Editorial team | Coleoptera Editors by Taxa | List of papers by year

Coordinator: Dr. C.L. Bellamy (cbellamy@cdfa.ca.gov) 

Editor Dr. R.S. Anderson (randerson@mus-nature.ca) CUCUJIFORMIA, CURCULIONOIDEA, except Scolytinae and Platypodinae
Research Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, PO Box 3443, Station D Ottawa, ON. K1P 6P4 CANADA
Editor Dr. C.L. Bellamy (cbellamy@cdfa.ca.gov) ELATERIFORMIA: BUPRESTOIDEA; STAPHYLINIFORMIA: STAPHYLINOIDEA, families except Staphylinidae and Hydraenidae 
Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Dept. of Food & Agriculture, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA 95832-1448, U.S.A.
Editor Dr. M.L. Chamorro (lourdes.chamorro@gmail.com) CUCUJIFORMIA: CHRYSOMELOIDEA, particulary Chrysomelidae s.lat. 
Department of Entomology, MRC 187 National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution P.O. Box 37012 Washington, DC, 20013-7012 USA
Editor Dr. P. Divakaran (prathapankd@gmail.com) CUCUJIFORMIA: CHRYSOMELOIDEA, particulary Chrysomelidae s.lat.
Department of Entomology, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellayani P. O., Trivandrum - 695 522, Kerala, INDIA
Editor Dr. Hans Fery (hanfry@aol.com) ADEPHAGA: Dytiscidae
Raeuschstr. 73, D-13509 Berlin, GERMANY
Editor Dr. J.A. Forrester  (juanita.forrester@gmail.com) CUCUJIFORMIA, particularly Cucujoidea and LYMEXYLOIDEA
Chattahoochee Technical College, 1645 Bluffs Parkway, Canton, Georgia 30114, U.S.A.
Editor Dr. N.M. Franz (nico.franz@upr.edu) CUCUJIFORMIA, CURCULIONOIDEA, except Scolytinae and Platypodinae
Department of Biology, Call Box 9000, University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez, PR 00681-9000, U.S.A.
Editor Dr. R. Gerstmeier (r.gerstmeier@googlemail.com) CUCUJIFORMIA, particularly Carabidae
Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Lehrstuhl fuer Tieroekologie, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, D-85350 Freising, GERMANY 
Editor Dr. M. Gimmel (phalacrid@gmail.com )ARCHOSTEMATA; MYXOPHAGA (except Hydroscaphidae); ELATERIFORMIA: DASCILLOIDEA, SCIRTOIDEA 
Division of Entomology, 1501 Crestline Drive, Suite #140, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66049 USA
Editor Dr. V.I. Gusarov (vladimir.gusarov@nhm.uio.no) STAPHYLINIFORMIA: Staphylinidae, 
all except subfamily Staphylininae
University of Oslo, UNM, Zoological Museum, Department of Entomology, P.O. Box 1172, Blindern, NO-0318, Oslo, NORWAY
Editor Dr. M. A. Ivie (mivie@montana.edu) BOSTRICHIFORMIA; 
Department of Entomology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717-0002 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. J. Klimaszewski (jklimaszewski@cfl.forestry.ca) STAPHYLINIFORMIA: STAPHYLINOIDEA: Staphylinidae
René Martineau Insectarium, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, 1055, rue du P.E.P.S., Case postale 10380, succ./Stn. Sainte-Foy Québec (Québec) Canada G1V 4C7
Editor (Mr.) N. Lord (bothriderid@gmail.com) CUCUJIFORMIA, TENEBRIONOIDEA 
Department of Biology, 167 Castetter Hall, MSC03 2020, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001 USA
Editor (Mr.) C. G. Majka (christopher.majka@gmail.com) BYRRHOIDEA (except Dryopidae, Elmidae); ELATEROIDEA (except Elateridae)
c/o Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3A6 Canada 
Editor Dr. K.A. Ober (kober@holycross.edu) ADEPHAGA: (excluding Dytiscidae and Noteridae) and particularly Carabidae 
Department of Biology, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, MA 01610, USA
Editor Dr. P.D. Perkins (perkins@oeb.harvard.edu) MYXOPHAGA: Hydroscaphidae; STAPHYLINOIDEA: Hydraenidae; ELATERIFORMIA: BYRRHOIDEA: Dryopidae, Elmidae
Department of Entomology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Editor Dr. A. Short (aezshort@ku.edu) STAPHYLINIFORMIA: HYDROPHILOIDEA including Histeridae
Division of Entomology, 1501 Crestline Drive, Suite #140, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66049 U.S.A.
Editor Dr. A.B.T. Smith (asmith@unlserve.unl.edu) SCARABAEIFORMIA: SCARABAEOIDEA
Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, CANADA
Editor Dr. A.D. Smith (telegeusid@hotmail.com) CUCUJIFORMIA, TENEBRIONOIDEA 
Arizona State University, International Institute for Species Exploration (IISE), PO Box 876505 Tempe, AZ 85287-6505, U.S.A.
Editor Dr. A.Yu. Solodovnikov (asolodovnikov@snm.ku.dk) STAPHYLINIFORMIA: STAPHYLINIDAE: subfamily Staphylininae only
Natural History Museum of Denmark / University of Copenhagen, Zoological Museum, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, DENMARK
Editor (Mr.) M. Toledo (mariotoledo@hotmail.it) ADEPHAGA: only Noteridae 
via Simonini 14, 43056 Torrile (PR), Italy
Editor Dr. Q. Wang (Q.Wang@massey.ac.nz)  CUCUJIFORMIA: CHRYSOMELOIDEA, particularly Cerambycidae
Institute of Natural Resources, Massey University, PB 11122, Palmerston North, NEW ZEALAND
Editor Dr. S. Wells (sam.wells@bayer.com) ELATERIFORMIA: ELATEROIDEA 
Bayer CropScience LP, Western Field Technology Station, 266 S. Monroe Ave., Fresno, CA 93706 U.S.A.
Utility Editor Dr. Floyd W. Shockley (ShockleyF@si.edu) PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT DIRECTLY
Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 165, Washington, DC 20013-7012, U.S.A.

Coleoptera Suborders, Series, Superfamilies, Families, and Subfamilies

Coleoptera Editors by Taxa

Suborder Archostemata: Gimmel 
Suborder Myxophaga: Gimmel (except Hydroscaphidae), Perkins (Hydroscaphidae) 
Suborder Adephaga: Fery (Dytiscidae), Ober (all families except Dytiscidae, Noteridae), 
                                      Toledo (Noteridae)
Suborder Polyphaga 
  Series Staphyliniformia 
    Superfamily Hydrophiloidea: Short 
    Superfamily Staphylinoidea: Bellamy (all families except Staphylinidae and Hydraenidae)
      Staphylinidae: Gusarov (all except Staphylininae), Klimaszewski,  
                                  Solodovnikov (only Staphylininae)
      Hydraenidae: Perkins 
  Series Scarabaeiformia 
    Superfamily Scarabaeoidea: A.B.T. Smith 
  Series Elateriformia 
    Superfamily Scirtoidea: Gimmel 
    Superfamily Dascilloidea: Gimmel 
    Superfamily Buprestoidea: Bellamy 
    Superfamily Byrrhoidea: Majka (families other than Dryopidae, Elmidae),  
                                               Perkins (Dryopidae, Elmidae) 
    Superfamily Elateroidea: Majka (non-Elateridae families), Wells (only Elateridae)
  Series Bostrichiformia
    Superfamily Bostrichoidea: Ivie 
  Series Cucujiformia 
    Superfamily Lymexyloidea: Forrester 
    Superfamily Cleroidea: Gerstmeier 
    Superfamily Cucujoidea: Forrester 
    Superfamily Tenebrionoidea: Lord, A.D. Smith 
    Superfamily Chrysomeloidea; Chrysomelidae: Chamorro, Divakaran; Cerambycidae: Wang 
    Superfamily Curculionoidea: Anderson, Franz (except bark beetles); 
                                                         Kirkendall (only bark beetles)

* Specialists interested in filling any vacancy or submitting manuscripts on these taxa should contact Dr. C.L. Bellamy (cbellamy@cdfa.ca.gov) 

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2012

Article 
Zootaxa 3181: 1–27 (02 Dec. 2012) 6 plate; 22 references                            Accepted: 05 Dec. 2011
New Mexican and Central American species of Agrilus Curtis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) mimetic of flies
HENRY A. HESPENHEIDE (USA)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 3180: 66–68 (1 Feb. 2012) 1 plate; 19 references                            Accepted: 8 Dec. 2011
Re-classification of Rhipidiomorphus malaccanus Pic, a long-neglected genus and species of Psephenoidinae (Coleoptera: Psephenidae)
MING-LUEN JENG (Taiwan)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3175: 63–68 (27 Jan. 2012) 3 plate; 21 references                           Accepted: 28 Nov. 2011
New species and key of Aeletes Horn (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Abraeinae) from Brazil
FERNANDO W. T. LEIVAS (Brazil), KLEBER M. MISE (Brazil), LÚCIA M. ALMEIDA (Brazil), BRUNA P. MACARI (Brazil) & YVES GOMY (France)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3174: 44–50 (26 Jan. 2012) 4 plate; 6 references                           Accepted: 29 Nov. 2011
Oroides pakaluki new genus and new species of Coccidulini from New Guinea (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
WIOLETTA TOMASZEWSKA (Poland) & ADAM ŚLIPIŃSKI (Australia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3174: 22–34 (26 Jan. 2012) 6 plate; 8 references                           Accepted: 29 Nov. 2011
Revision of the subgenus Scymnus (Parapullus) Yang from China (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
XIAO-SHENG CHEN SHUN-XIANG REN & XING-MIN WANG (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3173: 37–53 (25 Jan. 2012) 7 plate; 21 references                           Accepted: 31 Oct. 2011
A new interstitial species of the Hydroporus ferrugineus group from north-western Turkey, with a molecular phylogeny of the H. memnonius and related groups (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae)
CARLES HERNANDO, PEDRO AGUILERA†, AGUSTÍN CASTRO & IGNACIO RIBERA (Spain)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 3169: 1–60 (23 Jan. 2012) 33 plate; 99 references                           Accepted: 09 Nov. 2011
Revision of the genus Andraegoidus Aurivillius (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
JUAN PABLO BOTERO R. & MARCELA L. MONNÉ
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Article 
Zootaxa 3168: 64–68 (23 Jan. 2012) 1 plate; 18 references                           Accepted: 23 Nov. 2011
Redescription and lectotype designation of Helichus cordubensis Berg (Coleoptera: Dryopidae)
G. A. RODRIGUEZ & V. MANZO (Argentina)
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Article
Zootaxa 3168: 39–52 (23 Jan. 2012) 10 plate; 6 references                           Accepted: 03 Nov. 2011
Further studies of African Acylophorus Nordmann (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)
DEREK A. LOTT† (UK)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3164: 17–31 (18 Jan. 2012) 5 plate; 31 references                           Accepted: 16 Nov. 2011
Revision of the genus Adelostoma (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Part 1: subgenus Zarudnionymus Semenov & Bogatchev, 1947
LUBOŠ PURCHART (Czech Republic)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 3159: 65–68 (13 Jan. 2012) 2 plate; 5 references                           Accepted: 21 Nov. 2011
A new scarab species, Aphodius gissaricus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), from the Pamir-Alay Mountains in Tajikistan
LILIA AKHMETOVA & ANDREY FROLOV (Russia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3157: 54–60 (11 Jan. 2012) 3 plate; 10 references                           Accepted: 08 Nov. 2011
A new species of Chlorophorus Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) from China with description of biology
SHI-XIANG ZONG, GUANG-LIN XIE, WEN-KAI WANG, YOUQING LUO & CHUAN-JIAN CAO (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3157: 31–40 (11 Jan. 2012) 4 plate; 19 references                         Accepted: 16 Nov. 2011
Belicinus Rhomboideus, a new genus and species of Psepheninae
(Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea: Psephenidae) from Belize
ROBERTO ARCE-PÉREZ (Mexico), WILLIAM D. SHEPARD (USA) & MIGUEL A. MORÓN (Mexico)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3156: 43–68 (10 Jan. 2012) 8 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 3 Nov. 2011
Contributions to the knowledge of the Quediina (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini) of China. Part 42. Genus Quedius Stephens, 1829. Subgenus Raphirus Stephens, 1829. Section 10
