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Chief Editor & Founder
Zhang, Z.-Q.  (zhangz@landcareresearch.co.nz)
New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, 231 Morrin Road, St. Johns, Auckland 1072, New Zealand; phone 0064-9-5744110; Fax 5744101

Editors for Major Zootaxa/Subject Areas
Adams, Byron J. (ztnemepneditor@gmail.com) Nematoda: entomopathogenic
Microbiology and Molecular Biology Dept., 775 WIDB, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602-5253, USA
Ahyong,  Shane T. (s.ahyong@niwa.co.nz) Crustacea: Anomura & Stomatopoda
Marine Biodiversity and Biosecurity, NIWA, Private Bag 14901, Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand
Alderslade, Phil (phil@alderslade.net) Coelenterata: Octocorallia
PO Box 211 Margate Tasmania Australia 7054
Amrine, James W. (
jamrine@wvu.edu) Acari: Eriophyoidea
Division of Plant and Soil Sciences, PO Box 6108 West Virginia University Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
Andersen,
Trond  (trond.andersen@zmb.uib.no
) Diptera: Nematocera (Chironomidae)
The Natural History Collections Bergen Museum Muséplass 3 N-5020 Bergen NORWAY 

Baehr, Barbara (BarbarB@qm.qld.gov.au)
Araneae: Entelegynae reliquae
Biodiversity, Arachnology, Queensland Museum, South Bank, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane Qld 4101, Australia 

Bamber, Roger (rnb@nhm.ac.uk) Pycnogonida
Environment: Coastal & Marine, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road
London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom
Beasley, C.W. (beasleyc@mcmurryadm.mcm.edu) Tardigrada
Department of Biology, McMurry University, Abilene, Texas 79697, U.S.A.
Bellamy, C.L. (cbellamy@cdfa.ca.gov) BUPRESTOIDEA 
Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Dept. of Food & Agriculture, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento CA 95832-1448 USA
Bickel, D.J. (danb@austmus.gov.auInsecta: Diptera, Acalyptratae
Australian Museum, 6-8 College Street Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
Bieler, Rüdiger (bieler@fieldmuseum.org) Mollusca: Bivalvia and shelled heterobranchs
Field Museum of Natural History, Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605-2496, USA.
Brown, J.W.
(John.Brown@ars.usda.gov) Lepidoptera
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, PSI, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, c/o National Museum of Natural History, MRC 168 Washington, DC 20560, U.S.A.
Brunetti, R. (brunetti@mail.bio.unipd.it) Ascidicea
Department of Biology, University of Padua (Italy), Via U. Bassi 58/b, 35131 Padova Italy
Buffington, Matt L. (matt.buffington@ars.usda.gov) parasitic Hymenoptera
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, c/o Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution Ave., NW, Washington DC 20013, USA.

Calder, Dale R. (dalec@rom.on.ca) Scyphozoa, Cubozoa and Staurozoa
Department of Natural History, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2C6
Carranza, S. (scarranza@ub.edu) Reptilia
Dept. Biologia Animal, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 645, E-08028 Barcelona, Spain
Carvalho, M. R. de (mrcarvalho@ib.usp.br) Pisces: Chondrichthyes; South American freshwater
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Trav. 14, no. 101, São Paulo, SP, 05508-900, Brasil 
Castro
P. (pcastro@csupomona.edu)
Crustacea: Brachyura 
Biological Sciences Department, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona CA 91768, USA 
Chesser, T. (chessert@si.edu) Aves: New World birds
Smithsonian Institution, P. O. Box 37012, Division of Birds, NHB MRC 116, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA

