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2008

 Article 
Zootaxa 1767: 1-36 (12 May 2008) 8 plates; 23 references                              Accepted: 27 Mar. 2008
A taxonomic revision of the Pheidole roosevelti-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Fiji
ELI M. SARNAT (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1767: 37-54 (12 May 2008) 7 plates; 48 references                              Accepted: 6 Mar. 2008
A review of Aphidius Nees (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in Iran: host associations, distribution and taxonomic notes
EHSAN RAKHSHANI (Iran), ALI ASGHAR TALEBI (Iran), PETR STARY (Czech Republic), ZELJKO TOMANOVIC (Serbia), NICKOLAS G. KAVALLIERATOS (Greece) & SHAHAB MANZARI (Iran)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1767: 55-63 (12 May 2008) 4 plates; 11 references                              Accepted: 31 Mar. 2008
Opamyrma hungvuong, a new genus and species of ant related to Apomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae)
SEIKI YAMANE (Japan), TUAN VIET BUI (Vietnam) & KATSUYUKI EGUCHI (Japan)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1763: 63-66 (5 May 2008) 2 plates; 17 references                              Accepted: 28 Mar. 2008
Description of a new Andrena species from Turkey, Andrena (Notandrena) selcuki n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Andrenidae)
ERWIN SCHEUCHL (Germany) & CANAN HAZIR (Turkey)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1762: 29-52 (5 May 2008) 12 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 20 Sep. 2007
Revision and phylogenetic analysis of Chilioediscelis (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) with descriptions of three new species
ERIN WILLIS & LAURENCE PACKER (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1751: 1-24 (16 Apr. 2008) 2 plates; 75 references                              Accepted: 5 Mar. 2008
A new species of Eurytoma (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) attacking Quadrastichus spp. (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) galling Erythrina spp. (Fabaceae), with a summary of African Eurytoma biology and species checklist
M. GATES (USA) & G. DELVARE (France)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1749: 27-38 (14 Apr. 2008) 5 plates; 27 references                              Accepted: 24 Feb. 2008
Description of a remarkable new species of ant in the genus Daceton Perty (Formicidae: Dacetini) from South America
FRANK AZORSA (Peru) & JEFFREY SOSA-CALVO (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1749: 39-52 (14 Apr. 2008) 14 plates; 43 references                              Accepted: 25 Mar. 2008
Taxonomy of the African army ant Dorylus gribodoi Emery, 1892 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) - new insights from DNA sequence data and morphology
CASPAR SCHONING (Denmark), WILLIAM H. GOTWALD JR (USA), DANIEL J.C. KRONAUER (Denmark) & LARS VILHELMSEN (Denmark)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1749: 53-61 (14 Apr. 2008) 4 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 12 Mar. 2008
New species of Tapinotaspoides (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini)
GABRIEL A. R. MELO & ANTONIO J. C. AGUIAR (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1746: 46-60 (11 Apr. 2008) 6 plates; 37 references                              Accepted: 20 Mar. 2008
Larval morphology and biology of three European species of Megastigmus (Hymenoptera, Torymidae, Megastigminae) parasitoids of gall wasps, including a comparison with the larvae of two seed-infesting species
JOSE LUIS NIEVES-ALDREY, MARIA HERNANDEZ NIEVES & JOSE F. GOMEZ (Spain)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1745: 63-68 (9 Apr. 2008) 2 plates; 17 references                              Accepted: 14 Mar. 2008
A new genus and species of Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) inducing galls in seed capsules of Eucalyptus
IL-KWON KIM & JOHN LA SALLE (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1745: 19-29 (9 Apr. 2008) 2 plates; 24 references                              Accepted: 3 Mar. 2008
The genus Mimesa in China with descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Crabronidae)
LI MA, QIANG LI & XUE-XIN CHEN (P.R. China)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1732: 61-64 (25 Mar. 2008) 0 plates; 27 references                              Accepted: 24 Feb. 2008
New synonyms in neotropical Myrmicine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
BARRY BOLTON (UK), JEFFREY SOSA-CALVO (USA), FERNANDO FERNANDEZ (Colombia) & JOHN E. LATTKE (Venezuela)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1730: 1-26 (20 Mar. 2008) 6 plates; 29 references                              Accepted: 14 Feb. 2008