ALEŠ SMETANA (Canada)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3153: 57–68 (6 Jan. 2012) 3 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 7 Nov. 2011
Biodiversity research of darkling beetles on Socotra Island. Part I. The genus Deretus Gahan, 1900 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
LUBOŠ PURCHART (Czech Republic)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3153: 39–56 (6 Jan. 2012) 14 plates; 9 references                           Accepted: 9 Nov. 2011
Stenomastigus Leleup (Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae): status of subgenus Acanthostigus Leleup and revision of species with elongated male protrochanters
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI (Poland)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3151: 28–34 (5 Jan. 2012) 4 plates; 3 references                           Accepted: 28 Oct. 2011
Notes on Chinese Allopachria Zimmermann, with descriptions of two new species from Guangxi (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
DONGJU BIAN & LANZHU JI (China)
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2011

Editorial
Zootaxa 3148: 203–208 (23 Dec. 2011) 
Order Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
S. A. SLIPINSKI, R. A. B. LESCHEN, AND J. F. LAWRENCE
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Article
Zootaxa 3139: 1–27 (21 Dec. 2011) 12 plates; 27 references                      Accepted: 21 Oct. 2011
New species of Horistonotus Candèze from Brazil (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Cardiophorinae)
SÔNIA A. CASARI (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3128: 47–57 (13 Dec. 2011) 5 plates; 36 references                         Accepted: 25 Oct. 2011
Molecular and morphological diagnostic markers for the Himalayan Ips DeGeer species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
ABDUL A. BUHROO & FERENC LAKATOS (Hungary)
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Article
Zootaxa 3126: 39–54 (12 Dec. 2011) 9 plates; 13 references                  Accepted: 26 Oct. 2011
Notes on Prosopocoilus Hope (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae)
from China, with the description of two new species
HAO HUANG & CHANG-CHIN CHEN (China)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3121: 66–68 (07 Dec. 2011) 01 plates; 08 references                  Accepted: 04 Nov. 2011
On the identity of Anchorosternum sinense (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Megasternini)
MARTIN FIKÁČEK (Czech Republic) & FENGLONG JIA (China)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 3119: 1–68 (05 Dec. 2011) 0 plate; 220 references                   Accepted: 14 Oct. 2011
NAnnotated checklist of the tribe Listroderini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cyclominae)
JUAN J. MORRONE
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Article
Zootaxa 3116: 47–58 (02 Dec. 2011) 10 plates; 17 references                  Accepted: 21 Oct. 2011
Coarazuphium tapiaguassu (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Zuphiini), a new Brazilian troglobitic beetle, with ultrastructural analysis and ecological considerations
THAIS GIOVANNINI PELLEGRINI & RODRIGO LOPES FERREIRA (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3116: 33–46 (02 Dec. 2011) 07 plates; 16 references                  Accepted: 20 Oct. 2011
Two new species of the genus Geocharis Ehlers, 1883 and new data on Anillina species from Portugal (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
ARTUR R. M. SERRANO & CARLOS A. S. AGUIAR (Portugal)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3113: 65–68 (29 Nov. 2011) 02 plates; 03 references                  Accepted: 21 Oct. 2011
Stenocyphon neozealandicus, a new species from New Zealand of a previously monotypic subfamily from Chile (Coleoptera: Scirtidae: Stenocyphoninae)
RAFAŁ RUTA (Poland), STEPHEN THORPE (New Zealand) & HIROYUKI YOSHITOMI (Japan)
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Article
Zootaxa 3113: 36–52 (29 Nov. 2011) 07 plates; 07 references                  Accepted: 19 Oct. 2011
Ten new species of Cephennula Jałoszyński (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) from Malaysia
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI (Poland)
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Article
Zootaxa 3102: 27–49 (18 Nov. 2011) 70 plates; 28 references                         Accepted: 15 Aug. 2011
A redefinition of the Curculionini of the world, with a key to subtribes and genera, and two new genera: Pseudoculio and Megaoculis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae)
FRANK W. PELSUE, JR., CHARLES W. O’BRIEN (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3102: 1–26 (18 Nov. 2011) 14 plates; 29 references                          Accepted: 10 Oct. 2011
Rove beetles (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) associated with Aenictus laeviceps (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Sarawak, Malaysia: Strict host specificity, and first myrmecoid Aleocharini
MUNETOSHI MARUYAMA (USA), TAKASHI MATSUMOTO (Japan) & TAKAO ITIOKA (Japan)
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Article
Zootaxa 3101: 53–58 (17 Nov. 2011) 2 plates; 13 references                  Accepted: 10 Oct. 2011
Revision of the genus Myrmecobrenthus Kleine with a description of a new species from Gabon (Coleoptera: Brentidae: Eremoxenini)
LUCA BARTOLOZZI (Italy) & SANDRINE MARIELLA BAYENDI LOUDIT (France)
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Article
Zootaxa 3101: 47–52 (17 Nov. 2011) 1 plates; 18 references                  Accepted: 05 Oct. 2011
Two new species of the genus Melanotus Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Elateridae; Melanotinae) from Pakistan
MUHAMMAD ATIQUE AKHTER (Pakistan), GIUSEPPE PLATIA (Italy) , SYED ANSER RIZVI (Pakistan) & ZUBAIR AHMED (Pakistan)
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Article
Zootaxa 3100: 35–68 (16 Nov. 2011) 13 plates; 73 references                  Accepted: 07 Oct. 2011
On the Sicilian species of Pseudomeira Stierlin (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)
CESARE BELLÒ & COSIMO BAVIERA (Italy)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3097: 68–68 (14 Nov. 2011) 0 plates; 2 references                  Accepted: 10 Oct. 2011
Ochicanthon fernandoi: a replacement name for the primary junior homonym O. vazdemelloi Latha and Sabu 2011 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
THOMAS K. SABU & MATHEWS LATHA (India)
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Article
Zootaxa 3094: 43–51 (09 Nov. 2011) 6 plates; 17 references                  Accepted: 04 Oct. 2011
A new species of Placusa Erichson (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from China
JIANGYONG GAO, BAOZHONG JI & SHUWEN LIU (China)
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Article
Zootaxa 3093: 1–34 (08 Nov. 2011) 22 plates; 12 references                  Accepted: 03 Oct. 2011
New species and new collection records of aquatic beetles in the genus Ochthebius Leach from southern Africa (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
PHILIP D. PERKINS (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3090: 41–56 (03 Nov. 2011) 5 plates; 45 references                  Accepted: 04 Oct. 2011
Taxonomic notes on Chinese Cercyon: description of a new species, new synonyms, and additional faunistic records (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae)
FENG-LONG JIA (China), MARTIN FIKÁČEK (Czech Republic) & SERGEY K. RYNDEVICH (Russia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3090: 21–40 (03 Nov. 2011) 0 plates; 21 references                  Accepted: 03 Oct. 2011
An annotated checklist of the oryctine rhinoceros beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini) of the Neotropical and Nearctic realms
HÉCTOR JAIME GASCA-ÁLVAREZ (Colombia) & BRETT C. RATCLIFFE (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3090: 1–20 (03 Nov. 2011) 8 plates; 39 references                  Accepted: 30 Sep. 2011
Revision and phylogeny of Chelagyrtodes Szymczakowski (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Camiarinae: Agyrtodini)
AINSLEY E. SEAGO (Australia) & RICHARD A. B. LESCHEN (New Zealand)
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Article
Zootaxa 3087: 1–55 (01 Nov. 2011) 37 plates; 39 references                  Accepted: 30 Sep. 2011
Notation of primary setae and pores on larvae of Dytiscinae (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), with phylogenetic considerations
YVES ALARIE (Canada), MARIANO C. MICHAT (Argentina) & KELLY B. MILLER (USA)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 3077: 1–118 (28 Oct. 2011) 57 plates; 75 references                   Accepted: 29 Jul. 2011
Systematics, distributions and bionomics of the Catopocerini (eyeless soil fungivore beetles) of North America (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Catopocerinae)
STEWART B. PECK & JOYCE COOK
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 3075: 1–151 (28 Oct. 2011) 1 plates; 50 references                   Accepted: 18 Jul. 2011
World catalogue of the species of the tribe Lomechusini (Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
PETER HLAVÁČ, ALFRED F. NEWTON & MUNETOSHI MARUYAMA
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 3074: 1–198 (28 Oct. 2011) 128 plates; 15 references                   Accepted: 10 Aug. 2011
New records and description of fifty-four new species of aquatic beetles in the genus Hydraena Kugelann from South America (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
PHILIP D. PERKINS
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Article
Zootaxa 3070: 51–59 (27 Oct. 2011) 1 plates; 16 references                  Accepted: 29 Sep. 2011
Contribution to the knowledge of the tribe Mastigerina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae, Clavigeritae), with a description of a new genus from Borneo 
PETER HLAVÁČ (Czech Republic)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3067: 65–68 (25 Oct. 2011) 2 plates; 18 references                  Accepted: 04 Oct. 2011
A new species of the genus Oxyporus Fabricius (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxyporinae) from Yunnan, China 
GUO-FENG LI, YUAN ZHOU & FA-KE ZHENG (China)
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Article
Zootaxa 3067: 1–25 (25 Oct. 2011) 14 plates; 64 references                  Accepted: 30 Sep. 2011
A synopsis on the Chinese species of Clytra Laicharting, with description of two new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae: Clytrini) 
FENG-YAN WANG & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU (China)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3065: 66–68 (21 Oct. 2011) 3 plates; 4 references                  Accepted: 30 Sep. 2011
A new species of Nazeris Fauvel, 1873 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) from Uttarakhand, Northern India
ALEXEY V. SHAVRIN (Latvia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3065: 49–59 (21 Oct. 2011) 5 plates; 27 references                  Accepted: 22 Sep. 2011
Discovery in the caves of Guangxi, China: three new troglobitic species of Tribasodites Jeannel (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae)
ZI-WEI YIN, LI-ZHEN LI & MEI-JUN ZHAO (China)
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Article
Zootaxa 3065: 38–48 (21 Oct. 2011) 8 plates; 17 references                  Accepted: 21 Sep. 2011
A review of the Tychus algericus species group (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), North Africa
