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Zootaxa 793: 1-28 (24 December 2004) 5 plates, 44 references                   Accepted: 16 Dec. 2004
New species and new records of stomatopod Crustacea from the Philippines
S.T. AHYONG (Australia)
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Zootaxa 792: 1-11 (24 December 2004)  4 plates, 17 references                   Accepted: 16 Dec. 2004
A new species of Hoplodactylus (Reptilia: Pygopodidae) from the Takitimu Mountains, South Island, New Zealand
T.R. JEWELL & R.A.B. LESCHEN (New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 791: 1-12 (24 December 2004) 3 plates; 8 references                    Accepted: 15 Dec. 2004
Ecsenius caeruliventris and E. shirleyae, two new species of blenniid fishes from Indonesia, and new distribution records for other species of Ecsenius
V.G. SPRINGER (USA) & G.R. ALLEN (Australia)
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Zootaxa 790: 1-20 (22 December 2004) 14 plates; 26 references                    Accepted: 15 Dec. 2004
The beetle family Carabidae of Costa Rica: The genus Epikastea Liebke of the Plochonida Group, with new Neotropical species and notes on their way of life (Insecta: Coleoptera, Lebiini, Agrina)
T.L. ERWIN (USA)
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Zootaxa 789: 1-26 (22 December 2004)  2 plates, 104 references                   Accepted: 20 Nov. 2004
Synopsis on Passalidae family (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) of Brazil with description of a new species of Veturius Kaup, 1871
C.R.V.D. FONSECA (Brazil) & P. REYES-CASTILLO (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 788: 1-4 (22 December 2004) 1 plate; 6 references                        Accepted: 11 Dec. 2004
A new species of Schinia Hübner from riparian habitats in the Grand Canyon (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Heliothinae)
M.G. POGUE (USA)
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Zootaxa 787: 1-7 (22 December 2004) 4 plates; 8 references                        Accepted: 7 Dec. 2004
Ceraspis jaliscoensis, a new species from México (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)
L. DELGADO & J.L. NAVARRETE-HEREDIA (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 786: 1-12 (22 December 2004)  36 references                                    Accepted: 9 Dec. 2004
Endohelminths from five rare species of turtles (Bataguridae) from southeast Asia confiscated by international authorities in Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
R.A. MURRAY, N.O. DRONEN & C.K. BLEND (USA)
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Zootaxa 785: 1-12 (22 December 2004) 4 plates; 18 references                        Accepted: 9 Dec. 2004
Review of the genus Hyrtanella (Ephemeroptera: Ephemerellidae)
L.M. JACOBUS (USA) & M. SARTORI (Switzerland)
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Zootaxa 784: 1-12 (22 December 2004) 4 plates; 13 references                        Accepted: 10 Dec. 2004
A new hypogeal species of Oregmopyga Hoy (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) from southern California, U.S.A., and a key to species of the genus
T. KONDO, P.J. GULLAN & D.R. MILLER (USA)
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Zootaxa 783: 1-45 (20 December 2004) 21 plates; 8 references                       Accepted: 9 Dec. 2004
A revision of Oocyclus Sharp of Mexico and Central America (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
A.E.Z. SHORT  & P.D. PERKINS (USA)
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Zootaxa 782: 1-10 (20 December 2004) 4 plates; 7 references                       Accepted: 26 Nov. 2004
A new Argentinian species of Bembidion (Chilioperyphus) (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini) with accessory setae
S. ROIG-JUÑENT & E. SCHEIBLER (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 781: 1-15 (20 December 2004) 4 plates; 46 references                        Accepted: 7 Dec. 2004
Phloeocharis subtilissima Mannerheim (Staphylinidae: Phloeocharinae) and Cephennium gallicum Ganglbauer (Scydmaenidae) new to North America: a case study in the introduction of exotic Coleoptera to the port of Halifax, with new records of other species
C. MAJKA & J. KLIMASZEWSKI (Canada)
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Zootaxa 780: 1-14 (20 December 2004) 5 plates; 19 references                       Accepted: 1 Nov. 2004
On the identity of flying-foxes, genus Pteropus (Mammalia: Chiroptera), from islands in the Torres Strait, Australia
K.M. HELGEN (Australia)
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Zootaxa 779: 1-20 (20 December 2004) 4 plates; 28 references                       Accepted: 7 Dec. 2004
Molecular phylogenetics of Chaetodon and the Chaetodontidae (Teleostei: Perciformes) with reference to morphology
D.T.J. LITTLEWOOD (UK), S.M. MCDONALD (UK), A.C. GILL (USA) & T.H. CRIBB (Australia)
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Zootaxa 778: 1-12 (17 December 2004) 3 plates; 2 references                       Accepted: 6 Dec. 2004
Revision of Affecauda Hall & Chambers, 1999 (Digenea: Gyliauchenidae Fukui, 1929), including the description of two new species from fishes of the Indo-West Pacific
K.A. HALL (Japan) & T.H. CRIBB (Australia)
