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Senior editor Dr. P.J. Johnson (paul.johnson@sdstate.eduGeneral inquiries; ARCHOSTEMATA, ELATERIFORMIA, except BUPRESTOIDEA and "Dryopoids" (no longer accepting manuscipts)
Insect Research Collection, Box 2207A, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD 57007, USA
Editor,
Dr. G. Morse (bruchinae@mac.com) CUCUJIFORMIA, CHRYSOMELOIDEA, particulary Chrysomelidae s.lat.
Department of Biology, University of San Diego, 5998 Alcalá Park, San Diego, CA 92110, USA
Editor Dr. I. Ribera (ignacio.ribera@ibe.upf-csic.es) Aquatic ADEPHAGA,  Aquatic ELATERIFORMIA ("Dryopoids"), MYXOPHAGA
Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-UPF) Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37 08003 Barcelona, Spain
Editor Dr. V.I. Gusarov (vladimir.gusarov@nhm.uio.noSTAPHYLINIFORMIA, 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, except Scolytinae and Platypodinae
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. 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, HISTEROIDEA and HYDRAENIDAE
Division of Entomology, 1501 Crestline Drive, Suite #140, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66049 USA
Editor Dr. L. Kirkendall  (lawrence.kirkendall@bio.uib.no) CUCUJIFORMIA, CURCULIONOIDEA, particularly Scolytinae and Platypodinae
University of Bergen, Institute for Biology, Allegaten 41, N-5007, Bergen, Norway
Editor Dr. P.D. Perkins (perkins@oeb.harvard.edu) Coleoptera: Hydraenidae, Dryopidae, Elmidae, Hydroscaphidae and Dytiscidae
Department of Entomology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

*Dr. Qiao Wang is on leave between 20 June and 31 August 2009 during which time he will not accept submissions.


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2009

 Erratum 
Zootaxa 2148: 68 (3 Jul. 2009
Erratum— OSCAR VORST (2009) Cercyon castaneipennis sp. n., an overlooked species from Europe (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) Zootaxa, 2054, 59–68.
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2147: 59-68 (2 Jul. 2009) 3 plates; 49 references                           Accepted: 20 May 2009
Morphology of the first instar larva in the tribe Clytrini, with two new descriptions in the subtribe Megalostomina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)
FEDERICO A. AGRAIN & ADRIANA E. MARVALDI (Argentina)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2145: 1-35 (30 Jun. 2009) 15 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 11 May 2009
Cephennomicrus Reitter (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) of Japan and Taiwan: taxonomic notes, ten new species and comparative morphology of nomurai and taiwanensis species groups
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZY
ŃSKI (Poland)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2139: 61-68 (23 Jun. 2009) 3 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 27 May 2009
Three new species of Hemiosus Sharp (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) and new state records of Hemiosus fittkaui Oliva and H. moreirai d’Orchymont from Brazil
BRUNO CLARKSON & NELSON FERREIRA-JR. (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2139: 43-60 (23 Jun. 2009) 5 plates; 76 references                           Accepted: 10 Apr. 2009
Revision of the Agrilus cyanescens species-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) with description of three new species from the east Palaearctic region
EDUARD JENDEK & VASILY V. GREBENNIKOV (Canada)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2139: 23-42 (23 Jun. 2009) 4 plates; 63 references                           Accepted: 1 May 2009
Generic limits in South American stag beetles: taxa currently misplaced in Sclerostomus Burmeister (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae: Sclerostomini)
PASCHOAL C. GROSSI (Brazil) & M.J. PAULSEN (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2139: 1-22 (23 Jun. 2009) 9 plates; 36 references                           Accepted: 12 May 2009
Description of the preimaginal stages of Enochrus (Hugoscottia) variegatus (Steinheil, 1869) and E. (Methydrus) vulgaris (Steinheil, 1869) (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), with emphasis on larval morphometry and chaetotaxy
BARBARA BYTTEBIER & PATRICIA L. M. TORRES (Argentina)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2137: 66-68 (22 Jun. 2009) 1 plates; 5 references                           Accepted: 30 May 2009
Agrilus (Agrilus) sundholmi, a new Agrilus from Australia (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
GIANFRANCO CURLETTI (Italy)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2137: 29-34 (22 Jun. 2009) 1 plates; 4 references                           Accepted: 28 May 2009
New Neotropical genera and species of Dryobiini and Rhopalophorini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae)
DILMA SOLANGE NAPP & MIGUEL A. MONNÉ (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2137: 23-28 (22 Jun. 2009) 1 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 14 May 2009
First records of Anisandrus maiche Stark (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from North America
ROBERT J. RABAGLIA, NATALIA J.VANDENBERG & ROBERT E. ACCIAVATTI (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2137: 1-22 (22 Jun. 2009) 15 plates; 30 references                           Accepted: 5 May 2009
Reinstatement of the genus Heteroglenea Gahan, with four new combinations, four new synonyms and three new species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Saperdini)
MEIYING LIN (China), OLIVIER MONTREUIL (France), GÉRARD TAVAKILIAN (France) &
XINGKE YANG (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2135: 57-64 (18 Jun. 2009) 2 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 8 May 2009
A review of the genus Actenoncus Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Caraboidea: Orthogoniini)
MING-YI TIAN (China) & THIERRY DEUVE (France)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2134: 49-59 (17 Jun. 2009) 5 plates; 24 references                           Accepted: 26 May 2009
Kakadudessus tomweiri, a new genus and species of diving beetle from tropical northern Australia, based on molecular phylogenetic and morphological data (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Bidessini)
LARS HENDRICH & MICHAEL BALKE (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2134: 60-68 (17 Jun. 2009) 6 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 28 Apr. 2009
A new species Agrypnus (Sabikikorius) uidoensis sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from the Sand Dune Shore of Ui-do Island, Korea
TAE MAN HAN, HA SIK SIM, SEUNGHWAN LEE & HAE CHUL PARK (Korea)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2132: 65-68 (15 Jun. 2009) 2 plates; 3 references                           Accepted: 20 May 2009
A new genus and species of Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the western dry forest of Ecuador
R. WILLS FLOWERS (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2132: 40-52 (15 Jun. 2009) 4 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 7 Apr. 2009
A revision of the genus Lycomorphon (Coleoptera: Lycidae)
ELYNTON ALVES DO NASCIMENTO (Brazil) & MILADA BOCAKOVA (Czech)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2131: 65-68 (12 Jun. 2009) 3 plates; 2 references                           Accepted: 20 May 2009
A second species of Apterodina (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from Ecuador
R. WILLS FLOWERS (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2129: 47-62 (10 Jun. 2009) 5 plates; 39 references                           Accepted: 13 May 2009
Optical characterization and redescription of the South Pacific firefly Bourgeoisia hypocrita Olivier (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae)
DIMITRI D. DEHEYN (USA) & LESLEY A. BALLANTYNE (Australia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2125: 1-56 (4 Jun. 2009) 35 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 15 May 2009
A taxonomic study of the Indian species of Euops Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Attelabidae)
ALEXANDER RIEDEL (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2121: 27-34 (29 May 2009) 2 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 28 Apr. 2009
A redescription of Blethisa multipunctata aurata Fischer von Waldheim, 1828
(Coleoptera: Carabidae: Elaphrinae)
HENRI GOULET (Canada), GERMAN S. LAFER SH (Russia) & SEIJI MORITA (Japan)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2118: 53-64 (27 May 2009) 1 plates; 9 references                           Accepted: 23 Apr. 2009
Five new species of Pelthydrus Orchymont, 1919 from China and adjacent
countries (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
DONGJU BIAN (China), HEINRICH SCHÖNMANN (Austria) & LANZHU JI (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2117: 56-64 (25 May 2009) 5 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 29 Apr. 2009
Cis pickeri sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Ciidae) from Southern Africa

CRISTIANO LOPES-ANDRADE (Brazil), NATALIA MATUSHKINA (Ukraine), GERDA BUDER
(Germany) & KLAUS-DIETER KLASS (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2112: 25-40 (20 May 2009) 10 plates; 41 references                          Accepted: 18 Apr. 2009
Redescription of Anovia circumclusa (Gorham) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Noviini), with first description of the egg, larva, and pupa, and notes on adult intraspecific elytral pattern variation