GIORGIO SABELLA (Italy), CLAUDE BESUCHET (Switzerland) & SERGEY A. KURBATOV (Russia)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3060: 67–68 (17 Oct. 2011) 0 plates; 7 references                  Accepted: 05 Oct. 2011
Change of authorship of Aphodius and Oryctes to Hellwig, 1798 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) 
MIGUEL ANGEL ALONSO-ZARAZAGA (SPAIN) & FRANK-THORSTEN KRELL (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3060: 31–46 (17 Oct. 2011) 5 plates; 29 references                  Accepted: 14 Sep. 2011
Revision of New Caledonian species of Eumolpinae described by K. M. Heller (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) 
JESÚS GÓMEZ-ZURITA
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Zootaxa 3058: 22–34 (13 Oct. 2011) 2 plates; 12 references                  Accepted: 13 Sep. 2011
One new genus and six new species of Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the Philippines 
C. L. BELLAMY (USA) & SADAHIRO OHMOMO (Japan)
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Article
Zootaxa 3055: 22–42 (11 Oct. 2011) 10 plates; 73 references                  Accepted: 08 Sep. 2011
Checklist of the Hydraenidae (Coleoptera) of Turkey, with notes on distribution 
NESİL ERTORUN (Turkey), MANFRED A. JÄCH (Austria), AHMET KASAPOĞLU (Turkey) & MUSTAFA C. DARILMAZ (Turkey)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3053: 59–62 (10 Oct. 2011) 1 plates; 9 references                  Accepted: 14 Sep. 2011
A new dichromatic species of Oaxacanthaxia Bellamy 1991 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Quintana Roo, México 
C. L. BELLAMY (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3050: 37–54 (06 Oct. 2011) 7 plates; 29 references                  Accepted: 22 Aug. 2011
Agabus (Acatodes) puetzi sp. n., a new species of the confinis-group from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Agabini) 
HANS FERY (Germany)
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Article
Zootaxa 3047: 63–68 (03 Oct. 2011) 2 plates; 14 references                  Accepted: 07 Sep. 2011
A new species of the genus Golsinda Pascoe, 1857 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Mesosini) from the Malay Peninsula, with a nomenclatural note of the genus 
JUNSUKE YAMASAKO & HIROSHI MAKIHARA (Japan)
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Zootaxa 3031: 47–53 (16 Sep. 2011) 3 plates; 12 references                  Accepted: 15 Aug. 2011
Iapir quadridentatus sp. nov., a new torridincolid beetle from Brazil (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Torridincolidae) 
VALERIA ARAÚJO BRAULE PINTO, CLAUDIO RUY VASCONCELOS DA FONSECA & NEUSA HAMADA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 3031: 1–13 (16 Sep. 2011) 4 plates; 23 references                  Accepted: 15 Aug. 2011
A revision of the genus Stictobura Crotch and description of a new species of Sticholotis Crotch (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Sticholotidinae) 
J. POORANI (India), NATALIA J. VANDENBERG (USA) & R.G. BOOTH (UK)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3021: 63–68 (12 Sep. 2011) 4 plates; 10 references                  Accepted: 02 Aug. 2011
Revision of the Ochthebiinae of Venezuela (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) 
LUIS F. VALLADARES (Spain) & ANDREW EDWARD Z. SHORT (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3019: 1–25 (09 Sep. 2011) 56 plates; 39 references                  Accepted: 09 Aug. 2011
Descriptions of mature larvae and pupae of the genus Larinus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Lixinae) 
RAFAŁ GOSIK (Poland) & JIŘÍ SKUHROVEC (Czech Republic)
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Article
Zootaxa 3016: 51–62 (07 Sep. 2011) 7 plates; 20 references                  Accepted: 08 Aug. 2011
Two new species of Satonius Endrödy-Younga from China and notes on the wing polymorphism of S. kurosawai Satô (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Torridincolidae) 
JIŘÍ HÁJEK (Czech Republic), HIROYUKI YOSHITOMI (Japan), MARTIN FIKÁČEK (Czech Republic), MASAKAZU HAYASHI (Japan) & FENG-LONG JIA (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 3016: 37–50 (07 Sep. 2011) 6 plates; 17 references                  Accepted: 20 Jul. 2011
Batriscenellus Jeannel (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) redefined, with notes on the Chinese species 
ZI-WEI YIN, LI-ZHEN LI & MEI-JUN ZHAO (P.R. China)
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Article
Zootaxa 3012: 64–68 (01 Sep. 2011) 2 plates; 5 references                  Accepted: 10 Aug. 2011
Two new species of Oocyclus Sharp from China with a revised key to the genus for mainland Southeast Asia (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) 
ANDREW EDWARD Z. SHORT (USA) & FENG-LONG JIA (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 3012: 59–63 (01 Sep. 2011) 1 plates; 13 references                  Accepted: 3 Aug. 2011
A review of the genus Phloeosinopsioides Schedl (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) 
ROGER A. BEAVER (Thailand)
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Zootaxa 3012: 1–20 (01 Sep. 2011) 9 plates; 62 references                  Accepted: 1 Aug. 2011
A hypothetical evolutionary history of passalid beetles narrated by the comparative anatomy of the hindgut (Coleoptera: Passalidae) 
CLAUDIO RUY VASCONCELOS DA FONSECA, MÁRCIO LUÍS LEITÃO BARBOSA & MARIA FERNANDA SOUZA FERNANDEZ (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 3009: 62–66 (30 Aug. 2011) 3 plates; 6 references                  Accepted: 2 Aug. 2011
Two new species of Lathomicrus Jałoszyński (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) from Borneo 
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI (Poland)
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Article
Zootaxa 3003: 63–68 (25 Aug. 2011) 1 plates; 9 references                  Accepted: 18 Jul. 2011
Description of a second species in the enigmatic Southeast Asian genus Platygeniops (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) 
STANISLAV JÁKL (Czech Republic) & JAN KRIKKEN (The Netherlands)
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Zootaxa 3003: 55–62 (25 Aug. 2011) 4 plates; 9 references                  Accepted: 23 Jul. 2011
A new genus and species of Malvapiini (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Apionidae) from Ghana MIŁOSZ A. MAZUR (Poland)
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Zootaxa 3003: 1–21 (25 Aug. 2011) 16 plates; 33 references                  Accepted: 6 Jul. 2011
Two new species of Macroplea Samouelle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Donaciinae) from China, with a key to all known species 
QIAOZHE LOU, PEIYU YU & HONGBIN LIANG (China)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3000: 66–68 (22 Aug. 2011) 0 plates; 6 references                  Accepted: 13 Jul. 2011
New replacement names for Oriental Scydmaeninae (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) 
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI (Poland)
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Article
Zootaxa 3000: 44–48 (22 Aug. 2011) 2 plates; 6 references                  Accepted: 14 Jul. 2011
A new species of Peritrox Bates, with a revised key for the genus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) 
JULIANA MOURÃO DOS SANTOS RODRIGUES & JOSÉ RICARDO M. MERMUDES (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 3000: 1–43 (22 Aug. 2011) 22 plates; 33 references                  Accepted: 5 Jul. 2011
Revision of the New Caledonian endemic genus Bohumiljania Monrós (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Spilopyrinae) 
C. A. M. REID & M. BEATSON (Australia)
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Article
Zootaxa 2996: 49–56 (16 Aug. 2011) 3 plates; 7 references                  Accepted: 23 May 2011
Spanglerodessus shorti and Incomptodessus camachoi, new genera and species of Bidessini from Guyana and Venezuela (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae) 
KELLY B. MILLER (USA) & MAURICIO GARCIA(Venezuela)
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Zootaxa 2991: 21–28 (10 Aug. 2011) 2 plates; 13 references                  Accepted: 15 Jul. 2011
New species and new records of Syndicus Motschulsky (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI (Poland)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2987: 65–68 (05 Aug. 2011) 2 plates; 8 references                  Accepted: 2 Jun. 2011
A new species of Callona Waterhouse (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Costa Rica and Panama BRYAN K. EYA & WILLIAM H. TYSON (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 2987: 56–64 (05 Aug. 2011) 4 plates; 13 references                  Accepted: 7 Jul. 2011
Description of two new species of Lucanus Scopoli (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae) from southeastern Tibet, China
HAO HUANG, YANG HE & ZHENG SHI (China)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2987: 13–17 (05 Aug. 2011) 3 plates; 7 references                  Accepted: 1 Jul. 2011
Glenea changchini sp. nov. from Yunnan of China (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Saperdini) 
MEIYING LIN (China) & WENHSIN LIN (Taiwan)
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Article
Zootaxa 2987: 1–12 (05 Aug. 2011) 5 plates; 31 references                  Accepted: 6 Jul. 2011
Revision of Palaearctic and Oriental Necrophila Kirby & Spence, part 1: subgenus Deutosilpha Portevin (Coleoptera: Silphidae) 
JAN RŮŽIČKA & JAN SCHNEIDER (Czech Republic)
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Article
Zootaxa 2977: 50–60 (27 Jul. 2011) 6 plates; 5 references                  Accepted: 7 Jun. 2011
On some species of Pandeleteius Schoenherr, 1834, in South America south of the tenth parallel (Coleoptera, Curculionidae: Entiminae: Tanymecini)
ANNE T. HOWDEN (Canada)
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Article
Zootaxa 2977: 1–49 (27 Jul. 2011) 25 plates; 23 references                  Accepted: 20 Jun. 2011
The weevil genus Trigonopterus Fauvel (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) and its synonyms—a taxonomic study on the species tied to its genus-group names
ALEXANDER RIEDEL (Germany)
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Zootaxa 2975: 64–68 (25 Jul. 2011) 3 plates; 11 references                  Accepted: 25 Jun. 2011
Review of the genus Hyperstoma (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
KRISTYNA JANISOVA & MILADA BOCAKOVA (Czech Republic)
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Article
Zootaxa 2970: 1–32 (19 Jul. 2011) 25 plates; 29 references                  Accepted: 29 Jun. 2011
Revision of Anoreina Bates (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae)
VANESSA S. MACHADO & MARCELA L. MONNÉ (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 2965: 61–68 (13 Jul. 2011) 1 plates; 13 references                  Accepted: 21 Jun. 2011
New species of Rhinotragini and redescription of two species of Stultutragus Clarke (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae)
LARRY G. BEZARK (USA), ANTONIO SANTOS-SILVA (Brazil) & UBIRAJARA R. MARTINS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 2965: 39–50 (13 Jul. 2011) 9 plates; 30 references                  Accepted: 15 Jun. 2011
Three new Praociini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from Peninsula Valdés (Argentina), with zoogeographical and ecological remarks
GUSTAVO E. FLORES, RODOLFO CARRARA & GERMÁN H. CHELI (Argentina)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2944: 1–417 (08 Jun. 2011) 287 plates; 37 references                   Accepted: 13 Jun. 2011
