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Zootaxa 127: 1-7 (20 December 2002) 2 plates; 10 references           Accepted: 14 December 2002
Two new water mite species from Iran of the water mite families Torrenticolidae and Hygrobatidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia)
V. M. PESIC (Yugoslavia) & M. ASADI (Iran)
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Zootaxa 126: 1-20 (20 December 2002) 8 plates; 34 references           Accepted: 4 December 2002
Scottia birigida sp. nov. (Cypridoidea: Ostracoda) from western Honshu, Japan and a key to the subfamily Scottiinae Bronstein, 1947
R. J. SMITH (UK), R. MATZKE-KARASZ (Germany), T. KAMIYA (Japan) & Y. IKEDA (Japan)
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Zootaxa 125: 1-12 (20 December 2002) 3 plates; 28 references           Accepted: 16 December 2002
Wetapolipus jamiesoni gen. nov., spec. nov. (Acari: Podapolipidae), an ectoparasite of the mountain stone weta, Hemideina maori (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) from New Zealand
R. W. HUSBAND (USA) & Z.-Q. ZHANG (New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 124: 1-24 (20 December 2002) 17 plates; 17 references           Accepted: 11 December 2002
A new genus of flea beetles from the Greater Antilles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
A. S. KONSTANTINOV (USA)
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Zootaxa 123: 1-16 (20 December 2002) 1 plate; 70 references           Accepted: 3 December 2002
Peracarid crustaceans from three inlets in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico: new records and range extensions
S. CHÁZARO-OLVERA (Mexico), I. WINFIELD (Mexico), M. ORTIZ (Cuba)  & F. ÁLVAREZ (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 122: 1-16 (16 December 2002) 7 plates; 32 references           Accepted: 24 November 2002
Revision of some Dexosarcophaga species described by R. Dodge (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
C. A. DE MELLO-PATIU (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 121: 1-28 (16 December 2002) 34 references                         Accepted: 4 December 2002
Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) types in the Hope Entomological Collections, Oxford
C.L. STAINES (USA)
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Zootaxa 120: 1-12 (16 December 2002)  50 references                         Accepted: 2 December 2002
Nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on Agrilus ater (Linné), A. biguttatus (Fabricius) and A. subauratus Gebler (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae)
E. JENDEK (Slovakia)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa
119: 1-68 (16 December 2002)  31 plates; 23 references          Accepted: 27 November 2002
The Beetle Family Carabidae of Costa Rica: Twenty-nine new species of Agra Fabricius 1801 (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Lebiini, Agrina)
T. L. ERWIN (USA)
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Zootaxa 118: 1-14 (12 December 2002)  2 plates; 22 references          Accepted: 2 December 2002
Pristina trifida sp. nov., a new soil-dwelling microannelid (Oligochaeta: Naididae) from Amazonian forest soils, with comments on species recognition in the genus
R. COLLADO (Spain) & R. M. SCHMELZ (Germany)
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Zootaxa 117: 1-8 (12 December 2002)  3 plates; 33 references          Accepted: 3 December 2002
A new species of Axinyssa Lendenfeld, 1897 (Porifera, Demospongiae, Halichondrida) from the Senegalese coast
N. BOURY-ESNAULT, C. MARSCHAL, J.-M. KORN-PROBST & G. BARNATHAN (France)
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Zootaxa 116: 1-12 (12 December 2002)  3 plates; 7 references          Accepted: 4 December 2002
Paranarthrura Hansen, 1913 (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) from the Angola Basin, description of Paranarthrura angolensis n. sp.
