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Editor, Dr C.W. Schaefer (carl.schaefer@uconn.eduHeteroptera
University of Connecticut, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, 75 North Eagleville Road Unit 3043, Storrs CT 06269-3043, USA
Editor, Dr Chris Dietrich  (dietrich@inhs.uiuc.edu
) Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadomorpha
Center for Biodiversity, Illinois Natural History Survey, 1816 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820 U.S.A.
Editor, Dr Murray Fletcher (murray.fletcher@dpi.nsw.gov.au)
Auchenorrhyncha: Fulgoromorpha
Orange Agricultural Institute, Forest Road, Orange NSW 2800, AUSTRALIA 

Editor, Dr L.A. Mound (laurence.mound@csiro.auWhiteflies
CSIRO Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Editor, Dr J.H. Martin (J.Martin@nhm.ac.uk) Aphids & psylloids
Dept. of Entomology, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK
Editor, Dr C.J. Hodgson  (HodgsonCJ@Cardiff.ac.uk) Coccoidea 
Department of Biodiversity and Biological Systematics, The National Museum of Wales, Cathay's Park, Cardiff, CF1 3NP, UK

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2008

 Article 
Zootaxa 1769: 60-68 (14 May 2008) 3 plates; 19 references                              Accepted: 23 Mar. 2008
Notes on Chinese species of the genus Tautoneura Anufriev (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae), with descriptions of two new species
YUEHUA SONG & ZIZHONG LI (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1763: 55-62 (5 May 2008) 2 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 5 Apr. 2008
New records of Peruvian Reduviidae (Heteroptera), with the description of a new species of Tagalis Stal 1860 (Saicinae)

