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2008 

 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1767: 64-66 (12 May 2008) 0 plates; 10 references                              Accepted: 16 Apr. 2008
Redescription of the holotype of Finlaya lepchana Barraud, 1923 (Diptera: Culicidae: Aedini)
JOHN F. REINERT (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1766: 1-45 (9 May 2008) 13 plates; 53 references                              Accepted: 14 Apr. 2008
Review of the genus Ceraturgus Wiedemann (Diptera: Asilidae) in North America north of Mexico
JEFFREY K. BARNES (USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1763: 38-40 (5 May 2008) 1 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 8 Apr. 2008
Orthocladius paratatricus Chernovskii, 1949 a synonym of Heterotrissocladius subpilosus (Kieffer, 1911)
ANDREY A. PRZHIBORO (Russia) & OLE A. SÆTHER (Norway)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1759: 43-50 (30 Apr. 2008) 3 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 5 Mar. 2008
A new species of Philophylla Rondani (Diptera: Tephritidae: Trypetini) from New Caledonia, recognized based on female postabdominal structure and molecular sequence data
HO-YEON HAN (Korea) & ALLEN L. NORRBOM (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1754: 41-51 (21 Apr. 2008) 7 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 4 Apr. 2008
Revision of the Costa Rican species of Elachiptera (Diptera: Chloropidae)
JULIA J. MLYNAREK & TERRY A. WHEELER (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1754: 52-62 (21 Apr. 2008) 4 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 4 Apr. 2008
Review of three little-known monotypic empidoid genera (Diptera: Empidoidea: Brachystomatidae), assigned to Trichopezinae
BRADLEY J. SINCLAIR (Canada)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1746: 65-67 (11 Apr. 2008) 1 plates; 11 references                              Accepted: 29 Feb. 2008
First record of the ectoparasitic biting midge, Atrichopogon (Meloehelea) oedemerarum Stora from the Neotropical region (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
ANDREA TOTHOVA (Czech Republic)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1746: 39-45 (11 Apr. 2008) 2 plates; 4 references                              Accepted: 3 Mar. 2008
Kerteszmyia, a new genus of Pachygastrinae from the Neotropical Region (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
NORMAN E. WOODLEY (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1741: 1-23 (4 Apr. 2008) 12 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 10 Mar. 2008
Notes on Afrotropical Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae), with the description of seven new species
HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1741: 24-30 (4 Apr. 2008) 2 plates; 5 references                              Accepted: 18 Feb. 2008
Four new species of Saigusaia Vockeroth, 1980 (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) from China
XIAOLING NIU, HONG WU & XIAOXIA YU (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1741: 31-36 (4 Apr. 2008) 2 plates; 20 references                              Accepted: 6 Mar. 2008
A taxonomic review of the Palpada ruficeps species group, with the description of a new flower fly from Colombia (Diptera: Syrphidae)
XIMO MENGUAL (Spain) & F. CHRISTIAN THOMPSON (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1740: 53-58 (2 Apr. 2008) 3 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 21 Feb. 2008
Asphondylia gochnatiae, a new species of gall midge (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) associated with Gochnatia polymorpha (Less.) Cabrera (Asteraceae)
VALERIA CID MAIA, FERNANDO A. O. SILVEIRA, LAZARO A. OLIVEIRA & MARCIA F. XAVIER (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1740: 28-36 (2 Apr. 2008) 2 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 29 Feb. 2008
A review of the Nearctic species of the genus Eurygarka Quate (Diptera: Psychodidae)
GREGORY R. CURLER & JOHN K. MOULTON (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1740: 1-14 (2 Apr. 2008) 8 plates; 43 references                              Accepted: 21 Feb. 2008