Description of Leptoomus janzeni, n. gen. and n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Baltic amber, and discussion of its relationships and classification relative to Eupelmidae, Tanaostigmatidae and Encyrtidae
GARY A.P. GIBSON (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1723: 47-62 (10 Mar. 2008) 5 plates; 38 references                              Accepted: 16 Jan. 2008
Description of Eretmocerus cocois sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), a parasitoid of Aleurotrachelus atratus (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) on the coconut palm
GERARD DELVARE (France), GWENAELLE GENSON (France), NICOLAS BOROWIEC (France), JEAN ETIENNE (France), ANLI-LIOCHOUROUTU ABDOUL KARIME (Mayotte) & LAURENCE BEAUDOIN-OLLIVIER (France)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1716: 44-52 (29 Feb. 2008) 5 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 17 Jan. 2008
A review of Tachardiobius (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), with description of a new species from California, USA, a parasitoid of Tachardiella spp. (Hemiptera: Kerriidae)
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1713: 47-52 (27 Feb. 2008) 2 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 17 Jan. 2008
A new social parasite in the ant genus Ectatomma F. Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ectatomminae)
RODRIGO M. FEITOSA (Brazil), RIVIANE R. HORA (France), JACQUES H. C. DELABIE (Brazil), JORGE VALENZUELA (Mexico) & DOMINIQUE FRESNEAU (France)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1713: 27-38 (27 Feb. 2008) 4 plates; 30 references                              Accepted: 16 Jan. 2008
DNA barcoding of new world cicada killers (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae)
JON M. HASTINGS, PATRICK J. SCHULTHEIS, MAGGIE WHITSON, CHARLES W. HOLLIDAY, JOSEPH R. COELHO & ANGELA M. MENDELL (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1710: 1-170 (22 Feb. 2008) 35 plates; 124 references                            Accepted: 10 Dec. 2007
A review of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Triepeolus (Hymenoptera: Apidae).-Part I
MOLLY G. RIGHTMYER (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1699: 1-64 (7 Feb. 2008) 30 plates; 30 references                              Accepted: 29 Nov. 2008
New species of oak gallwaps from Iran (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini)
M. TAVAKOLI (Iran), G. MELIKA (Hungary), S.E. SADEGHI (Iran), Z. PENZES (Hungary), M.A. ASSAREH (Iran), R. ATKINSON (Mauritius), M. BECHTOLD (Hungary), I. MIKO (Hungary), M. R. ZARGARAN (Iran), D. ALIGOLIZADE (Iran), H. BARIMANI (Iran), P. BIHARI (Hungary), F. PIROZI (Iran), D. FULOP (Hungary), K. SOMOGYI (Hungary), R. CHALLIS (UK), S. PREUSS (UK), J. NICHOLLS (UK) & G.N. STONE (UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1688: 20-37 (23 Jan. 2008) 4 plates; 19 references                              Accepted: 6 Dec. 2007
A revision of the South American bee genus Leptometriella Roig-Alsina (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Emphorini)
A. ROIG-ALSINA (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1681: 37-46 (16 Jan. 2008) 5 plates; 18 references                             Accepted: 17 Nov. 2007
New species of Lordomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Southeast Asia and Fiji
ANDREA LUCKY & ELI M. SARNAT (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1679: 1-38 (14 Jan. 2008) 8 plates; 50 references                              Accepted: 7 Dec. 2007
Revision of the Brazilian Species of Pseudaugochlora Michener 1954 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Augochlorini)
EDUARDO A. B. ALMEIDA (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1677: 25-45 (11 Jan. 2008) 8 plates; 39 references                               Accepted: 18 Nov. 2007
Australian ants of the genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
STEVEN O SHATTUCK (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1676: 45-50 (9 Jan. 2008) 7 plates; 5 references                              Accepted: 17 Nov. 2007
A new species of the genus Plumaroides Brothers (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea, Plumariidae) from Argentina
PATRICIA DIEZ & ARTURO ROIG-ALSINA (Argentina)
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2007 (60 papers up to 28 Nov)

 Article 
Zootaxa 1668: 521-548 (21 Dec. 2007) 14  plates;  149 references                      Accepted: 29 Nov. 2007
Phylogeny and Classification of Hymenoptera