J. GUERRERO-KOMMRITZ, A. SCHMIDT & A. BRANDT (Germany)
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Zootaxa 115: 1-6 (12 December 2002)  2 plates; 11 references          Accepted: 25 November 2002
Redescription of the milliped Myrmecodesmus mundus (Chamberlin) (Polydesmida: Pyrgodesmidae)
R. M. SHELLEY (USA)
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Zootaxa 114: 1-24 (3 December 2002)  13 plates; 49 references          Accepted: 26 November 2002
A revision of Nearctic species of the genus Tropimenelytron Pace, 1983 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), a new genus for North America
V. I. GUSAROV (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa
113: 1-194 (3 December 2002)  1 plate; 221 references          Accepted: 13 November 2002
Checklist of the marine fishes of Turkey
M. BILECENOGLU, E. TASKAVAK, S. MATER & M. KAYA  (Turkey)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa
112: 1-124 (3 December 2002)  50 plates; 90 references          Accepted: 14 November 2002
Revision of the Australian Cuninae sensu lato (Bivalvia: Carditoidea: Condylocardiidae)
PETER MIDDELFART (Australia)
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Zootaxa 111: 1-8 (26 November 2002)  3 plates; 5 references               Accepted: 21 November 2002
Three new species of anthracine bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae) from Egypt
M.S. EL-HAWAGRY (Egypt)
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Zootaxa 110: 1-12 (26 November 2002)  1 plate; 63 references               Accepted: 14 November 2002
The Mastogenius Solier, 1849 of North America (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Polycestinae: Haplostethini)
C.L. BELLAMY (USA)
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Zootaxa 109: 1-8 (26 November 2002)  3 plates; 24 references             Accepted: 15 November 2002
A new Savignia from Cretan caves (Araneae: Linyphiidae)
J. BOSSELAERS & H. HENDERICKX (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 108: 1-15 (26 November 2002)  5 plates; 4 references             Accepted: 13 November 2002
Brazilian Sesiidae in the collection of the Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany (Lepidoptera)
T.D. EICHLIN & S.A. KINNEE (USA)
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Zootaxa 107: 1-35 (20 November 2002)  10 plates; 24 references               Accepted: 8 November 2002
A taxonomic revision of the afrotropical species of Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Araneae, Selenopidae)
J. A. CORRONCA  (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 106: 1-7 (20 November 2002)  2 plates; 7 references               Accepted: 5 November 2002
A new species of sponge-dwelling Elacatinus (Pisces: Gobiidae) from the western Caribbean
P.L. COLIN  (Palau)
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Zootaxa 105: 1-10 (20 November 2002)  1 plates; 13 references             Accepted: 24 October 2002
History and status of the genera Enneanectes and Axoclinus (Teleostei: Blennioidei: Tripterygiidae)
D. G. SMITH & J. T. WILLIAMS (USA)
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Zootaxa 104: 1-6 (14 November 2002)  2 plates; 5 references                 Accepted: 23 October 2002
Enchelycore nycturanus, a new moray eel from South Africa (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae)
D G. SMITH (USA)
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Zootaxa 103: 1-23 (14 November 2002)  8 plates; 32 references            Accepted: 7 November 2002
Rheophilic water mites from southern Argentina, with the description of one new genus and three new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia)
H. SMIT (The Netherlands)
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Zootaxa 102: 1-6 (14 November 2002)  1 plate; 12 references                Accepted: 5 November 2002
A new species of Galendromimus (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Brazil
M.S. ZACARIAS (Brazil) , G. J. DE MORAES (Brazil) & J. A. McMURTRY (USA)
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Zootaxa 101: 1-7 (14 November 2002)  2 plates; 7 references                Accepted: 1 November 2002
Pedinonotus, a new southern Neotropical genus (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae, Pentatomini)
JOSÉ ANTÔNIO M. FERNANDES  & JOCÉLIA GRAZIA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 100: 1-15 (8 November 2002)  6 plates; 24 references                   Accepted: 2 November 2002
Review of the Tertiary microbombyliids (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae) in Baltic, Bitterfeld, and Dominican amber
N. L. EVENHUIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 99: 1-4 (8 November 2002)  2 plates; 3 references                   Accepted: 1 November 2002
Contribution to the knowledge of Parantiteuchus (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae, Discocephalinae): description of the male of P. hemitholus Ruckes, 1962 1
J.A.M. FERNANDES  & J. GRAZIA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 98: 1-9 (8 November 2002)  3 plates; 8 references                   Accepted: 2 November 2002
A new species of Elachiptera Macquart from the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, and the taxonomic status of Ceratobarys Coquillett (Diptera: Chloropidae)
T.A. WHEELER & J. FORREST (Canada)
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Zootaxa 97: 1-16 (8 November 2002)  6 plates; 15 references                 Accepted: 30 October 2002
Revision of the ant genus Streblognathus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae)
H. G. ROBERTSON (South Africa)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 96: 1-88 (8 November 2002)  17 plates; 126 references               Accepted: 18 October 2002
Venation pattern and revision of Orthoptera sensu nov. and sister groups. Phylogeny of Palaeozoic and Mesozoic Orthoptera sensu nov.
