Senior editor Dr P.J. Johnson (paul.johnson@sdstate.edu) General inquiries; ARCHOSTEMATA, ELATERIFORMIA, except BUPRESTOIDEA and "Dryopoids"
Insect Research Collection, Box 2207A, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA
Editor, Dr. G. Morse (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
Editor Dr. I. Ribera (i.ribera@mncn.csic.es) Aquatic ADEPHAGA,  Aquatic ELATERIFORMIA ("Dryopoids"), MYXOPHAGA
Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, José Gutiérrez Abascal 2, 28006 Madrid, Spain
Editor Dr V.I. Gusarov (vladimir.gusarov@nhm.uio.no) STAPHYLINIFORMIA, except Hydrophiloidea and Hydraenidae
University of Oslo, UNM, Zoological Museum, Department of Entomology, P.O. Box 1172, Blindern, NO-0318, Oslo, Norway
Editor Dr D. A. Pollock (zootaxa@hotmail.com) CUCUJIFORMIA,  particularly Tenebrionoidea, CLEROIDEA
Department of Biology Eastern New Mexico University Portales, NM 88130, USA
Editor Dr A.B.T. Smith (asmith@unlserve.unl.edu) SCARABAEIFORMIA
Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, Canada
Editor Dr Q. Wang (Q.Wang@massey.ac.nz)  CUCUJIFORMIA, particularly Cerambycidae
Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University, PB 11122, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Editor Dr. R. Oberprieler (rolf.oberprieler@csiro.au) CUCUJIFORMIA, CURCULIONOIDEA
CSIRO Entomology, Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Editor Dr. C.L. Bellamy (cbellamy@cdfa.ca.gov) BUPRESTOIDEA 
Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Dept. of Food & Agriculture, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento CA 95832-1448 USA
Editor Dr. W. Moore (wmoore@calacademy.org) terrestrial ADEPHAGA (Carabidae sensu lato, Trachypachidae, Rhysodidae) 
Department of Entomology, California Academy of Sciences, 875 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA 
Editor Dr. A.R. Cline (acline@cdfa.ca.gov) CUCUJIFORMIA, particularly CUCUJOIDEA, LYMEXYLOIDEA; BOSTRICHIFORMIA 
Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Dept. of Food & Agriculture, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento CA 95832-1448 USA
Editor Dr. A. Short (aezshort@ku.edu) STAPHYLINIFORMIA, HYDROPHILOIDEA (incl. Histeroidea) and HYDRAENIDAE
Division of Entomology, 1501 Crestline Drive, Suite #140, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66049 USA

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2008

 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1755: 68 (24 Apr. 2008) 0 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 1 Apr. 2008
Maritime Provinces Carabidae (Coleoptera): a correction
CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA & YVES BOUSQUET (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1755: 35-46 (24 Apr. 2008) 4 plates; 24 references                              Accepted: 31 Mar. 2008
The first record of Cis chinensis Lawrence from Brazil, with the delimitation of the Cis multidentatus species-group (Coleoptera: Ciidae)
CRISTIANO LOPES-ANDRADE (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1754: 1-40 (21 Apr. 2008) 18 plates; 37 references                              Accepted: 31 Mar. 2008
Classification, natural history, and evolution of Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Part VII. The genera Hapsidopteris Opitz, Iontoclerus Opitz, Katamyurus Opitz, Megatrachys Opitz, Opitzia Nemesio, Pennasolis Opitz, new genus, Pericales Opitz, new genus, Pteroferus Opitz, new genus, and Turbophloeus Opitz, new genus
WESTON OPITZ (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1751: 46-54 (16 Apr. 2008) 5 plates; 32 references                              Accepted: 17 Mar. 2008
The reinstatement of Julodimorpha saundersii Thomson 1879 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) as a valid species
C. L. Bellamy (USA) & Tom Weir (Australia)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1751: 55-58 (16 Apr. 2008) 1 plates; 5 references                              Accepted: 21 Mar. 2008
Bubastoides kadleci sp. nov. from Yemen (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Bubastini)
Svatopluk Bily (Czech Rep.)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1745: 30-46 (9 Apr. 2008) 6 plates; 42 references                              Accepted: 6 Mar. 2008
A new Helluodes Westwood species from Western Ghats with notes on habitat, distribution and phylogenetic relationships of genera Helluodes Westwood and Physocrotaphus Parry of the tribe Physocrotaphini Chaudoir (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Anthiinae)