New species (130) of the hyperdiverse aquatic beetle genus Hydraena Kugelann from Papua New Guinea, and a preliminary analysis of areas of endemism (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
PHILIP D. PERKINS
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Zootaxa 2943: 45–57 (07 Jul. 2011) 6 plates; 39 references                  Accepted: 31 May 2011
Study of a part of the A. G. Olivier Lixini collection (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): lectotype designations, new synonymies and nomenclatural acts
LEVENT GÜLTEKİN (Turkey) & HÉLÈNE PERRIN (France)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 2937: 66–68 (04 Jul. 2011) 1 plates; 7 references                  Accepted: 20 Jun. 2011
A new species of Eleodes (Eleodes) from Mexico, with ecological and phenological notes (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
CHARLES A. TRIPLEHORN (USA) & PAULINA CIFUENTES RUIZ (Mexico)
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Article
Zootaxa 2932: 1–23 (28 Jun. 2011) 11 plates; 21 references                  Accepted: 14 Jun. 2011
Three new species of Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 from Iran (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
DANIELE BAIOCCHI (Italy)
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Article
Zootaxa 2931: 8–34 (27 Jun. 2011) 15 plates; 12 references                  Accepted: 17 May 2011
Pteroptyx maipo Ballantyne, a new species of bent-winged firefly (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) from Hong Kong, and its relevance to firefly biology and conservation
LESLEY BALLANTYNE (Australia), XIN HUA FU (P.R. China), CHUN-HAT SHIH (P.R. China), CHUI-YU CHENG (P.R. China) & VOR YIU (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 2928: 64–68 (23 Jun. 2011) 1 plates; 22 references                       Accepted: 9 Jun. 2011
Synonymical notes on Neotropical Cerambycidae (Insecta, Coleoptera)
MIGUEL A. MONNÉ & JUAN PABLO BOTERO R. (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 2928: 57–63 (23 Jun. 2011) 3 plates; 12 references                       Accepted: 31 May 2011
Promanodes alleni sp. nov., the second species of the Tertiary genus Promanodes Kolibáč, Schmied, Wappler et Kubisz, 2010, with improved diagnosis of the genus and remarks on its phylogeny (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae)
JIŘÍ KOLIBÁČ (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa 2928: 20–28 (23 Jun. 2011) 2 plates; 12 references                       Accepted: 1 Jun. 2011
Synopsis of the genus Oxathres Bates (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
MIGUEL A. MONNÉ (Brazil) & GERARD LUC TAVAKILIAN (France)
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Zootaxa 2927: 49–56 (22 Jun. 2011) 5 plates; 12 references                       Accepted: 29 Mar. 2011
Description and taxonomic position of a new genus and species of southern African pollen beetle (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae)
P. AUDISIO (Italy), J. JELÍNEK (Czech Republic), A.R. CLINE (USA), E. MANCINI (Italy), M. TRIZZINO (Italy), P. CERRETTI (Italy) & G. ANTONINI (Italy)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2923: 27–47 (20 Jun. 2011) 8 plates; 81 references                       Accepted: 30 May 2011
Tibiodrepanus tagliaferrii—a new Afrotropical Drepanocerina species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Oniticellini), with notes on phylogeny and distribution of the genus
ENRICO BARBERO, CLAUDIA PALESTRINI & ANGELA ROGGERO (Italy)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2921: 56–64 (16 Jun. 2011) 4 plates; 4 references                       Accepted: 10 May 2011
Stegoelmis Hinton, 1939 (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae) in Brazil: two new species and a key to the Brazilian species
ANDRÉ S. FERNANDES, MARIA INÊS S. PASSOS & NEUSA HAMADA (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2917: 59–68 (14 Jun. 2011) 5 plates; 9 references                        Accepted: 3 May 2011
Five new species of Telegeusis Horn, 1895 (Coleoptera: Telegeusidae) from Mexico, with a key to the species
SANTIAGO ZARAGOZA-CABALLERO & BEATRIZ RODRÍGUEZ-VELEZ (Mexico)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 2916: 62–64 (14 Jun. 2011) 1 plates; 6 references                        Accepted: 11 May 2011
First record and a new species of Megarthrus Curtis (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Proteininae) from the Colombian Central Andes
MARGARITA M. LÓPEZ-GARCÍA (Colombia), DIANA M. MÉNDEZ-ROJAS (Colombia) & JOSÉ LUÍS NAVARRETE-HEREDIA (Mexico)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2915: 20–28 (13 Jun. 2011) 5 plates; 12 references                        Accepted: 11 May 2011
Immature stages of Homophileurus tricuspis Prell (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Phileurini) with notes on natural history and distribution in Colombia
JHON CÉSAR NEITA MORENO (Colombia) & BRETT C. RATCLIFFE (USA)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2914: 1–66 (10 Jun. 2011) 3 plates; 166 references                        Accepted: 7 Feb. 2011
World catalogue of the family Callirhipidae (Coleoptera: Elateriformia), with nomenclatural notes
JIŘÍ HÁJEK
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Article 
Zootaxa 2913: 59–62 (10 Jun. 2011) 3 plates; 3 references                        Accepted: 3 May 2011
Ochthebius ustaoglui sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae), a new species of the O. metallescens group from Turkey
E. TARIK TOPKARA (Turkey), MANFRED JÄCH (Austria) & AHMET KASAPOĞLU (Turkey)
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Zootaxa 2913: 1–15 (10 Jun. 2011) 7 plates; 8 references                        Accepted: 11 May 2011
A new genus Microphylacinus and revision of the closely related Phylacinus Fairmaire, 1896 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pedinini) from Madagascar
DARIUSZ IWAN (Poland), MARCIN KAMIŃSKI (Poland) & ROLF AALBU (USA)
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Zootaxa 2909: 47–56 (8 Jun. 2011) 2 plates; 29 references                        Accepted: 29 Mar. 2011
A new species of southern African pollen beetle and discussion of the taxonomic position of Jelinekigethes Audisio & Cline, 2009 (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae)
PAOLO AUDISIO (Italy), ANDREW RICHARD CLINE (USA), EMILIANO MANCINI (Italy), MARCO TRIZZINO (Italy), FRANCESCO LAMANNA (Italy) & GLORIA ANTONINI (Italy)
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Zootaxa 2909: 38–46 (8 Jun. 2011) 4 plates; 28 references                        Accepted: 3 May 2011
Hydroporus esseri sp. n., a new diving beetle from southern Turkey (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae)
HANS FERY & LARS HENDRICH (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2909: 27–37 (8 Jun. 2011) 6 plates; 20 references                        Accepted: 10 May 2011
A new species of Stenomorpha Solier (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pimeliinae: Asidini) from Cuatrociénegas, Mexico with a key to the furcata species group
AARON D. SMITH, KELLY B. MILLER & QUENTIN D. WHEELER (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2908: 45–63 (7 Jun. 2011) 8 plates; 17 references                        Accepted: 11 Apr. 2011
Revision of the Mexican subgenus Carabomimus Kolbe, 1895 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Calosoma Weber, 1801): C. depressicolle, C. flohri and C. digueti species groups
MARTIN HÄCKEL (Czech Republic), WALTER HEINZ (Germany) & ROSTISLAV SEHNAL (Czech Republic)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2908: 1–44 (7 Jun. 2011) 13 plates; 89 references                        Accepted: 22 Feb. 2011
World review of Laricobius (Coleoptera: Derodontidae)
RICHARD A. B. LESCHEN (New Zealand)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2907: 47–50 (7 Jun. 2011) 13 plates; 22 references                     Accepted: 30 Apr. 2011
A new Iranian Onthophagus species belonging to the O. semicornis group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Onthophagini)
STEFANO ZIANI (Italy)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2906: 1–42 (3 Jun. 2011) 38 plates; 20 references                       Accepted: 10 Mar. 2011
Notes on the genus Ceruchus MacLeay from China, with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae)
HAO HUANG (P.R. China), YÛKI IMURA (Japan) & CHANG-CHIN CHEN (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2900: 51–68 (31 May 2011) 8 plates; 29 references                     Accepted: 31 Mar. 2011
New distributional records for Gyrinidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) on New Guinea and nearby islands, with a checklist of the New Guinea species
DAN A. POLHEMUS (USA)
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Zootaxa 2900: 1–45 (31 May 2011) 11 plates; 89 references                      Accepted: 22 Apr. 2011
Phylogenetic relationships of Elateridae inferred from adult morphology, with special reference to the position of Cardiophorinae
HUME DOUGLAS (Canada)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2895: 1–34 (27 May 2011) 11 plates; 16 references                      Accepted: 21 Apr. 2011
New taxa of the subfamily Cantharinae (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from south-eastern Asia, with notes on other species III
VLADIMÍR ŠVIHLA (Czech Republic)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2892: 1–24 (26 May 2011) 19 plates; 25 references                      Accepted: 21 Apr. 2011
Illustrated overview and identification key to Cameroonian Ceratocanthinae beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Hybosoridae) with description of four new species
ALBERTO BALLERIO (Italy), BRUCE D. GILL (Canada) & VASILY V. GREBENNIKOV (Canada)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2888: 39–56 (24 May 2011) 6 plates; 30 references                      Accepted: 16 Mar. 2011
Description of the egg and larva of Paederidus Mulsant & Rey, 1878 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) based on the two European species
BERNARD STANIEC, EWA PIETRYKOWSKA-TUDRUJ & DOROTA SAŁAPA (Poland)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2882: 64–68 (18 May 2011) 2 plates; 2 references                        Accepted: 29 Apr. 2011
Bembidion (Plataphodes) kmecoi sp. nov. from China, Sichuan (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiina)
LUCA TOLEDANO (Italy) & OTO NAKLÁDAL (Czech Republic)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2882: 35–50 (18 May 2011) 8 plates; 15 references                      Accepted: 24 Mar. 2011
Review of the genus Paragolsinda Breuning, 1956 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Mesosini), with reconsideration of the endophallic terminology
JUNSUKE YAMASAKO & NOBUO OHBAYASHI (Japan)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2879: 59–63 (16 May 2011) 2 plates; 10 references                     Accepted: 11 Apr. 2011
Description of Hydraena (s.str.) tekmanensis (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) from northeastern Turkey
MANFRED A. JÄCH (Austria), ANDRE SKALE (Germany) & AHMET KASAPOĞLU (Turkey)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2872: 1–17 (9 May 2011) 7 plates; 25 references                        Accepted: 24 Mar. 2011
Mathesius liaoningensis gen. et sp. nov. of Jehol Biota, a presumptive relative of the clerid or thaneroclerid branches of Cleroidea (Coleoptera)
JIŘÍ KOLIBÁČ (Czech Republic) & DI-YING HUANG (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2870: 63–68 (6 May 2011) 3 plates; 19 references                        Accepted: 11 Apr. 2011
A new species of Criocerinae (Chrysomelidae) from New Caledonia: Oulema (Oulema) taophiloides sp. nov.
