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Zootaxa 1103: 1-15 (22 Dec. 2005) 8 plates; 13  references                                 Accepted: 8 Nov. 2005
Male description and generic review of Agyrtolasia Szymczakowski, with key to genera of Agyrtodini (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Camiarinae: Agyrtodini)
A. E. SEAGO (USA)
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Zootaxa 1103: 17-26 (22 Dec. 2005) 3 plates; 19  references                                Accepted: 2 Nov. 2005
Description of a new species, records of five previously unrecorded species, and rediscovery of a lost species in the genus Ancylis Hübner (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) from China
B.-K. BYUN (R. Korea) & S.C. YAN (P. R. China)
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Zootaxa 1103: 27-39 (22 Dec. 2005) 6 plates; 11  references                              Accepted: 20 Oct. 2005
Two new species of the feather mite genus Dicrurobius Mironov, 2001 (Acari: Astigmata: Pteronyssidae) from drongos (Passeriformes: Dicruridae) in Africa
S. V. MIRONOV (Russia) & G. WAUTHY  (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 1103: 41-49 (22 Dec. 2005) 2 plates; 24 references                              Accepted: 30 Nov. 2005
Molecular phylogeny of some genera of Pamphagidae (Acridoidea, Orthoptera) from China based on mitochondrial 16S rDNA sequences
D.-C. ZHANG, X.-J. LI, W.-Q. WANG, H. YIN, Z. YIN & X.-C. YIN  (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1103: 51-64 (22 Dec. 2005) 14 plates; 5 references                             Accepted: 13 Oct. 2005
Revision of the genus Pseudomictis Hsiao and transfer of Pseudomictis quadrispinus to the genus Pternistria Stål (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Mictini)
W.B. ZHU & W.J. BU (P.R. China)
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1102: 1-161 (19 Dec. 2005) 889 references                                         Accepted: 15 Sept. 2005
Catalogue of the superfamily Cancellarioidea Forbes and Hanley, 1851 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia)—2nd edition
R.E. PETIT & M.G. HARASEWYCH (USA)
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1101: 1-119 (19 Dec. 2005) 1 plate; 732 references                          Accepted: 15 Sept. 2005
Catalogue of Recent and fossil taxa of the family Architectonicidae Gray, 1850 (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
R. BIELER & R. E. PETIT (USA)
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1100: 1-151 (19 Dec. 2005) 42 plates; 37 references                          Accepted: 10 Aug. 2005
The Middle American species of Embates Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae)
J. PRENA (Germany)
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1099: 1-120 (19 Dec. 2005) 24  plates; 118 references                          Accepted: 26 Jul. 2005
Taxonomic review of the Tribe Melaenini (Coleoptera: Carabidae), with observations on morphological, ecological and chorological evolution
G. E. BALL & D. SHPELEY (USA)
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1098: 1-116 (19 Dec. 2005) 42 plates; 71 references                            Accepted: 7 Sept. 2005
Whiteflies of Belize (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Part 2— review of the subfamily Aleyrodinae Westwood
J.H. MARTIN (UK)
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1097: 1-60 (16 Dec. 2005) 30 plates; 37 references                              Accepted: 8 Sept. 2005
New giant pill-millipede species from the littoral forest of Madagascar (Diplopoda, Sphaerotheriida, Zoosphaerium)
T. WESENER (Germany) & P. SIERWALD (USA)
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Zootaxa 1096: 1-16 (16 Dec. 2005) 5 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 22 Jun. 2005
Description of two new species of Hetereleotris (Gobiidae) from the south Pacific, with a revised key to species and synonymization of the genus Pascua with Hetereleotris
D. F. HOESE & H. K. LARSON (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1096: 17-28 (16 Dec. 2005) 5 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 29 Nov. 2005
New species and new records of Copris (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Mexico and the United States
S. MCCLEVE
(USA) & B. KOHLMANN (Costa Rica)
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Zootaxa 1096: 29-39 (16 Dec. 2005) 5 plates; 22 references                            Accepted: 21 Oct. 2005
A new species of Jenynsia (Cyprinodontiformes: Anablepidae) from northwestern Argentina and its phylogenetic relationships
G. AGUILERA  & J. M. MIRANDE  (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1096: 41-59 (16 Dec. 2005) 5 plates; 31 references                            Accepted: 31 Oct. 2005