Collins, A. (COLLINSA@si.edu)
Coelenterata: Hydrozoa
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA
Cordeiro-Estrela, Pedro
  (pedrocometa@gmail.com
) Mammalia
Departamento de Genética - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Courtney, G.W. (gwcourt@iastate.edu)
Diptera: Culicoidea
Department of Entomology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011-3140, USA
Cruickshank, R.  (cruicksr@lincoln.ac.nz
) Molecular systematics
Bio-Protection & Ecology Division, PO Box 84, Lincoln University, New Zealand 
Dalgleish, R.C. (ztedit@phthiraptera.org) Phthiraptera 
10601-G Tierrasanta Blvd, PMB#110, San Diego, CA 92124-2605, USA
Dahlgren, T. (Thomas.Dahlgren@zool.gu.se) Polychaeta
Göteborg University, Department of Zoology, Box 463, 405 30  Göteborg, Sweden
Dartnall, A. J
(ajdartnall@gmail.com) Echinodermata
17 Kepler St, Wulguru, Qld, 4811, Australia

de León, G.P.-P.  (ppdleon@servidor.unam.mx) Nematoda
Laboratorio de Helmintología Instituto de Biología, UNAM Ap. Postal 70-153. C.P. 04510 México D.F. México
deMaintenon,
Marta (demainte@hawaii.edu) Mollusca
Marine Science Department, University of Hawaii at Hilo, 200 West Kawili Street,
Hilo, HI 96720-4091, USA

DeWalt, R. Edward (edewalt@inhs.uiuc.edu)
Plecoptera, Megaloptera
Illinois Natural History Survey , Critical Trends Assessment Program (CTAP), Natural Resources Bldg, Rm. 296a 607 E. Peabody Dr. Champaign IL 61820, USA 
Dietrich, Chris (dietrich@inhs.uiuc.edu) Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadomorpha
Center for Biodiversity, Illinois Natural History Survey, 1816 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820 U.S.A.

Dronen, Norm Jr.
(n-dronen@tamu.edu) Parasitic Platyhelminthes
Dept. of Wildlife & Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77807, USA
Dubois, Alain (adubois@mnhn.fr) Zoological nomenclature
Reptiles & Amphibiens, USM 602 Taxonomie et Collections (Vertébrés), Département de Systématique et Evolution, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 25 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France

Eleaume, M. (eleaume@mnhn.fr) Echinodermata
Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Dept des Milieux et peuplements Aquatiques CP 26 57 Rue Cuvier 75005 PARIS France

Evenhuis, Neal L.
(neale@bishopmuseum.org) Insecta: Diptera (orthorrhaphous Brachycera)
Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, HI 96817-2704, USA
Fan, Qing-Hai (qhfanacari@gmail.com) Acari: Prostigmata
College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agricultural and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China
Fautin, Daphne G.
(fautin@ku.edu) Coelenterata: Anemones and other groups
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Curator, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center Haworth Hall University of Kansas 1200 Sunnyside Avenue Lawrence, Kansas 66045-7534 USA
Fletcher, Murray (murray.fletcher@dpi.nsw.gov.au) Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoromorpha
Orange Agricultural Institute, Forest Road, Orange NSW 2800, AUSTRALIA 

Framenau, V. W.
(volker.framenau@museum.wa.gov.au) Araneae: Lycosoidea
Arachnology, Department of Terrestrial Invertebrates, Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, WA 6986, AUSTRALIA
Friel, John  (jpf19@cornell.edu) Pisces:  African freshwater
Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
 