JESÚS GÓMEZ-ZURITA (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2870: 48–52 (6 May 2011) 1 plates; 4 references                            Accepted: 5 Apr. 2011
Three new species of the genus Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 from Madagascar (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Buprestinae: Anthaxiini)
SVATOPLUK BÍLÝ (Czech Republic)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2868: 62–68 (5 May 2011) 3 plates; 24 references                          Accepted: 25 Mar. 2011
Notes on the taxonomic identity of Bystus hirtulus (Kirsch) and transfer from Endomychidae to Coccinellidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea), with designation of a lectotype for Alexia hirtula Kirsch
FLOYD W. SHOCKLEY & NATALIA J. VANDENBERG (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2866: 39–49 (4 May 2011) 11 plates; 13 references                        Accepted: 28 Feb. 2011
Ultrastructural analysis of Coarazuphium formoso (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Zuphiini), a new Brazilian troglobitic beetle
THAÍS GIOVANNINI PELLEGRINI & RODRIGO LOPES FERREIRA (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2865: 53–67 (3 May 2011) 6 plates; 30 references                       Accepted: 14 Feb. 2011
The morphology of the pupae of six species of Philonthina (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylinini) with taxonomic remarks
EWA PIETRYKOWSKA-TUDRUJ & BERNARD STANIEC (Poland)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2863: 49–62 (2 May 2011) 5 plates; 11 references                         Accepted: 8 Mar. 2011
Revision of the New Caledonian genus Pseudonthobium Paulian, 1984 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Epilissini)
OLIVIER MONTREUIL & THOMAS THÉRY (France)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2862: 56–68 (2 May 2011) 9 plates; 32 references                        Accepted: 5 Mar. 2011
A new hypogean species of Iberian Microtyphlus and review of the taxonomic position of Speleotyphlus and Aphaenotyphlus (Carabidae: Trechinae: Anillini)
VICENTE M. ORTUÑO & ALBERTO SENDRA (Spain)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2858: 1–60 (29 Apr. 2011) 2 plates; 334 references                     Accepted: 3 Dec. 2010
A preliminary bibliographic survey of the insects found in poultry houses from the Neotropical Region, with remarks on selected taxa shared with native birds' nests
OSVALDO DI IORIO & PAOLA TURIENZO (Argentina)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2854: 1–73 (29 Apr. 2011) 25 plates; 80 references                      Accepted: 22 Dec. 2010
A multilingual key to the genera and subgenera of the subfamily Scarabaeinae of the New World (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
FERNANDO Z. VAZ-DE-MELLO (Brazil), W. D. EDMONDS (USA), FEDERICO C. OCAMPO (Argentina) & PAUL SCHOOLMEESTERS (Belgium)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2853: 1–71 (29 Apr. 2011) 9 plates; 186 references                      Accepted: 10 Dec. 2010
Systematic revision of the genus Cerocoma Geoffroy, 1762 (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Cerocomini)
FEDERICA TURCO & MARCO A. BOLOGNA (Italy)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2836: 65–68 (28 Apr. 2011) 2 plates; 3 references                          Accepted: 26 Mar. 2011
A new species of the Madagascan genus Pseudorphnus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae)
ANDREY V. FROLOV (Russia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2832: 1–43 (26 Apr. 2011) 9 plates; 66 references                         Accepted: 17 Mar. 2011
Revision of the nearctic blister beetle genus Tricrania LeConte, 1860 (Coleoptera: Meloidae: Nemognathinae)
ANDREW R. CLINE & JEFFREY P. HUETHER (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2831: 39–53 (26 Apr. 2011) 3 plates; 13 references                       Accepted: 17 Mar. 2011
Revision of the genus Stenolis Bates (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae) 
MIGUEL A. MONNÉ (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2831: 1–22 (26 Apr. 2011) 14 plates; 15 references                          Accepted: 3 Feb. 2011
New species of Triplonychus Candèze and Globothorax Fleutiaux from Brazil (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Cardiophorinae)
SIMONE POLICENA ROSA (Brazil)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2830: 55–58 (22 Apr. 2011) 2 plates; 5 references                          Accepted: 21 Feb. 2011
Notionotus attenuatus sp. n. from southern China with a key to the Old World species of the genus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
FENGLONG JIA (P.R. China) & ANDREW EDWARD Z. SHORT (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2830: 29–38 (22 Apr. 2011) 1 plates; 31 references                          Accepted: 7 Mar. 2011
Faunal survey, endemism and possible species loss of Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the western slopes of the moist South Western Ghats, South India
THOMAS K. SABU, S. NITHYA & K.V. VINOD (India)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2829: 1–45 (22 Apr. 2011) 27 plates; 41 references                         Accepted: 28 Feb. 2011
Revision of the Mecodema curvidens species group (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Broscini)
DAVID S. SELDON & RICHARD A.B. LESCHEN (New Zealand)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2824: 44–52 (19 Apr. 2011) 5 plates; 28 references                        Accepted: 3 Mar. 2011
Histerid beetles of French Guiana. V. Revision of the genus Ebonius Lewis (Coleoptera, Histeridae, Omalodini)
NICOLAS DEGALLIER (France), FERNANDO W. T. LEIVAS (Brazil) & DANIEL P. MOURA (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2824: 21–43 (19 Apr. 2011) 9 plates; 45 references                        Accepted: 15 Jan. 2011
Redefinition of the vittata species group of Epicauta Dejean (1834) (Coleoptera: Meloidae) and taxonomic revision of the species from southern South America
MARÍA PAULA CAMPOS-SOLDINI & SERGIO ALBERTO ROIG-JUÑENT (Argentina)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2824: 1–20 (19 Apr. 2011) 12 plates; 8 references                           Accepted: 7 Mar. 2011
Eight new species of Lemodes (Lagriomorpha) (Coleoptera: Anthicidae: Lemodinae) from Indonesian New Guinea, with a revised key to the species
DANIEL K. YOUNG (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2821: 55–61 (15 Apr. 2011) 3 plates; 4 references                         Accepted: 22 Feb. 2011
New species of Colyphus Spinola (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) from Central America, with taxonomic and distributional notes on some others
JACQUES RIFKIND (USA) & WILLIAM F. BARR (Russia)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2811: 66–68 (7 Apr. 2011) 1 plates; 16 references                            Accepted: 7 Mar. 2011
Buprestis bruchi Obenberger 1928, a new synonym of Buprestis striata Fabricius 1775 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
C. L. BELLAMY & RICHARD L. WESTCOTT (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2811: 53–58 (7 Apr. 2011) 1 plates; 31 references                            Accepted: 6 Mar. 2011
A new Asian subgenus and species of Ischalia (Coleoptera: Ischaliidae) with an assessment of subgeneric concepts, revised world checklist, and keys to the subgenera and “blue elytra” species
DANIEL K. YOUNG (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2811: 47–52 (7 Apr. 2011) 3 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 8 Mar. 2011
A new fossil genus of the family Glaphyridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation
G.V. NIKOLAJEV (Kazakhstan), BO WANG (P.R. China) & HAICHUN ZHANG (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2808: 57–63 (4 Apr. 2011) 5 plates; 7 references                             Accepted: 1 Mar. 2011
Description of the larva of Potamophilops cinereus (Blanchard) from Southeastern Brazil (Coleoptera, Elmidae, Larainae)
SERGIO ANTONIO VANIN & CLEIDE COSTA (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2805: 36–56 (30 Mar. 2011) 6 plates; 26 references                       Accepted: 7 Feb. 2011
Agrilus Curtis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of the Baja California peninsula, México
HENRY A. HESPENHEIDE, RICHARD L. WESTCOTT & CHARLES L. BELLAMY (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2805: 31–35 (30 Mar. 2011) 2 plates; 7 references                        Accepted: 14 Feb. 2011
A new species of Melzerella Lima from Bolivia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Aerenicini) with a key to known species
JAMES E. WAPPES & STEVEN W. LINGAFELTER (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2803: 63–68 (29 Mar. 2011) 3 plates; 25 references                      Accepted: 2 Mar. 2011
The authorship and date of the genus-group name Pachylomera (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
STEFANO ZIANI (Italy) & TRISTÃO BRANCO (Portugal)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2803: 49–56 (29 Mar. 2011) 4 plates; 16 references                     Accepted: 28 Feb. 2011
A new species of Buprestis Linnaeus, 1758 from Veracruz, Mexico (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Buprestini) and a brief discussion of the Mesoamerican species of the subgenus Knulliobuprestis Kurosawa, 1988
C. L. BELLAMY (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2801: 57–68 (25 Mar. 2011) 4 plates; 15 references                       Accepted: 2 Feb. 2011
The genus Plotina Lewis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), with descriptions of four new species from China
XINGMIN WANG, SHUNXIANG REN & XIAOSHENG CHEN (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2797: 57–64 (22 Mar. 2011) 3 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 7 Feb. 2011
Three new species of Cylloepus Erichson (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elmidae) from Southeastern Brazil
BRUNNO HENRIQUE LANZELLOTTI SAMPAIO, MARIA INÊS DA SILVA DOS PASSOS & NELSON FERREIRA-JR. (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2797: 1–20 (22 Mar. 2011) 14 plates; 18 references                         Accepted: 14 Feb. 2011
Twelve new species of the Genus Nazeris Fauvel from Zhejiang Province, China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae)
JIAYAO HU, LIZHEN LI & MEIJUN ZHAO (P.R. China)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2795: 65–68 (18 Mar. 2011) 1 plates; 6 references                          Accepted: 8 Feb. 2011
Synopsis of Zikanita Lane (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae)
VANESSA S. MACHADO & MARCELA L. MONNÉ (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2794: 57–62 (18 Mar. 2011) 2 plates; 5 references                           Accepted: 7 Feb. 2011
Redescription and relationships of Pseudothilmanus Pic (Coleoptera: Rhagophthalmidae)—a long-term neglected glow-worm beetle genus from the Himalayas
ROBIN KUNDRATA & LADISLAV BOCAK (Czech Republic)
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Article  
Zootaxa 2792: 63–67 (16 Mar. 2011) 3 plates; 6 references                          Accepted: 28 Jan. 2011
Description of a new species of Laccodytes Régimbart, 1895 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Laccophilinae) from Cuba
MARIO TOLEDO (Italy), YOANDRI S. MEGNA (Cuba) & YVES ALARIE (Canada)
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Article  
Zootaxa 2792: 51–62 (16 Mar. 2011) 3 plates; 49 references                          Accepted: 7 Feb. 2011
Ripiphorus caboverdianus sp. nov.—the first ripiphorid record from the Macaronesian volcanic islands (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae: Ripiphorinae)
JAN BATELKA & JAKUB STRAKA (Czech Republic)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2790: 23–34 (14 Mar. 2011) 7 plates; 28 references                          Accepted: 2 Feb. 2011
Synopsis of the genus Amphicoma Latreille (Coleoptera: Glaphyridae) of Taiwan with special reference to the male genitalia
CHUN-LIN LI, CHUAN-CHAN WANG & HOU-JAY CHEN (R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2786: 42–50 (9 Mar. 2011) 4 plates; 23 references                          Accepted: 28 Jan. 2011