Immature stages of two species of Evandromyia (Aldamyia) and the systematic importance of larval mouthparts within Psychodidae (Diptera, Phlebotominae, Psychodinae)
FELIPE ARLEY COSTA PESSOA (Brazil), MARLISSON AUGUSTO COSTA FEITOSA (Brazil), ELOY GUILLERMO CASTELLON-BERMUDEZ (Brazil), CLAUDIA MARIA RIOS-VELASQUEZ (Brazil) & RICHARD DOUGLAS WARD (UK)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1732: 65-68 (25 Mar. 2008) 2 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 25 Feb. 2008
Description of the larva of Simulium lobatoi Luna Dias, Hernandez, Maia-Herzog & Shelley (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Brazil
LUIS MIGUEL HERNANDEZ (UK), NEUSA HAMADA (Brazil), MATEUS PEPINELLI (Brazil) & REGINA MAYUMI KIKUCHI (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1730: 59-64 (20 Mar. 2008) 3 plates; 17 references                              Accepted: 7 Feb. 2008
The puparium and mature larva of the flat-footed fly Lindneromyia hungarica Chandler, 2001 (Diptera: Platypezidae)
MICHAL TKOC & JAROMIR VANHARA (Czech Republic)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1728: 1-58 (17 Mar. 2008) 6 plates; 74 references                              Accepted: 28 Dec. 2007
A review of the endemic Hawaiian Drosophilidae and their host plants
KARL N. MAGNACCA, DAVID FOOTE & PATRICK M. O'GRADY (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1725: 61-66 (12 Mar. 2008) 1 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 13 Dec. 2007
Review of mining flies of the genus Phytobia Lioy (Diptera: Agromyzidae): Western Palearctic species
VLADIMIR V. ZLOBIN (Russia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1725: 37-47 (12 Mar. 2008) 3 plates; 30 references                              Accepted: 31 Jan. 2008
Species delimitation in the Drosophila aldrichi subcluster (Diptera: Drosophilidae) using DNA sequences 
DEODORO C. S. G. OLIVEIRA, MELISSA LEONIDAS, WILLIAM J. ETGES, PATRICK M. O'GRADY & ROB DeSALLE (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1725: 27-36 (12 Mar. 2008) 3 plates; 23 references                              Accepted: 30 Jan. 2008
Drosophila sonorae (Diptera, Drosophilidae), a new species in the repleta species group from Mexico
WILLIAM B. HEED & SERGIO CASTREZANA (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1725: 1-16 (12 Mar. 2008) 8 plates; 32 references                              Accepted: 20 Jan. 2008
Robber flies of South Korea-V. South Korean species of the Subfamily Apocleinae Papavero, 1973 (Diptera, Asilidae)
CHARLES L. YOUNG (South Korea) & MILAN M. HRADSKY (Czech Republik)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1723: 1-41 (10 Mar. 2008) 21 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 4 Feb. 2008
New species and new records of Manota Williston (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) from the Oriental region
HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1720: 57-65 (5 Mar. 2008) 4 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 31 Jan. 2008
New records of Scatopsidae (Diptera) from southeastern Mexico, and descriptions of new species of Swammerdamella Enderlein and Colobostema Enderlein
HERON HUERTA & SERGIO IBANEZ-BERNAL (Mexico)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1720: 1-45 (5 Mar. 2008) 10 plates; 28 references                              Accepted: 29 Jan. 2008
A revision of the New World genus Penniverpa Irwin and Lyneborg (Diptera: Therevidae: Therevinae)
DONALD W. WEBB & MARK A. METZ (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1716: 59-68 (29 Feb. 2008) 6 plates; 20 references                              Accepted: 11 Dec. 2007
Chetoneura shennonggongensis, a new species of cave-dwelling Keroplatini from China (Diptera: Keroplatidae), with a discussion of the position of Chetoneura
Dalton de Souza Amorim (Brazil), Changying Niu (P.R. China), Xuezhen Li (P.R. China), Chaoliang Lei (P.R. China) & ARTHUR K. CLARKE (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1716: 1-20 (29 Feb. 2008) 6 plates; 77 references                              Accepted: 23 Jan. 2008