THOMAS K. SABU (India), PRABHAKAR ABHITHA (India) & DANYANG ZHAO (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1745: 47-54 (9 Apr. 2008) 4 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 6 Mar. 2008
Description of the mature larva of Gonioctena pseudogobanzi Kippenberg, 2001 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) and key to the larvae of the subgenus Spartoxena
ANDRES BASELGA (Spain)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1745: 1-18 (9 Apr. 2008) 8 plates; 26 references                              Accepted: 3 Mar. 2008
Six new Stenus species of the cirrus group (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from China with a key to species of the group
TANG LIANG (P.R. China), YUN-LONG ZHAO (P.R. China) & VOLKER PUTHZ (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1741: 37-50 (4 Apr. 2008) 6 plates; 32 references                              Accepted: 28 Feb. 2008
Fine morphology of the myrmecophilous larva of Paussus kannegieteri (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussinae: Paussini)
ANDREA DI GIULIO (Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1741: 51-58 (4 Apr. 2008) 4 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 3 Mar. 2008
Three new Stenus species of the indubius group (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from China
LIANG TANG & ZHAO YUN-LONG (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1741: 59-67 (4 Apr. 2008) 3 plates; 42 references                              Accepted: 27 Feb. 2008
Taxonomic status of Euzonitis haroldi (Heyden, 1870) (Coleoptera: Meloidae) inferred from morphological and molecular data
MARINA ALCOBENDAS, JOSE L. RUIZ, )CHIARA SETTANNI & MARIO GARCIA-PARIS (Spain)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1740: 37-44 (2 Apr. 2008) 4 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 18 Feb. 2008
Two new species of blind, forest litter-inhabiting ground beetles from the subtribe Anillina (Carabidae: Trechinae: Bembidiini) from eastern U.S.A.
IGOR M. SOKOLOV & CHRISTOPHER E. CARLTON (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1740: 15-27 (2 Apr. 2008) 6 plates; 47 references                              Accepted: 12 Feb. 2008
A new Wagnerinus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from northern Japan: Description including a DNA barcode
HIRAKU YOSHITAKE, TOSHIHIDE KATO, UTSUGI JINBO & MOTOMI ITO (Japan)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1733: 1-44 (28 Mar. 2008) 44 plates; 43 references                              Accepted: 30 Jan. 2008
Taxonomy and behaviour of lucioline fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae) with redefinition and new species of Pygoluciola Wittmer from mainland China and review of Luciola LaPorte
XIN HUA FU (P.R. China) & LESLEY BALLANTYNE (Australia)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1733: 57-60 (28 Mar. 2008) 2 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 4 Mar. 2008
A new species of Eremobothynus Ohaus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Argentina, with notes on Eremobothynus cornutus (Steinheil)
PASCHOAL COELHO GROSSI & ESTEBAN IGNACIO ABADIE (Brazil)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1733: 68 (28 Mar. 2008) 0 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 17 Mar. 2008
A new replacement name in Lampetis Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
C. L. BELLAMY (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1732: 45-53 (25 Mar. 2008) 5 plates; 11 references                              Accepted: 11 Feb. 2008
A featherwing beetle without wings: re-discovery and second species of Rioneta (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) from the Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania
VASILY V. GREBENNIKOV (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1730: 27-42 (20 Mar. 2008) 8 plates; 10 references                              Accepted: 15 Jan. 2008
Seven new species of Canthochilum Chapin from Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
T. Keith Philips & Michael A. Ivie (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1727: 49-56 (14 Mar. 2008) 4 plates; 11 references                              Accepted: 11 Feb. 2008
A new species for Limulopteryx from Cameroon with the first record of termitophilous Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) outside the Neotropics