JUANITA A. FORRESTER (Georgia
), NATALIA J. VANDENBERG (USA), & JOSEPH V. MCHUGH (Georgia)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2108: 65-68 (15 May 2009) 1 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 16 Apr. 2009
A new genus and species of the tribe Trigonogeniini Cobos, 1956, from Belize
(Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
SVATOPLUK BÍLÝ (Czech Republic)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2105: 66-68 (13 May 2009) 2 plates; 1 references                           Accepted: 18 Apr. 2009
Description of a new species of Platycoelia Dejean (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae:
Rutelinae: Anoplognathini) from Bolivia
ANDREW B. T. SMITH (Canada)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2105: 61-62 (13 May 2009) 0 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 8 Apr. 2009
Contributions to the knowledge of the Quediina (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae,
Staphylinini) of China. Part 32. Genus Quedius Stephens, 1829. Subgenus Distichalius Casey, 1915. Section 3
ALEŠ SMETANA (Canada)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2102: 1-74 (11 May 2009) 46 plates; 49 references                          Accepted: 19 Mar. 2009
Review of the Sogdini of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Leiodidae:
Leiodinae) with descriptions of fourteen new species and three new genera
STEWART B. PECK & JOYCE COOK
(Canada)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2101: 1-152 (11 May 2009) 31 plates; 386 references                          Accepted: 4 Mar. 2009
Taxonomic revision and biogeography of the Tamarix-feeding
Diorhabda elongata (Brullé, 1832) species group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Galerucini) and analysis of their potential in biological control of Tamarisk
JAMES L. TRACY & THOMAS O. ROBBINS
(USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2094: 60-68 (8 May 2009) 4 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 8 Apr. 2009
Two new species of Borboropora Kraatz from Mexico
(Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
LEONARDO DELGADO & QUIYARI J. SANTIAGO-JIMÉNEZ (Mexico)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2094: 23-35 (8 May 2009) 6 plates; 8 references                           Accepted: 1 Apr. 2009
Anthomalachius, a new genus of soft-winged flower beetles
(Coleoptera, Malachiidae: Malachiinae)
SERGEI E. TSHERNYSHEV (Russia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2089: 52-64 (4 May 2009) 5 plates; 52 references                           Accepted: 25 Mar. 2009
Intra- and interspecific analysis of first instar larval morphology in the genus
Berberomeloe Bologna 1989 (Coleoptera: Meloidae)
CHIARA SETTANNI (Spain), ANDREA DI GIULIO (Italy), MARIA GRAZIA FINOIA (Italy) &
MARCO A. BOLOGNA (Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2087: 1-36 (1 May 2009) 13 plates; 43 references                           Accepted: 20 Mar. 2009
Notes on the morphology, taxonomy, and natural history of the genus Platycerus
Geoffroy from China, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae)
HAO HUANG & CHANG-CHIN CHEN (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2084: 50-68 (27 Apr. 2009) 3 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 17 Mar. 2009
New species, taxonomic notes, and records for Agrilus Curtis
(Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of México and the United States
HENRY A. HESPENHEIDE & CHARLES L. BELLAMY (USA)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2083: 65-68 (27 Apr. 2009) 1 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 10 Apr. 2009
Buobellenden jingyuanensis gen. et sp. nov. of the subfamily Pselaphinae
(Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from Northwestern China
ZI-WEI YIN (China), SHÛHEI NOMURA (Japan) and MEI-JUN ZHAO (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2083: 46-64 (27 Apr. 2009) 7 plates; 49 references                           Accepted: 27 Mar. 2009
A review of Chinese species of the subgenus Paederus s. str. (Coleoptera:
Staphylinidae: Paederinae) with description of a new species
XIAO-YAN LI & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2083: 1-18 (27 Apr. 2009) 12 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 2 Feb. 2009
New genera and species of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from China
and South Korea
I. K. LOPATIN (Belarus) & A. S. KONSTANTINOV (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2080: 1-20 (22 Apr. 2009) 5 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 10 Mar. 2009
A revision of the genus Lamellipalpus Maulik, 1921 (Coleoptera, Lampyridae)
MICHEL BRANCUCCI & MICHAEL GEISER (Switzerland)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2078: 63-68 (20 Apr. 2009) 2 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 18 Mar. 2009
First record of Microscydmus Saulcy & Croissandeau, 1893 from China,
with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera: Scydmaenidae)
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZY
ŃSKI (Poland)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2069: 18-42 (10 Apr. 2009) 11 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 2 Mar. 2009
Discovery of a second species of Aesalini from continental China, with description of the new species and its third instar larva
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae)
HAO HUANG, WEN-XUAN BI, & LI-ZHEN LI (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2064: 27-38 (6 Apr. 2009) 12 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 16 Feb. 2009
Taxonomy of Promethis Pascoe (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae) on Hainan Island, China
YI-BIN BA & GUO-DONG REN (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2062: 57-64 (3 Apr. 2009) 5 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 7 Mar. 2009
Leptogenopapus mirabilis, a new genus and species of Lomechusini
(Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Papua New Guinea associated with ants of the genus Leptogenys Roger
PETER HLAVÁ
Č (Slovakia ) & MILAN JANDA (Czech Republic)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2062: 37-45 (3 Apr. 2009) 6 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 2 Mar. 2009
Two new species of Phyllophaga Harris
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) from Costa Rica
ALEJANDRA GARCÍA-LÓPEZ (Spain), MIGUEL ÁNGEL MORÓN (Mexico), ESTEFANÍA MICÓ
(Spain) & EDUARDO GALANTE (Spain)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2056: 63-68 (30 Mar. 2009) 1 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 2 Mar. 2009
Pseudosparna, a new Neotropical genus of Acanthocinini (Coleoptera:
Cerambycidae: Lamiinae), with description of three new species
JOSÉ RICARDO M. MERMUDES & MIGUEL A. MONNÉ (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2055: 35-48 (27 Mar. 2009) 5 plates; 23 references                           Accepted: 23 Feb. 2009
Revision of Saprinus (Saprinus) splendens (Paykull, 1811) with description of Saprinus (Saprinus) secchii n. sp. (Coleoptera: Histeridae)
THOMAS THÉRY, YVES GOMY & NICOLAS DEGALLIER (France)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2054: 59-68 (27 Mar. 2009) 3 plates; 34 references                           Accepted: 10 Mar. 2009
Cercyon castaneipennis sp. n., an overlooked species from Europe
(Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
OSCAR VORST (The Netherlands)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2054: 1-37 (27 Mar. 2009) 14 plates; 35 references                           Accepted: 17 Feb. 2009
Taxonomic revision of New World species of the genus Oosternum Sharp
(Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae) I. Definition of species groups and revision of the Oosternum aequinoctiale group
MARTIN FIKÁ
ČEK (Czech Republic), FRANZ HEBAUER (Germany) & MICHAEL HANSEN (Denmark)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2048: 47-64 (23 Mar. 2009) 7 plates; 16 references                          Accepted: 19 Feb. 2009
Review of the species in the Cyclocephala bicolor Laporte species group
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)
LUIS J. JOLY (Venezuela)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2048: 65-68 (23 Mar. 2009) 2 plates; 5 references                          Accepted: 20 Feb. 2009
Description of the female of Tehuacania howdeni Endrödi
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini), with a key to the genera of Oryctini from Mexico
ALBERTO BITAR & MIGUEL ÁNGEL MORÓN (Mexico)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2048: 1-30 (23 Mar. 2009) 7 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 19 Feb. 2009
Taxonomic revision of the Australian predaceous water beetle genus
Carabhydrus Watts, 1978 (Col. Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Hydroporini)
LARS HENDRICH (Germany) & CHRIS H.S. WATTS (Australia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2047: 48-62 (20 Mar. 2009) 3 plates; 129 references                          Accepted: 30 Jan. 2009
Introduced leaf beetles of the Maritime Provinces, 8: Gastrophysa polygoni
Linnaeus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
LAURENT LESAGE & CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA (Canada)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2040: 1-111 (16 Mar. 2009) 65 plates; 179 references                          Accepted: 1 Dec. 2008
Revision in part of the genus Nebrioporus Régimbart, 1906, with emphasis on the
N. laeviventris-group (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
MARIO TOLEDO
(Italy)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2038: 1-119 (16 Mar. 2009) 61 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 16 Feb. 2009
Revisions of the genera Parhydraena Orchymont, Protozantaena Perkins,
Decarthrocerus Orchymont, and Parhydraenopsis nomen novum, aquatic and humicolous beetles from Africa and Madagascar, and comparative morphology of the tribe Parhydraenini (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
PHILIP D. PERKINS (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2034: 31-42 (13 Mar. 2009) 1 plates; 39 references                            Accepted: 27 Jan. 2009
Revision of some types of Philonthus Stephens and Gabrius Stephens from
southern South America (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae), with nomenclatural notes
MARIANA CHANI-POSSE DE MAUS (Argentina)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2034: 43-48 (13 Mar. 2009) 1 plates; 3 references                             Accepted: 9 Feb. 2009
Three new species of Bidessodes Régimbart (Insecta, Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)
from the Amazon river floodplain
RAFAEL BENZI BRAGA & NELSON FERREIRA-JR. (Brasil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2033: 58-68 (11 Mar. 2009) 4 plates; 46 references                            Accepted: 30 Jan. 2009
A review of the genus Chelobasis Gray, 1832
(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
C. L. STAINES(USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2033: 49-57 (11 Mar. 2009) 3 plates; 17 references                             Accepted: 3 Feb. 2009
Australotarsius—a new genus of the rove beetle tribe Staphylinini from
Australia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)
ALEXEY SOLODOVNIKOV (DENMARK) & ALFRED F. NEWTON (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2033: 1-12 (11 Mar. 2009) 4 plates; 24 references                             Accepted: 10 Feb. 2009
Five new species of the longulus-group of Hydroporus Clairville, 1806 from
north-eastern Turkey (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
HANS FERY (Germany) & ÖMER KÖKSAL ERMAN (Turkey)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2032: 55-62 (11 Mar. 2009) 3 plates; 5 references                             Accepted: 30 Jan. 2009
Revision of the genus Munina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae), with
the description of M. laotica sp. nov. from Laos
JAN BEZD
ĚK (Czech Republic)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2031: 63-67 (9 Mar. 2009) 2 plates; 12 references                             Accepted: 30 Jan. 2009
On the genus Tetartopeus Czwalina, 1888 of Turkey. A new species and
additional records (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)
S
İNAN ANLAŞ (Turkey)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2023: 1-27 (27 Feb. 2009) 5 plates; 43 references                             Accepted: 14 Jan. 2009
A review of the genus Glyptasida Casey (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Asidini)
STEPHANIE A. LOCKWOOD & DARREN A. POLLOCK (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2017: 47-57 (20 Feb. 2009) 5 plates; 15 references                             Accepted: 27 Jan. 2009
A taxonomic revision and revalidation of Nycterilampus Montrouzier
(Coleoptera: Elateridae, Agrypninae)
CLEIDE COSTA (Brasil), SIMONE POLICENA ROSA ( Brasil) & JACQUES CHASSAIN (France)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2017: 58-60 (20 Feb. 2009) 1 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 3 Dec. 2008
A new species of Polyzonus Castelnau (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from China
GUANG-LIN XIE & WEN-KAI WANG (China)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2017: 65-68 (20 Feb. 2009) 0 plates; 12 references                             Accepted: 19 Jan. 2009
Type specimens of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) at the museo entomológico
Francisco Luís Gallego, Medellín, Colombia
PAULA A. SEPÚLVEDA-CANO & MANUEL A. RAMÍREZ-MORA (Colombia)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2014: 65-68 (18 Feb. 2009) 1 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 19 Dec. 2008
A new species of Micropodabrus Pic from Hainan, China, and a new name to
replace M. coomani (Pic) (Coleoptera, Cantharidae)
YU-XIA YANG & XING-KE YANG (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2014: 41-50 (18 Feb. 2009) 6 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 28 Jan. 2009
The Madagascan genus Dolurgocleptes Schedl (Coleoptera: Curculionidae,
Scolytinae): description of a new species and transfer to the tribe Polygraphini
BJARTE H. JORDAL (Norway)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2011: 47-68 (13 Feb. 2009) 8 plates; 16 references                             Accepted: 24 Dec. 2008
Revision of the genus Epexochus Reitter, with description of three new species
(Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae: Cleonini)
MASSIMO MEREGALLI & FABIO TALAMELLI (Italy)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2010: 31-45 (13 Feb. 2009) 20 plates; 38 references                           Accepted: 18 Dec. 2008
Two sibling species of Leiopus Audinet-Serville, 1835 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Europe:
L. nebulosus (Linnaeus, 1758) and L. linnei sp. nov.
HENRIK WALLIN (Sweden), ULF NYLANDER (Sweden) & TORSTEIN KVAMME (Norway)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2010: 46-56 (13 Feb. 2009) 4 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 17 Dec. 2008
The Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of New Caledonia and Loyalty
Islands. II. Revision of the tribe Tyrini Reitter, 1882
PETER HLAVÁ
Č (Slovakia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2009: 1-26 (11 Feb. 2009) 8 plates; 29 references                             Accepted: 1 Dec. 2008
Pristosia Motschulsky, 1865 from the Nepal Himalaya: Taxonomy and
Biogeography (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Sphodrini)
JOACHIM SCHMIDT & MATTHIAS HARTMANN (Germany)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1999: 1-113 (4 Feb. 2009) 2 plates; 619 references                            Accepted: 8 Dec. 2008
An annotated checklist of the handsome fungus beetles of the world
(Coleoptera: Cucujoidea: Endomychidae)
F.W. SHOCKLEY (USA), K.W. TOMASZEWSKA (Poland) & J.V. MCHUGH (USA)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1997: 1-188 (4 Feb. 2009) 45 plates; 137 references                            Accepted: 16 Oct. 2008
Systematics of Indo-Pacific fireflies with a redefinition of Australasian Atyphella
Olliff, Madagascan Photuroluciola Pic, and description of seven new genera from the Luciolinae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
LESLEY A. BALLANTYNE & CHRISTINE LAMBKIN
(Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1993: 1-16 (2 Feb. 2009) 8 plates; 51 references                             Accepted: 22 Dec. 2008
Baronniesia delioti gen. n. sp. n., a new subterranean Leptodirini from the French Pyrenees (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae)
JAVIER FRESNEDA (Spain), CHARLES BOURDEAU (France) & ARNAUD FAILLE (France)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1993: 17-26 (2 Feb. 2009) 1 plates; 51 references                             Accepted: 18 Dec. 2008
A new bark-gnawing beetle (Coleoptera, Trogossitidae) from the middle Eocene of Europe, with a checklist of fossil Trogossitidae
HEIKO SCHMIED (Germany), TORSTEN WAPPLER (Germany) & JIŘÍ KOLIBÁČ (Czech Republic)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1991: 1-27 (30 Jan. 2009) 13 plates; 16 references                             Accepted: 3 Dec. 2008
Descriptions of eight new species of Phaelota (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
with a new generic synonymy and a key to species of Indian subcontinent
K. D. PRATHAPAN (India) & A. S. KONSTANTINOV (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1985: 63-68 (21 Jan. 2009) 2 plates; 18 references                            Accepted: 8 Dec. 2008
Chromosomal similarities and differences among three sibling species of the Acalles echinatus group (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cryptorhynchinae)
DOROTA LACHOWSKA (Poland), MARIA ROŻEK (Poland) & MILADA HOLECOVÀ (Slovakia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1985: 21-33 (21 Jan. 2009) 19 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 18 Dec. 2008
Revision of some types of the South American tribes Nycteliini, Praocini, and Scotobiini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), with new synonymies
GUSTAVO E. FLORES (Argentina)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1984: 57-60 (21 Jan. 2009) 1 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 17 Dec. 2008
Description of the larva of Oulimnius echinatus Berthélemy (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae)