MICHAEL J. SHARKEY (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1668: 549-563 (21 Dec. 2007) 2 plates;  80 references                           Accepted: 14 Nov. 2007
Phylogeny, classification, and species-level taxonomy of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
PHILIP S. WARD (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1664: 1-53 (17 Dec. 2007)  24 plates; 60 references                            Accepted: 17 Oct. 2007
A review of the North American species of the fungus-gardening ant genus Trachymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
CHRISTIAN RABELING, STEFAN P. COVER, ROBERT A. JOHNSON & ULRICH G. MUELLER (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1661: 47-53 (14 Dec. 2007)  3 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 6 Nov. 2007
New species of Myrmicine ants from Western Australia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
STEVEN O. SHATTUCK (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1661: 29-38 (14 Dec. 2007)  5 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 6 Nov. 2007
Revision of Proctotrupidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) described by Ch. T. Brues from Baltic amber
VICTOR A. KOLYADA (Russia) & MIKE B. MOSTOVSKI (South Africa)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1654: 55-60 (5 Dec. 2007)  1 plates; 12 references                            Accepted: 7 Nov. 2007
Redescription and placement of the Oriental Scaphepyris rufus Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae)
G. O. LANES & C. O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1654: 21-40 (5 Dec. 2007)  10 plates; 28 references                            Accepted: 31 Oct. 2007
A revision of male ants of the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Key to subfamilies and treatment of the genera of Ponerinae
MASASHI YOSHIMURA (Japan) & BRIAN L. FISHER (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1655: 1-48 (5 Dec. 2007)  16 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 6 Nov. 2007
Revision of Archaeoteleia Masner (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Scelionidae)
JOHN W. EARLY (New Zealand), LUBOMIR MASNER (Canada) & NORMAN F. JOHNSON (Colombus)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1655: 49-61 (5 Dec. 2007)  1 plates; 42 references                            Accepted: 15 Nov. 2007
A taxonomic review of Cuban Eiphosoma Cresson (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), with biogeographical notes
JOSE L. FERNANDEZ-TRIANA (Canada) & HORACIO GRILLO RAVELO (Cuba)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1647: 1-88 (28 Nov. 2007)  11 plates; 105 references                            Accepted: 20 Sep. 2007
Phylogenetics and classification of the world genera of Diparinae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)
CHRISTOPHER A. DESJARDINS (USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1642: 65-68 (21 Nov. 2007)  1 plates; 5 references                            Accepted: 17 Oct. 2007
A new species of Tyrannomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) from India
MAREK L. BOROWIEC (Poland)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1642: 1-12 (21 Nov. 2007)  4 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 1 Oct. 2007
A review of the genus Mystrium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Indo-Australian region
JOCHEN H. BIHN & MANFRED VERHAAGH (Germany)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1641: 1-64 (19 Nov. 2007)  36 plates; 47 references                            Accepted: 26 Sep. 2007
A review of the Nearctic species of Erythmelus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), with a key and new additions to the New World fauna
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN, VLADIMIR V. BEREZOVSKIY, MARK S. HODDLE & JOSEPH G. MORSE (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1640: 55-68 (19 Nov. 2007)  5 plates; 34 references                            Accepted: 21 Oct. 2007
Eurytoma caninae sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Eurytomidae), a common species previously overlooked with E. rosae
HosseinAli Lotfalizadeh (Iran), GERARD DELVARE (France) & JEAN-YVES RASPLUS (France)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1622: 1-55 (26 Oct. 2007)  2 plates; 327 references                            Accepted: 10 Sep. 2007
A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
ALEXANDER L. WILD (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1619: 1-43 (19 Oct. 2007)  9 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 13 Sep. 2007
Revision of Odontophotopsis Viereck (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), Part 1, with a description of a new Genus Laminatilla