A taxonomic revision of Piezura Rondani (Diptera: Fanniidae)
A. MOORES & J. SAVAGE  (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1096: 61-67 (16 Dec. 2005) 2 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 20 Oct. 2005
A key to adult Amazonian stonefly genera with new geographical records of Enderleina Jewett for Brazil and first description of the E. froehlichi Ribeiro-Ferreira female (Insecta: Plecoptera)
J.M.F. RIBEIRO & J.A. RAFAEL (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1095: 1-60 (13 Dec. 2005) 16 plates; 112 references                            Accepted: 19 Oct. 2005
Species of the genus Munidopsis (Crustacea, Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the deep Atlantic Ocean, including cold-seep and hydrothermal vent areas
E. MACPHERSON (Spain) & M. SEGONZAC (France)
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Zootaxa 1094: 1-23 (13 Dec. 2005) 9 plates; 19 references                                 Accepted: 14 Oct. 2005
Bryconops magoi and Bryconops collettei (Characiformes: Characidae), two new freshwater fish species from Venezuela, with comments on B. caudomaculatus (Gunther)
B. CHERNOFF (USA) & A. MACHADO-ALLISON (Venezuela)
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Zootaxa 1094: 25-40 (13 Dec. 2005) 5 plates; 39 references                               Accepted: 28 Nov. 2005
Ectonocryptoides quadrimeropus, a new centipede genus and species from Jalisco, Mexico; proposal of Ectonocryptopinae, analysis of subfamilial relationships, and a key to subfamilies and genera of the Scolopocryptopidae (Scolopendromorpha)
R. M. SHELLEY & R. MERCURIO (USA)
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Zootaxa 1094: 41-51 (13 Dec. 2005) 1 plate; 15 references                               Accepted: 19 Nov. 2005
A review of the type material of the Southern African genus Stenobasipteron Lichtwardt, 1910 (Diptera: Nemestrinidae),  with transfer of two species to Prosoeca Schiner, 1867
D. A. BARRACLOUGH (S. Africa)
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Zootaxa 1094: 53-64 (13 Dec. 2005) 4 plates; 13 references                                 Accepted: 9 Nov. 2005
Bothrocara nyx: a new species of eelpout (Perciformes: Zoarcidae) from the Bering Sea
DUANE E. STEVENSON (USA)& M. ERIC ANDERSON (S. Africa)
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Zootaxa 1093: 1-24 (8 Dec. 2005) 8 plates; 90 references                                 Accepted: 13 Nov. 2005
The identity of catfishes identified as Mystus cavasius (Hamilton, 1822) (Teleostei: Bagridae), with a description of a new species from Myanmar
P. CHAKRABARTY & H. H. NG (USA)
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Zootaxa 1093: 25-33 (8 Dec. 2005) 3 plates; 16 references                                 Accepted: 8 Oct. 2005
A new species and five new records of the family Echiniscidae (Tardigrada) from China
X.C. LI, L.Z. WANG, Y. LIU & L.N. SU (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1093: 35-43 (8 Dec. 2005) 1 plate; 32 references                                 Accepted:12 Oct. 2005
A simple solution for accurate measuring of long and contorted ovipositors in pinned specimens of Hymenoptera
A. P. AGUIAR (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1093: 45-53 (8 Dec. 2005) 2 plates; 16 references                                 Accepted:13 Oct. 2005
Rhynchelmis aleutensis n. sp. (Clitellata: Lumbriculidae) from Adak Island, Alaska
S. V. FEND (USA)
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Zootaxa 1093: 55-59 (8 Dec. 2005) 2 plates; 7 references                                 Accepted: 8 Oct. 2005
Two new species of phytoseiid mites (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from Cameroon, Central Africa
I. D. ZANNOU (Benin), C. ZUNDEL (Switzerland), R. HANNA (Benin) & GILBERTO JOSE de MORAES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1093: 61-68 (8 Dec. 2005) 3 plates; 8 references                                 Accepted: 13 Oct. 2005
Description of a new Geodipsas snake from northern Madagascar (Squamata: Colubridae)
V. MERCURIO & F. ANDREONE  (Italy)
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Zootaxa 1092: 1-20 (8 Dec. 2005) 10 plates; 31 references                                 Accepted: 8 Oct. 2005
New species of Thyasiridae from a methane seepage area off Concepcion, Chile
P.G. OLIVER (UK)  & J. SELLANES (Chile)
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Zootaxa 1092: 21-30 (8 Dec. 2005) 3 plates; 7 references                                 Accepted: 30 Sept. 2005
Description of a new Batrochoglanis species (Siluriformes, Pseudopimelodidae) from the rio Paraguai basin, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil
