyalty Islands
MASAYUKI OSAWA
(Japan)

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Zootaxa 1450: 31-43 (19 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 20 references                             Accepted: 9 Mar. 2007
A new species of Chirostylus Ortmann, 1892 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Chirostylidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, southwestern Japan, with a supplemental description of Chirostylus ortmanni Miyake & Baba, 1968
MASAYUKI OSAWA
(Japan)

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1450: 45-56 (19 Apr. 2007) 6 plates; 26 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
Two new fish species of the genus Puntius Hamilton (Cyprinidae) from Manipur, India, with notes on P. ticto (Hamilton) and P. stoliczkanus (Day)
I. LINTHOINGAMBI & W. VISHWANATH (India)

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1450: 57-62 (19 Apr. 2007) 3 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 21 Feb. 2007
Morphological variation of Stratiodrilus circensis (Polychaeta, Histriobdellidae) from a new host, Aegla leptodactyla (Crustacea, Anomura, Aeglidae) with identification of its type host species
LUIZ C. C. DAUDT & JOSE F. R. AMATO
(Brasil)
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Zootaxa 1450: 63-68 (19 Apr. 2007) 4 plates; 6 references                             Accepted: 13 Mar. 2007
A second species in the millipede suborder Sinocallipodidea Shear, 2000 (Diplopoda: Callipodida)
PAVEL STOEV (Bulgaria), HENRIK ENGHOFF (Denmark), SOMSAK PANHA (Thailand), MARUT FUANGARWORN
(Thailand)
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 Zootaxa 1449, 68 pp (16 Apr. 2007)  5 papers, 1 correspondence                                                              

 Article 
Zootaxa 1449: 1-29 (16 Apr. 2007) 14 plates; 25 references                             Accepted: 12 Mar. 2007
Three new genera and six new species of felt scales (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) from mountain habitats in New Zealand
ROSA C. HENDERSON (New Zealand)

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Zootaxa 1449: 31-43 (16 Apr. 2007) 8 plates; 32 references                             Accepted: 5 Dec. 2006
Reconsidering Pholeuon C. Hampe (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae), with the description of a new subgenus
OANA TEODORA MOLDOVAN, GHEORGHE RACOVITA & GEJZA DUNAY (Romania)

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Zootaxa 1449: 45-50 (16 Apr. 2007) 4 plates; 21 references                             Accepted: 22 Feb. 2007
A review of the genus Bruchia Weise 1906 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
C. L. STAINES (USA)

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Zootaxa 1449: 51-56 (16 Apr. 2007) 4 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 6 Mar. 2007
A new species of Merobruchus Bridwell near Merobruchus boucheri Kingsolver (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae:Bruchinae)
CIBELE STRAMARE RIBEIRO-COSTA (Brasil)

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Zootaxa 1449: 57-64 (16 Apr. 2007) 4 plates; 20 references                             Accepted: 7 Mar. 2007
Review of Homaloxestis Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Lecithoceridae) of the Philippine Islands, with descriptions of two new species
KYU-TEK PARK & BONG-KYU BYUN
(Korea)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1449: 65-68 (16 Apr. 2007) 2 plates; 9 references                             Accepted: 10 Mar. 2007
A new species of the selenopid crab-spider genus Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Araneae: Selenopidae) from Guerrero, Mexico
ALEJANDRO VALDEZ MONDRAGóN (México)

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 Zootaxa 1448, 68 pp (16 Apr. 2007)  2 papers                                                                                                

 Article 
Zootaxa 1448: 1-39 (16 Apr. 2007) 22 plates; 61 references                             Accepted: 27 Feb. 2007
Species of the subtribes Arrenoseiina and Proprioseiopsina (Tribe Amblyseiini) and the tribe Typhlodromipsini (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa
GILBERTO J. DE MORAES (Brazil), IGNACE D. ZANNOU (Brazil), EDDIE A. UECKERMANN (South Africa),
ANIBAL R. OLIVEIRA (Brazil), RACHID HANNA (Benin) & JOHN S. YANINEK (USA)
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Zootaxa 1448: 41-68 (16 Apr. 2007) 1 plates; 158 references                             Accepted: 23 Feb. 2007
Terrestrial and Freshwater Invertebrate Fauna of the High Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard
STEPHEN JAMES COULSON (Norway)

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 Zootaxa 1447, 68 pp (12 Apr. 2007)  5 papers                                                                                                