O. BÉTHOUX & A. NEL (France)
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Zootaxa 95: 1-8 (5 November 2002)  3 plates; 19 references                Accepted: 31 October 2002
Papatuka alamunyiga Deans, a new genus and species of apterous ensign wasp (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) from Kenya
A. R. DEANS (USA)
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Zootaxa 94: 1-6 (5 November 2002)  3 plates; 6 references                Accepted: 24 October 2002
A new species of Loxosceles of the laeta group from Brazil (Araneae: Sicariidae)
R. MARTINS, I. KNYSAK & R. BERTANI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 93: 1-6 (5 November 2002)  1 plate; 19 references                Accepted: 25 October 2002
Taenioides kentalleni, a new species of eel goby from Saudi Arabia (Gobiidae: Amblyopinae)
E. O. MURDY  & J. E. RANDALL (USA)
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Zootaxa 92: 1-16 (5 November 2002)  7 plates; 29 references                Accepted: 23 October 2002
A revision of Nearctic species of the genus Earota Mulsant & Rey, 1874 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
V.I. GUSAROV (USA)
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Zootaxa 91: 1-6 (31 October 2002)  2 plates; 8 references                Accepted: 24 October 2002
Picobia paludicola sp. n. a new species of quill mite (Acari: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) from the Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus paludicola (Passeriformes: Sylviidae)
M. SKORACKI & G. KILJAN (Poland)
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Zootaxa 90: 1-16 (31 October 2002)  6 plates; 5 references                Accepted: 24 October 2002
Two new species of Eupholus Boisduval (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae) from West New Guinea, a discussion of their taxonomic characters, and notes on nomenclature
A. RIEDEL (Germany)
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Zootaxa 89: 1-32 (31 October 2002)  5 plates; 26 references               Accepted: 17 October 2002
Nomenclatural notes and new species of Sceloenoplini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
C.L. STAINES (USA)
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Zootaxa 88: 1-36 (24 October 2002)  22 plates; 15 references               Accepted: 1 October 2002
New species of Nannoniscidae (Crustacea, Isopoda) and Saetoniscus n. gen. from the deep sea of the Angola Basin
A. BRANDT (Germany)
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Zootaxa 87: 1-18 (24 October 2002)  1 plate; 30 references                Accepted: 1 October 2002
Phylogeny of Libellula Linnaeus (Odonata: Insecta)
F.L. CARLE & K.M. KJER (USA)
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Zootaxa 86: 1-12 (21 October 2002)  2 plates; 20 references                Accepted: 26 September 2002
A new mecistocephalid centipede from Ryukyu Islands and a revisitation of ‘Taiwanella’ (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha: Mecistocephalidae)
L. BONATO, D. FODDAI  & A. MINELLI (Italy)
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Zootaxa 85: 1-16 (21 October 2002)  5 plates; 23 references                   Accepted: 14 October 2002
A new species of Cribrarula (Gastropoda: Cypraeidae) from New South Wales, Australia
F. MORETZSOHN (USA)
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Zootaxa 84: 1-8 (21 October 2002)  2 plates; 18 references                   Accepted: 10 October 2002
On the new status of Agrilus perisi Cobos, 1986 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
L. ARNÁIZ-RUIZ & P. BERCEDO-PÁRAMO (Sapin)
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Zootaxa 83: 1-10 (21 October 2002)  4 plates; 6 references                  Accepted: 9 October 2002
A new species of South American whitefly (Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodidae) colonising cultivated bay laurel
J. H. MARTIN  & C. P. MALUMPHY (UK)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 82: 1-60 (17 October 2002)  36 plates; 29 references                Accepted: 3 October 2002
Expanathuridae (Crustacea: Isopoda) from the Australian region
GARY C. B. POORE & HELEN M. LEW TON  (Australia)
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Zootaxa 81: 1-88 (17 October 2002)  51 plates; 54 references                Accepted: 7 October 2002
A revision of Nearctic species of the genus Geostiba Thomson, 1858 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