O.A. SHIBATTA  & C.S. PAVANELLI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1092: 31-38 (8 Dec. 2005) 2 plates; 22 references                                 Accepted: 3 Sept. 2005
Taxonomic revision of Coleopterodes Philippi (Heteroptera: Tingidae)
S. I. MONTEMAYOR & M. D. C. COSCARON (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1092: 39-45 (8 Dec. 2005) 3 plates; 3 references                                 Accepted: 19 Oct. 2005
Echiniscus taibaiensis sp. nov. and a new record of Echiniscus bisetosus Heinis (Tardigrada, Echiniscidae) from China
L.Z. WANG & X.C. LI  (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1092: 47-63 (8 Dec. 2005) 11 plates; 20 references                             Accepted: 11 Sept. 2005
First record of Sergestes belonging to edwardsii species group (Sergestidae, Crustacea) from the Indian Ocean
F. YOUSUF & Q. B. KAZMI  (Pakistan)
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Zootaxa 1092: 64 (8 Dec. 2005)
News & notices from ICZN
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Zootaxa 1091: 1-26 (5 Dec. 2005) 5 plates; 12 references                                 Accepted: 21 Oct. 2005
New Genera of Neotropical Therevidae (Insecta: Diptera)
DONALD W. WEBB (USA)
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Zootaxa 1091: 27-40 (5 Dec. 2005) 9 plates; 14 references                                 Accepted: 15 Oct. 2005
Two new species of Asphondyliini (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) associated with Bauhinia brevipes (Fabaceae) in Brazil
V. C. MAIA & G. W. FERNANDES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1091: 41-51 (5 Dec. 2005) 3 plates; 12 references                                 Accepted: 25 Oct. 2005
Astacoides hobbsi, a new crayfish (Crustacea: Decapoda: Parastacidae) from Madagascar
C. B. BOYKO (USA), O. R. RAVOAHANGIMALALA (Madagascar), D. RANDRIAMASIMANANA (Madagascar), & T. H. RAZAFINDRAZAKA  (Madagascar)
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Zootaxa 1091: 53-64 (5 Dec. 2005) 1 plate; 46 references                                 Accepted: 11 Oct. 2005
Rumen ciliated protozoa of the Turkish domestic goats (Capra hircus L.)
B. GÖÇMEN, S. RASTGELDI, A. KARAO
GLU & HAKAN ASKAN  (Turkey)
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Zootaxa 1090: 1-34 (2 Dec. 2005) 20 plates; 17 references                                 Accepted: 10 Oct. 2005
A review of the genus Micropagurus (Crustacea Decapoda Anomura Paguridae)
AKIRA ASAKURA (Japan)
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Zootaxa 1090: 35-49 (2 Dec. 2005) 2 plates; 11 references                                 Accepted: 12 Oct. 2005
A review of the Romanian Halticoptera Spinola (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae), with description of three new species
M.-D. MITROIU (Romania)
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Zootaxa 1090: 51-64 (2 Dec. 2005) 5 plates; 13 references                                 Accepted: 6 Oct. 2005
Draconema brasiliensis and Draconema fluminensis (Chromadorida, Draconematidae): two new species of free living nematodes from a rocky shore affected by upwelling on the Brazilian coast
V. VENEKEY, L. M. LAGE & V. DA FONSECA-GENEVOIS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1089: 1-36 (2 Dec. 2005) 1 plate; 86 references                                    Accepted: 2 Nov. 2005
Some new synonyms in Aphididae (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha)
V. F. EASTOP & R. L. BLACKMAN (UK)
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Zootaxa 1089: 37-47 (2 Dec. 2005) 5 plates; 8 references                                 Accepted: 5 Oct. 2005
A new genus and species of Hoplapoderini from Madagascar (Coleoptera: Attelabidae: Apoderinae)
S. BIONDI (Italy)
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Zootaxa 1089: 49-56 (2 Dec. 2005) 4 plates; 11 references                                Accepted: 20 Oct. 2005
A new genus and species of Trombidiinae (Acari: Trombidiidae) described from larvae ectoparasitic on aphid from Iran
A. SABOORI, M. BAGHERI, K.H. IRANI-NEJAD, K. KAMALI  & M. KHANJANI  (Iran)
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Zootaxa 1089: 57-63 (2 Dec. 2005) 2 plates; 9 references                                 Accepted: 8 Oct. 2005
Charybdis moretonensis Rees & Stephenson, 1966, a junior synonym of Charybdis granulata (de Haan, 1833) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)
S.T. AHYONG  & T. LEE (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1089: 64 (2 Dec. 2005)  4 references                                                      Accepted: 10  Oct. 2005
Pagurodofleinia, a replacement generic name for Dofleinia McLaughlin & Asakura, 2004 (Crustacea: Decapoda), preoccupied by Dofleinia Wassilieff, 1908 (Cnidaria: Anthozoa)
