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Zootaxa 395: 1-7 (23 December 2003) 2 plates; 7 references                Accepted: 15 December 2003
The first record of Ennearthron Mellié, 1847 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Ciidae) in the Southern Hemisphere, with the description of a distinctive new species
C. LOPES-ANDRADE & A.A. ZACARO  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 394: 1-28 (23 December 2003) 66 references                          Accepted: 5 December 2003
A checklist of metazoan parasites recorded in freshwater fish from Turkey
A. ÖKTENER (Turkey)
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Zootaxa 393: 1-11 (23 December 2003) 5 plates; 16 references           Accepted: 17 December 2003
A new species of Typhlocirolana (Isopoda, Cirolanidae) from the Ullal de la Rambla de Miravet, Spain
S. DE GRAVE (UK) & S. HERRANDO-PÉREZ (Spain)
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Zootaxa 392: 1-8 (23 December 2003) 2 plates; 14 references           Accepted: 11 December 2003
The identity of Maladera infuscata (Moser, 1915), with description of a new species from Taiwan (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)
DIRK AHRENS  (Germany)
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Zootaxa 391: 1-20 (19 December 2003) 5 plates; 29 references             Accepted: 17 December 2003
Hermit crabs of the genus Calcinus Dana, 1851 (Decapoda: Anomura: Diogenidae) from the Austral Islands, French Polynesia, with description of a new species
J. POUPIN (France) & R. LEMAITRE (USA)
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Zootaxa 390: 1-7 (19 December 2003) 2 plates; 6 references                 Accepted: 11 December 2003
A new species of Philonthus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Sonora, México
J.L. NAVARRETE-HEREDIA (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 389: 1-10 (19 December 2003) 2 plates; 23 references           Accepted: 12 December 2003
Tanytarsus rhabdomantis: New combination for Nimbocera rhabdomantis Trivinho-Strixino & Strixino, 1991 (Diptera: Chironomidae)
S. TRIVINHO-STRIXINO & A.M. SANSEVERINO  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 388: 1-8 (19 December 2003) 3 plates; 19 references                 Accepted: 8 December 2003
A new species of the Asian catfish genus Pseudolaguvia from Myanmar (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Siluriformes: Erethistidae)
RALF BRITZ  (Germany) & CARL J. FERRARIS, Jr. (USA)
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Zootaxa 387: 1-16 (16 December 2003) 5 plates; 18 references           Accepted: 10 December 2003
Neohybos gen. nov. (Diptera, Empidoidea, Hybotinae) from the Neotropical Region
R. ALE-ROCHA & C.J.B. DE CARVALHO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 386: 1-11 (16 December 2003) 4 plates; 8 references                 Accepted: 8 December 2003
A strikingly coloured new species of Paragiopagurus Lemaitre, 1996 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura: Parapaguridae) from French Polynesia
R. LEMAITRE (USA) & J. POUPIN (France)
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Zootaxa 385: 1-68 (16 December 2003) 3 plates; 3 references           Accepted: 9 December 2003
Publication and dating of the journals forming the Annals and Magazine of Natural History and the Journal of Natural History
N.L. EVENHUIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 384: 1-14 (12 December 2003) 5 plates; 20 references           Accepted: 5 December 2003
Sparisoma tuiupiranga, a new species of parrotfish (Perciformes: Labroidei: Scaridae) from Brazil, with comments on the evolution of the genus
J.L. GASPARINI, J.-C. JOYEUX  & S.R. FLOETER  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 383: 1-8 (12 December 2003) 3 plates; 20 references           Accepted: 8 December 2003
A new species of Pseudopaludicola (Anura, Leptodactylidae) from northern Brazil
A.A. GIARETTA & M.N.D.C. KOKUBUM (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 382: 1-7 (12 December 2003) 3 plates; 1 reference                 Accepted: 5 November 2003
A new species of Schinia Hübner (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae) from Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana
E. KNUDSON, C. BORDELON  & M.G. POGUE (USA)
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Zootaxa 381: 1-11 (12 December 2003) 4 plates; 14 references           Accepted: 2 December 2003
A new species of Chthonerpeton (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Typhlonectidae) from Bahia, Brazil
H.R. DA SILVA, M.C. DE BRITTO-PEREIRA  & U. CARAMASCHI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 380: 1-9 (8 December 2003) 1 plate; 17 references                Accepted: 3 November 2003