VASILY V. GREBENNIKOV (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1725: 48-52 (12 Mar. 2008) 1 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 24 Jan. 2008
Two new Stenus (Hypostenus) species from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Steninae)
CAI-YUN ZHAO, WAN-ZHI CAI & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1723: 42-46 (10 Mar. 2008) 1 plates; 4 references                              Accepted: 4 Jan. 2008
A new species of Coprophanaeus Olsoufieff (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Bolivia
W. D. EDMONDS (USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1720: 66-68 (5 Mar. 2008) 1 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 22 Jan. 2008
First Florida records for Anovia circumclusa (Gorham) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Noviini): A natural enemy of Icerya genistae Hempel (Hemiptera: Margarodidae)
JUANITA A. FORRESTER & NATALIA J. VANDENBERG (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1716: 35-43 (29 Feb. 2008) 5 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 10 Jan. 2008
First record of the genus Myrmedonota Cameron (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from North America, with descriptions of two new species
MUNETOSHI MARUYAMA (Japan), L. Brian Patrick (USA), Jan Klimaszewski (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1714: 1-18 (27 Feb. 2008) 26 plates; 32 references                              Accepted: 26 Jan. 2008
Taxonomic review of the stem-inhabiting trehala-constructing Larinus Dejean, 1821 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): New species, systematics and ecology
LEVENT GULTEKIN (Turkey)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1713: 39-46 (27 Feb. 2008) 4 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 4 Jan. 2008
Immatures of Lamprosoma amethystinum Perty, 1832 (Chrysomelidae, Lamprosomatinae)
SONIA A. CASARI & EDSON POSSIDONIO TEIXEIRA (Brazil)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1712: 65-68 (25 Feb. 2008) 1 plates; 1 references                              Accepted: 13 Jan. 2008
An unusual new species of Gyrinidae (Coleoptera), Orectochilus orbisonorum n. sp., from India
Kelly B. Miller (USA), Paolo Mazzoldi (Italy) & Quentin D. Wheeler (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1712: 42-48 (25 Feb. 2008) 2 plates; 5 references                              Accepted: 7 Jan. 2008
New and little known species of the subgenus Aegialia (Silluvia) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from the Sino-Tibetan mountains
ANDREY V. FROLOV (Russia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1704: 1-26 (15 Feb. 2008) 16 plates; 72 references                              Accepted: 4 Jan. 2008
A preliminar overview of species composition and geographical distribution of Malvinian weevils (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
PAULA POSADAS (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1704: 27-41 (15 Feb. 2008) 6 plates; 21 references                              Accepted: 14 Jan. 2008
Paroster baylyi sp. n., P. ursulae sp. n. (Col. Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae) and the water beetle diversity of pan-gnammas on isolated granite outcrops in the Mallee of south-western Australia
LARS HENDRICH & HANS FERY (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1704: 42-46 (15 Feb. 2008) 3 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 22 Jan. 2008
A new species of Harpasus Mulsant (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Chilocorinae) from Peru
GUILLERMO GONZALEZ, GEOVAN HENRIQUE CORREA & LUCIA MASSUTTI DE ALMEIDA (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1702: 1-25 (13 Feb. 2008) 8 plates; 69 references                              Accepted: 10 Jan. 2008
Description of the preimaginal stages of three species of the genus Tropisternus Solier, subgenus Strepitornus Hansen (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), with emphasis on morphometry and chaetotaxy
PATRICIA L. M. TORRES, MARIANO C. MICHAT & MIGUEL ARCHANGELSKY (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1701: 1-14 (11 Feb. 2008) 4 plates; 21 references                              Accepted: 28 Dec. 2007
Three new species of Canthonella Chapin from Hispaniola, with new records and Nomenclatural changes for West Indian dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
