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Coordinator: Dr. Floyd W. Shockley (ShockleyF@si.edu) Cucujoidea
Department of Entomology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 165, Washington, DC 20013-7012, U.S.A.

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 (Mr.) Adam J. Brunke (adam.j.brunke@gmail.com) Staphylinidae: 
subfamily Staphylininae only
Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Zoological Museum, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

Editor Dr.
Fedor Ciampor  (f.ciampor@savba.sk) Dryopoidea (principally the Elmidae and Dryopidae)
Institute of Zoology SAS Bratislava Slovakia
Editor Dr. Hans Fery (hanfry@aol.com) ADEPHAGA: Dytiscidae
Raeuschstr. 73, D-13509 Berlin, GERMANY

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, Cucujoidea
Division of Entomology, 1501 Crestline Drive, Suite #140, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66049 USA
Editor
Dr. V.I. Gusarov (vladimir.gusarov@nhm.uio.noSTAPHYLINIFORMIA: Staphylinidae, 
all except subfamily Staphylininae

University of Oslo, UNM, Zoological Museum, Department of Entomology, P.O. Box 1172, Blindern, NO-0318, Oslo, NORWAY
Editor (Mr.) Wesley E. Hall (wehall@email.arizona.edu) STAPHYLINIFORMIA: STAPHYLINOIDEA (excluding Staphylinidae and Hydraenidae)
Department of Entomology, 1140 E. South Campus Dr., University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
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 Dr. Brian Levey (Brian.Levey@museumwales.ac.uk) Buprestoidea
Department of Biodiversity & Systematic Biology, National Museum Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP, U.K.
Editor (Mr.) N. Lord (bothriderid@gmail.com) CUCUJIFORMIA, TENEBRIONOIDEA, Cucujoidea 
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
Department of Entomology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Editor Dr. Chris Reid (Chris.Reid@austmus.gov.au) CUCUJIFORMIA: CHRYSOMELOIDEA, particularly Chrysomelidae s.lat.
Department of Entomology, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2010, AUSTRALIA
Editor Dr. Matthias Schöller (schoeller@tricho.b.shuttle.de) CUCUJIFORMIA: CHRYSOMELOIDEA, particularly Chrysomelidae s.lat.
Biologische Beratung, Storkower Str. 55-55A, 10409 Berlin, GERMANY

Editor
Dr.
J. Serrano (jserrano@um.es) Carabidae
Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30071 Murcia, Spain
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 (Mr.) M. Toledo (mariotoledo@hotmail.it) ADEPHAGA: only Noteridae 
via Ferrari 16, 43052 Colorno (PR), ITALY
Editor Dr. Q. Wang (Q.Wang@massey.ac.nz CUCUJIFORMIA: CHRYSOMELOIDEA, only 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.


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),
Serrano (Carabidae)
Suborder Polyphaga 
  Series Staphyliniformia 
    Superfamily Hydrophiloidea: Short 
    Superfamily Staphylinoidea:
Hall
      Staphylinidae: Gusarov (all except Staphylininae), Klimaszewski,  
                                 
Brunke (only Staphylininae)
      Hydraenidae: Perkins 
  Series Scarabaeiformia 
    Superfamily Scarabaeoidea: A.B.T. Smith 
  Series Elateriformia 
    Superfamily Scirtoidea: Gimmel 
    Superfamily Dascilloidea: Gimmel 
    Superfamily Buprestoidea:
Levey 
    Superfamily Byrrhoidea: Majka (families other than Dryopidae, Elmidae),  
                                              
Ciampor (Dryopidae, Elmidae) 
    Superfamily Elateroidea: Majka (non-Elateridae families), Wells (only Elateridae)
  Series Bostrichiformia
    Superfamily Bostrichoidea: Ivie 
  Series Cucujiformia 
    Superfamily Lymexyloidea: (vacant) 
    Superfamily Cleroidea: Gerstmeier 
    Superfamily Cucujoidea:
Lord, Gimmel 
    Superfamily Tenebrionoidea: Lord, A.D. Smith 
    Superfamily Chrysomeloidea; Chrysomelidae: Reid,
Schöller ; Cerambycidae: Wang 
    Superfamily Curculionoidea: Anderson
                                                         Kirkendall
(only bark beetles)

* Specialists interested in filling any vacancy or submitting manuscripts on these taxa should contact
Dr.
Floyd W. Shockley (ShockleyF@si.edu)


List of papers by year: 2001 | 2002 | 2003 2004 2005 | 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

2013

Article
Zootaxa 3652 (3): 327–342 (17 May 2013)
Synopsis of Paxillus MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Passalidae):
distributional records and descriptions of four new species from Brazil
INGRID MATTOS & JOSÉ RICARDO M. MERMUDES

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Article
Zootaxa 3652 (3): 301–326 (17 May 2013)
A revision of the genus Baeocera in Japan, with a new genus of the tribe
Scaphisomatini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scaphidiinae)
RYO OGAWA & IVAN LÖBL
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3652 (2): 297–298 (16 May 2013)
Trogophloeus tripunctulatus Coiffait, 1981, a new synonym of Carpelimus insularis (Kraatz, 1858) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae)

GYÖRGY MAKRANCZY

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3652 (2): 295–296 (16 May 2013)
Oxybleptes davisi (Notman, 1924) in Minnesota (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae,
Staphylininae, Xantholinini)
ALEŠ SMETANA

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Article
Zootaxa 3647 (2): 358–370 (09 May 2013)
Revision of Gallerucida singularis species group (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) 
CHI-FENG LEE & JAN BEZDĔK
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Article
Zootaxa 3647 (1): 181–193 (08 May 2013)
New species and new distribution records in Rhinotragini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) 
LARRY G. BEZARK, UBIRAJARA R. MARTINS, ANTONIO SANTOS-SILVA & AMY BERKOV
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Article
Zootaxa 3646 (5): 501–515 (07 May 2013)
Soil insect research in South Africa. 1. A new genus of terricolous weevils with four new species from the Richtersveld National Park (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Trachyphloeini) 
R. BOROVEC & M. MEREGALLI
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Article
Zootaxa 3646 (4): 447–486 (06 May 2013)
A synopsis of the pin-hole borers of Thailand (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae) 
R.A. BEAVER & L-Y. LIU
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Article
Zootaxa 3646 (4): 401–425 (06 May 2013)
A review of the subgenus Cladoconnus Reitter of the genus Euconnus Thomson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) from the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey and Caucasus 
PETER HLAVÁČ & MIROSLAV STEVANOVIĆ
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3646 (3): 297–299 (03 May 2013)
A new species of Quwatanabius Smetana (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Staphylininae) from Guangxi, South China

JIA-YAO HU, LI-ZHEN LI & MEI-JUN ZHAO

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Article
Zootaxa 3646 (1): 087–092 (01 May 2013)
The genus Neoanthrenus Armstrong, 1941 (Coleoptera: Dermestidae: Anthrenini): A new synonym of Anthrenus Geoffroy, 1762
MARCIN KADEJ & JIŘÍ HÁVA
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Article
Zootaxa 3646 (1): 068–074 (01 May 2013)
Geoparnus loebli, a new species of terrestrial dryopid from Peninsular Malaysia (Coleoptera: Dryopidae) 
JÁN KODADA, MICHAL KADUBEC & FEDOR ČIAMPOR JR
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Article
Zootaxa 3646 (1): 051–067 (01 May 2013)
Review of Scirtidae (Coleoptera: Scirtoidea) described by Johan Christian Fabricius (1745–1808)
RAFAŁ RUTA
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3645 (1): 1–79 (30 Apr. 2013)
Preliminary review of the genus Stenotarsus Perty (Coleoptera: Endomychidae) from México, Guatemala and Belize, with descriptions of twelve new species
EMMANUEL ARRIAGA-VARELA
, SANTIAGO ZARAGOZA-CABALLERO, WIOLETTA TOMASZEWSKA & JOSE LUIS NAVARRETE-HEREDIA
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Article
Zootaxa 3641 (3): 233–240 (24 Apr. 2013)
Lymnastis of Ukraine with the redescription of Lymnastis novikovi
(Coleoptera: Carabidae)
MARINA B. KIRICHENKO & ANDREJ V. GONTARENKO

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Article
Zootaxa 3641 (3): 201–222 (24 Apr. 2013)
Revision of the Subgenus Coprochara Mulsant & Rey of the Genus Aleochara Gravenhorst from Japan (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)

SHŰHEI YAMAMOTO & MUNETOSHI MARUYAMA

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Article
Zootaxa 3641 (2): 188–192 (23 Apr. 2013)
A new subgenus and species of the genus Hedyphanes Fischer von Waldheim, 1820 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini) from Israel and Egypt 
MAXIM V. NABOZHENKO & MARTIN LILLIG
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Article
Zootaxa 3640 (4): 572–580 (19 Apr. 2013)
Mexican Buprestidae: two new species of Acmaeodera Eschscholtz and a review of the genus Chalcophora Dejean

RICHARD L. WESTCOTT & CHARLES L. BELLAMY

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Article
Zootaxa 3640 (1): 095–100 (16 Apr. 2013)
Blamada rubripronota, a new genus and species of the tribe Saperdini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae) from Southeast Asia
MEI-YING LIN & CAROLUS HOLZSCHUH
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Article
Zootaxa 3640 (1): 079–087 (16 Apr. 2013)
Memoan ciceroi gen. et sp. nov., a remarkable new firefly genus and species from the Atlantic Rainforest (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)

LUIZ FELIPE LIMA DA SILVEIRA& JOSÉ RICARDO M. MERMUDES

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Article
Zootaxa 3640 (1): 070–078 (16 Apr. 2013)
Taxonomic revision of the genus Brounopsis Blair (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) with description of four new species

QIAO WANG & WEN LU

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Article
Zootaxa 3637 (5): 597–599 (15 Apr. 2013)
A new species of Brasilycus (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from Peru

MILADA BOCAKOVA & ELYNTON ALVES DO NASCIMENTO

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Article
Zootaxa 3637 (4): 462–471 (12 Apr. 2013)
Three new species of Gnaptorina Reitter (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Blaptini) from Tibet, China

AI-MIN SHI

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Article
Zootaxa 3637 (3): 374–384 (11 Apr. 2013)
Description of a new species of Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 from Jordan, with notes on the Anthaxia winkleri species-group (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)

DANIELE BAIOCCHI & GIANLUCA MAGNANI

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Article
Zootaxa 3637 (3): 355–360 (11 Apr. 2013)
A new fossil jewel beetle (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the Early Cretaceous of Inner Mongolia, China

YALI YU, ADAM
ŚLIPIŃSKI, CHUNGKUN SHIH, HONG PANG & DONG REN
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Article
Zootaxa 3637 (3): 341–354 (11 Apr. 2013)
Larvae of Australian Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Part 4. Genus Julodimorpha

SVATOPLUK BÍLÝ, MARK VOLKOVITSH & MAGNUS PETERSON

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Article
Zootaxa 3637 (3): 285–307 (11 Apr. 2013)
A revision of the Lutrochidae (Coleoptera) of Venezuela, with description of six new species

CRYSTAL A. MAIER & ANDREW E.Z. SHORT

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Article
Zootaxa 3637 (2): 183–189 (10 Apr. 2013)
A new species of Agrilozodes Théry, 1927, new record for A. pygmaeus (Kerremans, 1897) and a key for the genus (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)
 
CLAYTON PORTELA & JOSÉ RICARDO M. MERMUDES

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Article
Zootaxa 3637 (1): 065–073 (9 Apr. 2013)
A new species of Pachytrechodes Jeannel, 1960 (Coleoptera: Carabidae:
Trechinae) from Tanzania, with a key to species
IGOR A. BELOUSOV & BRUNO A. NYUNDO

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Article
Zootaxa 3637 (1): 047–057 (9 Apr. 2013)
Redescription of Tyrus Aubé and T. sinensis Raffray (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), and two new species from Sichuan, Southwest China

ZI-WEI YIN, SHŰHEI NOMURA & LI-ZHEN LI

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Article
Zootaxa 3637 (1): 029–038 (9 Apr. 2013)
Hydraena lotti sp. nov., a new member of the "Haenydra" lineage from the
Peloponnese (Greece), with additional records of Hydraena species in the region (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae)
DAVID T. BILTON

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Article
Zootaxa 3636 (4): 547–560 (8 Apr. 2013)
Phylogenetic relationships of the South American ground beetle subgenus Chilioperyphus Jeannel (Coleoptera: Carabidae:
Trechinae: Bembidiini: Bembidion Latreille)
DAVID R. MADDISON, LUCA TOLEDANO, SOLEDAD SALLENAVE & SERGIO ROIG-JUŃENT

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Article 
Zootaxa 3636 (3): 451–462 (5 Apr. 2013)
Description of immatures and natural history of the weevil Loncophorus pustulatus (Champion, 1903) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae) associated with flowers of Ceiba speciosa (A. St.-Hil.) Ravenna (Bombacoidea: Malvaceae) in southeast Brazil
SERGIO ANTONIO VANIN, DANIELA DE CASSIA BENÁ & FABIANO FABIAN ALBERTONI

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Article 
Zootaxa 3636 (2): 394–400 (4 Apr. 2013)
Three new species of Anchylorhynchus Schoenherr, 1836 from Colombia (Coleoptera: Curculionidae; Curculioninae; Acalyptini)

BRUNO A. S. DE MEDEIROS & LUIS A. NÚŃEZ-AVELLANEDA

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Article 
Zootaxa 3636 (1): 190–195 (3 Apr. 2013)
A new species of the subgenus Stigmatochirus of Plastus Bernhauer
(Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae) from Yunnan, China
GUO-FENG LI, HONG-WEI LI, YING-JIE LIU & RONG-WEN HUANG

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Article 
Zootaxa 3635 (5): 591–597 (2 Apr. 2013)
Hypsilara breweri n.sp. from Venezuela: description of new species with notes on the morphology and phylogenetic relationships of the genus (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Larainae)
FEDOR
ČIAMPOR JR, KRISTÍNA LAŠŠOVÁ & ZUZANA ČIAMPOROVÁ-ZAŤOVIČOVÁ
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Article 
Zootaxa 3635 (5): 569–578 (2 Apr. 2013)
Four new species of the genus Lobrathium Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) from China
XIAO-YAN LI, ALEXEY SOLODOVINIKOV & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU

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Article 
Zootaxa 3635 (4): 402–418 (28 Mar. 2013)
The genus Laccobius in China: new species and new records
(Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
FENGLONG JIA, ELIO GENTILI & MARTIN FIKÁ
ČEK
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 3635 (3): 297–300 (27 Mar. 2013)
Two new remarkable Callimicra Deyrolle, 1864
(Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae) from Central America
HENRY A. HESPENHEIDE

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Article 
Zootaxa 3635 (1): 94–100 (25 Mar. 2013)
Description of the male of Sebasthetops omaliniformis Jäch, 1998—a phylogenetically isolated water beetle from South Africa,
with notes on its ecology (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae)
DAVID T. BILTON
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 3630 (3): 591–593 (21 Mar. 2013)
Sexual dichromatism in a Mexican checkered beetle (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Neorthopleurinae)
JACQUES RIFKIND

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Article 
Zootaxa 3630 (3): 505–518 (21 Mar. 2013)
Four new Chlaenius species (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Chlaeniini) from Asia and a key to the species of subgenus Chlaenioctenus
YE LIU, HONGLIANG SHI & HONGBIN LIANG

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 3630 (2): 379–384 (20 Mar. 2013)
Description and ecology of a new species of Eriopeltastes Burmeister & Schaum, 1840 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini), from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
ENRICO RICCHIARDI & RENZO PERISSINOTTO

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Zootaxa 3630 (2): 369–378 (20 Mar. 2013)
Jubogaster towai, a new Neotropical genus and species of Trogastrini (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae) exhibiting myrmecophily and extreme body enlargement
JOSEPH PARKER & MUNETOSHI MARUYAMA

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Article 
Zootaxa 3630 (1): 39–79 (19 Mar. 2013)
Revision of subgenera of Stenichnus Thomson, with review of Australo-Pacific species (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae)
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZY
ŃSKI
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 3626 (4): 589–592 (15 Mar. 2013)
Crenitis bicolor sp. n. from the Kamiesberg of South Africa
(Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
DAVID T. BILTON