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Zootaxa 777: 1-10 (17 December 2004) 1 plate; 12  references                        Accepted: 2 Dec. 2004
The Xixuthrus species of Fiji (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae)
D. YANEGA (USA), D. OLSON (Fiji), S. SHUTE (UK) & Z. KOMIYA (Japan)
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Zootaxa 776: 1-10 (17 December 2004) 5 plates; 17 references                       Accepted: 7 Dec. 2004
A new species of the genus Bothriomyrmex Emery, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) from Costa Rica
D.A. DUBOVIKOFF (Russia) & J.T. LONGINO (USA)
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Zootaxa 775: 1-12 (17 December 2004) 2 plates; 1 reference                       Accepted: 2 Dec. 2004
New or rare Madagascar tiger beetles—9. Two new species of the genus Physodeutera Lacordaire, with revised keys to the species of subgenera Diarrhiza Jeannel and Minideutera Moravec (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)
J. MORAVEC (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa 774: 1-6 (17 December 2004) 1 plate; 22  references                        Accepted: 6 Dec. 2004
Description of the larval stages of the Shield Darter, Percina peltata (Pisces: Percidae), in New York
R.E. SCHMIDT  & R.A. DANIELS (USA)
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Zootaxa 773: 1-56 (17 December 2004) 9 plates; 38 references                       Accepted: 28 Nov. 2004
New species of Bombylioidea in Mario Bezzi’s Unpublished Hungarian Museum Manuscript
D.J. GREATHEAD (UK) & N.L. EVENHUIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 772: 1-11 (14 December 2004) 3 plates; 26 references                          Accepted: 1 Dec. 2004
Cyrtodactylus thirakhupti (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new cave-dwelling gecko from southern Thailand
O.S.G. PAUWELS (Belgium), A.M. BAUER (USA), M. SUMONTHA (Thailand) & L. CHANHOME (Thailand)
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Zootaxa 771: 1-8 (14 December 2004) 2 plates; 5 references                          Accepted: 6 Dec. 2004
Two new species of Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 from the A. salicis (Fabricius, 1776) species-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
S. BÍLÝ & V. KUBÁN (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa 770: 1-8 (14 December 2004) 5 plates; 11 references                          Accepted: 30 Nov. 2004
A new cleaner goby of the genus Elacatinus (Teleostei: Gobiidae), from Trindade Island, off Brazil
R.Z.P. GUIMARÃES (Brazil), J.L. GASPARINI (Brazil), & L.A. ROCHA (USA)
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Zootaxa 769: 1-14 (14 December 2004) 6 plates; 16 references                          Accepted: 2 Dec. 2004
Description of immature stages of three species of American Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)
J. OROZCO & L.C. PARDO-LOCARNO (Colombia)
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Zootaxa 768: 1-11 (14 December 2004) 3 plates; 26 references                          Accepted: 1 Dec. 2004
Description of pleural defensive organs in three species of firefly larvae (Coleoptera, Lampyridae)
E. TRICE, J. TYLER & J.C. DAY (UK)
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Zootaxa 767: 1-8 (14 December 2004) 3 plates; 2 references                            Accepted: 7 Dec. 2004
A revision of Callicerus Gravenhorst, Pseudosemiris Machulka, and related genera. III. A new genus and species from China, and additional records (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
V. ASSING (Germany)
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Zootaxa 766: 1-4 (14 December 2004) 22 references                                   Accepted: 5 Dec. 2004
Nomenclatural changes in leafcutter bees of the Americas: Megachile Latreille 1802 (Hymenoptera; Megachilidae)
A. RAW (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 765: 1-8 (14 December 2004) 5 plates; 18 references                          Accepted: 2 Dec. 2004
Karyotype of Propsilocerus akamusi (Tokunaga) from China (Diptera: Chironomidae)
I.I. KIKNADZE (Russia), X. WANG (P.R. China), A.G. ISTOMINA (Russia)
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Zootaxa 764: 1-7 (14 December 2004) 2 plates; 16 references                          Accepted: 25 Nov. 2004
Two new species of Ommatius Wiedemann (Diptera: Asilidae) from Brazil
R. VIEIRA, I. CASTRO & F. BRAVO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 763: 1-28 (10 December 2004) 18 plates; 19 references                          Accepted: 1 Dec. 2004
Revision of raphignathoid mites (Acari: Prostigmata) in the collection of H. Habeeb
Q.-H. FAN (P.R. China) & Z.-Q. ZHANG (New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 762: 1-19 (10 December 2004) 1 plate; 69 references                          Accepted: 1 Dec. 2004
A synopsis of the Castniidae (Lepidoptera) of Trinidad and Tobago
J.M. GONZÁLEZ (USA) & M.J.W. COCK (UK)
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Zootaxa 761: 1-6 (10 December 2004) 1 plate; 9  references                      Accepted: 28 Nov. 2004
Trichomycterus giganteus (Siluriformes: Loricarioidea: Trichomycteridae): a new catfish from the Rio Guandu basin, southeastern Brazil