Gall, Lawrence (Lawrence.gall@yale.edu) Lepidoptera: Noctuidae and other macrolepidoptera 
Computer Systems Office, Peabody Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 208118, Yale University New Haven, CT 06520, USA
Garrison,  R.W.
(rgarrison@cdfa.ca.gov)
Plant Pest Diagnostics, California Department of Food & Agriculture, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA 95832-1448, USA
Gates, Michael
( michael.gates@ars.usda.gov) Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea
USDA, ARS, PSI, SEL c/o Smithsonian Institution NMNH, NHB 168 10th & Constitution Ave. Washington DC 20013-7012, USA
Gaubert, Philippe (gaubert@mnhn.fr) Mammalia
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 43, rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, FRANCE
Geiger, Daniel L.
(geiger@vetigastropoda.com) Mollusca
Research Associate, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, 2559 Puesta del Sol Road, Santa Barbara, CA 93105, USA
Gibson, Ray (R.Gibson@livjm.ac.uk) Nemertea
School of Biological and Earth Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool L3 3AF, UK
Gill, Anthony C. (gill.anthony@gmail.com) Pisces: Gobioidei; Asian freshwater
School of Life Science, P.O. Box 874501, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-4501, USA.
Goldschmidt, Tom (tomgoldschmidt@web.de) Acari: water mites
Zoologische Staatssammlung München Sektion Arthropoda varia Münchhausenstraße 21 81247 München Germany
Gordon, Dennis P. (d.gordon@niwa.cri.nz) Bryozoa
National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, P.O. Box 14-901 Kilbirnie, Wellington, New Zealand
Gower, David  (d.gower@nhm.ac.uk)
Reptilia
Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London, UK.
Goy, Joseph (jwgoy@harding.edu) Crustacea: Decapoda, Caridea
Department of Biology, Harding University, 900 E. Center Ave., Box 12251, Searcy, Arkansas 72149-0001 USA
Greenslade, Penny (
penny.greenslade@anu.edu.au) Insecta: Collembola
Division of Botany and Zoology,  Australian National University, GPO Box
Australian Capital Territory 0200, Australia

Gusarov, Vladimir I. (vladimir.gusarov@nhm.uio.no) Insecta: Coleoptera (Staphyliniformia)
University of Oslo, UNM, Zoological Museum, Department of Entomology, P.O. Box 1172, Blindern, NO-0318, Oslo, Norway
Güsten, Rob (RobertGusten@aol.com) Insecta: Neuropterida
Zoologische Abteilung, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Friedensplatz 1, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany
 
Hajdu, E. (porifera.zootaxa@gmail.com) Porifera
Museu Nacional, UFRJ, Quinta da Boa Vista, s/n, 20940-040, s/n Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

Halliday, R. Bruce (Bruce.Halliday@csiro.au) Acari: Mesostigmata
CSIRO Division of Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia 
Hutchings, Pat (path@austmus.gov.au) Annelida: Polychaeta (all, but particularly Terebellida)
Marine Invertebrates, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney 2010 Australia 
Hodda, Mike (mike.hodda@csiro.au) Nematoda
Nematode Biosystematics & Ecology, CSIRO Entomology, GPO Box 1700 CANBERRA ACT AUSTRALIA
Hodgson, Chris J. (HodgsonCJ@Cardiff.ac.uk) Hemiptera: Coccoidea 
Department of Biodiversity and Biological Systematics, The National Museum of Wales, Cathay's Park, Cardiff, CF1 3NP, UK
Hormiga, Gustavo (hormiga@gwu.edu) Araneae, Orbiculariae
Ruth Weintraub Professor of Biology Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University Washington, D.C. 20052, USA
Hubbard, Michael D. (michael.hubbard@famu.edu) Insecta: Ephemeroptera
Laboratory of Aquatic Entomology, Entomology Center, Orr Drive, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida 32307, USA
Jäger, Peter (Peter.Jaeger@Senckenberg.de) Araenae: Araneomorphae (non-Lycosoidea)
Arachnologie, Senckenberg Museum, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Johnson, Paul J. (paul_johnson@sdstate.edu)  Insecta: Coleoptera (Elateriformia, Scirtiformia, Bostrichiformia, Myxophaga)
Insect Research Collection, Box 2207A, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA
Jones, Diana S. (jonesd@museum.wa.gov.au) Thecostraca (Cirripedia and others)
Western Australian Museum, Francis Street, Perth, Western Australia 6000 (Australia) 

Judson,  Mark (judson@mnhn.fr) Pseudoscorpiones, Ricinulei, Palpigradi
Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Dept. Systematique & Evolution, USM 602 - C.P. 53 (Arthropodes) PARIS, F-75005 France

Kambhampati, Srini (srini@ksu.edu
Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
Karaman, G.S. (karaman@cg.yu) Crustacea: Amphipoda
P.O.Box 40,  81000 Podgorica, Montenegro, Yugoslavia
Department of Entomology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA
Karanovic, Tom (tomislav.karanovic@utas.edu.au) Copepoda
University of Tasmania, School of Zoology, Private Bag 5, Hobart Tasmania 7001, Australia

