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Editor, Dr M.L. Buffington  (matt.buffington@ars.usda.gov) Parasitic Hymenoptera
Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, c/o Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution Ave., NW, Washington DC 20013, USA
Editor, Dr Gary A. P. Gibson (gibsong@agr.gc.ca) Chalcidoidea
Biodiversity and Integrated Pest Management, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, K. W. Neatby Bldg., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0C6
Editor, Dr J. T. Longino (jacklongino@gmail.com) Formicidae
 Department of Biology, 257 S 1400 E, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
Editor, Dr Arkadiy S. Lelej (lelej@biosoil.ru) Chrysidoidea & Vespoidea minus ants
 Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok-22, 690022, Russia
Editor, Dr A. Taeger (ataeger@senckenberg.de) Symphyta
Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut Müncheberg, Eberswalder Str. 90, D-15374 Müncheberg, Germany
Editor, Dr John T Jennings(john.jennings@adelaide.edu.au) Ichneumonoidea
School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, G15d Darling Building, The University of Adelaide, AUSTRALIA 5005
 Editor, Dr Claus Rasmussen () Apoidea
Department of Biological Sciences, Aarhus University, Ny Munkegade 114, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Editor, Dr István Mikó (istvan.miko@gmail.com)Ceraphronoidea, Diapriioidea, Platygastroidea and Proctotrupoidea
Department of Entomology, NC State University, Campus Box 7613, Raleigh NC 27695-7613, USA   

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2013

Article
Zootaxa 3652 (4): 492–496 (20 May 2013)
The identity of the enigmatic genus Stenocolletes Schrottky (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae)
MARIANO LUCIA, LEOPOLDO J. ALVAREZ, VICTOR H. GONZALEZ & ALBERTO H. ABRAHAMOVICH
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Article
Zootaxa 3652 (2): 201–231 (16 May 2013)
A cladistic analysis and classification of the subfamily Bembicinae (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), with a key to the genera 
PAVEL G. NEMKOV & ARKADY S. LELEJ
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Article
Zootaxa 3647 (4): 577–584 (13 May 2013)
Systematics of the bee subgenus Systropha (Austrosystropha) (Hymenoptera: Halictidae): Description of a new species and proposal of a new sex association 
 SEBASTIEN PATINY, DAVID BALDOCK & DENIS MICHEZ
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Article
Zootaxa 3647 (3): 401–428 (10 May 2013)
Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) of the Indian subcontinent: Diversity, taxonomy and current status of knowledge 
 CLAUS RASMUSSEN
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Article
Zootaxa 3647 (2): 201–250 (09 May 2013)
 Molecular phylogenetics of ponerine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae)
CHRIS SCHMIDT
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Article
Zootaxa 3646 (5): 529–544 (07 May 2013)
New species of the cleptoparasitic bee genus Stelis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae, Anthidiini) from the Nearctic Region
FRANK D. PARKER & TERRY GRISWOLD
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Article
Zootaxa 3646 (4): 487–500 (06 May 2013)
Revision of Apocharips Fergusson (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Charipinae) with description of three new species from Colombia 
 MAR FERRER-SUAY, JORDI PARETAS-MARTÍNEZ & JULI PUJADE-VILLAR
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Article
Zootaxa 3646 (3): 228–234 (03 May 2013)
A new species of Szelenyiopria Fabritius (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae), larval parasitoid of Acromyrmex subterraneus subterraneus (Forel) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Brazil
MARTA LOIÁCONO, CECILIA MARGARÍA, DENISE D.O. MOREIRA & DANIEL AQUINO
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Article
Zootaxa 3646 (3): 201–227 (03 May 2013)
A New Species of Seed-harvester Ant, Pogonomyrmex hoelldobleri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), from the Mohave and Sonoran Deserts of North America
ROBERT A. JOHNSON, RICK P. OVERSON & CORRIE S. MOREAU
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3644 (1): 1–178 (30 Apr. 2013)
 Review of Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in the Palaearctic region, with notes on extralimital distributions
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3643 (1): 1–133 (30 Apr. 2013)
 Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in cynipid oak galls in the West Palaearctic
RICHARD R. ASKEW, GEORGE MELIKA, JULI PUJADE-VILLAR, KARSTEN SCHÖNROGGE, GRAHAM N. STONE & JOSÉ LUIS NIEVES-ALDREY
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Article
Zootaxa 3641 (5): 501–523 (29 Apr. 2013)
A new species and new distribution records for Braconidae from Mountain Lake Biological Station in southwestern Virginia and a redescription of Pentapleura foveolata Viereck
ROBERT R. KULA
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Article
Zootaxa 3641 (3): 223–232 (24 Apr. 2013)
Four new species of Aphelinidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Mexico
SVETLANA NIKOLAEVNA MYARTSEVA, ENRIQUE RUÍZ-CANCINO & JUANA MARÍA CORONADO-BLANCO
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Article
Zootaxa 3640 (3): 465–472 (18 Apr. 2013)
Two new species of the genus Ficobracon van Achterberg and Weiblen (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from China, expanding its host range 
 PAN WEI, ZI LI, CEES VAN ACHTERBERG, GUI FENG, HUI XIAO & DA-WEI HUANG
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Article
Zootaxa 3637 (3): 394–400 (11 Apr. 2013)
The description of Alloxysta chinensis, a new Charipinae species from China (Hymenoptera, Figitidae)
DÁVID FÜLÖP, ISTVÁN MIKÓ, KATJA SELTMANN, ZSOLT PÉNZES & GEORGE MELIKA
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Article
Zootaxa 3637 (3): 385–393 (11 Apr. 2013)
Description of the mature larva of Ampulicomorpha schajovskoyi De Santis & Vidal Sarmiento (Hymenoptera: Embolemidae)
ADALGISA GUGLIELMINO & CHRISTOPH BÜCKLE
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Article
Zootaxa 3637 (1): 084–088 (9 Apr. 2013)
The discovery of the genus Guaygata Marsh (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Doryctinae) from China, with description of a new species
PU TANG, SERGEY BELOKOBYLSKIJ & XUE-XIN CHEN
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Article
Zootaxa 3637 (1): 079–083 (9 Apr. 2013)
The discovery of genus Fredegunda Fitton, Shaw & Gauld in China, with description of a new species (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae)
JING-XIAN LIU, JUN-HUA HE & XUE-XIN CHEN
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Article 
Zootaxa 3636 (1): 1–34 (3 Apr. 2013)
A revision of the Palaearctic species of Reikosiella (Hirticauda) (Hymenoptera, Eupelmidae)
LUCIAN FUSU
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Article 
Zootaxa 3635 (4): 301–339 (28 Mar. 2013)
A taxonomic revision of the Meranoplus F. Smith of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) with keys to species and diagnosis of the males
BRENDON E. BOUDINOT & BRIAN L. FISHER
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3634 (1): 1–284 (22 Mar. 2013)
 Phylogeny and revision of Messatoporus Cushman (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with descriptions of sixty five new species
BERNARDO F. SANTOS & ALEXANDRE P. AGUIAR
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3633 (1): 1–138 (22 Mar. 2013)
Phylogeny and Revision of Toechorychus Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with descriptions of thirty-five new species
ANAZÉLIA M. TEDESCO & ALEXANDRE P. AGUIAR
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Article 
Zootaxa 3630 (3): 534–548 (21 Mar. 2013)
A new genus of oak gallwasp, Cyclocynips Melika, Tang & Sinclair (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini), with descriptions of two new species from Taiwan
GEORGE MELIKA, CHANG-TI TANG, FRAZER SINCLAIR, MAN-MIAO YANG, KONRAD LOHSE, JACK HEARN, JAMES A. NICHOLLS & GRAHAM N. STONE
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Article 
Zootaxa 3630 (2): 347–358 (20 Mar. 2013)
A new genus of Eucharitidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea), with notes on life history and immature stages
JAVIER TORRÉNS & JOHN M. HERATY
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Erratum
Zootaxa 3630 (1): 2 00 (19 Mar. 2013)
Erratum: ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO, JOSÉ E. SANTOS JÚNIOR& FABRÍCIO R. SANTOS (2012) Eufriesea zhangi sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina), a new orchid bee from Brazil revealed by molecular and morphological characters. Zootaxa, 3609(6), 568–582.
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Article 
Zootaxa 3630 (1): 184–190 (19 Mar. 2013)
A new species of Platygaster Latreille (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) parasitizing Chilophaga virgati Gagné (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae)
PAUL J. JOHNSON, PETER NEERUP BUHL & VERONICA CALLES TORREZ
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3629 (1): 1–106 (18 Mar. 2013)
 The Eurasian species of Xyela (Hymenoptera, Xyelidae): taxonomy, host plants and distribution
STEPHAN M. BLANK, AKIHIKO SHINOHARA & EWALD ALTENHOFER
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Article 
Zootaxa 3626 (4): 583–588 (15 Mar. 2013)
Charmon ramagei sp. nov., a new Charmontinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Reunion, with a synopsis of world species
PASCAL ROUSSE
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Article 
Zootaxa 3626 (4): 543–557 (15 Mar. 2013)
Xenoschesis Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) parasitizing webspinning and leafrolling sawflies with descriptions of four new species and a key to Chinese species
MAO-LING SHENG, SHU-PING SUN & TAO WANG
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Article 
Zootaxa 3626 (4): 517–530 (15 Mar. 2013)
A review of the genus Anteon Jurine, 1807 (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae) from South Korea, with description of a new species
CHANG-JUN KIM & JONG-WOOK LEE
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Article 
Zootaxa 3626 (3): 356–362 (14 Mar. 2013)
Description of a new genus and species of Eucoilinae (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) from Colombia
JULI PUJADE-VILLAR, NORMA B. DÍAZ & FABIANA GALLARDO
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Article 
Zootaxa 3626 (2): 201–244 (13 Mar. 2013)
The type specimens of Tenthredo Linnaeus, 1758 (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) deposited in the Hungarian Natural History Museum
ANDREAS TAEGER
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Article 
Zootaxa 3626 (1): 173–187 (12 Mar. 2013)
A review of the Colletes succinctus-group (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from China with redescription of the male of C. gigas
ZE-QING NIU, MICHAEL KUHLMANN & CHAO-DONG ZHU
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Article 
Zootaxa 3620 (3): 429–452 (7 Mar. 2013)
Revision of the Indian Microplitis Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), with description of one new species
ANKITA GUPTA
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Article 
Zootaxa 3619 (5): 581–588 (4 Mar. 2013)
Sirovena Bouček (Pteromalidae: Pireninae), a new member of the fig wasp community associated with Ficus microcarpa (Moraceae)
ZI LI, HUI XIAO & DA-WEI HUANG
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Article 
Zootaxa 3619 (2): 195–200 (27 Feb. 2013)
A new species of Megarhyssa Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Rhyssinae) from tropical Mexico with a key to Mexican species
A.I. KHALAIM & E. RUÍZ-CANCINO
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Article 
Zootaxa 3619 (2): 154–160 (27 Feb. 2013)
Cerchysiella mesosae Yang sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae), a parasitoid of Mesosa myops (Dalman) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) larvae in China
ZHONG-QI YANG, XIAO-YI WANG, LIANG-MING CAO, YAN-LONG TANG & HUA TANG
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Article 
Zootaxa 3619 (2): 145–153 (27 Feb. 2013)
The Norwegian species of Copidosoma Ratzeburg (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Encyrtidae)
GEORGE JAPOSHVILI, LARS OVE HANSEN & EMILIO GUERRIERI
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Article 
Zootaxa 3616 (6): 501–547 (25 Feb. 2013)
Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local species, including 18 new taxa and a key to species
PASCAL ROUSSE & ANKITA GUPTA
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Article 
Zootaxa 3616 (4): 301–324 (21 Feb. 2013)
New species of Central American Rhopalothrix Mayr, 1870 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
JOHN T. LONGINO & BRENDON E. BOUDINOT
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3614 (1): 1–460 (15 Feb. 2013)
 Dryinidae of the Oriental region (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea)
ZAIFU XU, MASSIMO OLMI & JUNHUA HE
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Article 
Zootaxa 3613 (2): 190–194 (8 Feb. 2013)
The discovery of the rare genus Epimicta Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in China, with a description of a new species
MIN-LIN ZHENG, JIA-HUA CHEN & C. VAN ACHTERBERG
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3612 (1): 1–85 (5 Feb. 2013)
 Revision of the species of Jaliscoa Bouček within a review of the identity, relationships and membership of Jaliscoa, Catolaccus Thomson, Eurydinoteloides Girault, Lyrcus Walker and Trimeromicrus Gahan (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)
GARY A. P. GIBSON
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Article 
Zootaxa 3609 (6): 568–582 (4 Feb. 2013)
Eufriesea zhangi sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina), a new orchid bee from Brazil revealed by molecular and morphological characters
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO, JOSÉ E. SANTOS JÚNIOR & FABRÍCIO R. SANTOS
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Article 
Zootaxa 3609 (5): 471–483 (1 Feb. 2013)
Three new species of Neofidelia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae) from Northern Chile
SHEILA DUMESH & LAURENCE PACKER
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Erratum
Zootaxa 3609 (3): 360 (30 Jan. 2013)
Erratum: JEAN CLAUDE RAKOTONIRINA & BRIAN L. FISHER (2013) Revision of the Pachycondyla wasmannii- group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Malagasy region. Zootaxa, 3609 (2), 101–141.
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Article 
Zootaxa 3609 (3): 311–318 (30 Jan. 2013)
Contribution to the knowledge of the Anthidulum Michener and Ctenanthidium Urban (Hymenoptera, Apidae) with new species from Argentina and Peru
DANIELE R. PARIZOTTO & DANÚNCIA URBAN
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Article 
Zootaxa 3609 (2): 239–242 (29 Jan. 2013)
First record of intersexual phenotype in Calliopsini bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Andreninae): an unusual specimen of Acamptopoeum submetallicum (Spinola)
KELLI S. RAMOS & LUISA RUZ
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Article 
Zootaxa 3609 (2): 101–141 (29 Jan. 2013)
Revision of the Pachycondyla wasmannii-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Malagasy region
JEAN CLAUDE RAKOTONIRINA & BRIAN L. FISHER
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Article 
Zootaxa 3609 (1): 94–95 (25 Jan. 2013)
Cretevania bechlyi sp. nov., from Cretaceous Burmese amber (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae)
JOHN T. JENNINGS, LARS KROGMANN & STEVEN L. MEW
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Article 
Zootaxa 3608 (5): 328–344 (22 Jan. 2013)
Discrimination of the bumble bee species Bombus occidentalis Greene and B. terricola Kirby by morphometric, colour and RAPD variation
ROBIN E. OWEN & TROY L. WHIDDEN
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Article 
Zootaxa 3608 (3): 204–214 (18 Jan. 2013)
Revision of North American Aleiodes (Part 9): the pallidator (Thunberg) species-group with description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Rogadinae)
SCOTT R. SHAW, PAUL M. MARSH, & MIRANDA A. TALLUTO
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Article 
Zootaxa 3608 (1): 1–25 (16 Jan. 2013)
Review of potter wasps with a petiolate metasoma excluding so-called "Zethinae" (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae) in the Lesser Sunda Islands of the Indonesian Archipelago
HARI NUGROHO, JUN-ICHI KOJIMA & ROSICHON UBAIDILLAH
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3606 (1): 1–110 (15 Jan. 2013)
 Revision of the genus Aspicera Dahlbom, 1842 (Hym.: Figitidae: Aspicerinae)
P. ROS-FARRÉ & J. PUJADE-VILLAR
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3601 (1): 1–134 (11 Jan. 2013)
 A taxonomic revision of the southern African leaf-cutter bees, Megachile Latreille sensu stricto and Heriadopsis Cockerell (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae)
CONNAL EARDLEY
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Article
Zootaxa 3599 (4): 325–342 (8 Jan. 2013)
A review of Western Palaearctic Amblyscelio and Baryconus (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)
OVIDIU ALIN POPOVICI, LUBOMIR MASNER, DAVID G. NOTTON & MARIANA POPOVICI
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3599 (3): 298–300 (7 Jan. 2013)
First record of Trichosteresis Förster (Hymenoptera: Megaspilidae) from South America
ANTONIO CARLOS CRUZ MACEDO & RICARDO KAWADA
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2012

Monograph
Zootaxa 3592: 1–85 (19 Dec. 2012) 48 plates; 33 references             Accepted: 19 Nov. 2012   
 The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region—taxonomic revision of the T. kelleri and T. tortuosum species groups
FRANCISCO HITA GARCIA & BRIAN L. FISHER
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3591: 75–78 (19 Dec. 2012)  2 plates; 4 references              Accepted: 6 Nov. 2012
Taxonomic notes on American Heriades Spinola, 1808 and Leioproctus Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae, Colletidae) 
VICTOR H. GONZALEZ (USA), PAULA A. SEPÚLVEDA (Colombia) & TERRY L. GRISWOLD (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3590: 63–72 (18 Dec. 2012)  4 plates; 31 references          Accepted: 5 Nov. 2012
Euglossa (Glossura) bazinga sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Apinae, Apini, Euglossina), a new orchid bee from western Brazil, and designation of a lectotype for Euglossa (Glossura) ignita Smith, 1874 
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO & RAFAEL R. FERRARI (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3587: 1–45 (17 Dec. 2012)  4 plates; 62 references          Accepted: 31 Oct. 2012
Faunal study of velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) and their activity pat-terns and habitat preference at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nye County, Nevada, USA 
NICOLE F. BOEHME, DAVID A. TANNER, KEVIN A. WILLIAMS & JAMES P. PITTS (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3587: 1–45 (17 Dec. 2012)  4 plates; 62 references          Accepted: 31 Oct. 2012
Faunal study of velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) and their activity pat-terns and habitat preference at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nye County, Nevada, USA 
NICOLE F. BOEHME, DAVID A. TANNER, KEVIN A. WILLIAMS & JAMES P. PITTS (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3566: 14–22 (29 Nov. 2012)  4 plates; 17 references             Accepted: 30 Oct. 2012
 On some Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) associated with gall-inducing psylloids, Phacopteron and Trioza species (Hemiptera: Phacopteronidae, Triozidae) in southern India 
MOHAMMAD HAYAT, U.K.A. SALEEM & M. NASSER (India)
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Article
Zootaxa 3564: 17–32 (27 Nov. 2012)  8 plates; 22 references           Accepted: 25 Oct. 2012
 New bee species of the genus Monoeca (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini) from Brazil 
ANTONIO J. C. AGUIAR (Brazil)
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3558: 1–77 (21 Nov. 2012) 3 plates; 118 references             Accepted: 9 Oct. 2012   
 A checklist of the ants of China 
BENOIT GUÉNARD & ROBERT R. DUNN
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Article
Zootaxa 3557: 49–55 (21 Nov. 2012)  1 plate; 7 references              Accepted: 16 Oct. 2012
 The genus Caenocrepis Thomson (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) in the Afrotropical region, with a key to world species 
MIRCEA-DAN MITROIU (Romania)
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Article
Zootaxa 3554: 1–29 (19 Nov. 2012)  6 plates; 53 references             Accepted: 24 Oct. 2012
 Systematic review of the Dasymutilla monticola species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae): using phylogenetics to address species-group placement and sex associations 
KEVIN A. WILLIAMS, DONALD G. MANLEY, MARK DEYRUP, CAROL VON DOHLEN & JAMES P. PITTS (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3552: 1–36 (16 Nov. 2012)  4 plates; 13 references             Accepted: 11 Oct. 2012
Ants of North Carolina: an updated list (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 
BENOIT GUÉNARD, KATHERINE A. MCCAFFREY, ANDREA LUCKY & ROB R. DUNN (USA)
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Erratum
Zootaxa 3548: 88 (14 Nov. 2012)
Erratum: KALLAL, ROBERT J. & LAPOLLA, JOHN S. (2012) Monograph of Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the World, Part II: Nylanderia in the Nearctic. Zootaxa, 3508, 1–64.