S.M.Q. LIMA & W.J.E.M. COSTA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 760: 1-26 (10 December 2004) 5 plates; 22 references                          Accepted: 26 Nov. 2004
Phylogenetic relationships among families of the order Anomopoda (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Cladocera)
L.M.A. ELMOOR-LOUREIRO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 759: 1-10 (10 December 2004) 5 plates; 17 references                          Accepted: 22 Nov. 2004
Gymnotus ardilai: a new species of Neotropical electric fish (Ostariophysi: Gymnotidae) from the Rio Magdalena Basin of Colombia
J.A. MALDONADO-OCAMPO (Colombia) & J.S. ALBERT (USA)
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Zootaxa 758: 1-9 (10 December 2004) 3 plates; 8   references                      Accepted: 30 Nov. 2004
A remarkable new species of Trirammatus Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini) from the Valdivian Forest of Chile
K.W. WILL  (USA)
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Zootaxa 757: 1-16 (7 December 2004) 4 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 29 Oct. 2004
The South American genus Nigranitida Metz (Diptera: Therevidae: Therevinae) with the description of three new species
D.W. WEBB & M.A. METZ (USA)
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Zootaxa 756: 1-6 (7 December 2004) 9 references                                    Accepted: 25 Oct. 2004
Nomenclatural emendations (Cirripedia, Pedunculata) involving the family-group names Priscansermarinidae Newman, 1996, Neolepadinae Newman, 1996 & Zeugmatolepadidae Newman, 1996
W.A. NEWMAN (USA)
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Zootaxa 755: 1-8 (7 December 2004) 3 plates; 9 references                      Accepted: 26 Oct. 2004
Description of species of the genera Actacarus and Scaptognathides (Acari: Halacaridae)
I. BARTSCH (Germany)
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Zootaxa 754: 1-10 (7 December 2004) 4 plates; 22 references                      Accepted: 25 Oct. 2004
A new species of Corophium from eastern Australian estuaries (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Corophiidae: Corophiinae: Corophiini)
J.K. LOWRY (Australia)
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Monograph
Zootaxa 753: 1-120 (3 December 2004)  276 references                      Accepted: 28 Oct. 2004
World catalog of the Stephanidae (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea)
A.P. AGUIAR (Brazil)
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Monograph
Zootaxa 752: 1-90 (3 December 2004) 246 references                                   Accepted: 8 Nov. 2004
Notes and recommendations on taxonomy and nomenclature of Chironomidae (Diptera)
M. SPIES (Germany)& O.A. SÆTHER (Norway)
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Monograph
Zootaxa 751: 1-94 (3 December 2004)  495 references                      Accepted: 16 Nov. 2004
The Diptera Genera of Jacques-Marie-Frangile Bigot
N.L. EVENHUIS (USA) & A.C. PONT (UK)
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Zootaxa 750: 1-19 (3 December 2004) 6 plates; 35 references                      Accepted: 22 Nov. 2004
A review of the genus Cladotanytarsus Kieffer from China, with the description of three new species (Diptera: Chironomidae: Tanytarsini)
X. WANG & Y. GUO (P. R. China)
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Zootaxa 749: 1-12 (1 December 2004) 4 plates; 3 references                      Accepted: 22 Nov. 2004
Limnebius acupunctus, a new species of water beetle from Australia and Papua New Guinea (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
P.D. PERKINS (USA)
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Zootaxa 748: 1-4 (1 December 2004) 9 references                                   Accepted: 23 Nov. 2004
Yosiityphlus Sawada, 1971, a new synonym of Thinobius Kiesenwetter, 1844 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
V.I. GUSAROV (Norway) & G. MAKRANCZY (USA)
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Zootaxa 747: 1-36 (1 December 2004) 18 plates; 31 references                     Accepted: 24 Nov. 2004
A revision of the genus Lypoglossa Fenyes, 1918 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
 V.I. GUSAROV (Norway)
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Zootaxa 746: 1-25 (1 December 2004) 14 plates; 52 references                     Accepted: 23 Nov. 2004
A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Halobrecta Thomson, 1858 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) with notes on some Palaearctic species of the genus
 V.I. GUSAROV (Norway)
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Zootaxa 745: 1-15 (1 December 2004) 6 plates; 26 references                     Accepted: 24 Nov. 2004
Review of the genus Sableta Casey, 1910 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Athetini)
J.S. ASHE (USA) & V.I. GUSAROV (Norway)
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Zootaxa 744: 1-8 (1 December 2004) 1 plate; 3 references                       Accepted: 24 Nov. 2004
Description of two new species of the catfish genus Trichomycterus from southeastern Brazil (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae)
A.R ALENCAR & W.J.E.M. COSTA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 743: 1-5 (25 November 2004) 2 plates; 10 references                      Accepted: 22 Nov. 2004