MICHAEL A. IVIE & T. KEITH PHILIPS (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1696: 25-36 (1 Feb. 2008) 2 plates; 37 references                              Accepted: 10 Jan. 2008
Taxonomic notes on the Cephenniini (Coleoptera, Scydmaenidae): Status of Coatesia Lea, Cephennomicrus Reitter, and Neseuthia Scott
PAWEL JALOSZYNSKI (Poland)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1689: 1-28 (25 Jan. 2008) 8 plates; 92 references                              Accepted: 17 Nov. 2007
A revision of the genus Phellopsis LeConte (Coleoptera: Zopheridae)
IAN A. FOLEY & MICHAEL A. IVIE (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1683: 1-31 (18 Jan. 2008) 18 plates; 49 references                             Accepted: 16 Nov. 2007
Postembryonic development of the dorsal chaetotaxy in Seira dowlingi (Collembola, Entomobryidae); with an analysis of the diagnostic and phylogenetic significance of primary chaetotaxy in Seira
FELIPE N. SOTO-ADAMES (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1683: 32-38 (18 Jan. 2008) 2 plates; 22 references                             Accepted: 7 Dec. 2007
A new species of Platambus from China (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
DONG-JU BIAN & LAN-ZHU JI (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1683: 39-50 (18 Jan. 2008) 8 plates; 29 references                             Accepted: 7 Dec. 2007
Osakatheta yasukoae, a new intertidal genus and species of athetine rove beetles (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Japan
MUNETOSHI MARUYAMA (Japan), JAN KLIMASZEWSKI (Canada) & VLADIMIR GUSAROV (Norway)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1681: 1-30 (16 Jan. 2008) 26 plates; 46 references                              Accepted: 11 Nov. 2007
The flea beetle genus Lanka (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in India with descriptions of three new species and notes on the identity of the pollu beetle infesting black pepper, Piper nigrum
K. D. PRATHAPAN & C. A. VIRAKTAMATH (India)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1681: 31-36 (16 Jan. 2008) 1 plate; 4 references                                 Accepted: 10 Dec. 2007
Two new species of Agrilus Curtis 1825 from Arizona and Texas, with a new synonymy in Agrilus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae)
WILLIAM F. BARR (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1679: 39-53 (14 Jan. 2008) 7 plates; 19 references                             Accepted: 25 Nov. 2007
Taxonomic studies of the Balkan Reicheina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Clivinini), with a review of the Albanian species
Petr Bulirsch  (Czech rep.) & Borislav V. GUEORGUIEV (Bulgaria)
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2007

 Article 
Zootaxa 1668: 491-520 (21 Dec. 2007) 4 plates; 142 references                         Accepted: 28 Nov. 2007
Weevils, Weevils, Weevils Everywhere
ROLF G. OBERPRIELER (Australia) , ADRIANA E. MARVALDI (Argentina) & ROBERT S. ANDERSON (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1661: 39-45 (14 Dec. 2007)  7 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 3 Oct. 2007
A new species of Parandrinae from the Central Andes of Colombia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
JULIANA CARDONA-DUQUE (Colombia), ANTONIO SANTOS-SILVA (Brazil) & MARTA WOLFF (Colombia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1661: 17-28 (14 Dec. 2007)  6 plates; 22 references                            Accepted: 12 Nov. 2007
Stenelmis puberula Reitter (Coleoptera: Elmidae)-description of larva and its association with adults, using DNA sequences
ZUZANA CIAMPOROVA-ZATOVICOVA, FEDOR CIAMPOR JR. & JAN KODADA (Slovakia)
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 Erratum 
Zootaxa 1654: 68 (5 Dec. 2007)  
Erratum ( Ramsdale, A.S. (2007) A new species of Calochromus Guerin-Meneville (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from Fiji. Zootaxa, 1625, 43-46.)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1654: 1-20 (5 Dec. 2007)  4 plates; 43 references                            Accepted: 27 Oct. 2007
The Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: new records, distribution, zoogeography, and observations on beetle-fungi relationships in saproxylic environments
CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1652: 1-26 (3 Dec. 2007)  3 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 28 Aug. 2007