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3548: 65–68 (14 Nov. 2012)  3 plates; 7 references             Accepted: 16 Oct. 2012
To the knowledge of Hedychridium Abeille de Perrin, 1879 (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) of Mediterranean Region, with description of new species and new synonymy 
FRANCO STRUMIA (Italy)
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Article
Zootaxa 3548: 55–64 (14 Nov. 2012)  3 plates; 27 references           Accepted: 19 Oct. 2012
Lynchiatilla Casal, 1963 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae): a new species from Brazil associated with Paroxystoglossa spiloptera Moure (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Halictinae), and notes on other species 
ANTONIO C.B. BERGAMASCHI (Brazil), ROBERTO A. CAMBRA (Panama), DENIS J. BROTHERS (South Africa) & GABRIEL A.R. MELO (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3548: 1–38 (14 Nov. 2012)  1 plate; 212 references              Accepted: 8 Oct. 2012
First annotated checklist of the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 
KADRİ KIRAN & CELAL KARAMAN (Turkey)
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Article
Zootaxa 3547: 1–23 (13 Nov. 2012)  16 plates; 34 references             Accepted: 20 Aug. 2012
Ten new species of Meteorus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Ecuador reared at the Yanayacu Biological Center for Creative Studies 
GUINEVERE Z. JONES & SCOTT R. SHAW (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3545: 1–40 (9 Nov. 2012)  21 plates; 17 references             Accepted: 27 Oct. 2012
Revision of the Amphibolips species of Mexico excluding the "niger complex" Kinsey (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae), with description of seven new species 
J. L NIEVES-ALDREY (Spain), E. PASCUAL (Mexico), Y. MALDONADO-LOPEZ (Mexico), E. MEDIANERO (Panamá) & K. OYAMA (Mexico)
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3539: 1–80 (5 Nov. 2012) 19 plates; 34 references                      Accepted: 28 Sept. 2012   
 Revision of Eupsenella Westwood, 1874 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae)
MAGNO S. RAMOS & CELSO O. AZEVEDO
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Article
Zootaxa 3530: 35–42 (30 Oct. 2012)  3 plates; 14 references             Accepted: 8 Oct. 2012
New species of the genus Psix Kozlov & Lę (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae) 
LONGJAM RONI KUMAR SINGH (India), NORMAN F. JOHNSON (USA) & V.V. RAMAMURTHY (India)
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Article
Zootaxa 3526: 59–71 (25 Oct. 2012)  2 plates; 59 references            Accepted: 2 Oct. 2012
The digger wasps of the genus Prionyx Vander Linden (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) of Russia and Central Asia, with a key to species, new synonymies, and lectotype designations 
YURIY N. DANILOV (Russia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3525: 1–17 (24 Oct. 2012)  6 plates; 41 references                Accepted: 27 Sept. 2012
Taxonomy of Dolerus subfasciatus auct. and D. subfasciatus F. Smith with notes on the sawfly subgenus Equidolerus (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) 
MIKK HEIDEMAA (Estonia), DAVID R. SMITH (USA) & AKIHIKO SHINOHARA (Japan)
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Article
Zootaxa 3521: 39–50 (18 Oct. 2012)  6 plates; 20 references              Accepted: 24 Sept. 2012
Records and descriptions of some Aphelinidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from India 
MOHAMMAD HAYAT (India)
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Article
Zootaxa 3519: 85–88 (17 Oct. 2012)  1 plate; 7 references                 Accepted: 17 Sept. 2012
The genus Taphaeus Wesmael, 1835 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Helconinae) from China with description of a new species 
CHENG-JIN YAN (China), VAN ACHTERBERG (The Netherlands) & XUE-XIN CHEN (China)
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Article
Zootaxa 3519: 77–84 (17 Oct. 2012)  4 plates; 16 references             Accepted: 17 Sept. 2012
First record of the genus Dolichomitus Smith (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Vietnam, with description of one new species 
NHI THI PHAM (Vietnam), GAVIN R. BROAD (UK) & KEES ZWAKHALS (The Netherlands)
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Article
Zootaxa 3519: 69–76 (17 Oct. 2012)  5 plates; 16 references             Accepted: 17 Sept. 2012
The genus Biroia Szépligeti, 1900 (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Agathidinae) in China, with description of two new species 
PU TANG, ZHEN LIU & XUE-XIN CHEN (China)
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Article
Zootaxa 3517: 71–78 (15 Oct. 2012)  5 plates; 20 references               Accepted: 21 Sept. 2012
Two new species of the South African endemic bee genus Rediviva Friese (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Melittidae) 
MICHAEL KUHLMANN (UK)
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Article
Zootaxa 3514: 70–78 (11 Oct. 2012)  3 plates; 33 references                Accepted: 13 Aug. 2012
A new species of the diverse Cretaceous genus Cretevania Rasnitsyn, 1975 (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) from Spanish amber 
RICARDO PÉREZ-DE LA FUENTE (Spain), ENRIQUE PEŃALVER (Spain) & JAIME ORTEGA-BLANCO (USA)
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3508: 1–64 (5 Oct. 2012) 40 plates; 51 references                   Accepted: 3 Sept. 2012
Monograph of Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the World, Part II: Nylanderia in the Nearctic 
ROBERT J. KALLAL & JOHN S. LAPOLLA
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Article
Zootaxa 3504: 56–66 (2 Oct. 2012)  4 plates; 39 references                Accepted: 18 Sept. 2012
 A new genus of Scolebythidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) from the Early Cretaceous of China 
YAPING CAI, YUNYUN ZHAO, CHUNGKUN SHIH & DONG REN (China)
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Article
Zootaxa 3503: 61–81 (2 Oct. 2012)  14 plates; 42 references              Accepted: 27 Aug. 2012
Additions to the taxonomy of the armadillo ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Tatuidris) 
DAVID A. DONOSO (Ecuador)
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Article
Zootaxa 3503: 47–54 (2 Oct. 2012)  3 plates; 37 references                Accepted: 28 Aug. 2012
The first wasps from the Upper Jurassic of Australia (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea, Praeaulacidae) STEFANIE K. 
OBERPRIELER (Australia), ALEXANDR P. RASNITSYN (UK) & DENIS J. BROTHERS (South Africa)
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Article
Zootaxa 3503: 1–24 (2 Oct. 2012)  16 plates; 44 references                Accepted: 14 Sept. 2012
 Nesodiprion orientalis sp. nov., N. japonicus, and N. biremis, with a key to species of Nesodiprion (Hymenoptera, Diprionidae) 
HIDEHO HARA (Japan) & DAVID R. SMITH (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3502: 72–88 (1 Oct. 2012)  3 plates; 48 references                 Accepted: 14 Sept. 2012
 Review of seasonal polyphenism in the Symphyta (Hymenoptera), exemplified by Pristiphora leucopus (Hellén, 1948) (Tenthredinidae) 
K. JOHN GREARSON (England) & ANDREW D. LISTON (Germany)
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Article
Zootaxa 3502: 1–48 (1 Oct. 2012)  18 plates; 75 references                 Accepted: 13 Aug. 2012
 Unravelling cryptic species diversity in eastern Nearctic paper wasps, Polistes (Fuscopolistes), using male genitalia, morphometrics and DNA barcoding, with descriptions of two new species (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) 
MATTHIAS BUCK, TYLER P. COBB, JULIE K. STAHLHUT & ROBERT H. HANNER (Canada)
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Article
Zootaxa 3488: 1–40 (18 Sept. 2012)  22 plates; 64 references                     Accepted: 28 Aug. 2012
The bees of the genus Colletes Latreille 1802 of the Ukraine, with a key to species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae) 
MAXIM YU. PROSHCHALYKIN (Russia) & MICHAEL KUHLMANN (UK)
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Article
Zootaxa 3487: 65–76 (18 Sept. 2012)  6 plates; 24 references                 Accepted: 16 Aug. 2012
 About Macrophya parvula and larvae of several Central European Macrophya (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) 
JAN MACEK (Czech Republic)
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Article
Zootaxa 3487: 24–40 (18 Sept. 2012)  8 plates; 58 references                  Accepted: 10 Aug. 2012  
Taxonomic studies on some little known genera of Palearctic Eulophidae and Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) 
R.A. BURKS (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3482: 47–67 (13 Sept. 2012)  7 plates; 69 references                     Accepted: 13 Jul. 2012
A subgeneric revision of Crematogaster and discussion of regional species-groups (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 
BONNIE B. BLAIMER (Canada)
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Article
Zootaxa 3478: 113–122 (11 Sept. 2012) 4 plates; 12 references        Accepted: 11 Jul. 2012
Mirnapis ohloweni Packer and Dumesh, new species with notes on M. inca Urban (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Eucerini)
LAURENCE PACKER & SHEILA DUMESH
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Article
Zootaxa 3478: 123–132 (11 Sept. 2012) 5 plates; 65 references        Accepted: 23 Aug. 2012
The species of Eulaema (Eulaema) Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) from eastern Brazil, with description of Eulaema quadragintanovem sp. n. from the state of Ceará
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO & RAFAEL R. FERRARI
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Article
Zootaxa 3478: 133–142 (11 Sept. 2012) 4 plates; 10 references        Accepted: 28 Aug. 2012
Priopoda Holmgren, 1856 (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Nepal with a key to the Oriental and Eastern Palaearctic species
ALEXEY V. RESHCHIKOV
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Article
Zootaxa 3478: 143–163 (11 Sept. 2012) 12 plates; 19 references      Accepted: 29 Aug. 2012
New species of cynipid inquilines of the genus Ufo Melika & Pujade-Villar, 2005 (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Synergini)
GEORGE MELIKA, CHANG-TI TANG, MAN-MIAO YANG, PÉTER BIHARI, MIKLÓS BOZSÓ & ZSOLT PÉNZES
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3469: 1–76 (7 Sept. 2012) 21 plates; 23 references                      Accepted: 3 May 2012   
A review of Debilos Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae) with description of twenty-seven new species
MARCUS V. SCHERRER & ALEXANDRE P. AGUIAR
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3460: 1–165 (7 Sept. 2012) 85 plates; 94 references                      Accepted: 13 Jul. 2012   
A taxonomic revision of the southern African species of dauber bees in the genus Megachile Latreille (Apoidea: Megachilidae)
CONNAL EARDLEY
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3457: 1–232 (7 Sept. 2012) 193 plates; 57 references                      Accepted: 6 Jul. 2012   
A turbo-taxonomic study of Thai Aleiodes (Aleiodes) and Aleiodes (Arcaleiodes) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae) based largely on COI barcoded specimens, with rapid descriptions of 179 new species
BUNTIKA AREEKUL BUTCHER, M. ALEX SMITH, MIKE J. SHARKEY & DONALD L. J. QUICKE
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Article
Zootaxa 3456: 82–88 (6 Sept. 2012)  3 plates; 21 references                        Accepted: 8 Aug. 2012
Platyxyela gen. nov. (Hymenoptera, Xyelidae, Macroxyelinae) from the Middle Jurassic of China
MEI WANG, CHUNGKUN SHIH & DONG REN (China)
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Article
Zootaxa 3456: 51–81 (6 Sept. 2012)  14 plates; 21 references                      Accepted: 27 Jul. 2012
Taxonomic study of the genus Stilbops Förster from Japan (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Stilbopinae)
KYOHEI WATANABE & KAORU MAETO (Japan)
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Article
Zootaxa 3456: 36–50 (6 Sept. 2012)  2 plates; 36 references                        Accepted: 6 Jul. 2012
Aphidiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) from Slovenia, with descrip-tion of a new Aphidius species
KATARINA KOS (Slovenia), STANISLAV TRDAN (Slovenia), ANDJELJKO PETROVIĆ (Serbia), PETR STARÝ (Czech Repubic), NICKOLAS G. KAVALLIERATOS (Greece), 
OLIVERA PETROVIĆ-OBRADOVIĆ (Serbia), & ŽELJKO TOMANOVIĆ (Serbia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3456: 1–35 (6 Sept. 2012)  22 plates; 32 references                        Accepted: 16 Jul. 2012
A review of the ant genus Adelomyrmex Emery 1897 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Central America
JOHN T. LONGINO (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3449: 26–46 (3 Sept. 2012)  12 plates; 37 references                  Accepted: 6 Jul. 2012
Braconid wasps (Hymenoptera) of Reunion. 1. Euphorinae (including Meteorini): key to species and description of six new species
PASCAL ROUSSE (France) & YVES BRAET (Belgium)
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Article
Zootaxa 3449: 1–25 (3 Sept. 2012)  6 plates; 59 references                       Accepted: 4 Jul. 2012
An annotated checklist of Mutillidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from Iran
TOSHKO LJUBOMIROV (Bulgaria) & HASSAN GHAHARI (Iran)
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Article
Zootaxa 3445: 37–58 (30 Aug. 2012)  1 plate; 42 references                     Accepted: 13 Jul. 2012
A survey of bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea) from Fars Province, Iran
RAZEYEH KHODAPARAST & ALIREZA MONFARED (Iran)
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Article
Zootaxa 3444: 40–50 (29 Aug. 2012)  7 plates; 11 references                     Accepted: 9 Jul. 2012
A revision of the ant genus Probolomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Proceratiinae) in Australia and Melanesia
S.O. SHATTUCK, N.R. GUNAWARDENE & B. HETERICK (Australia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3442: 1–52 (28 Aug. 2012)  4 plates; 59 references                        Accepted: 6 Jul. 2012
Joseph Vachal (1838–1911): French entomologist and politician
CLAUS RASMUSSEN (Denmark)
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Article
Zootaxa 3427: 17–32 (17 Aug. 2012)  6 plates; 22 references                  Accepted: 9 Jul. 2012
New species of Prototilla Schuster, 1949 from Argentina and diagnoses of the genus based on male and female (Hymenoptera: Bradynobaenidae: Typhoctinae: Eotillini)
JAVIER TORRÉNS (Argentina), PATRICIO FIDALGO (Argentina), ARTURO ROIG-ALSINA (Argentina) & DENIS J. BROTHERS (South Africa)
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Article
Zootaxa 3426: 29–44 (16 Aug. 2012)  7 plates; 16 references                    Accepted: 19 Jun. 2012
Revision of the Aenictus minutulus species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Aenictinae) from Southeast Asia
WEEYAWAT JAITRONG (Thailand) & YOSHIAKI HASHIMOTO (Japan)
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Article
Zootaxa 3426: 1–28 (16 Aug. 2012)  18 plates; 28 references                    Accepted: 9 Jul. 2012
Revision of the Australian species of the ant genus Anochetus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
STEVEN O. SHATTUCK & EWA SLIPINSKA (Australia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3419: 62–68 (13 Aug. 2012)  4 plates; 12 references                     Accepted: 19 Jun. 2012
Three new species of the genus Hylaeus (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from South Korea
HUAN CHEN & HUANLI XU (China)
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Article
Zootaxa 3419: 53–61 (13 Aug. 2012)  3 plates; 16 references                     Accepted: 11 Jul. 2012
Nomenclatural changes in Anastatus Motschulsky and the description of Anastatus eurycanthae Gibson n. sp. (Eupelmidae: Eupelminae), an egg parasitoid of Eurycantha calcarata Lucas (Phasmida: Phasmatidae) from Papua New Guinea
GARY A. P. GIBSON (Canada), CHARLES DEWHURST (Papua New Guinea), SIMON MAKAI (Papua New Guinea)
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Article
Zootaxa 3417: 1–44 (10 Aug. 2012)  18 plates; 15 references                        Accepted: 5 Jun. 2012
Revision of Mesitiinae (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Madagascar, with description of eleven new species
DIEGO N. BARBOSA & CELSO O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3414: 43–57 (8 Aug. 2012)  5 plates; 39 references                     Accepted: 21 Jun. 2012
Review of Goniozus Förster, 1856 (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) of Korea, with descriptions of two new species
JONGOK LIM & SEUNGHWAN LEE (Korea)
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Article
Zootaxa 3414: 1–32 (8 Aug. 2012)  23 plates; 7 references                        Accepted: 15 Jun. 2012
Review and key to Russian Far East Lathrolestes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae)
ALEXEY RESHCHIKOV (Russia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3413: 29–43 (8 Aug. 2012)  7 plates; 32 references                    Accepted: 15 Jun. 2012
Reared parasitic wasps attacking hesperiids from Western Ghats (Kerala, India) with description of a new species of Dolichogenidea (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) as a larval parasitoid of Thoressa evershedi (Evans) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
ANKITA GUPTA & KALESH. S (India)
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Article
Zootaxa 3413: 1–18 (8 Aug. 2012)  11 plates; 7 references                      Accepted: 13 Jun. 2012
The South American genus Lagideus Konow (Hymenoptera: Pergidae: Syzygoniinae), a Supplement
DAVID R. SMITH (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3412: 53–61 (7 Aug. 2012)  7 plates; 17 references                  Accepted: 15 Jun. 2012
A technique to dry mount Hymenoptera (Hexapoda) from alcohol in a few seconds, and its application to other insect orders
ALEXANDRE PIRES AGUIAR (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3411: 1–54 (7 Aug. 2012)  23 plates; 46 references                  Accepted: 8 May 2012
A taxonomic revision of the Colombian species of Urosigalphus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
ARIAS-PENNA, DIANA CAROLINA & WHITFIELD, JAMES B. (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3409: 63–68 (6 Aug. 2012)  4 plates; 8 references                 Accepted: 15 Jun. 2012
A key to the Neotropical species of the Enicospilus ramidulus species-group (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ophioninae), with the description of a new Brazilian species
ALESSANDRO RODRIGUES LIMA, CLAUDIA MARIA JACOBI & ALICE FUMI KUMAGAI (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3409: 47–57 (6 Aug. 2012)  7 plates; 26 references                 Accepted: 13 Jun. 2012
Description of a new and redescriptions of two known species of Torymus (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) in Taiwan with a key to Taiwanese species
KAZUNORI MATSUO (Japan), MAN–MIAO YANG (Taiwan), GENE–SHENG TUNG (Taiwan), MAKOTO TOKUDA (Japan) & JUNICHI YUKAWA (Japan)
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Article
Zootaxa 3408: 54–58 (3 Aug. 2012)  1 plates; 16 references                 Accepted: 18 Jun. 2012
Penapis larraini Packer, a new species of rophitine bee (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) from a fog oasis in Northern Chile
LAURENCE PACKER (Canada)
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Article
Zootaxa 3401: 43–48 (27 Jul. 2012)  2 plates; 19 references                 Accepted: 7 Jun. 2012
Two new species of eumenine wasps in the genus Zethus Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae) from the New World
MARCEL G. HERMES (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3401: 37–42 (27 Jul. 2012)  2 plates; 23 references                 Accepted: 8 Jun. 2012
The bees of the genus Hylaeus Fabricius 1793 of the Asian part of Russia, with a key to species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae)
MAXIM YU. PROSHCHALYKIN (Russia) & HOLGER H. DATHE (Germany)
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Article
Zootaxa 3401: 1–36 (27 Jul. 2012)  11 plates; 135 references               Accepted: 7 Jun. 2012
The bees of the genus Hylaeus Fabricius 1793 of the Asian part of Russia, with a key to species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae)
MAXIM YU. PROSHCHALYKIN (Russia) & HOLGER H. DATHE (Germany)
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Article
Zootaxa 3397: 45–54 (24 Jul. 2012)  2 plates; 35 references                Accepted: 28 May 2012
New species and additional evidence of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) from India
EHSAN RAKHSHANI (Iran), HOSSEIN BARAHOEI (Iran), ZUBAIR AHMED (India), ŽELJKO TOMANOVIĆ (Serbia), MARINA JANKOVIĆ (Serbia), ANDJELJKO PETROVIĆ (Serbia), IMRAN BODLAH (Pakistan) & PETR STARÝ (Czech Republic)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3389: 61–64 (16 Jul. 2012) 0 plate; 24 references                 Accepted: 13 Jun. 2012
Formation of family group names using the stem of -gaster, with special reference to names based on Miscogaster and Sphegigaster (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae)
ROGER A. BURKS (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3385: 1–32 (11 Jul. 2012) 11 plates; 51 references                Accepted: 22 May 2012
New data on African Cheloninae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) show a strong biogeographic signal for taxa with spined propodea
YVES BRAET (France), PASCAL ROUSSE (France) & MICHAEL SHARKEY (USA)
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3376: 1–92  (4 Jul. 2012) 10 plates; 290 references                      Accepted: 30 Apr. 2012   
Taxonomic and synonymic world catalogue of the Charipinae and notes about this subfamily (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae)
MAR FERRER-SUAY, JORDI PARETAS-MARTÍNEZ, JESÚS SELFA & JULI PUJADE-VILLAR
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3365: 1–123 (4 Jul. 2012) 62 plate; 44 references                    Accepted: 22 Mar. 2012   
The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region—taxonomy of the T. bessonii, T. bonibony, T. dysalum, T. marginatum, T. tsingy, and T. weitzeckeri species groups
FRANCISCO HITA GARCIA & BRIAN L. FISHER
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Article
Zootaxa 3357: 49–55 (26 Jun. 2012) 2 plates; 28 references                 Accepted: 10 May 2012
A new South American species of Centris (Heterocentris) Cockerell, 1899 with a key to the species with horn-like projections on the clypeus (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Centridini)
DANNY VÉLEZ (Colombia) & FELIPE VIVALLO (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3355: 29–50 (22 Jun. 2012) 4 plates; 13 references                 Accepted: 18 Apr. 2012
New European bee species of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae)
ANDREAS MÜLLER (Switzerland)
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Article
Zootaxa 3353: 1–47 (21 Jun. 2012) 9 plates; 110 references                 Accepted: 4 Apr. 2012
Spider wasps (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Dominican Republic
CECILIA WAICHERT, JUANITA RODRIGUEZ, CAROL D. VON DOHLEN 
& JAMES P. PITTS (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3351: 15–26 (19 Jun. 2012) 7 plates; 22 references                 Accepted: 7 May 2012
A contribution to the knowledge of Dryinidae from Late Eocene Baltic amber (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea), with description of new subfamily, Protodryininae subfam. nov.