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Zootaxa 3626 (4): 569–575 (15 Mar. 2013)
A second species of the genus Helibatus Mulsant & Rey, 1859
(Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Opatrina)
DARIUSZ IWAN & DAVID SCHIMROSCZYK

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Article 
Zootaxa 3626 (4): 455–476 (15 Mar. 2013)
Morphology and terminology of dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) male genitalia

CLAUDIA A. MEDINA, FREDY MOLANO & CLARKE H. SCHOLTZ

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Article 
Zootaxa 3626 (3): 363–380 (14 Mar. 2013)
Two new species of Xanthophius Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylininae, Xantholinini) from China with notes on X. filum (Kraatz)

YU-LINGZI ZHOU & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU

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Article 
Zootaxa 3626 (3): 326–344 (14 Mar. 2013)
Australian marsh beetles (Coleoptera: Scirtidae). 2. Pachycyphon,
a new genus of presumably terrestrial Australian Scirtidae
PETER ZWICK

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Article 
Zootaxa 3626 (2): 249–267 (13 Mar. 2013)
Review of the New World species of the genus Argopistes Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini)
JAVIER BLANCO & ALEXANDER KONSTANTINOV

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Article 
Zootaxa 3620 (4): 553–568 (8 Mar. 2013)
Revision of the genus Acallopistus Schoenherr
(Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Nerthopini)
JUILEN HARAN

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Article 
Zootaxa 3620 (4): 544–552 (8 Mar. 2013)
Review of the genus Cassidinoma Hincks
(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Omocerini)
FLÁVIA RODRIGUES FERNANDES & LECH BOROWIEC

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Article 
Zootaxa 3620 (4): 533–543 (8 Mar. 2013)
Two new species of Xenysmoderodes from China
(Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Ceutorhynchinae)
NI YANG, RUNZHI ZHANG & LI REN

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Zootaxa 3620 (3): 351–378 (7 Mar. 2013)
The Cholevinae of Romania (exclusive of Leptodirini) (Coleoptera, Leiodidae) with special reference to the hypogeal records

EUGEN NITZU

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Zootaxa 3619 (5): 501–525 (4 Mar. 2013)
New Guinea Onthophagus: taxonomy of ten small, unicolored new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
J. KRIKKEN & J. HUIJBREGTS

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Article 
Zootaxa 3619 (2): 161–182 (27 Feb. 2013)
Revision of the Chinese Geotragus Schoenherr with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)
LI REN, MIGUEL A. ALONSO-ZARAZAGA & RUNZHI ZHANG

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Zootaxa 3619 (1): 79–100 (26 Feb. 2013)
Chrysomelid males with enlarged mandibles: three new species and a review of occurrence in the family (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
C. A. M. REID & M. BEATSON

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Article 
Zootaxa 3616 (4): 387–395 (21 Feb. 2013)
Two new species of the ladybird beetle Hong Ślipiński from Chile (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Microweiseinae)
GUILLERMO GONZÁLEZ & HERMES E. ESCALONA

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Article 
Zootaxa 3616 (3): 253–267 (20 Feb. 2013)
A review of the Japanese Cybocephalidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea)
SADATOMO HISAMATSU

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 3616 (1): 95–98 (18 Feb. 2013)
Cercyon hungaricus, a new junior subjective synonym of C. bononiensis(Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
MARTIN FIKÁČEK & SAVERIO ROCCHI

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Article 
Zootaxa 3613 (5): 493–500 (13 Feb. 2013)
A new species of Tarphius Erichson, 1845 (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) from North Africa and notes on an Iberian species
ARTUR R.M. SERRANO, ISABEL R. AMORIM & PAULO A. V. BORGES

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Article 
Zootaxa 3613 (5): 455–481 (13 Feb. 2013)
The Anthaxia (Anthaxia) manca (Linnaeus, 1767) species-group in Iran, with description of a new species and a new synonymy (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
DANIELE BAIOCCHI
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Article 
Zootaxa 3613 (3): 245–256 (11 Feb. 2013)
A revision of the genus Notodascillus Carter (Coleoptera: Dascillidae)
ZHENYU JIN, ADAM ŚLIPIŃSKI & HONG PANG

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Article 
Zootaxa 3613 (2): 165–175 (8 Feb. 2013)
Taxonomy of the subgenus Euleptarthrus Jakobson (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Osoriinae, Priochirus) of China with descriptions of three new species
JIE WU & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU

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Article 
Zootaxa 3609 (5): 504–512 (1 Feb. 2013)
A new species of the genus Apatenia (Coleoptera: Anthribidae) from Madagascar with notes on female genitalia, redescription of the female of Apatenia quadristigma Frieser and list of Madagascan species
Miloš TRÝZNA & Petr BAŇAŘ

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Article 
Zootaxa 3609 (5): 495–503 (1 Feb. 2013)
Three new species of Eutheiini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) from China
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI

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Article 
Zootaxa 3609 (5): 465–470 (1 Feb. 2013)
A second species of Psyllototus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) from the Upper Eocene Baltic amber
ANDRIS BUKEJS & KONSTANTIN NADEIN

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Erratum
Zootaxa 3609 (4): 450 (31 Jan. 2013)
Erratum: M. Trizzino, L. Carnevali, S. De Felici & Paolo Audisio (2013) A revision of Hydraena species of the "Haenydra" lineage (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae). Zootaxa, 3607 (1), 001–173.
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Article 
Zootaxa 3609 (4): 411–420 (31 Jan. 2013)
New brachypterous species of Dichotomius Hope, with taxonomic notes in the subgenus Luederwaldtinia Martínez (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
RAFAEL V. NUNESą & FERNANDO Z. VAZ-DE-MELLO

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Article 
Zootaxa 3609 (3): 349–350 (30 Jan. 2013)
First record of Myrrha octodecimguttata (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and Epuraea ocularis (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) from Israel
OZ RITTNER & ASSAF NIR

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Zootaxa 3609 (3): 327–334 (30 Jan. 2013)
On the identity of Pselaphodes walkeri (Sharp, 1892) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae), with description of a new related species
ZI-WEI YIN & LI-ZHEN LI

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Zootaxa 3609 (2): 243–247 (29 Jan. 2013)
Notomicrus josiahi, a new species of Noteridae (Coleoptera) from Venezuela
KELLY B. MILLER

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Zootaxa 3608 (4): 273–277 (21 Jan. 2013)
New species of Cerambycidae from Panama, with new distribution records (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
LARRY G. BEZARK, WILLIAM H. TYSON & NATHAN M. SCHIFF

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Zootaxa 3608 (3): 161–177 (18 Jan. 2013)
Five new species of Notosacantha Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from Borneo, with a key to the Bornean species and new faunistic data
LECH BOROWIEC, HARUO TAKIZAWA & JOLANTA ŚWIĘTOJAŃSKA

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 3608 (2): 158–160 (17 Jan. 2013)
A new species of Lathrobium Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) from Shaanxi, Central China
ZHONG PENG, LI-ZHEN LI & MEI-JUN ZHAO

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Zootaxa 3608 (1): 94–100 (16 Jan. 2013)
A new fossil genus of net-winged beetles, with a brief review of amber Lycidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)
SERGEY V. KAZANTSEV

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Article 
Zootaxa 3608 (1): 26–50 (16 Jan. 2013)
Revision of the Asian species of Afidentula Kapur, 1958 (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Epilachnini)
WIOLETTA TOMASZEWSKA & KAROL SZAWARYN

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3607 (1): 1–173 (16 Jan. 2013)
A revision of Hydraena species of the "Haenydra" lineage (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae)
MARCO TRIZZINO, LUCILLA CARNEVALI, STEFANO DE FELICI & PAOLO AUDISIO

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3605 (1): 1–147 (15 Jan. 2013)
Genus-level revision of the family Phalacridae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) 
MATTHEW L. GIMMEL

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Article 
Zootaxa 3599 (6): 535–548 (10 Jan. 2013)
A new genus and species of Bruchinae, with a key to the genera from Australia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
C. A. M. REID & M. BEATSON

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Article
Zootaxa 3599 (5): 483–489 (9 Jan. 2013)
Redescription of Cis taurus (Reitter, 1878) (Coleoptera: Ciidae)
ESTER H. OLIVEIRA & CRISTIANO LOPES-ANDRADE

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2012

Article
Zootaxa 3597: 47–52 (24 Dec. 2012)  2 plates; 11 references           Accepted: 26 Nov. 2012
A new Mexican species and new taxonomic and distributional data of Strigoderma Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae)
LEONARDO DELGADO & EDER F. MORA-AGUILAR

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Zootaxa 3591: 47–66 (19 Dec. 2012)  8 plates; 72 references            Accepted: 9 Nov. 2012
Taxonomic Review of the Subtribe Athouina Candčze, 1859 (Coleoptera, Elateridae, Dendrometrinae, Dendrometrini) in Korea 
TAEMAN HAN (Korea), HAECHUL PARK (Korea), YOUNGBO LEE (Korea), NAMJEONG KIM (Korea), HITOO ÔHIRA (Japan), GIUSEPPE PLATIA (Italy) & SEUNGHWAN LEE (Korea)

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Zootaxa 3587: 65–77 (17 Dec. 2012)  9 plates; 11 references       Accepted: 29 Oct. 2012
Immatures of Dicrepidius Eschscholtz, 1829 and Dipropus Germar, 1839 (Elateridae, Elaterinae, Ampedini: Dicrepidiina) 
SÔNIA A. CASARI & GABRIEL BIFFI (Brazil)

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3584: 1–110 (13 Dec. 2012) 50 plates; 45 references             Accepted: 30 Oct. 2012   
Phylogenetic relationships and comparative larval morphology of epigean and stygobitic species of Limbodessus Guignot, 1939 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Bidessini), with a key of identification
MARIANO C. MICHAT1, YVES ALARIE2 & CHRIS H.S. WATTS3
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Article
Zootaxa 3580: 24–42 (11 Dec. 2012)  9 plates; 28 references           Accepted: 15 Oct. 2012
Comparative larval morphology of Platydracus and Staphylinus (Staphylinidae: Staphylinini: Staphylinina) with notes on their biology and redescription of the pupa of Staphylinus 
EWA PIETRYKOWSKA-TUDRUJ1 & BERNARD STANIEC (Poland)

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Article
Zootaxa 3577: 71–79 (10 Dec. 2012)  3 plates; 22 references              Accepted: 2 Nov. 2012
Onerunka longi, a new genus and species of Thanerocleridae (Coleoptera) from Papua New Guinea, with systematic notes on the tribe Thaneroclerini 
JIŘÍ KOLIBÁČ (Czech Republic)

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Zootaxa 3577: 58–70 (10 Dec. 2012)  2 plates; 60 references              Accepted: 1 Nov. 2012
The discovery of progenetic Allocreadium neotenicum Peters, 1957 (Digenea: Allocreadiidae) in water beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in Great Britain 
RODNEY A. BRAY (UK), GARTH N. FOSTER (Scotland), ANDREA WAESCHENBACH (UK) & D TIMOTHY J LITTLEWOOD (UK)

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Article
Zootaxa 3577: 43–57 (10 Dec. 2012)  9 plates; 21 references              Accepted: 5 Nov. 2012
Compsodactylus, a new South American genus with one new species and two new combinations (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) 
JUARES FUHRMANN (Brazil)
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3576: 1–63 (7 Dec. 2012) 22 plates; 103 references             Accepted: 24 Oct. 2012   
Taxonomy of the genus Oxytelus Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) from China 
LIANG LÜ & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3573: 55–58 (6 Dec. 2012)  1 plate; 22 references            Accepted: 17 Oct. 2012
Siraton devillei Hustache (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), the mysterious weevil from the Isle of Elba: exiled no longer 
ROLF G. OBERPRIELER (Australia) & ROBERTO CALDARA (Italy)

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Article
Zootaxa 3571: 66–80 (4 Dec. 2012)  3 plates; 13 references           Accepted: 31 Oct. 2012
New genera and species of Neotropical Rhinotragini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae) 
ANTONIO SANTOS-SILVA (Brazil), LARRY G. BEZARK (USA) & UBIRAJARA R. MARTINS (Brazil)

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Article
Zootaxa 3570: 82–88 (3 Dec. 2012)  2 plates; 24 references             Accepted: 12 Oct. 2012
Redescription of the genus Curiades Pascoe 1880 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Naupactini), a potential mimic of Mutillidae from Brazil 
M. GUADALUPE DEL RÍO & ANALIA A. LANTERI (Argentina)

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Article
Zootaxa 3570: 56–68 (3 Dec. 2012)  8 plates; 27 references             Accepted: 17 Oct. 2012
A new species of Microlestes Schmidt-Gobel, 1846 (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Southwest of the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal) with illustrated keys for the identification of the Iberian-Balearic species 
VICENTE M. ORTUŃO (Spain) & AMALIA ESPIRIDIĂO OLIVEIRA (Portugal)

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Article
Zootaxa 3568: 81–88 (29 Nov. 2012)  2 plates; 17 references            Accepted: 29 Oct. 2012
Delgadobius amazonensis—a new genus and species of the subtribe Philonthina from Amazonia (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) 
MARIANA CHANI-POSSE (Argentina) & GUY COUTURIER (France)

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Article
Zootaxa 3568: 74–80 (29 Nov. 2012)  4 plates; 5 references             Accepted: 12 Oct. 2012
Flea weevils of the genus Synorchestes Voss (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Curculioninae, Rhamphini), with description of a second species from India 
SHALOO AYRI (India), HIROAKI KOJIMA (Japan) & V.V. RAMAMURTHY (India)

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Article
Zootaxa 3568: 53–64 (29 Nov. 2012)  6 plates; 7 references             Accepted: 29 Jun. 2012
New species of Agriotes (Coleoptera: Elateridae) from Mexico with a key to species 
MARTIN LEONEL ZURITA-GARCIA, SANTIAGO ZARAGOZA CABALLERO & HELGA OCHOTERENA BOOTH (Mexico)

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Erratum
Zootaxa 3564: 68 (27 Nov. 2012)
Erratum: WEN-LI MA & LI-ZHEN LI (2012) A new species of Lesteva Latreille (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Omaliinae) from Zhejiang, East China. Zootaxa, 3530, 74–76.
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Article
Zootaxa 3564: 61–67 (27 Nov. 2012)  2 plates; 14 references           Accepted: 29 Oct. 2012
Revision of the genus Alyculus Kazantsev, 1999 (Coleoptera: Lycidae) 
VACLAV PALATA & LADISLAV BOCAK (Czech Republic)

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Article
Zootaxa 3564: 47–53 (27 Nov. 2012)  4 plates; 12 references           Accepted: 17 Oct. 2012
Two new species of the genus Allochotes (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Neorthopleurinae) from Taiwan 
HIROYUKI MURAKAMI & JUNSUKE YAMASAKO (Japan)

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Article
Zootaxa 3564: 1–16 (27 Nov. 2012)  11 plates; 5 references             Accepted: 19 Oct. 2012
Malaysian species of Dryopomorphus Hinton, 1936 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elmidae) 
FEDOR ČIAMPOR Jr, ZUZANA ČIAMPOROVÁ-ZAŤOVIČOVÁ & JÁN KODADA (Slovakia)

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Article
Zootaxa 3557: 59–68 (21 Nov. 2012)  2 plates; 14 references          Accepted: 30 Oct. 2012
The genera Tropidozineus Monné & Martins, 1976 and Ozineus Bates, 1863 in Bolivia (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae): six new species and a new synonym 
MIGUEL A. MONNÉ & MARCELA L. MONNÉ (Brazil)

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Article
Zootaxa 3557: 56–58 (21 Nov. 2012)  1 plate; 9 references               Accepted: 19 Oct. 2012
A new species of Lathrobium Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) from Yulongxueshan Mountain, Southwest China 
ZHONG PENG, LI-ZHEN LI & MEI-JUN ZHAO (China)

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Article
Zootaxa 3557: 40–48 (21 Nov. 2012)  3 plates; 15 references           Accepted: 24 Oct. 2012
Octocollis, a new genus and Octocollis setosus, a new species of Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Queensland, Australia 
CHRISTIAN H. MOESENEDER & PAUL M. HUTCHINSON (Australia)