AKIRA ASAKURA
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Zootaxa 1088: 1-10 (29 Nov. 2005) 4 plates; 5 references                                 Accepted: 29 Aug. 2005
Notes on Geraecormobius clavifemur (Mello-Leitão, 1927) and description of Geraecormobius reitzi n. sp. (Arachnida: Opiliones: Gonyleptidae)
EDUARDO G. VASCONCELOS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1088: 11-16 (29 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 5 references                                 Accepted:  9 Aug. 2005
Description of a new genus of Nemesiidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae) from the Brazilian Cerrado
R. P. INDICATTI  & S. M. LUCAS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1088: 17-24 (29 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 9 references                               Accepted: 6 Oct. 2005
A new species of Plectromerus Haldeman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Dominican amber with notes on the fossil Plectromerus tertiarius Vitali 
E. H. NEARNS & M. A. BRANHAM (USA)
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Zootaxa 1088: 25-32 (29 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 20 references                            Accepted:  20 Sept. 2005
First report of Aethaloptera dispar Brauer 1875 (Trichoptera: Hydropsychidae) from Ile-Ife, southwestern Nigeria, West Africa
S. S. OGBOGU (Nigeria)
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Zootaxa 1088: 33-43 (29 Nov. 2005) 1 plate; 21 references                            Accepted:  19 Oct. 2005
A new species of Vaejovis (Scorpiones: Vaejovidae) from Coahuila and Nuevo Leon, and a key to the vaejovid species from northeastern and north-central Mexico
W. DAVID SISSOM  & BRENT E. HENDRIXSON  (USA)
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Zootaxa 1088: 45-53 (29 Nov. 2005) 4 plates; 15 references                            Accepted:  18 Oct. 2005
Two new species and new records of caddisflies (Insecta: Trichoptera) from the Far East of Russia
T. I. AREFINA (Russia)
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Zootaxa 1088: 55-59 (29 Nov. 2005) 1 plate; 5 references                            Accepted:  23 Oct. 2005
Synopsis of the genus Erythropterus Melzer, 1934 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Heteropsini)
D. S. NAPP & M. A. MONNE  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1088: 60 (29 Nov. 2005) 1 plate
Erratum
: MASUMOTO, M. & OKAJIMA, S. (2005) in Zootaxa 1082
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Zootaxa 1087: 1-31 (29 Nov. 2005) 15 plates; 26 references                                Accepted: 6 Oct. 2005
Cumaceans (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the Persian Gulf
J. CORBERA, P. TIRADO & D. MARTIN (Spain)
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Zootaxa 1087: 33-38 (29 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 6 references                               Accepted: 25 Oct. 2005
Basilia quadrosae sp. nov. (Diptera: Nycteribiidae), member of the ferruginea group, from Southern Brazil
G. GRACIOLLI  & M. O. MOURA  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1087: 39-44 (29 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 19 Oct. 2005
A new species of Biemna Gray, 1867 (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida) from the north coast of Brazil
B. MOTHES (Brazil), M. CAMPOS (Brazil) , C. LERNER (Brazil), J. L. CARRARO (Brazil) & R. W.M. VAN SOEST (The Netherlands)
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Zootaxa 1087: 45-52 (29 Nov. 2005) 4 plates; 4 references                              Accepted: 16 Aug. 2005
A new species of Metavononoides from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Arachnida: Opiliones: Cosmetidae)
C. P. FERREIRA, D. R. PEDROSO  & A. B. KURY  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1087: 53-58 (29 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 25 references                              Accepted: 31 Oct. 2005
New record of Tettigarctidae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous of Brazil
F. MENON (UK)
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Zootaxa 1087: 59-64 (29 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 7 Oct. 2005
A new species of Schwenckfeldina (Diptera: Sciaridae) from Japan
M. SUTOU (Japan)
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Zootaxa 1086: 1-24 (25 Nov. 2005) 8 plates; 41 references                                Accepted: 18 Oct. 2005
A review of the genus Cryptotendipes Lenz (Diptera: Chironomidae) from China
C.C. YAN, H.Q. TANG & X.H. WANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1086: 25-36 (25 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 46 references                                Accepted: 19 Oct. 2005