VLADIMIR I. GUSAROV (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 80: 1-94 (17 October 2002)  3 2 plates; 20 references                Accepted: 18 September 2002
The Dryophthoridae of Costa Rica and Panama: Checklist with keys, new synonymy and descriptions of new species of Cactophagus, Mesocordylus, Metamasius and Rhodobaenus (Coleoptera; Curculionoidea)
ROBERT S. ANDERSON (Canada)
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Zootaxa 79: 1-6 (11 October 2002)  2 plates; 4 references                   Accepted: 4 October 2002
New species of phytoseiid mites from Mozambique and Malawi
I.D. ZANNOU (Benin), G.J. DE MORAES (Brazil) & R. HANNA (Benin)
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Zootaxa 78: 1-16 (11 October 2002)  8 plates; 30 references                  Accepted: 1 October 2002
On the taxonomy of Turbonilla puncta (C. B. Adams, 1850) (Gastropoda, Pyramidellidae), with the description of a new species from Brazil and remarks on other western atlantic species
A. D. PIMENTA & R. S. ABSALÃO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 77: 1-11 (11 October 2002)  39 references                                  Accepted: 1 October 2002
Nomenclatural and taxonomic notes on Agrilus cyanescens (Ratzeburg, 1837), A. pratensis (Ratzeburg, 1837) and A. convexicollis Redtenbacher, 1849 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae)
E. JENDEK (Slovakia)
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Zootaxa 76: 1-12 (3 October 2002)  3 plates; 21 references                Accepted: 27 September 2002
Notes on the functional morphology of terminalia from Prorates ballmeri Nagatomi and Liu (Diptera: Scenopinidae: Proratinae) collected while in copula, with a description of the previously unknown female
M.A. METZ, S.L. WINTERTON, &  M.E. IRWIN (USA)
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Zootaxa 75: 1-12 (3 October 2002)  5 plates; 8 references                Accepted: 30 September 2002
New Brazilian eriophyid mites (Acari: Eriophyidae)
C. H.W. FLECHTMANN & G. J. DE MORAES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 74: 1-18 (3 October 2002)  9 plates; 20 references              Accepted: 23 September 2002
Two new species of Deutella Mayer, 1890 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Pariambidae) collected by the R.V. "Anton Bruun" during the International Indian Ocean Expedition 1963-1964
J.M. GUERRA-GARCÍA (Spain)
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Zootaxa 73: 1-6 (26 September 2002)  1 plate; 11 references              Accepted: 24 September 2002
Interstitial water mites of Argentina: Omartacarus Cook (Omartacaridae) and Meramecia Cook (Limnesiidae) (Acari: Hydrachnidia)
H.R. FERNÁNDEZ (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 72: 1-6 (26 September 2002) 2 plates; 7 references              Accepted: 19 September 2002
Ecsenius niue, new species of blenniid fish, and new distribution records for other species in the Opsifrontalis species group
V.G. SPRINGER (USA)
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Zootaxa 71: 1-43 (26 September 2002)  114 references              Accepted: 15 September 2002
New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)
A. RAW (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 70: 1-32 (23 September 2002) 2 plates; 12 references             Accepted: 18 September 2002
Publication and dating of the two "Bulletins" of the Société Entomologique de France (1873-1894)
N.L. EVENHUIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 69: 1-19 (20 September 2002) 11 plates; 108 references         Accepted: 13 September 2002
A revision of the genus Heinzia Korge, 1971 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Quediina), with description of a new species and its probable larva
V. I. GUSAROV (USA)  & A. G. KOVAL (Russia)
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Zootaxa 68: 1-8 (20 September 2002) 1 plate; 10 references                  Accepted: 3 September 2002
The spittle bug Philaenus tesselatus Melichar, 1899 (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cercopidae) is a distinct species
S. DROSOPOULOS (Greece) & J.A. QUARTAU (Portugal)
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Zootaxa 67: 1-40 (29 August 2002) 25 plates; 32 references                      Accepted: 19 August 2002
An illustrated key to Neotropical termite genera (Insecta: Isoptera) based primarily on soldiers
R.