Agrilus (s. str.) betulanigrae MacRae (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilini), a new species from North America, with comments on subgeneric placement and a key to the otiosus species-group in  North America
T.C. MACRAE (USA)
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Zootaxa 379: 1-20 (8 December 2003) 3 plates; 44 references           Accepted: 2 December 2003
The centipede genus Newportia Gervais, 1847, in Mexico: description of a new troglomorphic species; redescription of N. sabina Chamberlin, 1942; revival of N. azteca Humbert & Saussure, 1869; and a summary of the fauna (Scolopendromorpha: Scolopocryptopidae: Newportiinae)
A. CHAGAS JUNIOR (Brazil) & R.M. SHELLEY (USA)
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Zootaxa 378: 1-14 (8 December 2003) 1 plate; 51 references                Accepted: 4 November 2003
Molecular confirmation of Anopheles (Anopheles) lesteri from the Republic of South Korea and its genetic identity with An. (Ano.) anthropophagus from China (Diptera: Culicidae)
RICHARD C. WILKERSON (USA), CONG LI (China), LEOPOLDO M. RUEDA (USA), HEUNG–CHUL KIM (Rep. Korea), TERRY A. KLEIN (USA), GUAN–HONG SONG (China)  & DANIEL STRICKMAN (USA)
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Zootaxa 377: 1-72 (8 December 2003) 1 plate; 331 references                Accepted: 26 November 2003
George Perry’s molluscan taxa and notes on the editions of his Conchology of 1811
R.E. PETIT (USA)
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Zootaxa 376: 1-18 (4 December 2003) 6 plates; 37 references           Accepted: 26 November 2003
Two new species of Cyrtodactylus (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Thailand
A.M. BAUER (USA) , M. SUMONTHA (Thailand) & O.S.G. PAUWELS (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 375: 1-8 (4 December 2003) 2 plates; 15 references                Accepted: 26 November 2003
Myrmica afghanica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a new ant species from Afghanistan
A. RADCHENKO (Poland) & G.W. ELMES (UK)
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Zootaxa 374: 1-26 (1 December 2003) 7 plates; 64 references           Accepted: 21 November 2003
New fossil lace bugs (Heteroptera: Tingidae) from the Middle Eocene of the Grube Messel (Germany), with a catalog of fossil lace bugs
T. WAPPLER  (Germany)
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Zootaxa 373: 1-11 (1 December 2003) 6 plates; 21 references           Accepted: 24 November 2003
Neolamprologus devosi sp. n., a new riverine lamprologine cichlid (Teleostei, Cichlidae) from the lower Malagarasi River, Tanzania
R. SCHELLY (USA) , M.L.J. STIASSNY (USA) & L. SEEGERS  (Germany)
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Zootaxa 372: 1-10 (1 December 2003) 3 plates; 6 references           Accepted: 10 November 2003
Haplodendron buzwilsoni gen. nov., sp. nov., the first record of Haplomunnidae from the southern Indo-Pacific (Isopoda: Asellota)
J. JUST (Australia)
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Zootaxa 371: 1-26 (28 November 2003) 6 plates; 48 references            Accepted: 8 November 2003
South African Latrunculiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida): descriptions of new species of Latrunculia du Bocage, Strongylodesma Lévi, and Tsitsikamma Samaai & Kelly 
T. SAMAAI (South Africa), M. J. GIBBONS (South Africa),  M. KELLY (New Zealand) & M. DAVIES-COLEMAN (South Africa)
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Zootaxa 370: 1-8 (28 November 2003) 3 plates; 22 references            Accepted: 25 November 2003
The tadpole of Physalaemus fuscomaculatus (Anura: Leptodactylidae), with a description of internal oral morphology 
F. NOMURA, D.D.C. ROSSA-FERES & V.H.M.D. PRADO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 369: 1-15 (28 November 2003) 16 references                              Accepted: 17 October 2003
New records of rodent fleas from Queretaro, Mexico (Siphonaptera)
R. ACOSTA (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 368: 1-32 (25 November 2003) 13 plates; 3 references             Accepted: 19 November 2003
Two new and unusual genera of millipedes (Diplopoda: Polydesmida) from Tasmania, Australia
R. MESIBOV (Australia)
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Zootaxa 367: 1-6 (25 November 2003) 3 plates; 3 references             Accepted: 19 November 2003
Description of a new species of Ovaticoccus Kloet (Hemiptera: Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) from Belize, with remarkably large hind coxae and causing leaf-curl galls
D.J. WILLIAMS & J.H. MARTIN  (UK)
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Zootaxa 366: 1-10 (25 November 2003) 10 plates; 61 references             Accepted: 13 November 2003
A new myrmecophilous Allochernes (Arachnida: Pseudoscorpiones: Chernetidae) from Catalunya, Spain