A conspectus of New Zealand flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) with the description of a new genus and species
F. CHRISTIAN THOMPSON (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1716: 21-34 (29 Feb. 2008) 8 plates; 40 references                              Accepted: 9 Jan. 2008
Track analysis of the Neotropical genus Sepedonea Steyskal (Diptera: Sciomyzidae): a proposal based on the phylogenetic analysis of its species
AMANDA CIPRANDI PIRES, LUCIANE MARINONI & CLAUDIO JOSE BARROS DE CARVALHO (Brazil)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1714: 67-68 (27 Feb. 2008) 0 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 4 Feb. 2008
On the senior authorship of Musca oleae (Diptera: Tephritidae)
ALFIO RASPI & GENNARO VIGGIANI (Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1714: 31-36 (27 Feb. 2008) 4 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 15 Jan. 2008
Apiformyia, a new genus of Australian bee flies (Diptera: Bombyliidae, Bombyliinae) with affinities to the New World Heterostylum Macquart
DAVID K. YEATES (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1713: 1-26 (27 Feb. 2008) 9 plates; 64 references                              Accepted: 26 Nov. 2007
Revision of the Myopa testacea Species-Group in the Palaearctic Region (Diptera: Conopidae)
JENS-HERMANN STUKE (Germany) & DAVID K. CLEMENTS (UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1712: 49-64 (25 Feb. 2008) 4 plates; 67 references                              Accepted: 13 Jan. 2008
Synonymic notes on some species of Chironomidae (Diptera) described by Dr. M. Sasa
TADASHI KOBAYASHI & KAZUO ENDO (Japan)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1702: 61-68 (13 Feb. 2008) 3 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 7 Dec. 2007
Three new species of Polypedilum s. str. Kieffer from China, with L-shaped superior volsella (Diptera: Chironomidae)
RUILEI ZHANG & XINHUA WANG (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1702: 41-51 (13 Feb. 2008) 1 plates; 42 references                              Accepted: 28 Dec. 2007
Nominal species of Australasian/Oceanian Sarcophagidae proposed by P.J.M. Macquart (Insecta: Diptera)
THOMAS PAPE (Danmark)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1701: 29-39 (11 Feb. 2008) 5 plates; 5 references                              Accepted: 17 Jan. 2008
Two new Stratiomyinae, including Panamamyia gen. nov., from the Neotropical Region (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)
NORMAN E. WOODLEY (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1692: 1-25 (29 Jan. 2008) 10 plates; 30 references                              Accepted: 7 Dec. 2007
Revision of the Neotropical genus Lactistomyia Melander (Diptera, Hybotidae, Hybotinae)
ROSALY ALE-ROCHA (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1692: 26-42 (29 Jan. 2008) 6 plates; 24 references                              Accepted: 18 Dec. 2007
Studies on the Canacidae (Diptera), subfamily Apetaeninae. II. A review of the world subgenera of Apetaenus Eaton, with a special reference to the Australian and New Zealand species
LORENZO MUNARI (Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1689: 29-50 (25 Jan. 2008) 6 plates; 22 references                              Accepted: 10 Dec. 2007
Revision of the new world fauna of Mesembrina Meigen (Diptera: Muscidae) with the description of a new neotropical species
James S. Kuchta & JADE SAVAGE (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1689: 51-62 (25 Jan. 2008) 1 plate; 34 references                                Accepted: 7 Dec. 2007
Nematode-induced demasculinisation of Dolichopus males (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
JERE KAHANPAA (Finland)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1689: 63-68 (25 Jan. 2008) 4 plates; 9 references                                 Accepted: 27 Nov. 2007
Two new species of Hemipenthes Loew from Oriental China (Diptera: Bombyliidae)