MARIA CECILIA MELO (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1762: 1-28 (5 May 2008) 1 plates; 79 references                              Accepted: 14 Feb. 2008
An annotated check list of the Cicadomorpha and Fulgoromorpha (Hemiptera) of the Madeira and Salvages archipelagos
DORA AGUIN-POMBO, CARLOS FREITAS (Portugal)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1759: 1-42 (30 Apr. 2008) 20 plates; 32 references                              Accepted: 17 Mar. 2008
A taxonomic review of the Crypticerya species (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Monophlebidae) of the southwestern United States and Mexico, including description of a new species from Baja California
CORINNE M. UNRUH (USA)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1751: 65-68 (16 Apr. 2008) 1 plates; 19 references                              Accepted: 5 Apr. 2008
A new genus and species of Palaeontinidae (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha) from the Lower Cretaceous of southern England
BO WANG (China), HAICHUN ZHANG (China) & EDMUND A. JARZEMBOWSKI (UK)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1749: 1-17 (14 Apr. 2008) 9 plates; 10 references                              Accepted: 28 Mar. 2008
Five new species of Chromagallia from South America (Insecta: Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Agalliinae)
ANA CLARA GONCALVES, GABRIEL MEJDALANI & LUIZ ALVES COSTA (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1749: 18-26 (14 Apr. 2008) 3 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 17 Mar. 2008
Notes on the genus Petascelis Signoret and description of one new species (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Petascelini)
HARRY BRAILOVSKY (Mexico)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1746: 68 (11 Apr. 2008) 0 plates; 1 references                              Accepted: 27 Mar. 2008
Additions to the description of the genus Brevisiphonaphis (Hemiptera, Aphididae)
Andrey V. Stekolshchikov (Russia) & Qiao Ge-Xia (P.R. China)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1746: 61-64 (11 Apr. 2008) 2 plates; 21 references                              Accepted: 21 Mar. 2008
A new Neotropical sharpshooter genus Spinagonalia (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Cicadellinae) with description of a new species from Citrus orchards and grapevines
RODNEY RAMIRO CAVICHIOLI (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1746: 1-14 (11 Apr. 2008) 3 plates; 45 references                              Accepted: 8 Jan. 2008
Toxoptera Koch (Hemiptera: Aphididae), a generic account, description of a new species from China, and keys to species
GEXIA QIAO, JIANFENG WANG & GUANGXUE ZHANG (P.R. China)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1741: 68 (2 Apr. 2008) 0 plates; 2 references                              Accepted: 4 Mar. 2008
The male of Mesoveloidea williamsi Hungerford, 1929 revisited
FELIPE FERRAZ FIGUEIREDO MOREIRA, JOSE RICARDO INACIO RIBEIRO & JORGE LUIZ NESSIMIAN (Brazil)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1740: 66- 68 (2 Apr. 2008) 1 plates; 24 references                              Accepted: 18 Feb. 2008
Will the invasive western conifer seed bug Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) seize all of Europe?
JERZY A. LIS, BARBARA LIS & JERZY GUBERNATOR (Poland)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1740: 45-52 (2 Apr. 2008) 3 plates; 10 references                              Accepted: 26 Feb. 2008
The second representative of the genus Polididus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae) in Southeast Asia, with partial redescription of P. armatissimus
TADASHI ISHIKAWA (Japan), KETUT SUMIARTHA (Indonesia) & SHUJI OKAJIMA (Japan)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1732: 29-44 (25 Mar. 2008) 6 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 15 Jan. 2008
A review of the Oriental planthopper genus Sogana Matsumura 1914 (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Tropiduchidae) with descriptions of three new species
AI-PING LIANG & RONG-RONG WANG (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1730: 43-55 (20 Mar. 2008) 8 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 6 Feb. 2008
Kaieteurodicus, description and discussion of a new genus of neotropical aleurodicine whitefly (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Aleurodicinae)
JON H. MARTIN (UK)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1730: 56-58 (20 Mar. 2008) 1 plates; 3 references                              Accepted: 23 Jan. 2008
Scamandra jakli sp. n. from Indonesia (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Fulguromorpha)
JAKUB ROLCIK (Czech Republic)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1730: 65-68 (20 Mar. 2008) 0 plates; 28 references                              Accepted: 31 Jan. 2008
A nomenclatural note in Cimicidae (Hemiptera) from South America
OSVALDO R. DI IORIO & PAOLA N. TURIENZO (Argentina)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1727: 57-62 (14 Mar. 2008) 2 plates; 19 references                              Accepted: 1 Feb. 2008
Notes on the genus Aulacogenia Stal (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Stenopodainae) from China, with the description of a new species