On the morphology and distribution of Dipolydora giardi and status of D. trilobata (Annelida: Spionidae)
V. I. RADASHEVSKY (Russia) & M. E. PETERSEN (Denmark)
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Zootaxa 1086: 37-46 (25 Nov. 2005) 19 references                                                  Accepted: 8 Nov. 2005
On Euconnus (Napochus) campestris Schaufuss and its synonymy (Coleoptera: Scydmaenidae)
H. MEYBOHM  (Germany) & S. VIT (Switzerland)
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Zootaxa 1086: 47-64 (25 Nov. 2005) 41 references                                               Accepted: 11 Aug. 2005
Name-bearing Types of Neuropterida (Insecta) in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh
A. E. WHITTINGTON (UK)
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Zootaxa 1085: 1-19 (22 Nov. 2005) 7 plates; 9 references                                Accepted: 6 Oct. 2005
New species of the genus Collettea Lang, 1973 (Peracarida: Tanaidacea, Colletteidae) from the Antarctic
M. BLAZEWICZ-PASZKOWYCZ (Poland) & K. LARSEN (Denmark)
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Zootaxa 1085: 21-32 (22 Nov. 2005) 4 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 18 Oct. 2005
Xenosellidae, a new family of Janiroidea (Asellota: Isopoda: Crustacea), for Xenosella coxospinosa gen. nov., sp. nov., from the marine bathyal of eastern Australia
J. JUST (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1085: 33-45 (22 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 36 references                            Accepted: 5 Oct. 2005
Symsagittifera smaragdina sp. nov.: A new acoel (Acoela: Acoelomorpha) from the Mediterranean Sea
J. G. ACHATZ, R. GSCHWENTNER, R. RIEGER (Austria)
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Zootaxa 1085: 47-60 (22 Nov. 2005) 7 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 10 Oct. 2005
A new species of the mealybug genus Rastrococcus Ferris (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Pseudococcidae) from New Zealand
D.J.WILLIAMS (UK) & R.C. HENDERSON (New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 1084: 1-30 (22 Nov. 2005) 6 plates; 76 references                            Accepted: 10 Oct. 2005
Two new species of jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida) from tropical Western Australia, presumed to cause Irukandji Syndrome
L.-A. GERSHWIN (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1084: 31-41 (22 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 1 Nov. 2005
Notes on the type species of the subgenera Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) and P. (Amphipedia) (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini)
A. J. C. AGUIAR  & G. A. R. MELO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1084: 43-48 (22 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 1 reference                            Accepted: 10 Aug. 2005
Corrections of the original description of the genus Caiganga and description of the female of Caiganga antennata Carvalho & Becker, 1957 (Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae)
P. S. F. FERREIRA, F. F. SALLES, L. G. DIAS, & L. A. COELHO  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1084: 49-57 (22 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 23 Sept. 2005
Achaeta becki sp. nov. (Oligochaeta: Enchytraeidae) from Amazonian forest soils
R. M. SCHMELZ & R. COLLADO  (Spain)
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Zootaxa 1084: 59-64 (22 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 2 Nov. 2005
A new species of Arctodiamesa Makarchenko (Diptera: Chironomidae: Diamesinae) from the Russian Far East, with a key to known species of the genus
EUGENYI A. MAKARCHENKO  (Russia)
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Zootaxa 1083: 1-35 (18 Nov. 2005) 17 plates; 35 references                            Accepted: 12 Sept. 2005
New species and new occurrences of Copidognathus (Acari, Halacaridae) from the northern littoral zone of São Paulo State (Brazil)
A. R. PEPATO  & C. G. TIAGO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1083: 37-62 (18 Nov. 2005) 6 plates; 35 references                            Accepted: 11 Oct. 2005
Two new species of Paguristes sensu stricto (Decapoda: Anomura: Paguroidea: Diogenidae) and a review of Paguristes pusillus Henderson
P. A. MCLAUGHLIN (USA) & D. RAHAYU (Indonesia)
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Zootaxa 1083: 63-68 (18 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 12 Oct. 2005
Two new species of Amphinemura (Plecoptera: Nemouridae) from Sichuan, China
W.H. LI & D. YANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1082: 1-27 (18 Nov. 2005) 11 plates; 24 references                             Accepted: 22 Sept. 2005