H. HENDERICKX & V. VETS  (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 365: 1-20 (21 November 2003) 5 plates; 52 references                Accepted: 13 November 2003
Occurrence of the milliped Sinocallipus simplipodicus Zhang, 1993 in Laos, with reviews of the Southeast Asian and global callipodidan faunas, and remarks on the phylogenetic position of the order (Callipodida: Sinocallipodidea: Sinocallipodidae)
W.A. SHEAR, R.M. SHELLEY  & H. HEATWOLE  (USA)
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Zootaxa 364: 1-9 (21 November 2003) 3 plates; 11 references             Accepted: 14 November 2003
A new species of the enigmatic genus Teremys Mason, T. hanniae, from Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
A.A. VALERIO (Costa Rica) & J.B. WHITFIELD (USA)
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Zootaxa 363: 1-8 (21 November 2003) 6 plates; 10 references             Accepted: 12 November 2003
A new species of Pherania Strand, 1942 from southern Brazil (Arachnida: Opiliones: Gonyleptidae)
A.B. KURY (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 362: 1-8 (21 November 2003) 4 plates; 7 references             Accepted: 10 November 2003
Notes on the genus Iracema Pérez-Miles, 2000 with the first description of the male of I. horrida (Schmidt, 1994) (Araneae: Theraphosidae)
R. BERTANI & S. CARLA-DA-SILVA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 361: 1-52 (19 November 2003) 12 plates; 32 references             Accepted: 10 November 2003
Revision of the myrmicine ants of the Adelomyrmex genus-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
F. FERNÁNDEZ C. (Colombia)
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Zootaxa 360: 1-6 (19 November 2003) 1 plate; 7 references                Accepted: 13 November 2003
A new brachypterous species of Elachiptera Becker (Diptera: Chloropidae) from freshwater wetlands in eastern Canada
T.A. WHEELER  (Canada)
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Zootaxa 359: 1-14 (19 November 2003) 4 plates; 36 references             Accepted: 7 November 2003
A new viviparous species of asterinid (Echinodermata, Asteroidea,Asterinidae) and a new genus to accommodate the species of pantropical exiguoid sea stars
A.J. DARTNALL (Australia) , M. BYRNE (Australia), J. COLLINS (Australia) & M.W HART (Canada)
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Zootaxa 358: 1-11 (19 November 2003) 6 plates; 12 references             Accepted: 30 October 2003
Menacanthus bonariensis new species (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae), parasitic on the White-bellied Sparrow, Zonotrichia capensishypoleuca (Todd, 1915) (Aves: Passeriformes: Fringillidae) in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
A.C. CICCHINO (Argentina) 
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Zootaxa 357: 1-12 (19 November 2003) 5 plates; 19 references             Accepted: 14 November 2003
Kalliapseudes (Mesokalliapseudes) macsweenyi, a new species of Kalliapseudidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea: Apseudomorpha) from mangroves in Florida
D.T. DRUMM  (USA) 
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Zootaxa 356: 1-8 (19 November 2003) 5  plates; 4 references             Accepted: 10 November 2003
A new species of Melita Leach (Amphipoda: Melitidae) from oligosaline waters of Russian Far East
V.S. LABAY  (Russia) 
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Zootaxa 355: 1-16 (17 November 2003) 4 plates; 29 references             Accepted: 9 November 2003
Kootenaia burkei, a new genus and species of slug from northern Idaho, United States (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Arionidae)
W.P. LEONARD, L. CHICHESTER, J. BAUGH  & T. WILKE  (USA) 
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Zootaxa 354: 1-20 (17 November 2003) 3 plates; 6 references                Accepted: 10 November 2003
The genus Myrsidea Waterston (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from bulbuls (Passeriformes: Pycnonotidae), with descriptions of 16 new species
R.A. HELLENTHAL & R.D. PRICE  (USA)
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Zootaxa 353: 1-134 (17 November 2003) 35 plates; 141 references            Accepted: 24 October 2003
Revision of some types of North American aleocharines (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae), with synonymic notes
V.I. GUSAROV (USA)
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Zootaxa 352: 1-36 (13 November 2003) 7 plates; 33 references             Accepted: 22 October 2003
New brittle-stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from New Zealand waters
D.G. MCKNIGHT (New Zealand) 
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Zootaxa 351: 1-10 (13 November 2003) 2 plates; 5 references             Accepted: 30 October 2003