Milnesium katarzynae sp. nov., a new species of eutardigrade (Milnesiidae) from China
Ł. KACZMAREK (Poland), Ł. MICHALCZYK (Poland) & C.W. BEASLEY (USA)
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Zootaxa 742: 1-28 (25 November 2004) 2 plates; 64 references                      Accepted: 17 Nov. 2004
Paguristes puniceus Henderson, 1896 (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea: Diogenidae): A study in intraspecific variability
P.A. MCLAUGHLIN (USA)
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Zootaxa 741: 1-14 (25 November 2004) 5 plates; 19 references                      Accepted: 17 Nov. 2004
Description of five Anthrax Scopoli puparia (Diptera, Bombyliidae, Anthracinae, Anthracini)
A.M. CUNHA & C.J. EINICKER LAMAS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 740: 1-42 (25 November 2004) 18 plates; 41 references                      Accepted: 11 Nov. 2004
Review of the Nearctic species of Bryotropha Heinemann (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
T. RUTTEN (Germany) & O. KARSHOLT (Denmark)
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Zootaxa 739: 1-19 (25 November 2004) 4 plates; 23 references                      Accepted: 11 Nov. 2004
A new species of Indotyphlus Taylor (Amphibia: Gymnophiona: Caeciliidae) from the Western Ghats, India
V. GIRI (India), D.J. GOWER (UK) & M. WILKINSON (UK)
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Zootaxa 738: 1-19 (22 November 2004) 22 plates; 6 references                       Accepted: 10 Nov. 2004
Taxonomic note on four poorly known Arizona Eupithecia Curtis (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Eupitheciini)
C.D. FERRIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 737: 1-7 (22 November 2004) 2 plates; 7 references                      Accepted: 10 Nov. 2004
Simpsonichthys radiosus sp. n. (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae): a new annual killifish from the upper Rio Tocantins basin, central Brazil
W.J.E.M. COSTA & G.C. BRASIL (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 736: 1-8 (22 November 2004) 3 plates; 19 references                      Accepted: 3 Nov. 2004
Notozothecium janauachensis n. sp. (Monogenoidea: Dactylogyridae) from wild and cultured tambaqui, Colossoma macropomum (Teleostei: Characidae: Serrasalminae) in Brazil
E. BELMONT-JÉGU (France), M.V. DOMINGUES (Brazil) & M.L. MARTINS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 735: 1-9 (22 November 2004) 2 plates; 31 references                      Accepted: 10 Nov. 2004
Taxonomic revision of Elimia christyi and E. interrupta (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Pleuroceridae)
R.L. MINTON, A.E. BOGAN, J.A. BROOKS & D.M. HAYES (USA)
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Zootaxa 734: 1-15 (18 November 2004) 8 plates; 10 references                       Accepted: 8 Nov. 2004
A new genus and species of Collembola from caves of south Iberian Peninsula (Collembola, Poduromorpha, Onychiuridae)
M. MARTÍNEZ, E. BAQUERO, P. BARRANCO, A.H. ARIÑO & R. JORDANA (Spain)
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Zootaxa 733: 1-8 (18 November 2004) 2 plates; 13 references                       Accepted: 9 Nov. 2004
A new species of the catfish genus Akysis (Siluriformes: Akysidae) from southern Borneo
H.H. NG (USA) & D.J. SIEBERT (UK)
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Zootaxa 732: 1-10 (18 November 2004) 1 plate; 23 references                      Accepted: 2 Nov. 2004
A new species of Didemnum (Ascidiacea, Tunicata) from the Atlantic coast of North America
P. KOTT (Australia)
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Zootaxa 731: 1-10 (18 November 2004) 4 plates; 32 references                      Accepted: 10 Nov. 2004
Status of Cyrtosia marginata Perris (Diptera: Mythicomyiidae) with remarks on the type and new distribution records
N.L. EVENHUIS (USA) & C. DAVID (UK)
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Zootaxa 730: 1-14 (18 November 2004) 2 plates; 5 references                       Accepted: 9 Nov. 2004
New species and records of Melaloncha (Udamochiras) bee-killing flies (Diptera: Phoridae)
L. GONZALEZ & B.V. BROWN (USA)
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Zootaxa 729: 1-19 (18 November 2004) 5 plates; 42 references                      Accepted: 29 Oct. 2004
Lectotype designations in the New World Gymnetini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)
B.C. RATCLIFFE (USA)
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Zootaxa 728: 1-14 (18 November 2004) 5 plates; 6 references                      Accepted: 14 Oct. 2004
A new genus and four new species of Isometopinae (Hemiptera: Miridae) from South Africa
E. AKINGBOHUNGBE (Nigeria)
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Zootaxa 727: 1-63 (15 November 2004) 20 plates; 87 references                      Accepted: 24 Oct. 2004
A review of morphological variation in Trimeresurus popeiorum (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae), with the description of two new species
G. VOGEL (Germany), P. DAVID (France) & O.S. G. PAUWELS (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 726: 1-8 (15 November 2004) 3 plates; 16 references                        Accepted: 9 Nov. 2004