HESHENG WANG, WANZHI CAI & QIANG LI (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1727: 63-68 (14 Mar. 2008) 3 plates; 5 references                              Accepted: 6 Feb. 2008
A new species of Machaerota Burmeister (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Machaerotidae) from China and Laos
JING NIE & AI-PING LIANG (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1727: 44-48 (14 Mar. 2008) 2 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 1 Feb. 2008
The discovery of the genus Caecina Stal (Hemiptera: Reduviidae:
Ectrichodiinae) from China, with the description of a new species
Jianxin Cui, HU LI, & WANZHI CAI (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1727: 22-28 (14 Mar. 2008) 3 plates; 10 references                              Accepted: 5 Feb. 2008
Revision of the genus Gelastissus Kirkaldy (Hemiptera, Fulgoroidea, Caliscelidae)
VLADIMIR M. GNEZDILOV (Russia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1727: 29-38 (14 Mar. 2008) 3 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 14 Feb. 2008
Some remarkable new Neotropical treehoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Membracidae)
C. H. DIETRICH (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1714: 19-30 (27 Feb. 2008) 6 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 29 Jan. 2008
New species of Nesocricos and Tanycricos (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Naucoridae: Cheirochelinae: Tanycricini) in the mountains of West Papua, Indonesian New Guinea
ROBERT W. SITES (USA) & SUPUTA (Indonesia)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1714: 37-40 (27 Feb. 2008) 1 plates; 2 references                              Accepted: 14 Jan. 2008
A new genus and species of tribe Macrosiphini (Hemiptera, Aphididae) from northeast China
Andrey V. Stekolshchikov (Russia) & Qiao Ge-Xia (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1704: 47-63 (15 Feb. 2008) 7 plates; 22 references                              Accepted: 3 Jan. 2008
Cladistic Analysis of Kanaima Distant, 1909 (Hemiptera, Cercopidae)
ANDRESSA PALADINI, AUGUSTO FERRARI & GERVASIO SILVA CARVALHO (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1702: 52-60 (13 Feb. 2008) 3 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 28 Dec. 2007
New species and nomenclatural notes in the Ceresini (Hemiptera, Membracidae, Smiliinae)
ALBINO MORIMASA SAKAKIBARA & OLIVIA EVANGELISTA (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1696: 37-47 (1 Feb. 2008) 5 plates; 11 references                              Accepted: 28 Dec. 2007
A review of the Oriental grassland leafhopper genus Platyretus Melichar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae)
C.A. VIRAKTAMATH (India), M.D. WEBB (UK), WU DAI (P.R. China) & YALIN ZHANG (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1696: 48-56 (1 Feb. 2008) 11 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 20 Dec. 2007
Revision of the genus Psorus Bergroth, 1914 (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Discocephalinae)
JOSE ANTONIO M. FERNANDES, JOCELIA GRAZIA & DEISE S. LOBO (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1696: 63-68 (1 Feb. 2008) 1 plates; 25 references                              Accepted: 20 Dec. 2007
The position of the Leptoscelini and other taxonomic changes within the family Coreidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera)
RICHARD J. PACKAUSKAS (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1692: 43-54 (29 Jan. 2008) 6 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 20 Dec. 2007
The first record of Goniagnathini from Australia with description of four new species of Goniagnathus Fieber (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae)
MURRAY J. FLETCHER (Australia) & JAMES N. ZAHNISER (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1688: 1-19 (23 Jan. 2008) 6 plates; 55 references                              Accepted: 10 Dec. 2007
Molecular and morphological evaluation of the aphid genus Hyalopterus Koch (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aphididae), with a description of a new species
JEFFREY D. LOZIER (USA), ROBERT G. FOOTTIT (Canada), GARY L. MILLER (USA), NICHOLAS J. MILLS (USA) & GEORGE K. RODERICK (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1672: 37-53 (23 Jan. 2008) 9 plates; 4 references                             Accepted: 13 Dec. 2007
A review of the genus Abrus Dai & Zhang (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae) from China with description of one new species
WU DAI & YALIN ZHANG (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1681: 47-50 (16 Jan. 2008) 3 plates; 6 references                             Accepted: 7 Dec. 2007
New data on the evaporarium of the thoraco-abdominal gland in the family Tingidae sensu Carayon 1962 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingoidea)
BARBARA LIS (Poland)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1677: 57-68 (11 Jan. 2008) 5 plates; 15 references                               Accepted: 25 Nov. 2007
Nesidiorchestes hawaiiensis Kirkaldy: new tribal assignment and lectotype designation (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae: Orthotylini)
MICHAEL D. SCHWARTZ (USA) & NIKOLAI TATARNIC (Australia)
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2007