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Zootaxa 3555: 83–88 (20 Nov. 2012)  2 plates; 4 references                Accepted: 23 Oct. 2012
A new genus and species of flightless, microphthalmic Corythoderini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from Cambodia, associated with Macrotermes termites 
MUNETOSHI MARUYAMA (Japan)

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Article
Zootaxa 3555: 55–82 (20 Nov. 2012)  18 plates; 23 references            Accepted: 15 Oct. 2012
Taxonomy of 'Euconnus complex'. Part I. Morphology of Euconnus s. str. and revision of Euconnomorphus Franz and Venezolanoconnus Franz (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) 
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI (Poland)

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Article
Zootaxa 3554: 59–74 (19 Nov. 2012)  4 plates; 26 references            Accepted: 18 Oct. 2012
Biology of the Apionidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) in New Caledonia, a preliminary report 
MAREK WANAT (Poland) & JÉRÔME MUNZINGER (France)

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Article
Zootaxa 3552: 66–68 (16 Nov. 2012)  3 plates; 4 references            Accepted: 24 Oct. 2012
On the taxonomic placement of Geodromicus pusillus Coiffait, 1983 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) 
ALEXEY V. SHAVRIN (Latvia)

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Article
Zootaxa 3547: 78–84 (13 Nov. 2012)  3 plates; 7 references              Accepted: 15 Oct. 2012
New and poorly known species of the genus Lesteva Latreille, 1797 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Omaliinae) from Nepal 
ALEXEY V. SHAVRIN (Latvia)

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3535: 1–104 (1 Nov. 2012) 56 plates; 21 references                      Accepted: 20 Sept. 2012   
Afrotropical weevils of the Cadoderus Marshall generic complex (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae: Embrithini). Part 1. Genera: Cadoderus Marshall, 1926; Sphrigodellus Marshall, 1942 and Oncophyes Marshall, 1942
NIKOLAI YUNAKOV
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3531: 1–95 (30 Oct. 2012) 67 plates; 24 references             Accepted: 17 Sept. 2012   
A revision of Epimetopus Lacordaire, the New World hooded shore beetles (Coleoptera: Epimetopidae) 

PHILIP D. PERKINS

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Article
Zootaxa 3530: 83–88 (30 Oct. 2012)  3 plates; 11 references           Accepted: 5 Oct. 2012
Notes on Prosthecarthron Raffray, with description of P. insulanus, sp. n. (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from Qi’ao Island, South China 
ZI-WEI YIN, SHAO-BIN HUANG & FU-KANG GU (China)

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Zootaxa 3530: 79–82 (30 Oct. 2012)  3 plates; 15 references           Accepted: 5 Oct. 2012
A new species of Scirtes (Coleoptera: Scirtidae) from southern Florida and the Caribbean 
J.H. EPLER (USA)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3530: 74–76 (30 Oct. 2012)  1 plate; 2 references               Accepted: 5 Oct. 2012
A new species of Lesteva Latreille (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Omaliinae) from Zhejiang, East China 
WEN-LI MA & LI-ZHEN LI (China)

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Article
Zootaxa 3526: 53–58 (25 Oct. 2012)  2 plates; 11 references            Accepted: 25 Sept. 2012
New species, new synonym, and redescription of Onthophagus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from the Western Ghats, India 
NITHYA SATHIANDRAN & THOMAS K. SABU (India)

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Article
Zootaxa 3521: 1–38 (18 Oct. 2012)  9 plates; 19 references                Accepted: 14 Sept. 2012
A revision of the genera Anilaroides Théry, 1934, stat. nov. and Tetragonoschema Thomson, 1857 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Buprestinae: Anthaxiini) 
SVATOPLUK BÍLÝ (Czech Republic)

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Article
Zootaxa 3517: 63–70 (15 Oct. 2012)  4 plates; 8 references                 Accepted: 16 Aug. 2012
First record of the tribe Eugnomini Lacordaire, 1863 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from Fiji with description of Pactola fiji sp. n. 
MIŁOSZ A. MAZUR (Poland)

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Article
Zootaxa 3517: 1–52 (15 Oct. 2012)  15 plates; 97 references                Accepted: 24 Jul. 2012
Revision of the Seashore-dwelling Subgenera Emplenota Casey and Triochara Bernhauer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: genus Aleochara) from Japan 
SHŰHEI YAMAMOTO & MUNETOSHI MARUYAMA (Japan)

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Article
Zootaxa 3514: 79–83 (11 Oct. 2012)  2 plates; 2 references                  Accepted: 5 Sept. 2012

A new genus and species of Tentyriini (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from sand dunes in Namaqualand, South Africa 

WOLFGANG SCHAWALLER (Germany)

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Zootaxa 3509: 81–84 (8 Oct. 2012)  1 plate; 7 references                     Accepted: 14 Sept. 2012

A New Species of Oocyclus Sharp From Southeastern China (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) 

FENGLONG JIA (China) & JASON F. MATÉ (Spain)

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Article
Zootaxa 3503: 82–88 (2 Oct. 2012)  4 plates; 12 references                Accepted: 28 Aug. 2012
Description of a new species of the "Haenydra" lineage (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) from the Republic of Macedonia 
VLATKA MIČETIĆ STANKOVIĆ (Croatia) & MANFRED A. JÄCH (Austria)

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Erratum
Zootaxa 3501: 88 (1 Oct. 2012)
Erratum: MIGUEL A. MONNÉ & MARCELA L. MONNÉ (2012) New species of Acanthocinini from South America (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Zootaxa, 3478, 192–200.
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Zootaxa 3501: 63–73 (1 Oct. 2012)  6 plates; 28 references                Accepted: 6 Sept. 2012
Systematic position of Australian genus Palaeoscydmaenus Franz (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Scydmaeninae) 
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI (Poland)

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Zootaxa 3500: 61–69 (28 Sept. 2012)  5 plates; 4 references                   Accepted: 5 Sept. 2012
Elachistelmis gen. n. (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae) from Suriname, with description of two new species 
CRYSTAL A. MAIER (USA)

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Zootaxa 3500: 49–60 (28 Sept. 2012)  6 plates; 19 references                 Accepted: 6 Sept. 2012
Taxonomy of the Afrotropical genera Angolositus Koch, 1955 and Pseudoselinus Iwan, 2002 with a key to species (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pedinini) 
MARCIN JAN KAMIŃSKI (Poland)

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Zootaxa 3500: 36–48 (28 Sept. 2012)  6 plates; 11 references                 Accepted: 27 Aug. 2012
Description of three new species of Nymphistrini (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Haeteriinae) from Central America 
ALEXEY K. TISHECHKIN (USA) & ALIDA MERCADO CÁRDENAS (Canada)

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Erratum 
Zootaxa 3495: 88 (24 Sept. 2012)
Erratum: Yang, Y.C., Yin, Z.W. & Yu, W.D. (2012) A new species of Tyrinasius Kurbatov (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from Ningxia, Northwest China. Zootaxa, 3401, 60–62.
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Zootaxa 3487: 77–84 (18 Sept. 2012)  1 plates; 13 references                 Accepted: 6 Aug. 2012
Nomenclatural changes and redescriptions in Plateros Bourgeois, 1879 (Coleoptera: Lycidae) from Neotropical region 
ELYNTON ALVES DO NASCIMENTO (Brazil) & MILADA BOCAKOVA (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa 3483: 58–70 (14 Sept. 2012)  8 plates; 35 references                     Accepted: 26 Jul. 2012
A taxonomic review of Korean species of the genus Philhygra Mulsant & Rey (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
SEUNG-GYU LEE & KEE-JEONG AHN (Korea)

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Zootaxa 3483: 39–57 (14 Sept. 2012)  9 plates; 27 references                     Accepted: 27 Jul. 2012
Morphology and identification of the pupae of seven species of the genus Otiorhynchus Germar, 1822 (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Otiorhynchini)
RAFAŁ GOSIK (Poland) & PETER SPRICK (Germany)

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Zootaxa 3483: 29–38 (14 Sept. 2012)  5 plates; 18 references                     Accepted: 13 Aug. 2012
A new species of Allecula (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Alleculinae) from cork oak stands of Italy
VLADIMÍR NOVÁK (Czech Republic), NICKLAS JANSSON (Sweden), STEFANO CHIARI (Italy), AGNESE ZAULI (Italy), PAOLO AUDISIO (Italy) & GIUSEPPE M. CARPANETO (Italy)

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3482: 88–88 (13 Sept. 2012)  0 plate; 2 references                       Accepted: 12 Jul. 2012
Correction of the name of a recently published taxon in the Curculionini (Curculionidae) 
FRANK W. PELSUE, JR. & CHARLES W. O'BRIEN (USA)

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Zootaxa 3482: 82–87 (13 Sept. 2012)  1 plate; 25 references                      Accepted: 2 Aug. 2012
Axinotarsus pulicarius (F.) (Coleoptera: Melyridae: Malachiinae), a soft-winged flower beetle new to North America 
E. RICHARD HOEBEKE & ALFRED G. WHEELER, JR. (USA)

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Zootaxa 3482: 68–76 (13 Sept. 2012)  4 plates; 11 references                     Accepted: 31 Jul. 2012
New synonymy and redescription of Mastigus deustus (Thunberg) (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) 
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZYŃSKI (Poland)

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Article
Zootaxa 3482: 33–46 (13 Sept. 2012)  10 plates; 24 references                   Accepted: 11 Jul. 2012
Revision of the genus Scapomegas Lacordaire, 1854 (Coleoptera: Histeridae: Omalodini) 
FERNANDO W. T. LEIVAS (Brazil), CARLA L. BICHO (Brazil), NICOLAS DEGALLIER (France) & DANIEL P. MOURA (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 3482: 1–32 (13 Sept. 2012)  33 plates; 51 references                     Accepted: 18 Jul. 2012
Checklist and distribution atlas of the Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of Costa Rica 
ÁNGEL SOLÍS & BERT KOHLMANN (Costa Rica)

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Article
Zootaxa 3478: 164–168 (11 Sept. 2012) 2 plates; 7 references          Accepted: 10 Aug. 2012
Two new species of Macrelmis Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Elmidae) and a new record of Macrelmis isis (Hinton) from Southeastern Brazil
BRUNNO HENRIQUE LANZELLOTTI SAMPAIO, MARIA INĘS DA SILVA DOS PASSOS & NELSON FERREIRA- JR.

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Zootaxa 3478: 169–191 (11 Sept. 2012) 9 plates; 31 references        Accepted: 13 Jul. 2012
Taxonomy of the genus Medhiama Bordoni, 2002 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae, Staphylininae, Xantholinini) with descriptions of three new species
YU-LINGZI ZHOU, & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU

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Zootaxa 3478: 192–200 (11 Sept. 2012) 2 plates; 25 references        Accepted: 7 Aug. 2012
New species of Acanthocinini from South America (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
MIGUEL A. MONNÉ & MARCELA L. MONNÉ

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3478: 201–204 (11 Sept. 2012) 3 plates; 17 references        Accepted: 23 Jul. 2012
A new fossil Hybosoridae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) from the Yixian Formation of China
ZHUO YAN, MING BAI & DONG REN

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Zootaxa 3478: 205–212 (11 Sept. 2012) 3 plates; 19 references        Accepted: 28 Aug. 2012
A taxonomic review of the genus Neptosternus Sharp of China with the description of a new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Laccophilinae)
SHUANG ZHAO, JIŘÍ HÁJEK, FENGLONG JIA & HONG PANG

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Zootaxa 3478: 213–238 (11 Sept. 2012) 18 plates; 33 references      Accepted: 27 Jul. 2012
The Hydraenidae of Cuba (Insecta: Coleoptera) I: Contribution to the fauna of eastern Cuba
ALBERT DELER-HERNÁNDEZ & JUAN A. DELGADO

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Zootaxa 3478: 239–255 (11 Sept. 2012) 8 plates; 47 references        Accepted: 10 Aug. 2012
Review of the lady beetle genus Phaenochilus Weise (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Chilocorini) with description of a new species from Thailand that preys on cycad aulacaspis scale, Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Diaspididae)
JOSÉ ADRIANO GIORGI & NATALIA J. VANDENBERG

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Article
Zootaxa 3478: 256–266 (11 Sept. 2012) 4 plates; 41 references        Accepted: 26 Jul. 2012
Talbragarus averyi gen. et sp. n., the first Jurassic weevil from the southern hemisphere (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea: Nemonychidae)
ROLF G. OBERPRIELER & STEFANIE K. OBERPRIELER

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Zootaxa 3478: 267–281 (11 Sept. 2012) 6 plates; 48 references        Accepted: 27 Jul. 2012
Two new species of Elmidae (Coleoptera) from Argentina
V. MANZO & M. ARCHANGELSKY

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Zootaxa 3478: 282–296 (11 Sept. 2012) 9 plates; 9 references          Accepted: 1 Aug. 2012
Revision of the genus Falsocaenia (Coleoptera: Lycidae)
MILADA BOCAKOVA, BARBORA BACIAKOVA & ELYNTON ALVES DO NASCIMENTO
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3464: 1–107 (7 Sept. 2012) 27 plates; 69 references                      Accepted: 5 Apri. 2012   
A Revision of the Australian species of the genus Melobasis Laporte & Gory 1837 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Part 1 (Introductory material, key to species-groups and keys to species of the thoracica, pusilla, formosa, propinqua & gloriosa species-groups)
BRIAN LEVEY

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3463: 1–112 (7 Sept. 2012) 90 plates; 57 references                      Accepted: 23 May 2012   
Neobarombiella, a diverse, newly described genus of Afrotropical Galerucinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)
HELMUT BOLZ & THOMAS WAGNER

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Monograph
Zootaxa 3462: 1–125 (7 Sept. 2012) 33 plates; 68 references                      Accepted: 18 Jul. 2012   
Revision of Asytesta Pascoe, 1865, with comments on the phylogeny of the Indo-Australian crowned weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae)
GREGORY P. SETLIFF

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Zootaxa 3455: 81–88 (6 Sept. 2012)  2 plates; 27 references                   Accepted: 23 Jul. 2012
Description of a new genus and two new species of Leiodidae (Coleoptera) from Baltic amber using phase contrast synchrotron X-ray microtomography
MICHEL PERREAU (France)

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Zootaxa 3455: 69–80 (6 Sept. 2012)  4 plates; 10 references                     Accepted: 1 May 2012
First record of the genus Bordoniola Osella, 1987 in Ecuador with description of five new species (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Raymondionyminae)
COSIMO BAVIERA, CESARE BELLŇ & GIUSEPPE OSELLA (Italy)

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Article
Zootaxa 3438: 43–53 (24 Aug. 2012)  4 plates; 19 references                    Accepted: 4 Jul. 2012
Revision of the genus Eucharitolus Bates (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae)
JUAN PABLO BOTERO R. & MIGUEL A. MONNÉ (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 3434: 49–58 (22 Aug. 2012)  5 plates; 15 references                    Accepted: 18 Jun. 2012
Two new tiger beetle (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Cicindelitae) species from the Tucuman-Bolivian forest in the National Tariquia Reserve, Bolivia
ROBERT PERGER & FERNANDO GUERRA (Bolivia)

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Zootaxa 3427: 1–16 (17 Aug. 2012)  7 plates; 19 references                    Accepted: 9 Jul. 2012
Revision of Menippus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) of Taiwan and Menippus dimidiaticornis species group with a new generic synonymy
CHI-FENG LEE (Taiwan), JAN BEZDĔK (Czech Republic) & HARUKI SUENAGA (Japan)

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Zootaxa 3423: 45–60 (15 Aug. 2012)  8 plates; 37 references                     Accepted: 22 Jun. 2012
Description of immature stages of Phelypera schuppeli (Boheman, 1834) with comments on natural history (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Hyperinae)
SERGIO ANTONIO VANIN, DANIELA DE CASSIA BENÁ & FABIANO FABIAN ALBERTONI (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 3423: 27–35 (15 Aug. 2012)  7 plates; 15 references                      Accepted: 22 Jun. 2012
First record of Cyrtogenius Strohmeyer in Europe, with a key to the European genera of the tribe Dryocoetini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae)
MASSIMO FACCOLI, MAURO SIMONATO & EDOARDO PETRUCCO TOFFOLO (Italy)