New records of water mites (Acari, Hydrachnidia) from Iran, with the description of a new species
VLADIMIR PESIC (Serbia and Montenegro)
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Zootaxa 725: 1-18 (15 November 2004) 6 plates; 25 references                        Accepted: 28 Oct. 2004
Cyclacanthia n.g. (Demospongiae: Poecilosclerida: Latrunculiidae incertea sedis), a new genus of marine sponges from South African waters, and description of two new species
T. SAMAAI (South Africa), V. GOVENDER (South Africa) & M. KELLY (New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 724: 1-10 (15 November 2004) 4 plates; 16 references                          Accepted: 2 Nov. 2004
A description of Harpinia karamani sp. nov. (Amphipoda: Phoxocephalidae) from the Mediterranean, with a redescription of Harpinia truncata Sars, 1891
R.A. KING (USA)
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Zootaxa 723: 1-6 (15 November 2004) 1 plate; 5 references                            Accepted: 4 Nov. 2004
First record of the genus Pisinna Monterosato, 1878 (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Anabathridae) from the southwest Atlantic, with description of a new species
F.N. SANTOS  & R.S. ABSALÃO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 722: 1-64 (11 November 2004) 1 plate; 211 references                     Accepted: 15 Oct. 2004
The Sarcophagidae (Insecta: Diptera) described by Louis Pandellé
T. PAPE (Denmark)
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Zootaxa 721: 1-12 (11 November 2004) 5 plates; 9 references                       Accepted: 1 Nov. 2004
Three new species of Cumacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from Costa Rica
I. PETRESCU (Romania) & R.W. HEARD (USA)
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Zootaxa 720: 1-28 (11 November 2004) 12 plates; 37 references                      Accepted: 28 Aug. 2004
Revision of the genus Werneria Poche, 1903, including the descriptions of two new species from Cameroon and Gabon (Amphibia: Anura: Bufonidae)
M.-O. RÖDEL (Germany), A. SCHMITZ (Switzerland), O.S.G. PAUWELS (Belgium) & W. BÖHME (Germany)
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Zootaxa 719: 1-10 (11 November 2004) 2 plates; 16 references                       Accepted: 1 Nov. 2004
Two new species of Actinote (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) from Southeastern Brazil
R.B. FRANCINI (Brazil), A.V.L. FREITAS (Brazil) & C. PENZ (USA)
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Zootaxa 718: 1-19 (8 November 2004) 5 plates; 37 references                         Accepted: 28 Oct. 2004
A review of the Neotropical sharpshooter genus Onega Distant, 1908 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Cicadellini)
D.M. TAKIYA  & R.R. CAVICHIOLI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 717: 1-10 (8 November 2004) 4 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 9 Oct. 2004
Two new Brazilian species of Cis Latreille, 1796 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Ciidae)
S.D.S. PINHEIRO DE ALMEIDA & C. LOPES-ANDRADE (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 716: 1-7 (8 November 2004) 2 plates; 7 references                         Accepted: 28 Oct. 2004
Epsilogaster fullertoni, a new species of Epsilogaster Whitfield and Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Mendesellinae) from Florida, USA
K.M. PITZ (USA)
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Zootaxa 715: 1-7 (8 November 2004) 2 plates; 7 references                          Accepted: 26 Oct. 2004
Two new panurgine bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) species from the Near- and Middle East
S. PATINY (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 714: 1-72 (4 November 2004) 33 plates; 80 references                          Accepted: 6 Oct. 2004
New species of Australian Scissurellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) with remarks on Australian and Indo-Malayan species
D.L. GEIGER (USA) & P. JANSEN (Australia)
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Zootaxa 713: 1-47 (4 November 2004) 18 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 2 Oct. 2004
A revision of the Varta-Stymphalus generic complex of the leafhopper tribe Scaphytopiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Old World
C.A. VIRAKTAMATH (India)
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Zootaxa 712: 1-12 (4 November 2004) 2 plates; 46 references                          Accepted: 15 Oct. 2004
Regarding the taxonomic status of Ophyra Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Muscidae): A molecular approach
G. SCHNELL E SCHUEHLI (Brazil), C.B. DE CARVALHO (Brazil) & B.M. WIEGMANN (USA)
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Zootaxa 711: 1-40 (1 November 2004) 18 plates; 12 references                         Accepted: 20 Oct. 2004
Thirteen new species and new distribution records of Helicopsyche (Feropsyche) Johanson from Venezuela (Trichoptera: Helicopsychidae)
K.A. JOHANSON (Sweden) & R.W. HOLZENTHAL (USA)
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Zootaxa 710: 1-8 (1 November 2004) 3 plates; 10 references                          Accepted: 11 Oct. 2004
First occurrence of the genus Paraleucilla (Calcarea, Porifera) in the Atlantic Ocean: P. magna sp. nov.