 Article 
Zootaxa 1676: 51-56 (9 Jan. 2008) 2 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 26 Nov. 2007
Redescription of the monotypic genus Volkeliopsis Poppius
(Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae)
IZABELA SADOWSKA-WODA (Poland) & FREDERIC CHEROT (Belgium)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1676: 63-68 (9 Jan. 2008) 3 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 21 Nov. 2007
The Oriental planthopper genus Eilithyia Distant (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Tropiduchidae) with description of one new species
RONG-RONG WANG (P.R. China), AI-PING LIANG (P.R. China) & MICHAEL D. WEBB (UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1672: 43-59 (4 Jan. 2008) 9 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 4 Nov. 2007
Redescription of the adult female and 1st-instar nymph of Ceroplastodes dugesii (Signoret, 1886) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) and description of the other immature stages
GIUSEPPINA PELLIZZARI (Italy), Christopher Hodgson (UK) & ALESSIO RAINATO (Italy)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1672: 61-68 (4 Jan. 2008) 4 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 25 Nov. 2007
Valdesiana curiosa: a remarkable new genus and species of Clivinematini (Hemiptera: Miridae: Deraeocorinae) from Argentina, and a key to Argentinean genera and species
DIEGO LEONARDO CARPINTERO, PABLO MATIAS DELLAPE & GERMAN CHELI (Argentina)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1668: 413-425 (21 Dec. 2007) 1 plate;  89 references                               Accepted: 7 Nov. 2007
Phylogeny and higher classification of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea)
P.J. GULLAN & L.G. COOK (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1668: 427-490 (21 Dec. 2007)  14  plates; 140 references                     Accepted: 21 Nov. 2007
Carl Linnaeus and his scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea)
D.J. WILLIAMS (UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1652: 63-68 (3 Dec. 2007)  2 plates; 4 references                            Accepted: 30 Oct. 2007
Aurimastris, new genus of the treehopper tribe Amastrini (Hemiptera, Membracidae, Smiliinae)
OLIVIA EVANGELISTA & ALBINO M. SAKAKIBARA (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1651: 1-42 (30 Nov. 2007)  18 plates; 49 references                            Accepted: 17 Oct. 2007
New species, new records and checklist of cicadas from Mexico (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadidae)
ALLEN F. SANBORN (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1642: 43-51 (21 Nov. 2007)  10 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 30 Oct. 2007
A new species of Phasmatocoris Breddin (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from the Amazon, Brazil
Helcio R. Gil-Santana, Veracilda Ribeiro Alves, Toby Vincent Barrett & Luiz A. A. Costa (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1634: 61-68 (9 Nov. 2007)  4 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 3 Oct. 2007
A new species of Macrosiphoniella and redescription of Coloradoa heinzei (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aphididae) as a new record in Iran
MOHSEN MEHRPARVAR & ALI REZWANI (Iran)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1633: 39-61 (9 Nov. 2007)  3 plates; 90 references                            Accepted: 4 Oct. 2007
Description of Nasocoris lautereri sp. nov. from the Balkan peninsula, with a review of the genus Nasocoris (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Phylinae)
Petr Kment & Josef Bryja (Czech Republic)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1629: 51-55 (2 Nov. 2007)  0 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 4 Oct. 2007
New synonyms and several nomenclatural clarifications on family-group names in the Aphididae (Hemiptera Sternorrhyncha)
JUAN M. NIETO NAFRIA, NICOLAS PEREZ HIDALGO, M. PILAR MIER DURANTE (Spain)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1624: 43-51 (29 Oct. 2007)  4 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 22 Sep. 2007
Revision of the Chinese species of the leafhopper genus Dayus Mahmood (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Empoascini), with description of three new species
DAO-ZHENG QIN & YA-LIN ZHANG (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1617: 1-41 (17 Oct. 2007)  12 plates; 51 references                            Accepted: 8 Sep. 2007
Taxonomic review of the lac insect genus Paratachardina Balachowsky (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Kerriidae), with a revised key to genera of Kerriidae and description of two new species
TAKUMASA KONDO & PENNY J. GULLAN (USA)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1617: 67-68 (17 Oct. 2007)  0 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 29 Sep. 2007
First record of a pygmy backswimmer (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pleidae) from Micronesia
RICHARD S. ZACK (USA), AUBREY MOORE (Guam) & ROSS H. MILLER (Guam)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1615: 1-20 (15 Oct. 2007)  8 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 30 Aug. 2007
Notes on the subfamily Salyavatinae (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) from Vietnam, with the description of a new genus
XUAN LAM TRUONG (Vietnam), PING ZHAO (P.R. China) & WAN ZHI CAI (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1615: 21-27 (15 Oct. 2007)  3 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 21 Jul. 2007
Sycanus aurantiacus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae), a new harpactorine species from Bali, Indonesia, with brief notes on its biology
TADASHI ISHIKAWA (Japan), WATARU TORIUMI (Japan), WAYAN SUSILA (Indonesia) & SHUJI OKAJIMAE (Japan)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1615: 29-39 (15 Oct. 2007)  4 plates; 28 references                            Accepted: 31 Aug. 2007
Description of the adult male elongate hemlock scale, Fiorinia externa Ferris (Coccoidea: Diaspididae), with notes on the seasonal development of the species on eastern hemlock, Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carriere(Pinaceae), in the southern Appalachian region (U.S.A.).
PARIS LAMBDIN (USA), CHRISTOPHER HODGSON (UK) & JEROME GRANT (USA)