MASSIMO OLMI & ADALGISA GUGLIELMINO (Italy)
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Article
Zootaxa 3349: 63–68 (18 Jun. 2012) 1 plate; 26 references                Accepted: 30 Apr. 2012
Hyptia deansi sp. nov., the first record of Evaniidae (Hymenoptera) from Mexican amber
JOHN T. JENNINGS (Australia), LARS KROGMANN (Germany) & STEVEN L. MEW (Australia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3349: 18–30 (18 Jun. 2012) 3 plates; 25 references                 Accepted: 10 Apr. 2012
Revision of the Crematogaster brevis complex in Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
SHINGO HOSOISHI & KAZUO OGATA (Japan)
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Article
Zootaxa 3346: 51–63 (14 Jun. 2012) 2 plates; 56 references                   Accepted: 1 May 2012
Catalogue of the Dryinidae and Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) of Belize, with description of two new species
CHRISTOF SCHÜEPP (Switzerland) & MASSIMO OLMI (Italy)
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Article
Zootaxa 3343: 45–56 (12 Jun. 2012) 4 plates; 20 references                 Accepted: 19 Apr. 2012
The Braconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) of Turkey, with new locality records and descriptions of two new species of Bracon Fabricius, 1804
AHMET BEYARSLAN & ÖZLEM ÇETİN ERDOĞAN (Turkey)
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Article
Zootaxa 3341: 1–31 (11 Jun. 2012)  20 plates; 18 references                Accepted: 2 Apr. 2012
A revision of the Malagasy endemic genus Adetomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae)
MASASHI YOSHIMURA & BRIAN L. FISHER (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3337: 57–67 (7 Jun. 2012) 7 plates; 23 references                 Accepted: 1 May 2012
Description of four new species in the bee genus Melitta Kirby, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae)
DENIS MICHEZ (Belgium), MICHAEL KUHLMANN (UK), SERGEY P. IVANOV (Ukraine) 
& VLADIMIR G. RADCHENKO (Ukraine)
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Article
Zootaxa 3337: 1–56 (7 Jun. 2012) 21 plates; 53 references                 Accepted: 28 Mar. 2012
Revision of the Neotropical species of Trichacis Foerster (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Platygastridae), with description of 24 new species 
TANIA MILENA ARIAS-PENNA (Colombia), LUBOMIR MASNER (Canada) 
& THIBAUT DELSINNE (Belgium)
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Article
Zootaxa 3333: 50–57 (4 Jun. 2012) 3 plates; 20 references                 Accepted: 19 Apr. 2012
Selitrichodes neseri n. sp., a new parasitoid of the eucalyptus gall wasp Leptocybe invasa Fisher & La Salle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae)
JANINE KELLY (South Africa), JOHN LA SALLE (Australia), MARLENE HARNEY (South Africa), GUDRUN DITTRICH-SCHRÖDER (South Africa) & BRETT HURLEY (South Africa)
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Article
Zootaxa 3329: 41–50 (31 May 2012) 5 plates; 14 references                 Accepted: 30 Apr. 2012
Key to the Oriental species of Passaloecus Shuckard (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae), with descriptions of four new species from China
LI MA & QIANG LI (China)
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Article
Zootaxa 3323: 64–68 (24 May 2012) 2 plates; 4 references                 Accepted: 19 Apr. 2012
The first record of the genus Uncobracon Papp from China (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
JIANG-LI TAN (China), MAO-LING SHENG (China), KEES VAN ACHTERBERG (the Netherlands) & SHU-PING SUN (China)
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Article
Zootaxa 3318: 26–50 (21 May 2012) 22 plates; 59 references              Accepted: 22 Mar. 2012
To the knowledge of Vespidae (Hymenoptera) of Pakistan
KHALID MAHMOOD, MISHKAT ULLAH, ABDUL AZIZ, SYED AZHAR HASAN
& MIAN INAYATULLAH (Pakistan)
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Article
Zootaxa 3311: 1–41 (14 May 2012) 16 plates; 93 references                 Accepted: 20 Jan. 2012
Review and identification of the cuckoo bees of central Europe (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Sphecodes)
PETR BOGUSCH & JAKUB STRAKA (Czech Republic)
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Article
Zootaxa 3303: 50–58 (8 May 2012) 4 plates; 10 references                 Accepted: 27 Mar. 2012
Studies on the Indian species of Aleuroplatus (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), with designation of a neotype puparium for Aleurodes alcocki Peal
ANIL KUMAR DUBEY (Taiwan) & B. VASANTHARAJ DAVID (India)
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Article
Zootaxa 3300: 34–44 (4 May 2012) 2 plates; 30 references                 Accepted: 29 Feb. 2012
The species of Ormyrus Westwood (Hymenoptera: Ormyridae) in Iran with description of an unusual new species
HOSSEINALI LOTFALIZADEH (Iran), RICHARD R. ASKEW (UK), 
PABLO FUENTES-UTRILLA (UK) & MAJID TAVAKOLI (Iran)
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Article
Zootaxa 3298: 1–16 (3 May 2012) 14 plates; 31 references                 Accepted: 14 Mar. 2012
A new species of Centris (Paracentris) Cameron, 1903 from northeastern Brazil, with a key for the Centris species of the Caatinga region (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
FELIPE VIVALLO & FERNANDO CÉSAR VIEIRA ZANELLA (Brazil)
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3283: 1–101 (30 Apr. 2012) 39 plates; 28 references                      Accepted: 22 Feb. 2012   
Taxonomy of the cerapachyine ant genera Simopone Forel, Vicinopone gen. n. and Tanipone gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
BARRY BOLTON & BRIAN L. FISHER
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Article
Zootaxa 3282: 45–60 (27 Apr. 2012) 10 plates; 18 references                 Accepted: 12 Mar. 2012
Ants of the genus Lordomyrma Emery (2) The Japanese L. azumai (Santschi) and six new species from India, Viet Nam and the Philippines (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
ROBERT W. TAYLOR (Australia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3282: 1–41 (27 Apr. 2012) 22 plates; 16 references                 Accepted: 9 Mar. 2012
Additions to the revision of Digonocryptus Viereck (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with nine new taxa, new males, and distribution maps for all known species
ALEXANDRE P. AGUIAR & BERNARDO F. SANTOS (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3278: 1–57 (25 Apr. 2012) 21 plates; 109 references                 Accepted: 16 Feb. 2012
Ichneumons in Reunion Island: a catalogue of the local Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) species, including 15 new taxa and a key to species
PASCAL ROUSSE & CLAIRE VILLEMANT (France)
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Article
Zootaxa 3274: 29–35 (20 Apr. 2012) 2 plates; 25 references                      Accepted: 1 Mar. 2012
Description of the male of Megalava truncata Perrichot (Hymenoptera: Megalyridae) in Early Cretaceous amber from El Soplao (Spain) 
RICARDO PÉREZ-DE LA FUENTE (Spain), VINCENT PERRICHOT (France), JAIME ORTEGA-BLANCO (USA), XAVIER DELCLŇS (Spain) & MICHAEL S. ENGEL (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3267: 55–64 (12 Apr. 2012) 4 plates; 20 references                 Accepted: 20 Feb. 2012
A review of Megachile (Chelostomoda) Michener (Megachilidae: Megachilini) known from China with the description of a new species 
ZE-QING NIU, YAN-RU WU & CHAO-DONG ZHU (China)
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Erratum 
Zootaxa 3256: 64 (5 Apr. 2012)
Erratum: BELOKOBYLSKIJ, S.A., TANG, P., HE, J.H. & CHEN, X.X. (2012) The genus Doryctes Haliday, 1836 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Dorycti-nae) in China. Zootaxa, 3226, 46–60.
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3255: 65–67 (3 Apr. 2012) 1 plate; 8 references                 Accepted: 13 Feb. 2012
The discovery of the rare genus Xyeloblacus van Achterberg, 1997 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Blacinae) in China, with description of a new species 
WEI-GUO HUANGFU, HONG-FEI CHAI & XUE-XIN CHEN (China)
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Article
Zootaxa 3251: 47–56 (30 Mar. 2012) 6 plates; 25 references                 Accepted: 10 Feb. 2012
The larval morphology and nest habits of Trypoxylon (Trypargilum) rogenhoferi Kohl 1884 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) 
EDUARDO GONÇALVES PATERSON FOX, DANIEL RUSS SOLIS, MÔNICA LANZONI ROSSI, RODRIGO MACHADO FEITOSA & ANTONIO DOMINGOS BRESCOVIT (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3247: 52–60 (26 Mar. 2012) 5 plates; 14 references                 Accepted: 13 Feb. 2012
Two new species of Evaniodes Szépligeti (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Dorycti-nae) from French Guiana 
YVES BRAET (Belgium), FADIA SARA CECCARELLI (Mexico) & ALEJANDRO ZALDÍVAR-RIVERÓN (Mexico)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3242: 1–38 (21 Mar. 2012) 26 plates; 28 references                 Accepted: 12 Jan. 2012
A review of the Pachyprotasis pallidistigma species group (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) from China, with descriptions of three new species 
YIHAI ZHONG & MEICAI WEI (China)
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Monograph
Zootaxa 3240: 1–62 (20 Mar. 2012) 13 plates; 146 references                      Accepted: 25 Jan. 2012   
Review of the brachypterous, micropterous, and apterous Braconidae of the cyclostome lineage (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) from the Palearctic Region
SERGEY A. BELOKOBYLSKIJ & ROBERT R. KULA
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Article
Zootaxa 3239: 35–42 (20 Mar. 2012)  3 plates; 1 3 references                 Accepted: 31 Jan. 2012
Description of two new species of Odopoia Walker, 1871 (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Torymidae) from China, with a key to known species 
HUI XIAO, TIANYANG JIAO & TINGYU HU (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3237: 35–52 (16 Mar. 2012) 5 plates; 29 references                 Accepted: 1 Feb. 2012
Phylogeny and description of Eknomia, a morphologically unusual new genus of Neotropical Cryptinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae), with three new species 
BERNARDO F. SANTOS & ALEXANDRE P. AGUIAR (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3232: 1–43 (13 Mar. 2012) 23 plates; 51 references                 Accepted: 13 Dec. 2011
Taxonomy of the ant genus Pheidole Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographic region: definition of species groups and systematic revision of the Pheidole pulchella group 
GEORG. FISCHER (Germany), FRANCISCO HITA GARCIA (USA) & MARCELL K. PETERS (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3231: 1–28 (13 Mar. 2012) 1 plate; 98 references                 Accepted: 1 Feb. 2012
Checklist of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera) from Guangdong Province, China, with descriptions of two new species 
ZAIFU XU (China), MASSIMO OLMI (Italy), ADALGISA GUGLIELMINO (Italy) 
& HUAYAN CHEN (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3230: 1–51 (12 Mar. 2012) 7 plates; 118 references                 Accepted: 13 Jan. 2012
The Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatán, Mexico 
ALEJANDRA GONZÁLEZ–MORENO & SANTIAGO BORDERA (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3227: 54–63 (8 Mar. 2012) 5 plates; 19 references                 Accepted: 25 Jan. 2012
A new species of Glyptapanteles (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), a larval parasitoid of Elymnias hypermnestra (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), along with some new host records of parasitoids from Peninsular India 
ANKITA GUPTA & BLAISE PEREIRA (India)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3226: 46–60 (8 Mar. 2012) 4 plates; 24 references                 Accepted: 13 Jan. 2012
The genus Doryctes Haliday, 1836 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Doryctinae) in China 
SERGEY A. BELOKOBYLSKIJ, PU TANG, JUN-HUA HE & XUE-XIN CHEN (China)
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Erratum 
Zootaxa 3223: 68 (6 Mar. 2012)
Erratum: SCHMIDT, S (2012) Revision of the Australian sawfly genus Antargidium (Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Argidae) with description of two new species. Zootaxa, 3180, 47–56.