M. KLAUTAU, L. MONTEIRO & R. BOROJEVIC (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 709: 1-7 (1 November 2004) 4 plates; 6 references                          Accepted: 19 Oct. 2004
Description of two new species of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) from Argentina
M. OLMI (Italy) & E. VIRLA (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 708: 1-11 (29 October 2004) 5 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 21 Oct. 2004
Two new plant feeding mites from Brachiaria ruziziensis in citrus groves in São Paulo, Brazil and new distribution records of other plant mites in Brazil
C.H.W. FLECHTMANN (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 707: 1-12 (29 October 2004) 6 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 19 Oct. 2004
Moema apurinan sp. n. and Aphyolebias boticarioi sp. n. (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae): two new annual killifishes from the Rio Purus basin, Brazilian Amazon
W.J.E.M. COSTA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 706: 1-12 (29 October 2004) 5 plates; 22 references                          Accepted: 7 Oct. 2004
Shell morphometrics of three species of gadilid Scaphopoda (Mollusca) from the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: comparing the discriminating power of primary and secondary descriptors
R.S. ABSALÃO & T.S. DE PAULA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 705: 1-8 (29 October 2004) 7 plates; 1 reference                            Accepted: 15 Oct. 2004
A new species of Passadenoides Neunzig from Wyoming and New Mexico (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae)
C.D. FERRIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 704: 1-20 (29 October 2004) 9 plates; 19 references                         Accepted: 8 Oct. 2004
Steinernema guangdongense sp. n. (Nematoda: Steinernematidae), a new entomopathogenic nematode from southern China with a note on S. serratum (nomen nudum)
L. QIU (P.R. China), Y. FANG (P.R. China), Y. ZHOU (P.R. China), Y. PANG (P.R. China) & K.B. NGUYEN (USA)
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Zootaxa 703: 1-20 (29 October 2004) 7 plates; 21 references                         Accepted: 18 Oct. 2004
Description of Notarius biffi n. sp. and redescription of N. insculptus (Jordan and Gilbert) (Siluriformes: Ariidae) from the eastern Pacific, with evidence of monophyly and limits of Notarius
R. BETANCUR-R. (USA) & A. ACERO P. (Colombia)
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Zootaxa 702: 1-16 (29 October 2004) 8 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 14 Oct. 2004
New Cumacea species (Malacostraca, Peracarida) from the deepwater area of the Sea of Japan (Collections of the 52nd Cruise by the R/V «Vityaz», 1972)
S. VASSILENKO & L. TZAREVA (Russia)
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Zootaxa 701: 1-86 (27 October 2004) 3 9 plates; 22 references                         Accepted: 29 Sept. 2004
Twenty-five new species of Costa Rican Limacodidae (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea)
M.E. EPSTEIN (USA) & J.F. CORRALES (Costa Rica)
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Zootaxa 700: 1-120 (27 October 2004) 51 plates; 102 references                      Accepted: 7 Jul. 2004
The subgenus Stegomyia of Aedes in the Afrotropical Region with keys to the species (Diptera: Culicidae)
Y.-M. HUANG (USA)
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Zootaxa 699: 1-24 (25 October 2004) 9 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 12 Oct. 2004
The genus Xenosciara gen. n. and the phylogeny of the Sciaridae (Diptera) 
P. VILKAMAA (Finland) & H. HIPPA (Sweden)
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Zootaxa 698: 1-4 (25 October 2004)  23 references                                    Accepted: 14 Oct. 2004
New records of Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Argentina
M.C. MELO & M.D.C. COSCARÓN (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 697: 1-5 (25 October 2004) 1 plate; 12 references                          Accepted: 8 Oct. 2004
A new species of Drymusa Simon, 1891 (Araneae, Drymusidae) from Brazil
A.D. BRESCOVIT, A.B. BONALDO & C.A. RHEIMS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 696: 1-8 (25 October 2004) 5 plates; 22 references                      Accepted: 14 Oct. 2004
Rivulus uatuman sp. n. (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae): a new miniature killifish from the central Brazilian Amazon
W.J.E.M. COSTA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 695: 1-70 (25 October 2004) 30 plates; 108 references                      Accepted: 12 Oct. 2004