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Zootaxa 1606: 51-57 (3 Oct. 2007)  2 plates; 18 references                            Accepted: 16 Aug. 2007
A new species of Xestocoris Van Duzee, with comments on the genus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Rhyparochromidae: Rhyparochrominae)
JANE E. O'DONNELL (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1604: 21-35 (1 Oct. 2007)  0 plates; 43 references                            Accepted: 31 Aug. 2007
Additions to the mirid (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) fauna of China, 2000-2006
BAO-YING QI (P.R. China), CARL W. SCHAEFER (USA) & LU XIU-HUA (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1604: 37-45 (1 Oct. 2007)  4 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 3 Sep. 2007
The flower bug genus Montandoniola Poppius (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Anthocoridae) from Indonesia, with descriptions of two new species
KAZUTAKA YAMADA (Japan), TOSHIYA HIROWATARI (Japan), WAYAN SUSILA (Indonesia) & SHUJI OKAJIMA (Japan)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1592: 57-68 (24 Sep. 2007)  6 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 10 Sep. 2007
Revision of the genus Ariptyelus Matsumura (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Aphrophoridae)
HSIEN-TZUNG SHIH & JENG-TZE YANG (R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1588: 1-29 (19 Sep. 2007)  14 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 6 Sep. 2007
Namtokocoris Sites, a new genus of Naucoridae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) in waterfalls of Indochina, with descriptions of six new species
ROBERT W. SITES AND AKEKAWAT VITHEEPRADIT (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1586: 1-23 (17 Sep. 2007)  11 plates; 38 references                            Accepted: 2 Jul. 2007
A revision of the mealybug genus Mirococcopsis Borchsenius (Homoptera: Coccinea: Pseudococcidae) based on the structure of the adult females
ILYA A. GAVRILOV (Russia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1583: 59-64 (12 Sep. 2007)  1 plates; 34 references                            Accepted: 27 Jul. 2007
The identity and taxonomic position of Pleias Kirkaldy, 1901 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae)
DAVID REDEI (Hungary)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1583: 65-68 (12 Sep. 2007)  1 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 25 Jul. 2007
The bamboo mealybugs Balanococcus kwoni n.sp. and Palmicultor lumpurensis (Takahashi) (Hemiptera, Pseudococcidae)
GIUSEPPINA PELLIZZARI (Italy) & EVELYNA DANZIG (Russia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1581: 45-52 (12 Sep. 2007)  5 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 19 Jul. 2007
Redescription, new records and host plant for Sysinas centralis Distant, (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae)
PAULO SERGIO FIUZA FERREIRA, LUIZ ANT]NIO ALVES COSTA, & LIVIA AGUIAR COELHO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1576: 57-62 (5 Sep. 2007) 3 plates; 24 references                            Accepted: 28 Jul. 2007
Revision of the genus Suljuktocossus Becker-Migdisova, 1949 (Hemiptera, Palaeontinidae), with description of a new species from Daohugou, Inner Mongolia, China
YING WANG & DONG REN (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1573: 51-64 (3 Sep. 2007) 5 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 9 Jul. 2007
New species and new records of Eriococcus (Hemiptera, Coccoidea, Eriococcidae) from South America
IMRE FOLDI (France) & FERENC KOZAR (Hungary)
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Zootaxa 1562: 55-61 (29 Aug. 2007) 3 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 15 Jul. 2007
Stipesoculus, a new genus of micropterous Mezirinae (Hemiptera: Aradidae) from China
XIAOSHUAN BAI, ZHIYI WU & WANZHI CAI (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1562: 63-68 (29 Aug. 2007) 2 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 15 Jul. 2007
Description of new genus and species of Ochlerini from Central America (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Discocephalinae)1
VIVIANA CAUDURO MATESCO, JOCELIA GRAZIA & LUIZ ALEXANDRE CAMPOS (Brasil)