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Zootaxa 3420: 1–37 (13 Aug. 2012)  26 plates; 39 references                  Accepted: 27 Jun. 2012
Contribution to the knowledge of Chinese Epilachna Chevrolat with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Epilachnini)
HONG PANG (China), ADAM ŚLIPIŃSKI (Australia), YAPING WU (China) & YONGSHENG ZUO (China)

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Zootaxa 3413: 55–63 (8 Aug. 2012)  3 plates; 25 references                   Accepted: 27 Jun. 2012
A remarkable new species of flesh-fly mimicking weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Conoderinae) from Southeastern Brazil
SERGIO A. VANIN & TADEU J. GUERRA (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 3409: 1–29 (6 Aug. 2012)  18 plates; 30 references                 Accepted: 18 Jun. 2012
Revision of the scarab subfamily Aclopinae Blanchard (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) 
in Argentina and Chile
FEDERICO C. OCAMPO (Argentina) & JOSÉ MONDACA (Chile)

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Zootaxa 3408: 59–68 (3 Aug. 2012)  7 plates; 12 references                 Accepted: 11 Jun. 2012
Brachysomus (Hippomias) samos sp. n. from Greece—first island endemism in the genus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)
NIKOLAI YUNAKOV (Norway) & CHRISTOPH GERMANN (Switzerland)

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Zootaxa 3405: 64–68 (1 Aug. 2012)  1 plates; 11 references                   Accepted: 30 May 2012
Two new species of Emmallodera Blanchard, 1842 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from western Argentina
VIOLETA A. SILVESTRO & GUSTAVO E. FLORES (Argentina)

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Zootaxa 3405: 1–34 (1 Aug. 2012)  18 plates; 102 references                 Accepted: 21 Mar. 2012
The external larval morphology of aquatic and terrestrial Luciolinae fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae)
XINHUA FU (China), LESLEY BALLANTYNE (Australia), CHRISTINE LAMBKIN (Australia)

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Zootaxa 3403: 54–60 (31 Jul. 2012)  5 plates; 5 references                 Accepted: 8 Jun. 2012
Descriptions of Macrolygistopterus subparallelus Pic, 1930 immatures from southeastern Brazil (Coleoptera, Lycidae, Lycinae, Calochromini)
CLEIDE COSTA & SERGIO A. VANIN (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 3403: 1–53 (31 Jul. 2012)  12 plates; 59 references                Accepted: 29 May 2012
Emeia gen. nov., a new genus of Luciolinae fireflies from China (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) with an unusual trilobite-like larva, and a redescription of the genus Curtos Motschulsky
XINHUA FU (China), LESLEY BALLANTYNE (Australia) & CHRISTINE LAMBKIN (Australia)

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3401: 60–62 (27 Jul. 2012)  1 plates; 3 references                   Accepted: 29 May 2012
A new species of Tyrinasius Kurbatov (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from Ningxia, Northwest China
YI-CHENG YANG, ZI-WEI YIN& WEI-DONG YU (China)

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Zootaxa 3399: 35–44 (25 Jul. 2012)  6 plates; 14 references                  Accepted: 1 Jun. 2012
Six new species of Nazeris Fauvel (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Paederinae) from Guangxi, South China
JIA-YAO HU, LI-ZHEN LI & MEI-JUN ZHAO (China)

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Zootaxa 3399: 23–34 (25 Jul. 2012) 7 plates; 15 references                    Accepted: 1 Jun. 2012
Revision of the Malagasy genus Lechius Iwan, 1995 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pedinini)
DARIUSZ IWAN & MARCIN JAN KAMIŃSKI (Poland)

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Zootaxa 3397: 55–61 (24 Jul. 2012)  4 plates; 4 references                  Accepted: 29 May 2012
Contributions to the knowledge of the myrmecophilous pselaphines (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from China. I. Tangius glabellus gen. et sp. nov. from Tibet
ZI-WEI YIN, LI-ZHEN LI & MEI-JUN ZHAO (China)

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Zootaxa 3397: 1–27 (24 Jul. 2012)  3 plates; 10 references                  Accepted: 28 May 2012
New Central American and Mexican Enoclerus Gahan (Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae): Part II
JACQUES RIFKIND (USA)

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Zootaxa 3394: 59–63 (20 Jul. 2012)  2 plates; 8 references                Accepted: 18 Apr. 2012
The Pselaphinae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) of Madagascar. I. Andasibe sahondrae, a new, peculiar genus and species of Clavigeritae (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae)
PETER HLAVÁČ & PETR BAŇAŘ (Czech Republic)

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3394: 31–34 (20 Jul. 2012)  1 plates; 7 references                Accepted: 5 Jun. 2012
Parisopalpus defoei sp. nov. from Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile, the first known species of the genus from the Neotropical Region (Coleoptera: Oedemeridae)
VLADIMÍR ŠVIHLA (Czech Republic) & FRANCISCO RAMÍREZ FISCHER (Chile)

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Zootaxa 3394: 1–24 (20 Jul. 2012)  10 plates; 30 references                Accepted: 5 Jun. 2012
Revision of the genus Pachystethus Blanchard with description of three new species from Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Anomalini)
ANDRÉS RAMÍREZ-PONCE & MIGUEL ANGEL MORÓN (Mexico)

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Zootaxa 3389: 14–24 (16 Jul. 2012) 5 plates; 11 references                 Accepted: 11 May 2012
Two new species of Austrolimnius Carter & Zeck (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elmidae) from Southeastern Brazil
GUSTAVO SILVA DE MIRANDA, BRUNNO HENRIQUE LANZELLOTTI SAMPAIO & MARIA INĘS DA SILVA DOS PASSOS (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 3389: 1–13 (16 Jul. 2012) 7 plates; 9 references                 Accepted: 6 Mar. 2012
New species of the genus Lathrobium Gravenhorst (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Paederinae) from Guangxi, South China
ZHONG PENG, LI-ZHEN LI & MEI-JUN ZHAO (China)

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Zootaxa 3385: 62–68 (11 Jul. 2012) 3 plates; 10 references            Accepted: 17 May 2012
Synopsis of the genus Mimothestus Pic with description of a new species from China (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae)
GUANG-LIN XIE, FU-MING SHI & WEN-KAI WANG (China)

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Zootaxa 3382: 59–65 (9 Jul. 2012) 2 plates; 14 references                 Accepted: 11 May 2012
Ancyronyx jaechi sp.n. from Sri Lanka, the first record of the genus Ancyronyx Erichson, 1847 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elmidae) from the Indian Subcontinent, and a world checklist of species
Hendrik Freitag (Germany)

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Zootaxa 3382: 1–19 (9 Jul. 2012) 8 plates; 23 references                 Accepted: 15 May. 2012
Revision of Hoplasoma (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) of the Philippines, with descriptions of five new species
JAN BEZDĚK (Czech Republic)

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Zootaxa 3361: 56–62 (29 Jun. 2012) 1 plate; 32 references            Accepted: 11 May 2012
Association of larvae and adults of Mexican species of Macrelmis (Coleoptera: Elmidae): a preliminary analysis using DNA sequences
JOSEFINA CURIEL & JUAN J. MORRONE (Mexico)

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Zootaxa 3361: 1–17 (29 Jun. 2012) 6 plates; 30 references            Accepted: 30 Apr. 2012
Pre-imaginal stages of Cychrus schmidti Chaudoir, 1837, and Cychrus semigranosus Palliardi, 1825, with a key to the larvae of the European Cychrus species (Coleoptera: Carabidae)
ENRICO BUSATO (Italy)

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Zootaxa 3357: 25–36 (26 Jun. 2012) 2 plates; 52 references                 Accepted: 3 May 2012
A new species and notes on the subgenus Deltochilum (Deltochilum) Eschscholtz, 1822 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini)
FRANÇOIS GÉNIER (Canada)

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Zootaxa 3355: 62–68 (22 Jun. 2012) 4 plates; 3 references                 Accepted: 9 May 2012
Redescription of Ceroderma asperata Raffray, and description of Cerochusa cilioceps gen. et sp. n. from Hainan, South China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae)
ZI-WEI YIN (China), SHŰHEI NOMURA (Japan) & LI-ZHEN LI (China)

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Zootaxa 3355: 1–28 (22 Jun. 2012) 13 plates; 34 references                 Accepted: 19 Apr. 2012
Revision and phylogenetic analysis of the Papuan weevil genus Thyestetha Pascoe (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cryptorhynchinae)
JONAS EBERLE, RENE TÄNZLER & ALEXANDER RIEDEL (Germany)

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Zootaxa 3351: 60–68 (19 Jun. 2012) 5 plates; 17 references                 Accepted: 8 May 2012
A new species of the genus Clastopus Fairmaire, 1898 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Pedinini) from Madagascar
DARIUSZ IWAN (Poland), MARCIN JAN KAMI
ŃSKI (Poland) & ROLF AALBU (USA)
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Zootaxa 3351: 47–59 (19 Jun. 2012) 8 plates; 30 references                 Accepted: 1 May 2012
Larval morphology of Amphiops mater mater Sharp (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Chaetarthriini)
YŰSUKE MINOSHIMA & MASAKAZU HAYASHI (Japan)

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Zootaxa 3346: 43–50 (14 Jun. 2012) 6 plates; 14 references                 Accepted: 30 Apr. 2012
Three new species of the genus Laena Dejean from China (Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae, Lagriinae)
XIAO-LIN ZHAO & GUO-DONG REN (China)

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Zootaxa 3342: 51–59 (12 Jun. 2012) 6 plates; 13 references                 Accepted: 3 Apr. 2012
Two new species of Parhydraenini from South Africa (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
DAVID T BILTON (UK) & PHILIP D PERKINS (USA)

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Zootaxa 3342: 1–38 (12 Jun. 2012) 12 plates; 56 references                 Accepted: 7 Nov. 2011
Review of the Elmidae of Ecuador with the description of ten new species (Coleoptera: Elmidae)
CINZIA MONTE & ALESSANDRO MASCAGNI (Italy)

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Zootaxa 3336: 62–68 (6 Jun. 2012) 1 plates; 6 references                 Accepted: 13 Apr. 2012
New species and records of the genus Spiloscapha Bates (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae) from the Oriental and Papuan Regions (part 2)
WOLFGANG SCHAWALLER (Germany)

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Zootaxa 3336: 1–35 (6 Jun. 2012) 8 plates; 61 references                 Accepted: 12 Apr. 2012
Systematic revision of the South American genus Praocis Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Part 1: Introduction and subgenus Praocis s. str.
GUSTAVO E. FLORES (Argentina) & JAIME PIZARRO-ARAYA (Chile)

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Article
Zootaxa 3329: 31–40 (31 May 2012) 1 plate; 31 references                 Accepted: 20 Apr. 2012
Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the Rhinusa tetra (Fabricius) species complex (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
ROBERTO CALDARA, ROBERTO CASALINI & COSIMO BAVIERA (Italy)

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3326: 67–68 (28 May 2012) 0 plate; 9 references                 Accepted: 3 Apr. 2012
A new substitute name for Bidessus (Bidessodes) plicatus Zimmermann, 1921 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae: Bidessini)
JI
ŘÍ HÁJEK (Czech Republic)
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Article
Zootaxa 3326: 1–36 (28 May 2012) 10 plates; 72 references                 Accepted: 21 Mar. 2012
A review of the genera Leiopus Audinet-Serville, 1835 and Acanthocinus, Dejean, 1821 (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae, Lamiinae, Acanthocinini) in Asia, with descriptions of six new species of Leiopus from China
HENRIK WALLIN (Sweden), TORSTEIN KVAMME (Norway) & MEIYING LIN (China)

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Article
Zootaxa 3323: 1–26 (24 May 2012) 1 plate; 114 references                 Accepted: 30 Mar. 2012
Immature stages of the rose chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae): a historical overview
PETR ŠÍPEK & DAVID KRÁL (Czech Republic)

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Zootaxa 3322: 63–68 (23 May 2012) 3 plates; 5 references                 Accepted: 28 Apr. 2012
Two new species of Veraphis Casey (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) from China
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZY
ŃSKI (Poland)
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Zootaxa 3322: 35–48 (23 May 2012) 9 plates; 40 references                 Accepted: 13 Apr. 2012
Dorcadion axillare Küster, 1847 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae): distribution, morphometrics, karyotype and description of a new subspecies from Romania
MARIA-MAGDALENA DASC
ĂLU& LUCIAN FUSU (Romania)
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Zootaxa 3318: 57–62 (21 May 2012) 3 plates; 7 references                 Accepted:12 Apr. 2012
Three new species of Anchocerus Fauvel (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae), with an updated key to Chinese species
JIAYAO HU, LIZHEN LI & MEIJUN ZHAO (China)

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Zootaxa 3316: 63–68 (17 May 2012) 2 plates; 19 references                 Accepted: 10 Mar. 2012
A new species of leaf-litter inhabiting Georissus from Borneo (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea: Georissidae)
MARTIN FIKÁ
ČEK (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa 3316: 15–27 (17 May 2012) 19 plates; 4 references                 Accepted: 12 Apr. 2012
Five new species of Lemodes (Lagriomorpha) (Coleoptera: Anthicidae: Lemodinae) from Indonesian and Papuan New Guinea with a revised key to the species
DANIEL K. YOUNG (USA)

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Article
Zootaxa 3313: 62–68 (15 May 2012) 4 plates; 19 references                 Accepted: 2 Mar. 2012
Taxonomic status of Allohoraeomorphus Franz (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae)
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZY
ŃSKI (Poland)
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Erratum 
Zootaxa 3311: 68 (14 May 2012)
Erratum: HLAVÁČ, P. (2012) Contribution to the knowledge of the tribe Mastigerina (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae, Clavigeritae), with a description of a new genus from Borneo. Zootaxa, 3070, 51–59.
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Zootaxa 3308: 68 (10 May 2012)
Erratum: KANG, T.H., HAN, T.M., OKUSHIMA, Y. & PARK, H.C. (2012) Integrative taxonomy of Asiopodabrus fragiliformis (Kang and Kim, 2000) (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) and its related species. Zootaxa, 3259, 1–33.
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Zootaxa 3303: 1–36 (8 May 2012) 18 plates; 92 references                 Accepted: 22 Feb. 2012
Species composition and geographic distribution of Fuegian Curculionidae (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea)
PAULA POSADAS (Argentina)

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Zootaxa 3300: 45–54 (4 May 2012) 5 plates; 26 references                 Accepted: 16 Mar. 2012
Review of the Nearctic species of Drusilla Leach (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)
K. TARO ELDREDGE (USA)

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Zootaxa 3300: 1–19 (4 May 2012) 0 plate; 70 references                 Accepted: 28 Mar. 2012
Studies in the Palaearctic and Oriental Agrilus (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) IV
EDUARD JENDEK (Canada)

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Article
Zootaxa 3298: 62–68 (3 May 2012) 6 plates; 18 references                 Accepted: 13 Mar. 2012
A new species of Suphisellus Crotch, 1873 (Coleoptera: Noteridae) from “Los Llanos”, Venezuela
AURICIO GARCÍA (Venezuela), CESAR JOĂO BENETTI (Spain) & JESÚS CAMACHO (Venezuela)

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3282: 42–44 (27 Apr. 2012) 1 plates; 11 references                 Accepted: 22 Mar. 2012
A new species of Artimpaza Thomson (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Cerambycinae) from China, with a key to the Chinese species of the genus
LICHAO TIAN, LI CHEN & ZHU LI (China)

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Zootaxa 3281: 41–55 (27 Apr. 2012) 9 plates; 9 references                 Accepted: 5 Mar. 2012
A new genus and three new species of Neotropical Tanyproctini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)
JHON CESAR NEITA & FEDERICO C. OCAMPO (Argentina)

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Zootaxa 3279: 46–62 (25 Apr. 2012) 8 plates; 40 references                 Accepted: 13 Mar. 2012
Re-description of two species of Typhlocharis (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Anillini) and revision of the models of female genitalia within the genus
SERGIO PÉREZ-GONZÁLEZ & JUAN P. ZABALLOS (Spain)