Trichromothrips Priesner (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) of Japan and Taiwan, with descriptions of four new species and a review of the Trichromothrips group of genera
M. MASUMOTO & S. OKAJIMA (Japan)
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Zootaxa 1082: 29-35 (18 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 24 Jun. 2005
First record of the genus Rhopaltriplasia Diakonoff from China, with description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae)
H.L. YU & H.H. LI (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1082: 37-44 (18 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 34 references                             Accepted: 6 Oct. 2005
Scanning electron microscopy of Chordodes moutoni Camerano, 1895 (Gordiida, Nematomorpha)
F. ZANCA & C. DE VILLALOBOS (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1082: 45-55 (18 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 25 references                             Accepted: 29 Sept. 2005
Nomenclatural changes in Neotropical Eulophidae, Eupelmidae and Torymidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) relating to parasitoids of Cecidoses eremita (Lepidoptera: Cecidosidae)
R.A. BURKS (USA), G.A.P. GIBSON (Canada) & J. LA SALLE (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1082: 57-64 (18 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 12 references                             Accepted: 11 Oct. 2005
New species of Ceroprepes Zeller (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Phycitinae), with a key to Chinese species
Y.L. DU, S.M. SONG & D. YANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1081: 1-31 (15 Nov. 2005) 16 plates; 22 references                              Accepted: 15 Sept. 2005
Tanacetipathes Opresko, 2001 (Cnidaria: Antipatharia: Myriopathidae) from Brazil, including two new species
L. L. LOIOLA & C. B. CASTRO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1081: 33-46 (15 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 16 references                        Accepted: 8 Sept. 2005
Neotropical Meliponini: Paratrigonoides mayri, new genus and species from western Colombia (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae) and phylogeny of related genera
J. M. F. CAMARGO (Brazil & D. W. ROUBIK (Panama)
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Zootaxa 1081: 47-59 (15 Nov. 2005) 6 plates; 11 references                        Accepted: 10 Jul. 2005
Description of two leaf-miner larvae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from the Brazilian Atlantic forest
S. A. CASARI & J. M. QUEIROZ (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1081: 61-68 (15 Nov. 2005) 7 plates; 11 references                        Accepted: 14 Oct. 2005
A new species of Pterodectes Robin, 1877 (Proctophyllodidae: Pterodectinae) from the pale-breasted thrush, Turdus leucomelas (Passeriformes: Turdidae)
F. A. HERNANDES & M. P. VALIM  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1080: 1-16 (15 Nov. 2005) 5 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 27 Sept. 2005
Two new species of Neodactria Landry (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Crambinae) from the United States of America
B. LANDRY (Switzerland) & R. L. BROWN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1080: 17-31 (15 Nov. 2005) 4 plates;  9 references                              Accepted: 30 Sept. 2005
Six new species of Pseudotremia from caves of the Tennessee Cumberland Plateau (Diplopoda: Chordeumatida: Cleidogonidae)
J. J. LEWIS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1080: 33-38 (15 Nov. 2005) 3 plates;  5 references                              Accepted: 30 Sept. 2005
A new species of Tardigrada Bryodelphax brevidentatus sp. nov. (Heterotardigrada: Echiniscidae) from China (Asia)
L. KACZMAREK (Poland) , L. MICHALCZYK (UK) & P. DEGMA (Slovakia)
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Zootaxa 1080: 39-64 (15 Nov. 2005) 9 plates;  36 references                            Accepted: 30 Sept. 2005
Revision of the South American freshwater genus Plagioscion (Teleostei, Perciformes, Sciaenidae)
L. CASATTI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1079: 1-9 (11 Nov. 2005) 1 plate;  31 references                              Accepted: 6 Aug. 2005
Description of a new species of Chinaia Bruner & Metcalf (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Neocoelidiinae) and a redescription of the genus
A. P. MARQUES-COSTA  & R. R. CAVICHIOLI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1079: 11-64 (11 Nov. 2005) 15 plates; 139 references                      Accepted: 25 Sept. 2005
Predatory mites from crops and pastures in South Africa: potential natural enemies of redlegged earth mite Halotydeus destructor (Acari: Penthaleidae)