FEDOR ČIAMPOR JR., ZUZANA ČIAMPOROVÁ-ZAŤOVIČOVÁ
& JÁN KODADA (Slovakia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1983: 54-62 (19 Jan. 2009) 3 plates; 13 references                             Accepted: 4 Dec. 2008
Two new species of Aphanarthrum Wollaston (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) associated with Euphorbia in South Africa
BJARTE H. JORDAL (Norway)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1978: 48-62 (14 Jan. 2009) 6 plates; 24 references                             Accepted: 25 Nov. 2008
Systematic position and cladistic analysis of Gyrasida Koch, a remarkable
genus of Praocini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Chile
GUSTAVO E. FLORES (Argentina) & PEDRO VIDAL (Chile)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1974: 1-16 (9 Jan. 2009) 9 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 14 Nov. 2008
The Scirtes (Coleoptera: Scirtidae: Scirtinae) of Micronesia
HIROYUKI YOSHITOMI (Japan)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1972: 65-68 (7 Jan. 2009) 0 plates; 59 references                              Accepted: 24 Nov. 2008
Proposed conservation of the name Penthe Newman, 1838 (Coleoptera:
Tetratomidae: Penthinae) threatened by the discovery of an older available name
PATRICE BOUCHARD (Canada) & DARREN A. POLLOCK (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1972: 20-34 (7 Jan. 2009) 9 plates; 20 references                              Accepted: 10 Nov. 2008
A new species of Orthomus Chaudoir, 1838 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Madeira island (Macaronesia) and notes on related species
Artur R. M. Serrano (Portugal), Carlos A.S. Aguiar (Portugal), MÁrio C. Boieiro (Portugal), Paulo A.V. Borges (Portugal), Carla Rego (Portugal), Isabel R. AMORIM (Portugal), SÉrvio P. RIBEIRO (Brazil) & Fernando Pereira (Portugal)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1968: 45-57 (22 Dec. 2008) 9 plates; 7 references                          Accepted: 25 Nov. 2008
Arrowcryptus, a new genus of Xenoscelinae of Erotylidae from Africa
RICHARD A. B. LESCHEN (New Zealand) & PIOTR WEGRZYNOWICZ (Poland)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1959: 39-57 (8 Dec. 2008) 5 plates; 40 references                          Accepted: 7 Nov. 2008
A taxonomic revision of the weevil genus Picia Tournier, 1895
(Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Erirhinidae)
ROBERTO CALDARA (Italy)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1958: 1-16 (8 Dec. 2008) 7 plates; 25 references                          Accepted: 7 Nov. 2008
Phylogeny and distribution of the Australian longicorn beetle genus Uracanthus Hope (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
DUANGRAT THONGPHAK & QIAO WANG (New Zealand)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1955: 1-75 (5 Dec. 2008) 14 plates; 107 references                            Accepted: 2 Oct. 2008
Synopsis of the new subtribe Scatimina (Coleoptera:
Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Ateuchini), with descriptions of twelve new genera and review of Genieridium, new genus
FERNANDO Z. VAZ-DE-MELLO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1941: 25-30 (24 Nov. 2008) 6 plates; 6 references                        Accepted: 9 Oct. 2008
Synopsis of the genus Caperonotus Napp, 1993 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
DILMA SOLANGE NAPP & MIGUEL A. MONNÉ (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1941: 55-66 (24 Nov. 2008) 4 plates; 21 references                        Accepted: 3 Nov. 2008
A review of the genus Hoplasoma (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia, with the description of H. bosi sp. nov.
JAN BEZDĚK (Czech)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1933: 33-42 (14 Nov. 2008) 0 plates; 5 references                             Accepted: 7 Oct. 2008
A new species and new subgenus of the Genus Elaphrus from North China, with cladistic analysis of taxa of the tribe Elaphrini (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
HONGLIANG SHI & HONGBIN LIANG (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1929: 47-68 (10 Nov. 2008) 4 plates; 42 references                            Accepted: 7 Oct. 2008
A new species of Xenorhipis LeConte and of Mastogenius Solier from Mexico, with a discussion of Chrysobothris ichthyomorpha Thomson and its allies and notes on other Mexican and Central American Buprestidae (Coleoptera)
RICHARD L. WESTCOTT (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1928: 1-72 (10 Nov. 2008) 23 plates; 83 references                             Accepted: 30 Sept. 2008
A phylogenetic analysis of the tribe Zopherini with a review of the species and generic classification (Coleoptera: Zopheridae)
IAN A. FOLEY & MICHAEL A. IVIE (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1926: 20-26 (7 Nov. 2008) 2 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 7 Oct. 2008
Two new high-altitude species of the genus Omphreus Dejean (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalinae) from Serbia
SRECKO B. CURCIC (Serbia), WOLFGANG WAITZBAUER (Austria), PAMELA ZOLDA (Austria), NASTAS ILIC (Serbia) & BOZIDAR P. M. CURCIC (Serbia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1923: 62-68 (5 Nov. 2008) 3 plates; 6 references                                Accepted: 2 Oct. 2008
New data on the genus Ascaphium Lewis (Coleoptera, staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae) of China
WEN-JIA HE, LIANG TANG & LI-ZHEN LI (China)

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Zootaxa 1922: 21-32 (3 Nov. 2008) 5 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 30 Sept. 2008
Revision of the genus Apterodorcus Arrow (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae) of southern South America
JOSÉ MONDACA E.(Chile) & M.J. PAULSEN (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1922: 33-46 (3 Nov. 2008) 7 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 18 Sept. 2008
Morphological and molecular characterization of a new species of Diabrotica (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae)
NORA CABRERA (Argentina), DANIEL R. SOSA GÓMEZ (Brazil) & ADRIANA MICHELI (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1922: 47-61 (3 Nov. 2008) 6 plates; 42 references                            Accepted: 25 Sept. 2008
Description of the larvae of three species of Laccophilus Leach and comments on the phylogenetic relationships of the Laccophilinae (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
MARIANO C. MICHAT (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1917: 65-68 (29 Oct. 2008) 1 plate; 8 references                         Accepted: 8 Sept. 2008
Three new species of Neotropical Tropisternus Solier (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
PAUL J. SPANGLER & ANDREW EDWARD Z. SHORT (USA)

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Zootaxa 1916: 57-62 (27 Oct. 2008) 4 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 17 Sept. 2008
The genus Xenaclopus Arrow (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae): redescription and removal from the Aclopinae, with systematic notes
Federico C. OCAMPO & FERNANDO Z. VAZ-DE-MELLO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1913: 36-48 (24 Oct. 2008) 1 plate; 11 references                          Accepted: 23 Sept. 2008
The species of the genus Athousius Reitter, 1905 of China, and re-establishment of the genus Thacana Fleutiaux, 1936 (Insecta: Coleoptera, Elateridae)
RAINER SCHIMMEL (Germany) & DARIUSZ TARNAWSKI (Poland)
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Zootaxa 1913: 49-68 (24 Oct. 2008) 8 plates; 6 references                          Accepted: 16 Sept. 2008
Contribution to the knowledge of Seychellois Scirtidae (Coleoptera: Scirtoidea)
RAFAL RUTA (Poland)
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Zootaxa 1912: 59-65 (22 Oct. 2008) 3 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 11 Sept. 2008
Three new species of the Old World Oedemeridae (Coleoptera)
VLADIMÍR ŠVIHLA (Czech Republic)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1910: 53-58 (20 Oct. 2008) 7 plates; 15 references                          Accepted: 18 Sept. 2008
Aplosonyx amorphophallus, an interesting new species of Galerucinae from Timor, Indonesia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
MOHAMED S. MOHAMEDSAID (Malaysia)

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Zootaxa 1899: 43-49 (15 Oct. 2008) 7 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 4 Aug. 2008
Description of the immatures of Charidotella (Charidotella) flaviae Maia & Buzzi,
2005 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae)
OZANA MARIA DE ANDRADE MAIA & ZUNDIR JOSÉ BUZZI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1898: 55-62 (13 Oct. 2008) 3 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 17 Sept. 2008
A review of the genus Scaphidium Oliver (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae) from Tianmushan, East China
WEN-JIA HE, LIANG TANG & LI-ZHEN LI (China)

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Zootaxa 1898: 63-68 (13 Oct. 2008) 3 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 18 Sept. 2008
A new species of genus Aplosonyx Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from China, with a key to the Chinese known species
LIJIE ZHANG, WENZHU LI, YALIN ZHANG & XINGKE YANG (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1896: 58-62 (10 Oct. 2008) 1 plate; 14 references                              Accepted: 16 Sept. 2008
Borneosabahia Franz is a junior synonym of Elacatophora Schaufuss (Coleoptera, Scydmaenidae, Cyrtoscydmini, Cephenniini)
PAWEL JALOSZYNSKI (Poland)

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Zootaxa 1895: 1-9 (8 Oct. 2008) 3 plates; 38 references                              Accepted: 19 Sept. 2008
New position of an abdominal defensive gland complex in Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) with redescription of Piestus heterocephalus Fauvel, 1902 (Piestinae)
EDILSON CARON (Brazil), CIBELE S. RIBEIRO-COSTA (Brazil) & ALFRED F. NEWTON (USA)

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Zootaxa 1895: 10-24 (8 Oct. 2008) 7 plates; 29 references                            Accepted: 17 Sept. 2008
A review of the genus Epitrichius Tagawa, with an analysis of the internal sac armature of the male genitalia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)
CHUN-LIN LI, PING-SHIH YANG, KUO-SHENG HSU and CHUAN-CHAN WANG (R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1895: 39-52 (8 Oct. 2008) 8 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 16 Sept. 2008
A review of Hippeutister Reichensperger with new species from California and Costa Rica (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Hetaeriinae)
MICHAEL S. CATERINO & ALEXEY K. TISHECHKIN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1895: 59-65 (8 Oct. 2008) 5 plates; 4 references                              Accepted: 8 Sept. 2008
A new species of Ranomafana from Madagascar (Coleoptera: Pyrochroidae: Pilipalpinae)
HERMES E. ESCALONA (Venezuela) & ADAM SLIPINSKI
(Australia)
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Zootaxa 1892: 1-25 (6 Oct. 2008) 7 plates; 46 references                                  Accepted: 18 Aug. 2008
A review of the genus Tragidion Audinet-Serville, 1834 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae: Trachyderini)
IAN SWIFT & ANN M. RAY (USA)