JAMES P. PITTS (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1619: 61-68 (19 Oct. 2007)  3 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 26 Sep. 2007
A new species of Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from Argentina, an egg parasitoid of Tapajosa rubromarginata (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN (USA), GUILLERMO A. LOGARZO (USA), EDUARDO G. VIRLA (Argentina) & JESSE H. DE LEON (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1601: 1-127 (28 Sep. 2007)  0 plates; 423 references                           Accepted: 16 Jul. 2007
An annotated catalogue of the leafcutter and mason bees (genus Megachile) of the Neotropics
ANTHONY RAW (Brazil)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1596: 1-111 (28 Sep. 2007)  47 plates; 205 references                           Accepted: 29 Jun. 2007
The Australian Genera of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea)
NAI-QUAN LIN (P.R. China), JOHN T. HUBER (Canada) & JOHN La SALLE (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1583: 1-13 (12 Sep. 2007)  6 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 12 Jul. 2007
Plectocynipinae, a new subfamily of Figitidae and description of a new Neotropical genus of Thrasorinae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea)
P. ROS FARRE & J. PUJADE-VILLAR (Spain)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1583: 15-22 (12 Sep. 2007)  5 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 24 Jul. 2007
Contribution to the knowledge of the Neotropical genus Plagiolabra von Schulthess (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae)
MARCEL G. HERMES (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1581: 53-68 (12 Sep. 2007)  5 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 10 Jan. 2007
Review of the species of Ittys (Chalcidoidea: Trichogrammatidae) occuring in the United States, with the description of four new species
JEREMIAH N. GEORGE (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1576: 15-24 (5 Sep. 2007) 3 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 21 Jul. 2007
New Caledonia as the centre of origin of Parastephanellus Enderlein, with a phylogeny and description of the female of P. khogis Aguiar (Hymenoptera, Stephanidae)
ALEXANDRE P. AGUIAR (Brazil) & JOHN T. JENNINGS (Australia)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1571: 1-78 (31 Aug. 2007) 35 plates; 62 references                            Accepted: 7 Jun. 2007
Skeletomusculature of Scelionidae (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea): head and mesosoma
ISTVAN MIKO (Hungary), LARS VILHELMSEN (Denmark), NORMAN F. JOHNSON (USA), LUBOMIR MASNER (Canada) & ZSOLT PENZES (Hungary)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1556: 1-30 (22 Aug. 2007) 11 plates; 43 references                            Accepted: 22 Jun. 2007
A taxonomic revision of the hover wasp genus Eustenogaster van der Vecht (Insecta: Hymenoptera; Vespidae, Stenogastrinae)
FUKI SAITO & JUN-ICHI KOJIMA (Japan)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1556: 61-68 (22 Aug. 2007) 1 plates; 36 references                            Accepted: 24 Jul. 2007
Description of a New Species of Pararrhynchium Saussure (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from Taiwan with a Catalogue of the Pararrhynchium Species
KIM, JEONG KYU (Korea) & SEIKI YAMANE (Japan)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1547: 21-31 (13 Aug. 2007) 3 plates; 32 references                            Accepted: 12 Jul. 2007
Three new species of Euglossa Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apidae) from Brazil
ANDRE NEMESIO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1546: 1-14 (9 Aug. 2007) 9 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 8 Jun. 2007
Rediscovery and revision of Foenobethylus Kieffer, 1913 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae)
GERGELY VARKONYI (Finland) & ANDREW POLASZEK (UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1546: 31-38 (9 Aug. 2007) 3 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 27 Jun. 2007
Ammophila nancy Menke, a new species in the pruinosa complex (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae: Ammophilinae)
ARNOLD S. MENKE (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1516: 23-30 (28 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 27 Apr. 2007
Rhysacephala novacaledonica sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Xiphydriidae), the first xiphydriid woodwasp from New Caledonia