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Zootaxa 3278: 61–68 (25 Apr. 2012)  1 plate; 84 references                Accepted: 13 Feb. 2012
On nomenclature and synonymy of Trichius rosaceus, T. gallicus, and T. zonatus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini)
FRANK-THORSTEN KRELL (USA)

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Zootaxa 3274: 1–13 (20 Apr. 2012) 13 plates; 16 references                       Accepted: 27 Feb. 2012
Two new species of Rhagophthalmus Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Rhagophthalmidae) from Matzu Archipelago, Taiwan with biological commentary 
JEN-ZON HO, YOUNG-FA CHEN, SU-HAN CHENG, XI-LIAN TSAI, PING-SHIN Y
ANG (Taiwan)
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Zootaxa 3270: 63–66 (17 Apr. 2012)  2 plates; 20 references                Accepted: 29 Feb. 2012
A new invasive Ptinella Motschulsky from Europe and North America (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) 
OSCAR VORST (The Netherlands)

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Article
Zootaxa 3270: 31–40 (17 Apr. 2012) 3 plates; 43 references                 Accepted: 24 Feb. 2012
Detailed morphological description of the mature larva of Anthrenus latefasciatus Reitter, 1892 (Dermestidae: Megatominae: Anthrenini) with comparisons to related species 
MARCIN KADEJ (Poland)

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Zootaxa 3268: 55–62 (13 Apr. 2012) 6 plates; 3 references                 Accepted: 5 Mar. 2012
Stenomastigus pseudofranzi sp. n., from South Africa (Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae) 
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZY
ŃSKI (Poland)
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Zootaxa 3268: 29–39 (13 Apr. 2012) 9 plates; 10 references                 Accepted: 29 Feb. 2012
A new species of the genus Gonioctena (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) from Shikoku, Japan, with description of its immature stages 
HARUKI SUENAGA (Japan)

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3267: 65–68 (12 Apr. 2012)  1 plate; 13 references                Accepted: 27 Feb. 2012
Platyonitis oberthueri Janssens, 1942 and Epionitis tarsatus Balthasar, 1942 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onitini) — synonymy confirmed 
ALEŠ BEZD
ĚK & FRANTIŠEK X. J. SLÁDEČEK (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa 3262: 46–53 (9 Apr. 2012) 3 plates; 18 references                 Accepted: 22 Feb. 2012
Synonym, new species and checklist of the genus Fissocantharis Pic from Taiwan (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) 
YU-XIA YANG (China), YŰICHI OKUSHIMA (Japan) & XING-KE YANG (China)
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Zootaxa 3261: 33–58 (6 Apr. 2012)  8 plates; 65 references                Accepted: 23 Feb. 2012
Revision of Palaearctic and Oriental Necrophila Kirby & Spence, part 2: subgenus Chrysosilpha Portevin (Coleoptera: Silphidae) 
JAN R
ŮŽIČKA (Czech Republic), JAN SCHNEIDER (Czech Republic), 
JARIN QUBAIOVÁ (Czech Republic) & MASAAKI NISHIKAWA (Japan)

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Article
Zootaxa 3260: 19–32 (6 Apr. 2012) 8 plates; 5 references                 Accepted: 16 Jan. 2012
A new genus of leaf litter inhabiting Neotropical Monoplatina (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) 
ADELITA M. LINZMEIER (Brazil) & ALEXANDER S. KONSTANTINOV (USA)

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Article
Zootaxa 3260: 1–18 (6 Apr. 2012) 0 plate; 72 references                 Accepted: 13 Feb. 2012
Checklist of the Elmidae (Coleoptera: Byrrhoidea) of Brazil 
MELISSA OTTOBONI SEGURA, FRANCISCO VALENTE-NETO & ALAÍDE APARECIDA FONSECA-GESSNER (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 3259: 1–33 (5 Apr. 2012) 5 plates; 63 references                 Accepted: 6 Dec. 2011
Integrative taxonomy of Asiopodabrus fragiliformis (Kang and Kim, 2000) (Coleoptera: Cantharidae) and its related species 
TAE HWA KANG (Korea), TAE MAN HAN (Korea), YŰICHI OKUSHIMA (Japan) 
& HAE CHUL PARK (Korea)

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Article
Zootaxa 3256: 27–37 (4 Apr. 2012)  7 plates; 30 references                Accepted: 15 Feb. 2012
The genus Phygasia Chevrolat (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Alticini) in Taiwan 
CHI-FENG LEE (Tawian)

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Erratum 
Zootaxa 3255: 68 (3 Apr. 2012)
Erratum: MONNÉ M.M. (2012) Catalogue of the type-species of the genera of the Cerambycidae, Disteniidae, Oxypeltidae and Vesperidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region . Zootaxa, 3213, 1–183.

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Zootaxa 3255: 57–61 (3 Apr. 2012) 3 plates; 5 references                 Accepted: 1 Mar. 2012
First record of Ancyronyx Erichson (Coleoptera: Elmidae) from China, with description of a new species 
DONGJU BIAN, CHENG GUO & LANZHU JI (China)

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Zootaxa 3255: 52–56 (3 Apr. 2012)  2 plates; 13 references                Accepted: 13 Feb. 2012
Phrixosoma concavifrons – a sexually dimorphic Phrixosomatini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from the Udzungwa mountains in Tanzania 
BJARTE H. JORDAL (Norway)

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Zootaxa 3255: 1–36 (3 Apr. 2012) 16 plates; 36 references                 Accepted: 15 Feb. 2012
A review of the genera Prismognathus Motschulsky and Cladophyllus Houlbert (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Lucanidae) from China, with the description of two new species 
HAO HUANG & CHANG-CHIN CHEN (China)

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3251: 64–68 (30 Mar. 2012) 2 plates; 20 references                 Accepted: 13 Feb. 2012
First record of the black twig borer Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae) from Europe 
ANTONIO P. GARONNA (Italy), STEPHANIE A. DOLE (USA), ANTONIO SARACINO (Italy), STEFANO MAZZOLENI (Italy) & GENNARO CRISTINZIO (Italy)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3242: 62–67 (21 Mar. 2012) 3 plates; 13 references                 Accepted: 3 Feb. 2012
Petrodessus conatus sp. n., a new genus and species of Bidessini from hygropetric habitats in tropical Australia (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae) 
KELLY B. MILLER (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3242: 53–61 (21 Mar. 2012) 1 plates; 18 references                 Accepted: 10 Feb. 2012
Nomenclatural changes in Neotropical Tracheini with the description of Hylaeogena aeneonitens sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the Orinoco basin in Venezuela 
MICHAEL HORNBURG (Germany)

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Article
Zootaxa 3239: 64–68 (20 Mar. 2012) 1 plate; 9 references                 Accepted: 10 Feb. 2012
Ditriaena romeroi sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), a new species from north-western Venezuela 
MICHAEL HORNBURG & STEPHAN GOTTWALD (Germany)

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Article
Zootaxa 3239: 1–34 (20 Mar. 2012) 15 plates; 28 references                 Accepted: 7 Feb. 2012
Taxonomic revision of Australian Pristoderus Hope (Coleoptera, Zopheridae) 
FEDERICA TURCO, ADAM ŚLIPIŃSKI & CHRISTINE L. LAMBKIN (Australia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3237: 24–34 (16 Mar. 2012) 5 plates; 17 references                 Accepted: 26 Jan. 2012
Polymorphism in Languria taedata LeConte, its occurrence in coastal Louisiana Spartina marshes, and clarification of some Motschulsky languriine types (Coleoptera: Erotylidae: Languriinae) 
MATTHEW L. GIMMEL, CHRISTOPHER E. CARLTON & WILLIAM H. WHITE (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3232: 44–61 (13 Mar. 2012) 4 plates; 46 references                 Accepted: 7 Feb. 2012
New species of Macrolycus Waterhouse, 1878 from China and Laos, with a checklist of the genus (Coleoptera: Lycidae) 
YUN LI (China), LADISLAV BOCAK (Czewch Republic) & HONG PANG (China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3227: 34–53 (8 Mar. 2012) 11 plates; 53 references                 Accepted: 20 Jan. 2012
Revision of the endemic Hispaniolan genus Asteriza Chevrolat, 1836, with description of two new species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Ischyrosonychini) 
CHULWOO SHIN, CAROLINE S. CHABOO & SHAWN M. CLARK (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3223: 55–67 (6 Mar. 2012) 5 plates; 27 references                    Accepted: 7 Feb. 2012
Hydroporus sejilashan sp. n., a new diving beetle of the acutangulus-complex from Xizang, China (Qinghai-Tibet Plateau), and notes on other taxa of the genus (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae) 
FENGLONG JIA (China), SHUANG ZHAO (China) & HANS FERY (Germany)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3223: 40–54 (6 Mar. 2012) 3 plates; 42 references                 Accepted: 24 Jan. 2012
Contribution to the knowledge of Agrypninae (Coleoptera: Elateridae) with description of new species and new records from Pakistan 
MUHAMMAD ATIQUE AKHTER (Pakistan), ALAIN DRUMONT (Belgium), SYED ANSER RIZVI (Pakistan) & ZUBAIR AHMED (Pakistan)

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Zootaxa 3223: 1–23 (6 Mar. 2012) 16 plates; 21 references                 Accepted: 19 Jan. 2012
Description of Jolyelmis spangleri a new species from Churí-tepui (Chimantá Massif, Venezuela), with a description of the larva of J. spangleri and J. reitmaieri (Insecta: Coleoptera: Elmidae) 
JÁN KODADA, TOMÁŠ DERKA & FEDOR
ČIAMPOR, Jr. (Slovakia)
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Zootaxa 3222: 61–68 (5 Mar. 2012) 4 plates; 13 references                 Accepted: 23 Jan. 2012
Batrisoplisus Raffray, 1908, a new synonymy of Trisinus Raffray, 1894 (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae), with description of three new Chinese species 
ZI-WEI YIN (China), SHŰHEI NOMURA (Japan) & MEI-JUN ZHAO (China)

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 3219: 67–68 (2 Mar. 2012) 0 plate; 11 references                 Accepted: 23 Feb. 2012
Synonymy of Orthomus susanae Serrano & Borges, 2009 with Orthomus annae (Donabauer, 2008) (Coleoptera: Carabidae) 
ARTUR R.M. SERRANO, CARLOS A.S. AGUIAR, MÁRIO BOIEIRO, PAULO A.V. BORGES, CARLA REGO, ISABEL R. AMORIM, SÉRVIO P. RIBEIRO & FERNANDO PEREIRA (Portugal)

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Zootaxa 3219: 54–61 (2 Mar. 2012) 3 plates; 10 references                 Accepted: 16 Jan. 2012
Indophyes yaromi, a new genus and species of Nanophyidae (Curculionoidea) from southern India ARIEL-LEIB-LEONID FRIEDMAN (Israel)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3219: 1–53 (2 Mar. 2012) 30 plates; 59 references                 Accepted: 9 Jan. 2012
A review of the Asian species of the genus Pachysternum (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae) 
MARTIN FIKÁ
ČEK (Czech Republic), FENGLONG JIA (China) & ALEXANDER PROKIN (Russia)
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3213: 1–183 (29 Feb. 2012) 0 plate; 914 references                      Accepted: 6 Dec. 2011   
Catalogue of the type-species of the genera of the Cerambycidae, Disteniidae, Oxypeltidae and Vesperidae (Coleoptera) of the Neotropical Region
MIGUEL A. MONNÉ
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Article 
Zootaxa 3207: 63–67 (27 Feb. 2012) 3 plates; 4 references                        Accepted: 11 Jan. 2012
Idahelops alpagutae (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini): a new genus and species from the Aegean region of Turkey 
BEKIR KESKIN (Turkey) & MAXIM V. NABOZHENKO (Russia)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3202: 58–64 (22 Feb. 2012) 2 plates; 6 references                       Accepted: 22 Dec. 2011
Glischrochilus (Librodor) forcipatus (Fairmaire, 1889) rediscovered (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae) JOSEF JELÍNEK (Czech Republic), ANDRZEJ LASOŃ (Poland) & JIŘÍ HÁJEK (Czech Republic)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3198: 29–53 (20 Feb. 2012) 16 plates; 15 references                    Accepted: 22 Dec. 2011
Revision of the Neotropical ladybird genus Parinesa Gordon (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae) 
HERMES E. ESCALONA (Venezuela) & ADAM
ŚLIPIŃSKI (Australia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3196: 58–63 (17 Feb. 2012) 3 plate; 3 references                            Accepted: 10 Jan. 2011
Portelmis guianensis sp. nov. from French Guiana (Coleoptera: Elmidae) 
MAREK PRZEWO
ŹNY (Poland) & ANDRÉ S. FERNANDES (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3193: 53–61 (15 Feb. 2012) 9 plate; 10 references                            Accepted: 14 Dec. 2011
Plectrosternus Lacordaire, 1857 (Coleoptera: Elateridae); genus new to north-ern Western Ghats, India with a description of one new species 
AMOL PATWARDHAN & R. P. ATHALYE (India)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3193: 28–52 (15 Feb. 2012) 17 plate; 17 references                            Accepted: 15 Dec. 2011
New species and revalidations of scarab beetles (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Athyreini and Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Costa Rica and Panama 
BERT KOHLMANN & ÁNGEL SOLÍS (Costa Rica)

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 3191: 65–68 (13 Feb. 2012) 2 plate; 3 references                            Accepted: 3 Jan. 2011
Quwatanabius Smetana—a new genus in the fauna of the Mainland China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae), with description of two new species
JIAYAO HU, LIZHEN LI & MEIJUN ZHAO (China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3191: 56–64 (13 Feb. 2012) 4 plate; 24 references                            Accepted: 9 Dec. 2011
Two new species of soft-winged flower beetles of the genus Kuatunia Evers, 194548 (Coleoptera, Malachiidae) from China and northeastern Russia
SERGEI E. TSHERNYSHEV (Russia)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3191: 1–20 (13 Feb. 2012) 12 plate; 48 references                            Accepted: 3 Jan. 2011
Review of Chinese species of the genus Ontholestes Ganglbauer, 1895 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) with description of two species new to science
ZHUO YANG & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU (China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3189: 29–38 (10 Feb. 2012) 5 plate; 3 references                            Accepted: 21 Dec. 2011
Taxonomic study on the genus Pselaphodes Westwood (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Pselaphinae) from China. Part III
ZI-WEI YIN, LI-ZHEN LI & FU-KANG GU (China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3188: 42–54 (9 Feb. 2012) 10 plate; 15 references                            Accepted: 21 Nov. 2011
Stictonectes rebeccae sp. n. from the Iberian Peninsula, with notes on its phylogenetic position (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)
DAVID T. BILTON (UK)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3186: 59–63 (8 Feb. 2012) 2 plates; 8 references                           Accepted: 14 Dec. 2011
New omethid and lampyrid taxa from the Baltic Amber (Insecta: Coleoptera)
SERGEY V. KAZANTSEV(Russia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3185: 1–35 (7 Feb. 2012) 17 plates; 58 references                           Accepted: 21 Dec. 2011
Revision of Molopsis Schatzmayr (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini), with descriptions of four new species
ROMAN LOHAJ (Slovakia), BORISLAV GUÉORGUIEV (Bulgaria), GÉRARD DUBAULT (France)
& BERNARD LASSALLE (France)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 3183: 65–68 (06 Feb. 2012) 1 plate; 11 references                           Accepted: 13 Dec. 2011
On the identity of Dichotrachelus maculosus Fairmaire and D. sabaudus Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cyclominae)
MASSIMO MEREGALLI (Italy) & HÉLČNE PERRIN (France)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3183: 1–35 (06 Feb. 2012) 18 plate; 18 references                           Accepted: 14 Dec. 2011
Revision of the Oocyclus Sharp of Brazil with description of ten new species
(Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Laccobiini)
BRUNO CLARKSON (Brazil) & ANDREW E. Z. SHORT (USA)
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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 Candčze 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 BELLŇ & 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 FIKÁ
ČEK (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 HLAVÁ
Č, 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 HLAVÁ
Č (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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Article
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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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) & JI
ŘÍ 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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Article
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 LEITĂO BARBOSA & MARIA FERNANDA SOUZA FERNANDEZ (Brazil)