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Article 
Zootaxa 3222: 46–60 (5 Mar. 2012) 29 plates; 14 references                 Accepted: 13 Jan. 2012
The species of Priopoda Holmgren (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from China with a key to species known in Oriental and Eastern Palaearctic Regions 
MAO-LING SHENG & SHU-PING SUN (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3219: 62–66 (2 Mar. 2012) 1 plates; 13 references                 Accepted: 13 Jan. 2012
The rare genus Leptospathius Szépligeti (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Dorycti-nae) from China, with description of a new species 
PU TANG (China), QIONG WU (China), SERGEY BELOKOBYLSKIJ (Poland)
& XUEXIN CHEN (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3218: 59–68 (1 Mar. 2012) 6 plates; 5 references                 Accepted: 5 Jan. 2012
A new species of Bathanthidium Mavromoustakis (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae: Anthidiini) from China, with a key to the species 
ZE-QING NIU, YAN-RU WU & CHAO-DONG ZHU (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3218: 18–30 (1 Mar. 2012) 5 plates; 9 references                 Accepted: 13 Jan. 2012
Halycaea Cameron, 1903 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Doryctinae) from China with a key to world species 
PU TANG (China), SERGEY A. BELOKOBYLSKIJ (Poland), CORNELIS VAN ACHTERBERG (The Netherlands) & XUE-XIN CHEN (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3207: 40–53 (27 Feb. 2012) 8 plates; 9 references                          Accepted: 17 Jan. 2012
First record of the genus Acrodactyla Haliday (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Vietnam, with descriptions of six new species 
NHI THI PHAM (Vietnam), GAVIN R. BROAD (UK), RIKIO MATSUMOTO (Japan) & WOLFGANG BÖHME (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3196: 1–49 (17 Feb. 2012) 23 plate; 33 references                          Accepted: 24 Nov. 2011
Revision of the Siobla metallica group (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) 
GENGYUN NIU (China), MEICAI WEI (China) & ANDREAS TAEGER (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3193: 62–68 (15 Feb. 2012) 2 plate; 18 references                            Accepted: 14 Dec. 2011
A new species of Proaphelinoides Girault (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) with a key to world species and additional records from Tamil Nadu, India 
C. MENAKADEVI & S. MANICKAVASAGAM (India)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3189: 39–55 (10 Feb. 2012) 9 plate; 34 references                            Accepted: 13 Dec. 2011
Notes on the larval morphology of Pteromalidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) species parasitoids of gall wasps (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) in Europe
JOSE F. GÓMEZ & JOSE LUIS NIEVES-ALDREY (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3188: 64–68 (9 Feb. 2012) 1 plate; 16 references                            Accepted: 29 Dec. 2011
Two new species of the genus Plumaroides Brothers, 1974 (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea, Plumariidae) from Argentina
PATRICIA A. DIEZ & PATRICIO FIDALGO (Argentina)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3188: 31–41 (9 Feb. 2012) 4 plate; 14 references                            Accepted: 5 Dec. 2011
Genera of the parasitoid wasp family Monomachidae (Hymenoptera: Diaprioidea)
NORMAN F. JOHNSON & LUCIANA MUSETTI (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3185: 36–52 (7 Feb. 2012) 4 plates; 24 references                           Accepted: 9 Dec. 2011
Tersilochinae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) of Costa Rica, part 1. Genera Allophrys Förster, Barycnemis Förster and Meggoleus Townes
ANDREY I. KHALAIM (Mexico) & GAVIN R. BROAD (UK)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3183: 49–64 (06 Feb. 2012) 4 plate; 23 references                           Accepted: 15 Dec. 2011
The first record of Astichus Förster (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Entiinae), parasitoids of Ciidae (Coleoptera) in bracket fungi, from the Afrotropical Region and the description of four new species from South Africa
OTTILIE C. NESER (South Africa)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3181: 63–68 (02 Dec. 2012) 4 plate; 21 references                            Accepted: 06 Dec. 2011
A new species of the palaearctic genus Dasypoda Latreille 1802 (Hymenoptera: Dasypodaidae) from the Great Rift Valley in Ethiopia
DENIS MICHEZ & ALAIN PAULY (Belgium)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 3180: 47–56 (1 Feb. 2012) 3 plate; 12 references                            Accepted: 7 Dec. 2011
Revision of the Australian sawfly genus Antargidium (Hymenoptera, Symphyta, Argidae) with description of two new species
STEFAN SCHMIDT (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3177: 43–51 (30 Jan. 2012) 5 plate; 24 references                            Accepted: 30 Nov. 2011
Description of Nebulovena persa Pujade-Villar & Paretas-Martínez gen. n. and sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae: Figitinae ) from Iran, with a key to the genera of Figitinae
JORDI PARETAS-MARTÍNEZ (Spain), EHSAN RAKHSANI (Iran), KHALIL FATHABADI (Iran) & JULI PUJADE-VILLAR (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3175: 24–44 (27 Jan. 2012) 12 plate; 28 references                           Accepted: 24 Nov. 2011
Lathrolestes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Central Asia, with a key to the species of the tripunctor species-group
ALEXEY RESHCHIKOV (Russia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3164: 1–16 (18 Jan. 2012) 1 plate; 65 references                           Accepted: 21 Nov. 2011
Checklist of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera) from Shaanxi Province, China, with descriptions of two new species
ZAIFU XU (China), MASSIMO OLMI (Italy), ADALGISA GUGLIELMINO (Italy) & HUAYAN CHEN (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3159: 1–35 (13 Jan. 2012) 20 plate; 47 references                           Accepted: 10 Nov. 2011
A taxonomic revision of the southern African species of the subgenus Creightonella Cockerell (Apoidea: Megachilidae: Megachile Latreille)
CONNAL EARDLEY (South Africa)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3151: 35–52 (5 Jan. 2012) 11 plates; 42 references                        Accepted: 28 Oct. 2011
Species of Euglossa Latreille, 1802 (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) belonging to the purpurea species group occurring in eastern Brazil, with description of Euglossa monnei sp. n.
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3139: 55–62 (21 Dec. 2011) 3 plates; 4 references                        Accepted: 8 Nov. 2011
 New resin bee species in the genus Mielkeanthidium Urban (Hymenoptera, Megachilinae)
DANIELE R. PARIZOTTO & DANÚNCIA URBAN (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3137: 1–30 (20 Dec. 2011) 9 plates; 51 references                        Accepted: 8 Nov. 2011
 Review of the subgenus Ammosphex Wilcke, 1942 of the genus Arachnospila Kincaid, 1900 (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of the Russian Far East and East Siberia
VALERY M. LOKTIONOV & ARKADY S. LELEJ (Russia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3128: 1–46 (13 Dec. 2011) 12 plates; 48 references                     Accepted: 17 Oct. 2011
 Synopsis of Aenictus species groups and revision of the A. currax and A. laeviceps groups in the eastern Oriental, Indo-Australian, and Australasian regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Aenictinae)
WEEYAWAT JAITRONG & SEIKI YAMANE (Japan)
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Article
Zootaxa 3127: 38–52 (13 Dec 2011) 13 plates; 20 references                    Accepted: 28 Oct. 2011
 The life of René Malaise: from the wild east to a sunken island
HEGE VĹRDAL (Sweden) & ANDREAS TAEGER (Germany)
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Article
Zootaxa 3118: 01–30 (05 Dec. 2011) 13 plates; 27 references                  Accepted: 25 Oct. 2011
 Ichneumonid wasps from Madagascar. V. Ichneumonidae Cremastinae
PASCAL ROUSSE, CLAIRE VILLEMANT & ANDRE SEYRIG (France)
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Zootaxa 3113: 53–64 (29 Nov. 2011) 01 plates; 40 references                  Accepted: 21 Oct. 2011
 A checklist of the Eurytomidae (Hymenoptera, Chalcidoidea) species of Turkey
HALİT ÇAM (Turkey)
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Article
Zootaxa 3110: 10–36 (25 Nov. 2011) 10 plates; 23 references                  Accepted: 06 Oct. 2011
 Monograph of Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the World, Part I: Nylanderia in the Afrotropics
JOHN S. LAPOLLA (USA), PETER G. HAWKES (South Africa) & BRIAN L. FISHER (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3110: 01–09 (25 Nov. 2011) 05 plates; 21 references                  Accepted: 06 Oct. 2011
 Monograph of Nylanderia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the World: An introduction to the systematics and biology of the genus
JOHN S. LAPOLLA (USA), SEÁN G. BRADY (USA) & STEVEN O. SHATTUCK (Australia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3105: 47–59 (22 Nov. 2011) 7 plates; 14 references                  Accepted: 14 Oct. 2011
 New Amphibolips gallwasp species from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)
G. MELIKA (Hungary), A. EQUIHUA-MARTÍNEZ (Mexico), E. G. ESTRADA-VENEGAS (Mexico), D. CIBRIÁN-TOVAR (Mexico), V. D. CIBRIÁN-LLANDERAL (Mexico), & J. PUJADE-VILLAR (Spain)
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Article
Zootaxa 3094: 63–68 (09 Nov. 2011) 2 plates; 14 references                  Accepted: 23 Sep. 2011
 First report of three genera of fairyflies (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from India with description of a new species of Dicopus and some other records
S. MANICKAVASAGAM & A. RAMESHKUMAR (India)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 3084: 1–95 (28 Oct. 2011) 27 plates; 139 references                   Accepted: 29 Aug. 2011
Revision of the Western Palearctic Meteorini (Hymenoptera, Braconidae), with a molecular characterization of hidden Fennoscandian species diversity
JULIA STIGENBERG & FREDRIK RONQUIST (Sweden)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 3081: 1–90 (28 Oct. 2011) 3 plates; 176 references                   Accepted: 25 Jul. 2011
Catalogue of the type specimens of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera) in the Jacques F. Aubert collection at the Musée de Zoologie, Lausanne, Switzerland 
SERAINA KLOPFSTEIN & HANNES BAUR
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 3073: 1–216 (28 Oct. 2011) 226 plates; 136 references                   Accepted: 12 Sep. 2011
Revision of the metallic Lasioglossum (Dialictus) of eastern North America (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Halictini)
JASON GIBBS (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3070: 15–22 (27 Oct. 2011) 2 plates; 31 references                  Accepted: 23 Sep. 2011
On Coccophagoides Girault and Diaspiniphagus Silvestri (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Aphelinidae) 
 MOHAMMAD HAYAT (India)
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Article
Zootaxa 3068: 1–48 (26 Oct. 2011) 27 plates; 74 references                  Accepted: 26 Sep. 2011
 Bees of the genus Colletes Latreille 1802 of the Asian part of Russia, with keys to species (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Colletidae)
MICHAEL KUHLMANN (UK) & MAXIM YU. PROSHCHALYKIN (Russia)
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Article
Zootaxa 3065: 60–65 (21 Oct. 2011) 2 plates; 6 references                  Accepted: 29 Sep. 2011
 Two new species of Hylaeus (Nesoprosopis) (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from O‘ahu, Hawai‘i
KARL N. MAGNACCA (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3065: 1–13 (21 Oct. 2011) 9 plates; 11 references                  Accepted: 02 Sep. 2011
 New Pireninae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) from South-East Asia
MIRCEA-DAN MITROIU (Romania)
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Article
Zootaxa 3064: 41–68 (20 Oct. 2011) 6 plates; 27 references                  Accepted: 22 Sep. 2011
 New species of Tobantilla Casal, 1965 and a new genus and species, Gogoltilla chichikovi gen. et sp. nov., from Argentina (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)
KEVIN A. WILLIAMS (USA), DENIS J. BROTHERS (South Africa) & JAMES P. PITTS (USA)
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Article
Zootaxa 3062: 55–63 (19 Oct. 2011) 1 plates; 62 references                  Accepted: 09 Sep. 2011
New combinations, sex association, behavioural notes and potential host record for two Neotropical species of Pseudomethoca Ashmead, 1896 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) 
ANTONIO C. B. BERGAMASCHI (Brazil), ROBERTO A. CAMBRA (Panama) & GABRIEL A. R. MELO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 3060: 1–30 (17 Oct. 2011) 13 plates; 24 references                  Accepted: 19 Sep. 2011
Polistes (Polistella) wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae) from mountainous areas of northern Vietnam, with description of five new species
LIEN THI PHUONG NGUYEN, JUN-ICHI KOJIMA & FUKI SAITO
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Article
Zootaxa 3058: 55–62 (13 Oct. 2011) 4 plates; 7 references                  Accepted: 19 Sep. 2011
Revision of Prosyntexis from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of Brazil (Hymenoptera: Sepulcidae: Trematothoracinae) 
 ROMAIN JATTIOT (France), LARS KROGMANN (Germany) & ANDRÉ NEL (France)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 3056: 1–67 (12 Oct. 2011) 24 plates; 21 references                   Accepted: 29 Aug. 2011
 Revision of the genus Xanthopimpla Saussure (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) in Vietnam, with descriptions of fourteen new species
NHI THI PHAM, GAVIN R. BROAD, RIKIO MATSUMOTO & WOLFGANG J. WÄGELE
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Article
Zootaxa 3040: 25–28 (23 Sep. 2011) 1 plates; 9 references                  Accepted: 29 Aug. 2011
A new species of Prorops Waterston 1923 (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) from Cambodia with a key to world species 
 JONGOK LIM & SEUNGHWAN LEE (Korea)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 3039: 1–72 (22 Sep. 2011) 41 plates; 91 references                   Accepted: 07 Jun. 2011
The ant genus Tetramorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Malagasy region—introduction, definition of species groups, and revision of the T. bicarinatum, T. obesum, T. sericeiventre and T. tosii species groups 
FRANCISCO HITA GARCIA & BRIAN L. FISHER
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Article
Zootaxa 3032: 17–32 (19 Sep. 2011) 7 plates; 29 references                  Accepted: 22 Aug. 2011
Revision of Epyris afer (Magretti, 1884), comb. rev. (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) with new synonymy and description of two new species 
PAULO R.W. STEIN, ISABEL D.C.C. ALENCAR, DIEGO N. BARBOSA & CELSO O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3031: 14–36 (16 Sep. 2011) 8 plates; 14 references                  Accepted: 19 Jul. 2011
Revision and phylogeny of the rare Priotomis Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with three new species and first description of the male 
 ANAZÉLIA M. TEDESCO & ALEXANDRE P. AGUIAR (Brazil)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 3030: 1–62 (16 Sep. 2011) 27 plates; 78 references                   Accepted: 08 Jul. 2011
A revision of Gasteruption Latreille (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae) in the Neotropical Region ANTONIO CARLOS CRUZ MACEDO
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Article
Zootaxa 3016: 63–68 (07 Sep. 2011) 1 plates; 9 references                  Accepted: 12 Aug. 2011
Synopsis of Aspidepyris Evans, 1964 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) 
CELSO O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3008: 63–68 (30 Aug. 2011) 1 plates; 32 references                  Accepted: 8 Aug. 2011
Nesting ecology of Megachile (Sayapis) mendozana Cockerell and its synonymy with Megachile (Sayapis) santiaguensis Durante (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) 
JUAN PABLO TORRETTA & SILVANA PATRICIA DURANTE (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 3008: 33–62 (30 Aug. 2011) 17 plates; 26 references                  Accepted: 8 Jul. 2011
A new genus of oak gallwasps, Cycloneuroterus Melika & Tang, with the description of five new species from Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) 
 CHANG-TI TANG (Taiwan), GEORGE MELIKA (HUNGARY), JAMES A. NICHOLLS (UK), MAN-MIAO YANG (Taiwan) & GRAHAM N. STONE (UK)
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Zootaxa 3007: 61–68 (29 Aug. 2011) 6 plates; 27 references                  Accepted: 4 Aug. 2011
Two new species of the genus Pison Jurine (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) from China, with a key to the Chinese species 
TINGJING LI & QIANG LI (China)
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Article
Zootaxa 3006: 43–49 (29 Aug. 2011) 1 plates; 35 references                  Accepted: 8 Aug. 2011
Euglossa bembei sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Apidae): a new orchid bee from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest belonging to the Euglossa cybelia Moure, 1968 species group 
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 3006: 1–42 (29 Aug. 2011) 7 plates; 152 references                  Accepted: 12 Jul. 2011
Nomenclatural issues in the orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) and an updated catalogue 
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO (Brazil) & CLAUS RASMUSSEN (Denmark)
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Zootaxa 3000: 59–65 (22 Aug. 2011) 4 plates; 14 references                  Accepted: 18 Jul. 2011
A new phytophagous Bracon Fabricius (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) associated with Protium ovatum Engl. (Burseraceae) fruits from Brazilian savannah 
NELSON WANDERLEY PERIOTO, ROGÉRIA INĘS ROSA LARA, CLEIDSON SOARES FERREIRA, DANIELL RODRIGO RODRIGUES FERNANDES, ELIZABETH DO CARMO PEDROSO, HAROLDO XAVIER LINHARES VOLPE, JULIANA NAIS, LILIAN ROBERTA BATISTA CORREA & SIL-VIO ROGÉRIO VIEL (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 2999: 63–68 (19 Aug. 2011) 2 plates; 9 references                  Accepted: 11 Jul. 2011
Rediscovery of Crematogaster subgenus Colobocrema (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Southeast Asia 
SEIKI YAMANE, HIROSHI O. TANAKA & TAKAO ITIOKA
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Article
Zootaxa 2981: 43–55 (01 Aug. 2011) 6 plates; 21 references                  Accepted: 25 Jun. 2011
Revision of fossil species of Dryinus belonging to constans group, with descrip-tion of a new species (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae) 
 MASSIMO OLMI, ADALGISA GUGLIELMINO & MASSIMO VOLLARO (Italy)
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Article
Zootaxa 2970: 41–48 (19 Jul. 2011) 3 plates; 18 references                  Accepted: 21 Jun. 2011
A new species of Trichogramma Westwood (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) closely related to T. chilonis Ishii from Pakistan
FAROOQ MUHAMMAD NASIR (Pakistan), CARMEN BÜTTNER (Germany), CHRISTOPH REICHMUTH (Germany), ASHRAF POSWAL (Pakistan), GREGOR HAGEDORN (Germany) & MATTHIAS SCHÖLLER (Germany)
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Article
Zootaxa 2967: 12–20 (15 Jul. 2011) 3 plates; 41 references                  Accepted: 8 Jun. 2011
Exaerete salsai sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Apidae): a new orchid bee from eastern Brazil
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO (Brazil)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2959: 1–72 (08 Jun. 2011) 48 plates; 55 references                   Accepted: 16 May 2011
 Systematic revision and phylogeny of the endemic southeastern Asian Pristaulacus comptipennis species group (Hymenoptera: Aulacidae)
GIUSEPPE FABRIZIO TURRISI & DAVID R. SMITH
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2951: 1–97 (08 Jun. 2011) 23 plates; 178 references                   Accepted: 20 Jun. 2011
The species of Eupelmus (Eupelmus) Dalman and Eupelmus (Episolindelia) Girault (Hymenoptera: Eupelmidae) in North America north of Mexico
GARY A. P. GIBSON
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2938: 1–68 (04 Jul. 2011) 21 plates; 105 references                        Accepted: 9 May 2011
Taxonomic revision and morphometric analysis of Meteorus Haliday, 1835 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Meteorinae) from Colombia
HELMUTH AGUIRRE, CARLOS E. SARMIENTO & SCOTT R. SHAW
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Zootaxa 2937: 31–36 (04 Jul. 2011) 4 plates; 10 references                  Accepted: 20 Jun. 2011
A newly recorded Subgenus Sudila from China with description of two new species (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Lasioglossum)
RUI ZHANG, QIANG LI, ZE-QING NIU & CHAO-DONG ZHU (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 2937: 1–30 (04 Jul. 2011) 9 plates; 63 references                  Accepted: 23 May 2011
A revision of the Dibrachys cavus species complex (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae)
RALPH S. PETERS (Germany) & HANNES BAUR (Switzerland)
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Zootaxa 2935: 26–40 (01 Jul. 2011) 6 plates; 18 references                  Accepted: 20 Jun. 2011
Revision of Malagasy Odontepyris Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae)
ISABEL D.C.C. ALENCAR & CELSO O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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Erratum 
Zootaxa 2932: 68 (28 Jun. 2011) 
Erratum: Nemésio, A. & Ferrari, R.R. (2011) Species of Euglossa (Glossura) and E. (Glossuropoda) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) occurring in the Amazon, including new records for Brazil. Zootaxa, 2885, 1–13.