A new species of Typhlocharis Dieck, 1869 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Anillini) from South Spain, with notes on the phylogenetic value of sexually related characters and the presence of stridulatory organ (pars stridens) in the genus
JUAN P. ZABALLOS & SERGIO PÉREZ-GONZÁLEZ (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2780: 57–62 (1 Mar. 2011) 1 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 18 Jan. 2011
Andraegoidus Aurivillius: new species, synonymies and key to the species (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
JUAN PABLO BOTERO R. & MARCELA L. MONNÉ (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2780: 48–56 (1 Mar. 2011) 7 plates; 25 references                           Accepted: 21 Jan. 2011
On the Iberian endemic subgenus Lathromene Koch (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae): description of the first hypogean Domene Fauvel, 1872 from Portugal
A. S. P. S. REBOLEIRA (Portugal), F. GONÇALVES (Portugal) & P. OROMÍ (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2780: 1–19 (1 Mar. 2011) 4 plates; 56 references                                Accepted: 7 Jan. 2011
Phylogenetic analysis of the Pantomorus-Naupactus complex (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae) from North and Central America
MARÍA V. ROSAS (Mexico), JUAN J. MORRONE (Mexico), M. GUADALUPE DEL RÍO (Argentina) & ANALÍA A. LANTERI (Argentina)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2777: 54–60 (25 Feb. 2011) 6 plates; 3 references                             Accepted: 2 Jan. 2011
A new genus and species of the subfamily Philinae (Coleoptera: Vesperidae)
MEIYING LIN & WENXUAN BI (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2777: 25–40 (25 Feb. 2011) 7 plates; 32 references                         Accepted: 24 Dec. 2010
The immature stages of Tropisternus (Pleurhomus) sahlbergi (Sharp) (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), with considerations on the primary chaetotaxy of Tropisternus Solier
PATRICIA L. M. TORRES, MARIANO C. MICHAT & MIGUEL ARCHANGELSKY (Argentina)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2766: 30–56 (16 Feb. 2011) 10 plates; 68 references                        Accepted: 7 Jan. 2011
Revisional study on the genus Mimastra (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae). Part 3: Mimastra oblonga and M. tarsalis species groups
JAN BEZDĚK (Czech Republic)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2764: 61–68 (14 Feb. 2011) 7 plates; 4 references                            Accepted: 7 Jan. 2011
Redescription of the genus Formicocephalus Heller, and description of two new species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae)
THOMAS THÉRY & JEAN-CLAUDE LECOQ (France)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2764: 22–34 (14 Feb. 2011) 10 plates; 15 references                       Accepted: 29 Dec. 2010
New species of Tychini from Turkey and Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)
GIORGIO SABELLA (Italy), CLAUDE BESUCHET (Switzerland) & SERGEY A. KURBATOV (Russia)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2763: 66–68 (11 Feb. 2011) 1 plates; 2 references                           Accepted: 15 Jan. 2011
First record of the genus Copturomorpha Champion from the United States and a new species from Texas (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae)
HENRY A. HESPENHEIDE (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2763: 1–33 (11 Feb. 2011) 13 plates; 38 references                         Accepted: 11 Jan. 2011
Hlavaciellus Jałoszyński, 2006: eleven new species, detailed morphology and systematic position within Cephenniini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae)
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI (Poland)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2760: 29–38 (8 Feb. 2011) 3 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 14 Dec. 2010
Molecular and morphological analyses confirm two new species of the Hydraena emarginata–saga clade (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae) from Spain and France
MARCO TRIZZINO (Italy), MANFRED A. JÄCH (Austria), PAOLO AUDISIO (Italy) & IGNACIO RIBERA (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2750: 1–14 (27 Jan. 2011) 7 plates; 23 references                           Accepted: 29 Nov. 2010
Review of Incadorcus Arnaud & Bomans with the description of three new species from the Yungas of Peru and Bolivia (Coleoptera: Lucanidae: Lucaninae)
PASCHOAL COELHO GROSSI (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2748: 53–60 (25 Jan. 2011) 6 plates; 7 references                          Accepted: 16 Nov. 2010
A new species of Trichopseniini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) found with Schedorhinotermes termite (Isoptera, Rhinotermitidae) in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand
TAISUKE KANAO (Japan), MUNETOSHI MARUYAMA (Japan) & WATANA SAKCHOOWONG (Thailand)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2745: 53–62 (20 Jan. 2011) 5 plates; 45 references                         Accepted: 21 Dec. 2010
The first fossil buprestids from the Middle Jurassic Jiulongshan Formation of China (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
XIAOXIONG PAN, HUALI CHANG, DONG REN & CHUNGKUN SHIH (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2745: 30–42 (20 Jan. 2011) 10 plates; 23 references                       Accepted: 14 Dec. 2010
A new Brazilian species of Loxandrus LeConte, 1852, with description of immatures and notes on natural history (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Loxandrini)
CLEIDE COSTA, SERGIO A. VANIN & THIAGO R. DE CARVALHO (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2745: 1–29 (20 Jan. 2011) 17 plates; 41 references                          Accepted: 21 Oct. 2010
Taxonomy of the dung beetle genus Ochicanthon Vaz-de-Mello (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of the Indian subcontinent, with notes on distribution patterns and flightlessness
MATHEWS LATHA (India), GIULIO CUCCODORO (Switzerland), THOMAS K. SABU (India) & K. V. VINOD (India)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2740: 59–67 (14 Jan. 2011) 5 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 14 Dec. 2010
Ilybius thynias sp. n. from European Turkey (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
HANS FERY (Germany) & MAREK PRZEWOŹNY (Poland)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2736: 63–68 (11 Jan. 2011) 2 plates; 15 references                          Accepted: 24 Nov. 2010
A new genus and species of fossil Eodromeinae from the Yixian Formation of Western Liaoning, China (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Trachypachidae)
TING JIA, HONGBING LIANG, HUALI CHANG & DONG REN (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2736: 31–43 (11 Jan. 2011) 8 plates; 3 references                            Accepted: 29 Nov. 2010
Seven new species of the genus Chrysolina Motschulsky from China (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae)
SI-QIN GE (P.R. China), MAURO DACCORDI (Italy), WEN-ZHU LI (P.R. China) & XING-KE YANG (P.R. China)
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2010

Article 
Zootaxa 2721: 15–27 (14 Dec. 2010) 2 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 20 Oct. 2010
Supplement to the revision of the genus Brachelytrium Obenberger, 1923 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Buprestinae: Anthaxiini)
SVATOPLUK BÍLÝ (Czech Republic) & CHARLES L. BELLAMY (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2717: 1–33 (8 Dec. 2010) 10 plates; 71 references                           Accepted: 16 Nov. 2010
New genera of Palaeotropical Xyleborini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) based on congruence between morphological and molecular characters
JIRI HULCR & A. I. COGNATO (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2693: 35–48 (1 Dec. 2010) 4 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 27 Oct. 2010
A review of the Neotropical dung beetle genera Deltorhinum Harold, 1869, and Lobidion gen. nov. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
FRANÇOIS GÉNIER (Canada)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2692: 1–32 (30 Nov. 2010) 21 plates; 31 references                            Accepted: 5 Nov. 2010
Revision of the Australo-Papuan genus Spilopyra Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Spilopyrinae)
C. A. M. REID & M. BEATSON (Australia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2689: 15–26 (26 Nov. 2010) 7 plates; 18 references                          Accepted: 25 Oct. 2010
A hypogean new species of Trechus Clairville, 1806 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) from Portugal and considerations about the T. fulvus species group
ANA SOFIA P. S. REBOLEIRA (Portugal), VICENTE M. ORTUÑO (Spain), FERNANDO GONÇALVES (Portugal) & PEDRO OROMÍ (Spain)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2686: 1–61 (24 Nov. 2010) 12 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 6 Oct. 2010
Revision of the genus Renda Blackwelder, 1952 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Xantholinini)
JUAN MÁRQUEZ (Mexico)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2683: 61–65 (22 Nov. 2010) 3 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 25 Oct. 2010
Review of the genus Ceratopriomorphus Pic, 1922 (Coleoptera: Lycidae)
BARBORA BARANCIKOVA (Czech Republic), ELYNTON ALVES DO NASCIMENTO (Brazil) & MILADA BOCAKOVA (Czech Republic)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2683: 56–60 (22 Nov. 2010) 4 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 21 Oct. 2010
Gorditus rotundus, a new genus and species of Pentodontini from Cuba (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)
BRETT C. RATCLIFFE (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2683: 45–55 (22 Nov. 2010) 5 plates; 17 references                          Accepted: 25 Oct. 2010
Diabrotica collicola (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a new species of leaf beetle from Argentina and key to species of the Diabrotica virgifera group and relatives
NORA CABRERA & GUILLERMO CABRERA WALSH (Argentina)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2679: 32–50 (17 Nov. 2010) 12 plates; 14 references                        Accepted: 26 Oct. 2010
Two new flea beetle genera: Alasia alpina gen. et sp. nov. from a Costa Rican cloud forest and Pseudostenophyma gen. nov. from Brazil (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae)
DAVID G. FURTH & KIRA M. ZHAUROVA (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2678: 1–47 (17 Nov. 2010) 23 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 25 Oct. 2010
A revision of the genus Podaena Ordish (Insecta: Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
JUAN A. DELGADO (Spain) & RICARDO L. PALMA (New Zealand)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2675: 33–46 (12 Nov. 2010) 3 plates; 39 references                           Accepted: 25 Oct. 2010
Darwin’s forgotten weevil
ROLF G. OBERPRIELER (Australia), RICHARD T. THOMPSON (UK) & MAGNUS PETERSON (Australia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2675: 26–32 (12 Nov. 2010) 2 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 20 Oct. 2010
Coronabrotica, a new genus and species of Luperini, and a key to genera of Section Phyllecthrites (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae)
LUCIANO DE A. MOURA (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2670: 59–68 (8 Nov. 2010) 4 plates; 29 references                               Accepted: 9 Oct. 2010
Taxonomy of the Oulimnius tuberculatus species group (Coleoptera: Elmidae) based on molecular and morphological data
FEDOR ČIAMPOR Jr. & JÁN KODADA (Slovakia)
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Erratum 
Zootaxa 2663: 68 (1 Nov. 2010) 
Erratum: CHANI-POSSE, MARIANA (2010) Revision of the southern South American species of Philonthus Stephens (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae). Zootaxa, 2595, 1–70.