A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from southern Maharashtra, India, with a key to the species of the genus
V. GIRI (India), M. WILKINSON (UK) & D.J. GOWER (UK) 
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Zootaxa 350: 1-8 (13 November 2003) 1 plate; 10 references             Accepted: 31 October 2003
A new species of Gegeneophis Peters (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from Maharashtra, India
M.S. RAVICHANDRAN (India), D.J. GOWER (UK) & M. WILKINSON (UK)
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Zootaxa 349: 1-15 (10 November 2003) 10 plates; 14 references             Accepted: 28 October 2003
A second species of the enigmatic whitefly genus Stenaleyrodes Takahashi (Sternorrhyncha, Aleyrodidae)
J.H. MARTIN (UK) & J.-C. STREITO (France)
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Zootaxa 348: 1-20 (10 November 2003) 8 plates; 28 references             Accepted: 24 October 2003
Redescription of Gymnotus coropinae (Gymnotiformes, Gymnotidae), an often misidentified species of Neotropical electric fish, with notes on natural history and electric signals
WILLIAM G. R. CRAMPTON & JAMES S. ALBERT (USA)
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Zootaxa 347: 1-6 (10 November 2003) 27 references             Accepted: 28 October 2003
New records of mosquitoes from the southern Brazilian States of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, with 18 species new for the States (Diptera: Culicidae)
C.B. MARCONDES, A. FERNANDES, U. PATERNO, G.A. MÜLLER, L.C. DE PINHO  & D.V. STRUFFALDI  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 346: 1-28 (3 November 2003) 9 plates; 23 references             Accepted: 29 October 2003
World revision of the microbombyliid genus Mythenteles Hall & Evenhuis (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae) 
N.L. EVENHUIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 345: 1-8 (3 November 2003) 4 plates; 13 references                  Accepted: 28 October 2003
Idahotyphlus alleni Gusarov, gen. n., sp. n., a new leptotyphline staphylinid beetle from Idaho (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Leptotyphlinae)
V.I. GUSAROV (USA)
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Zootaxa 344: 1-12 (3 November 2003) 5 plates; 5 references                  Accepted: 24 October 2003
Peckoltia sabaji, a new species from the Guyana Shield (Siluriformes: Loricariidae)
J.W. ARMBRUSTER (USA)
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Zootaxa 343: 1-19 (28 October 2003) 12 plates; 7 references                  Accepted: 20 October 2003
A new genus and two new species of congrid eels (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the Indo-West Pacific, with a redescription and osteology of Chiloconger dentatus
D.G. SMITH (USA) & E.S. KARMOVSKAYA (Russia)
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Zootaxa 342: 1-18 (28 October 2003) 6 plates; 14 references             Accepted: 22 October 2003
New data on the distribution of species of Gastroserica Brenske, 1897, with descriptions of five new taxa from China and Laos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)
DIRK AHRENS (Germany) & P. PACHOLÁTKO (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa 341: 1-6 (28 October 2003) 2 plates; 6 references             Accepted: 17 October 2003
A new myrmicine ant genus from Malaysia with uncertain affinities (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
F. FERNÁNDEZ C. (Colombia)
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Zootaxa 340: 1-38 (24 October 2003) 1 plate; 25 references             Accepted: 25 September 2003
The beetle fauna of the state of Rhode Island, USA (Coleoptera): 656 new state records
DEREK S. SIKES (USA)
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Zootaxa 339: 1-11 (24 October 2003) 4 plates; 13 references                     Accepted: 17 October 2003
A new species of Neotanais Beddard (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) from the Subantartctic, off the Falkland Islands
K. LARSEN (USA) & M. BLAZEWICZ-PASZKWYCZ (Poland)
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Zootaxa 338: 1-74 (24 October 2003) 12 plates; 28 references              Accepted: 4 October 2003
Synopsis of the Neotropical Dissomphalus (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae)
C.O. AZEVEDO  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 337: 1-142 (24 October 2003) 1 plate; 112 references              Accepted: 24 September 2003
A revised checklist of Italian Curculionoidea (Coleoptera)
E. COLONNELLI  (Italy)
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Zootaxa 336: 1-10 (21 October 2003) 3 plates; 14 references                   Accepted: 16 October 2003
Brasilidia auleta sp. n., a new species from Argentina (Protura: Acerentomidae s.l.)
