May 2008

16/05/08 During the week of  12 May to 16 May 2008, 12 articles and 3 correspondences on  Acari, Mollusca, Myriapoda, Mammalia, Pisces and insects (Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Hymenoptera, Orthoptera, Collembola, Isoptera, Plecoptera, Odonata ) with a total of 272 pages were published by 37 authors representing 15 countries from N. & S. America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
09/05/08 During the week of  5 May to 9 May 2008, 15 articles, 1 Monograph and 4 correspondences on  Crustacea, Acari, Reptilia, Mollusca, Nematoda, Coelenterata, Myriapoda and insects (Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Phthiraptera, Trichoptera, Hymenoptera, Orthoptera, Collembola, Psocoptera ) with a total of 347 pages were published by 42 authors representing 16 countries from N. & S. America, Europe, Asia and Australaisa.
02/05/08 During the week of  28 April to 2 May 2008, 21 articles and 1 correspondence on  Crustacea, Acari, Araneae, Mammalia, Tardigrada, Reptilia, Echinodermata, Pisces, Amphibia and insects (Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera ) with a total of 340 pages were published by 48 authors representing 18 countries from N. & S. America, Europe, Asia and Australaisa.

April 2008

28/04/08 The number of Zootaxa authors from Australia  has exceeded 200!
24/04/08 During the week of  21 April to 24 April 2008, 14 articles and 2 correspondences on  Crustacea, Acari, Araneae, Mammalia and insects (Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Plecoptera, Orthoptera, Collembola ) with a total of 272 pages were published by 31 authors representing 10 countries from N. & S. America, Europe, Asia.
18/04/08 During the week of  14 April to 18 April 2008, 20 articles, 1 monograph and 3 correspondences on  Crustacea, Reptilia, Coelenterata, Porifera, Acari, Araneae, Rotifera, Mollusca and insects (Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Lepidoptera, Phasmatodea, Thysanoptera, Mecoptera) with a total of 336 pages were published by 58 authors representing 16 countries from N. & S. America, Europe, Asia and Australaisa.
11/04/08 During the week of  7 April to 11 April 2008, 30 articles and 4 correspondences on Pisces, Crustacea, Protozoa, Aves, Myriapoda, Scorpione , Reptilia, Coelenterata, Ascidiacea, Opiliones, Porifera, Annelida, Acari, Araneae and insects (Hymenoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Collembola, Lepidoptera,) with a total of 408 pages were published by 92 authors representing 20 countries from N. & S. America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australaisa.
04/04/08 During the week of  31 March to 4 April 2008, 19 articles, 4 monographes and 2 correspondences on Pisces, Brachiopoda,  Crustacea, Platyhelminthes, and insects (Hymenoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera, Phthiraptera, Hemiptera) with a total of 775 pages were published by 62 authors representing 16 countries from N. & S. America, Europe and Asia.

March 2008

28/03/08 During the week of  25 March to 28 March 2008, 17 articles and 5 correspondences on Pisces, Tardigrada, Crustacea Platyhelminthes, Acari, and insects (Hymenoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera, Collembola, Orthoptera, Trichoptera, Lepidoptera, Hemiptera) with a total of 272 pages were published by 48 authors representing 15 countries from N. & S. America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
20/03/08 During the week of  17 March to 20 March 2008, 12 articles and 2 correspondences on Pisces, Nematoda, Reptilia, Platyhelminthes, Acari, and insects (Hymenoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera,Collembola, Hemiptera) with a total of 204 pages were published by 32 authors representing 14 countries from N. & S. America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
14/03/08 During the week of  10 March to 14 March 2008, 27 articles on Pisces, Aves, Crustacea, Acari, and insects (Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera, Embioptera, Ephemeroptera, Protura, Hemiptera, ) with a total of 340 pages were published by 66 authors representing 13 countries from N. & S. America, Europe and Asia.
07/03/08 During the week of  3 March to 7 March 2008, 19 articles, 1 monograph and 3 correspondences, on Pisces, Reptilia, Araneae, Platyhelminthes, Mammalia, Crustacea, Acari, Porifera, Annelida, Echinodermata and insects (Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera, Blattodea, ) with a total of 401 pages were published by 52 authors representing 14 countries from N. & S. America, Europe, Asia and Australaisa.
05/03/08 The number of pages published in Zootaxa  has exceeded 80,000!