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Article 
Zootaxa 2663: 53–58 (1 Nov. 2010) 3 plates; 1 references                             Accepted: 11 Sep. 2010
Two new species of Cuspidevia Jäch & Boukal, 1995 from China (Coleoptera: Elmidae)
DONGJU BIAN & LANZHU JI (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2662: 28–52 (29 Oct. 2010) 6 plates; 53 references                             Accepted: 1 Oct. 2010
Molecular phylogeny of the weevil genus Kyklioacalles Stüben, with descriptions of a new subgenus Glaberacalles and two new species (Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae)
PETER E. STÜBEN & JONAS J. ASTRIN (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2662: 1–27 (29 Oct. 2010) 11 plates; 40 references                             Accepted: 4 Oct. 2010
Diversity and taxonomic review of Leptusa Kraatz (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from Great Smoky Mountains National Park, U.S.A., with descriptions of four new species
JONG-SEOK PARK, CHRISTOPHER E. CARLTON & MICHAEL L. FERRO (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2659: 53–59 (27 Oct. 2010) 6 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 27 Sep. 2010
New species of Cleridae (Coleoptera) from Morelos, Mexico
JACQUES RIFKIND (USA), VÍCTOR H. TOLEDO (Mexico) & ANGÉLICA Ma. CORONA (Mexico)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2659: 1–52 (27 Oct. 2010) 30 plates; 25 references                             Accepted: 8 Sep. 2010
Revision of Ootheca Chevrolat, 1837 from tropical Africa—redescriptions, descriptions of new species and identification key (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Galerucinae)
SABINE KORTENHAUS & THOMAS WAGNER (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2658: 51–68 (27 Oct. 2010) 1 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 27 Sep. 2010
A contribution to Sticholotis Crotch from Myanmar (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Sticholotidini)
WIOLETTA TOMASZEWSKA & PIOTR ŁĄCZYŃSKI (Poland)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2658: 38–50 (27 Oct. 2010) 3 plates; 28 references                             Accepted: 6 Oct. 2010
Descriptions of the first-instar larva of the hypogaeic species Neobidessodes limestoneensis (Watts & Humphreys) and of the third-instar larva of Hydroglyphus balkei Hendrich (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Bidessini) with phylogenetic considerations
MARIANO C. MICHAT (Argentina), YVES ALARIE (Canada) & CHRIS H. S. WATTS (Australia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2648: 1–31 (18 Oct. 2010) 5 plates; 48 references                             Accepted: 20 Sep. 2010
Taxonomic redefinition and natural history of the endemic silphid beetle Silpha longicornis (Coleoptera: Silphidae) of Japan, with an analysis of its geographic variation
MASAAKI NISHIKAWA, HIROSHI IKEDA, KOHEI KUBOTA & TEIJI SOTA (Japan) 
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Article 
Zootaxa 2643: 1–44 (13 Oct. 2010) 11 plates; 135 references                         Accepted: 14 Sep. 2010
Division of the genus Nothopleurus Lacordaire, 1869 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae)
ANTONIO SANTOS-SILVA (Brazil), IAN P. SWIFT (USA) & EUGENIO H. NEARNS (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2641: 1–14 (11 Oct. 2010) 6 plates; 29 references                             Accepted: 10 Sep. 2010
A new microphthalmic stygobitic Graptodytes Seidlitz from Morocco, with a molecular phylogeny of the genus (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)
IGNACIO RIBERA & ARNAUD FAILLE (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2639: 35–39 (7 Oct. 2010) 3 plates; 7 references                                Accepted: 11 Sep. 2010
A new species of Lepicerus (Coleoptera: Lepiceridae) from Ecuador
R. WILLS FLOWERS (USA), WILLIAM D. SHEPARD (USA) & ROBERTO TROYA MERA (Ecuador)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2635: 1–31 (4 Oct. 2010) 11 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 19 Aug. 2010
A review of the Oocyclus Sharp of Venezuela with description of twelve new species (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Laccobiini)
ANDREW E. Z. SHORT (USA) & MAURICIO GARCÍA (Venezuela)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2629: 47–60 (29 Sep. 2010) 10 plates; 32 references                         Accepted: 21 Aug. 2010
Description of a new species of Pentarthrum Wollaston (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae) from China with an annotated checklist to species of the World
YOUSSEF M. OMAR (Egypt), RUNZHI ZHANG (P.R. China) & STEVEN R. DAVIS (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2629: 1–28 (29 Sep. 2010) 5 plates; 24 references                              Accepted: 16 Jul. 2010
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) medius (Kugelann, 1792)—a good western palaearctic species in the Onthophagus vacca complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini)
ECKEHARD RÖSSNER (Germany), JOACHIM SCHÖNFELD (Germany) & DIRK AHRENS (UK)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2627: 39–56 (27 Sep. 2010) 8 plates; 27 references                             Accepted: 2 Sep. 2010
Phylogeny of the weevil genus Rhinusa Stephens based on adult morphological characters and host plant information (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
ROBERTO CALDARA (Italy), DAVIDE SASSI (Italy) & IVO TOŠEVSKI (Switzerland)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 2622: 65–67 (23 Sep. 2010) 0 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 3 Sep. 2010
Nomenclatural changes within West Indian Acanthocinini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae)
CHARYN J. MICHELI (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2621: 45–62 (22 Sep. 2010) 4 plates; 2 references                              Accepted: 30 Aug. 2010
Review of Taophila, a genus endemic to New Caledonia (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae : Eumolpinae)
G. ALLAN SAMUELSON (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2620: 29–44 (22 Sep. 2010) 6 plates; 38 references                            Accepted: 17 Aug. 2010
A description of Promanodes serafini gen. et sp. nov. from Baltic amber, with a review of related New Zealand Promanus Sharp, 1877 (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae)
JIŘÍ KOLIBÁČ (Czech Republic), HEIKO SCHMIED (Germany), TORSTEN WAPPLER (Germany) & DANIEL KUBISZ (Poland) 
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Article 
Zootaxa 2619: 27–38 (21 Sep. 2010) 7 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 10 Aug. 2010
Taxonomy of the genus Indoquedius Blackwelder (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) of China with description of four new species
ZONY-YI ZHAO & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2610: 50–68 (13 Sep. 2010) 8 plates; 53 references                             Accepted: 5 Aug. 2010
Larval morphology, development, and notes on the natural history of Cephaloleia “rolled-leaf” beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
CARLOS GARCÍA-ROBLEDO, CAROL C. HORVITZ & CHARLES L. STAINES (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2610: 27–49 (13 Sep. 2010) 7 plates; 172 references                           Accepted: 5 Aug. 2010
Introduced leaf beetles of the Maritime Provinces, 9: Chaetocnema concinna (Marsham, 1802) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
LAURENT LESAGE & CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA (Canada)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2602: 1–47 (3 Sep. 2010) 1 plates; 269 references                              Accepted: 21 Jul. 2010
An annotated synopsis of Taiwanese bark and ambrosia beetles, with new synonymy, new combinations and new records (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
R. A. BEAVER (Thailand) & L. Y. LIU (R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2601: 37–44 (2 Sep. 2010) 3 plates; 16 references                               Accepted: 6 Aug. 2010
Larval and pupal morphology of Pyractonema nigripennis Solier (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Photinini) and comparative notes with other Photinini larvae
MIGUEL ARCHANGELSKY (Argentina)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2601: 28–36 (2 Sep. 2010) 3 plates; 15 references                                Accepted: 5 Aug. 2010
Sphaerocetum gen. n., a new genus of the Protosternini from Peninsular Malaysia (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae)
MARTIN FIKÁČEK (Czech Republic)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2598: 1–80 (31 Aug. 2010) 62 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 6 Aug. 2010
Revision of the genus Exochomoscirtes Pic (Coleoptera: Scirtidae: Scirtinae)
RAFAŁ RUTA (Poland) & HIROYUKI YOSHITOMI (Japan)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2595: 1–70 (31 Aug. 2010) 17 plates; 112 references                         Accepted: 15 Jun. 2010
Revision of the southern South American species of Philonthus Stephens (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)
MARIANA CHANI-POSSE (Argentina)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2584: 1–121 (31 Aug. 2010) 71 plates; 35 references                         Accepted: 23 Jul. 2010
Revision of the Indo-Australian checkered beetle genus Xenorthrius Gorham, 1892 (Coleoptera: Cleridae, Clerinae)
ROLAND GERSTMEIER & JONAS EBERLE (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2575: 49–62 (24 Aug. 2010) 5 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 21 Jul. 2010
Description of two new species of Hypselotropis Jekel with a revised key and phylogenetic reanalysis of the genus (Coleoptera, Anthribidae, Anthribinae)
JOSE RICARDO M. MERMUDES & JULIANA MOURÃO DOS SANTOS RODRIGUES (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2573: 57–68 (23 Aug. 2010) 7 plates; 14 references                             Accepted: 1 Jul. 2010
Three new species of Itagonia Reitter, 1887 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Blaptini) from Sichuan, China
AI-MIN SHI, SHI-BIN YUAN & CHUN-LIAN WU (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2573: 35–56 (23 Aug. 2010) 3 plates; 84 references                           Accepted: 14 Jul. 2010
A review of the genus Oxychalepus Uhmann, 1937 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
C. L. STAINES (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2572: 57–64 (20 Aug. 2010) 4 plates; 24 references                           Accepted: 23 Jun. 2010
Tomicus armandii Li & Zhang (Curculionidae, Scolytinae), a new pine shoot borer from China
XIA LI, ZHEN ZHANG, HONGBIN WANG, WEI WU, PENG CAO & PEIYI ZHANG (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2572: 1–24 (20 Aug. 2010) 8 plates; 26 references                             Accepted: 28 Jun. 2010
Fourteen new species of the genus Gabrius Stephens, 1829 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina) from China
LIANG LI (P.R. China), HARALD SCHILLHAMMER (Austria) & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2566: 64–68 (13 Aug. 2010) 2 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 28 Jul. 2010
Taxonomy and distribution of the genus Pterydrias Reitter and confirmation of its synonymy with Eorhipidius Iablokoff-Khnzorian (Coleoptera: Ripiphoridae: Ripidiinae)
JAN BATELKA & JIŘÍ HÁJEK (Czech Republic)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2566: 49–56 (13 Aug. 2010) 4 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 29 Jul. 2010
A new species of blind Trechinae from the Pyrenees of Huesca, and its position within Aphaenops (sensu stricto) (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini)
ARNAUD FAILLE (France), CHARLES BOURDEAU (France) & JAVIER FRESNEDA (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2566: 45–48 (13 Aug. 2010) 0 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 3 Aug. 2010
Seven new synonyms within the genus Onthophagus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from the Oriental Region
SERGEY I. TARASOV (Denmark)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2563: 53–68 (10 Aug. 2010) 9 plates; 20 references                            Accepted: 3 Jul. 2010
Notes on Malthinus mucoreus (Coleoptera: Cantharidae), with descriptions of two new related species from the Ryukyus, Southwest Japan
NAOKI TAKAHASHI (Japan)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 2553: 65–68 (29 Jul. 2010) 3 plates; 9 references                             Accepted: 19 Jun. 2010
The oldest fossil Ochodaeidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Middle Jurassic of China
G.V. NIKOLAJEV (P.R. China) & DONG REN (Kazakhstan)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2545: 39–46 (22 Jul. 2010) 3 plates; 21 references                              Accepted: 3 Jul. 2010
New Agrilus Curtis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from México and Costa Rica mimicking parasitic wasps
HENRY A. HESPENHEIDE (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2542: 33–47 (20 Jul. 2010) 4 plates; 27 references                           Accepted: 23 Jun. 2010
Synopsis of the genus Colobothea Lepeletier & Audinet-Serville in Bolivia, with descriptions of two new species and new country records (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
MIGUEL A. MONNÉ & MARCELA L. MONNÉ (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2538: 47–59 (16 Jul. 2010) 5 plates; 26 references                           Accepted: 23 Jun. 2010
A new species of Neobaryssinus Monné & Martins, and two new species of Baryssiniella new genus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), reared from trees in the Brazil nut family (Lecythidaceae)
AMY BERKOV (USA) & MIGUEL A. MONNÉ (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2538: 38–46 (16 Jul. 2010) 5 plates; 2 references                              Accepted: 15 Jun. 2010
Xantholinini from the Australian and Oriental Regions. New genus, new species and new records (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae). 208° contribution to the knowledge of the Staphylinidae
ARNALDO BORDONI (Italy)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2538: 1–37 (16 Jul. 2010) 9 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 15 Jun. 2010
A revision of the Neotropical genus Sacosternum Hansen (Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae: Megasternini)
MARTIN FIKÁČEK (Czech Republic) & ANDREW E. Z. SHORT (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2535: 1–34 (14 Jul. 2010) 0 plates; 68 references                             Accepted: 25 May 2010
Catalog of the types of some families of Coleoptera (Insecta) deposited at Coleção de Entomologia Pe. J. S. Moure, Curitiba, Brazil
CIBELE S. RIBEIRO-COSTA, LÚCIA M. ALMEIDA, EDILSON CARON, GEOVAN H. CORRÊA, ADELITA M. LINZMEIER & PAULA B. DOS SANTOS (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2531: 64–68 (9 Jul. 2010) 3 plates; 1 references                               Accepted: 19 Jun. 2010
A new species of scarab beetle, Madecorphnus cuccodoroi (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Orphninae), from northern Madagascar
ANDREY FROLOV (Russia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2531: 1–14 (9 Jul. 2010) 5 plates; 27 references                                Accepted: 19 Jun. 2010
Three new species of Naddia Fauvel (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) from China
ZHUO YANG & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2530: 47–59 (8 Jul. 2010) 6 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 12 Jun. 2010
Revalidation and revision of Ochralea Clark, 1865 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from the Oriental Region
IZFA RIZA HAZMI & THOMAS WAGNER (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2530: 1–18 (8 Jul. 2010) 7 plates; 33 references                                  Accepted: 6 Jun. 2010
Aquatica gen. nov. from mainland China with a description of Aquatica wuhana sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae)
XINHUA FU (China), LESLEY BALLANTYNE (Australia) & CHRISTINE L. LAMBKIN (Australia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2529: 55–64 (7 Jul. 2010) 32 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 15 Jun. 2010
Notes concerning the genus Metataenia Théry, 1923 (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Chrysochroina) from Papua New Guinea, with description of a new species and designation of a lectotype
ULF NYLANDER (Sweden)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2529: 1–39 (7 Jul. 2010) 15 plates; 32 references                                Accepted: 8 May 2010
Review of the Nearctic, Mexican and West Indian (Greater Antilles) species of Colliuris Degeer (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Odacanthini)
YVES BOUSQUET (Canada)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2527: 28–48 (5 Jul. 2010) 4 plates; 51 references                             Accepted: 17 Jun. 2010
A review of the Cautires obsoletus species group from Indo–Burma (Coleoptera: Lycidae)
PAVLA DUDKOVA & LADISLAV BOCAK (Czech Republic)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2524: 63–65 (1 Jul. 2010) 1 plates; 10 references                               Accepted: 3 Jun. 2010
Two new synonymies and lectotype designation in Trachyderini (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
MARCELA L. MONNÉ, JUAN PABLO BOTERO & HINGRID Y. QUINTINO (Brazil)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2523: 65–68 (30 Jun. 2010) 2 plates; 5 references                            Accepted: 18 Jun. 2010
A new species of the Genus Anchocerus Fauvel, 1905 from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae)
JIAYAO HU, LIZHEN LI & YUNLONG ZHAO (P.R. China)
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Erratum 
Zootaxa 2520: 66–68 (28 Jun. 2010) 
Erratum: Reid, C.A.M. & Beatson, M. (2010) Revision of the Australo-Papuan genus Macrolema Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Spilopyrinae), with description of a new genus. Zootaxa, 2486, 1-60.