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Zootaxa 2932: 51–67 (28 Jun. 2011) 6 plates; 13 references                  Accepted: 13 Jun. 2011
Contribution to the taxonomy of the Hylaeus gibbus species group in Europe (Hymenoptera, Apoidea and Colletidae)
JAKUB STRAKA & PETR BOGUSCH (Czech Republic)
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Article
Zootaxa 2932: 24–32 (28 Jun. 2011) 3 plates; 23 references                  Accepted: 15 Jun. 2011
Kiwigaster gen. nov. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from New Zealand: the first Microgastrinae with sexual dimorphism in number of antennal segments
J. L. FERNANDEZ-TRIANA (Canada), D. F. WARD (New Zealand) & J. B. WHITFIELD (USA)
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Zootaxa 2927: 1–37 (22 Jun. 2011) 23 plates; 13 references                       Accepted: 9 May 2011
 A new Afrotropical genus Doggerella gen. nov. of braconine wasp (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with twelve new species
KHALID MAHMOOD (UK), JENO PAPP (Hungary) & DONALD L.J. QUICKE (UK)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2923: 67–68 (20 Jun. 2011) 1 plates; 6 references                       Accepted: 25 May 2011
 On the morphology of Procryptocerus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Some comments and corrigenda
FRANCISCO SERNA (Colombia), BARRY BOLTON (UK) & WILLIAM MACKAY (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2921: 28–38 (16 Jun. 2011) 6 plates; 13 references                    Accepted: 24 May 2011
 Monitoriella Hedqvist (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Brazil, with descriptions of three new species
EDUARDO MITIO SHIMBORI, ANGÉLICA MARIA PENTEADO-DIAS & JULIANO FIORELINI NUNES (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2921: 13–27 (16 Jun. 2011) 4 plates; 55 references                   Accepted: 30 May 2011
 Two new species of Tamarixia (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from Chile and Australia, established as biological control agents of invasive psyllids (Hemiptera: Calophyidae, Triozidae) in California
ROBERT L. ZUPARKO (USA), DALVA LUIZ DE QUEIROZ (Brazil) & JOHN LA SALLE (Australia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2921: 1–12 (16 Jun. 2011) 7 plates; 7 references                       Accepted: 24 May 2011
 The genus Acropimpla Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) in Vietnam, with descriptions of three new species
NHI THI PHAM (Vietnam), GAVIN R. BROAD (UK) & WOLFGANG J. WÄGELE (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2920: 42–64 (16 Jun. 2011) 1 plates; 68 references                        Accepted: 23 May 2011
On the species-group taxa of Taiwanese social wasps (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) described and/or treated by J. Sonan
JUN-ICHI KOJIMA (Japan), FUKI SAITO (Japan) & LIEN THI PHUONG NGUYEN (Vietnam)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2917: 1–28 (14 Jun. 2011) 12 plates; 46 references                        Accepted: 23 May 2011
 Revision of the genus Omalaspis Giraud, 1860 (Hym.: Figitidae: Aspicerinae)
P. ROS-FARRÉ & J. PUJADE-VILLAR (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2916: 41–50 (14 Jun. 2011) 7 plates; 22 references                        Accepted: 12 May 2011
 A new species of the genus Apsilops Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) from Japan; parasitoid of an aquatic crambid moth
TAKUMA YOSHIDA, OSAMU NAGASAKI & TOMOKO HIRAYAMA (Japan)
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Article
Zootaxa 2910: 63–68 (8 Jun. 2011) 3 plates; 18 references                         Accepted: 3 May 2011
 A new record of Zatypota albicoxa (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) from Indonesia, with description of a new species of its host spider (Araneae: Theridiidae)
KEIZO TAKASUKA (Japan), HAJIME YOSHIDA (Japan), PUTRA NUGROHO (Indonesia) & RIKIO MATSUMOTO (Japan)
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Zootaxa 2908: 64–68 (7 Jun. 2011) 1 plates; 5 references                            Accepted: 5 Apr. 2011
 The Calliopsis (Hymenoptera; Andrenidae; Panurginae) of Chile with the description of a new species
SHEILA DUMESH & LAURENCE PACKER (Canada)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2907: 51–59 (7 Jun. 2011) 4 plates; 16 references                         Accepted: 2 May 2011
A new Afrotropical genus and species of Tetrastichinae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) inducing galls on Bikinia (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae) and a new species of Ormyrus (Hymenoptera: Ormyridae) associated with the gall
JEAN-YVES RASPLUS (France), JOHN LA SALLE (Australia), GÉRARD DELVARE (France), DOYLE MCKEY (France) & BRUCE L. WEBBER (France)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2907: 1–21 (7 Jun. 2011) 12 plates; 33 references                        Accepted: 9 May 2011
A survey of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea) from Caxiuană, Amazon Basin, with three new taxa and keys to genera and species
BEATRIZ W. COELHO (Brazil), ALEXANDRE P. AGUIAR (Brazil) & MICHAEL S. ENGEL (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2899: 43–59 (31 May 2011) 7 plates; 31 references                      Accepted: 22 Apr. 2011
What about intraspecific variation? Reassessment of taxonomic and phylogenetic characters in the genus Synoeca de Saussure (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Polistinae)
CHRISTIAN C. CELY (USA) & CARLOS E. SARMIENTO (Colombia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2895: 58–64 (27 May 2011) 2 plates; 39 references                     Accepted: 22 Apr. 2011
Two new species of aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) from the Balkan Peninsula
ANDJELJKO PETROVIĆ (Serbia), VLADIMIR ŽIKIĆ (Serbia), OLIVERA PETROVIĆ-OBRADOVIĆ (Serbia), ANA MITROVSKI BOGDANOVIĆ (Serbia), NICKOLAS G. KAVALLIERATOS (Greece), PETR STARÝ (Czech Republic) & ŽELJKO TOMANOVIĆ (Serbia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2895: 35–46 (27 May 2011) 7 plates; 14 references                       Accepted: 3 May 2011
Description of two new Asian Pristaulacus Kieffer 1900 (Hymenoptera: Aulacidae)
GIUSEPPE FABRIZIO TURRISI (Italy) & KYOHEI WATANABE (Japan)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2892: 59–68 (26 May 2011) 2 plates; 62 references                       Accepted: 19 May 2011
 Euglossa marianae sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Apidae): a new orchid bee from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest and the possible first documented local extinction of a forest-dependent orchid bee
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2892: 53–58 (26 May 2011) 2 plates; 20 references                       Accepted: 22 Apr. 2011
 A new species of Phanerotoma Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cheloninae), a parasitoid of Conopomorpha sinensis Bradley (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) from South China
WINSON TSANG (P.R. China), LAN-SHAO YOU (P.R. China), CORNELIS VAN ACHTERBERG (The Netherlands) & GUANG-WEN LIANG (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2887: 1–49 (23 May 2011) 21 plates; 47 references                      Accepted: 23 Mar. 2011
 Diversity, distribution and taxonomy of the Australian agathidine genera Camptothlipsis Enderlein, Lytopylus Foerster and Therophilus Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae)
NICHOLAS B. STEVENS, ANDREW D. AUSTIN & JOHN T. JENNINGS (Australia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2885: 33–43 (20 May 2011) 4 plates; 15 references                      Accepted: 23 Mar. 2011
 Description of two new species of Psyllaephagus Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) parasitizing Phacopteron lentiginosum Buckton (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), a leaf gall-former of Garuga pinnata Roxburgh (Burseraceae)
SUDHIR SINGH & KARAN PAL SINGH (India)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2885: 1–13 (20 May 2011) 6 plates; 67 references                       Accepted: 29 Apr. 2011
 Species of Euglossa (Glossura) and E. (Glossuropoda) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina) occurring in the Amazon, including new records for Brazil
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO & RAFAEL R. FERRARI (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2882: 1–18 (18 May 2011) 5 plates; 69 references                       Accepted: 29 Apr. 2011
 Review of the nominotypical subgenus of Arachnospila Kincaid (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae) of Russia and neighbouring countries with the lectotypification of enigmatic Pompilus sogdianus Morawitz and description of new species
ARKADY S. LELEJ & VALERY M. LOKTIONOV (Russia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2879: 1–21 (16 May 2011) 3 plates; 77 references                        Accepted: 14 Mar. 2011
 New records of Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) from Mexico
ALEJANDRA GONZÁLEZ–MORENO & SANTIAGO BORDERA (Spain)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2878: 1–61 (13 May 2011) 24 plates; 112 references                     Accepted: 25 Jan. 2011
Generic Synopsis of the Formicidae of Vietnam (Insecta: Hymenoptera), Part I — Myrmicinae and Pseudomyrmecinae
KATSUYUKI EGUCHI (Japan), BUI TUAN VIET (Vietnam) & SEIKI YAMANE (Japan)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2873: 35–50 (10 May 2011) 3 plates; 52 references                        Accepted: 7 Feb. 2011
 Morphological and molecular delineation of a new species in the Ceratina dupla species-group (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae) of eastern North America
SANDRA M. REHAN & CORY S. SHEFFIELD (Canada)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2873: 27–34 (10 May 2011) 3 plates; 23 references                       Accepted: 11 Apr. 2011
 Parasitoids of the Australian citrus whitefly, Orchamoplatus citri (Takahashi) (Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae), with description of a new Eretmocerus species (Hymenoptera, Aphelinidae)
STEFAN SCHMIDT (Germany), PAUL DE BARRO (Australia) & LISA JAMIESON (New Zealand)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2873: 1–26 (10 May 2011) 17 plates; 11 references                      Accepted: 30 Mar. 2011
 Cornugon (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Entedoninae) a new genus from tropical America including ten new species
CHRISTER HANSSON (UK)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2872: 35–48 (9 May 2011) 8 plates; 35 references                       Accepted: 17 Mar. 2011
 Description of two new Aulacidae (Hymenoptera: Evanioidea) from Japan
GIUSEPPE FABRIZIO TURRISI (Italy) & KAZUHIKO KONISHI (Japan)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2870: 53–62 (6 May 2011) 3 plates; 32 references                        Accepted: 28 Mar. 2011
 Fossil Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Early Eocene amber of France
CÉDRIC ARIA, VINCENT PERRICHOT & ANDRÉ NEL (France)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2868: 1–50 (5 May 2011) 22 plates; 53 references                        Accepted: 23 Mar. 2011
 A revision of the genus Stenonartonia Giordani Soika 1973 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Eumeninae)
BOLÍVAR R. GARCETE-BARRETT (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2866: 1–38 (4 May 2011) 21 plates; 29 references                          Accepted: 28 Feb. 2011
 Taxonomy of Epyris Westwood (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) from Korea, with the descriptions of ten new species
JONGOK LIM (Korea), JONGWOOK LEE (Korea), SANGHYUN KOH (Korea), BONGWOO LEE (Korea), CELSO O. AZEVEDO (Brazil) & SEUNGHWAN LEE (Korea)
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Zootaxa 2865: 68 (3 May 2011) 
 Erratum: Prous, M., Heidemaa, M., & Soon, V. (2011) Empria longicornis species group: taxonomic revision with notes on phylogeny and ecology (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae). Zootaxa, 2756, 1–39.
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Zootaxa 2865: 37–52 (3 May 2011) 10 plates; 19 references                      Accepted: 29 Mar. 2011
New species of oak gallwasps from Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini)
CHANG-TI TANG (R. China), GEORGE MELIKA (Hungary), MAN-MIAO YANG (R. China), JAMES A. NICHOLLS (UK) & GRAHAM N. STONE (UK)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2865: 1–36 (3 May 2011) 8 plates; 126 references                          Accepted: 7 Mar. 2011
 The bumblebees of Gansu, Northwest China (Hymenoptera, Apidae) 
JIANDONG AN (China), PAUL H. WILLIAMS (UK), BINGFENG ZHOU (China), ZHENGYING MIAO (China) & WENZHONG QI (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2863: 63–68 (2 May 2011) 3 plates; 17 references                         Accepted: 17 Feb. 2011
 Review of the Palaearctic species of Macromyrme Lelej 1984 (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) with description of a new species from Egypt
ASHRAF M. EL-TORKEY (Saudi Arabia), ALAA DIN A. OSHAIBAH (Egypt), MAGDI M. H. SALEM (Egypt), MOHAMMAD T. HOSNI (Egypt), ABDEL-RHMAN G. ABDEL-RHMAN (Egypt) & AHMED M. SOLIMAN (Egypt)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2858: 1–60 (29 Apr. 2011) 2 plates; 334 references                     Accepted: 3 Dec. 2010
A preliminary bibliographic survey of the insects found in poultry houses from the Neotropical Region, with remarks on selected taxa shared with native birds' nests
OSVALDO DI IORIO & PAOLA TURIENZO (Argentina)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2846: 1–98 (29 Apr. 2011) 17 plates; 37 references                       Accepted: 15 Feb. 2011
Revision of Digonocryptus Viereck (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae), with twenty six new taxa and cladistic interpretation of two species complexes 
ALEXANDRE PIRES AGUIAR  & ADRIANA C. B. RAMOS (Brazil)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2845: 1–175 (29 Apr. 2011) 96 plates; 108 references                    Accepted: 1 Dec. 2010
Revision of the ant genus Iridomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 
BRIAN E. HETERICK & STEVE SHATTUCK (Australia)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2843: 1–118 (29 Apr. 2011) 43 plates; 151 references                  Accepted: 21 Jan. 2011
Taxonomy of Afrotropical and West Palaearctic ants of the ponerine genus Hypoponera Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) 
BARRY BOLTON (UK) & BRIAN L. FISHER (USA)
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Erratum 
Zootaxa 2835: 68 (28 Apr. 2011) 
Erratum: BARAHOEI, H., MADJDZADEH, S.M. & MEHRPARVAR, M. (2011) Morphometric differentiation of five biotypes of Lysiphlebus fabarum (Marshall) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in Iran. Zootaxa, 2745, 43–52.
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Article 
Zootaxa 2830: 64–68 (22 Apr. 2011) 1 plates; 17 references                        Accepted: 7 Feb. 2011
 A new species of Colpoclypeus Lucchese (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from Mexico
JOSÉ ANTONIO SÁNCHEZ-GARCÍA (Mexico), SAMUEL PINEDA (Mexico), ANA MABEL MARTÍNEZ (Mexico), ANGEL REBOLLAR-ALVITER (Mexico), ANA CELESTINA JUÁREZ-GUTIÉRREZ (Mexico), IGNACIO LÓPEZ CRUZ (Mexico), JOHN LA SALLE (Australia) & JOSÉ ISAAC FIGUEROA (Mexico)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2830: 59–63 (22 Apr. 2011) 7 plates; 18 references                        Accepted: 5 Mar. 2011
A new genus of Zaeucoilini (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Figitidae, Eucoilinae) from Neotropical Region
FABIANA E. GALLARDO & NORMA B. DÍAZ (Argentina)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2830: 1–19 (22 Apr. 2011) 7 plates; 28 references                          Accepted: 22 Feb. 2011
On some Encyrtidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Namdapha Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh, India
MOHAMMAD HAYAT & SARFRAZUL ISLAM KAZMI (India)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2821: 47–54 (15 Apr. 2011) 1 plates; 51 references                       Accepted: 22 Feb. 2011
The orchid-bee fauna (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of a forest remnant in southern Bahia, Brazil, with new geographic records and an identification key to the known species of the area
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2811: 59–65 (7 Apr. 2011) 2 plates; 23 references                          Accepted: 28 Feb. 2011
 The "false Eucoila" finally named; Striatovertex a new genus of Eucoilinae (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Figitidae)
KATHERINE N SCHICK (USA), MATTIAS FORSHAGE (Sweden) & GÖRAN NORDLANDER (Sweden)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2811: 37–46 (7 Apr. 2011) 5 plates; 13 references                         Accepted: 22 Mar. 2011
 Two new Neotropical species of oak gall wasps of the genus Loxaulus Mayr (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) from Panama
ENRIQUE MEDIANERO (Panama), JOSÉ LUIS NIEVES-ALDREY (Spain) & GEORGE MELIKA (Hungary)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2811: 1–21 (7 Apr. 2011) 15 plates; 9 references                           Accepted: 23 Mar. 2011
 Dentalion (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Entedoninae) a new genus from tropical America with eleven new species
CHRISTER HANSSON (UK)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2810: 1–14 (6 Apr. 2011) 6 plates; 32 references                              Accepted: 3 Mar. 2011
Discovery of the worker caste and descriptions of two new species of Anomalomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae) with unique abdominal morphology
MAREK L. BOROWIEC (USA), ANDREAS SCHULZ (Germany), GARY D. ALPERT (USA) & PETR BAŇAŘ (Czech Republic)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2806: 53–59 (31 Mar. 2011) 3 plates; 8 references                         Accepted: 7 Mar. 2011
 Two new species of the genus Foenobethylus Kieffer 1913 (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) from China with a key to the known species
JINGXIAN LIU, HUAYAN CHEN & ZAIFU XU (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2806: 35–52 (31 Mar. 2011) 11 plates; 23 references                      Accepted: 9 Feb. 2011
Adding another piece to the cynipoid puzzle: the description of a new tribe, genus and species of gall wasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) endemic to The Republic of South Africa
JOHAN LILJEBLAD (Sweden), JOSÉ LUIS NIEVES-ALDREY (Spain), STEFAN NESER (South Africa) & GEORGE MELIKA (Hungary)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2803: 1–20 (29 Mar. 2011) 10 plates; 13 references                       Accepted: 2 Mar. 2011
Revision of Emphytopsis Wei & Nie (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) with descriptions of seven new species from China and Japan
MEICAI WEI, YI XU & GENGYUN NIU (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2802: 58–62 (28 Mar. 2011) 2 plates; 10 references                      Accepted: 17 Feb. 2011
 A new Aphidius Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) of Ericaphis fimbriata (Richards) (Hemiptera, Aphididae) and key to parasitoids of blueberry aphid in the Pacific Northwest
KEITH S. PIKE (USA), PETR STARÝ (Czech Republic), GEORGE GRAF (USA), DAVID A. RAWORTH (Canada), SNEH MATHUR (Canada), LYNELL K. TANIGOSHI (USA) & TODD MURRAY (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2802: 27–33 (28 Mar. 2011) 6 plates; 26 references                      Accepted: 22 Feb. 2011
 First record of the genus Disholcaspis Dalla Torre & Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) in the Neotropics, with description of two new species from Panama
ENRIQUE MEDIANERO (Panama) & JOSÉ LUIS NIEVES-ALDREY (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2801: 48–56 (25 Mar. 2011) 2 plates; 19 references                       Accepted: 7 Feb. 2011
 Revision of the genus Paraspicera Kieffer, 1907 (Hym: Figitidae: Aspicerinae)
P. ROS-FARRÉ & J. PUJADE-VILLAR (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2801: 27–47 (25 Mar. 2011) 1 plates; 220 references                      Accepted: 9 Feb. 2011
A cladistic analysis and reclassification of the tribe Bembicini (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicinae)
PAVEL G. NEMKOV (Russia) & MICHAEL OHL (Germany)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2797: 2 1–24 (22 Mar. 2011) 1 plates; 7 references                         Accepted: 14 Feb. 2011
Chalepogenus roitmani Roig Alsina (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Tapinotaspidini): description of the male and new geographical records for the species
JUAN PABLO TORRETTA, HUGO J. MARRERO & ARTURO ROIG ALSINA (Argentina)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2794: 1–34 (18 Mar. 2011) 18 plates; 45 references                        Accepted: 18 Jan. 2011
A revision of male ants of the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Key to genera of the subfamily Dolichoderinae
MASASHI YOSHIMURA & BRIAN L. FISHER (USA)
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Erratum 
Zootaxa 2792: 68 (16 Mar. 2011) 
 Erratum: Alejandro Zaldívar-Riverón & Vladimir Salvador de Jesús-Bonilla (2010) Redescription of species of the Neotropical parasitoid Notiospathius Mathews et Marsh (Braconidae: Doryctinae) based on their nineteenth and early twentieth century types. Zootaxa, 2543, 31–42.