JOHN T. JENNINGS (Australia), ANDREW D. AUSTIN (Australia) & NATHAN M. SCHIFF (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1503: 1-11 (11 Jun. 2007) 8 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 3 May 2007
On the immature stages of the crazy ant Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille 1802) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
EDUARDO GONCALVES PATERSON FOX, DANIEL RUSS SOLIS, CARLOS MASSURETTI DE JESUS, ODAIR CORREA BUENO, ANTONIO TENIYOSHI YABUKI & MONICA LANZONI ROSSI (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1502: 45-53 (11 Jun. 2007) 4 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 25 Apr. 2007
Description of three new species of Helconichia Sharkey & Wharton (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Ichneutinae) with a revised key to all species
BARBARA J. SHARANOWSKI & MICHAEL J. SHARKEY (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1500: 1-54 (7 Jun. 2007) 0 plates; 251 references                            Accepted: 6 Apr. 2007
Subgeneric classification of the Palaearctic bees of the genus Evylaeus Robertson (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
YURI A. PESENKO (Russia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1499: 1-45 (7 Jun. 2007) 17 plates; 43 references                            Accepted: 18 Apr. 2007
Systematics, distribution and biology of the Australian 'micro-flea' wasps, Baeus spp. (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae): parasitoids of spider eggs
NICHOLAS B. STEVENS & ANDREW D. AUSTIN (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1496: 1-30 (4 Jun. 2007) 11 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 21 Apr. 2007
Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical ensign wasp genus Decevania (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae)
RICARDO KAWADA & CELSO O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1491: 1-63 (31 May 2007) 9 plates; 54 references                            Accepted: 23 Apr. 2007
A taxonomic review of the genus Azteca (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Costa Rica and a global revision of the aurita group
JOHN T. LONGINO (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1487: 1-128 (31 May 2007) 18 plates; 107 references                            Accepted: 27 Feb. 2007
Tropical and subtropical velvet ants of the genus Dasymutilla Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with descriptions of 45 new species
DONALD G. MANLEY & JAMES P. PITTS (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1483: 41-68 (28 May 2007) 8 plates; 47 references                            Accepted: 10 Apr. 2007
Revision of the Habropoda and Tetralonioidella species of Taiwan with comments on their host-parasitoid relationships (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apidae)
ANDREAS DUBITZKY (Germany)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1478: 65-68 (21 May 2007) 2 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 9 Apr. 2007
Megalyra baltica Poinar and Shaw n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Megalyridae), a long-tailed wasp from Baltic amber
GEORGE POINAR, JR. & SCOTT RICHARD SHAW (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1475: 1-19 (17 May 2007) 6 plates; 23 references                            Accepted: 19 Mar. 2007
New ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Micronesia
RONALD M. CLOUSE (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1471: 1-14 (10 May 2007) 6 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 19 Mar. 2007
Description of two new Temnothorax species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Italy
ANDREAS SCHULZ, JURGEN HEINZE & KATJA PUSCH (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1468: 1-55 (7 May 2007) 30 plates; 21 references                             Accepted: 9 Dec. 2006
Fifteen new species of Chilicola (Hymenoptera: Apoidea; Colletidae)
LAURENCE PACKER & JULIO A. GENARO (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1467: 35-41 (7 May 2007) 13 plates; 12 references                             Accepted: 15 Jan. 2007
A new genus and species of Plumariidae (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea) from western xeric Argentina
PATRICIA DIEZ, PATRICIO FIDALGO & ARTURO ROIG-ALSINA (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1465: 39-46 (3 May 2007) 3 plates; 11 references                             Accepted: 21 Mar. 2007
The wasp genus Olixon Cameron in Madagascar: first record and description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae)
VOLKER LOHRMANN & MICHAEL OHL (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1461: 1-14 (30 Apr. 2007) 6 plates; 28 references                             Accepted: 7 Dec. 2006