Kathirithamby, Jeya (jeyaraney.kathirithamby@zoo.ox.ac.uk) Insecta: Strepsiptera 
Research GroupDepartment of Zoology, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK
Kerr, Peter H. (pkerr@cdfa.ca.gov) Insecta: small orders not covered by others
Associate Insect Biosystematist, California Department of Food and Agriculture,
Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, 3294 Meadowview Rd., Sacramento, CA 95832, USA
Kjaerandsen, Jostein (jostein.kjaerandsen@zool.lu.se) Insecta: Trichoptera 
Museum of Zoology, Lund University, Sweden
Kott, Patricia (patricia.mather@qm.qld.gov.au) Tunicata, Ascidiacea
Queensland Museum PO Box 3300 South Brisbane,Qld, Australia 4101
Kropf, Christian (christian.kropf@zos.unibe.ch) Araneae: Haplogynae
Natural History Museum Bern, Department of Invertebrates, Bernastrasse 15 CH-3005 Bern Switzerland  
Kula, Robert R. (Robert.Kula@ars.usda.gov) Parasitic Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA Smithsonian Institution, NMNH 10th & Constitution Ave. NW Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA

Landry, J.-F. (landryjf@agr.gc.ca) Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea and other microlepidoptera
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada Canadian National Collection 960 Carling Avenue Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada
Larsen
, Kim
(tanaids@hotmail.com) Crustacea: Tanaidacea & Cumacea
Department of Invertebrates, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 15, Denmark
Longino, John T. (longinoj@evergreen.edu) Hymenoptera: Formicidae
Lab I, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA
 
Maciolek, Nancy J. (NJMaciolek@gmail.com) Polychaeta
ENSR Marine and Coastal Center, 89 Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA

Maddocks, R. F. (RMaddocks@uh.edu) Ostracoda
Dept. of Geosciences Room 312 Science & Research Bldg. 1, Univ. of Houston, Houston, TX 77204-5007 U.S.A. 

Mantovani, Barbara (barman@alma.unibo.it) Insecta:  Phasmatodea
Dip. Biologia E. S., Via Selmi 3, Bologna, Italy
Martin, Jon H.
(J.Martin@nhm.ac.uk) Insecta, Hemiptera (aphids, psylloids)
Dept. of Entomology, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK
Meland, Kenneth (Kenneth.Meland@bio.uib.no
) Crustacea
University of Bergen, Department of Biology, PO Box 7800, N-5020 Bergen, NORWAY
Minelli, A. (minelli@bio.unipd.it) Myriapoda: Chilopoda
Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via Ugo Bassi 58 B, 35131 Padova, Italy
Monks, S.  (smonks@uaeh.reduaeh.mx) Acanthocephala
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Apdo. Postal 1-69, Pachuca, C.P. 42001, Hidalgo, México.
Morse, Geoffrey  (Geoffrey.Morse@asu.edu) CUCUJIFORMIA, CHRYSOMELOIDEA, particulary Chrysomelidae s.lat.
Department of Integrated Natural Sciences, P.O. Box 37100, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ 85069, USA
Morse, John C. (jmorse@clemson.edu) Trichoptera
Clemson University Arthropod Collection (CUAC), Department of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences, Clemson University, Long Hall, Box 340315, Clemson, SC 29634-0315, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Moulton,  John K. (johnkmoulton@yahoo.com) Diptera: Nematocera (except Chironomidae & Culicoidea)
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, 2431 Joe Johnson Drive, 205 Ellington Plant Sciences Bldg., The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-4560, USA
Mound, Laurence A.  (laurence.mound@csiro.au) Insecta: Thysanoptera & Hemiptera (whitefly)
CSIRO Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Mullin, Peter (mullin.peter@gmail.com) Nematoda
5136 14th Avenue S Minneapolis, MN 55417,
USA
Muster
, C. (muster@rz.uni-leipzig.de) Dionycha (excl. Gnaphosoidea s.l.)
Universität Leipzig, Institut für Biologie II, Molekulare Evolution und Systematik der Tiere, Talstr. 33, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany

Neilson, Roy  (Roy.Neilson@scri.sari.ac.uk) Nematoda: plant-parasitic/predatory soil
Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee DD2 5DA, Scotland, UK
Nygren,  Arne (arne.nygren@zool.gu.se) Annelida: Polychaeta (all, but particularly Phyllodocida)
Göteborg University, Department of Zoology, Box 463, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden.

O'Hara, James E.  (oharaj@agr.gc.ca) Insecta: Diptera, Calyptratae
Invertebrate Biodiversity, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada,  960 Carling avenue, Ottawa (Ontario) K1A 0C6, Canada
Olson,  S. L. (olsons@si.edu) Aves
Smithsonian Institution, P. O. Box 37012, Division of Birds, NHB MRC 116, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA
Oberprieler, Rolf (rolf.oberprieler@csiro.au)CUCUJIFORMIA, CURCULIONOIDEA
CSIRO Entomology, Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia

Packer, Laurence (
laurencepacker@yahoo.com) aculeate Hymenoptera 
Rm 209A Lumbers Building, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario. M3J 1P3, Canada
Page, Larry (lpage1@ufl.edu) Pisces (no longer accepting new submissions; see Carvalho, Friel or Rocha)
Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Pitts, James P. (jpitts@biology.usu.edu) Insecta: Hymenoptera
Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA
Pollock, D. A. (zootaxa@hotmail.com) Coleoptera:
CUCUJIFORMIA,  particularly Tenebrionoidea, Cucujoidea
Department of Biology Eastern New Mexico University Portales, NM 88130, USA

Prendini, Lorenzo (lorenzo@amnh.org) Scopiones, Uropygi, Amblypygi, Schizomida, Solifugae
Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street New York, New York 10024-5192 USA

Ramirez, M. (ramirez@macn.gov.ar) Dionycha (Gnaphosoidea s.l.)
División Aracnología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Av. Angel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR Buenos Aires, Argentina

Rasmussen, p. (rasmus39@msu.edu)
Aves
Michigan State University Museum, West Circle Drive, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Raven, Robert J.
  (RobertR@qm.qld.gov.au) Araneae: Mesothelae, Mygalomorphae
Senior Biodiversity Scientist (Arachnology), Queensland Museum, Grey St, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane, 4101, Q. Australia
Rentz, D.
(orthop1@tpg.com.au) Insecta: Orthoptera
19 Butler Dr Kuranda, Qld. 4881 Australia
Rix, M. (rixm01@student.uwa.edu.au) Araneae: Eresoidea, Palpimanoidea
School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009, Australia
Ribera, I. (i.ribera@mncn.csic.es) Coleoptera: ADEPHAGA, ARCHOSTEMATA Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
Rocha, L. A. (rochal@hawaii.edu) Pisces: Marine and estuarine, except Gobioidei - see Gill; North American freshwater
Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Coconut Island, P.O. Box 1346 Kaneohe, Hawaii 96744, USA 
Ronquist, F. (ronquist@scs.fsu.edu) Cladistics; theory and methods
Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306
Ruthensteiner, B. (BRuthensteiner@zsm.mwn.de) Mollusca
Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Münchhausenstrasse 21, D-81247 MUnchen, Germany.

Svavarsson, Jörundur (jorundur@hi.is) Crustacea, Isopoda 
Institute of Biology, University of Iceland, Sturlugata 7, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland
Schaefer, Carl W.  (carl.schaefer@uconn.edu) Hemiptera: Heteroptera
University of Connecticut, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 75 North Eagleville Road Unit 3043, Storrs CT 06269-3043, USA
Schroedl, Michael (schroedl@zi.biologie.uni-muenchen.de) Mollusca
Zoologisches Institut der Ludwig Maximilians-Universität München, Karlstr. 23,
80333 Munchen, Germany.