CONSTANTINO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 66: 1-15 (29 August 2002) 4 plates; 21 references                      Accepted: 23 August 2002
On a new species of Potamocypris (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from Chalakkudy River, Kerala (India), with a checklist of the Potamocypris-species of the world
S.  GEORGE (India) & K. MARTENS (Belgium)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 65: 1-304 (29 August 2002) 1 plate; 1150 references                       Accepted: 1 August 2002
A catalog of the Nicrophorinae (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of the world
D. S. SIKES (USA), R. B. MADGE (Canada) & A. F. NEWTON (USA)
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Zootaxa 64: 1-12 (22 August 2002) 4 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 20 August 2002
Review of the genus Onchopelma Hesse, with descriptions of new species (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae)
N.L. EVENHUIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 63: 1-37 (22 August 2002) 49 references                                             Accepted: 23 July 2002
Addenda and corrigenda to ‘A World Catalogue of Families andGenera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera)’
M.A. ALONSO-ZARAZAGA (Spain) & C.H.C. LYAL (UK)
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Zootaxa 62: 1-8 (8 August 2002) 20 references                                                Accepted: 26 July 2002
New records and a checklist of continental free-living Copepoda (Crustacea) from Panama
W.K. REEVES  & J.W. REID  (USA)
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Zootaxa 61: 1-10 (8 August 2002) 7 plates; 10 references                              Accepted: 26 July 2002
Two new water mite species from New Zealand (Acari: Hydrachnidia)
H. SMIT (The Netherlands)
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Zootaxa 60: 1-36 (8 August 2002) 21 plates; 38 references                            Accepted: 25 July 2002
Revisionary notes on Chonocephalus Wandolleck (Diptera: Phoridae) with keys to species of the Holarctic Region
R.H L. DISNEY (UK)
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Zootaxa 59: 1-26 (1 August 2002) 4 plates; 160 references                              Accepted: 19 July 2002
Review of the genus Dilophotes Waterhouse (Coleoptera: Lycidae) of the Palaearctic Region and Indochina
V. BIC (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa 58: 1-9 (1 August 2002) 2 plates; 10 references                              Accepted: 23 July 2002
New species and new records for the genus Nascioides Kerremans, 1903 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
G. WILLIAMS (Australia) & C.L. BELLAMY (USA)
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Zootaxa 57: 1-8 (1 August 2002) 26 references                                                    Accepted: 24 July 2002
Nomenclatural notes on Agrilus angustulus (Illiger, 1803) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae)
E. JENDEK (Slovakia)
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Zootaxa 56: 1-7 (25 July 2002) 2 plates; 10 references                                    Accepted: 10 July 2002
Three new species of Barleeidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Rissooidea) from Brazil
R.S. ABSALÃO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 55: 1-8 (25 July 2002) 2 plates; 5 references                                    Accepted: 26 June 2002
The genus Folsomides Stach of the Ibero-balearic fauna, with description of a new species (Collembola, Isotomidae)
J. I. ARBEA & R. JORDANA (Spain)
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Zootaxa 54: 1-15 (19 July 2002) 6 plates; 18 references                                   Accepted: 15 July 2002
Two new species of eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) from grasses in Poland
A. SKORACKA (Poland)
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Zootaxa 53: 1-4 (19 July 2002) 1 plate; 3 references                                        Accepted: 10 July 2002
Echiniscus barbarae, a new species of tardigrade from Cuba Island (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada, Echiniscidae, ‘arctomys group’)
L. KACZMAREK & L. MICHALCZYK (Poland)
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Zootaxa 52: 1-8 (19 July 2002) 28 references                                                  Accepted: 12 July 2002
Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Agrilus suvorovi Obenberger (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae)
E. JENDEK (Slovakia)
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Zootaxa 51: 1-12 (12 July 2002) 1 plate; 33 references                               Accepted: 3 July 2002