GANG YAO & DING YANG (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1683: 51-62 (18 Jan. 2008) 3 plates; 29 references                             Accepted: 10 Dec. 2007
Redescription of Culex (Culex) dolosus (Lynch Arribálzaga) (Diptera: Culicidae), based on specimens from Pico do Itapeva, Serra da Mantiqueira, São Paulo, Brazil
LUANA VALENTE SENISE & MARIA ANICE MUREB SALLUM (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1676: 57-62 (9 Jan. 2008) 3 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 17 Nov. 2007
Polytene chromosomes of Simulium (Psaroniocompsa) daltanhani (Diptera: Simuliidae) from Central Amazonia, Brazil
NEUSA HAMADA (Brazil), Eleny da Silva Pereira (Brazil) & PETER H. ADLER (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1676: 1-27 (9 Jan. 2008) 14 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 31 Oct. 2007
The Tachytrechus alatus species group (= Syntomoneurum Becker) revisited: new species and revised species group limits (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
SCOTT E. BROOKS & JEFFREY M. CUMMING (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1676: 29-36 (9 Jan. 2008) 6 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 19 Nov. 2007
Urytalpa chandleri sp. n. (Diptera: Keroplatidae) from Turkey, with a key to the Western Palaearctic species of the genus
DIMITAR BECHEV (Bulgaria) & HASAN KOC(Turkey)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1676: 37-43 (9 Jan. 2008) 5 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 31 Oct. 2007
A new species of Cnodalomyia Hull, 1962 (Diptera, Asilidae, Asilinae) from Brazil
Carlos Jose Einicker Lamas & Gabriela Bastos Mellinger (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1672: 1-42 (4 Jan. 2008) 16 plates; 55 references                              Accepted: 8 Nov. 2007
Finnish Pipunculidae (Diptera) studies Part I: Taxonomic notes on Cephalops Fallen, 1810, Pipunculus Latreille, 1802 and Tomosvaryella Aczel, 1939
CHRISTIAN KEHLMAIER (Germany)
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2007 

 Article 
Zootaxa 1668: 565-590 (21 Dec. 2007) 1 plate;  222 references                           Accepted: 27 Nov. 2007
Phylogeny and systematics of Diptera: Two decades of progress and prospects
David K. Yeates (Australia), Brian M. Wiegmann (USA), Greg W. Courtney (USA), Rudolf Meier (Singapore) & Thomas Pape (Denmark)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1668: 591-638 (21 Dec. 2007) 29 plates; 242 references                        Accepted: 23 Nov. 2007
The Culicidae (Diptera): a review of taxonomy, classification and phylogeny
RALPH E. HARBACH (UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1664: 61-68 (17 Dec. 2007)  3 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 21 Nov. 2007
Two new species of Rhaphiomidas (Diptera: Mydidae)
Rick Rogers & Matthew H. Van Dam (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1661: 55-61 (14 Dec. 2007)  3 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 15 Nov. 2007
Non-marine Chersodromia Walker from Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea (Diptera, Empidoidea, Hybotidae)
PATRICK GROOTAERT (Belgium), JEFFREY CUMMING (Canada) & IGOR SHAMSHEV (Russia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1661: 1-16 (14 Dec. 2007)  7 plates; 38 references                            Accepted: 11 Nov. 2007
New Zealand species of the shore-fly genus Nostima Coquillett (Diptera: Ephydridae)
JAMES F. EDMISTON (Russia) & WAYNE N. MATHIS (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1654: 61-67 (5 Dec. 2007)  3 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 5 Nov. 2007
A new Neotropical species of Tanytarsus van der Wulp, 1874 (Diptera: Chironomidae), with an unusual anal process
SUSANA TRIVINHO-STRIXINO & GIOVANNI STRIXINO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1654: 41-54 (5 Dec. 2007)  6 plates; 55 references                            Accepted: 13 Nov. 2007
Formal taxonomy of species C of the Anopheles minimus sibling species complex (Diptera: Culicidae)