Schwendinger, Peter J. (peter.schwendinger@ville-ge.chOpiliones
Department of Arthropodology and Entomology I, Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 6434, CH-1211, Geneva 6, Switzerland
Seeman,  Owen (owen.seeman@qm.qld.gov.au) Acari: Acariformes
Arachnida Collection, Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane 4101, Australia
Scharff, N. (NScharff@snm.ku.dk) Araneae: Araneoidea
Zoological Museum, Entomology Department, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Schatz, Heinrich (heinrich.schatz@uibk.ac.at)
Acari: Oribatida
Institute of Zoology, Technikerstr. 25 A-6020 Innsbruck Austria
Shear, William (wshear@email.hsc.edu) Myriapoda
Department of Biology, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943, USA
Short, Andrew (aezshort@ku.edu)
STAPHYLINIFORMIA, HYDROPHILOIDEA (incl. Histeroidea) and HYDRAENIDAE
Division of Entomology, 1501 Crestline Drive, Suite #140, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66049 USA

Sket, Boris ( Boris.Sket@BF.uni-lj.si ) Annelida (esp. Hirudinea & other non-Polychaeta)
Department of Biology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Smith, Andrew B.T. (asmith@unlserve.unl.edu) Insecta: Coleoptera (Scarabaeiformia)  
Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada
Song,  Hojun (hojun_song@byu.edu) Insecta: Orthoptera
Department of Biology, 692 Widtsoe Building BYU, Provo, UT 84602, USA

Sterrer, W. E. (westerrer@gov.bm) Platyhelminthes, Gnathostomulida, Gastrotricha
Bermuda Natural History Museum, PO Box FL 145, Flatts FLBX, Bermuda

Taeger, A. (taeger@zalf.de) Hymenoptera: Symphyta
Deutsches Entomologisches Institut im Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e.V., Eberswalder Str. 84, D-15374 Müncheberg, Germany
Toliver, Mike  (miketol@eureka.edu) Lepidoptera: Butterflies and other macrolepidoptera
Division of Math and Sciences Eureka College 300 East College Avenue Eureka, IL 61530, USA
Tang,
Danny
(copepods@gmail.com) Crustacea: Copepoda
School of Animal Biology (M092), The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia

Vences, Miguel (zootaxa@mvences.de) Amphibia
Division of Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Spielmannstr. 8, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
When submitting or re-submitting manuscripts on amphibians, please follow instructions at: http://www.mvences.de/zootaxa

Walker-Smith,  G. (Genefor.Walker-Smith@tmag.tas.gov.au) Crustacea: Copepoda
The Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery GPO Box 1164 Hobart 7001 Tasmania, Australia 
Wallace, Carden (carden.wallace@mtq.qld.gov.au) Coelenterata: Scleractinia
Museum of Tropical Queensland, 70-102 Flinders St. Townsville, Australia 4810, Australia
Wang, Qiao (Q.Wang@massey.ac.nz) Insecta: Coleoptera (Cucujiformia, particularly all Cerambycidae)
Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University, PB 11122, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Weiner, Wanda M. (weiner@isez.pan.krakow.pl) Insecta: Collembola
Department of Invertebrates, Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Slawkowska 17, Pl- 31 016 Krakow, Poland
Winterton, Shaun L. (wintertonshaun@gmail.com) Insecta: Neuroptera
Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries 80 Meiers Rd. Indooroopilly, Queensland 4068, AUSTRALIA
Wright, Anre-Dennis G. (andre-denis.wright@csiro.au)
Protozoa
CSIRO Livestock Industries, Queensland Bioscience Precinct, 306 Carmody Road St. Lucia, QLD 4067, AUSTRALIA  
Wörheide,  Gert (porifera.zootaxa@geo.uni-goettingen.de) Porifera 
Geoscience Centre Göttingen, Dept. of Geobiology, Goldschmidtstr.3, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
 