R. B. HALLIDAY (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1078: 1-24 (7 Nov. 2005) 5 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 4 Oct. 2005
A revision of the Oocyclus Sharp of Thailand with description of six new species (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
A. E. Z. SHORT & A. P. SWANSON (USA)
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Zootaxa 1078: 25-32 (7 Nov. 2005) 38 references                                             Accepted: 29 Sept. 2005
Sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Pernambuco State, northeastern Brazil: The presence of species incriminated as vectors of cutaneous leishmaniasis in the Amazon region
V. Q. BALBINO, M. S. ANDRADE, I. COUTINHO-ABREU, I. V. SONODA, C. B. MARCONDES, J. J. SHAW & S. P. BRANDAO-FILHO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1078: 33-40 (7 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 9 references                                 Accepted: 17 Oct. 2005
Myriotrochus (Oligotrochus) meteorensis spec. nov., a new myriotrochid holothurian from the deep-sea off NW Africa (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Myriotrochidae)
J. M. BOHN (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1078: 41-58 (7 Nov. 2005) 5 plates; 15 references                               Accepted: 21 Sept. 2005
A new genus and five new species of Eriophyoidea (Prostigmata) associated with palm trees from Brazilian Amazon
D. NAVIA  & C. H. W. FLECHTMANN (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1078: 59-64 (7 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 15 references                               Accepted: 27 Jul. 2005
Leuctra klapperichi, a new stonefly species (Plecoptera: Leuctridae) from Iran with geographic affinities of related species 
D. MURANYI
(Hungary)
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Zootaxa 1077: 1-23 (7 Nov. 2005) 4 plates; 46 references                              Accepted: 26 Sept. 2005
Sipunculans from the coast of northern Cyprus (eastern Mediterranean Sea)
S. AÇIK (Turkey), G. V. MURINA (Ukraine), M. E. ÇINAR (Turkey) & Z. ERGEN (Turkey)
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Zootaxa 1077: 25-36 (7 Nov. 2005) 4 plates; 32 references                              Accepted: 21 Jun. 2005
The internal male and female reproductive apparatus in Cixidia sikaniae D'Urso & Guglielmino, 1995 (Fulgoromorpha, Achilidae)
V. D'URSO, A. GUGLIELMINO & A. MAUCERI (Italy)
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Zootaxa 1077: 37-49 (7 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 23 Sept. 2005
Description of a new species of weasel shark, Hemigaleus australiensis n. sp. (Carcharhiniformes: Hemigaleidae) from Australian waters
W. T. WHITE (Australia), P. R. LAST (Australia)  & L.J.V. COMPAGNO (S. Africa)
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Zootaxa 1077: 51-60 (7 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 16 Aug. 2005
Three new monotypic genera of Epipsocidae (Psocoptera) from Peru and Brazil
A. N. G. ALDRETE (Mexico)
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1076: 1-62 (4 Nov. 2005) 8 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 27 Sept. 2005
Taxonomic revision of the genus Anomalophylla Reitter, 1887 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini)
D. AHRENS (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1075: 1-40 (4 Nov. 2005) 13 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 16 Sept. 2005
Fistulococcus, a new genus of soft scale insect (Sternorrhyncha, Coccidae) proposed for two new species from Hong Kong and Papua New Guinea
C. J. HODGSON  & J. H. MARTIN (UK)
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Zootaxa 1075: 41-53 (4 Nov. 2005) 5 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 29 Sept. 2005
Notes on a new marine peritrichous ciliate (Ciliophora: Peritrichida), Zoothamnium xuianum n. sp., with redescription of Z. paraentzii Song, 1991 from northern China
P. SUN, D.D. JI & W.B. SONG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1075: 55-68 (4 Nov. 2005) 5 plates; 29 references                             Accepted: 9 Sept. 2005
Remarks on Macrobiotus furciger Murray, 1906 and description of three new species of the furciger group (Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae)
M. G. BINDA, G. PILATO & O. LISI (Italy)
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1074: 1-66 (1 Nov. 2005) 21 plates; 49 references                              Accepted: 15 Aug. 2005
A radiation of hydrobiid snails in the caves and streams at Precipitous Bluff, southwest Tasmania, Australia (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea: Hydrobiidae s.l.)