RALPH E. HARBACH (UK), CLAIRE GARROS (France), NGUYEN DUC MANH (Vietnam) & SYLVIE MANGUIN (France)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1655: 63-68 (5 Dec. 2007)  2 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 13 Nov. 2007
On the genus Diadocidia (Diptera, Sciaroidea, Diadocidiidae) in Australia
Mathias Jaschhof & Catrin Jaschhof (Germany)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1649: 1-96 (28 Nov. 2007)  21 plates; 63 references                            Accepted: 19 Sep. 2007
Review of the Neotropical blackfly subgenus Inaequalium Coscarón & Wygodzinsky (Diptera: Simuliidae) based on adults and pupal morphology
LUIS MIGUEL HERNANDEZ (UK), ANTHONY JOHN SHELLEY (UK), ANTONIO PAULINO ANDRADE DE LUNA DIAS (Brasil) & MARILZA MAIA-HERZOG (Brasil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1645: 1-17 (23 Nov. 2007)  14 plates; 2 references                            Accepted: 12 Oct. 2007
The oldest Calosargus Mostovski, 1997 from the Middle Jurassic of China (Diptera: Brachycera: Archisargidae)
KUIYAN ZHANG, DING YANG, DONG REN & CHUNGKUN SHIH (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1643: 39-68 (21 Nov. 2007)  8 plates; 48 references                            Accepted: 15 Oct. 2007
Preliminary considerations on phylogeny of Simuliidae Genera from Southern Hemisphere (Insecta, Diptera)
LEONARDO H. GIL-AZEVEDO & MARILZA MAIA-HERZOG (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1640: 41-53 (19 Nov. 2007)  3 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 21 Oct. 2007
Two new genera of Swammerdamellini (Diptera, Scatopsidae), with a discussion of the position of the species of Rhexoza
DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1637: 47-54 (14 Nov. 2007)  3 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 27 Aug. 2007
Brumptomyia carvalheiroi sp. nov. (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) from Atlantic forest domain, Sao Paulo State, Brazil
PALOMA HELENA FERNANDES SHIMABUKURO, ANA MARIA MARASSA & EUNICE APARECIDA BIANCHI GALATI (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1636: 1-32 (12 Nov. 2007)  10 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 28 Sep. 2007
A review of Ascodipterinae (Diptera: Streblidae) of the Oriental and Australasian regions with a description of three new species of Ascodipteron Adensamer and a key to the subfamily
MICHAEL W. HASTRITER (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1633: 1-38 (9 Nov. 2007)  16 plates; 75 references                            Accepted: 8 Oct. 2007
A review of the genus Botanophila Lioy (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) from China, with descriptions of three new species
WAN-QI XUE & WEN-HUI SONG (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1631: 1-32 (5 Nov. 2007)  11 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 10 Sep. 2007
New species of Lonchaeidae (Diptera: Schizophora) from Asia
IAIN MacGOWAN (UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1630: 47-54 (5 Nov. 2007)  3 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 26 Sep. 2007
Review of the tribe Aphoebantini Becker (Bombyliidae, Diptera) from Egypt, with description of a new species
MAGDI S. A. El-HAWAGRY (Egypt)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1629: 27-37 (2 Nov. 2007)  5 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 29 Sep. 2007
Leptopezella, a new Southern Hemisphere genus of Ocydromiinae (Diptera: Empidoidea: Hybotidae)
BRADLEY J. SINCLAIR & JEFFREY M. CUMMING (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1624: 31-41 (29 Oct. 2007)  3 plates; 34 references                            Accepted: 5 Sep. 2007
Two new species of European Stevenia Robineau-Desvoidy (Diptera: Rhinophoridae) and a key to the Palaearctic species
PIERFILIPPO CERRETTI (Italy) & THOMAS PAPE (Denmark)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1622: 57-68 (26 Oct. 2007)  6 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 20 Sep. 2007
New species and records of Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera, Sciaridae) from the Oriental region
HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden) & PEKKA VILKAMAA (Finland)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1620: 37-51 (23 Oct. 2007)  7 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 8 Oct. 2007
A morphological and molecular description of a new Teleopsis species (Diptera: Diopsidae) from Thailand
MIHALY FOLDVARI (Hungary), ANDREW POMIANKOWSKI (UK), SAMUEL COTTON (Switzerland) & MARTIN CARR (UK)
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Zootaxa 1592: 1-44 (24 Sep. 2007)  20 plates; 33 references                            Accepted: 24 Jul. 2007
Taxonomic review of Eurasian Paradelia Ringdahl (Diptera: Anthomyiidae) with descriptions of two new species
VERNER MICHELSEN (Sweden)
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Zootaxa 1592: 45-56 (24 Sep. 2007)  1 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 1 Aug. 2007
A review of Palaearctic Teuchophorus, with a new species from Bulgaria (Diptera: Dolichopodidae)
MARC A.A. POLLET (Belgium) & MIHAIL KECHEV (Bulgaria)
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Zootaxa 1590: 61-68 (21 Sep. 2007)  2 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 25 Aug. 2007
Descriptions of a new subgenus and two new species of Atrichobrunettia Satchell (Diptera, Psychodidae) from the Neotropical region
FREDDY BRAVO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1588: 31-51 (19 Sep. 2007)  3 plates; 81 references                            Accepted: 16 Aug. 2007
Redescription of Anopheles oswaldoi (Peryassu 1922) (Diptera: Culicidae), with formal lectotype designation
MAYSA TIEMI MOTOKI (Brazil), YVONNE-MARIE LINTON (UK), FREDDY RUIZ (UK), CARMEN FLORES-MENDOZA (Brazil) & MARIA ANICE MUREB SALLUM (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1586: 33-38 (17 Sep. 2007)  2 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 8 Aug. 2007
On the genus Diadocidia (Diptera, Sciaroidea, Diadocidiidae) in Costa Rica
Mathias Jaschhof & Catrin Jaschhof (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1576: 1-13 (5 Sep. 2007) 5 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 30 May 2007
Zealantha thorpei gen. et sp. nov. (Diptera: Anthomyzidae), first family representative from New Zealand
JINDRICH ROHACEK (Czech Republic)
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Zootaxa 1575: 1-34 (5 Sep. 2007) 19 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 28 Jun. 2007
The Meniscus midges of Costa Rica (Diptera: Dixidae)
LUIS GUILLERMO CHAVERRI (Costa Rica) & ART BORKENT (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1556: 31-50 (22 Aug. 2007) 10 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 27 Jun. 2007
The flagria group of Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera, Sciaridae) in a biodiversity hot spot: nine new sympatric species from Kambaiti, Myanmar
HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden) & PEKKA VILKAMAA (Finland)
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Zootaxa 1554: 27-40 (20 Aug. 2007) 11 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 4 Jul. 2007
Revision of the Holarctic genus Novakia Strobl (Diptera: Mycetophilidae)
PETER H. KERR (USA)
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Zootaxa 1554: 41-48 (20 Aug. 2007) 6 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 9 Jul. 2007
Myrciariamyia admirabilis, a new species of gall midge (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) associated with Erythroxylum suberosum (Erythroxylaceae)
VALERIA CID MAIA & G. WILSON FERNANDES (Brazil)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1554: 63-65 (20 Aug. 2007) 1 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 12 Jul. 2007
A new species of the genus Hesperempis Melander (Diptera: Empididae) from Siberia
IGOR V. SHAMSHEV (Russia)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1554: 67-68 (20 Aug. 2007) 1 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 11 Jul. 2007
The status of Clinocera rufipes Bezzi, a new junior synonym of Clinocera nigra Meigen (Diptera: Empididae: Clinocerinae)
BRADLEY J. SINCLAIR (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1552: 53-68 (17 Aug. 2007) 7 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 27 Jun. 2007