Yen, Shen-Horn (shenhornyen@hotmail.com) Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea and Pyraloidea
Department of Biological Sciences National Sun Yat-Sen University 70 Lien-hai Rd. Kaohsiung City 804, Taiwan, Republic of China  
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Theory & methodology
  
Molecular systematics
Cruickshank
  
Zoological nomenclature Dubois
  
Cladistics: theory & methods
Ronquist  

Bryozoa Gordon
Protozoa Wright
Coelenterata  
 
Octocorallia Alderslade
 
Hydrozoa:
Collins
 
Wallace: Scleractinia
 
Fautin: Anemones and others

Porifera
Wörheide, Hajdu
Platyhelminthes Dronen, Sterrer
Acanthocephala Monks
Gastrotricha
Sterrer
Gnathostomulida Sterrer
Nemertea Gibson
Nematoda Adams; Hodda; Neilson
Annelida  
 
Hirudinea & others Sket
 
Polychaeta s.l. Hutchings, Nygren, 

                Dahlgren, Maciolek
Mollusca Bieler, Geiger, 
              
Schroedl,
Ruthensteiner,
              
deMaintenon, 
Tardigrada Beasley
Echinodermata Dartnall, Eleaume
Other invertebrate phyla Vacant
Arthropoda
 
Crustacea 
   
Amphipoda Karaman
   
Anomura Ahyong
   
Brachyura: Castro
   
Copepoda
: Tang, Karanovic
   
Cumacea: Larsen
   
Decapoda: Goy

   
Isopoda Svavarsson
   
Mysidacea Meland
   
Ostracoda
Maddocks

   
Tanaidacea Larsen
   
Thecostraca Jones
    Others Meland
 
Myriapoda Minelli, Shear
 
Pycnogonida
Bamber
 
Arachnida 
   
Acari Amrine, Fan, Halliday, Seeman
                     
Goldschmidt
   
Amblypygi
Prendini
   
Araneae Baehr, Jäger, Kropf, Muster, 
                    Ramirez, Raven, Rix, Scharff
                    Framenau, Hormiga 
   
Opiliones Schwendinger
   
Palpigradi
Judson
    Ricinulei Judson
   
Schizomida
Prendini
    
Scorpiones Prendini
    
Solifugae Prendini
   
Pseudoscorpiones Judson
   
Uropygi
Prendini
 
Insecta
   
Coleoptera  Bellamy, Cline, Gusarov
                   Ribera, Morse,  Johnson
                         Oberprieler, Pollock,
                         Short, Smith,
Wang

    Diptera    Moulton, Anderson, Bickel,      
                         Courtney, Evenhuis, O'Hara

    Hemiptera
     
Heteropetera: Schaefer
     
Cicadomorpha: Dietrich
     
Fulgoromorpha: Fletcher
     
Whiteflies: Mound
     
Sclae insects: Hodgson
      
Aphids &  psylloids: Martin
   
Hymenoptera Kambhampati, Taeger,
                             Longino, Packer, Pitts
                            
Buffington, Gates, Kula

   
Lepidoptera Brown, Gall, Landry, 
                    Tolivar, Yen
   
Blattodea Kambhampati
    Collembola: Greenslade, Weiner

    Ephemeroptera Hubbard
    Isoptera Kambhampati   
   
Megaloptera
DeWalt
    Neuroptera Winterton,
Güsten
   
Odonata
Garrison
    P
hasmatodea Mantovani
   
Phthiraptera: Dalgleish
    Orthoptera Rentz & Song
   
Plecoptera DeWalt
    Psocoptera: Mound
   
Strepsiptera Kathirithamby
    Thysanoptera Mound
   
Trichoptera Kjaerandsen
    Miscellaneous orders Kerr
 
Other arthropod groups Vacant
Chordata
  Urochordata
    Ascidicea Kott, Brunetti
  Vertebrata
   Pisces Gill; Page; Gilbert; Carvalho;
                  Rocha; Friel
   
Amphibia Vences
    Reptilia Carranza
   
Aves Olson
   
Mammalia Gaubert, Cordeiro-Estrela

 

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