Further species of the opisthobranch genus Okenia (Nudibranchia: Goniodorididae) from the Indo-West Pacific
W.B. RUDMAN  (Australia)
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Zootaxa 694: 1-22 (21 October 2004) 10 plates; 11 references                      Accepted: 5 Oct. 2004
Revision of the Afrotropical species of the genus Trichodes HERBST, 1792 (Coleoptera, Cleridae)
R. GERSTMEIER & A. HUESMANN  (Germany)
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Zootaxa 693: 1-8 (21 October 2004) 3 plates; 6 references                      Accepted: 11 Oct. 2004
New morphological information on Simulium cerradense adults and new records of black fly species (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the western region of Bahia state, Brazil
N. HAMADA (Brazil), S.L.B LUZ (Brazil) & S. COSCARÓN  (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 692: 1-6 (21 October 2004) 1 plate; 16 references                      Accepted: 2 Oct. 2004
On the identity of an invasive leafhopper on Hawaii (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Nirvaninae)
M.D. WEBB (UK) & C.A. VIRAKTAMATH  (India)
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Zootaxa 691: 1-6 (21 October 2004) 2 plates; 9 references                      Accepted: 11 Oct. 2004
Quill mites (Acari: Syringophilidae) from Aegithalos caudatus (Passeriformes: Aegithalidae)
M. SKORACKI & G. HEBDA  (Poland)
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Zootaxa 690: 1-24 (18 October 2004) 11 plates; 36 references                      Accepted: 30 Sept. 2004
A new early dinosaur (Sauropodomorpha) from the Caturrita Formation (Late Triassic), Paraná Basin, Brazil
L.A. LEAL, S.A.K. AZEVEDO, A.W.A. KELLNER & Á.A.S. DA ROSA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 689: 1-7 (18 October 2004) 2 plates; 7 references                       Accepted: 9 Oct. 2004
Podonomus pepinellii n. sp., first record of the genus and subfamily from Brazil (Diptera: Chironomidae: Podonominae)
F.D.O. ROQUE & S. TRIVINHO-STRIXINO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 688: 1-15 (18 October 2004) 5 plates; 31 references                       Accepted: 4 Oct. 2004
A new species of Scinax (Anura: Hylidae) from rocky montane fields of the Serra do Cipó, Southeastern Brazil
A. PUGLIESE, J.P. POMBAL, Jr. & I. SAZIMA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 687: 1-10 (14 October 2004) 5 plates; 16 references                       Accepted: 26 Sept. 2004
Hydrolagus matallanasi sp. nov. (Holocephali, Chimaeridae) a new species of rabbitfish from southern Brazil
J.M.R. SOTO & C.M. VOOREN (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 686: 1-11 (14 October 2004) 5 plates; 16 references                      Accepted: 30 Sept. 2004
Remylamyctes (Chilopoda: Lithobiomorpha), a henicopid centipede from Madagascar and Réunion
G.D. EDGECOMBE (Australia)
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Zootaxa 685: 1-8 (14 October 2004) 4 plates; 18 references                      Accepted: 24 Sept. 2004
The northern river shark Glyphis sp. C (Carcharhinidae) discovered in Western Australia
D.C. THORBURN & D.L. MORGAN (Australia)
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Zootaxa 684: 1-7 (14 October 2004) 1 plate; 15 references                       Accepted: 1 Oct. 2004
Steringovermes notacanthi n. gen., n. sp. (Digenea: Fellodistomidae) from the deep-sea spiny eel Notacanthus bonaparte (Notacanthiformes: Notacanthidae) from the north eastern Atlantic and a new host record for Olssonium turneri
RODNEY A. BRAY (UK)
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Zootaxa 683: 1-80 (12 October 2004) 31 plates; 73 references                 Accepted: 12 Sept. 2004
A revision of the genus Paratyndaris Fisher, 1919 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Polycestinae)
G.H. NELSON & C.L. BELLAMY (USA)
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Zootaxa 682: 1-1295 (12 October 2004) 4 plates; 3187 references                 Accepted: 20 Jul. 2004
Catalog of Recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
J.K. TUCKER (USA)
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Zootaxa 681: 1-119 (12 October 2004) 34 plates; 93 references                     Accepted: 2 Sept. 2004
Whiteflies of Belize (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Part 1 — introduction and account of the subfamily Aleurodicinae Quaintance & Baker
J.H. MARTIN (UK.)
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Zootaxa 680: 1-314 (12 October 2004) 97 plates; 277 references                     Accepted: 2 Jul. 2004
Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta)
ARNE NYGREN (Sweden.)