A. SZEPTYCKI (Poland) & J.C. BEDANO (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 335: 1-10 (21 October 2003) 3 plates; 9 references                   Accepted: 17 October 2003
Caragonia, a new genus of Cicadellini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from Southeastern Brazil
D.M. TAKIYA , R.R. CAVICHIOLI  & G. MEJDALANI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 334: 1-7 (21 October 2003) 3 plates; 15 references                   Accepted: 13 October 2003
A new species of hood-displaying Thamnodynastes (Serpentes: Colubridae) from the Atlantic forest in southeast Brazil
F.L. FRANCO, T.G.A. FERREIRA, O.A.V. MARQUES  & I. SAZIMA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 333: 1-7 (21 October 2003) 1 plate; 5 references                   Accepted: 15 October 2003
Schusterphotopsis, a new genus of Sphaeropthalminae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from California, with notes on the closely related genera Acrophotopsis Schuster and Dilophotopsis Schuster
J.P. PITTS (USA)
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Zootaxa 332: 1-12 (21 October 2003) 3 plates; 12 references                     Accepted: 13 October 2003
Life stage descriptions, taxonomic notes, and new records for the mayfly family Leptohyphidae (Ephemeroptera)
D.E. BAUMGARDNER, S.K. BURIAN & D. BASS  (USA)
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Zootaxa 331: 1-24 (21 October 2003) 21  plates; 7 references                   Accepted: 10 October 2003
A description of the new tardigrade Macrobiotus reinhardti (Eutardigrada: Macrobiotidae, harmsworthi group) with some remarks on the oral cavity armature within the genus Macrobiotus Schultze
L. MICHALCZYK & L. KACZMAREK (Poland)
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Zootaxa 330: 1-15 (21 October 2003) 5 plates; 13 references                   Accepted: 10 October 2003
Agathotanaididae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) from the Angola BasinJ. 
J. GUERRERO-KOMMRITZ  (Germany)
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Zootaxa 329: 1-18 (15 October 2003) 11 plates; 14 references                   Accepted: 7 October 2003
A new Afrotropical Ogovea (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) from Cameroon, with a discussion on the taxonomic characters in the family Ogoveidae
G. GIRIBET (USA) & C.E. PRIETO  (Spain)
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Zootaxa 328: 1-7 (15 October 2003) 3 plates; 6 references                     Accepted: 7 October 2003
The occurrence of Taraxitrichia Flint & Harris, 1992 (Trichoptera: Hydroptilidae) in Brazil, with description of the final larval stage
A.M.O. PES & N. HAMADA  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 327: 1-5 (15 October 2003) 1 plate; 18 references                    Accepted: 7 October 2003
Rhipidocotyle labroidei n. sp. (Digenea: Bucephalidae) from Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes) (Labridae)
C.M. JONES, A.S. GRUTTER  & T.H. CRIBB  (Australia)
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Zootaxa 326: 1-16 (10 October 2003) 3 plates; 40 references                     Accepted: 1 October 2003
Haplomunnidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) reviewed, with a description of an intact specimen of Thylakogaster Wilson & Hessler, 1974
M.R. CUNHA (Portugal) & G.D.F. WILSON (Australia)
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Zootaxa 325: 1-5 (10 October 2003) 1 plate; 26 references                 Accepted: 1 October 2003
A new species of the genus Protoplotina Miyatake (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) from India
J. POORANI (India)
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Zootaxa 324: 1-7 (10 October 2003) 2 plates; 26 references                 Accepted: 8 October 2003
Taxonomic status of Pennatula argentina Acuña & Zamponi, 1992 (Cnidaria: Octocorallia)
C.D. PÉREZ & B.T. SILVA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 323: 1-8 (10 October 2003) 4 plates; 19 references                 Accepted: 6 October 2003
First record of the family Coralliidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) from the western South Atlantic, with a description of Corallium medea Bayer, 1964
C.B. CASTRO, C.M. THIAGO & M.S. MEDEIROS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 322: 1-7 (7 October 2003) 35 references                                     Accepted: 3 October 2003
Nomenclature notes on some orthoclads (Diptera: Chironomidae)
O.A. SÆTHER & L.C. FERRINGTON JR.  (Norway)
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Zootaxa 321: 1-36 (7 October 2003) 11 plates; 42 references              Accepted: 23 September 2003
The milliped family Trichopetalidae, Part 1: Introduction and Genera Trigenotyla Causey, Nannopetalum n. gen., and Causeyella n. gen. (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida, Cleidogonoidea)
W.A. SHEAR  (USA)
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Zootaxa 320: 1-7 (7 October 2003) 2 plates; 9 references                     Accepted: 1 October 2003
A new platygastrid wasp from Florida (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)