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Article
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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Article
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 JAŁOSZY
ŃSKI (Poland)
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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 MOURĂO 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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Article
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 R
ŮŽIČKA & 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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Article
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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Article
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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Article
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 GÜLTEK
İN (Turkey) & HÉLČNE 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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Article
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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Article
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)
JI
ŘÍ KOLIBÁČ (Czech Republic)
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Article
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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Article
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 INĘS 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
Zo
otaxa
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
JI
ŘÍ 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 KASAPO
ĞLU (Turkey)
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Article 
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 KAMI
ŃSKI (Poland) & ROLF AALBU (USA)
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Article 
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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Article 
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), YŰKI 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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Article 
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 KASAPO
ĞLU (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)
JI
ŘÍ 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. ORTUŃO & 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 Candčze 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-JUŃENT (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) & TRISTĂO 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 INĘS 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 BEZD
ĚK (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 Jałoszy
ński, 2006: eleven new species, detailed morphology and systematic position within Cephenniini (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Scydmaeninae)
PAWEŁ JAŁOSZY
ŃSKI (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 PRZEWO
ŹNY (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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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. ORTUŃO (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 Ł
ĄCZYŃSKI (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)
JI
ŘÍ 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 FIKÁ
ČEK (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 MOURĂO 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 & JI
ŘÍ 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 FIKÁ
ČEK (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 Coleçăo de Entomologia Pe. J. S. Moure, Curitiba, Brazil
CIBELE S. RIBEIRO-COSTA, LÚCIA M. ALMEIDA, EDILSON CARON, GEOVAN H. CORRĘA,
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 INĘS 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 JAŁOSZY
ŃSKI (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 W
ęgrzynowicz’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 MŞ 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)
JI
ŘÍ 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 BEZD
ĔK (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 GÜLTEK
İN (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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Article 
Zootaxa 2403: 59–68 (19 Mar. 2010) 5 plates; 11 references                          Accepted: 29 Jan. 2010
One of a thousand - a new species of Trigonopterus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Cryptorhynchinae) from New Guinea
ALEXANDER RIEDEL (Germany)

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Correspondence  
Zootaxa 2402: 68 (18 Mar. 2010) 0 plates; 2 references                                     Accepted: 3 Feb. 2010
A new name in the genus Ocypus Leach, 1819 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae,
Staphylinini, Staphylinina)
ALEŠ SMETANA (Canada)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2402: 52–60 (18 Mar. 2010) 3 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 4 Feb. 2010
Two new species of Prionocyphon Redtenbacher from Taiwan (Coleoptera: Scirtidae), with notes on Prionocyphon, Mescirtes Motschulsky and
Prionoscirtes Champion from East and Southeast Asia 
RAFAŁ RUTA (Poland)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2402: 1–51 (18 Mar. 2010) 22 plates; 32 references                             Accepted: 3 Feb. 2010
The species of Acylophorus Nordmann (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae) in continental sub-Saharan Africa
DEREK A. LOTT (UK)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2401: 61–68 (17 Mar. 2010) 4 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 4 Feb. 2010
Revision of Metadorodocia Machatschke, 1957, a genus endemic to Madagascar (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Adoretini)
LILIA AKHMETOVA (Russia) & OLIVIER MONTREUIL (France)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2400: 49–56 (16 Mar. 2010) 6 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 3 Feb. 2010
New soldier beetles (Coleoptera, Cantharidae) from the Eocene Baltic amber

ANTONI KU
ŚKA & IWONA KANIA (Poland)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2397: 15–28 (12 Mar. 2010) 13 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 3 Feb. 2010
Key to species of the subgenus Chlaenioctenus (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Chlaeniini: Chlaenius), with description of two new species
YE LIU (P.R. China), HONGBIN LIANG (P.R. China), DAVID H. KAVANAUGH (USA) & MAOFA
YANG (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2388: 49–58 (4 Mar. 2010) 4 plates; 29 references                           Accepted: 29 Jan. 2010
Larval morphology of Epomis circumscriptus (Duftschmid 1812) and of first instar E. dejeani, Dejean, 1831, (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Chlaeniini), with
morphofunctional remarks
PIETRO BRANDMAYR, TERESA BONACCI & TULLIA ZETTO BRANDMAYR (Italy)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2387: 51–56 (3 Mar. 2010) 1 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 29 Jan. 2010
Revision of the genus Carphontes Bates, with the proposal of a new genus, Paracleodoxus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae, Lamiinae)
MIGUEL A. MONNÉ & MARCELA L. MONNÉ (Brazil)

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2386: 65–68 (2 Mar. 2010) 1 plates; 20 references                            Accepted: 23 Jan. 2010
Two new synonymies in the genus Praocis (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
GUSTAVO E. FLORES (Argentina) & JAIME PIZARRO-ARAYA (Chile)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2384: 44–52 (1 Mar. 2010) 12 plates; 3 references                            Accepted: 13 Nov. 2009
Description of a neotype and designation of four lectotypes from Borneo in the genus Curculio (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

FRANK W. PELSUE, JR. (USA)

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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2376: 1–96 (26 Feb. 2010) 74 plates; 93 references                           Accepted: 6 Nov. 2009
Contribution to the systematic rearrangement of the Palaearctic Peritelini. VI.
A synthesis of the Spanish Peritelini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae)
HELIO PIEROTTI (Italy), CESARE BELLŇ (Italy) & MIGUEL A. ALONSO-ZARAZAGA (Spain)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2368: 59–68 (24 Feb. 2010) 6 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 15 Jan. 2010
Otiorhynchus (Nihus) grischunensis sp. n.—a new species of the O. rhilensis
species group from the Swiss Alps (Curculionidae, Entiminae)
CHRISTOPH GERMANN (Switzerland)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2360: 34–46 (16 Feb. 2010) 8 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 25 Jan. 2010
Taxonomy of the genus Hybridolinus Schillhammer (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Philonthina) from China
LIANG LI & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU (P.R. China)

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Erratum 
Zootaxa 2359: 68 (15 Feb. 2010
Erratum—FERRER, J. & HOLSTON, K. (2009) Identities of Tenebrio Linnaeus types at Uppsala, and
the resulting changes in old darkling beetle names (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Zootaxa, 2308, 29–42.
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Zootaxa 2359: 1–34 (15 Feb. 2010) 30 plates; 39 references                           Accepted: 11 Jan. 2010
Revision of the genus Tillicera Spinola, 1841 (Coleoptera: Cleridae, Clerinae)
ROLAND GERSTMEIER & NADINE BERNHARD (Germany)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2358: 49–56 (12 Feb. 2010) 6 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 19 Dec. 2009
A new species of Hydroscapha LeConte from northwestern Venezuela (Coleoptera: Myxophaga: Hydroscaphidae)
W. EUGENE HALL & ANDREW E. Z. SHORT (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2358: 39–48 (12 Feb. 2010) 2 plates; 25 references                           Accepted: 15 Dec. 2009
Revision of the genus Hemicladus Buquet, 1857 with a special focus on the species from French Guiana (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae)
GÉRARD LUC TAVAKILIAN, JULIEN TOUROULT & PIERRE-HENRI DALENS (France)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2357: 1–49 (11 Feb. 2010) 17 plates; 34 references                           Accepted: 31 Dec. 2009
Revision of the genus Indomias Marshall (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae, Tanymecini) from India
V.V. RAMAMURTHY & SHALOO AYRI (India)

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2353: 62–64 (8 Feb. 2010) 1 plates; 6 references                             Accepted: 19 Dec. 2009
Two new species of Hydraena (s.str.) Kugelann (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)
from northern Turkey
AHMET KASAPO
ĞLU (Turkey), MANFRED A. JÄCH (Austria) & ANDRÉ SKALE (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2353: 43–48 (8 Feb. 2010) 1 plates; 6 references                             Accepted: 24 Dec. 2009
A new species of Hintonelmis Spangler (Coleoptera: Elmidae: Elminae) from Central Amazonia, Brazil
ANDRÉ S. FERNANDES, MARIA INĘS S. PASSOS & NEUSA HAMADA (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2353: 34–42 (8 Feb. 2010) 5 plates; 11 references                             Accepted: 14 Dec. 2009
Trichocateres fasciculifer, a new genus and species of Trogossitidae:
Lophocaterini (Coleoptera)
JI
ŘÍ KOLIBÁČ (Czech Republic)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2353: 1–33 (8 Feb. 2010) 13 plates; 40 references                             Accepted: 1 1 Jan. 2010
Revision of the genus Paraclytra (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae: Clytrini), with description of P. cervenkai sp. nov. from
Sultanate of Oman
JAN BEZD
ĚK & FRANTIŠEK KANTNER (Czech Republic)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2351: 49–57 (4 Feb. 2010) 2 plates; 40 references                             Accepted: 24 Dec. 2009
Dasytidae of the Egadi Archipelago (Coleoptera, Cleroidea) with description of Danacea hierena n. sp.
COSIMO BAVIERA & GIANFRANCO LIBERTI (Italy)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2351: 1–13 (4 Feb. 2010) 7 plates; 20 references                             Accepted: 4 Nov. 2009
Ochthebius (Enicocerus) aguilerai sp.n. from central Spain, with a molecular phylogeny of the Western Palaearctic species of Enicocerus (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae)
IGNACIO RIBERA, AGUSTÍN CASTRO & CARLES HERNANDO (Spain)

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Correspondence  
Zootaxa 2350: 66–68 (3 Feb. 2010) 1 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 16 Dec. 2009
Helferella oborili sp. nov. from Indonesia (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Polycestinae: Haplostethini)
SVATOPLUK BÍLÝ & OTO NAKLÁDAL (Czech Republic)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2350: 59–65 (3 Feb. 2010) 2 plates; 6 references                           Accepted: 16 Dec. 2009
Allopachria Zimmermann, 1924 from Jiangxi, China, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
DONGJU BIAN & LANZHU JI (China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2350: 53–58 (3 Feb. 2010) 2 plates; 1 references                           Accepted: 24 Dec. 2009
Melobasina riedeli n. sp. from Indonesia (Coleoptera: Buprestidae:
Chrysochroinae)
VÍT
ĚZSLAV KUBÁŇ & SVATOPLUK BÍLÝ (Czech Republic)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2347: 59–63 (29 Jan. 2010) 2 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 14 Dec. 2009
A new genus and species of ototretine firefly from Borneo (Coleoptera:
Lampyridae)
MILADA BOCAKOVA & KRISTYNA JANISOVA (Czech Republic)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2347: 37–58 (29 Jan. 2010) 13 plates; 6 references                           Accepted: 3 Nov. 2009
Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical diving beetles genus Laccodytes Régimbart, 1895 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
MARIO TOLEDO (Italy), PAUL J. SPANGLER (USA) & MICHAEL BALKE (Germany)

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2344: 61–64 (26 Jan. 2010) 2 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 24 Nov. 2009
Hydrochus farsicus sp.n. from Iran and notes on other Palearctic species of the genus (Coleoptera: Hydrophiloidea: Hydrochidae)
AMPARO HIDALGO-GALIANA (Spain), MANFRED A. JÄCH (Austria) & IGNACIO RIBERA (Spain)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2344: 17–28 (26 Jan. 2010) 4 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 19 Dec. 2009
Two new species of Onthophagus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Indochina, with a discussion of some problems with the classification of Serrophorus and similar subgenera
SERGEY I. TARASOV (Denmark) & OLEG N. KABAKOV (Russia)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2338: 63–68 (19 Jan. 2010) 2 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 17 Nov. 2009
Two newly detected bark and ambrosia beetles from southern Florida
(Coleoptera: Curculionidae, Scolytinae)
THOMAS H. ATKINSON, ROBERT J. RABAGLIA & ANTHONY I. COGNATO (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2338: 35–42 (19 Jan. 2010) 4 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 9 Dec. 2009
An endemic predaceous water beetle from the Murchison River in Western Australia—Antiporus kalbarriensis sp.n. (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae,
Hydroporinae, Hydroporini)
LARS HENDRICH (Germany) & CHRIS H.S. WATTS (Australia)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2338: 23–34 (19 Jan. 2010) 7 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 10 Dec. 2009
Two new species of Eupholus Boisduval (Coleoptera, Curculionidae, Entiminae), with observations on coloured cuticular exudates in weevils
ALEXANDER RIEDEL (Germany)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2335: 29–39 (13 Jan. 2010) 6 plates; 6 references                               Accepted: 7 Dec. 2009
Five new Stenus species of the cephalotes group (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from China with a key to Chinese species of the group
LIANG TANG (P.R. China), LI-ZHEN LI (P.R. China) & VOLKER PUTHZ (Germany)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2333: 59–68 (12 Jan. 2010) 3 plates; 10 references                          Accepted: 19 Nov. 2009
New species of the genus Agrilus Curtis, 1825, from Nicaragua and Panamá (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae)
GIANFRANCO CURLETTI (Italy)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2331: 35–56 (8 Jan. 2010) 8 plates; 51 references                           Accepted: 30 Nov. 2009
A revision of the New Zealand click beetle genus Amychus Pascoe 1876 (Coleoptera: Elateridae: Denticollinae): with a description of a new species from the Three Kings Islands
JOHN W. M. MARRIS (New Zealand) & PAUL J. JOHNSON (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2328: 1–48 (5 Jan. 2010) 9 plates; 24 references                           Accepted: 17 Nov. 2009
Studies on Prionoceridae (Coleoptera: Cleroidea). II. A revision of the genus Prionocerus Perty, 1831

MICHAEL GEISER (Switzerland)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2325: 35-38 (23 Dec. 2009) 2 plates; 3 references                          Accepted: 21 Oct. 2009
Two new species of the genus Episcaphium Lewis (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae,
Scaphidiinae) of China
CHUN SHENG & FU-KANG GU (P.R. China)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2321: 1-80 (22 Dec. 2009) 0 plates; 319 references                           Accepted: 2 Dec. 2009
Catalogue of family-group names in Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) 
Yves Bousquet (Canada), Daniel J.
Heffern (USA), Patrice Bouchard (Canada) & Eugenio H. Nearns (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 169-196 (22 Dec. 2009) 1 plates; 38 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
An updated checklist of the ground beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae) of Sardinia
AUGUSTO VIGNA TAGLIANTI (Italy)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 197-280 (22 Dec. 2009) 0 plates; 116 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
An updated catalogue of the Histeridae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia, with faunistic, zoogeographical, ecological
and conservation remarks
FABIO PENATI (Italy)

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Zootaxa 2318: 281-289 (22 Dec. 2009) 2 plates; 37 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
A new species of Hydraena (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) of the H. evanescens complex from Sardinia