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Zootaxa 1561: 1-52 (27 Aug. 2007) 10 plates; 183 references                            Accepted: 28 May. 2007
Insects found in birds?nests from Argentina. Part I: a bibliographical review, with taxonomical corrections, comments and a hypothetical mechanism of transmission of cimicid bugs
PAOLA TURIENZO & OSVALDO DI IORIO (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1556: 51-60 (22 Aug. 2007) 5 plates; 4 references                            Accepted: 17 Jul. 2007
Revision of the Papua New Guinea genus Elemacoris Miller (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae)
PING ZHAO (P.R. China), JEROME CONSTANT (Belgium), & WANZHI CAI (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1547: 33-42 (13 Aug. 2007) 3 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 3 Jul. 2007
Revision of Coelana Kramer, 1964 (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Neocoelidiinae) and taxonomic notes on the genus
ANA PAULA MARQUES-COSTA & RODNEY RAMIRO CAVICHIOLI (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1547: 59-64 (13 Aug. 2007) 2 plates; 3 references                            Accepted: 24 Jul. 2007
Two new species of the Chinese endemic delphacid genus Neuterthron Ding (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha) from Yunnan and Shaanxi Provinces
DAO-ZHENG QIN (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1546: 51-61 (9 Aug. 2007) 5 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 3 Jul. 2007
Review of the leafhopper genus Pythamus Melichar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) in the Indian subcontinent
C. A. VIRAKTAMATH (India) & M. D. WEBB (UK)

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Zootaxa 1539: 1-84 (30 Jul. 2007) 38 plates; 50 references                            Accepted: 4 Apr. 2007
A revision of the Solomonius-group of the stinkbug tribe Halyini (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae: Pentatominae)
MICHAEL A. WALL 
(USA)
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Zootaxa 1530: 1-18 (23 Jul. 2007) 9 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 12 Jun. 2007
A revision of the tribe Gonocerini from Australia (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae)
HARRY BRAILOVSKY (Mexico)

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Zootaxa 1530: 68 (23 Jul. 2007) 0 plates; 2 references                            Accepted: 12 Jul. 2007
Kiskeyana new replacement name for the assassin bug Kiskeya (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae)
CHRISTIANE WEIRAUCH & DIMITRI FORERO (USA)

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Zootaxa 1528: 61-64 (19 Jul. 2007) 1 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 8 Jun. 2007
A taxonomic study of the genus Uzeldikra (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae)
YALIN ZHANG & JUXIA KANG (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1528: 65-68 (19 Jul. 2007) 2 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 14 Jun. 2007
A new species of Anomaloptera Amyot & Serville from Patagonia (Hemiptera: Lygaeoidea: Oxycarenidae)
PABLO MATIAS DELLAPE & GERMAN HORACIO CHELI (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1524: 57-59 (9 Jul. 2007) 0 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 22 Jun. 2007
"Page priority" does not exist in the Code: Neomegalotomus parvus (Westwood, 1842) has precedence over Neomegalotomus simplex (Westwood, 1842) (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Alydidae)
ANDRE NEMESIO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1516: 31-37 (28 Jun. 2007) 2 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 11 May 2007
First records of the subfamily Ortheziolinae (Hemiptera: Ortheziidae) in Japan, with descriptions of two new species
HIROTAKA TANAKA & HIROSHI AMANO (Japan)