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Article 
Zootaxa 2517: 33–43 (24 Jun. 2010) 4 plates; 6 references                               Accepted: 8 Jun. 2010
The genus Portelmis Sanderson, 1953 (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae): first report in Brazil, description of two new Amazonian species and species key for males
ANDRÉ S. FERNANDES, MARIA INÊS S. PASSOS & NEUSA HAMADA (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2517: 25–32 (24 Jun. 2010) 3 plates; 13 references                             Accepted: 5 Jun. 2010
Notes on identity of Cephennomicrus sumatranus (Franz) (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae)
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI (Poland)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2516: 1–26 (23 Jun. 2010) 14 plates; 26 references                           Accepted: 28 May 2010
A taxonomic review and phylogeny of the genera Hoplopisthius Senna, 1892 and Carcinopisthius Kolbe, 1892 (Coleoptera: Brentidae, Hoplopisthiini)
ANTOINE MANTILLERI (France)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2515: 1–35 (23 Jun. 2010) 4 plates; 141 references                           Accepted: 27 May 2010
A reclassification of the weevil subfamily Cyclominae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
ROLF G. OBERPRIELER (Australia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2512: 1–25 (21 Jun. 2010) 17 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 13 May 2010
Taxonomical study on the genus Pselaphodes Westwood (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) from China. Part I.
ZI-WEI YIN, LI-ZHEN LI & MEI-JUN ZHAO (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2507: 1–36 (16 Jun. 2010) 10 plates; 72 references                           Accepted: 26 May 2010
The Middle American species of Peridinetus Schönherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae)
JENS PRENA (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2506: 51–58 (15 Jun. 2010) 5 plates; 6 references                             Accepted: 12 May 2010
Two new species of Berosus Leach from Brazil (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Berosini)
PIERRE QUENEY (France)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2506: 1–25 (15 Jun. 2010) 13 plates; 34 references                          Accepted: 12 May 2010
Taxonomy of the genus Craspedomerus Bernhauer, 1911 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina) from China
LIANG LI & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2502: 1–23 (11 Jun. 2010) 11 plates; 31 references                             Accepted: 5 May 2010
New species of Anillinus Casey (Carabidae: Trechinae: Bembidiini) from the Southern Appalachians and phylogeography of the A. loweae species group
IGOR M. SOKOLOV & CHRISTOPHER E. CARLTON (USA)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 2498: 65–68 (8 Jun. 2010) 1 plates; 4 references                               Accepted: 19 Apr. 2010
Megagraphydrus puzhelongi, sp. n., a new water scavenger beetle from China (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilinae)
FENGLONG JIA (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2498: 28–46 (8 Jun. 2010) 0 plates; 125 references                          Accepted: 28 Apr. 2010
Additions and corrections to Borowski and Węgrzynowicz’s world catalogue of Bostrichidae (Coleoptera)
MICHAEL A. IVIE (USA)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2497: 66–68 (7 Jun. 2010) 0 plates; 33 references                            Accepted: 27 Apr. 2010
Trachelissa Aurivillius, 1912 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Cerambycidae): a protected name 
HINGRID Y. QUINTINO & MARCELA L. MONNÉ (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2490: 63–68  (1 Jun. 2010) 3 plates; 3 references                              Accepted: 17 Apr. 2010
The Indochinese members of the Onthophagus (Parascatonomus) aurifex species group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), with the description of a new species
SERGEY TARASOV (Denmark), JAN KRIKKEN (The Netherlands), & JOHANNES HUIJBREGTS (The Netherlands)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2487: 1–18  (28 May 2010) 9 plates; 62 references                           Accepted: 17 Apr. 2010
Phylogenetic analysis of the Prionini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae) from China based on mitochondrial ribosomal RNA genes and Cytochrome oxidase I gene
BO FENG, LI CHEN, YAN-LI E & KAI-DI ZHENG (P.R. China)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2486: 1–60 (27 May 2010) 33 plates; 39 references                         Accepted: 16 Apr. 2010
Revision of the Australo-Papuan genus Macrolema Baly (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Spilopyrinae), with description of a new genus
C. A. M. REID & M. BEATSON
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Article 
Zootaxa 2485: 47–57 (27 May 2010) 5 plates; 26 references                          Accepted: 16 Apr. 2010
A new Typhlocharis (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Anillina) from Spain: combining adult and larval morphological data with DNA information
CARMELO ANDÚJAR (Spain), VASILY V. GREBENNIKOV (Canada), JOSÉ LUÍS LENCINA (Spain) & JOSÉ SERRANO (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2484: 25–34  (26 May 2010) 4 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 5 May 2010
A new cave-dwelling species of Quaestus Schaufuss, 1861 from the Montes de Pas, Northern Spain (Coleoptera: Leiodidae: Leptodirini)
JOSÉ Mª SALGADO COSTAS, LUCÍA LABRADA MOREDA & CARLOS G. LUQUE (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2476: 1–13  (18 May 2010) 2 plates; 2 references                              Accepted: 19 Apr. 2010
Review of the genus Hexarhopalus Fairmaire, 1891 (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Stenochiinae) from Borneo with description of new species
LUBOŠ PURCHART (Czech Republic)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2467: 1–74 (14 May 2010) 46 plates; 15 references                          Accepted: 25 Feb. 2010
Revision of the Scirtes flavoguttatus species-group (Coleoptera: Scirtidae: Scirtinae) 
HIROYUKI YOSHITOMI (Japan) & RAFAŁ RUTA (Poland)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2458: 1–127 (14 May 2010) 61 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 6 Feb. 2010
A taxonomic monograph of the Middle American leaf-litter inhabiting weevil genus Theognete Champion (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Molytinae; Lymantini) 
ROBERT S. ANDERSON (Canada)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2451: 53–62  (11 May 2010) 5 plates; 18 references                          Accepted: 27 Mar. 2010
A description of a larva of Ancyrona diversa Pic, 1921 and its phylogenetic implications (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae)
JIŘÍ KOLIBÁČ (Czech Republic) & ARTEM A. ZAITSEV (Russia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2451: 26–42  (11 May 2010) 0 plates; 57 references                         Accepted: 23 Mar. 2010
Type specimens of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) in the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia
C. L. STAINES (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2448: 35–52  (7 May 2010) 4 plates; 31 references                             Accepted: 3 Mar. 2010
Nomenclatural changes in North American Phymatodes Mulsant (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
IAN P. SWIFT & ANN M. RAY (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2444: 51–57  (4 May 2010) 1 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 18 Mar. 2010
A review of the genus Hadrodemius Wood, with new synonymy and a key to species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
ROGER A. BEAVER (Thailand)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2444: 1–44  (4 May 2010) 14 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 23 Mar. 2010
Revision of the Afrotropical flea beetle genus Serraphula Jacoby and description of Bechynella, a new genus from Western and Central Africa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticinae)
MAURIZIO BIONDI & PAOLA D’ALESSANDRO (Italy)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2441: 53–62  (30 Apr. 2010) 6 plates; 13 references                         Accepted: 20 Mar. 2010
Two new species of Cis Latreille (Coleoptera: Ciidae) from Chile
CRISTIANO LOPES-ANDRADE (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2441: 1–19  (30 Apr. 2010) 13 plates; 22 references                         Accepted: 17 Mar. 2010
A review of the genus Agetocera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) in Taiwan—are there only two species?
CHI-FENG LEE (Taiwan), JAN BEZDĔK (Czech Republic) & CHARLES L. STAINES (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2438: 52–60 (27 Apr. 2010) 7 plates; 22 references                          Accepted: 10 Mar. 2010
Gonioctena koryeoensis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae), a new species from Korea, with a description of immature stages
HEE WOOK CHO & JONG EUN LEE (Rep. Korea)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2436: 28–56 (26 Apr. 2010) 11 plates; 22 references                        Accepted: 15 Mar. 2010
Revision of Eulasia genei Truqui, with description of Eulasia rittneri n. sp. from Israel and synonymic notes on related species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Glaphyridae)
MARCO ULIANA (Italy) & GUIDO SABATINELLI (Roma)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2432: 45–58 (21 Apr. 2010) 7 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 9 Mar. 2010
Contribution to the knowledge of the weevil subgenus Arammichnus Gozis, genus Otiorhynchus Germar (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from Sicily and the Sicilian islands
COSIMO BAVIERA & LUIGI MAGNANO (Italy)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2423: 25–43 (12 Apr. 2010) 6 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 2 Mar. 2010
A review of Rhynchortalia Crotch (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Ortaliinae)
J. POORANI (India) & ADAM ŚLIPIŃSKI (Australia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2420: 26–36 (7 Apr. 2010) 4 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 29 Jan. 2010
Microdytes Balfour-Browne of India with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae)
KELLY B. MILLER (USA) & GÜNTHER WEWALKA (Austria)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2415: 33–42 (31 Mar. 2010) 2 plates; 16 references                          Accepted: 3 Feb. 2010
Four new species of Desmopachria Babington (Insecta, Coleoptera, Dytiscidae) from the Amazon river floodplain
RAFAEL BENZI BRAGA & NELSON FERREIRA-JR (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2411: 59–67 (26 Mar. 2010) 0 plates; 102 references                       Accepted: 17 Feb. 2010
On the identity of Hybosorus hopei A. Costa, a forgotten Italian beetle (Coleoptera: Hybosoridae and Tenebrionidae)
GIANLUCA NARDI (Italy)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2411: 1–21 (26 Mar. 2010) 12 plates; 40 references                          Accepted: 15 Feb. 2010
Taxonomic remarks on some genera of Lixini Schoenherr, 1823 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
LEVENT GÜLTEKİN (Turkey)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2410: 59–64 (25 Mar. 2010) 4 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 4 Feb. 2010
Description of Podosilis geukdongensis n. sp. (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) from South Korea
TAE HWA KANG, YOUNG BO LEE, & HAE CHUL PARK (Korea)
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