February 2008

29/02/08 During the week of  25 February to 29 February 2008, 23 articles and 3 Correspondences, on Pisces, Reptilia, and insects (Hymenoptera, Orthoptera, Lepidoptera, Hemiptera, Thysanoptera, Collembola, Diptera, Coleoptera, Mantodea ) with a total of 340 pages were published by 58 authors representing 17 countries from N. & S. America, Europe, Asia and Australaisa.
22/02/08 During the week of  18 February to 22 February 2008, 11 articles and 4 monographs, on Reptilia, Crustacea, Annelida, Myriapoda, Pisces, Coelenterata, Platyhelminthes and insects (Blattodea, Hymenoptera, Trichoptera ) with a total of 627 pages were published by 31 authors representing 13 countries from N. & S. America, Europe, Asia and Australaisa.
15/02/08 During the week of  11 February to 15 February 2008, 19 articles, on Reptilia, Crustacea, Protozoa, and insects (Collembola, Phasmatodea, Phthiraptera, Orthoptera, Diptera, Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Odonata ) with a total of 272 pages were published by 57 authors representing 14 countries from N. & S. America, Europe, Asia and Australaisa.
08/02/08 During the week of  4 February to 8 February 2008, 11 articles, 1 monograph  and 1 correspondence on Amphibia, Reptilia, Acari, Platyhelminthes, Araneae, Ricinulei, Echinodermata and insects (Hymenoptera) with a total of 268 pages were published by 51 authors representing 16 countries from N. & S. America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
01/02/08 The cybertaxonomy exemplar paper by Pyle et al. (2008: 3-31) received 12559 hits during the first month of its publication. In other words, there is an average of 405 hits every day, which is a record for papers in Zootaxa.
01/02/08 During the week of  28 January to 1 February 2008, 24 articles  and 1 correspondence on Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Acari, Crustacea, Pseudoscorpiones, Tardigrada, Porifera, Myriapoda, Platyhelminthes, Annelida, Araneae, and insects (Hemiptera, Odonata, Diptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera) with a total of 408 pages were published by 56 authors representing 19 countries from N. & S. America, Europe, Asia and Australaisa.

January 2008

31/01/08 The number of new taxa described in Zootaxa has exceeded 7000!
30/01/08 Dr  Gustavo Hormiga (hormiga@gwu.edu) of The George Washington University (USA) has joined Zootaxa as editor for Araneae, Orbiculariae.
25/01/08 During the week of  21 January to 25 January 2008, 22 articles, 1 monograph and 3 correspondences on Protozoa, Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia, Acari, Opiliones, Crustacea, Pycnogonida, and insects (Hemiptera, Plecoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera) with a total of 302 pages were published by 64 authors representing 21 countries from N. & S. America, Europe, Asia and Africa
16/01/08 Dr Tom Goldschmidt (tomgoldschmidt@web.de) of University of Karlsruhe (Germany) has joined Zootaxa as editor for Acari (water mites). Dr Hans Klompen of Ohio State University (USA) has resigned his editorship for Acari (Parasitiformes).
14/01/08 The number of Zootaxa authors has exceeded 4000! 
14/01/08 From 2008, papers are grouped into issues based on if they are about insects or other animals.  As a result, institutions can now subscribe to entomological issues or non-entomological issues.  A library for marine biology, for example, can now have a standing order to issues on animals excluding insects and thus save nearly 50%.  See more information here.
11/01/08 During the week of  7 January to 11 January 2008, 19 articles and 1 correspondence on Pisces, Amphibia, Mollusca, Crustacea, and insects (Diptera, Hemiptera) with a total of 202 pages were published by 21 authors representing 10 countries from N. & S. America, Europe and Australaisa.
09/01/08 The cybertaxonomy exemplar paper by Pyle et al. (2008: 3-31) received 6742 hits during the first week of its publication.
04/01/08 During the week of  1 January to 4 January 2008, 8 articles on Pisces, Annelida, Crustacea, and insects (Diptera, Hemiptera) with a total of 202 pages were published by 21 authors representing 10 countries from N. & S. America, Europe and Australaisa.
04/01/08 Dr  John  Morse (jmorse@clemson.edu) of Clemson University (USA) has joined Zootaxa as editor for Trichoptera.
02/01/08 The cybertaxonomy exemplar paper by Pyle et al. (2008: 3-31) received 1747 hits on its first day of publication.
01/01/08 January 1, 2008 marks the 250th anniversary of the official publication date of Systema Naturae (Linnaeus 1758) and the beginning of zoological taxonomy. An editorial introduces an exemplar paper by Pyle et al. (2008: 3-31) who described five new species of damselfish (Chromis) from deep coral reefs in the tropical western Pacific. This is the first taxonomic paper integrating many of the most recent cybertaxonomic tools with species descriptions and demonstrating the utility of international standards for biodiversity informatics.

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