W. F. PONDER, S. A. CLARK, S. EBERHARD & J. B. STUDDERT (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1073: 1-29 (1 Nov. 2005) 113 references                                                  Accepted: 8 Sept. 2005
Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the genus Agrilus Curtis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilini)
E. JENDEK (Slovakia)
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Zootaxa 1073: 31-35 (1 Nov. 2005) 1 plate; 7 references                                    Accepted: 10 Sept. 2005
Rediscovery and redescription of the Malagasy dwarf gecko Lygodactylus klemmeri
M. PUENTE (Spain), A.P. RASELIMANANA (Madagascar) & M. VENCES (The Netherlands)
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Zootaxa 1073: 37-60 (1 Nov. 2005) 51 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 9 Sept. 2005
An illustrated key to the species of Trichogramma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) of Brazil
R.B. QUERINO & R.A.ZUCCHI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1072: 1-25 (28 Oct. 2005) 67 references                                                  Accepted: 8 Oct. 2005
The type specimens of Paradisaeidae, Cnemophilidae and Ptilonorhynchidae (Aves) in the Museum für Naturkunde of the Humboldt-University of Berlin
F. D. STEINHEIMER (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1072: 27-33 (28 Oct. 2005) 3 plates; 16 references                            Accepted: 31 Aug. 2005
Additions to the ichthyofauna of the Tristan da Cunha Group, South Atlantic Ocean
M. E. ANDERSON (South Africa), D. L. STEIN (USA) & H. W. DETRICH (USA)
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Zootaxa 1072: 35-42 (28 Oct. 2005) 4 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 27 Jul. 2005
The tadpole of Physalaemus soaresi Izecksohn, 1965 (Anura: Leptodactylidae), with comments on taxonomy, reproductive behavior, and vocalizations
LUIZ NORBERTO WEBER, SERGIO POTSCH DE CARVALHO-E-SILVA & LUIZ PEDREIRA GONZAGA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1072: 43-60 (28 Oct. 2005) 1 plate; 55 references                            Accepted: 17 Aug. 2005
A checklist of the freshwater ichthyofauna from El Petén and Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, with notes for its conservation and management
M. E. VALDEZ-MORENO, J. POOL-CANUL & S. CONTRERAS-BALDERAS (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 1071: 1-18 (28 Oct. 2005) 4 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 2 Sept. 2005
Revision of Telotrema Ozaki, 1933 (Digenea: Gyliauchenidae Fukui, 1929), including the description of a new species from an acanthurid fish from the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia
K. A. HALL (Japan) & T. H. CRIBB (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1071: 19-38 (28 Oct. 2005) 13 plates; 15 references                             Accepted: 5 Sept. 2005
Two new species of Ostracoda from hydrothermal vents of Riftia pachyptila aggregations on the East Pacific Rise (Halocypridina; Cladocopina)
LOUIS S. KORNICKER & ELIZABETH HARRISON-NELSON (USA)
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Zootaxa 1071: 39-45 (28 Oct. 2005) 3 plates; 6 references                           Accepted: 10 Sept. 2005
Tractolira delli, a new Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) from the abyssal plains off Antarctica
J.H. LEAL  & M.G. HARASEWYCH (USA)
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Zootaxa 1071: 47-60 (28 Oct. 2005) 5 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 26 Sept. 2005
Biacanthus pleuronichthydis (Yamaguti, 1939) gen. n., comb. n. (Copepoda: Taeniacanthidae), an ectoparasite of flatfishes from Japanese waters
D. TANG (Australia) & K. IZAWA  (Japan)
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Zootaxa 1070: 1-30 (25 Oct. 2005) 13 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 11 Aug. 2005
Redescription of Chone americana Day, 1973 (Polychaeta: Sabellidae) and description of five new species from the Grand Caribbean Region
M. A. TOVAR-HERNANDEZ (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 1070: 31-42 (25 Oct. 2005) 6 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 9 Sept. 2005
Two new species of the mesopelagic isopod genus Syscenus Harger, 1880 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Aegidae) from the southwestern Pacific 
N. L. BRUCE
(New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 1070: 43-47 (25 Oct. 2005) 2 plates; 3 references                             Accepted: 11 Oct. 2005
A new species of Agathirsia Westwood (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) from Mexico
M. J. SHARKEY  (USA)
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Zootaxa 1070: 49-60 (25 Oct. 2005) 5 plates; 9 references                             Accepted: 2 Sept. 2005
Redescription of Paromius procerulus (Berg) (new combination) (Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae: Myodochini), and description of eggs and immature stages
P. M. DELLAPÉ (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1069: 1-32 (25 Oct. 2005) 5 plates; 33 references                           Accepted: 19 Sept. 2005
Molecular systematics and geographical distribution of the Drosophila longicornis species complex (Diptera: Drosophilidae)
D. C. S. G. OLIVEIRA, P. M. O'GRADY, W. J. ETGES, W. B. HEED  & R. DeSALLE (USA)
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Zootaxa 1069: 33-45 (25 Oct. 2005) 2 plates; 32 references                           Accepted: 6 Jun. 2005
A new species of Tapinocyba (Araneae, Linyphiidae) with a redescription of Tapinocy