Review of the Nearctic Claustropyga Hippa, Vilkamaa & Mohrig (Diptera, Sciaridae) with the description of three new species
PEKKA VILKAMAA (Finland) & HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden)
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Zootaxa 1547: 1-19 (13 Aug. 2007) 2 plates; 81 references                            Accepted: 24 May 2007
Biogeographic area relationships in Venezuela: A Parsimony analysis of Culicidae-Phytotelmata distribution in National Parks
JUAN-CARLOS NAVARRO, JONATHAN LIRIA, HERMES PINANGO & ROBERTO BARRERA (Venezuela)
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Zootaxa 1542: 21-34 (6 Aug. 2007) 5 plates; 32 references                            Accepted: 12 Jun. 2007
Studies on the Canacidae (Diptera), subfamily Apetaeninae. I. Apetaenus enderleini, nomen novum for Listriomastax litorea Enderlein, 1909, with remarks on the chaetotaxy, morphology, and habitats of the Apetaeninae from the Kerguelen Biogeographical Province
LORENZO MUNARI (Italy)
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Zootaxa 1542: 35-48 (6 Aug. 2007) 0 plates; 84 references                            Accepted: 4 Jul. 2007
Corrections in the status and rank of names used to denote varietal forms of mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae)
RALPH E. HARBACH & THERESA M. HOWARD (UK)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1537: 1-88 (30 Jul. 2007) 20 plates; 49 references                            Accepted: 16 Apr. 2007
The Hemerodromiinae (Diptera: Empididae) of New Zealand II. Chelipoda Macquart
ADRIAN R. PLANT  (UK)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1535: 1-92 (30 Jul. 2007) 45 plates; 73 references                            Accepted: 16 Mar. 2007
Phylogeny of the Mycetophiliformia, with proposal of the subfamilies Heterotrichinae, Ohakuneinae, and Chiletrichinae for the Rangomaramidae (Diptera, Bibionomorpha)
DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM (Brazil) & EIRIK RINDAL  (Norway)
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Zootaxa 1533: 63-68 (26 Jul. 2007) 4 plates; 1 references                            Accepted: 17 May 2007
Mythenteles andalusica sp.n. (Diptera, Mythicomyiidae) from Southern Spain and the first description of the male of M. infrequens Evenhuis & Blasco-Zumeta, 2003
DAVID GIBBS (UK)
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Zootaxa 1530: 19-26 (23 Jul. 2007) 1 plates; 16 references                            Accepted: 19 Jun. 2007
Phylogeny of Philornis Meinert species (Diptera: Muscidae)
MARCIA SOUTO COURI, CLAUDIO JOSE BARROS DE CARVALHO & PETER LOWENBERG-NETO (Brasil)
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Zootaxa 1530: 27-32 (23 Jul. 2007) 3 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 12 Jun. 2007
Notes on the extinct family Protapioceridae, with description of a new species from China (Insecta: Diptera: Asiloidea)
KUIYAN ZHANG, DING YANG & DONG REN (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1530: 41-67 (23 Jul. 2007) 8 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 22 May 2007
A revision of the new world stiletto fly genus Ataenogera Krober (Diptera: Therevidae: Phycinae) with the description of two new species
MARTIN HAUSER & DONALD W. WEBB (USA)
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Zootaxa 1528: 1-40 (19 Jul. 2007) 24 plates; 20 references                            Accepted: 15 May 2007
The Conopidae of Costa Rica (Diptera) (Part 1: Conopinae - Conopini &Tropidomyiini)
Jens-HermANN STUKE (Germany) & JEFFREY H. SKEVINGTON (CANADA)
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Zootaxa 1528: 41-60 (19 Jul. 2007) 10 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 31 May 2007
The genus Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in Thailand, with the description of seven new species
HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden) & LASZLO PAPP (Hungary)
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Zootaxa 1527: 1-15 (16 Jul. 2007) 7 plates; 38 references                            Accepted: 16 Jun. 2007