Forestomach ciliate Protozoa in Egyptian dromedary camels (Camelus dromedarius) 
A.A. KUBESY (Egypt) & B.A. DEHORITY (USA)
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Zootaxa 50: 1-20 (12 July 2002) 6 plates; 43 references                              Accepted: 15 June 2002
A new genus and species of monostiliferous hoplonemertean (Enopla: Hoplonemertea: Monostilifera) from New Zealand
R. GIBSON & M. STRAND (UK)
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Zootaxa 49: 1-7 (5 July 2002) 3 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 27 June 2002
A new bathyal Fasciolaria (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda) from the southwestern Caribbean
P.J.S. DE SOUZA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 48: 1-6 (5 July 2002) 3 plates; 4 references                               Accepted: 27 June 2002
A new species of Panonychus (Acari: Tetranychidae) from Peru 
R.M.J. DE VIS & G.J. DE MORAES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 47: 1-16 (5 July 2002) 5 plates; 24 references                             Accepted: 21 June 2002
New records of plant mites (Acari, Acaridae, Tetranychidae) from Guadeloupe and Marie Galante with descriptions of five new eriophyid species 
C. H.W. FLECHTMANN & J. ETIENNE (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 46: 1-16 (28 June 2002) 12 plates; 20 references                             Accepted: 17 June 2002
A review of the genus Elephantomyia Osten Sacken in Brazil, with description of two new species (Diptera: Tipulomorpha, Limoniidae)
GUILHERME CUNHA RIBEIRO  & DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 45: 1-12 (21 June 2002) 5 plates; 9 references                             Accepted: 15 June 2002
Descriptions of the spermathecae and male genitalia of the species of Crocidium Loew described by Hesse (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Crocidiinae)
CARLOS J.E. LAMAS (Brazil), NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA) & MÁRCIA S. COURI  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 44: 1-15 (21 June 2002) 9 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 14 June 2002
Two new freshwater rhabdocoels, Austrodalyellia gen. nov. and Haplodidymos gen. nov. (Platyhelminthes), from Queensland, Australia
RICK HOCHBERG & LESTER R.G. CANNON (Australia)
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Zootaxa 43: 1-28  (21 June 2002) 4 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 13 June 2002
A review of North and Central American Paragrilus Saunders, 1871 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae)
HENRY A. HESPENHEIDE (USA)
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Zootaxa 42: 1-6 (3 June 2002) 2 plates; 3 references                            Accepted: 24 May 2002
A new species of the New Caledonian endemic genus Xanthochorema Kimmins, 1953 (Insecta: Trichoptera: Hydrobiosidae)
KJELL ARNE JOHANSON (Sweden)
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Zootaxa 41: 1-7 (28 May 2002) 2 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 17 May 2002
Epsilogaster faviolae, a new species of Mendesellinae from Colombia (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
A.A. VALERIO & J.B. WHITFIELD (USA)
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Zootaxa 40: 1-8 (28 May 2002) 1 plate; 3 references                                Accepted: 16 May 2002
Pseudogramma xanthum, a new replacement name for a serranid fish from the subtropical South Pacific Ocean with description of the species
JOHN E. RANDALL, CAROLE C. BALDWIN & JEFFREY T. WILLIAMS (USA)
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Zootaxa 39: 1-5 (21 May 2002) 2 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 14 May 2002
A new species of Proartacris Mohanasundaram (Acari: Eriophyidae) on Cedrus sp. in France
CARLOS H.W. FLECHTMANN (Brazil) & SERGE KREITER (France)
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Zootaxa 38: 1-7 (21 May 2002) 1 plate; 6 references                             Accepted: 13 May 2002
A new species of Pachyurus Agassiz 1831 (Teleostei: Perciformes: Sciaenidae) from the Río Napo basin, Eastern Ecuador
LILIAN CASATTI  & NING LABBISH CHAO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 37: 1-24 (15 May 2002) 61 references                                     Accepted: 3 May 2002
The Entomological Contributions of Josef Nissley Knull (1891-1975)
J.M. DAVIDSON & C.L. BELLAMY (USA)
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Zootaxa 36: 1-28 (15 May 2002) 12 plates; 28 references                     Accepted: 2 May 2002
Pieza, a new genus of microbombyliids from the New World (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae)