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Zootaxa 1892: 53-64 (6 Oct. 2008) 4 plates; 17 references                                  Accepted: 10 Sept. 2008
On the Cryptobiina of the Arabian peninsula (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)
VOLKER ASSING (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1879: 52-56 (17 Sept. 2008) 2 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 6 Aug. 2008
New Agrilus Curtis species from mistletoe in Mexico (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
HENRY A. HESPENHEIDE (USA)
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Zootaxa 1879: 65-68 (17 Sept. 2008) 2 plates; 2 references                              Accepted: 6 Aug. 2008
A new species of flightless Hadromeropsis from the Colombian p
áramo (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Entiminae; Tanymecini)
ROBERT S. ANDERSON (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1876: 35-59 (15 Sept. 2008) 3 plates; 25 references                              Accepted: 23 Jul. 2008
Taxonomy and faunistics of the southern African genus Iselma, with the description of nine new species (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Eleticinae)
MONICA PITZALIS & MARCO A. BOLOGNA (Italy)
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Zootaxa 1876: 60-68 (15 Sept. 2008) 2 plates; 10 references                              Accepted: 28 Aug. 2008
Synopsis of the Neotropical genus Lepturgantes Gilmour (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) with description of a new species
MIGUEL A. MONNÉ & MARCELA L. MONNÉ (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1874: 16-34 (10 Sept. 2008) 6 plates; 87 references                              Accepted: 22 Jul. 2008
Primary chaetotaxy of the larval head capsule and head appendages of the Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera) based on larva of Hydrobius fuscipes
(Linnaeus, 1758)
MARTIN FIKACEK (Czech Republic), MIGUEL ARCHANGELSKY (Argentina) & PATRICIA L. M. TORRES (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1874: 57-62 (10 Sept. 2008) 3 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 8 Jul. 2008
Two new species of Notosacantha Chevrolat, 1834 from India (Coleoptera: Cassidinae: Notosacanthini)
LUKAS SEKERKA (Czech Republic)

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Zootaxa 1871: 63-68 (8 Sept. 2008) 2 plates; 4 references                              Accepted: 18 Apr. 2008
A new species of Augustinus Korotyaev from China, with a key to the species groups of the genus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Ceutorhynchinae)
JUNHAO HUANG (China), HIRAKU YOSHITAKE (Japan), RUNZHI ZHANG (China) & MOTOMI ITO (Japan)

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Article 
Zootaxa 1871: 1-55 (8 Sept. 2008) 10 plates; 151 references                              Accepted: 2 Jul. 2008
Insects found in birds' nests from Argentina: Anumbius annumbi (Vieillot, 1817) (Aves: Furnariidae)
PAOLA TURIENZO & OSVALDO DI IORIO (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1864: 1-124 (3 Sep. 2008) 115 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 9 May 2008
New species and new collection records of Prosthetopine water beetles from southern Africa (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
PHILIP D. PERKINS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1859: 63-68 (29 Aug. 2008) 3 plates; 3 references                              Accepted: 29 Jul. 2008
A new species of Agaporomorphus Zimmermann from Venezuela, and a review of the A. knischi species group (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae)
Kelly B. Miller & Quentin D. Wheeler (USA)

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Zootaxa 1859: 40-48 (29 Aug. 2008) 2 plates; 26 references                              Accepted: 8 Jul. 2008
Revision of the genus Pilemostoma Desbroches, 1891 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Cassidini)
LUKAS SEKERKA (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa 1858: 64-68 (27 Aug. 2008) 1 plates; 17 references                             Accepted: 6 Aug. 2008
Description of a new genus and species of the tribe Parmenini, with nomenclatural notes (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
MARCELA L. MONNE & MIGUEL A. MONNE (Brasil)
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Zootaxa 1858: 37-52 (27 Aug. 2008) 3 plates; 30 references                             Accepted: 6 Aug. 2008
The tribe Lepturini in South America (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lepturinae)
MARCELA L. MONNE & MIGUEL A. MONNE (Brasil)
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Zootaxa 1855: 65-68 (22 Aug. 2008) 2 plates; 4 references                              Accepted: 15 Jul. 2008
A new apterous species of the genus Orphnus MacLeay (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae) from South Africa
ANDREY V. FROLOV (Russia)

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Zootaxa 1855: 41-55 (22 Aug. 2008) 21 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 22 Jul. 2008
Revision of the Afrotropical genus Tritonus Mulsant (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
ANDREW EDWARD Z. SHORT (USA)

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Zootaxa 1851: 51-57 (18 Aug. 2008) 3 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 17 Jun. 2008
A new species of Dinothenarus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Mexico
QUIYARI J. SANTIAGO-JIMENEZ (Mexico)

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Zootaxa 1848: 66-68 (13 Aug. 2008)  1 plates; 4 references                              Accepted: 3 Jul. 2008
Ohanlonella, a new clerid genus from Mexico (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae)
JACQUES RIFKIND (USA)

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Zootaxa 1848: 1-15 (13 Aug. 2008) 2 plates; 31 references                              Accepted: 30 Jun. 2008
New taxa, distribution and biological records of Afrotropical Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae)
C. L. BELLAMY (USA)

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Zootaxa 1845: 1-32 (8 Aug. 2008) 11 plates; 46 references                              Accepted: 8 Jul. 2008
Comparative morphology of internal reproductive systems in leaf beetles of the Donaciinae and Criocerinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and its implication for the phylogeny
YOKO MATSUMURA & KUNIO SUZUKI (Japan)

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Zootaxa 1842: 35-44 (4 Aug. 2008) 5 plates; 17 references                              Accepted: 10 Jun. 2008
Typhlocharis Dieck, 1869 (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Anillini): a new species from the Iberian Peninsula, with notes about its relationships and the evolution of the diecki species group
CARMELO ANDUJAR, JOSE LUIS LENCINA & JOSE SERRANO (Spain)
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Zootaxa 1832: 1-110 (30 Jul. 2008) 60 plates; 46 references                              Accepted: 11 Apr. 2008
An essay on the tribe Xylographellini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Ciidae)
CRISTIANO LOPES-ANDRADE (Brasil)

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Zootaxa 1831: 1-530 (30 Jul. 2008) 2 plates; 4557 references                              Accepted: 12 Feb. 2008
Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography
DANIEL E. PEREZ-GELABERT
(USA)
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Zootaxa 1830: 1-20 (28 Jul. 2008) 1 plates; 38 references                              Accepted: 23 Jun. 2008
The Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of Morelos, Mexico, with description of six new species, and a partially annotated checklist

RICHARD L. WESTCOTT (USA), HENRY A. HESPENHEIDE (USA), JESUS ROMERO N. (Mexico), ARMANDO BURGOS SOLORIO (Mexico), C. L. BELLAMY (USA) & ARMANDO EQUIHUA M. (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 1827: 45-52 (23 Jul. 2008) 2 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 30 Jun. 2008
Fontidessus Miller and Spangler, a new genus of Bidessini from Venezuela (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae) with three new species
KELLY B. MILLER & PAUL J. SPANGLER (USA)

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Zootaxa 1825: 51-58 (18 Jul. 2008) 2 plates; 17 references                              Accepted: 23 Jun. 2008
5100 m above sea level: Agabus joachimschmidti sp. n. and notes on other high altitude diving beetles from Tibet and Bhutan (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)
MICHEL BRANCUCCI (Switzerland) & LARS HENDRICH (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1825: 59-64 (18 Jul. 2008) 2 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 10 Jun. 2008
Contribution to the knowledge of Iranian Pygopleurus Motschulsky, with description of P. rapuzzii n. sp. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Glaphyridae)
DENIS KEITH (France) & MARCO ULIANA (Italy)

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Zootaxa 1821: 67-68 (11 Jul. 2008) 2 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 17 Jun. 2008
The identity of Languria femoralis Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Languriinae)
MATTHEW L. GIMMEL & CHRISTOPHER E. CARLTON (USA)

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Zootaxa 1819: 25-39 (9 Jul. 2008) 7 plates; 57 references                              Accepted: 7 May 2008
Description of the Yunnan shoot borer, Tomicus yunnanensis Kirkendall & Faccoli sp. n. (Curculionidae, Scolytinae), an unusually aggressive pine shoot beetle from southern China, with a key to the species of Tomicus
LAWRENCE R. KIRKENDALL (Norway), MASSIMO FACCOLI (Itay) & HUI YE (China)

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Zootaxa 1818: 65-68 (7 Jul. 2008) 2 plates; 3 references                              Accepted: 3 Jun. 2008
Revision of the Paleartic species of the genus Ochthebius Leach (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) XXIV. Description of Ochthebius (Asiobates) sanabrensis n. sp. from northwestern Spain
LUIS F. VALLADARES (Spain) & MANFRED A. JACH (Austria)

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Zootaxa 1817: 65-68 (7 Jul. 2008) 1 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 26 May 2008
A new monotypic genus of ant-mimicking Coraebini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae ) from Madagascar
C. L. BELLAMY (USA)

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Zootaxa 1817: 49-58 (7 Jul. 2008) 5 plates; 17 references                              Accepted: 15 May 2008
Minute larvae of Leptotyphlinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): description of three genera with discussion on the monophyly and phylogenetic position of the subfamily as inferred from larval morphology
VASILY V. GREBENNIKOV (Canada) & ALFRED F. NEWTON (USA)

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Zootaxa 1816: 35-43 (4 Jul. 2008) 4 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 6 May 2008
A review of the Neotropical genus Alloscolytroproctus Hustache, 1929 (Coleoptera; Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae)
ROBERT S. ANDERSON (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1816: 44-56 (4 Jul. 2008) 18 plates; 10 references                              Accepted: 22 May 2008
A revision of the Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) kheiliana Obenberger, 1931 species-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
SVATOPLUK BILY (Czech Republic)

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Zootaxa 1811: 1-33 (27 Jun. 2008) 0 plates; 78 references                              Accepted: 11 Apr. 2008
The Elateridae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: faunal composition, new records, and taxonomic changes
CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA (Canada) & PAUL J. JOHNSON (USA)

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Zootaxa 1811: 34-36 (27 Jun. 2008) 1 plates; 17 references                              Accepted: 26 May 2008
The synonymy of Cyalithoides fulgida Fisher, 1922 with Chrysodema robusta Deyrolle, 1864 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Chrysochroinae)
C. L. BELLAMY (USA) & T. LANDER (Switzerland)

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Zootaxa 1811: 37-56 (27 Jun. 2008) 3 plates; 141 references                              Accepted: 12 May 2008
Introduced leaf beetles of the Maritime Provinces, 7: Cassida rubiginosa Muller and Cassida flaveola Thunberg (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA & LAURENT LESAGE (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1808: 33-43 (23 Jun. 2008) 7 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 20 May 2008
Three new species of the genus Euscelophilus Voss (Coleoptera: Attelabidae) from China
MENG XIE & XINGCAI LIANG (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1806: 66-68 (20 Jun. 2008) 0 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 7 May 2008
Notes on enigmatic weevil taxa described from Spain and Morocco (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)
MIGUEL A. ALONSO-ZARAZAGA (Spain)

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Zootaxa 1805: 61-68 (18 Jun. 2008) 3 plates; 19 references                              Accepted: 23 Apr. 2008
On the identity of Rhinusa hispida (Brulle and its current synonyms (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
ROBERTO CALDARA (Italy), MILANA DESANCIC (Serbia), ANDRE GASSMANN (Switzerland), LORENZA LEGARRETA (UK), BRENT C. EMERSON (UK) & IVO TOSEVSKI (Switzerland)

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Zootaxa 1799: 1-120 (16 Jun. 2008) 23 plates; 81 references                              Accepted: 7 Feb. 2008
Revision of the sap beetle genus Pocadius Erichson, 1843
(Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Nitidulinae)
ANDREW R. CLINE (USA)
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Zootaxa 1798: 1-100 (16 Jun. 2008) 34 plates; 110 references                              Accepted: 1 Apr. 2008
A revision of the New World genus Fidia Baly 1863
(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae: Adoxini)
M. S. STROTHER & C. L. STAINES (USA)
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Zootaxa 1794: 1-48 (13 Jun. 2008) 27 plates; 36 references                              Accepted: 18 Apr. 2008
A revision of the southern South American genus Bolborhinum Boucomont (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Bolboceratinae)
JOSE MONDACA (Chile) & ANDREW B. T. SMITH (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1791: 53-56 (12 Jun. 2008) 2 plates; 2 references                              Accepted: 29 Apr. 2008
Contributions to the knowledge of the "Staphylinus-complex" (Insecta: Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini) of China. Part 20. The genus Wasmannellus Bernhauer, 1920. Section 2
ALES SMETANA (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1791: 57-67 (12 Jun. 2008) 5 plates; 11 references                              Accepted: 6 May 2008
A review of the Neotropical genus Eucalandra Faust, 1899 (Coleoptera; Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae)
ROBERT S. ANDERSON (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1791: 68 (12 Jun. 2008) 0 plates; 5 references                              Accepted: 28 May 2008
A replacement genus-group name in Buprestidae (Coleoptera)
C. L. BELLAMY (USA)