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Zootaxa 1507: 1-55 (14 Jun. 2007) 20 plates; 30 references                            Accepted: 5 Apr. 2007
A taxonomic review of the Margarodoid genus Stigmacoccus Hempel (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Stigmacoccidae), with some details on their biology
CHRIS HODGSON (UK), HEATHER GAMPER (USA), AMAURI BOGO (Brazil) & GILLIAN WATSON (USA)

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Zootaxa 1507: 57-67 (14 Jun. 2007) 6 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 28 Mar. 2007
A taxonomic review of genus Scipinia Stal (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Harpactorinae) from China
XIA HUANG, PING ZHAO, SHANYI ZHOU & WANZHI CAI (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1503: 21-32 (11 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 29 references                            Accepted: 4 May 2007
Additions to the cicada fauna of Venezuela with the description of a new species and checklist of the Venezuelan cicada fauna (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadidae)
ALLEN F. SANBORN (USA)

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Zootaxa 1502: 55-68 (11 Jun. 2007) 6 plates; 29 references                            Accepted: 2 May 2007
Description of a new species of Liaghinella (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Emesinae) from the Colombian Andes, with notes on its feeding habits and conservation status
DIMITRI FORERO (Colombia)

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Zootaxa 1500: 61-68 (7 Jun. 2007) 3 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 4 May 2007
Palaeontinodes reshuitangensis, a new species of Palaeontinidae (Hemiptera, Cicadomorpha) from the Middle Jurassic of Reshuitang and Daohugou of China
BO WANG, HAICHUN ZHANG & YAN FANG (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1496: 63-68 (4 Jun. 2007) 3 plates; 22 references                            Accepted: 23 Apr. 2007
Southernmost finding in Europe of Aphelocheirus aestivalis (Fabricius, 1794) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Aphelocheiridae)
IVANA ZIVIC, LJILJANA PROTIC & ZORAN MARKOVIC (Serbia)

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Zootaxa 1492: 1-84 (31 May 2007) 1 plates; 488 references                            Accepted: 2 May 2007
An annotated check list of the world’s whiteflies (Insecta: Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
JON H. MARTIN (UK) & LAURENCE A. MOUND (Australia)

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Zootaxa 1481: 1-19 (24 May 2007) 10 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 18 Jan. 2007
A new species of Prionococcus (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea: Coccidae) from Mexico, with a discussion of its affinities
GIUSEPPINA PELLIZZARI (Italy) & CHRIS HODGSON (UK)

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Zootaxa 1478: 1-19 (21 May 2007) 12 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 27 Mar. 2007
A review of Eotrechus Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) of Thailand with descriptions of three new species
AKEKAWAT VITHEEPRADIT & ROBERT W. SITES (USA)

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Zootaxa 1478: 33-40 (21 May 2007) 4 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 4 Apr. 2007
The genus Leucodellus Reuter, 1906 in China (Hemiptera: Miridae: Phylinae)
XIAO-MING LI & GUO-QING LIU (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1477: 1-70 (17 May 2007) 25 plates; 106 references                            Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
A review of the species of Belostoma Latreille, 1807 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Belostomatidae) from the four southeastern Brazilian states
JOSI RICARDO INACIO RIBEIRO (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1475: 21-26 (17 May 2007) 4 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 12 Apr. 2007
Thaumastaneis nigricans, a new species of a remarkable ant-mimetic Larginae (Hemiptera: Largidae) and the discovery of an ant-mimetic complex
PABLO MATIAS DELLAPE & MARIA CECILIA MELO (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1475: 27-42 (17 May 2007) 4 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 13 Mar. 2007
Revision of the New World leafhopper genus Neozygina Dietrich & Dmitriev (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae: Erythroneurini)
C. H. Dietrich & D. A. Dmitriev (USA)
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Zootaxa 1475: 43-59 (17 May 2007) 9 plates; 33 references                            Accepted: 7 Mar. 2007
Revision of the Australian Andini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Cixiidae) with a description of five new species
BIRGIT LOCKER, MURRAY J. FLETCHER, WERNER E. HOLZINGER & GEOFF M. GURR (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1468: 57-68 (7 May 2007) 6 plates; 24 references                             Accepted: 1 Dec. 2006
Kiskeya palassaina, new genus and new species of Saicinae (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) from the Dominican Republic
CHRISTIANE WEIRAUCH & DIMITRI FOREROA (USA)