A review of the North and Central American Megachile subgenus Argyropile Mitchell (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)
VICTOR H. GONZALEZ & TERRY L. GRISWOLD (USA)
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Zootaxa 1461: 25-37 (30 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 29 references                             Accepted: 26 Feb. 2007
A new genus of Lysitermini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Lysiterminae) from Madagascar and its taxonomic placement based on 28S rDNA sequence data
SERGEY A. BELOKOBYLSKIJ (Poland), ALEJANDRO ZALDIVAR-RIVERON (Mexico), VIRGINIA LEONREGAGNON (Mexico) & DONALD L. J. QUICKE (UK)
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Zootaxa 1461: 39-47 (30 Apr. 2007) 8 plates; 14 references                             Accepted: 10 Mar. 2007
Parvimyrma gen. nov. belonging to the Solenopsis genus group from Vietnam (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Solenopsidini)
KATSUYUKI EGUCHI & TUAN VIET BUI (Japan)
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Zootaxa 1461: 59-68 (30 Apr. 2007) 4 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 19 Mar. 2007
New insights on the distribution and floral choices of Systropha Illiger, 1806 in Africa (Hymenoptera, Apoidea), with description of a new species from Sudan
SEBASTIEN PATINY & DENIS MICHEZ (Belgium)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1455: 1-68 (23 Apr. 2007) 41 plates; 38 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
Review of the Oriental and Australasian species of Acmopolynema, with taxonomic notes on Palaeoneura and Xenopolynema stat. rev. and description of a new genus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN & VLADIMIR V. BEREZOVSKIY (USA)
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Zootaxa 1444: 1-21 (9 Apr. 2007) 10 plates; 25 references                             Accepted: 27 Feb. 2007
Revisionary studies on the attine ant genus Trachymyrmex Forel. Part 3: The Jamaicensis group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
ANTONIO J. MAYHE-NUNES & C. ROBERTO F. BRANDAO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1444: 23-34 (9 Apr. 2007) 3 plates; 14 references                             Accepted: 22 Feb. 2007
Synopsis of lobatifrons species-group (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae, Rhabdepyris) from Neotropical region, with redefinition of the group
P. R. W. STEIN & C. O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1444: 53-60 (9 Apr. 2007) 3 plates; 16 references                             Accepted: 22 Feb. 2007
Additions to the knowledge of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Pakistan
ARKADY S. LELEJ (Russia), MISHKAT ULLAH (Pakistan) & KHALID MAHMOOD (Pakistan)
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Zootaxa 1444: 61-68 (9 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 13 references                             Accepted: 24 Feb. 2007
Phylogenetic analysis of the bee genus Capicola with the description of Capicola hantamensis sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Dasypodaidae)
DENIS MICHEZ (Belgium) & MICHAEL KUHLMANN (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1442: 43-54 (5 Apr. 2007) 4 plates; 24 references                             Accepted: 12 Feb. 2007
A remarkable new species of the digger wasp genus Zanysson Rohwer 1921 from Colombia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Crabronidae)
MICHAEL OHL & STEFANIE KRAUSE (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1439: 47-55 (2 Apr. 2007) 2 plates; 15 references                             Accepted: 26 Jan. 2007
Mannomicrus (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae), a new genus of myrmecophilic diapriid, with a digital version of Masner and Garcia's (2002) key to New World Diapriinae and an illustration of digital description and key markup using an ontology
MATTHEW YODER (USA)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1438: 65-68 (2 Apr. 2007) 1 plate; 9 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
Aprostocetus (Ootetrastichus) infulatus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae): description of the male, new distribution and first host records
ERICA LUFT ALBARRACIN (Argentina) & SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1437: 47-54 (2 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 16 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
A new Hydrophylita (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) from the Neotropics, with a key to species