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Article 
Zootaxa 2790: 35–53 (14 Mar. 2011) 8 plates; 20 references                        Accepted: 25 Jan. 2011
A review of the Diplazontinae of Mongolia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)
SERAINA KLOPFSTEIN (Switzerland)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2790: 1–22 (14 Mar. 2011) 8 plates; 25 references                            Accepted: 3 Feb. 2011
Revision of the Oriental species of the genus Neodryinus Perkins 1905 (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae: Gonatopodinae), with description of a new species from China
ZAIFU XU (P.R. China), MASSIMO OLMI (Italy) & JUNHUA HE (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2786: 1–26 (9 Mar. 2011) 0 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 26 Jan. 2011
 Type depositories of Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) species described from the Department of Zoology, Aligarh Muslim University, India
MOHAMMAD HAYAT, F. R. KHAN & S. M. A. BADRUDDIN (India)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2784: 1–19 (7 Mar. 2011) 7 plates; 8 references                               Accepted: 25 Jan. 2011
 The genus Ipodoryctes Granger, 1949 (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Doryctinae) from China
PU TANG, LAN-LAN ZHU, JUN-HUA HE & XUE-XIN CHEN (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2780: 29–38 (1 Mar. 2011) 5 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 15 Jan. 2011
 Revision of the Holarctic species of Dilyta Förster (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Charipinae) with descriptions of four new species from the eastern Palaearctic
JORDI PARETAS-MARTÍNEZ (Spain), MAR FERRER-SUAY (Spain), OLEG KOVALEV (Russia), GEORGE MELIKA (Hungary), JESÚS SELFA (Spain) & JULI PUJADE-VILLAR (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2774: 1–47 (24 Feb. 2011) 23 plates; 33 references                         Accepted: 15 Jan. 2011
Taxonomy of inquilines of oak gall wasps of Panama, with description of eight new species of Synergus Hartig (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Synergini)
JOSE LUIS NIEVES-ALDREY (Spain) & ENRIQUE MEDIANERO (Panama)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2762: 63–68 (10 Feb. 2011) 3 plates; 25 references                          Accepted: 6 Dec. 2010
 Description of the male Eufriesea theresiae (Mocsáry, 1908) (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina), with illustration of the holotype and comments on its geographic distribution, including a new record for the state of Pará, northern Brazil
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2762: 49–55 (10 Feb. 2011) 3 plates; 6 references                          Accepted: 31 Dec. 2010
Description of a new genus, Boucekinus (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Torymidae), with two new species and a discussion of its placement 
PETR JANŠTA (Czech Republic), JITKA VILÍMOVÁ (Czech Republic) & PAUL HANSON (Costa Rica)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2756: 1–39 (3 Feb. 2011) 22 plates; 76 references                           Accepted: 15 Dec. 2010
 Empria longicornis species group: taxonomic revision with notes on phylogeny and ecology (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae)
MARKO PROUS, MIKK HEIDEMAA & VILLU SOON (Estonia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2750: 60–64 (27 Jan. 2011) 1 plates; 8 references                          Accepted: 22 Dec. 2010
 A new species of Pristapenesia Brues (Hymenoptera, Scolebythidae) from Asia
CELSO O. AZEVEDO (Brazil), ZAIFU XU (P.R. China) & ROGER A. BEAVER (Thailand)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2750: 15–32 (27 Jan. 2011) 3 plates; 42 references                         Accepted: 24 Dec. 2010
 Revision of the species of the New World genus Augochlora (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) occurring in the southern temperate areas of its range
MILAGROS DALMAZZO & ARTURO ROIG-ALSINA (Argentina)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2745: 68 (20 Jan. 2011) 0 plates; 1 references                                   Accepted: 8 Dec. 2010
Descriptions of two new species of Augerella Gupta (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) from Vietnam
NHI THI PHAM (Vietnam), GAVIN R. BROAD (UK) & KARL-HEINZ LAMPE (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2745: 43–52 (20 Jan. 2011) 3 plates; 56 references                           Accepted: 8 Dec. 2010
Morphometric differentiation of five biotypes of Lysiphlebus fabarum (Marshall) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in Iran
HOSSEIN BARAHOEI, SEYED MASSOUD MADJDZADEH & MOHSEN MEHRPARVAR (Iran)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2743: 49–55 (18 Jan. 2011) 3 plates; 11 references                         Accepted: 14 Dec. 2010
 Three new species of Lathrolestes Förster (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Nepal
ALEXEY V. RESHCHIKOV (Russia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2743: 1–26 (18 Jan. 2011) 18 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 4 Dec. 2010
 Revision of the ant genus Calyptomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in South-east Asia and Oceania
STEVEN O. SHATTUCK (Australia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2733: 49–62 (6 Jan. 2011) 8 plates; 27 references                              Accepted: 1 Dec. 2010
Re-description and biology of Parastethynium maxwelli (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), an egg parasitoid of Zophiuma lobulata (Hemiptera: Lophopidae), and description of a new species of Parastethynium from Indonesia
JOHN T. HUBER (Canada), CATHERINE W. GITAU (Australia), GEOFF M. GURR (Australia), CHARLES F. DEWHURST (Papua New Guinea) & MURRAY J. FLETCHER (Canada)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2729: 58–64 (23 Dec. 2010) 3 plates; 12 references                           Accepted: 1 Dec. 2010
 Inti (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) a peculiar new genus from tropical America
CHRISTER HANSSON (UK)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2729: 36–50 (23 Dec. 2010) 7 plates; 17 references                         Accepted: 24 Nov. 2010
 Revision of Megabeleses Takeuchi (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) with description of two new species from China
MEICAI WEI (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2721: 28–38 (14 Dec. 2010) 5 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 9 Nov. 2010
 Generic redefinition, key and two new species of Acorystus Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae)
MARCUS V. SCHERRER, BERNARDO F. SANTOS & ALEXANDRE P. AGUIAR (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2720: 35–58 (13 Dec. 2010) 11 plates; 45 references                       Accepted: 19 Nov. 2010
 A taxonomic review of the ant genus Megalomyrmex Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Central America
JOHN T. LONGINO (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2716: 1–28 (8 Dec. 2010) 6 plates; 19 references                             Accepted: 13 Nov. 2010
 On some Afrotropical species of Aloencyrtus (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae): parasitoids of soft scales (Hemiptera: Coccidae)
GERHARD. L. PRINSLOO (South Africa)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2714: 40–58 (6 Dec. 2010) 8 plates; 21 references                            Accepted: 15 Nov. 2010
 Three new Middle-Eastern species of Foenatopus Smith (Hymenoptera: Stephanidae) with a new host record and key to species with two spots on the metasoma
ALEXANDRE P. AGUIAR (Brazil), JOHN T. JENNINGS (Australia) & GIUSEPPE F. TURRISI (Italy)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2714: 1–39 (6 Dec. 2010) 12 plates; 61 references                            Accepted: 11 Nov. 2010
 Taxonomy and Natural History of the Crematogaster (Decacrema)-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Madagascar
BONNIE B. BLAIMER (USA)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2708: 1–73 (3 Dec. 2010) 20 plates; 46 references                            Accepted: 23 Sep. 2010
World revision of Xenomerus Walker (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)
I. MIKÓ (USA), L. MASNER (Canada) & A. R. DEANS (USA)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2704: 1–90 (3 Dec. 2010) 49 plates; 39 references                          Accepted: 10 Nov. 2010
Taxonomy of the Tetramorium weitzeckeri species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographical region
FRANCISCO HITA GARCIA, GEORG FISCHER & MARCELL K. PETERS (Germany)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2688: 1–67 (25 Nov. 2010) 28 plates; 38 references                          Accepted: 14 Oct. 2010
Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Leptomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
ANDREA LUCKY & PHILIP S. WARD (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2685: 57–64 (24 Nov. 2010) 3 plates; 18 references                         Accepted: 26 Oct. 2010
Notes and new species of the halictine genus Megommation Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Augochlorini)
RODRIGO B. GONÇALVES & LEANDRO M. SANTOS (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2685: 39–50 (24 Nov. 2010) 6 plates; 48 references                         Accepted: 10 Nov. 2010
 On the evolution of the species complex Pachycondyla chinensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae), including the origin of its invasive form and description of a new species
TOSHIHISA YASHIRO (Japan), KENJI MATSUURA (Japan), BENOIT GUÉNARD (USA), MAMORU TERAYAMA (Japan) & ROBERT R. DUNN (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2685: 30–38 (24 Nov. 2010) 4 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 4 Nov. 2010
 The genus Iare Barbalho and Penteado-Dias (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) in Mexico, with the description of two new species
JUAN JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ (Argentina), FADIA SARA CECCARELLI (Mexico) & ALEJANDRO ZALDÍVAR-RIVERÓN (Mexico)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2675: 1–25 (12 Nov. 2010) 8 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 26 Oct. 2010
 A taxonomic revision of the augochlorine bee genus Ceratalictus Moure (Hymenoptera, Apoidea)
BEATRIZ W. T. COELHO & RODRIGO B. GONÇALVES (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2674: 33–50 (11 Nov. 2010) 8 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 26 Oct. 2010
 New Afrotropical species of the bee subgenus Patellapis (Chaetalictus) with notes on additional species (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
MICHAEL KUHLMANN (UK) & ALAIN PAULY (Belgium)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2670: 1–30 (8 Nov. 2010) 16 plates; 11 references                             Accepted: 12 Oct. 2010
The Pachyprotasis indica group (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) in China with descriptions of eight new species
YIHAI ZHONG & MEICAI WEI (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2669: 1–33 (8 Nov. 2010) 17 plates; 13 references                               Accepted: 4 Oct. 2010
 Taxonomy of the carinaless group of Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) (Hymenoptera, Halictidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan, with description of seven new species
RYUKI MURAO, OSAMU TADAUCHI, MASASHI GOUBARA & YASUO MAETA (Japan)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2668: 55–62 (5 Nov. 2010) 2 plates; 11 references                             Accepted: 12 Oct. 2010
Two new species Pararhabdepyris Gorbatovskii (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Australia and Thailand
CELSO O. AZEVEDO & DIEGO N. BARBOSA (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2661: 1–32 (29 Oct. 2010) 8 plates; 34 references                             Accepted: 22 Sep. 2010
 New synonymies in the bee genus Nomada from North America (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
SAM DROEGE (USA), MOLLY G. RIGHTMYER (USA), CORY S. SHEFFIELD (Canada) & SEÁN G. BRADY (USA)
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Erratum 
Zootaxa 2656: 68 (25 Oct. 2010) 
Erratum: MITROIU, M.-D. (2010) Revision of the Palearctic species of Macroglenes Westwood (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae). Zootaxa, 2563, 1–34.
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Article 
Zootaxa 2656: 55–66 (25 Oct. 2010) 1 plates; 72 references                              Accepted: 4 Oct. 2010
The orchid-bee fauna (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of a forest remnant in northeastern Brazil, with new geographic records and an identification key to the known species of the Atlantic Forest of northeastern Brazil
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2654: 30–40 (22 Oct. 2010) 3 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 27 Sep. 2010
Revision of Nearctic species of Lonchodryinus Kieffer 1905, with description of a new species from New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae)
MASSIMO OLMI & ADALGISA GUGLIELMINO (Italy)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2654: 17–29 (22 Oct. 2010) 7 plates; 4 references                             Accepted: 21 Sep. 2010
Descriptions of two new species of Augerella Gupta (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) and the first record of A. orientalis (Gupta) from Vietnam
NHI THI PHAM (Vietnam), GAVIN R. BROAD (UK) & KARL-HEINZ LAMPE (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2648: 61–68 (18 Oct. 2010) 4 plates; 7 references                             Accepted: 27 Sep. 2010
 A new species of Endasys Förster (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae) from Mexico
ALEJANDRA GONZÁLEZ-MORENO (Spain), SANTIAGO BORDERA (Spain) & HUGO DELFIN (Mexico)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2645: 1–48 (14 Oct. 2010) 23 plates; 21 references                             Accepted: 6 Aug. 2010
 Systematics of Cyphacolus Priesner (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae s.l.), an Old World genus of spider egg parasitoid
ALEJANDRO A. VALERIO (USA), LUBOMIR MASNER (Canada) & ANDREW D. AUSTIN (Australia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2643: 45–65 (13 Oct. 2010) 10 plates; 58 references                         Accepted: 15 Sep. 2010
 Revision of the Siobla annulicornis, acutiscutella and sheni groups (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)
GENGYUN NIU & MEICAI WEI (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2644: 64–68 (13 Oct. 2010) 3 plates; 5 references                           Accepted: 15 Sep. 2010
 A new species of Mymar (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from the Palaearctic region, with nomenclatural changes in the genus
ATANAS D. DONEV (Bulgaria) & SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2641: 37–46 (11 Oct. 2010) 4 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 21 Sep. 2010
Four new species of Blacus Nees (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Blacinae) from Mexico
JOSÉ ANTONIO SÁNCHEZ-GARCÍA (Mexico), ROBERT ALAN WHARTON (USA), JESÚS ROMERO-NAPOLES (Mexico), JOSÉ ISAAC FIGUEROA (Mexico), VÍCTOR LÓPEZ-MARTÍNEZ (Mexico), ANA MABEL MARTÍNEZ (Mexico), RAFAEL PÉREZ-PACHECO (Mexico) & SAMUEL PINEDA (Mexico)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2629: 61–68 (29 Sep. 2010) 3 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 10 Aug. 2010
 A new species of Vespula, and first record of Vespa crabro L. (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) from Guatemala, Central America
PETER J. LANDOLT (USA), JOSÉ MONZÓN SIERRA (Guatemala), THOMAS R. UNRUH (USA) & RICHARD S. ZACK (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2622: 42–48 (23 Sep. 2010) 2 plates; 28 references                              Accepted: 5 Jul. 2010
A new species of Hexacola Foerster (Hymenoptera: Figitidae), parasitoid of Lemnaphila neotropica Lizarralde de Grosso (Diptera: Ephydridae)
ANA L. GADDI, NORMA B. DÍAZ & FABIANA E. GALLARDO (Argentina)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2620: 1–28 (22 Sep. 2010) 5 plates; 58 references                             Accepted: 21 Aug. 2010
 European species of Tubpontania gen. nov., a new genus for species of the Pontania crassispina group (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae: Nematinae)
VELI VIKBERG (Finland)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2614: 1–17 (16 Sep. 2010) 4 plates; 29 references                            Accepted: 14 Aug. 2010
Review and key to Nearctic Lathrolestes Förster (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), with special reference to species attacking leaf mining tenthredinid sawflies in Betula Linnaeus (Betulaceae)
ALEXEY V. RESHCHIKOV (Russia), ANNA SOPER (USA) & ROY G. VAN DRIESCHE (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2608: 63–68 (10 Sep. 2010) 0 plates; 28 references                          Accepted: 14 Aug. 2010
Ichneumonid (Hymenoptera) parasitoids of overwintering Hyphantria cunea (Drury) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) pupae in hazelnut plantations of the central Black Sea region of Turkey
G.T. SULLIVAN (Turkey), I. KARACA (Turkey), S.K. OZMAN-SULLIVAN (Turkey) & J. KOLAROV (Bulgaria)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2608: 57–62 (10 Sep. 2010) 1 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 14 Aug. 2010
Description of two new species of Microgastrini (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from India
MIR SAMIM AKHTAR, ZUBAIR AHMAD & V.V. RAMAMURTHY (India)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2607: 1–54 (9 Sep. 2010) 10 plates; 18 references                               Accepted: 2 Aug. 2010
New taxonomic status of Foenomorpha Szépligeti as a subgenus of Capitonius Brullé (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Cenocoeliinae) including a revision of species
KEVIN M. PITZ (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2605: 56–62 (8 Sep. 2010) 5 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 10 Aug. 2010
Description of Erwiniinae, new subfamily of Dryinidae from Ecuador (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea)
MASSIMO OLMI & ADALGISA GUGLIELMINO (Italy)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2605: 1–26 (8 Sep. 2010) 14 plates; 59 references                              Accepted: 5 Aug. 2010
The species of Adelencyrtus Ashmead and Epitetracnemus Girault (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from China
YAN-ZHOU ZHANG & ZHEN-YA SHI (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2602: 57–66 (3 Sep. 2010) 6 plates; 14 references                             Accepted: 10 Aug. 2010
Description of larval instars of Mystrophorus formicaeformis Ruthe (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae)
A. GUGLIELMINO (Italy) & C. BÜCKLE (Germany)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2591: 1–382 (31 Aug. 2010) 246 plates; 241 references                     Accepted: 19 May 2010
 Revision of the metallic species of Lasioglossum (Dialictus) in Canada (Hymenoptera, Halictidae, Halictini)
JASON GIBBS (Canada)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2580: 1–1064 (31 Aug. 2010) 36 plates; 2960 references                   Accepted: 15 Jul. 2010
 World Catalog of Symphyta (Hymenoptera)
ANDREAS TAEGER, STEPHAN M. BLANK & ANDREW D. LISTON (Germany)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2572: 48–56 (20 Aug. 2010) 5 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 13 Jul. 2010
Taxonomy of Pseudopimpla Habermehl (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae) with description of a new species
MARINA MAZÓN & SANTIAGO BORDERA (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2563: 35–52 (10 Aug. 2010) 9 plates; 16 references                            Accepted: 14 Jul. 2010
Apleurotropis Girault (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) new to tropical America, including six new species and biological records
CHRISTER HANSSON (UK)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2563: 1–34 (10 Aug. 2010) 6 plates; 43 references                             Accepted: 21 Jul. 2010
Revision of the Palearctic species of Macroglenes Westwood (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)
MIRCEA-DAN MITROIU (Romania)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2559: 58–68 (5 Aug. 2010) 2 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 15 Jul. 2010
True females of the subgenus Photomorphina Schuster (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)
CRAIG M. BRABANT, KEVIN A. WILLIAMS & JAMES P. PITTS (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2553: 1–34 (29 Jul. 2010) 8 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 30 Jun. 2010
Nocturnal velvet ant males (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of Deep Canyon, California including four new species and a fifth new species from Owens Lake Valley, California
JAMES P. PITTS, JOSEPH S. WILSON, KEVIN A. WILLIAMS & NICOLE F. BOEHME (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2543: 3 1–42 (21 Jul. 2010) 6 plates; 8 references                               Accepted: 8 May 2010
Redescription of species of the Neotropical parasitoid Notiospathius Mathews et Marsh (Braconidae: Doryctinae) based on their nineteenth and early twentieth century types
ALEJANDRO ZALDÍVAR-RIVERÓN & VLADIMIR SALVADOR DE JESÚS-BONILLA (Mexico)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2523: 27–49 (30 Jun. 2010) 11 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 1 Jun. 2010
The Pachyprotasis formosana group (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae) in China: identification and new species
YIHAI ZHONG & MEICAI WEI (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2522: 1–43 (30 Jun. 2010) 12 plates; 45 references                         Accepted: 29 May 2010
A revision of the genus Zatypota Förster of Japan, with descriptions of nine new species and notes on their hosts (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae)
RIKIO MATSUMOTO & KEIZO TAKASUKA (Japan)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2517: 1–14 (24 Jun. 2010) 5 plates; 13 references                             Accepted: 10 May 2010
A Revision of Perdita (Xerophasma) Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)
TERRY GRISWOLD & WENSDAE MILLER (USA)
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Erratum 
Zootaxa 2516: 68 (23 Jun. 2010) 
Erratum: FRITZÉN, N.R. (2010) Natural history and description of Zatypota kerstinae sp.nov. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) reared from Theridion palmgreni Marusik et Tsellarius (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Finland. Zootaxa, 2487, 52–60.