NEAL L. EVENHUIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 35: 1-6 (15 May 2002) 3 plates; 5 references                           Accepted: 2 May 2002
A distinctive new species of Apobaetis (Ephemeroptera: Baetidae) from Mato Grosso and Minas Gerais, Brazi
F.F. SALLES  & C.R. LUGO-ORTIZ (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 34: 1-24 (10 May 2002) 16 plates; 19 references                   Accepted: 26 April 2002
A revision of the genus Microlia Casey, 1910 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Hoplandriini)
VLADIMIR I. GUSAROV (USA)
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Zootaxa 33: 1-6 (10 May 2002) 2 plates; 2 references                        Accepted: 26 April 2002
Baezia vulcania sp. n., an endogeous weevil from La Palma I. (Canary Is.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Molytinae)
MIGUEL. A. ALONSO-ZARAZAGA  & RAFAEL GARCÍA (Spain)
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Zootaxa 32: 1-48 (8 May 2002) 1 plate; 21 references                        Accepted: 25 April 2002
A checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Panama
BRETT C. RATCLIFFE (USA)
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Zootaxa 31: 1-7 (3 May 2002) 3 plates; 11 references                          Accepted: 16 April 2002
Taxonomy and biology of Simulium clarkei Stone & Snoddy(Diptera: Simuliidae), a poorly known black fly of the southeastern United States
JOHN K. MOULTON & PETER H. ADLER (USA)
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Zootaxa 30: 1-19 (24 April 2002) 8 plates; 27 references                              Accepted: 15 April 2002
A revision of Nearctic species of the genus Tomoglossa Kraatz, 1856 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
VLADIMIR I. GUSAROV (USA)
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Zootaxa 29: 1-8 (18 April 2002) 4 plates; 8 references                                 Accepted: 2 April 2002
Primagistemus gen. nov. (Acari: Prostigmata: Stigmaeidae)
QING-HAI FAN (China) & ZHI-QIANG ZHANG (New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 28: 1-12 (12 April 2002) 6 plates; 14 references                         Accepted: 26 March 2002
Ameroculodes miltoni, a new species of estuarine amphipod (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Peracarida: Oedicerotidae) from the southeastern United States
JOHN M. FOSTER & RICHARD W. HEARD (USA)
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Zootaxa 27: 1-8 (4 April 2002) 3 plates; 10 references                         Accepted: 26 March 2002
New ectoparasitic mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acari: Prostigmata: Cheyletoidea) associated with birds from Argentina
M. SKORACKI & B. SIKORA (Poland)
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Zootaxa 26: 1-20 (22 March 2002) 8 plates; 35 references                         Accepted: 15 March 2002
Taxonomy of the South American genus Pachypops Gill 1861 (Teleostei: Perciformes: Sciaenidae), with the description of a new species
LILIAN CASATTI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 25: 1-15 (11 March 2002) 9 plates; 21 references                    Accepted: 1 March 2002
Paracamisia osornensis gen. n., sp. n. (Acari: Oribatida) from Valdivian forest soil in Chile
Z. OLSZANOWSKI (Poland) & R.A. NORTON (USA)
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Zootaxa 24: 1-6 (7 March 2002) 27 references                              Accepted: 26 February 2002
Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on Agrilus salicis Frivaldszky (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae)
E. JENDEK (Slovakia)
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Zootaxa 23: 1-8 (25 February 2002) 4 plates; 2 references               Accepted: 19 February 2002
Three new species of eriophyid mites (Acari: Eriophyidae) from the State of São Paulo, Brazil 
C. H.W. FLECHTMANN  & G. J. DE MORAES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 22: 1-8 (14 February 2002) 3 plates; 20 references               Accepted: 7 February 2002
Two new species of the water mite family Pontarachnidae (Acari: Hydrachnidia), with a discussion of the taxonomic status of Pontarachna hinumaensis Imamura 
HARRY SMIT (The Netherlands)
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Zootaxa 21: 1-11 (11 February 2002) 2 plates; 16 references           Accepted: 4 February 2002
Xantholinus dvoraki Coiffait, 1956, the only valid species of the subgenus Meneidophallus Bordoni, 1999, with remarkably variable internal sac of aedeagus (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)
VLADIMIR I. GUSAROV (USA)
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