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Zootaxa 1785: 54-62 (6 Jun. 2008) 5 plates; 36 references                              Accepted: 14 May 2008
A new genus and two new species of fossil Elaterids from the Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning, China (Coleoptera: Elateridae)
HUALI CHANG, FAN ZHANG & DONG REN (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1783: 18-30 (6 Jun. 2008) 3 plates; 53 references                              Accepted: 7 May 2008
A synopsis of the orchid weevil genus Orchidophilus Buchanan (Curculionidae, Baridinae), with taxonomic rectifications and description of one new species
JENS PRENA (USA)

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Zootaxa 1782: 65-68 (3 Jun. 2008) 2 plates; 10 references                              Accepted: 29 Apr. 2008
Ocypus (Matidus) primoriensis Smetana, a new species from the Russian Far East (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini)
ALES SMETANA & VASILY GREBENNIKOV (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1782: 1-33 (3 Jun. 2008) 15 plates; 36 references                              Accepted: 7 May 2008
Revision, phylogeny and natural history of Cotithene Voss (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
NICO M. FRANZ (USA)

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Zootaxa 1781: 55-62 (3 Jun. 2008) 6 plates; 20 references                              Accepted: 23 Apr. 2008
A new species of Hedyselmis Hinton and notes on the phylogeny of the genus (Coleoptera: Elmidae)

FEDOR CIAMPOR JR. & ZUZANA
CIAMPOROVA-ZATOVICOVA (Slovakia)
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Zootaxa 1781: 63-66 (3 Jun. 2008) 0 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 18 Apr. 2008
A new synonym and new records of Tychiini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from Madeira Archipelago and Selvagens Islands
Roberto Caldara (Italy) & DORA AGUIN-POMBO (Portugal)

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Zootaxa 1779: 1-32 (30 May 2008) 0 plates; 204 references                              Accepted: 14 Mar. 2008
Miscellaneous notes on World Anthicidae (Coleoptera)
GIANLUCA NARDI (Italy)

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Zootaxa 1776: 52-58 (26 May 2008) 3 plates; 26 references                              Accepted: 29 Apr. 2008
First record of the tribe Diglottini from South America with description of Diglotta brasiliensis n. sp. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)
EDILSON CARON & CIBELE STRAMARE RIBEIRO-COSTA (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1776: 59-68 (26 May 2008) 3 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 18 Apr. 2008
Two new species of Hainokisaruzo Yoshitake & Colonnelli from China, with a checklist of the species of the genus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Ceutorhynchinae)
JUNHAO HUANG (P.R. China), HIRAKU YOSHITAKE (Japan), RUNZHI ZHANG (P.R. China) & MOTOMI ITO (Japan)

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Zootaxa 1773: 55-62 (21 May 2008) 2 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 6 May 2008
The species of Pandeleteius Schoenherr of coastal Chile and Peru (Coleoptera, Curculionidae)
ANNE T. HOWDEN (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1773: 1-17 (21 May 2008) 12 plates; 10 references                              Accepted: 27 Apr. 2008
Taxonomic review of three saperdine genera, Mandibularia Pic, Mimocagosima Breuning and Parastenostola Breuning (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Saperdini)
MEIYING LIN, WENZHU LI & XINGKE YANG (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1772: 55-62 (19 May 2008) 5 plates; 25 references                              Accepted: 23 Apr. 2008
First record of Xyleborus atratus Eichhoff from Europe, with an illustrated key to the European Xyleborini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
MASSIMO FACCOLI (Italy)

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Zootaxa 1772: 63-68 (19 May 2008) 3 plates; 2 references                              Accepted: 18 Apr. 2008
A new Chilean species of Cycloneda Crotch (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellinae: Coccinellini)
NATALIA J. VANDENBERG (USA) & GUILLERMO GONZAlEZ (Chile)

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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). 182ocontribution 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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
Zootaxa 1544: 1-40 (6 Aug. 2007) 17 plates; 95 references                            Accepted: 5 Jul. 2007
Taxonomy of the tribe Paromalini Reitter (Coleoptera: Histeridae, Dendrophilinae) from China
YE-JUN ZHANG & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1544: 41-58 (6 Aug. 2007) 9 plates; 31 references                            Accepted: 9 Jul. 2007
Notes on Falsocis Pic (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Ciidae), with the description of an endangered Brazilian species
CRISTIANO LOPES-ANDRADE (Brasil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1542: 1-20 (6 Aug. 2007) 13 plates; 22 references                            Accepted: 23 May 2007
New species of Anillinus Casey (Carabidae: Trechinae: Bembidiini) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A. and phylogeography of the A. langdoni species group
IGOR M. SOKOLOV, YULIYA Y. SOKOLOVA & CHRISTOPHER E. CARLTON (USA)
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Zootaxa 1536: 1-296 (30 Jul. 2007) 3 plates; 835 references                            Accepted: 3 Mar. 2007
Annotated checklist of weevils from the Papuan region (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea)
GREGORY P. SETLIFF 
(USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1533: 53-61 (26 Jul. 2007) 18 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 11 Jun. 2007
A new species of the genus Diaphanes Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) from Gaoligong Mountains of Yunnan, Southwest China
XUEYAN LI & XINGCAI LIANG (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1527: 17-29 (16 Jul. 2007) 7 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 11 Jun. 2007
A revision of the Australian intertidal water beetle genus Hughleechia Perkins (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
PHILIP D. PERKINS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1527: 31-38 (16 Jul. 2007) 4 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 11 Jun. 2007
A new genus and species of the aleocharine tribe Thamiaraeini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from South Africa
GRZEGORZ PASNIK (Poland)
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Zootaxa 1527: 39-44 (16 Jul. 2007) 2 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 1 Jun. 2007
Description of the first Chlamydopsinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae) from the Philippines
ALEXEY K. TISHECHKIN & MICHAEL S. CATERINO (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1521: 19-29 (5 Jul. 2007) 2 plates; 40 references                            Accepted: 17 May 2007
A review of the genus Chaeridiona Baly, 1869 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
C. L. STAINES (USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1521: 59-62 (5 Jul. 2007) 8 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 5 Jun. 2007
A new species of Hydrocyphon Redtenbacher, 1858 (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from Kopet Dagh Mountains
RAFAL RUTA (Poland)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1516: 1-21 (28 Jun. 2007) 7 plates; 36 references                            Accepted: 18 May 2007
Larval morphology of Liodessus Guignot, 1939: generic characteristics, descriptions of five species and comparisons with other members of the tribe Bidessini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae).
YVES ALARIE (Canada), MARIANO C. MICHAT (Argentina), MIGUEL ARCHANGELSKY (Argentina) & HELEN M. BARBER-JAMES (South Africa)
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Zootaxa 1510: 51-56 (18 Jun. 2007) 2 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 11 Apr. 2007
Taxonomic notes on some Chinese species of Neolucanus Thomson and Prismognathus Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)
XIA WAN (P.R. China), LUCA BARTOLOZZI (Italy) & XINGKE YANG (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1504: 1-51 (11 Jun. 2007) 1 plates; 321 references                            Accepted: 20 Apr. 2007
Taxonomic changes and an updated catalogue for the Palaearctic Sericini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)
DIRK AHRENS (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1503: 55-68 (11 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 20 references                            Accepted: 31 May 2007
The Elaphidion Audinet-Serville of the Puerto Rican Bank: new species, distributions, taxonomic corrections, and a key to species (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Elaphidiini)
MICHAEL A. IVIE & MICHELLE L. SCHWENGEL-REGALA(USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1499: 47-59 (7 Jun. 2007) 3 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 19 Apr. 2007
Digging down under: Australian Bolboceratini, their habits and a list of species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Geotrupidae)
Henry Howden (Canada), ANNE HOWDEN (Canada) & GEOFFREY HOLLOWAY (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1497: 23-33 (4 Jun. 2007) 2 plates; 16 references                            Accepted: 17 Apr. 2007
Ardistomis quixotei
(Coleoptera: Carabidae: Clivinini), a new species from Cuba and Mexico: structural and habitat features of adults, larvae and pupae, comparisons with previously described species, and notes about classification and biogeography
PAVEL VALDES R. (Cuba)
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Zootaxa 1497: 57-68 (4 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 25 Apr. 2007
Cladistic analysis of the species of Calendyma Lacordaire (1857) and Epiclines Chevrolat (1838) (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae)
JAIME A. SOLERVICENS (Chile)
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Zootaxa 1496: 53-62 (4 Jun. 2007) 0 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 16 Apr. 2007
Type species designations of Afrotropical Ablaberini and Sericini genera (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)
DIRK AHRENS (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1495: 1-34 (31 May 2007) 17 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 27 Mar. 2007
Euscelus
species of the West Indies (Coleoptera: Attelabidae)
ROBERT W. HAMILTON (USA)
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Zootaxa 1489: 1-207 (31 May 2007) 86 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 13 Mar. 2007
A revision of the Australian species of the water beetle genus Hydraena Kugelann (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
PHILIP D. PERKINS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1483: 33-39 (28 May 2007) 3 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 11 Apr. 2007
Two new species of Itagonia Reitter (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Blaptini) from Tibet, China
AI-MIN SHI & GUO-DONG REN (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1481: 21-34 (24 May 2007) 0 plates; 67 references                            Accepted: 12 Apr. 2007
Nomenclatorial and faunistic notes on some world Aderidae (Coleoptera)
GIANLUCA NARDI (Italy)
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Zootaxa 1481: 35-47 (24 May 2007) 5 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 18 Apr. 2007
Neoapterocis
, a new genus of apterous Ciidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) from Chile and Mexico
CRISTIANO LOPES-ANDRADE (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1481: 49-58 (24 May 2007) 2 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 16 Apr. 2007
Resurrection and review of the genus Knowltonia Fisher, with description of a new subspecies of Chrysobothris Eschscholtz and new species of Acmaeodera Eschscholtz from North America (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
RICHARD L. WESTCOTT & WILLIAM F. BARR (USA)
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Zootaxa 1481: 59-68 (24 May 2007) 6 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 16 Apr. 2007
Geoparnus
rhinoceros sp. nov., a new edaphic dryopid with unusual sexual dimorphism (Coleoptera: Dryopidae)
JAN KODADA, MANFRED A. JACH, FEDOR CIAMPOR JR. & ZUZANA CIAMPOROVA-ZATOVICOVA (Slovakia)
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Zootaxa 1478: 21-31 (21 May 2007) 6 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 27 Mar. 2007
Biodiversity patterns of cavernicolous ground-beetles and their conservation status in the Azores, with the description of a new species: Trechus isabelae n. sp. (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae)
PAULO A. V. BORGES (Portugal), PEDRO OROMI (Spain), ARTUR R. M. SERRANO (Portugal), ISABEL R. AMORIM (USA) & FERNANDO PEREIRA (Portugal)
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Zootaxa 1478: 49-59 (21 May 2007) 4 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 16 Apr. 2007
A new species of Metadorcinus Kriesche from Brazil with notes on the genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae)
PASCHOAL C. GROSSI (Brazil) & FERNANDO Z. VAZ-DE-MELLO (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 1478: 61-64 (21 May 2007) 4 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 7 Feb. 2007
A new species of Ptomaphagus (Appadelopsis) (Coleoptera: Leiodidae) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A.
ALEXEY K. TISHECHKIN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1474: 1-54 (14 May 2007) 22 plates; 33 references                            Accepted: 7 Mar. 2007
On the Xantholinini of Turkey and adjacent regions (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)
VOLKER ASSING (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1469: 43-50 (10 May 2007) 3 plates; 7 references                             Accepted: 27 Mar. 2007
A new species group of the genus Trechosia from the Cape region of South Africa (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Trechinae)
GERNOT GEGINAT (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1458: 1-80 (25 Apr. 2007) 43 plates; 142 references                             Accepted: 10 Jan. 2007
A review of the Aphodiinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of southern South America
ANDREW B. T. SMITH (Canada) & PAUL E. SKELLEY (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1457: 1-34 (25 Apr. 2007) 15 plates; 72 references                             Accepted: 11 Apr. 2007
Biodiversity, conservation, and hotspot atlas of Costa Rica: a dung beetle perspective (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
BERT KOHLMANN (Costa Rica),
ÁNGEL SOLÍS (Costa Rica), ORTWIN ELLE (Costa Rica), XINIA SOTO (Germany) & RICARDO RUSSO (Costa Rica)
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Zootaxa 1457: 35-48 (25 Apr. 2007) 11 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 17 Jan. 2007
New species of Laparocerus Schonherr, 1834 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands)
ANTONIO MACHADO (Spain)