M.W. MACGOWN & G.A. EVANS  (USA)
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Zootaxa 319: 1-10 (3 October 2003) 5 plates; 25 references              Accepted: 30 September 2003
Neda Mulsant (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae): Redescriptions and revised combinations of two species formerly placed in Cycloneda Crotch 
M. ARAÚJO & L.M. DE ALMEIDA  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 318: 1-16 (3 October 2003) 4 plates; 22 references              Accepted: 26 September 2003
New distributional records for the asopine pentatomids in temperate South America
P. M. DELLAPÉ, A.P. MARTÍNEZ & M. D.C. COSCARÓN (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 317: 1-22 (3 October 2003) 2 plates; 55 references              Accepted: 26 September 2003
Revision of Agrilus cuprescens (Ménétriés, 1832) and related species (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
EDUARD JENDEK (Slovakia)
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Zootaxa 316: 1-4 (1 October 2003) 2 plates; 1 reference           Accepted: 26 September 2003
A new species of Phalangogonia Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anoplognathini) from Costa Rica
A.B.T. SMITH  (USA)
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Zootaxa 315: 1-7 (1 October 2003) 2 plates; 6 references              Accepted: 25 September 2003
Description of the pupae of two Toxophora species from Brazil (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Toxophorinae, Toxophorini)
C.J.E. LAMAS, A.M. CUNHA  & M. S. COURI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 314: 1-4 (1 October 2003) 1 plate; 18 references      Accepted: 26 September 2003
Thulinius, new generic name substituting for Thulinia Bertolani, 1981 (Tardigrada, Eutardigrada)
R. BERTOLANI (Italy)
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Zootaxa 313: 1-6 (1 October 2003) 22 references              Accepted: 27 September 2003
A correction to the authorship of Agrilus graminis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
E. JENDEK (Slovakia)
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Zootaxa 312: 1-8 (1 October 2003) 3 plates; 6 references      Accepted: 24 September 2003
A new species of Promacropoides Sigwalt (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from Panamá
D. CUROE (USA) & M.A. MORÓN (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 311: 1-7 (26 September 2003) 1 plate, 4 references              Accepted: 19 September 2003
A revision of Calodera Mannerheim. III. A new species from Russia and a key to the Palaearctic species of the genus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
V. ASSING (Germany)
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Zootaxa 310: 1-8 (26 September 2003) 5 plates, 1 reference             Accepted: 19 September 2003
A revision of Zoosetha Mulsant & Rey and Poromniusa Gangl-bauer. II. A new species from Spain and additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
V. ASSING (Germany)
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Zootaxa 309: 1-12 (26 September 2003) 3 plates; 29 references      Accepted: 19 September 2003
Crossota millsae (Cnidaria: Trachymedusae: Rhopalonematidae), a new species of viviparous hydromedusa from the deep sea off California and Hawaii
E.V. THUESEN (USA)
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Zootaxa 308: 1-108 (26 September 2003) 2 plates; 179 references      Accepted: 12 September 2003
Rhinocricidae Systematics II: A species catalog of the Rhinocricidae (Diplopoda: Spirobolida) with synonymies
P.E. MAREK, J.E. BOND  & P. SIERWALD (USA)
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Zootaxa 307: 1-12 (24 September 2003) 3 plates, 50 references            Accepted: 19 September 2003
Eudendrium caraiuru sp. n. (Hydrozoa; Anthoathecata; Eudendriidae) from the southeastern coast of Brazil
A.C. MARQUES  & O.M.P.OLIVEIRA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 306: 1-6 (24 September 2003) 1 plate, 7 references            Accepted: 16 September 2003
An opinion on the genus Fujiscon Ito, 1991 (Eutardigrada, Hypsibiidae)
G. PILATO & M.G. BINDA (Italy)
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Zootaxa 305: 1-11 (24 September 2003) 4 plates; 25 references           Accepted: 18 September 2003
Kryptopterus geminus, a new species of silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from mainland Southeast Asia
H.H. NG (USA)
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Zootaxa 304: 1-15 (24 September 2003) 5 plates, 12 references            Accepted: 11 September 2003
Revision of the subfamily Bactrodinae (Heteroptera, Reduviidae), with a phylogenetic analysis of Bactrodes
M.D.C. COSCARÓN & M.C. MELO (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 303: 1-31 (19 September 2003) 9 plates; 29 references               Accepted: 26 August 2003
Description of Ptychocroca, a new genus from Chile and Argentina, with comments on the Bonagota Razowski group of genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini)
J.W. BROWN (USA) & J. RAZOWSKI (Poland)
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Zootaxa 302: 1-8 (19 September 2003) 2 plates, 29 references            Accepted: 9 September 2003