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Zootaxa 1467: 43-49 (7 May 2007) 2 plates; 17 references                             Accepted: 29 Mar. 2007
On Gerridae (Insecta: Heteroptera) from Bhutan, with description of a new species of Onychotrechus Kirkaldy, 1903
Herbert Zettel (Austria) & Tran Anh Duc (Singapore)

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Zootaxa 1467: 63-68 (7 May 2007) 3 plates; 11 references                             Accepted: 27 Mar. 2007
The genus Nicostratus Distant from China (Hemiptera: Miridae: Deraeocorinae)
JING-YANG XU & GUO-QING LIU (P.R. China)

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Zootaxa 1465: 47-53 (3 May 2007) 3 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 23 Mar. 2007
A new genus of tribelocephaline assassin bugs from Borneo (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Reduviidae)
DAVID REDEI (Hungary)

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Zootaxa 1457: 49-55 (25 Apr. 2007) 3 plates; 11 references                             Accepted: 30 Dec. 2006
Three new Old World species of the leafhopper genus Scaphoideus Uhler (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae)
M.D. WEBB (UK) & C.A. VIRAKTAMATH
(India)
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Zootaxa 1457: 57-68 (25 Apr. 2007) 9 plates; 37 references                             Accepted: 12 Feb. 2007
Redescription of the genus Cavernicola and the tribe Cavernicolini (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae), with morphological and morphometric parameters
MARIA ANGELICA DE OLIVEIRA, RITA DE CASSIA MOREIRA DE SOUZA & LILEIA DIOTAIUTI
(Brizal)
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Zootaxa 1453: 55-62 (23 Apr. 2007) 12 plates; 19 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
A new genus and a new species of the tribe Mithymnini (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Nogodinidae) from Namibia, with sternal sensory pits in the adult
VLADIMIR M. GNEZDILOV (Russia) & MICHAEL R. WILSON (UK)

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Zootaxa 1449: 1-29 (16 Apr. 2007) 14 plates; 25 references                             Accepted: 12 Mar. 2007
Three new genera and six new species of felt scales (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Eriococcidae) from mountain habitats in New Zealand
ROSA C. HENDERSON (New Zealand)

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Zootaxa 1443: 37-54 (9 Apr. 2007) 16 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 23 Feb. 2007
Aleurocyperus humus gen. et sp. n. (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) from Taiwan, with interesting feeding behaviour
CHIUN-CHENG KO & ANIL KUMAR DUBEY (R. China)
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Zootaxa 1443: 55-64 (9 Apr. 2007) 16 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 17 Jan. 2007
Belminus ferroae n. sp. from the Colombian north-east, with a key to the species of the genus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)
C. M. SANDOVAL (Colombia), E. PABON (Colombia), J. JURBERG (Brazil) & C. GALVAO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1442: 1-18 (5 Apr. 2007) 8 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 14 Feb. 2007
Tingidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Laos: new species and new records
E. GUILBERT (France)
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Zootaxa 1442: 37-41 (5 Apr. 2007) 2 plates; 34 references                             Accepted: 23 Feb. 2007
The oldest known fossil plant bug (Hemiptera: Miridae), from Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China
YUNZHI YAO, WANZHI CAI & DONG REN (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1442: 55-68 (5 Apr. 2007) 8 plates; 42 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
Similar look but different song: a new Cicadetta species in the montana complex (Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadidae)
J. SUEUR & S. PUISSANT (France)
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Zootaxa 1439: 57-64 (