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Zootaxa 1447: 1-26 (12 Apr. 2007) 10 plates; 36 references                             Accepted: 24 Jan. 2007
A new species of coralsnake (Micrurus: Elapidae) from southern Brazil
MARCOS DI-BERNARDO, MARCIO BORGES-MARTINS & NELSON JORGE DA SILVA, JR.
(Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1447: 27-45 (12 Apr. 2007) 11 plates; 39 references                             Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
A new species of Glassfrog (Anura: Centrolenidae) from the lowlands of northwestern Ecuador, with comments on centrolenid osteology
JUAN M. GUAYASAMIN & LINDA TRUEB
(USA)
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Zootaxa 1447: 47-56 (12 Apr. 2007) 4 plates; 34 references                             Accepted: 22 Feb. 2007
Metavermilia ogasawaraensis sp. nov. (Serpulidae: Sabellida: Polychaeta: Annelida) from deep-sea locations off Ogasawara Island, Japan with a literature overview of the genus
EIJIROH NISHI (Japan), ELENA KUPRIYANOVA (Australia) & HIROYUKI TACHIKAWA
(Japan)
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Zootaxa 1447: 57-62 (12 Apr. 2007) 2 plates; 15 references                             Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Microthelphusa (Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) from a remote isolated cloud forest on a tabletop mountain in western Guyana, South America
NEIL CUMBERLIDGE
(USA)
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Zootaxa 1447: 63-68 (12 Apr. 2007) 4 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 13 Mar. 2007
First description of the male of the millipede Eurygyrus euboeus (Verhoeff, 1901) (Diplopoda: Callipodida: Schizopetalidae)
PAVEL STOEV
(Bulgaria)
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 Zootaxa 1446, 68 pp (12 Apr. 2007)  5 papers                                                                                                

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Zootaxa 1446: 1-20 (12 Apr. 2007) 13 plates; 45 references                             Accepted: 7 Mar. 2007
A new species of Temple Pitviper (Tropidolaemus Wagler, 1830) from Sulawesi,Indonesia (Squamata: Viperidae: Crotalinae)
ULRICH KUCH, ANDREAS GUMPRECHT & CHRISTIAN MELAUN (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1446: 21-29 (12 Apr. 2007) 3 plates; 44 references                             Accepted: 19 Feb. 2007
Cabira rangarajani n. sp. (Polychaeta: Pilargidae) from the Goa coast, central west coast of India
SUMIT MANDAL (India), SADANAND N. HARKANTRA (India) & SERGIO I. SALAZAR-VALLEJO
(Mexico)
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Zootaxa 1446: 31-42 (12 Apr. 2007) 6 plates; 17 references                             Accepted: 23 Feb. 2007
Merodoras nheco, new genus and species from Rio Paraguay basin, Brazil(Siluriformes, Doradidae), and nomination of the new subfamily Astrodoradinae
HORáCIO HIGUCHI, JOSé L. O. BIRINDELLI, LEANDRO M. SOUSA & HERALDO A. BRITSKI
(Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1446: 43-58 (12 Apr. 2007) 11 plates; 26 references                             Accepted: 30 Jan. 2007
Two species of Nemertopsis (Nemertea: Hoplonemertea: Monostilifera) living in association with Capitulum mitella (Crustacea: Cirripedia: Thoracica: Lepadomorpha)
HIROSHI KAJIHARA
(Japan)
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Zootaxa 1446: 59-68 (12 Apr. 2007) 4 plates; 14 references                             Accepted: 28 Feb. 2007
Utivarachna rama sp. n., a new species of tracheline spiders (Araneae: Corinnidae) from Thailand
THANAPHUM CHAMI-KRANON, NATDANAI LIKHITRAKARN & CHALOBOL WONGSAWAD
(Thailand)
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 Zootaxa 1445, 68 pp (9 Apr. 2007)  5 papers, 1 correspondence                                                                 