First record of Ciocalypta (Demospongiae: Halichondrida) from Brazil, southwestern Atlantic, with the description of a new species
M.D.S. CARVALHO , J.L. CARRARO, C. LERNER  & E. HAJDU (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 301: 1-12 (19 September 2003) 3 plates; 28 references           Accepted: 9 September 2003
A revision of the Indo-Pacific fish genus Caragobius (Gobiidae: Amblyopinae)
E.O. MURDY (USA) & K. SHIBUKAWA (Japan)
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Zootaxa 300: 1-64 (19 September 2003) 29 references               Accepted: 11 September 2003
World Catalog of Bee Flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae): Corrigenda and Addenda
N.L. EVENHUIS & D.J. GREATHEAD  (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 299: 1-19 (16 September 2003) 3 plates, 55 references             Accepted: 10 September 2003
Hydroids (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) collected on the continental shelf of Brazil during the Geomar X Oceanographic Operation
P.A. GROHMANN, C.C. NOGUEIRA & V.M.A.P. da SILVA  (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 298: 1-8 (16 September 2003) 1 plate, 8 references              Accepted: 10 September 2003
Amphiscolytus — a new genus, and Amphiscolytini — a new tribe of Scolytidae (Coleoptera) for Dacryophthorus capensis Schedl
M. YU. MANDELSHTAM  (Russia) & R.A. BEAVER (Thailand) 
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Zootaxa 297: 1-7 (16 September 2003) 2 plates, 14 references          Accepted: 9 September 2003
Two new species of Polycirrus (Polychaeta, Terebellidae) from Abrolhos Archipelago, Brazil
A.R. S. GARRAFFONI  & E.M. COSTA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 296: 1-12 (16 September 2003) 4 plates, 21 references          Accepted: 5 September 2003
A new polydesmid milliped genus and two new species from Oregon and Washington, U. S. A., with a review of Bidentogon Buckett and Gardner, 1968, and a summary of the family in Western North America (Polydesmida: Polydesmidae)
R.M. SHELLEY (USA)
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Zootaxa 295: 1-7 (12 September 2003) 3 plates, 5 references              Accepted: 5 September 2003
A new species of the genus Antennoseius (Ascidae : Mesostigmata) from India
A.K. BHATTACHARYYA, A.K. SANYAL & T. BHATTACHARYA (India)
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Zootaxa 294: 1-16 (12 September 2003) 7 plates; 17 references                  Accepted: 20 August 2003
Systematics of Schinia cupes (Grote) complex: Revised status of Schinia crotchii (Hy. Edwards) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae)
M.G. POGUE  & C.E. HARP  (USA)
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Zootaxa 293: 1-16 (12 September 2003) 6 plates, 51 references              Accepted: 3 September 2003
The dorsal abdominal glands and the higher classification of the Phoridae (Diptera)
R.H.L. DISNEY (UK)
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Zootaxa 292: 1-8 (9 September 2003) 3 plates; 9 references                     Accepted: 1 September 2003
Rhinocricidae Systematics I: The taxonomic placement of the species of Zipyge Chamberlin, 1925 and Oxypygides Chamberlin, 1922 (Diplopoda: Spirobolida: Rhinocricidae: Oxypyginae)
J.E. BOND & P.E. MAREK (USA)
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Zootaxa 291: 1-7 (9 September 2003) 2 plates; 9 references                     Accepted: 3 September 2003
Pseudoplesiops wassi, a new species of dottyback fish (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae: Pseudoplesiopinae) from the West Pacific
A.C. GILL  & A.J. EDWARDS (UK)
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Zootaxa 290: 1-4 (9 September 2003) 1 plate, 4 references                  Accepted: 1 September 2003
A new species of the genus Neobelocera (Homoptera: Delphacidae) from China
X.-S. CHEN  (China)
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Zootaxa 289: 1-6 (9 September 2003) 2 plates, 3 references                  Accepted: 1 September 2003
A new species of Ashlockobius (Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae: Myodochini) from Venezuela
P.M. DELLAPÉ  (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 288: 1-6 (9 September 2003) 2 plates, 12 references                  Accepted: 1 September 2003
Synonymizing Microtomus sticheli Costa Lima, 1935 under M. tibialis Stichel, 1926 and redescription of the species (Heteroptera: Reduviidae)
M.D.C. COSCARON, M.C. MELO & N. CUELLO (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 287: 1-54 (5 September 2003) 12 plates, 42 references                  Accepted: 22 August 2003
Seven new species of the Neotropical electric fish Gymnotus (Teleostei, Gymnotiformes) with a redescription of G. carapo (Linnaeus)
J. S. ALBERT & W.G.R. CRAMPTON (USA)
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Zootaxa 286: 1-4 (5 September 2003) 1 plate, 15 references                  Accepted: 31 August 2003
A new species of the bee genus Chlerogella from Panama (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
M.S. ENGEL (USA)