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Zootaxa 1453: 1-31 (23 Apr. 2007) 0 plates; 192 references                             Accepted: 10 Jan. 2007
Scarabaeoidea (Coleoptera) of Portugal: genus-group names and their type species
TRIST
AO BRANCO (PORTUGAL)
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Zootaxa 1449: 31-43 (16 Apr. 2007) 8 plates; 32 references                             Accepted: 5 Dec. 2006
Reconsidering Pholeuon C. Hampe (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Cholevinae), with the description of a new subgenus
OANA TEODORA MOLDOVAN, GHEORGHE RACOVITA & GEJZA DUNAY (Romania)

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Zootaxa 1449: 45-50 (16 Apr. 2007) 4 plates; 21 references                             Accepted: 22 Feb. 2007
A review of the genus Bruchia Weise 1906 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
C. L. STAINES (USA)

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Zootaxa 1449: 51-56 (16 Apr. 2007) 4 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 6 Mar. 2007
A new species of Merobruchus Bridwell near Merobruchus boucheri Kingsolver (Coleoptera:Chrysomelidae:Bruchinae)
CIBELE STRAMARE RIBEIRO-COSTA (Brasil)

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Zootaxa 1438: 49-63 (2 Apr. 2007) 9 plates; 30 references                             Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
Taxonomic review of the Neotropical genus Moriosomus Motschulsky (Insecta:
Coleoptera, Carabidae, Morionini) with notes on the way of life of the species
TERRY L. ERWIN & WENDY MOORE (USA)
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Zootaxa 1437: 61-67 (2 Apr. 2007) 3 plates; 15 references                             Accepted: 19 Jan. 2007
A new species of Photinus (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Photinini) from Jalisco, Mexico, with comments on intraspecific aedeagal variability and a key to the species of the subgenus Paraphotinus
SANTIAGO ZARAGOZA-CABALLERO (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 1431: 1-44 (26 Mar. 2007) 21 plates; 18 references                             Accepted: 16 Jan. 2007
Revision of the species of Hydraena Kugelann (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) from
Palawan and Busuanga, with descriptions of eleven new species, and redescription of Hydraena (Hydraenopsis) scabra d'Orchymont, 1925
HENDRIK FREITAG & MANFRED A. JACH (Austria)
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Zootaxa 1431: 65-68 (26 Mar. 2007) 1 plate; 20 references                             Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
Notes on some Western Palaearctic Xantholinini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae).
181° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae
ARNALDO BORDONI (Italia)
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Zootaxa 1427: 1-36 (19 Mar. 2007) 9 plates; 57 references                             Accepted: 19 Jan. 2007
Phylogenetic analysis of the genera of endemic Hawaiian sap beetles (Coleoptera:
Nitidulidae) based on morphology with redescription and key to the genera of endemic Hawaiian Nitidulidae
CURTIS EWING (USA)
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Zootaxa 1427: 37-47 (19 Mar. 2007) 7 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 19 Jan. 2007
Two new species and additional records of Lesteva Latreille, 1797 from the mountains of South Siberia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae:
Omaliinae: Anthophagini)
ALEXEY V. SHAVRIN, VIKTOR G. SHILENKOV & ALEXANDER V. ANISTSCHENKO (Russia)
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Zootaxa 1427: 49-56 (19 Mar. 2007) 4 plates; 26 references                                Accepted: 10 Jan. 2007
Two Pseudoliodine genera Dermatohomoeus Hlisnikovsky and Pseudcolenis
Reitter (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leiodinae) in Korea, with a description of Pseudcolenis hoshinai new species
SUN-JAE PARK & KEE-JEONG AHN (R. Korea)
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Zootaxaotaxa 1423: 27-38 (12 Mar. 2007)  26 references                                            Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
Ptiliidae of the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera): new records and
bionomic notes
CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA (Canada) & MIKAEL SORENSSON (Sweden)
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otaxa
otaxaotaxa 1423: 63-66 (12 Mar. 2007) 1 plate; 7 references                              Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
A new species of Arpedium from Kyrgyzstan
(Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Omaliinae)
V. ASSING (Germany)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1421: 1-72 (8 Mar. 2007) 25 plates; 27 references                              Accepted: 6 Feb. 2007
Contributions to the knowledge of the "Staphylinus-complex" (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) of China. Part XX. The genus Ocypus Leach, 1819,
subgenus Pseudocypus Mulsant & Rey, 1876. Section 1
A. SMETANA (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1415: 43-47 (5 Mar. 2007) 4 plates; 6 references                                 Accepted: 24 Jan. 2007
Descriptions of two new species of click-beetle (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Turkey 

GIUSEPPE PLATIA (Italy), MAHMUT KABALAK (Turkey) & OSMAN SERT (Turkey)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1415: 49-56 (5 Mar. 2007) 3 plates; 24 references                               Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
A new fossil mordellid (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Mordellidae) from the
Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning Province, China
MING LIU, WENHUA LU & DONG REN (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1415: 57-64 (5 Mar. 2007) 5 plates; 7 references                                 Accepted: 26 Jan. 2007
Two new Tachygonidius species from the Atlantic coast of Brazil
(Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
S.A. VANIN & J.R.M. MERMUDES (Brazil)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1415: 65-68 (5 Mar. 2007) 2 plates; 16 references                                Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
A new species of Lathrobium from Kyrgyzstan
(Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Paederinae)
V. ASSING (Germany)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1413: 65-68 (1 Mar. 2007) 1 plate; 15 references                             Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
A new species of Nudobius from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Staphylininae, Xantholinini)
VOLKER ASSING (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1412: 1-54 (26 Feb. 2007) 41 plates; 23 references                              Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the African genus Ischnopoderona (Scheerpeltz, 1974) new status (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) 

GRZEGORZ PASNIK (Poland)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1412: 55-60 (26 Feb. 2007) 2 plates; 11 references                               Accepted: 12 Feb. 2007
The female genital structures of several species of the genus Cionus Clairville,
1798 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
OSMAN SERT (Turkey)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1411: 33-41 (22 Feb. 2007)    7 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
On the Aploderus species of Turkey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Oxytelinae)
V. ASSING (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1411: 25-32 (22 Feb. 2007)   4 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
A revision of Amarochara of the Holarctic region. III. A new species, a new synonym, and additional records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
V. ASSING (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1411: 1-24 (22 Feb. 2007)    11 plates; 39 references                              Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
On the Oxypoda species of Turkey and adjacent regions. II. Three new species, additional records, and a checklist (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae)
V. ASSING (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1407: 23-42 (15 Feb. 2007)  11 plates; 59 references                             Accepted: 5 Dec. 2006
Systematic review to the genus Liothorax (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)
M. DELLACASA (Italy), R.D. GORDON (USA), & G. DELLACASA (Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1398: 1-14 (25 Jan. 2007)  6 plates; 21 references                             Accepted: 15 Dec. 2006
Cladistic analysis of species of Natalis Laporte (1836) and related genera Eunatalis Schenkling (1909), Metademius Schenkling (1899) and Eurymetomorphon Pic (1950) (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) with redescription of a restored Clerinae genus.
J. SOLERVICENS A. (Chile)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1390: 17-20 (11 Jan. 2007)  1 plate; 4 references                           Accepted: 10 Nov. 2006
A new species of the genus Philothermus Aube (Coleoptera: Cerylonidae) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A.
M.L. GIMMEL (USA) & A. SLIPINSKI (Australia)
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2006 (107 papers, 2803 pages)

Zootaxa 1385: 1-30 (21 Dec. 2006) 7 plates; 13 references                          Accepted: 11 Oct. 2006
Revision of the endemic Hawaiian sap beetle genus
Apetasimus Sharp 1908 (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)
C. EWING (USA)
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Zootaxa 1385: 31-46 (21 Dec. 2006) 8 plates; 19 references                          Accepted: 4 Oct. 2006
The checkered beetles (Coleoptera: Cleridae) of the Maritime
Provinces of Canada
C.G. MAJKA (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1384: 1-39 (18 Dec. 2006) 13 plates; 32 references                               Accepted: 14 Sept. 2006
A review of Pseudolechriops Champion (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae)
H.A. HESPENHEIDE & L.M. LAPIERRE (USA)
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Zootaxa 1377: 61-68 (11 Dec. 2006) 4 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 30 Dec. 2006
Kashmirobia, a new genus of flea beetles from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
A. S. KONSTANTINOV (USA) & K. D. PRATHAPAN (India)
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Zootaxa 1375: 59-68 (7 Dec. 2006) 5 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 31 Oct. 2006
Descriptions of two new species of Pseudocossonus Wollaston (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae) from mainland China with a key to the world species
Y.M. OMAR (P.R.China), R. ZHANG (P.R.China) & S.R. Davis (USA)
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Zootaxa 1373: 37-52 (7 Dec. 2006) 3 plates; 34 references                             Accepted: 18 Oct. 2006
Nacerdochroa concolor (Brull? 1839) (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae): taxonomy, ecology, life cycle and larval instars
P. PLATA-NEGRACHE & M.A. ALONSO-ZARAZAGA (Spain)
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Zootaxa 1373: 1-35 (7 Dec. 2006) 14 plates; 38 references                             Accepted: 6 Oct. 2006
Taxonomic revision of Mycolybas Crotch, 1876 (Coleoptera: Erotylidae)
P.L. LOPES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1371: 65-68 (4 Dec. 2006) 3 plates;3 references                             Accepted: 25 Oct. 2006
Male description of Eutetrapha velutinofasciata Pic, with a new synonym (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Saperdini)
M.Y. LIN, W.Z. LI, X.K. YANG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1369: 1-17 (30 Nov. 2006) 4 plates; 31 references                             Accepted: 26 Oct. 2006
Review of the Hemiosus Sharp and Derallus Sharp of North America, Central America, and the Caribbean (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Berosini)