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Zootaxa 1445: 1-26 (9 Apr. 2007) 12 plates; 36 references                             Accepted: 28 Feb. 2007
Amphipoda (Crustacea; Peracarida) from the Hydrothermal vent system of the Juan De Fuca Ridge, Escabana trough and Gorda ridge, Northeast Pacific. Part I. Lysianassidae and Sebidae
KIM LARSEN
(Japan)
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Zootaxa 1445: 27-34 (9 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 17 references                             Accepted: 29 Dec. 2006
A new species of Branchinecta (Crustacea: Anostraca) from Brasil
D. CHRISTOPHER ROGERS
(USA) & ALOISIO FERREIRA (Brasil)
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Zootaxa 1445: 35-48 (9 Apr. 2007) 9 plates; 50 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
Another new Cyrtodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, central Truong Son, Vietnam
ASTRID HEIDRICH
(Germany), HERBERT ROSLER (Germany), VU NGOC THANH (Vietnam), WOLFGANG BOHME (Germany) & THOMAS ZIEGLER (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1445: 49-56 (9 Apr. 2007) 2 plates; 30 references                             Accepted:  3 Mar. 2007
Acanthocephalans of Amphibians and Reptiles (Anura and Squamata) from Ecuador, with the description of Pandosentis napoensis n. sp. (Neoechinorhynchidae) from Hyla fasciata
LESLEY R. SMALES
(Australia)
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Zootaxa 1445: 57-64 (9 Apr. 2007) 8 plates; 11 references                             Accepted:  8 Mar. 2007
Two new species of soil mites (Acari, Oribatida, Oppiidae and Machuellidae) from Turkey
S
ULE BARAN & NUSRET AYYILDIZ  (Turkey)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1445: 65-68 (9 Apr. 2007) 1 plates; 7 references                             Accepted:  20 Feb. 2007
A new species of Amblyseius Berlese (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Brazil
PETERSON R. DEMITE, ANTONIO C. LOFEGO & REINALDO J. F. FERES  (Brazil)
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 Zootaxa 1444, 68 pp (9 Apr. 2007)  5 papers                                                                                                   

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Zootaxa 1444: 1-21 (9 Apr. 2007) 10 plates; 25 references                             Accepted: 27 Feb. 2007
Revisionary studies on the attine ant genus Trachymyrmex Forel. Part 3: The Jamaicensis group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
ANTONIO J. MAYHE-NUNES & C. ROBERTO F. BRANDAO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1444: 23-34 (9 Apr. 2007) 3 plates; 14 references                             Accepted: 22 Feb. 2007
Synopsis of lobatifrons species-group (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae, Rhabdepyris) from Neotropical region, with redefinition of the group
P. R. W. STEIN & C. O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1444: 35-51 (9 Apr. 2007) 8 plates; 27 references                             Accepted: 16 Mar. 2007
Five new species of Drymeia Meigen from the Tibet Plateau, China (Diptera: Muscidae)
WAN-QI XUE, DAN-DAN WANG, XUE-ZHONG ZHANG & CHAO-QUN XIANG (P. R. China)
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Zootaxa 1444: 53-60 (9 Apr. 2007) 3 plates; 16 references                             Accepted: 22 Feb. 2007
Additions to the knowledge of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Pakistan
ARKADY S. LELEJ (Russia), MISHKAT ULLAH
(Pakistan) & KHALID MAHMOOD (Pakistan)
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Zootaxa 1444: 61-68 (9 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 13 references                             Accepted: 24 Feb. 2007
Phylogenetic analysis of the bee genus Capicola with the description of Capicola hantamensis sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Dasypodaidae)
DENIS MICHEZ
(Belgium) & MICHAEL KUHLMANN (Germany)
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 Zootaxa 1443, 68 pp (9 Apr. 2007)  5 papers                                                                                                   

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Zootaxa 1443: 1-16 (9 Apr. 2007) 6 plates; 11 references                             Accepted: 21 Feb. 2007
Three new Neotropical genera of Odiniidae (Diptera: Acalyptratae)
STEPHEN D. GAIMARI  (USA)
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Zootaxa 1443: 17-27 (9 Apr. 2007) 6 plates; 31 references                             Accepted: 22 Feb. 2007
Variability of Habroblattula drepanoides gen. et. sp. nov. (Insecta: Blattaria: Blattulidae) from the Yixian Formation in Liaoning, China
TIAN-TIAN WANG, JUN-HUI LIANG & DONG REN (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1443: 29-35 (9 Apr. 2007) 2 plates; 5 references                             Accepted: 14 Feb. 2007
Notes on South American Dasyomma, with the description of a remarkable new species from Chile (Diptera: Athericidae)
NORMAN E. WOODLEY (USA)
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Zootaxa 1443: 37-54 (9 Apr. 2007) 16 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 23 Feb. 2007
Aleurocyperus humus gen. et sp. n. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from Taiwan, with interesting feeding behaviour
CHIUN-CHENG KO & ANIL KUMAR DUBEY (R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1443: 55-64 (9 Apr. 2007) 16 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 17 Jan. 2007
Belminus ferroae n. sp. from the Colombian north-east, with a key to the species of the genus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)
C. M. SANDOVAL (Colombia), E. PABON (Colombia), J. JURBERG (Brazil) & C. GALVAO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1442, 68 pp (5 Apr. 2007)  5 papers