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Zootaxa 285: 1-10 (2 September 2003) 3 plates; 7 references                       Accepted: 26 August 2003
A new species of the loricariid catfish genus Hemipsilichthys from southern Rio de Janeiro coastal rivers, southeastern Brazil (Teleostei: Siluriformes)
E.H.L. PEREIRA, R.E. REIS, P. F.M. SOUZA & H.-R. LAZZAROTTO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 284: 1-8 (2 September 2003) 3 plates; 7 references                       Accepted: 26 August 2003
Clarias insolitus, a new species of clariid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from southern Borneo
H.H. NG (USA)
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Zootaxa 283: 1-12 (2 September 2003) 4 plates, 15 references                  Accepted: 26 August 2003
The Helicopsyche (Feropsyche) (Insecta, Trichoptera, Helicopsychidae) from Barro Colorado Island, Panama
K.A. JOHANSON (Sweden)
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Zootaxa 282: 1-14 (2 September 2003) 4 plates, 12 references                  Accepted: 18 August 2003
Portaratrum, a new genus of deep-sea Tanaidacea (Crustacea) with description of two new species
J. GUERRERO-KOMMRITZ (Germany)
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Zootaxa 281: 1-60 (2 September 2003) 27 plates, 38 references                  Accepted: 7 August 2003
Octocorals from Costa Rica: The genus Pacifigorgia (Coelenterata: Octocorallia: Gorgoniidae)
O. BREEDY (Costa Rica) & H.M. GUZMAN (Panama)
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Zootaxa 280: 1-104 (29 August 2003) 38 plates, 165 references                    Accepted: 14 August 2003
A review of the hyperiidean amphipod superfamily Vibilioidea Bowman and Gruner, 1973 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Hyperiidea)  
W. ZEIDLER (Australia)
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Zootaxa 279: 1-6 (29 August 2003) 1 plate, 6 references                    Accepted: 16 August 2003
A new genus and species of Typhinae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Muricidae) from off northeastern Brazil
R. S. ABSALÃO  & F.N. DOS SANTOS  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 278: 1-23 (29 August 2003) 8 plates, 36 references                    Accepted: 19 August 2003
Eucoilinae species (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) parasitoids of fruit-infesting dipterous larvae in Brazil: identity, geographical distribution and host associations
J. A. GUIMARÃES (Brazil), F. E. GALLARDO (Argentina) , N. B. DIAZ (Agentina) & R. A. ZUCCHI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 277: 1-18 (29 August 2003) 4 plates, 15 references                    Accepted: 15 August 2003
Gymnotus ucamara: a new species of Neotropical electric fish from the Peruvian Amazon (Ostariophysi: Gymnotidae), with notes on ecology and electric organ discharges
W.G.R. CRAMPTON (USA), N. R. LOVEJOY (Canada) & J. S. ALBERT (USA)
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Zootaxa 276: 1-320 (29 August 2003) 81 plates, 194 references                    Accepted: 31 July 2003
Systematics of Phasia Latreille (Diptera: Tachinidae)
X. SUN & S. A. MARSHALL (Canada)
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Zootaxa 275: 1-214 (29 August 2003) 118 plates; 55 references                Accepted: 23 July 2003
Revision of the Neotropical caddisfly genus Phylloicus (Trichoptera: Calamoceratidae)
A. L. PRATHER (Canada)
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Zootaxa 274: 1-6 (22 August 2003) 2 plates, 10 references                        Accepted: 13 August 2003
A sympatric species pair: Spogostylum ocyale (Wiedemann, 1828) and S. griseipenne Macquart, 1850 (Diptera: Bombyliidae)
D.J. GREATHEAD (UK)
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Zootaxa 273: 1-15 (22 August 2003) 28 plates; 11 references                       Accepted: 10 August 2003
The Neotropical species Askalaphium depressum (Bates): Larval description, first diagnosis and illustrations of immature Ctenodactylini, with natural history notes on the genus and tribe (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
T. L. ERWIN  & R. F. MEDINA (USA)
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Zootaxa 272: 1-26 (22 August 2003) 8 plates, 26 references                        Accepted: 7 August 2003
Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of genus Balkanopetalum Verhoeff, 1926 (Diplopoda: Callipodida: Schizopetalidae)
P.  STOEV (Bulgaria) & H. ENGHOFF (Denmark)
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Zootaxa 271: 1-7 (19 August 2003) 3 plates, 5 references                         Accepted: 12 August 2003
Two new species of eriophyid mites (Acari: Eriophyidae) from Guadeloupe and Marie Galante, with records on other plant mites
C. H.W. FLECHTMANN (Brazil) & J. ETIENNE (Guadeloupe)
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Zootaxa 270: 1-24 (19 August 2003) 13 plates, 13 references                         Accepted: 7 August 2003
Revision of the New Caledonian genus Mecynostomella (Trichoptera, Kokiriidae)
K.A. JOHANSON (Sweden)
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