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2515: 65–68 (23 Jun. 2010) 1 plates; 11 references                              Accepted: 3 Jun. 2010
Trissolcus radjabii n.sp. (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), an egg parasitoid of the shield bug, Apodiphus amygdali (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) and the sunn pest, Eurygaster integriceps (Heteroptera: Scutelleridae)
SHAHZAD IRANIPOUR (Iran) & NORMAN F. JOHNSON (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2512: 26–46 (21 Jun. 2010) 8 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 18 May 2010
Description of a new species of Osmia (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae) from southwestern North America, with a redescription of the enigmatic species Osmia foxi Cameron
MOLLY G. RIGHTMYER & TERRY GRISWOLD (USA)
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Erratum
Zootaxa 2510: 68 (18 Jun. 2010) 
Erratum: Krogmann, L. & Burks, R.A. (2009) Doddifoenus wallacei, a new giant parasitoid wasp of the subfamily Leptofoeninae (Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae), with a description of its mesosomal skeletal anatomy and a molecular characterization. Zootaxa, 2194, 21–36.
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Article 
Zootaxa 2507: 44–68 (16 Jun. 2010) 8 plates; 26 references                           Accepted: 19 May 2010
Taxonomic review of the species of Neocorynura (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Augochlorini) inhabiting Argentina and Paraguay
ALLAN H. SMITH-PARDO (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2499: 21–38 (9 Jun. 2010) 10 plates; 37 references                             Accepted: 3 May 2010
Revision of rock fossils of Dryinidae and Embolemidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea)
MASSIMO OLMI (Italy), ALEXANDER P. RASNITSYN (UK) & ADALGISA GUGLIELMINO (Italy)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2498: 47–52 (8 Jun. 2010) 0 plates; 18 references                            Accepted: 20 Apr. 2010
Aphid parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Braconidae, Aphidiinae) from Thailand
PETR STARÝ (Czech Republic), EHSAN RAKHSHANI (Iran), ŽELJKO TOMANOVIĆ (Serbia), NICKOLAS G. KAVALLIERATOS (Greece) & MICHAEL SHARKEY (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2498: 1–27 (8 Jun. 2010) 16 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 6 May 2010
The Neotropical genus Klyngon Hansson (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), with new species and biological information
CHRISTER HANSSON (Sweden) & JOHN LA SALLE (Australia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2490: 55–62  (1 Jun. 2010) 2 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 11 May 2010
A taxonomic study of Chinese species of Copidosomopsis Girault (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae)
FANG YU, YAN-ZHOU ZHANG, CHAO-DONG ZHU & LI-HONG TU (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2487: 52–60  (28 May 2010) 3 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 27 Apr. 2010
Natural history and description of Zatypota kerstinae sp.nov. (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) reared from Theridion palmgreni Marusik et Tsellarius (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Finland
NICLAS R. FRITZÉN (Finland)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2487: 43–51  (28 May 2010) 0 plates; 58 references                           Accepted: 20 Apr. 2010
The types of Braconidae and Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) in the Museo de La Plata, Argentina
DANIEL A. AQUINO, ANA L. GADDI, EMILIA P. HERNÁNDEZ & JUAN J. MARTÍNEZ (Argentina)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2484: 35–44  (26 May 2010) 3 plates; 39 references                           Accepted: 17 Apr. 2010
A reevaluation of the generic limits of Pnigalio Schrank (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) based on molecular and morphological evidence
MARCO GEBIOLA (Italy), UMBERTO BERNARDO (Italy) & ROGER A. BURKS (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2480: 27–36  (21 May 2010) 3 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 22 Apr. 2010
A new species of Asphinctopone (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) from Tanzania
PETER G. HAWKES (South Africa)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2480: 1–26  (21 May 2010) 10 plates; 10 2 references                     Accepted: 31 Mar. 2010
Synopsis of Australian agathidine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae)
NICHOLAS B. STEVENS, ANDREW D. AUSTIN & JOHN T. JENNINGS (Australia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2476: 14–22  (18 May 2010) 5 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 31 Mar. 2010
Two new Afrotropical genera and species of braconine wasps (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with descriptions of new species
KHALID MAHMOOD (UK), JENO PAPP (Hungary) & DONALD L.J. QUICKE (UK)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2470: 1–79 (14 May 2010) 39 plates; 90 references                          Accepted: 30 Mar. 2010
Palaearctic oak gallwasps galling oaks (Quercus) in the section Cerris: re-appraisal of generic limits, with descriptions of new genera and species (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) 
GEORGE MELIKA (Hungary), JULI PUJADEVILLAR (Spain), YOSHIHISA ABE (Japan), CHANG-TI TANG (R. China), JAMES NICHOLLS (UK), NAKATADA WACHI (Japan), TATSUYA IDE (Japan), MAN-MIAO YANG (R. China), ZSOLT PÉNZES (Hungary), GYÖRGY CSÓKA (Hungary) & GRAHAM N. STONE (UK)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2456: 1–243 (14 May 2010) 162 plates; 171 references                      Accepted: 4 Mar. 2010
Review of Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) in the Neotropical region, with description of eleven new species 
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN (USA), JOHN T. HUBER (Canada), GUILLERMO A. LOGARZO (Argentina), VLADIMIR V. BEREZOVSKIY (USA) & DANIEL A. AQUINO (Argentina)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2455: 1–548 (14 May 2010) 0 plates; 1151 references                       Accepted: 24 Mar. 2010
 Catalogue of Afrotropical bees (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Apiformes)
CONNAL EARDLEY & ROSALIND URBAN (South Africa)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2453: 55–61  (13 May 2010) 3 plates; 29 references                          Accepted: 20 Mar. 2010
A new Meteorus Haliday species from Colombia and Ecuador (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
HELMUTH AGUIRRE FERNáNDEZ (Colombia), SCOTT R. SHAW (USA) & GUINEVERE Z. JONES (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2441: 63–68  (30 Apr. 2010) 3 plates; 12 references                         Accepted: 16 Mar. 2010
A new eumenine wasp in the genus Pseudodynerus de Saussure (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Eumeninae)
MARCEL G. HERMES (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2438: 37–51 (27 Apr. 2010) 7 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 20 Mar. 2010
Nine new Zonopimpla Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) and key to species from Venezuela
NEICY VALERA & FRANCISCO DÍAZ (Venezuela)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2428: 1–21 (16 Apr. 2010) 10 plates; 49 references                        Accepted: 17 Mar. 2010
Morphological and molecular differentiation of the Anagrus epos species complex (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), egg parasitoids of leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in North America
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN, PAUL F. RUGMAN-JONES, GILSANG JEONG, JOSEPH G. MORSE & RICHARD STOUTHAMER (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2424: 51–62 (13 Apr. 2010) 4 plates; 75 references                      Accepted: 1 Mar. 2010
Eulaema (Apeulaema) felipei sp. n. (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina): a new forest-dependent orchid bee found at the brink of extinction in northeastern Brazil
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO (Barzil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2415: 54–62 (31 Mar. 2010) 3 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 18 Feb. 2010
The spatial complexity in describing leg surfaces of Hymenoptera (Insecta), the problem and a proposed solution
ALEXANDRE P. AGUIAR (Brazil) & GARY A. P. GIBSON (Canada)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2410: 53–58 (25 Mar. 2010) 2 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 29 Jan. 2010
 A redescription of Torymus sapporoensis Ashmead and description of a new species of Torymus Dalman (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) parasitizing Paratephritis fukaii (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Japan
KAZUNORI MATSUO (Japan)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2401: 1–29 (17 Mar. 2010) 10 plates; 37 references                             Accepted: 1 Dec. 2009
A taxonomic review of the Palaearctic Tetramorium ferox species-complex (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
SÁNDOR CSŐSZ & ANDREAS SCHULZ (Hungary)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2400: 16–28 (16 Mar. 2010) 7 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 21 Jan. 2010
The validity of Hexacharis Kieffer with taxonomic notes on Anacharitinae genera (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae)
CLAUDIA X. RESTREPO–ORTIZ & JULI PUJADE–VILLAR (Spain)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2394: 51–68 (9 Mar. 2010) 11 plates; 12 references                           Accepted: 29 Jan. 2010
 Status of Batakomacrus Kolarov (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Orthocentrinae), with new generic combinations and description of a new species
GAVIN R. BROAD (UK)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2394: 41–50 (9 Mar. 2010) 0 plates; 13 references                            Accepted: 29 Jan. 2010
Type condition and generic placement of Cuban species of Ichneumonidae described by Cresson and collected by Gundlach
IAN D. GAULD (UK) & JOSÉ L. FERNÁNDEZ-TRIANA (Canada)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2394: 23–40 (9 Mar. 2010) 15 plates; 27 references                           Accepted: 16 Nov. 2009
 Acropimpla Townes from China (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae), with key to Chinese fauna and descriptions of two new species
JING-XIAN LIU, JUN-HUA HE & XUE-XIN CHEN (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2388: 23–43 (4 Mar. 2010) 11 plates; 31 references                           Accepted: 23 Jan. 2010
 Three new species of Achrysocharoides Girault (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) parasitoids of Phyllonorycter spp. (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) on Acer platanoides and Robinia pseudoacacia
CHRISTER HANSSON & EKATERINA SHEVTSOVA (Sweden)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2387: 1–27 (3 Mar. 2010) 17 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 23 Dec. 2009
 Taxonomic revision of the ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) genus Paraparatrechina in the Afrotropical and Malagasy Regions
JOHN S. LAPOLLA, CHIU H. CHENG & BRIAN L. FISHER (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2384: 1–43 (1 Mar. 2010) 21 plates; 42 references                            Accepted: 9 Dec. 2009
 World revision of the wasp genus Liosphex Townes, 1977 (Hymenoptera: Rhopalosomatidae)
VOLKER LOHRMANN & MICHAEL OHL (Germany)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 2381: 1–74 (26 Feb. 2010) 44 plates; 74 references                            Accepted: 4 Nov. 2009
Revision of the Palaearctic species and review of the Oriental species of Ooctonus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), with notes on extralimital taxa
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2360: 63–68 (16 Feb. 2010) 0 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 31 Dec. 2009
Type specimens of sawflies (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Symphyta) housed in the Museo de La Plata, Argentina
ALBERTO H. ABRAHAMOVICH (Argentina), MARIANO LUCIA (Argentina), LEOPOLDO J. ALVAREZ (Argentina) & DAVID R. SMITH (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2360: 47–62 (16 Feb. 2010) 8 plates; 15 references                            Accepted: 17 Jan. 2010
 The genus Amphibolips Reinhard (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini) in the Neotropics, with description of three new species from Panama
ENRIQUE MEDIANERO (Panama) & JOSÉ LUIS NIEVES-ALDREY (Spain)
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Correspondence  
Zootaxa 2359: 58–60 (15 Feb. 2010) 1 plates; 2 references                            Accepted: 15 Jan. 2010
 A rare genus Odontopsen Tsuneki in China (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Crabronidae), with description of a new species
LI MA, QIANG LI & XUE-XIN CHEN (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2358: 1–24 (12 Feb. 2010) 0 plates; 76 references                            Accepted: 30 Oct. 2009
A catalogue of the types of Platygastridae (Hymenoptera, Platygastroidea) at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, with brief notes on the history of the collection
DAVID G. NOTTON (UK)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2335: 40–48 (13 Jan. 2010) 3 plates; 13 references                          Accepted: 17 Dec. 2009
 Description of a new species of Odontofroggatia (Chalcidoidea, Epichrysomallinae) associated with Ficus microcarpa (Moraceae) with a key to species of the genus
GUI FENG & DA-WEI HUANG (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2335: 16–28 (13 Jan. 2010) 6 plates; 44 references                           Accepted: 30 Nov. 2009
 A new genus of oak gallwasps, Kinseyella Pujade-Villar & Melika, with a description of a new species from Mexico (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini)
J. PUJADE-VILLAR (Spain), S. ROMERO-RANGEL (Mexico), C. CHAGOYÁN-GARCÍA (Mexico), A. EQUIHUA-MARTÍNEZ (Mexico), E. G. ESTRADA-VENEGAS (Mexico) & G. MELIKA (Hungary)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2335: 1–15 (13 Jan. 2010) 4 plates; 71 references                           Accepted: 16 Dec. 2009
 Review of the Nomada roberjeotiana species-group (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of Russia, with description of new species
MAXIM YU. PROSHCHALYKIN & ARKADY S. LELEJ (Russia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2318: 589-595 (22 Dec. 2009) 2 plates; 22 references                     Accepted: 28 Oct. 2009
Trichrysis baratzsensis sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae) from Sardinia
FRANCO STRUMIA (Italy)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2315: 47-50 (21 Dec. 2009) 1 plates; 11 references                          Accepted: 23 Nov. 2009
 Taxonomic notes on the Evaniidae (Hymenoptera) described by J. Brčthes
JUAN JOSÉ MARTINEZ (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2314: 41-49 (18 Dec. 2009) 0 plates; 47 references                          Accepted: 2 Dec. 2009
New geographic and host records for scelionid wasps (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) parasitoids of insect pests in South America
CECILIA B. MARGARÍA, MARTA S. LOIÁCONO & ANALÍA A. LANTERI (Argentina)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2308: 65-68 (10 Dec. 2009) 0 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 21 Nov. 2009
The species of Megaphragma Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) from Argentina
GENNARO VIGGIANI (Italy), ERICA LUFT ALBARRACIN (Argentina) & EDUARDO VIRLA (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2306: 29-43 (8 Dec. 2009) 6 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 30 Oct. 2009
The genus Neuroscelio Dodd (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae s.l.) reviewed: new species, distributional update, and discussion of relationships
ALEJANDRO A. VALERIO (USA), LUBOMÍR MASNER (Canada), ANDREW D. AUSTIN (Australia) & NORMAN F. JOHNSON (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2306: 1-16 (8 Dec. 2009) 3 plates; 69 references                          Accepted: 29 Oct. 2009
Fossil Eucharitidae and Perilampidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Baltic Amber
JOHN M. HERATY (USA) & D. CHRISTOPHER DARLING (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2303: 1-44 (3 Dec. 2009) 0 plates; 103 references                          Accepted: 19 Nov. 2009
 Checklist of Peruvian Ichneumonidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera)
ALEXANDER RODRÍGUEZ-BERRÍO (Peru), SANTIAGO BORDERA (Spain) & ILARI E. SÄÄKSJÄRVI (Finland)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2292: 15-24 (18 Nov. 2009) 3 plates; 23 references                          Accepted: 27 Oct. 2009
A synopsis of Actenosigynes Moure, Graf & Urban, 1999 (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)—new species, possible oligolecty and biogeographic comments
FERNANDO A. SILVEIRA (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2287: 45-54 (11 Nov. 2009) 6 plates; 11 references                          Accepted: 15 Oct. 2009
Rediscovery of Pristepyris Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), a new synonym of Acrepyris Kieffer
CELSO O. AZEVEDO & ISABEL D.C.C. ALENCAR (Brasil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2286: 58-64 (10 Nov. 2009) 1 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 15 Oct. 2009
 Synopsis of Lytopsenella Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae)
CELSO O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2284: 48-62 (9 Nov. 2009) 4 plates; 27 references                          Accepted: 25 Sep. 2009
Cladistic analysis of Megachile (Chrysosarus) Mitchell and revalidation of Megachile (Dactylomegachile) Mitchell (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)
SILVANA DURANTE & NORA CABRERA (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2284: 1-29 (9 Nov. 2009) 8 plates; 45 references                          Accepted: 15 Oct. 2009
Phylogenetic analysis of Rhabdepyris (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) and redefinition of generic limits based on morphological characters
CECILIA WAICHERT (USA) & CELSO O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2282: 62-68 (5 Nov. 2009) 1 plates; 13 references                          Accepted: 14 Sep. 2009
The bee genus Ruizantheda (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), its scope and description of a new species
ROCIO ANA GONZALEZ-VAQUERO & ARTURO ROIG-ALSINA (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2282: 1-50 (5 Nov. 2009) 7 plates; 132 references                          Accepted: 12 Oct. 2009
Curt Schrottky (1874–1937): South American entomology at the beginning of the 20th century (Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera)
CLAUS RASMUSSEN (Peru), BOLÍVAR RAFAEL GARCETE-BARRETT (Brazil) & RODRIGO B. GONÇALVES (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2281: 21-39 (4 Nov. 2009) 10 plates; 25 references                          Accepted: 13 Oct. 2009
A taxonomic revision of the subgenus Andrena (Brachyandrena) (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)
ARDESHIR ARIANA (Japan), ERWIN SCHEUCHL (Germany), OSAMU TADAUCHI (Japan) & FRITZ GUSENLEITNER (Austria)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2279: 60-68 (2 Nov. 2009) 1 plates; 23 references                          Accepted: 29 Sep. 2009
Review of some Southeast Asian sawfly species (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) described by Attila Haris
MEICAI WEI & GENGYUN NIU (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2274: 45-50 (28 Oct. 2009) 1 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 17 Sep. 2009
A new Arthula Cameron (Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae) parasitoid of Ropalidia plebeiana Richards (Vespidae) and host of Amoturoides breviscapus Girault (Torymidae) (Hymenoptera)
ROSICHON UBAIDILLAH (Indonesia), GOSHI YAMAGUCHI (Japan) & JUN-ICHI KOJIMA (Japan)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2264: 65-68 (14 Oct. 2009) 2 plates; 1 references                          Accepted: 1 Aug. 2009
First record of the tribe Biastini from the Afrotropical Region (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
CONNAL EARDLEY (South Africa)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2261: 39-51 (9 Oct. 2009) 8 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 9 Sep. 2009
A revision of the Southern African species of Meliturgula Friese (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae: Panurginae)
CONNAL EARDLEY (S. Africa)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2259: 1-159 (8 Oct. 2009) 77 plates; 90 references                           Accepted: 1 Sep. 2009