A revision of the Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier, 1790) species group from North America, north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
STANLEY G. WELLSO & GARY V. MANLEY (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1651: 43-56 (30 Nov. 2007)  11 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 4 Nov. 2007
Redescriptions of last instar larvae of Ischyronota conicicollis (Weise, 1890) and Ischyronota desertorum (Gebler, 1833) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
JOLANTA SWIETOJANSKA & LECH BOROWIEC (Poland)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1651: 57-64 (30 Nov. 2007)  3 plates; 4 references                            Accepted: 1 Oct. 2007
The genus Mimogonia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae) from the Neotropical region with descriptions of four new species
ULRICH IRMLER (Germany)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1651: 65-68 (30 Nov. 2007)  2 plates; 1 references                            Accepted: 22 Oct. 2007
A new species of Colotes Erichson (Coleoptera: Malachiidae) from Russia
SERGEI E. TSHERNYSHEV (Russia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1645: 19-33 (23 Nov. 2007)  5 plates; 38 references                            Accepted: 19 Oct. 2007
Morphology and chaetotaxy of the larval stages of Andogyrus seriatopunctatus Regimbart (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Gyrinidae)
MIGUEL ARCHANGELSKY & MARIANO C. MICHAT (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1642: 53-59 (21 Nov. 2007)  3 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 26 Oct. 2007
Review of Chinese species of the genus Denierella Kaszab with a key to the worldwide species (Coleoptera, Meloidae)
YU-XIA YANG & GUO-DONG REN (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1642: 33-41 (21 Nov. 2007)  5 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 27 Oct. 2007
Four new species and a new record of Anaedus from China (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
FENG-YAN WANG & GUO-DONG REN (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1643: 1-38 (21 Nov. 2007)  18 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 31 Oct. 2007
New species of Laparocerus Schonherr, 1834 from La Gomera, Canary Islands (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae)
ANTONIO MACHADO (Spain)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1640: 1-39 (19 Nov. 2007)  17 plates; 73 references                            Accepted: 2 Oct. 2007
Comparative morphology of larval Camiarinae (Coleoptera: Leiodidae) Part I. Genus Paragyrtodes Szymczakowski 1966
ALEKSANDRA KILIAN (Poland)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1637: 21-36 (14 Nov. 2007)  12 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 8 Oct. 2007
Description of immatures and the bionomy of the Oriental leaf beetle Chaeridiona thailandica Kimoto, 1998 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Oncocephalini), a leaf-mining hispine beetle
JOLANTA SWIETOJANSKA (Poland) & DAMIR KOVAC (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1636: 33-46 (12 Nov. 2007)  4 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 5 Oct. 2007
The Eucnemidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: new records, observations on composition and zoogeography, and comments on the rarity of saproxylic beetles
CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1636: 47-58 (12 Nov. 2007)  8 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 25 Sep. 2007
A new Luprops species from Western Ghats with redescriptions and identification key to the species of Indian Peninsula and Sri Lanka (Tenebrionidae: Lagriinae: Lupropini)
THOMAS K. SABU (India), OTTO MERKL (Hungary) & PRABHAKAR ABHITHA (India)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1631: 47-55 (5 Nov. 2007)  3 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 3 Oct. 2007
Additional data to the genus Baezia with description of a new species from a cave on El Hierro, Canary Islands (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Molytinae)
RAFAEL GARCIA, HERIBERTO LOPEZ & PEDRO OROMI(Canary Islands)
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Zootaxa 1630: 1-21 (5 Nov. 2007)  7 plates; 31 references                            Accepted: 21 Sep. 2007
Notes on tiger beetles from Guinea-Bissau, with description of a new species of Cylindera Westwood (Insecta: Coleoptera, Cicindelidae)
ARTUR R. M. SERRANO (Portugal)