PAOLO AUDISIO, ALESSIO DE BIASE, MARCO TRIZZINO, EMILIANO MANCINI & GLORIA ANTONINI
(Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 290-316 (22 Dec. 2009) 3 plates; 181 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
The Cholevidae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia
ACHILLE CASALE, GIUSEPPE GRAFITTI & LEONARDO LATELLA (Italy)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 317-338 (22 Dec. 2009) 16 plates; 64 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
The endogean beetle fauna of the Marganai-Oridda-Valle del Leni area (SW Sardinia), with description of
seven new species of Staphylinidae Leptotyphlinae (Coleoptera)
LUCA FANCELLO (Italy), CARLES HERNANDO (Spain) & PIERO LEO (Italy)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 339-385 (22 Dec. 2009) 7 plates; 156 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
The Dasytidae (Coleoptera) of Sardinia
GIANFRANCO LIBERTI (Italy)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 386-393 (22 Dec. 2009) 2 plates; 27 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
A new species of Meligethes (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae: Meligethinae) of the M. lugubris complex from
Sardinia
PAOLO AUDISIO, ALESSIO DE BIASE, MARCO TRIZZINO, EMILIANO MANCINI & GLORIA ANTONINI
(Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 394-399 (22 Dec. 2009) 1 plates; 29 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
New data on some Coccinellidae (Coleoptera) from the Mediterranean Region
CLAUDIO CANEPARI (Italy)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 400-420 (22 Dec. 2009) 13 plates; 41 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
Observations on some Tenebrionidae (Coleoptera) from Sardinia, with description of three new Asida
PIERO LEO (Italy)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 421-426 (22 Dec. 2009) 1 plates; 30 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
New data on some Curculionoidea (Coleoptera: Anthribidae, Apionidae, Curculionidae) from Sardinia
ENZO COLONNELLI & GIUSEPPE OSELLA (Italy)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2317: 1-102 (22 Dec. 2009) 44 plates; 61 references                           Accepted: 8 Oct. 2009
Larval morphology of Rhantus Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Colymbetinae): descriptions of
22 species and phylogenetic considerations
YVES ALARIE (Canada), MARIANO C. MICHAT (Argentina), ANDERS N. NILSSON (Sweden), MIGUEL ARCHANGELSKY (Argentina) & LARS HENDRICH (Germany)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2311: 66-68 (15 Dec. 2009) 2 plates; 3 references                          Accepted: 4 Nov. 2009
A new species of Dryocoetoides Hopkins from southern Florida
(Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
T.H. ATKINSON (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2311: 1-18 (15 Dec. 2009) 14 plates; 11 references                          Accepted: 21 Oct. 2009
A new North American genus of Hetaeriinae (Coleoptera: Histeridae), with
descriptions of six new species from the U.S.A. and Mexico
ALEXEY K. TISHECHKIN & MICHAEL S. CATERINO (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2310: 59-63 (14 Dec. 2009) 2 plates; 7 references                          Accepted: 4 Nov. 2009
Rare ground-beetle species of Leleuporella Basilewsky (Coleoptera: Carabidae:
Scaritinae: Scaritini) from Indian sub-continent
P. ABHITHA & T.K. SABU (India)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2308: 29-42 (10 Dec. 2009) 8 plates; 70 references                          Accepted: 27 Oct. 2009
Identities of Tenebrio Linnaeus types at Uppsala, and the resulting changes in
old darkling beetle names (Insecta: Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
JULIO FERRER & KEVIN HOLSTON (Sweden)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2306: 44-50 (8 Dec. 2009) 1 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 4 Nov. 2009
A revision of Paratelius Kazantsev, 1992 (Coleoptera: Lycidae)
VLADIMÍR MALOHLAVA & LADISLAV BOCAK (Czech Republic)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2303: 57-60 (3 Dec. 2009) 2 plates; 18 references                          Accepted: 9 Nov. 2009
First record of Ambrosiodmus (Hopkins, 1915) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae,
Scolytinae) in Europe
MASSIMO FACCOLI, GABRIELLA FRIGIMELICA, NICOLA MORI, EDOARDO PETRUCCO
TOFFOLO, MARCO VETTORAZZO & MAURO SIMONATO (Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2303: 45-52 (3 Dec. 2009) 3 plates; 18 references                          Accepted: 6 Nov. 2009
Additions to the description of Yunnaniata konstantinovi Lopatin, 2009,
and its classification in the section Capulites (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae: Hylaspini)
JAN BEZD
ĚK (Czech Republic) & RON BEENEN (The Netherlands)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2300: 51-67 (30 Nov. 2009) 6 plates; 17 references                          Accepted: 27 Oct. 2009
Molecular phylogeny in 'nano-weevils': description of a new subgenus
Nanoacalles and two new species of Calacalles from the Macaronesian Islands (Curculionidae: Cryptorhynchinae)
JONAS J. ASTRIN & PETER E. STÜBEN (Germany)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2300: 47-50 (30 Nov. 2009) 5 plates; 2 references                          Accepted: 27 Oct. 2009
A new species of Hoplosaenidea Laboissiere, 1933 from Malaysia
(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)
MOHAMED S. MOHAMEDSAID (Malaysia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2292: 57-64 (18 Nov. 2009) 1 plates; 18 references                         Accepted: 4 Nov. 2009
Three new species of Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae:
Agrilinae) from the Leyte Island, Philippines
C. L. BELLAMY (USA) & SADAHIRO OHMOMO (Japan)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2292: 1-14 (18 Nov. 2009) 6 plates; 45 references                          Accepted: 24 Sep. 2009
Discovery of Antireicheia in Cameroon with description of four new species and
discussion on phylogeny and distribution of endogean Reicheiina (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Scaritinae: Clivinini)
VASILY V. GREBENNIKOV (Canada), PETR BULIRSCH (Czech Republic) & PAOLO MAGRINI
(Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2288: 1-41 (12 Nov. 2009) 14 plates; 51 references                          Accepted: 28 Sep. 2009
The epigean Australasian species of Neobidessodes gen.n. diving beetles—a revision integrating morphology, cybertaxonomy, DNA taxonomy and
phylogeny (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Bidessini)
LARS HENDRICH, OLIVER HAWLITSCHEK & MICHAEL BALKE (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2287: 64-68 (11 Nov. 2009) 2 plates; 2 references                          Accepted: 29 Oct. 2009
Parallidiostoma tricornum Ocampo and Colby, a new genus and species of
Allidiostomatinae from Peru (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
FEDERICO C. OCAMPO (Argentina) & JULIA COLBY (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2286: 49-57 (10 Nov. 2009) 4 plates; 5 references                          Accepted: 5 Oct. 2009
Two new species of the Neotropical genus Philothalpus Kraatz from Peru
(Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Xanthopygina)
ANGELICO ASENJO & CIBELE S. RIBEIRO-COSTA (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2286: 31-48 (10 Nov. 2009) 6 plates; 22 references                          Accepted: 22 Sep. 2009
New Asian Hydroscapha, with comments on male-female association of
co-occuring species (Coleoptera, Myxophaga, Hydroscaphidae)
MARTIN FIKÁ
ČEK & HANA ŠÍPKOVÁ (Czech Republic)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2286: 1-30 (10 Nov. 2009) 11 plates; 51 references                          Accepted: 10 Oct. 2009
Contributions to the knowledge of the “Staphylinus-complex” (Coleoptera:
Staphylinidae: Staphylinini) of China. Part 21. The genus Ocypus Leach, 1819, subgenus Pseudocypus Mulsant & Rey, 1876. Section 4
ALEŠ SMETANA (Canada)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2284: 41-47 (9 Nov. 2009) 3 plates; 8 references                          Accepted: 10 Oct. 2009
A new species of Pachydema Laporte (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea:
Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Pachydemini) from the Canary Islands
ESTEFANÍA MICÓ & EDUARDO GALANTE (Spain)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2280: 63-68 (3 Nov. 2009) 1 plates; 3 references                          Accepted: 23 Sep. 2009
Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) pinda sp. nov. from the Arabian Peninsula
(Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
SVATOPLUK BÍLÝ (Czech Republic) & DANIELE BAIOCCHI (Italy)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2274: 1-44 (28 Oct. 2009) 21 plates; 39 references                          Accepted: 19 Sep. 2009
Larval morphology of Paroster Sharp, 1882 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae): reinforcement of the hypothesis of monophyletic origin and
discussion of phenotypic accommodation to a hypogaeic environment
YVES ALARIE (Canada), MARIANO C. MICHAT (Argentina) & CHRIS H.S. WATTS (Australia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2268: 41-51 (20 Oct. 2009) 4 plates; 13 references                          Accepted: 7 Sep. 2009
Three new species of Platyderus from South Italy
(Coleoptera: Carabidae: Sphodrini)
BORISLAV GUÉORGUIEV (Bulgaria)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2263: 66-68 (13 Oct. 2009) 2 plates; 2 references                          Accepted: 14 Sep. 2009
Transfer of Pyrochroa daglariensis to Hemidendroides Ferrari
(Coleoptera: Pyrochroidae: Pyrochroinae), with a dichotomous key to the four species of the genus
DANIEL K. YOUNG (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2263: 59-65 (13 Oct. 2009) 3 plates; 8 references                          Accepted: 14 Sep. 2009
Rediscovery of Pseudopyrochroa uniformis Pic (Coleoptera: Pyrochroidae:
Pyrochroinae)
DANIEL K. YOUNG (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2263: 42-58 (13 Oct. 2009) 8 plates; 18 references                          Accepted: 30 Jan. 2009
New species and records of the genus Lispinus with a key to the species from
Peru (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Osoriinae)
ULRICH IRMLER (Germany)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2261: 66-68 (9 Oct. 2009) 1 plates; 3 references                          Accepted: 18 Sep. 2009
Synopsis of the genus Meridiotroctes Martins & Galileo
(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
VANESSA S. MACHADO & MARCELA L. MONNÉ (Brazil)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2261: 63-65 (9 Oct. 2009) 1 plates; 8 references                          Accepted: 15 Sep. 2009
A new species of Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 1829, the first from Fiji
(Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
C. L. BELLAMY (USA)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2258: 1-134 (8 Oct. 2009) 0 plates; 514 references                           Accepted: 5 Aug. 2009
A catalogue of family and genus group names in Scolytinae
and Platypodinae with nomenclatural remarks (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
MIGUEL A. ALONSO-ZARAZAGA (Spain) & CHRISTOPHER H.C. LYAL
(UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2245: 59-64 (2 Oct. 2009) 1 plates; 17 references                          Accepted: 25 Aug. 2009
Synopsis of the genus Pandrosos Bates, 1867 (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
JOSÉ RICARDO M. MERMUDES & DILMA SOLANGE NAPP (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2242: 1-54 (29 Sep. 2009) 69 plates; 43 references                          Accepted: 20 Aug. 2009
Revision of the Genera Diplocladus Fairmaire and Strotocera Schenkling
(Coleoptera: Cleridae, Tillinae)
ROLAND GERSTMEIER & INGMAR WEISS (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2239: 55-61 (24 Sep. 2009) 3 plates; 17 references                          Accepted: 1 Sep. 2009
Fossil carabids from Baltic amber – I –
A new species of the genus Calathus Bonelli, 1810 (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichinae)
VICENTE M. ORTUŃO & ANTONIO ARILLO (Spain)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2237: 67-68 (22 Sep. 2009) 0 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 27 Aug. 2009
Battle of two replacement names for the genus Metagonia Kolbe, 1899
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)
MARC LACROIX (France) & ALEŠ BEZD
ĚK (Czech Republic)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2237: 34-42 (22 Sep. 2009) 5 plates; 6 references                          Accepted: 19 Aug. 2009
A new sap beetle (Nitidulidae: Nitidulinae) genus from the Neotropics,
with commentary on the Pocadius complex of genera
ANDREW R. CLINE (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2230: 51-56 (14 Sep. 2009) 4 plates; 10 references                          Accepted: 12 Jun. 2009
Taxonomy of Trigonocnera Reitter, with the description of a new species
(Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)
YI-BIN BA & GUO-DONG REN (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2230: 29-41 (14 Sep. 2009) 3 plates; 18 references                          Accepted: 25 Aug. 2009
Synopsis of the genus Sangaris Dalman in South America (Coleoptera,
Cerambycidae), with description of two new species and new combinations
MIGUEL A. MONNÉ & MARCELA L. MONNÉ (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2230: 1-15 (14 Sep. 2009) 2 plates; 30 references                          Accepted: 19 Aug. 2009
A revision of the African species of Odontolochini Stebnicka & Howden, 1996
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)
ZDZISŁAWA T. STEBNICKA (Poland)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2229: 1-64 (11 Sep. 2009) 48 plates; 29 references                           Accepted: 28 Jul. 2009
Catalogue of the primary types of Cerylonidae, Endomychidae
and Latridiidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea) deposited in the National Museum of Natural History, with additional notes and clarification of the status of several types
FLOYD W. SHOCKLEY & NATALIA J. VANDENBERG
(USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2225: 63-68 (9 Sep. 2009) 2 plates; 31 references                          Accepted: 20 Aug. 2009
Glabrimycetoporus amoenus, a new tachyporine genus and species of Mesozoic
Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) from Liaoning, China
YANLI YUE, YUNYUN ZHAO & DONG REN (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2225: 1-48 (9 Sep. 2009) 21 plates; 56 references                          Accepted: 13 Jul. 2009
A taxonomic revision of the African leaf chafer genus Asthenopholis Brenske,
1898 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae): a SEM study
JAMES du G. HARRISON (South Africa)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2224: 1-29 (8 Sep. 2009) 15 plates; 17 references                          Accepted: 12 Aug. 2009
Revision of the genus Penthoscapha Heller (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea,
Entiminae, Eupholini) with notes on the genera of Eupholini from New Guinea
ALEXANDER RIEDEL (Germany)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2219: 31-37 (3 Sep. 2009) 4 plates; 13 references                         Accepted: 17 Aug. 2009
New species of Ateuchus and Canthidium (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae:
Scarabaeinae) from Costa Rica
BERT KOHLMANN & ANGEL SOLIS (Costa Rica)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2216: 57-63 (1 Sep. 2009) 1 plates; 40 references                          Accepted: 6 Aug. 2009
On the status of the tribes Orthognathini and Rhinostomini
(Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Dryophthorinae)
JUAN J. MORRONE & PERLA I. CUEVAS (Mexico)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2214: 45-61 (31 Aug. 2009) 9 plates; 16 references                          Accepted: 4 Aug. 2009
A review of the Bembidion (Odontium) aenulum subgroup (Coleoptera:
Carabidae), with description of a new species
DAVID R. MADDISON & A. ELIZABETH ARNOLD (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2210: 51-64 (27 Aug. 2009) 4 plates; 65 references                        Accepted: 5 Aug. 2009
The West Indian Peridinetini (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Baridinae)
JENS PRENA (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2210: 26-50 (27 Aug. 2009) 16 plates; 15 references                        Accepted: 30 Jul. 2009
Revision of Scirtidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) described by Victor Ivanovitsch
Motschulsky
RAFAŁ RUTA (Poland)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2208: 65-68 (25 Aug. 2009) 1 plates; 5 references                           Accepted: 6 Jul. 2009
A new species of Hyposerica Brenske, 1897 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)
from Mauritius Island
DIRK AHRENS & SILVIA FABRIZI (UK)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2207: 53-66 (24 Aug. 2009) 8 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 22 Jul. 2009
A new genus of Chrysomelinae from Australia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
CHRIS A. M. REID (Australia), JOSÉ A. JURADO-RIVERA (Spain) & MAX BEATSON (Australia)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2204: 67-68 (20 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 22 Jul. 2009
Nomenclatural notes in Neotropical Acanthocinini (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
MIGUEL A. MONNÉ & VANESSA S. MACHADO (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2204: 19-36 (20 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 34 references                           Accepted: 5 Aug. 2009
Three new genera of oriental Xyleborina (Coleoptera: Curculionidae:
Scolytinae)
JIRI HULCR & ANTHONY I. COGNATO (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2200: 41-53 (17 Aug. 2009) 5 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 16 Jul. 2009
Taxonomic revision of Apteropilo Lea, 1908 (Coleoptera: Cleridae)
JUSTIN S. BARTLETT (Australia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2197: 64-68 (13 Aug. 2009) 0 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 30 Jul. 2009
Catalogue of Madagascan and adjacent islands Buprestidae (Bellamy 2006):
Addenda & Corrigenda
P. VIETTE (France), C. L. BELLAMY (USA) & H.-P. ABERLENC (France)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2192: 1-44 (10 Aug. 2009) 10 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 11 Jul. 2009
Revision of the genus Eulichas Jacobson, 1913 (Coleoptera: Eulichadidae) II.
E. dudgeoni species group
JI
ŘÍ HÁJEK (Czech Republic)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2192: 45-55 (10 Aug. 2009) 6 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 1 Jun. 2009
First record of the hygropetric genus Oocyclus Sharp (Coleoptera:
Hydrophilidae) from Laos, with description of a new species
YŰSUKE MINOSHIMA (Japan)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2180: 1-82 (6 Aug. 2009) 26 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 23 Apr. 2009
Taxonomic revision of the genus Chileanthicus Werner
(Coleoptera: Anthicidae)
ZBYN
ĚK KEJVAL  (Czech Republic)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2178: 1-72 (6 Aug. 2009) 16 plates; 55 references                           Accepted: 2 Jul. 2009
Taxonomic and biogeographical review of the genus Trechus Clairville, 1806, from the Tibetan Himalaya and the southern
central Tibetan Plateau (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechini)
JOACHIM SCHMIDT
(Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2175: 51-56 (4 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 13 Jul. 2009
Larva and pupa of Nilio (Linio) lanatus Germar, 1824
(Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
MARIANNA V. P. SIMŐES, HINGRID Y. S. QUINTINO & MARCELA L. MONNÉ (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2174: 45-50 (3 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 17 Jun. 2009
Review of the genus Pseudognaptorina Kaszab from China
(Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae)
HAO-YU LIU & GUO-DONG REN (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2172: 32-44 (30 Jul. 2009) 5 plates; 30 references                           Accepted: 27 Jun. 2009
Description of two new species of Leptinopterus Hope (Coleoptera: Lucanidae:
Lucaninae) with notes on the taxonomy and natural history of the genus
PASCHOAL COELHO GROSSI (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 2170: 53-60 (29 Jul. 2009) 3 plates; 9 references                           Accepted: 23 Jun. 2009
Two new species of the genus Gunarus Des Gozis, 1886
(Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae: Helopini) from Southern Turkey
MAXIM V. NABOZHENKO (Russia)& BEKIR KESKIN (Turkey)