Kloosia Kruseman, Chernovskiia Saeher, Robackia Saeher, and Saetheria Jackson (Chironomidae: Chironominae) in Japan
TADASHI KOBAYASHI (Japan)
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Zootaxa 1527: 45-52 (16 Jul. 2007) 2 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 24 May 2007
Mansonia (Mansonia) iguassuensis sp. nov. (Diptera: Culicidae) from Brasil
ANDREIA APARECIDA BARBOSA, MARIO ANTONIO NAVARRO DA SILVA & MARIA ANICE MUREB SALLUM (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1527: 53-58 (16 Jul. 2007) 3 plates; 18 references                            Accepted: 30 May 2007
Redescription of Tipula octomaculata Savchenko, with notes on related Holarctic species (Diptera, Tipulidae)
JUKKA SALMELA & OLLI AUTIO (Finland)
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 Erratum
Zootaxa 1527: 67-68 (16 Jul. 2007)
Erratum ( Correia, L.C.D.S. & Trivinho-strixino, S. (2007) New species of Chironomus Meigen (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) from Brazil. Zootaxa, 1504, 53–68)
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Zootaxa 1521: 9-18 (5 Jul. 2007) 6 plates; 20 references                            Accepted: 15 May 2007
A review of Afrotropical Perasis Hermann, 1905 (Diptera: Asilidae: Laphriinae)
JASON G. H. LONDT (South Africa)
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Zootaxa 1521: 31-41 (5 Jul. 2007) 3 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 21 May 2007
A new species of Myiopharus Brauer and Bergenstamm (Diptera: Tachinidae) parasitic on adults of the sunflower beetle, Zygogramma exclamationis (Fabricius)
JAMES E. O'HARA (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1521: 43-58 (5 Jul. 2007) 8 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 21 May 2007
Robber flies of South Korea IV. Species of the subfamily Stichopogoninae Hardy, 1930 (Diptera: Asilidae)
CHARLES L. YOUNG (South Korea)
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Zootaxa 1510: 1-33 (18 Jun. 2007) 22 plates; 35 references                            Accepted: 9 May 2007
Chrysopilus (Diptera: Rhagionidae) from Brazil: redescription of Chrysopilus fascipennis Bromley and description of eleven new species
Charles Morphy D. Santos & DALTON DE SOUZA AMORIM (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1510: 35-50 (18 Jun. 2007) 10 plates; 30 references                            Accepted: 9 May 2007
Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Pelinoides Cresson (Diptera-Ephydridae)
MERCEDES LIZARRALDE DE GROSSO & CLAUDIA SZUMIK (Argentina)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1506: 1-80 (14 Jun. 2007) 15 plates; 128 references                            Accepted: 19 Apr. 2007
New specific synonymies and taxonomic notes on Neotropical black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) belonging to the subgenera Chirostilbia Enderlein, Hemicnetha Enderlein, Inaequalium Coscaron & Wygodzinsky, Psaroniocompsa Enderlein and Psilopelmia Enderlein
LUIS MIGUEL HERNANDEZ(UK), ANTHONY JOHN SHELLEY (UK), ANTONIO PAULINO ANDRADE DE LUNA DIAS (BRAZIL) & MARILZA MAIA-HERZOG (BRAZIL)
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Zootaxa 1504: 53-68 (11 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 27 references                            Accepted: 30 Apr. 2007
New species of Chironomus Meigen (Diptera: Chironomidae: Chironominae) from Brazil
LENY CELIA DA SILVA CORREIA & SUSANA TRIVINHO-STRIXINO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1503: 33-54 (11 Jun. 2007) 12 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 3 May 2007
New species of Neohybos Ale-Rocha & Carvalho (Diptera, Hybotidae, Hybotinae) from Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
R. ALE-ROCHA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1502: 1-44 (11 Jun. 2007) 22 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 11 Apr. 2007
The genus Manota Williston (Diptera: Mycetophilidae) in Melanesia and Oceania
HEIKKI HIPPA (Sweden)
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