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Zootaxa 1630: 23-37 (5 Nov. 2007)  5 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 18 Sep. 2007
A new species of Chrysobothris Eschscholtz feeding on Dudleya spp. (Crassulaceae) from California and Baja California, with biological, distributional and taxonomic notes on other North American Buprestidae (Coleoptera)
RICHARD L. WESTCOTT (USA)
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Zootaxa 1630: 39-46 (5 Nov. 2007)  3 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 3 Oct. 2007
Revision of the Lachnaia tristigma (Lacordaire, 1848) species-group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and description of a new species
ANDRES BASELGA & JAVIER RUIZ-GARCIA (Spain)
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Zootaxa 1625: 1-33 (29 Oct. 2007)  4 plates; 52 references                            Accepted: 12 Sep. 2007
The Meloidae (Coleoptera) of the United Arab Emirates with an updated Arabian checklist
MARCO A. BOLOGNA & FEDERICA TURCO (Italy)
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Zootaxa 1625: 35-42 (29 Oct. 2007)  3 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 20 Sep. 2007
A review of the coastal marsh water beetle Ochthebius queenslandicus Hansen (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
PHILIP D. PERKINS (USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1625: 43-46 (29 Oct. 2007)  1 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 5 Oct. 2007
A new species of Calochromus Guerin-Meneville (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from Fiji
ALISTAIR S. RAMSDALE (USA)
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Zootaxa 1624: 59-68 (29 Oct. 2007)  1 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 20 Sep. 2007
Palaearctic Xantholinini of the Museum of Zoology in Lund, Sweden, with description of two new species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 182^ocontribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae
ARNALDO BORDONI (Italy)
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Zootaxa 1620: 1-35 (23 Oct. 2007)  9 plates; 45 references                            Accepted: 30 Aug. 2007
Revision of the genus Eulichas Jacobson, 1913 (Coleoptera: Eulichadidae) I. Introduction, morphology of adults, key to subgenera and species groups, and taxonomy of E. funebris species group
JIRI HAJEK (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa 1619: 45-51 (19 Oct. 2007)  2 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 24 Sep. 2007
On the taxonomy of the dityline genera Diasclera Reitter, Dityloidea Fairmaire and Germain and Nerdanus Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae)
VLADIMIR SVIHLA (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa 1617: 57-66 (17 Oct. 2007)  1 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 6 Sep. 2007
The identity of Agrilus impexus Horn, a new species, and taxonomic notes and records for other Agrilus Curtis species (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
HENRY A. HESPENHEIDE (USA)
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Zootaxa 1615: 41-48 (15 Oct. 2007)  4 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 27 Aug. 2007
Apatrobus osuzuyamanus sp. nov., a new patrobine species from Japan, with a comparative study of the male genital morphology of the tribe Patrobini (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
KOJI SASAKAWA & WATARU TOKI (Japan)
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Zootaxa 1615: 49-54 (15 Oct. 2007)  0 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 13 Sep. 2007
Some necessary corrections of the spelling of species-group names within the family Dytiscidae (Coleoptera)
ANDERS N. NILSSON (Sweden)
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Zootaxa 1615: 55-68 (15 Oct. 2007)  7 plates; 31 references                            Accepted: 7 Sep. 2007
First descriptions of immatures for Megistops (Boheman) (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae) in a new host-plant family, with notes on life history and redescription of M. vandepolli Duvivier*
ADELITA M. LINZMEIER, CIBELE S. RIBEIRO-COSTA & LUCIANO de A. MOURA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1611: 1-24 (10 Oct. 2007)  4 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 30 Aug. 2007
Sulabanus gen. nov., a new genus of Lycidae (Coleoptera) from Sulawesi
MILAN DVORAK & LADISLAV BOCAK (Czech Rep.)