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Zootaxa 679: 1-16 (8 October 2004) 4 plates; 4 references                             Accepted: 23 Sept. 2004
New species and notes on Apenesia (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from the Brazilian Amazon
G. O. LANES & C. O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 678: 1-23 (8 October 2004) 5 plates; 35 references                             Accepted: 4 Sept. 2004
Typhlomyrmex meire, a remarkable new species endemic to Southern Bahia, Brazil (Formicidae: Ectatomminae)
S. LACAU (France) C. VILLEMANT (France) & J.H.C. DELABIE (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 677: 1-6 (8 October 2004) 3 plates; 11 references                             Accepted: 15 Sept. 2004
Redescription of Trichogrammatoidea annulata De Santis (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)
R.B. QUERINO & R.A. ZUCCHI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 676: 1-46 (8 October 2004) 28 plates; 19 references                      Accepted: 9 Sept. 2004
Morphology of the prothorax and procoxa in the New World Cryptocephalini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)
M.L. CHAMORRO-LACAYO & A.S. KONSTANTINOV (USA)
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Zootaxa 675: 1-6 (8 October 2004) 16 references                                                Accepted: 24 Sept. 2004
New records of six species of subgenus Sophophora (Drosophila, Drosophilidae) collected in Brazil
J.S. DÖGE, M.S. GOTTSCHALK, D.C. DE TONI, L.E.M. BIZZO, S.C. F. OLIVEIRA, V.L.S. VALENTE & P.R.P. HOFMANN (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 674: 1-14 (6 October 2004)  3 plates; 11 references                          Accepted: 27 Sept. 2004
A new species of the genus Dactylopleustes (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Pleustidae) from Japan, with a partial redescription of D. echinoides Bousfield and Hendrycks, 1995
K. TOMIKAWA (Japan), E.A. HENDRYCKS (Canada) & S.F. MAWATARI (Japan)
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Zootaxa 673: 1-10 (6 October 2004)  5 plates; 6 references                          Accepted: 28 Sept. 2004
Water mite species of the genus Monatractides K. Viets (Acari: Hydrachnidia, Torrenticolidae) from Iran, with the description of two new species
V. PESIC (Serbia and Montenegro) & A. SABOORI (Iran)
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Zootaxa 672: 1-16 (6 October 2004)  9 plates; 1 reference                           Accepted: 24 Sept. 2004
A revision of the Western Australian endemic humicolous beetle genus Tympallopatrum Perkins (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
P.D. PERKINS (USA)
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Zootaxa 671: 1-14 (4 October 2004)  3 plates; 23 references                        Accepted: 18 Sept. 2004
Description of Catumiri n. gen. and three new species (Theraphosidae: Ischnocolinae)
J.P.L. GUADANUCCI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 670: 1-12 (4 October 2004)  4 plates; 35 references                        Accepted: 29 Aug. 2004
Synonymy of the reduviid (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) genus Torrealbaia (Triatominae) with Amphibolus (Harpactorinae), with notes on Amphibolus venator (Klug, 1830)
D. FORERO (USA), C. WEIRAUCH (USA) & M. BAENA (Spain)
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Zootaxa 669: 1-12 (4 October 2004)  5 plates; 5 references                        Accepted: 18 Sept. 2004
Descriptions of the males of two recently described South African Panurginae (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), with updated keys to the African species of Melitturga and Meliturgula
S. PATINY (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 668: 1-8 (4 October 2004)  3 plates; 8 references                        Accepted: 17 Sept. 2004
Description of the females of Oxysoma itambezinho Ramírez and Monapia tandil Ramírez, and their effects on the generic relationships of Gayennini (Araneae, Anyphaenidae, Amaurobioidinae)
M.J. RAMÍREZ, M.J. ANSALDI & A.F. PUGLISI (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 667: 1-14 (1 October 2004)  5 plates; 8 references                        Accepted: 24 Sept. 2004
Revision of the Microserica lineata Moser, 1915-group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)
D. AHRENS (Germany)
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Zootaxa 666: 1-11 (1 October 2004)  3 plates; 10 references                        Accepted: 29 Aug. 2004
Description of a new species of Lauromacromia Geijskes, 1970 (Odonata: Corduliidae) from Southeastern Brazil
A.L. CARVALHO, L.G.V. SALGADO & P.C. WERNECK-DE-CARVALHO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 665: 1-8 (1 October 2004)  6 plates; 9 references                        Accepted: 22 Sept. 2004
First known male of Enicoscolus (Diptera: Bibionidae), with a redescription of E. brachycephalus
D.D.S. AMORIM & L.G. PINTO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 664: 1-8 (1 October 2004) 4 plates; 6 references                      Accepted: 16 Sept. 2004
Pachamama, an uncommon and distinctive new genus of Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from tropical America
A.K. OWEN & J.D. PINTO (USA)
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