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Zootaxa 2170: 37-45 (29 Jul. 2009) 2 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 26 Jun. 2009
A review of the Chilean Egoliini (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae) with description of
a new species of Necrobiopsis Crowson
ELIZABETH T. ARIAS (USA), ADAM SLIPINSKI (Australia), JOHN F. LAWRENCE (Australia) &
MARIO ELGUETA (Chile)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2170: 28-36 (29 Jul. 2009) 6 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 26 Jun. 2009
A new species of the genus Gasterocercus (Coleoptera, Curculionidae,
Cryptorhynchinae) from the Iberian Peninsula, with notes on the ecology of the genus
MIGUEL A. ALONSO-ZARAZAGA, TERESA MARÍA JOVER & ESTEFANÍA MICÓ (Spain)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2170: 15-27 (29 Jul. 2009) 6 plates; 24 references                           Accepted: 29 Jun. 2009
A taxonomic revision of Monolepta pallidula species group in Taiwan
(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae)
CHI-FENG LEE (R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2169: 45-54 (28 Jul. 2009) 5 plates; 9 references                           Accepted: 29 Jun. 2009
Larval morphology of Aphodius sus (Herbst) and A. variicolor Koshantschikov
(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae)
ANDREY V. FROLOV (Russia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2169: 55-62 (28 Jul. 2009) 5 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 12 Jun. 2009
A new species of the genus Agnaptoria Reitter from Xizang, China
(Coleoptera, Tenebrionidae: Blaptini)
GUO-DONG REN & HAO-YU LIU (China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2168: 57-62 (27 Jul. 2009) 2 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 9 Jun. 2009
Two new and one resurrected species of Enoclerus Gahan
(Coleoptera: Cleridae: Clerinae) from the western United States
WILLIAM F. BARR & JACQUES RIFKIND (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2168: 34-44 (27 Jul. 2009) 6 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 25 Jun. 2009
Larval and pupal descriptions for the genera Podischnus and Heterogomphus
(Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini)
JHON CÉSAR NEITA MORENO (Colombia) & JESÚS OROZCO (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2168: 1-33 (27 Jul. 2009) 10 plates; 49 references                           Accepted: 18 Jun. 2009
Revision of the Agrilus muscarius species-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) with
description of thirteen new species from Palaearctic and Oriental regions
EDUARD JENDEK & VASILY V. GREBENNIKOV (Canada)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2162: 1-23 (20 Jul. 2009) 12 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 27 Jun. 2009
A revision of the neotropical genus Ocyolinus
(Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Staphylinini)
STYLIANOS CHATZIMANOLIS & JAMES S. ASHE (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2160: 51-67 (16 Jul. 2009) 10 plates; 33 references                           Accepted: 9 Jun. 2009
Description of a new genus of spider beetle (Coleoptera: Ptinidae)
from South Africa
CLEMENT AKOTSEN-MENSAH & T. KEITH PHILIPS (USA)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2160: 68 (16 Jul. 2009) 0 plates; 4 references                                    Accepted: 3 Jul. 2009
Erratum: New Brunswick Endomychidae (Coleoptera)
CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA (Canada)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2157: 43-58 (14 Jul. 2009) 9 plates; 24 references                           Accepted: 27 May 2009
Review of the genus Drylichus Heller (Insecta: Coleoptera: Dryopidae)

JÁN KODADA (Slovakia), MANFRED A. JÄCH (Austria) &
ČIAMPOR FEDOR JR. (Slovakia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2155: 1-22 (13 Jul. 2009) 16 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 2 Jun. 2009
Eight species of the genus Glenea Newman, 1842 from the Oriental Region, with description of three new species
(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae: Saperdini)
MEIYING LIN (China), GÉRARD TAVAKILIAN (France), OLIVIER MONTREUIL (France) &
XINGKE YANG (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2155: 23-27 (13 Jul. 2009) 1 plates; 9 references                           Accepted: 6 Jun. 2009
An interesting new species of Acmaeodera (s. str.) Eschscholtz 1829 from the
Afrotropical Region (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
BRIAN LEVEY (UK)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1755: 68 (24 Apr. 2008) 0 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 1 Apr. 2008
Maritime Provinces Carabidae (Coleoptera): a correction
CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA & YVES BOUSQUET (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1755: 35-46 (24 Apr. 2008) 4 plates; 24 references                       Accepted: 31 Mar. 2008
The first record of Cis chinensis Lawrence from Brazil, with the delimitation of the Cis multidentatus species-group (Coleoptera: Ciidae)
CRISTIANO LOPES-ANDRADE (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1754: 1-40 (21 Apr. 2008) 18 plates; 37 references                         Accepted: 31 Mar. 2008
Classification, natural history, and evolution of Epiphloeinae (Coleoptera: Cleridae). Part VII. The genera Hapsidopteris Opitz, Iontoclerus Opitz, Katamyurus Opitz, Megatrachys Opitz, Opitzia Nemesio, Pennasolis Opitz, new genus, Pericales Opitz, new genus, Pteroferus Opitz, new genus, and Turbophloeus Opitz, new genus
WESTON OPITZ (USA)

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Zootaxa 1751: 46-54 (16 Apr. 2008) 5 plates; 32 references                          Accepted: 17 Mar. 2008
The reinstatement of Julodimorpha saundersii Thomson 1879 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) as a valid species
C. L. Bellamy (USA) & Tom Weir (Australia)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1751: 55-58 (16 Apr. 2008) 1 plates; 5 references                           Accepted: 21 Mar. 2008
Bubastoides kadleci sp. nov. from Yemen (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Bubastini)
Svatopluk Bily (Czech Rep.)

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Zootaxa 1745: 30-46 (9 Apr. 2008) 6 plates; 42 references                            Accepted: 6 Mar. 2008
A new Helluodes Westwood species from Western Ghats with notes on habitat, distribution and phylogenetic relationships of genera Helluodes Westwood and Physocrotaphus Parry of the tribe Physocrotaphini Chaudoir (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Anthiinae)
THOMAS K. SABU (India), PRABHAKAR ABHITHA (India) & DANYANG ZHAO (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1745: 47-54 (9 Apr. 2008) 4 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 6 Mar. 2008
Description of the mature larva of Gonioctena pseudogobanzi Kippenberg, 2001 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Chrysomelinae) and key to the larvae of the subgenus Spartoxena
ANDRES BASELGA (Spain)
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Zootaxa 1745: 1-18 (9 Apr. 2008) 8 plates; 26 references                              Accepted: 3 Mar. 2008
Six new Stenus species of the cirrus group (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from China with a key to species of the group
TANG LIANG (P.R. China), YUN-LONG ZHAO (P.R. China) & VOLKER PUTHZ (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1741: 37-50 (4 Apr. 2008) 6 plates; 32 references                              Accepted: 28 Feb. 2008
Fine morphology of the myrmecophilous larva of Paussus kannegieteri (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussinae: Paussini)
ANDREA DI GIULIO (Italy)

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Zootaxa 1741: 51-58 (4 Apr. 2008) 4 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 3 Mar. 2008
Three new Stenus species of the indubius group (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from China
LIANG TANG & ZHAO YUN-LONG (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1741: 59-67 (4 Apr. 2008) 3 plates; 42 references                              Accepted: 27 Feb. 2008
Taxonomic status of Euzonitis haroldi (Heyden, 1870) (Coleoptera: Meloidae) inferred from morphological and molecular data

MARINA ALCOBENDAS, JOSE L. RUIZ, )CHIARA SETTANNI & MARIO GARCIA-PARIS (Spain)
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Zootaxa 1740: 37-44 (2 Apr. 2008) 4 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 18 Feb. 2008
Two new species of blind, forest litter-inhabiting ground beetles from the subtribe Anillina (Carabidae: Trechinae: Bembidiini) from eastern U.S.A.
IGOR M. SOKOLOV & CHRISTOPHER E. CARLTON (USA)

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Zootaxa 1740: 15-27 (2 Apr. 2008) 6 plates; 47 references                              Accepted: 12 Feb. 2008
A new Wagnerinus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from northern Japan: Description including a DNA barcode
HIRAKU YOSHITAKE, TOSHIHIDE KATO, UTSUGI JINBO & MOTOMI ITO (Japan)

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Zootaxa 1733: 1-44 (28 Mar. 2008) 44 plates; 43 references                          Accepted: 30 Jan. 2008
Taxonomy and behaviour of lucioline fireflies (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Luciolinae) with redefinition and new species of Pygoluciola Wittmer from mainland China and review of Luciola LaPorte
XIN HUA FU (P.R. China) & LESLEY BALLANTYNE (Australia)

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Zootaxa 1733: 57-60 (28 Mar. 2008) 2 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 4 Mar. 2008
A new species of Eremobothynus Ohaus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Argentina, with notes on Eremobothynus cornutus (Steinheil)

PASCHOAL COELHO GROSSI & ESTEBAN IGNACIO ABADIE (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1733: 68 (28 Mar. 2008) 0 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 17 Mar. 2008
A new replacement name in Lampetis Dejean, 1833 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
C. L. BELLAMY (USA)

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Zootaxa 1732: 45-53 (25 Mar. 2008) 5 plates; 11 references                          Accepted: 11 Feb. 2008
A featherwing beetle without wings: re-discovery and second species of Rioneta (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) from the Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania
VASILY V. GREBENNIKOV (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1730: 27-42 (20 Mar. 2008) 8 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 15 Jan. 2008
Seven new species of Canthochilum Chapin from Hispaniola (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
T. Keith Philips & Michael A. Ivie (USA)

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Zootaxa 1727: 49-56 (14 Mar. 2008) 4 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 11 Feb. 2008
A new species for Limulopteryx from Cameroon with the first record of termitophilous Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) outside the Neotropics
VASILY V. GREBENNIKOV (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1725: 48-52 (12 Mar. 2008) 1 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 24 Jan. 2008
Two new Stenus (Hypostenus) species from China (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Steninae)
CAI-YUN ZHAO, WAN-ZHI CAI & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1723: 42-46 (10 Mar. 2008) 1 plates; 4 references                             Accepted: 4 Jan. 2008
A new species of Coprophanaeus Olsoufieff (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Bolivia
W. D. EDMONDS (USA)

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Zootaxa 1720: 66-68 (5 Mar. 2008) 1 plates; 6 references                             Accepted: 22 Jan. 2008
First Florida records for Anovia circumclusa (Gorham) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Noviini): A natural enemy of Icerya genistae Hempel (Hemiptera: Margarodidae)
JUANITA A. FORRESTER & NATALIA J. VANDENBERG (USA)

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Zootaxa 1716: 35-43 (29 Feb. 2008) 5 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 10 Jan. 2008
First record of the genus Myrmedonota Cameron (Coleoptera, Staphylinidae) from North America, with descriptions of two new species
MUNETOSHI MARUYAMA (Japan), L. Brian Patrick (USA), Jan Klimaszewski (Canada)

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Zootaxa 1714: 1-18 (27 Feb. 2008) 26 plates; 32 references                           Accepted: 26 Jan. 2008
Taxonomic review of the stem-inhabiting trehala-constructing Larinus Dejean, 1821 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): New species, systematics and ecology
LEVENT GULTEKIN (Turkey)

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Zootaxa 1713: 39-46 (27 Feb. 2008) 4 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 4 Jan. 2008
Immatures of Lamprosoma amethystinum Perty, 1832 (Chrysomelidae, Lamprosomatinae)
SONIA A. CASARI & EDSON POSSIDONIO TEIXEIRA (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1712: 65-68 (25 Feb. 2008) 1 plates; 1 references                              Accepted: 13 Jan. 2008
An unusual new species of Gyrinidae (Coleoptera), Orectochilus orbisonorum n. sp., from India
Kelly B. Miller (USA), Paolo Mazzoldi (Italy) & Quentin D. Wheeler (USA)

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Zootaxa 1712: 42-48 (25 Feb. 2008) 2 plates; 5 references                              Accepted: 7 Jan. 2008
New and little known species of the subgenus Aegialia (Silluvia) (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) from the Sino-Tibetan mountains
ANDREY V. FROLOV (Russia)

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Zootaxa 1704: 1-26 (15 Feb. 2008) 16 plates; 72 references                              Accepted: 4 Jan. 2008
A preliminar overview of species composition and geographical distribution of Malvinian weevils (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
PAULA POSADAS (Argentina)

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Zootaxa 1704: 27-41 (15 Feb. 2008) 6 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 14 Jan. 2008
Paroster baylyi sp. n., P. ursulae sp. n. (Col. Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae) and the water beetle diversity of pan-gnammas on isolated granite outcrops in the Mallee of south-western Australia
LARS HENDRICH & HANS FERY (Germany)

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Zootaxa 1704: 42-46 (15 Feb. 2008) 3 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 22 Jan. 2008
A new species of Harpasus Mulsant (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Chilocorinae) from Peru

GUILLERMO GONZALEZ, GEOVAN HENRIQUE CORREA & LUCIA MASSUTTI DE ALMEIDA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1702: 1-25 (13 Feb. 2008) 8 plates; 69 references                            Accepted: 10 Jan. 2008
Description of the preimaginal stages of three species of the genus Tropisternus Solier, subgenus Strepitornus Hansen (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), with emphasis on morphometry and chaetotaxy
PATRICIA L. M. TORRES, MARIANO C. MICHAT & MIGUEL ARCHANGELSKY (Argentina)

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Zootaxa 1701: 1-14 (11 Feb. 2008) 4 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 28 Dec. 2007
Three new species of Canthonella Chapin from Hispaniola, with new records and Nomenclatural changes for West Indian dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
MICHAEL A. IVIE & T. KEITH PHILIPS (USA)

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Zootaxa 1696: 25-36 (1 Feb. 2008) 2 plates; 37 references                              Accepted: 10 Jan. 2008
Taxonomic notes on the Cephenniini (Coleoptera, Scydmaenidae): Status of Coatesia Lea, Cephennomicrus Reitter, and Neseuthia Scott
PAWEL JALOSZYNSKI (Poland)

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Zootaxa 1689: 1-28 (25 Jan. 2008) 8 plates; 92 references                            Accepted: 17 Nov. 2007
A revision of the genus Phellopsis LeConte (Coleoptera: Zopheridae)
IAN A. FOLEY & MICHAEL A. IVIE (USA)
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Zootaxa 1683: 1-31 (18 Jan. 2008) 18 plates; 49 references                           Accepted: 16 Nov. 2007
Postembryonic development of the dorsal chaetotaxy in Seira dowlingi (Collembola,
Entomobryidae); with an analysis of the diagnostic and phylogenetic significance of primary chaetotaxy in Seira
FELIPE N. SOTO-ADAMES (USA)
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Zootaxa 1683: 32-38 (18 Jan. 2008) 2 plates; 22 references                             Accepted: 7 Dec. 2007
A new species of Platambus from China (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
DONG-JU BIAN & LAN-ZHU JI (China)
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Zootaxa 1683: 39-50 (18 Jan. 2008) 8 plates; 29 references                             Accepted: 7 Dec. 2007
Osakatheta yasukoae, a new intertidal genus and species of athetine rove beetles
(Coleoptera, Staphylinidae, Aleocharinae) from Japan
MUNETOSHI MARUYAMA (Japan), JAN KLIMASZEWSKI (Canada) & VLADIMIR GUSAROV (Norway)
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