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Zootaxa 1611: 25-44 (10 Oct. 2007)  1 plates; 57 references                            Accepted: 3 Sep. 2007
Catalog of the types of Staphylinidae (Insecta, Coleoptera) deposited at Museo de La Plata (Argentina)
LILIANA A. FERNANDEZ, NORA CABRERA, MARIANA CHANI POSSE & CECILIA GABELLONE (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1611: 55-62 (10 Oct. 2007)  5 plates; 20 references                            Accepted: 27 Aug. 2007
Description of Luciola aquatilis sp. nov., a new aquatic firefly (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae) from Thailand
ANCHANA THANCHAROEN (Thailand), LESLEY A. BALLANTYNE (Australia), MARC A. BRANHAM (USA) & MING-LUEN JENG (USA)
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Zootaxa 1606: 1-28 (3 Oct. 2007)  10 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 15 Aug. 2007
Descriptions of larvae of the tribe Hyperini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): III. Mature larvae of the genus Donus Jekel, 1865
JIRI SKUHROVEC (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa 1606: 29-39 (3 Oct. 2007)  5 plates; 34 references                            Accepted: 6 Sep. 2007
Taxonomy of the myrmecophilous genus Lomechusa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Lomechusini) from China
YONG-JIE CHEN & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1606: 41-50 (3 Oct. 2007)  3 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 14 Aug. 2007
Resurrection of Crypturgus subcribrosus Eggers 1933 stat. n., and its close phylogenetic relationship to Nearctic Crypturgus (Coleoptera, Scolytinae)
Bjarte H. Jordal (Norway) & Milos Knizek (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa 1604: 1-20 (1 Oct. 2007)  8 plates; 18 references                            Accepted: 24 Jul. 2007
Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Harpalus in China, with description of new taxa (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini)
Boris M. Kataev (Russia) & Hongbin Liang (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1594: 1-38 (26 Sep. 2007)  6 plates; 77 references                            Accepted: 23 Aug. 2007
A synopsis of the Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of Mexico
EMMANUEL ARRIAGA-VARELA (Mexico), K. WIOLETTA TOMASZEWSKA (Poland) & JOSE LUIS NAVARRETE-HEREDIA (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 1594: 61-68 (26 Sep. 2007)  3 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 15 Aug. 2007
Description of the mature larva of Gastrophysa janthina (Suffrian, 1851) [=G. unicolor auct.] (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) and key to the larvae of the European Gastrophysa
ANDRES BASELGA (Spain)
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Zootaxa 1590: 1-36 (21 Sep. 2007)  0 plates; 73 references                            Accepted: 21 Jul. 2007
The ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: review of collecting, new records, and observations on composition, zoogeography, and historical origins
CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA, YVES BOUSQUET, & SUSAN WESTBY (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1590: 37-59 (21 Sep. 2007)  13 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 4 Aug. 2007
The genus Ancyronyx Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera, Elmidae) in Palawan and Busuanga, (Philippines) with descriptions of six new species
HENDRIK FREITAG & MANFRED A. JACH (Austria)
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Zootaxa 1588: 53-62 (19 Sep. 2007)  1 plates; 51 references                            Accepted: 10 Aug. 2007
Ongoing invasions of old-growth tropical forests: establishment of three incestuous beetle species in southern Central America (Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
LAWRENCE R. KIRKENDALL & FRODE ODEGAARD (Norway)
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Zootaxa 1588: 63-68 (19 Sep. 2007)  3 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 14 Aug. 2007
A new species of the genus Otiorhynchus Germar, 1822 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) from Western Anatolia (Turkey)
BEKIR KESKIN (Turkey)
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Zootaxa 1586: 39-46 (17 Sep. 2007)  4 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 17 Aug. 2007
Redescription of the Hispaniolan ladybird genus Bura Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and justification for its transfer from Coccidulinae to Sticholotidinae
NATALIA J. VANDENBERG & DANIEL E. PEREZ-GELABERT (USA)
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Zootaxa 1586: 47-58 (17 Sep. 2007)  4 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 24 Jul. 2007
Two new species of Cassida Linnaeus, 1758 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from Madagascar and notes on subgenera of the genus Cassida
LECH BOROWIEC (Poland)
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Zootaxa 1586: 59-66 (17 Sep. 2007)  2 plates; 5 references                            Accepted: 25 Jul. 2007
Two new species of Charidotella Weise (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Cassidini), with a key to Charidotella sexpunctata group
LECH BOROWIEC (Poland)
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Zootaxa 1584: 1-53 (14 Sep. 2007)  1 6 plates; 43 references                            Accepted: 3 Aug. 2007
Phylogenetic systematics of the genera Plochionocerus Dejean and Agrodes Nordmann (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Xantholinini)
JULIETA ASIAIN, JUAN MARQUEZ & JUAN J. MORRONE (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 1583: 43-50 (12 Sep. 2007)  1 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 7 Aug. 2007
New genus and species of the subtribe Anthaxomorphina Holynski, 1993 from Eastern Indonesia, with taxonomic and bionomical notes on the genus Anthaxomorphus Deyrolle, 1864 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Aphanisticini)
SVATOPLUK BILY (Czech Republic.)