A. ED. Z. SHORT & P.J. TORRES (USA)
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Zootaxa 1368: 41-48 (30 Nov. 2006) 2 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 3 Nov. 2006
Brasilaccoderus, a new genus of Eurypinae (Coleoptera: Mycteridae) from Brazil
D.A. POLLOCK (USA)
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Zootaxa 1367: 1-35 (30 Nov. 2006) 1 plate; 14 references                            Accepted: 27 Oct. 2006
The description of a new species of Agrilus Curtis, with distributional records, and taxonomic and biological notes for Agrilinae and Trachyinae (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of Mexico and Central America
R.L. WESTCOTT & H.A. HESPENHEIDE (USA)
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Zootaxa 1365: 37-47 (27 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 20 references                            Accepted: 11 Oct. 2006
Notes on Acanthoderini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) described by Ernst Fuchs, now in the Herbert Schmid Collection, Vienna, Austria
M.L. MONNÉ & M.A. MONNÉ (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1363: 49-68  (23 Nov. 2006) 8 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 9 Oct. 2006
Notes on identity, new synonymy and larva of Ivalia Jacoby (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) with description of a new species
C.N. DUCKETT (USA), K.D. PRATHAPAN (India) & A.S. KONSTANTINOV (USA)
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Zootaxa 1357: 45-60 (13 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 3 references                              Accepted: 5 Oct. 2006
Four new species of Discomorpha Chevrolat, 1837 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Omocerini), with key to Discomorpha s. str.
L. BOROWIEC (Poland)
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Zootaxa 1357: 31-43 (13 Nov. 2006) 5 plates; 25 references                              Accepted: 6 Oct. 2006
Phylogenetic studies of the subgenus Petrophilus Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichus), with description of a new species sympatric with P. thunbergi Morawitz
K. SASAKAWA & K. KUBOTA (Japan)
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Zootaxa 1355: 39-47 (9 Nov. 2006) 2 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 22 Aug. 2006
Hydroporus neclae sp. n. from north-eastern Turkey, a new member of the memnonius-group of Hydroporus Clairville (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
O. K. ERMAN (Turkey) & H. FERY (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1354: 63-68 (9 Nov. 2006) 3  plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 9 Oct. 2006
A new sibling species of Halyzia straminea (Hope) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Halyziini) from the Indian subcontinent
J. POORANI (India) & R.G. BOOTH (UK)
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Zootaxa 1351: 1-13 (6 Nov. 2006)  3 plates; 30 references                         Accepted: 21 Sept. 2006
The larvae of Amarodytes duponti (Aube (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae), with comments on Bidessini larval morphology and chaetotaxy
M. MICHAT (Argentina) & Y. ALARIE (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1350: 55-68 (2 Nov. 2006)  20 references                                     Accepted: 14 Sept. 2006
The species of Larinus Dejean, 1821 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) described by J. Desbrochers : lectotype designations and new synonymies
L. GULTEKIN (Turkey) & H. PERRIN (France)
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Zootaxa 1349: 53-62 (2 Nov. 2006)  4 plates; 8 references                         Accepted: 4 Oct. 2006
Puelchesia gracilis, a new genus and species of Pachydemini endemic to the Monte biogeographic province in Argentina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)
F.C. OCAMPO (USA) & A.B.T. SMITH (Canada)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1346: 1-396 (30 Oct. 2006)  219 plates; 16 references                       Accepted: 15 Aug. 2006
A revision of the Australian humicolous and hygropetric water beetle genus Tympanogaster Perkins, and comparative morphology of the Meropathina (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
P.D. PERKINS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1344: 23-31 (26 Oct. 2006)  4 plates; 19 references                       Accepted: 14 Sept. 2006
Description of the mature larva of Hydrothassa fairmairei (Brisout) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) and key to the larvae of the genus
A. BASELGA & F. NOVOA (Spain)
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Zootaxa 1341: 49-68 (23 Oct. 2006) 10 plates; 19 references                       Accepted: 19 Sept. 2006
Description of last instar larva and pupa of Chaeridiona picea Baly, 1869 and Oncocephala quadrilobata (Guerin, 1844) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Oncocephalini) from India
J. SWIETOJANSKA (Poland), M. CHORZEPA (Poland) & H. GHATE (India) 
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Zootaxa 1340: 45-49 (23 Oct. 2006) 1 plate; 5 references                        Accepted: 6 Sept. 2006
New species of Hemilissopsis Lane, 1959
(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae, Elaphidionini)
F.T. HOVORE & J.A. CHEMSAK (USA)
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Zootaxa 1340: 57-68 (23 Oct. 2006) 5 plates; 14 references                        Accepted: 18 Sept. 2006
Review of Chinese species of the genus Embrikstrandia
Plavilstshikov, 1931 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) with description of a new species
J.H. HUANG, S.Y. ZHOU & B. CHEN (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1337: 61-68  (19 Oct. 2006)   2 plates; 6 references                       Accepted:  25 Sept. 2006
Psammocoryza vanemdeni, a new genus and species of scaritine beetle from the Atlantic coast of Brazil (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Clivinini)
J.E. HOGAN (UK)
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Zootaxa 1333: 63-67 (12 Oct. 2006)  2 plates; 14 references                       Accepted:  21 Aug. 2006
One new species of the genus Neotriplax (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) from China
J. LI, G.-D. REN & J.-Z. DONG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1327: 41-62 (2 Oct. 2006)  9 plates; 14 references                      Accepted:  24 Aug. 2006
Two new genera of Laophontidae (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) without sexual dimorphism in the endopods of the swimming legs
H. GHEERARDYN, F. FIERS, M. VINCX & M. DE TROCH (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 1326: 55-68 (2 Oct. 2006) 9 plates;  23  references                        Accepted:  14 Sept. 2006
First record of fossil Priacma (Coleoptera: Archostemata: Cupedidae) from the Jehol Biota of western Liaoning, China
J.J. TAN, D. REN & C.K. SHIH (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1325: 369-384 (28 Sept. 2006)  3 plates; 9  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
New species of the genus Laena Latreille
(Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Southeastern Asia
W. SCHAWALLER (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1319: 15-28 (25 Sept. 2006) 2 plates; 7  references                          Accepted:  29 Aug. 2006
Descriptions of Palliolatrix gen.n. and seven new species from Middle America (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae)
J. PRENA (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1317: 41-47 (21 Sept. 2006) 1 plates; 3  references                          Accepted:  28 Aug. 2006
Contributions to the knowledge of the "Staphylinus-complex" (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) of China. Part 13. The genus Sphaerobulbus Smetana 2003. Section 3
A. SMETANA (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1317: 35-40 (21 Sept. 2006) 1 plates; 1  references                          Accepted:  28 Aug. 2006
Contributions to the knowledge of the "Staphylinus-complex" (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) of China. Part 14. The genus Ocychinus Smetana 2003. Section 2
A. SMETANA (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1316: 33-43 (18 Sept. 2006) 2 plates; 13  references                          Accepted:  28 Aug. 2006
Contributions to the knowledge of the "Staphylinus-complex" (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini) of China. Part 11. The genus Wasmannellus Bernhauer, 1920 and Nelmanwaslus gen. nov.
A. SMETANA (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1312: 59-68 (11 Sept. 2006) 3 plates; 23  references                             Accepted:  25 Aug. 2006
Taxonomic revision of the monotypic genus Acyphus Heller (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) with comments on infraspecific variation
A.A. LANTERI & M. GUADALUPE DEL RIO (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1312: 49-58 (11 Sept. 2006) 6 plates; 14  references                             Accepted:  16 Jul. 2006
Iberorhyzobius Raimundo & Canepari gen. nov., for Coccidula rondensis Eizaguirre (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

A. RAIMUNDO (Portugal), C. CANEPARI (Italy), Z. MENDEL (Israel), M. BRANCO (Portugal) & J.C. FRANCO (Portugal)
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Zootaxa 1311: 13-50 (11 Sept. 2006) 11 plates; 19  references                             Accepted:  6 Jul. 2006
Review of lady beetles in the Cycloneda germainii species complex (Coleoptera; Coccinellidae: Coccinellinae: Coccinellini) with descriptions of new and unusual species from Chile and surrounding countries
G. GONZÁLEZ (Chile) & N.J. VANDENBERG (USA)
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Zootaxa 1309: 25-35 (7 Sept. 2006)  3 plates; 11  references                             Accepted:  15 Aug. 2006
Two new species in the Anthaxia (Anthaxia) candens (Panzer, 1793) species-group from Iran and Turkey, with taxonomic notes on the group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
S. BÍLÝ (Czech)
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Zootaxa 1308: 1-29 (4 Sep. 2006)  14 plates; 51  references                             Accepted:  15 Aug. 2006
Review of the species of Ardistomina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Clivinini) in America north of Mexico
Y. BOUSQUET (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1307: 1-33 (4 Sep. 2006)  36 plates; 14  references                             Accepted:  15 Aug. 2006
The Bostrichidae (Coleoptera) of Taiwan: a key to species, new records, and a lectotype designation for Sinoxylon mangiferae Chujo
L.Y. LIU (R. China), R.A. BEAVER (Thailand) & J.T. YANG (R. China)
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Zootaxa 1306: 41-50 (31 Aug. 2006)  4 plates; 6  references                             Accepted:  9 Aug. 2006
Nebria tenuicaulis sp. nov., a sympatric species with Nebria sadona ohdaiensis Nakane, with studies on the phylogeny of the subgenus Sadonebria Ledoux & Roux (Coleoptera: Carabidae)