RANYSE B. QUERINO (Brazil) & JOHN D. PINTO (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1433: 1-76 (26 Mar. 2007) 23 plates; 125 references                             Accepted: 4 Dec. 2006
Revision of the Palaearctic species of Pristaulacus Kieffer, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Aulacidae)
GIUSEPPE FABRIZIO TURRISI (Italy)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1431: 55-63 (26 Mar. 2007) 2 plates; 17 references                             Accepted: 31 Jan. 2007
Lamnatibia, a new genus of the Polysphincta group of genera from Colombia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae; Pimplinae)
EDGARD PALACIO (Colombia), ILARI E. SAAKSJARVI (Finland) & VARPU VAHTERA (Finland)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1428: 1-83 (19 Mar. 2007) 436 references                                              Accepted: 16 Jan. 2007
Annotated catalogue of the Pompilidae (Hymenoptera) of Australia
MICHAEL G. ELLIOTT (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1427: 57-64 (19 Mar. 2007) 3 plates; 26 references                             Accepted: 22 Feb. 2007
Phylogenetic analysis of the Neotropical social wasps of the genus Angiopolybia Araujo, 1946 (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Epiponini)
SERGIO R. ANDENA (Brazil), FERNANDO B. NOLL (Brazil) & JAMES M. CARPENTER (USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1427: 65-68 (19 Mar. 2007) 1 plate; 25 references                              Accepted: 19 Feb. 2007
The ant genus Pseudaphomomyrmex Wheeler, 1920 a junior synonym of Tapinoma Foerster, 1850
BRIAN. L. FISHER (USA) & BARRY BOLTON  (UK)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxaotaxa 1423: 59-62 (12 Mar. 2007) 1 plate; 29 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
Taxonomic status of the bees from French Guiana described by Jules Dominique (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Megachilidae, Halictidae)
LAUS RASMUSSEN (USA), GILLES MAHE (France) & ISMAEL ALEJANDRO HINOJOSA-DIAZ (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1415: 1-16 (5 Mar. 2007) 6 plates; 24 references                               Accepted: 14 Feb. 2007
Taxonomic notes on genera allied to Pleurotroppopsis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae, Entedoninae) with description of a new genus from the Afrotropical region
ALEX GUMOVSKY (Ukraine)
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Zootaxa 1415: 17-21 (5 Mar. 2007) 1 plate; 16 references                               Accepted: 24 Jan. 2007
A new genus and species of apterous Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Costa Rica
KATJA SELTMANN & MICHAEL SHARKEY (USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1407: 67-68 (15 Feb. 2007)  6 references                                                Accepted: 30 Nov. 2006
Commentaries on the paper by Fox and collaborators on the morphology of juvenile stages of Ampulex compressa (Fabricius, 1781) (Hymenoptera: Ampulicidae)
S.C. BUYS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1405: 1-38 (8 Feb. 2007)  12 plates; 80 references                                 Accepted: 6 Dec. 2006
Taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic Tetramorium chefketi species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
S. CSOSZ (Hungary), A. RADCHENKO (Poland) & A. SCHULZ (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1392: 1-30 (15 Jan. 2007)  13 plates; 35 references                           Accepted: 29 Nov. 2006
A world revision of the Pycnostigminae (Cynipoidea: Figitidae) with descriptions of seven new species
BUFFINGTON, M.L. (USA) & VAN NOORT, S. (South Africa)
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2006 (70 papers)

 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1379: 1-102 (14 Dec. 2006)  37 plates; 58 references                       Accepted: 21 Sept. 2006
Revision of the genus Prosaspicera Kieffer, 1907 (Hym.: Figitidae: Aspicerinae)
P. ROS-FARRE & J. PUJADE-VILLAR (Spain)
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Zootaxa 1376: 1-35 (11 Dec. 2006) 16 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 27 Oct. 2006
The Oriental species of the ant genus Probolomyrmex (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Proceratiinae)
K. Eguchi, M. Yoshimura & S. Yamane (Japan)
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Zootaxa 1365: 19-35 (27 Nov. 2006) 6 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 25 Oct. 2006
Aulacid wasps (Hymenoptera: Aulacidae) of New Guinea, with descriptions of five new species
J.T. JENNINGS & A.D. AUSTIN (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1362: 55-68 (23 Nov. 2006) 3 plates; 28 references                            Accepted: 9 Oct. 2006