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Zootaxa 1576: 25-56 (5 Sep. 2007) 12 plates; 55 references                            Accepted: 26 Jul. 2007
A review of the genus Genyocerus Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae), with new synonyms and keys to species
R. A. BEAVER (Thailand) & L.-Y. LIU (R. China)
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Zootaxa 1575: 35-45 (5 Sep. 2007) 4 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 27 Jul. 2007
Taxonomic studies on the Bembidion ('Cillenus') complex (Coleoptera: Carabidae): A revision of the subgeneric taxonomy and description of a new species from Japan
KOJI SASAKAWA (Japan)
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Zootaxa 1573: 1-38 (3 Sep. 2007) 14 plates; 62 references                            Accepted: 11 Jun. 2007
The Derodontidae, Dermestidae, Bostrichidae, and Anobiidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Bostrichiformia)
CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1573: 39-50 (3 Sep. 2007) 8 plates; 32 references                            Accepted: 29 Jun. 2007
The Korean species of the genus Thinodromus Kraatz (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae)
SEUNG-IL LEE & KEE-JEONG AHN (Korea)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1573: 65-68 (3 Sep. 2007) 0 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 10 Aug. 2007
Review of certain lectotype designations in Hinda (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Hyperaspinae), primarily those deposited in Museum fur Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universitat, Berlin, Germany
LUCIA MASSUTTI DE ALMEIDA (Brazil), JULIANNE MILLEO (Brazil) & ROBERT D. GORDON (USA)
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Zootaxa 1569: 1-139 (31 Aug. 2007) 63 plates; 64 references                            Accepted: 25 May 2007
Taxonomic revision of the longicorn beetle genus Uracanthus Hope 1833 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Uracanthini) from Australia
DUANGRAT THONGPHAK & QIAO WANG (New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 1562: 1-42 (29 Aug. 2007) 119 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 7 May 2007
Review of the Chinese Hyperomias Marshall (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) with description of a new species
LI REN (P.R. China), MIGUEL A. ALONSO-ZARAZAGA (Spain) & RUNZHI ZHANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1546: 15-22 (9 Aug. 2007) 2 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 13 May 2007
Review of four species of the genus Brachinus Weber (Coleoptera: Caraboidea: Brachinidae) from the Philippines
MINGYI TIAN (P.R. China) & THIERRY DEUVE (France)
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Zootaxa 1546: 39-50 (9 Aug. 2007) 4 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 9 Jul. 2007
The Erotylidae and Endomychidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: New records, zoogeography, and observations on beetle-fungi relationships and forest health
CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1546: 63-68 (9 Aug. 2007) 2 plates; 16 references                            Accepted: 2 Jul. 2007
Ptiliola flammifera (MIynarski) reinstated as a species distinct from P. kunzei (Heer) (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae)
OSCAR VORST (The Netherlands)
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Zootaxa 1544: 1-40 (6 Aug. 2007) 17 plates; 95 references