K. SASAKAWA & K. KUBOTA (Japan)
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Zootaxa 1304: 49-59 (28 Aug. 2006)  4 plates; 7  references                             Accepted:  28 Jul. 2006
Two new species of Hybochaetodus Arrow (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae: Anaidinae) from Peru
F.C. OCAMPO (USA)
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Zootaxa 1304: 21-29 (28 Aug. 2006)  1 plates; 30  references                             Accepted:  15 Aug. 2006
A new species of Stenus (Hemistenus) with new records and a key to Chinese species of the viridanus group (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae)
C.-Y. ZHAO & H.-Z. ZHOU (P.R.China)
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Zootaxa 1302: 61-68 (24 Aug. 2006)  5 plates; 4  references                             Accepted:  2 Aug. 2006
New species of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Mexico and Costa Rica
B. KOHLMANN & Á. SOLÍS (Costa Rica)
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Zootaxa 1297: 23-35 (17 Aug. 2006) 3 plates; 4 references                              Accepted:  24 Jul. 2006
Descriptions of three new species of Bembidion Latreille
(Coleoptera: Carabidae) occurring in Canada
Y. BOUSQUET & R. WEBSTER (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1295: 29-39 (14 Aug. 2006) 4 plates; 24 references                              Accepted:  4 Jul. 2006
The first larval description in the genus Diaphorocera Heyden (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Cerocomini): D. chrysoprasis Fairmaire
F. TURCO, A. DI GIULIO & M.A. BOLOGNA (Italy)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 1292: 1-119 (14 Aug. 2006) 20 plates; 176 references                        Accepted:  26 Apr. 2006
A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
C.A.M. REID (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1286: 43-55 (11 Aug. 2006) 4 plates; 13 references                               Accepted:  18 Jul. 2006
A taxonomic review of the genus Oesyperus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini)
B. M. KATAEV (Russia)
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Zootaxa 1282: 17-28 (7 Aug. 2006) 5 plates; 9 references                                  Accepted:  3 Jul. 2006
Hypera kayali sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Hyperini) from Syria, with bionomic data
J. SKUHROVEC (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa 1279: 53-68 (3 Aug. 2006) 6 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 17 Jun. 2006
Four new species of Scaphisoma Leach with maculate elytra (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scaphidiinae) from Mexico, with new records and comments on S. balteatum Matthews
H.E. FIERROS-LÓPEZ (Mexico) 
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Zootaxa 1275: 43-60 (31 Jul. 2006) 4 plates; 26 references                              Accepted: 5 Jul. 2006
A new species of the pollen-beetle genus Meligethes (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) of the M. aeneus group from Greece, with review of the M. subaeneus complex
P. AUDISIO, E. MANCINI & A. DE BIASE (Italy)
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Zootaxa 1270: 1-17 (24 Jul. 2006) 13 plates; 10 references                                Accepted: 21 Jun. 2006
Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) types of the Fernando de Zayas collection, Havana, Cuba
E.H. NEARNS, M.A. BRANHAM & S.M. BYBEE (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1270: 35-43 (24 Jul. 2006) 9 plates; 7 references                               Accepted: 28 Jun. 2006
Description of a new species, Tarchius yunnanensis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae), from China
Y.M. OMAR (P.R. China), K.D. HAN (R. Korea) & R.Z. ZHANG (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1268: 1-38 (20 Jul. 2006) 8 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 15 Jun. 2006
A revision of the Neotropical genus Motonerus Hansen (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae)
M. FIKÁCEK (Czech Republic) & A.E.Z. SHORT  (USA) 
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1266: 1-63 (20 Jul. 2006) 13 plates; 49 references                              Accepted: 8 May 2006
A revision of the Chilean tribe Lichniini Burmeister, 1844 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)
S.J. HAWKINS (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1256: 49-57 (10 Jul. 2006)  2 plates; 2 3 references                                Accepted: 2 Jun. 2006
A new species of Curius Newman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Venezuela with notes on sexual dimorphism within the genus
E.H. NEARNS & A.M. RAY (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1252: 49-61 (6 Jul. 2006) 1 plate; 14 references                                    Accepted: 23 May 2006
Review of the genus Sympagus Bates, 1881 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Acanthocinini)
F.T. HOVORE & V.H. TOLEDO (Mexico) 
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Zootaxa 1252: 63-68 (6 Jul. 2006) 1 plate; 7 references                                        Accepted: 8 Jun. 2006
A new flightless trechodine genus and species from the South African Cape region (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechitae)
G. GEGINAT (Germany) 
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Zootaxa 1251: 1-70 (3 Jul. 2006) 59 references                                                   Accepted: 15 May 2006
Staphylinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Biologia Centrali-Americana: Current status of the names
J.L. NAVARRETE-HEREDIA (Mexico), C. GÓMEZ-RODRÍGUEZ (Mexico) & A.F. NEWTON (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1250: 37-51 (3 Jul. 2006) 6 plates; 32 references                                 Accepted: 16 May 2006
The Mycteridae, Boridae, Pythidae, Pyrochroidae, and Salpingidae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada
CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA
(Canada) 
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Zootaxa 1248: 21-26 (29 Jun. 2006) 1 plate; 8 references                                 Accepted: 26 May 2006
A new species of the weevil genus Larinus Dejean from Turkey and Syria (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Lixinae)
L. GÜLTEKIN (Turkey) 
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Zootaxa 1248: 45-68 (29 Jun. 2006) 50 references                                               Accepted: 10 May 2006
Understanding saproxylic beetles: new records of Tetratomidae, Melandryidae, Synchroidae, and Scraptiidae from the Maritime Provinces of Canada (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea)
C.G. MAJKA (Canada) & D.A. POLLOCK (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1246: 55-68 (29 Jun. 2006) 3 plates; 19 references                              Accepted: 31 May 2006
The Northeastern Palaearctic light coloured Neocrepidodera Heikertinger, 1911 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), with description of a new species
A. BASELGA (Spain) 
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Zootaxa 1242: 53-68 (23 Jun. 2006) 3 plates; 14 references                               Accepted: 15 May 2006
A review of the American species of Xenelmis Hinton (Coleoptera: Elmidae), with a new species from Argentina
V. MANZO (Argentina) 
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Zootaxa 1234: 1-63 (15 Jun. 2006) 16 plates; 237 references                             Accepted: 2 Feb. 2006
A revision of the weevil genus Procas Stephens (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Erirhinidae)
R.T. THOMPSON (UK) 
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Zootaxa 1228: 1-24 (9 Jun. 2006) 15 plates; 19 references                                  Accepted: 1 May 2006
A taxonomic review of the Chinese species from the genus Ascelosodis Redtenbacher (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), with descriptions of three new species
G.-D. REN & A.-M. SHI (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1227: 57-62 (9 Jun. 2006) 4 plates; 8 references                                  Accepted: 10 May 2006
Camioleum choi, a new species in the omaliine tribe Anthophagini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from Korea
C. SHIN & K.-J. AHN (Korea) 
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Zootaxa 1226: 61-68 (9 Jun. 2006) 2 plates; 19 references                                 Accepted: 10 May 2006
Description of the pupa and observations on the distribution, ecology, and life history of Quedius spelaeus spelaeus Horn (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) in Nova Scotia, Canada
M. MOSELEY, J. KLIMASZEWSKI & C.G. MAJKA (Canada) 
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Zootaxa 1220: 45-53 (30 May 2006)  28 references                                          Accepted: 26 Apr. 2006
Type species designations and other nomenclatural notes on Palaearctic Melolonthinae and Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Scarabaeidae) 
A. SMETANA
& A.B.T. SMITH (Canada) 
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Zootaxa 1217: 1-76 (26 May 2006) 18 plates; 27 references                         Accepted: 31 Mar. 2006
A revision of the click beetle genus Ctenoplus Candèze, 1863 (Coleoptera: Elateridae, Synaptina)
E. FULLER (Canada) & G. PLATIA (Italy) 
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Zootaxa 1212: 1-244 (26 May 2006) 1111 references                                          Accepted: 9 Feb. 2006
Catalogue of the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region. Part III. Subfamilies Parandrinae, Prioninae, Anoplodermatinae, Aseminae, Spondylidinae, Lepturinae, Oxypeltinae, and addenda to the Cerambycinae and Lamiinae
M.A. MONNÉ (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1207: 1-64 (22 May 2006)  20 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 27 Jan. 2006
Review of the Neotropical species of the genus Stereodermus Lacordaire, 1866 (Coleoptera: Brentidae, Stereodermini)
A. MANTILLERI (France) & A. SFORZI (Italy) 
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Zootaxa 1206: 23-46 (18 May 2006)  2 plates; 69 references                              Accepted: 20 Mar. 2006
Studies on the Australian Chalcophorini: a new genus for Chalcophora subfasciata Carter, 1916 and a review of the Pseudotaenia Kerremans, 1903 generic-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
C.L. BELLAMY (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1204: 41-52 (18 May 2006) 4 plates; 16 references                               Accepted: 18 Apr. 2006
The larva of Hydora annectens Spangler and Brown (Coleoptera: Elmidae, Larainae) and a key to New World Larainae larvae
M. ARCHANGELSKY & V. MANZO (Argentina) 
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Zootaxa 1202: 61-68 (15 May 2006) 2 plates; 27 references                              Accepted: 10 Apr. 2006
Checklist of the genus Cybocephalus Erichson (Coleoptera: Cybocephalidae) of China, with description of a new species from Yunnan Province
M.Y. TIAN (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1202: 21-31 (15 May 2006)  3 references                                               Accepted: 6 Feb. 2006
Addenda and corrigenda to ‘A World Catalogue of Families and Genera of Curculionoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera)’. 2
C.H.C. LYAL (UK) & M.A. ALONSO-ZARAZAGA (Spain) 
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Zootaxa 1195: 31-37 (8 May 2006) 2 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 4 Apr. 2006
A new Brazilian species of Harpasus Mulsant (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Chilocorinae), a predator of Tinocallis kahawaluokalani (Kirkaldy) (Hemiptera, Aphididae) 
L.M. DE ALMEIDA & R.C.Z. DE CARVALHO (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1195: 61-68 (8 May 2006) 3 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 6 Apr. 2006
A new combination and two new species of Aslamidium Borowiec (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
C.L. STAINES (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1194: 33-47 (4 May 2006) 4 plates; 40 references                              Accepted: 1 Mar. 2006
New Coleoptera records from owl nests in Nova Scotia, Canada
C.G. MAJKA, J. KLIMASZEWSKI, & R.F. LAUFF (Canada) 
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Zootaxa 1193: 59-68 (4 May 2006) 2 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 5 Apr. 2006
A new dung beetle genus with two new species from Chile (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
F.Z. VAZ-DE-MELLO & G. HALFFTER (Mexico) 
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Zootaxa 1191: 1-19 (1 May 2006) 5 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 29 Mar. 2006
Revision of the South American Ceratognathini (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Aesalinae) with the description of a new genus and a new species
M.J. PAULSEN (USA) & J. MONDACA E. (Chile) 
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Zootaxa 1185: 61-68 (24 Apr. 2006) 3 plates; 8 references                           Accepted: 19 Feb. 2006
A new species of Aphodius Illiger (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from the central United States
M.J. PAULSEN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1182: 1-130 (21 Apr. 2006) 36 plates; 77 references                            Accepted: 28 Jan. 2006

Revision and cladistic analysis of the genus: Ptychoderes Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera, Anthribidae, Anthribinae, Ptychoderini)
J.R.M. MERMUDES & D.S. NAPP (Brazil)
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Zootaxa
1181: 1-102 (21 Apr. 2006) 31 plates; 52 references                            Accepted: 10 Dec. 2005

Revision of the subgenus Metaeuops Legalov of Euops Schoenherr (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea, Attelabidae) from the Papuan region
A. RIEDEL (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1179: 1-96 (21 Apr. 2006) 43 plates; 52 references                            Accepted: 9 Oct. 2005

Taxonomy and phylogeny of the World species of the genus Ischnopoda Stephens, 1837 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
G. PASNIK (Poland)
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Zootaxa 1173: 63-68 (13 Apr. 2006) 1 plate; 7 references                             Accepted: 28 Feb. 2006
New South American genus and species of Pteroplatini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae)
D.S. NAPP & U.R. MARTINS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1171: 31-37 (10 Apr. 2006) 2 plates; 2 references                             Accepted: 14 Mar. 2006
A new species of Phanaeus Macleay (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Phanaeini) from Oaxaca, Mexico
W. D. EDMONDS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1170: 27-56 (10 Apr. 2006) 6 plates; 22 references                               Accepted: 8 Mar. 2006
Revision of the longiusculus-group of the genus Hydroporus Clairville, 1806 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
H.V. SHAVERDO (Austria)
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Zootaxa 1168: 21-30 (6 Apr. 2006) 3 plates; 32 references                           Accepted: 28 Feb. 2006
Adventive and native Byrrhidae (Coleoptera) newly recorded from Prince Edward Island, Canada
C.G. MAJKA, C NORONHA & M. SMITH (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1163: 61-68 (30 Mar. 2006) 2 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 23 Feb. 2006
A new species of Plectromerus Haldeman (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Navassa Island, Greater Antilles
E.H. NEARNS & W.E. STEINER, Jr. (USA)
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Zootaxa 1161: 65-68 (30 Mar. 2006) 2 plates; 2 references                              Accepted: 9 Feb. 2006
Reinstatement of Solenoptera michelii (Chemsak, 1979) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae: Solenopterini) as a valid species
J.A. MICHELI & C.J. MICHELI (USA)
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Zootaxa 1158: 1-38 (23 Mar. 2006) 10 plates; 21 references                              Accepted: 6 Feb. 2006
New species of darkling beetles (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from San Salvador Island, Bahamas
W.E. STEINER, JR. (USA)
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Zootaxa 1157: 1-74 (23 Mar. 2006) 27 plates; 59 references                              Accepted: 16 Jan. 2006

An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Arabian Peninsula, with biogeographical remarks
F. PENATI & P. VIENNA (Italy)
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Zootaxa 1155: 51-60 (20 Mar. 2006) 2 plates; 14 references                               Accepted: 3 Feb. 2006
A new Mexican species of Oxyporus (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxyporinae)
J. MARQUEZ & J. ASIAIN (Mexico)
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Zootaxa 1154: 27-33 (20 Mar. 2006) 2 plates; 5 references                              Accepted: 10 Dec. 2005
Description of the male of the rare Madagascan species Pseudorphnus hiboni with notes on the genus Pseudorphnus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae)
A.V. FROLOV (Russia) & O. MONTREUIL (France)
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Zootaxa 1154: 49-68 (20 Mar. 2006) 32 references                                            Accepted: 7 Feb. 2006
The Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) of the Maritime Provinces of Canada: new records, biogeographic notes, and conservation co