Revision of New World Spalangiinae (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)
GARY A. P. GIBSON (Canada)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2256: 1-126 (8 Oct. 2009) 29 plates; 38 references                           Accepted: 5 Aug. 2009
A Revision of the Tetrasphaeropyx Ashmead Lineage of the Genus Aleiodes Wesmael (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Rogadinae)
JOSEPH C. FORTIER (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2254: 1-96 (8 Oct. 2009) 7 plates; 511 references                           Accepted: 15 Aug. 2009
Studies toward a World Catalog of Symphyta (Hymenoptera)
STEPHAN M. BLANK (Germany), ANDREAS TAEGER (Germany), ANDREW D. LISTON (Germany), DAVID R. SMITH (USA), ALEXANDR P. RASNITSYN (UK), AKIHIKO SHINOHARA (Japan), MIKK HEIDEMAA (Estonia) & MATTI VIITASAARI (Finland)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2237: 59-66 (22 Sep. 2009) 2 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 2 Jul. 2009
Calliscelio elegans (Perkins), a tramp species, and a review of the status of the genus Caenoteleia Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)
LUBOMÍR MASNER (Canada), NORMAN F. JOHNSON (USA) & LUCIANA MUSETTI (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2237: 43-58 (22 Sep. 2009) 10 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 2 Sep. 2009
Entedoninae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) associated with gall-inducing insects (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Panama
MIGUEL PANIAGUA (Panama), CHRISTER HANSSON (Sweden) & ENRIQUE MEDIANERO (Panama)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2230: 42-50 (14 Sep. 2009) 2 plates; 36 references                          Accepted: 24 Aug. 2009
Review of the Evagetes crassicornis species-group (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae), with description of new species
ARKADY S. LELEJ & VALERY M. LOKTIONOV (Russia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2224: 30-50 (8 Sep. 2009) 4 plates; 42 references                          Accepted: 26 Aug. 2009
Taxonomic purgatory: Sorting out the wasp genus Myzinum Latreille in North America (Hymenoptera, Tiphiidae, Myzininae)
LYNN S. KIMSEY (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2221: 41-57 (4 Sep. 2009) 8 plates; 22 references                          Accepted: 28 Jul. 2009
The ant genus Stenamma Westwood (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) redefined, with a description of a new genus Propodilobus
MICHAEL G. BRANSTETTER (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2216: 1-21 (1 Sep. 2009) 13 plates; 29 references                          Accepted: 20 Jul. 2009
A revision of male ants of the Malagasy region (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): Key to genera of the subfamily Proceratiinae
MASASHI YOSHIMURA & BRIAN L. FISHER (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2214: 62-68 (31 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 19 references                          Accepted: 24 Jun. 2009
Recent occurrence of Aphanogmus dictynna (Waterston) (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae) in Kenya — an important hyperparasitoid of the coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
MATTHEW L. BUFFINGTON (USA) & ANDREW POLASZEK (UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2214: 29-44 (31 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 3 Jul. 2009
Phylogenetic revision and the origin of Polyphrix Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with description of a new species
BERNARDO F. SANTOS, ALEXANDRE P. AGUIAR & ANAZÉLIA M. TEDESCO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2207: 1-52 (24 Aug. 2009) 18 plates; 25 references                           Accepted: 3 Aug. 2009
A revision of Physotarsus Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Ctenopelmatinae), with description of 18 new species
KIRA ZHAUROVA & ROBERT WHARTON (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2204: 55-62 (20 Aug. 2009) 2 plates; 11 references                           Accepted: 17 Jul. 2009
Diaphoromyrma, a new myrmicine ant genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from North Eastern Brazil
FERNANDO FERNÁNDEZ (Colombia), JACQUES HUBERT CHARLES DELABIE (Brazil) & IVAN CARDOSO DO NASCIMENTO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2200: 54-60 (17 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 16 Jul. 2009
The genus Microdonophagus Schauff (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), with description of a new species
CHRISTER HANSSON (Sweden)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2200: 1-40 (17 Aug. 2009) 15 plates; 50 references                           Accepted: 24 Jul. 2009
Revision and phylogenetics of the genus Paraulax Kieffer (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) with biological notes and description of a new tribe, a new genus, and five new species
JOSÉ LUIS NIEVES-ALDREY (Spain), JOHAN LILJEBLAD (Sweden), MARÍA HERNÁNDEZ NIEVES (Spain), AUDREY GREZ (Chile) & JOHAN A. A. NYLANDER (Sweden)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2194: 1-20 (11 Aug. 2009) 17 plates; 44 references                           Accepted: 11 Jul. 2009
Taxonomic notes on Megalopta Smith, 1853 (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Augochlorini) with a synopsis of the species in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil
LEANDRO M. SANTOS & FERNANDO A. SILVEIRA (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2194: 21-36 (11 Aug. 2009) 7 plates; 26 references                           Accepted: 9 Jul. 2009
Doddifoenus wallacei, a new giant parasitoid wasp of the subfamily Leptofoeninae (Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae), with a description of its mesosomal skeletal anatomy and a molecular characterization
LARS KROGMANN (Germany) & ROGER A. BURKS (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2193: 62-68 (10 Aug. 2009) 2 plates; 9 references                           Accepted: 22 Jul. 2009
Austromorium, a new myrmicine ant genus from Australia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
STEVEN O. SHATTUCK (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2193: 1-52 (10 Aug. 2009) 25 plates; 53 references                           Accepted: 25 Jun. 2009
Taxonomic revision of the bee genus Lophopedia Michener and Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini)
ANTONIO J. C. AGUIAR (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2192: 56-68 (10 Aug. 2009) 2 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 3 Jul. 2009
Cladistic assessment and description of a new Neotropical genus and species of Lymeonina (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae)
ANAZÉLIA M. TEDESCO & ALEXANDRE P. AGUIAR (Brazil)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2181: 1-90 (6 Aug. 2009) 24 plates; 48 references                           Accepted: 29 Apr. 2009
Additions to the taxonomy of New World Pheidole (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
JOHN T. LONGINO  (USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2175: 66-68 (4 Aug. 2009) 1 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 9 Jul. 2009
 A new species of the bee genus Centris from Peru (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
FERNANDO CÉSAR VIEIRA ZANELLA & FELIPE VIVALLO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2175: 57-65 (4 Aug. 2009) 4 plates; 25 references                           Accepted: 11 Jul. 2009
First record of an Andricus oak gallwasp from the Oriental Region: a new species from Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae: Cynipini)
CHANG-TI TANG (Taiwan), GEORGE MELIKA (Hungary), MAN-MIAO YANG (Taiwan), JAMES NICHOLLS (UK), GYÖRGY CSÓKA (Hungary) & GRAHAM N. STONE (UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2175: 19-28 (4 Aug. 2009) 1 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 3 Jul. 2009
A taxonomic revision of the Oriental species of Thaumatodryinus Perkins, with descriptions of two new species from P. R. China (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae)
ZAIFU XU (China), MASSIMO OLMI (Italy) & JUNHUA HE (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2175: 1-18 (4 Aug. 2009) 9 plates; 7 references                           Accepted: 8 Jul. 2009
Review of the Malagasy Anthobosca, the Bizarre and the Sublime (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Anthoboscinae)
LYNN S. KIMSEY (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2174: 27-37 (3 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 8 Jul. 2009
Polyrhachis (Myrma) cyaniventris F. Smith, 1858 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and a related new ant species from the Philippines
D.M. SORGER & H. ZETTEL (Austria)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2170: 1-14 (29 Jul. 2009) 4 plates; 26 references                           Accepted: 8 Jul. 2009
Laelius Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Madagascar, with description of two new species
D. N. BARBOSA & C. O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2168: 45-56 (27 Jul. 2009) 4 plates; 20 references                           Accepted: 9 Jun. 2009
A taxonomic study of the Dryininae (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae) of Japan, with description of a new species of Pseudodryinus
TOSHIHARU MITA (Japan)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2162: 24-36 (20 Jul. 2009) 9 plates; 10 references                           Accepted: 17 Jun. 2009
Revisiting the Brazilian fauna of masarine wasps: new records, an illustrated key to species and a description of the male of Trimeria rubra Hermes & Melo (Hymenoptera: Vespidae: Masarinae)
MARCEL G. HERMES & BOLÍVAR R. GARCETE-BARRETT (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2160: 1-28 (16 Jul. 2009) 4 plates; 37 references                           Accepted: 9 Jun. 2009
 A review of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Turkey
ARKADY S. LELEJ (Russia) & EROL YILDIRIM (Turkey)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2155: 37-54 (13 Jul. 2009) 5 plates; 49 references                           Accepted: 29 May 2009
Neotropical Meliponini: the genus Celetrigona Moure (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Apinae)
JOĂO M. F. CAMARGO & SILVIA R. M. PEDRO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2148: 49-54 (3 Jul. 2009) 1 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 21 May 2009
 Biological synopsis of Photocryptus Viereck (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with eight new host records and fourteen new geographic records
ALEXANDRE P. AGUIAR & BERNARDO F. SANTOS (Brasil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2146: 1-21 (1 Jul. 2009) 11 plates; 9 references                           Accepted: 11 Jun. 2009
 A revision the Australian species of the ant genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
STEVE SHATTUCK (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2145: 36-46 (30 Jun. 2009) 2 plates; 25 references                           Accepted: 20 May 2009
 A revision of the subgenus Leucandrena of the genus Andrena of eastern Asia (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Andrenidae)
HUANLI XU (China) & OSAMU TADAUCHI (Japan)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2142: 45-56 (26 Jun. 2009) 5 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 11 Jun. 2009
 Taxonomic notes on Euglossa (Glossuropoda) with a key to the known species (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossina)
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO (Brasil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2142: 57-68 (26 Jun. 2009) 5 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 11 Jun. 2009
 Six new, unusually small ants of the genus Leptomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
DEREK J. SMITH & STEVE SHATTUCK (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2131: 1-53 (12 Jun. 2009) 10 plates; 37 references                           Accepted: 22 Apr. 2009
 Velvet ants (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) of the Algodones sand dunes of California, USA
JAMES P. PITTS, JOSEPH S. WILSON, KEVIN A. WILLIAMS & NICOLE F. BOEHME (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2129: 1-28 (10 Jun. 2009) 8 plates; 106 references                           Accepted: 25 Apr. 2009
 Annotated key to the genera of Mymaridae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) in Argentina
ERICA LUFT ALBARRACIN (Argentina), SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN (USA) & EDUARDO G. VIRLA (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2121: 35-43 (29 May 2009) 3 plates; 28 references                           Accepted: 6 May 2009
A new species of invasive gall wasp (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae) on blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) in California
JOHN LA SALLE (Australia), GEVORK ARAKELIAN (USA), ROSSER W. GARRISON (USA) & MICHAEL W. GATES (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2118: 30-36 (27 May 2009) 2 plates; 31 references                           Accepted: 22 Apr. 2009
 A new Dinapsis species from the Central African Republic (Hymenoptera, Megalyridae, Dinapsini)
SCOTT RICHARD SHAW (USA) & SIMON VAN NOORT (South Africa)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2118: 37-52 (27 May 2009) 7 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 25 Apr. 2009
Two new dolichoderine ant genera from Madagascar: Aptinoma gen. n. and Ravavy gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
BRIAN L. FISHER (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2112: 1-24 (20 May 2009) 4 plates; 66 references                           Accepted: 23 Apr. 2009
Taxonomy and biology of European Heptamelini (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae, Selandriinae)
VELI VIKBERG (Finland) & ANDREW D. LISTON (Germany)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2105: 63-65 (13 May 2009) 2 plates; 6 references                           Accepted: 17 Apr. 2009
A note on Szelenyiopria pampeana (Loiácono) n. comb., parasitoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Diapriidae) attacking the fungus growing ant, Acromyrmex lobicornis Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Attini) in La Pampa, Argentina
MARTA S. LOIÁCONO & CECILIA B. MARGARÍA (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2105: 1-31 (13 May 2009) 8 plates; 78 references                           Accepted: 26 Mar. 2009
 Revision of the genus Callaspidia Dahlbom, 1842 (Hym.: Figitidae: Aspicerinae)
P. ROS-FARRÉ & J. PUJADE-VILLAR (Espana)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2105: 32-42 (13 May 2009) 3 plates; 27 references                           Accepted: 9 Apr. 2009
A new species of Mydrosoma Smith with a key to Brazilian species of the genus and a discussion on the classification of the Dissoglottini (Hymenoptera: Colletidae)
FERNANDO A. SILVEIRA & RODERIC B. MARTINES (Brazil)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2099: 1-188 (11 May 2009) 129 plates; 33 references                          Accepted: 9 Apr. 2009
Taxonomic revision of the African bee subgenera Patellapis, Chaetalictus and Lomatalictus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae, genus Patellapis Friese 1909)
KIM TIMMERMANN (Germany) & MICHAEL KUHLMANN (UK)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2094: 52-59 (8 May 2009) 6 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 8 Apr. 2009
Abrotoxyela gen. nov. (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Xyelidae) from the Middle Jurassic of Inner Mongolia, China
TAIPING GAO, DONG REN & CHUNGKUN SHIH (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2084: 1-49 (27 Apr. 2009) 14 plates; 25 references                           Accepted: 7 Mar. 2009
Review of world Parapanteles Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), with description of fourteen new Neotropical species and the first description of the final instar larvae
A. A. VALERIO (Costa Rica), J. B. WHITFIELD (USA) & D.H. JANZEN (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2083: 27-45 (27 Apr. 2009) 7 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 6 Apr. 2009
The tetrastichine wasps (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eulophidae) associated with galls on Erythrina species (Fabaceae) in South Africa, with the description of five new species
GERHARD. L. PRINSLOO & JANINE. A. KELLY (S. Africa)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2083: 19-26 (27 Apr. 2009) 3 plates; 35 references                           Accepted: 25 Mar. 2009
A new parasitoid of the Erythrina Gall Wasp, Quadrastichus erythrinae Kim (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
JOHN LA SALLE (Australia), MOHSEN RAMADAN (USA) & BERNARR R. KUMASHIRO (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2080: 47-54 (22 Apr. 2009) 4 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 13 Mar. 2009
The earliest fossil record of the wasp subfamily Pelecininae (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea: Pelecinidae) from the Yixian Formation of China
CHENXI LIU, CHUNGKUN SHIH & DONG REN (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2075: 1-32 (17 Apr. 2009) 15 plates; 64 references                           Accepted: 7 Mar. 2009
Generic classification for the Gasteruptiinae (Hymenoptera: Gasteruptiidae) based on a cladistic analysis, with the description of two new Neotropical genera and the revalidation of Plutofoenus Kieffer
ANTONIO CARLOS CRUZ MACEDO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2075: 33-44 (17 Apr. 2009) 4 plates; 39 references                           Accepted: 7 Mar. 2009
Taxonomy and geographic distribution of the species of Centris of the hyptidis group (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Centridini), with description of a new species from central Brazil
FELIPE VIVALLO & GABRIEL A. R. MELO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2075: 45-54 (17 Apr. 2009) 5 plates; 17 references                           Accepted: 19 Mar. 2009
Crematogaster pygmaea (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae), a highly polygynous and polydomous Crematogaster from northeastern Brazil
YVES QUINET (Brazil), RACHID HAMIDI (Belgium), MARIO XAVIER RUIZ-GONZALEZ (France), JEAN-CHRISTOPHE de BISEAU (Belgium) & JOHN T. LONGINO (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2069: 43-58 (10 Apr. 2009) 8 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 2 Mar. 2009
New ant species related to Cerapachys sexspinus and discussion of the status of Yunodorylus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
MAREK L. BOROWIEC (Poland)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2069: 1-17 (10 Apr. 2009) 1 plates; 136 references                           Accepted: 9 Feb. 2009
A cladistic analysis of Gorytina (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicini), with a reclassification of the subtribe
PAVEL G. NEMKOV (Russia) & WOJCIECH J. PULAWSKI (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2063: 46-54 (6 Apr. 2009) 6 plates; 16 references                           Accepted: 17 Feb. 2009
 Rediscovery of the ant genus Amyrmex Kusnezov (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and its transfer from Dolichoderinae to Leptanilloidinae
PHILIP S. WARD & SEÁN G. BRADY (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2062: 15-36 (3 Apr. 2009) 6 plates; 54 references                           Accepted: 24 Feb. 2009
A taxonomic revision of the Asian endemic subgenus Physocrema of the genus Crematogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
SHINGO HOSOISHI & KAZUO OGATA (Japan)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2052: 1-31 (25 Mar. 2009) 7 plates; 48 references                            Accepted: 16 Feb. 2009
Revision of the fungus-growing ant genera Mycetophylax Emery and Paramycetophylax Kusnezov rev. stat., and description of Kalathomyrmex n. gen. (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini)
CHRISTIANA KLINGENBERG (Germany) & C. ROBERTO F. BRANDĂO (Brasil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2052: 32-48 (25 Mar. 2009) 11 plates; 22 references                         Accepted: 17 Feb. 2009
Tropidomyrmex elianae, a new myrmicine ant genus and species from Brazil, tentatively assigned to Solenopsidini (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
ROGÉRIO R. SILVA, RODRIGO M. FEITOSA, CARLOS ROBERTO F. BRANDĂO & JORGE L. M. DINIZ (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2052: 49-54 (25 Mar. 2009) 2 plates; 18 references                         Accepted: 19 Feb. 2009
New species of Odontepyris Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), an ectoparasitoid of Telorta divergens (Butler) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) larvae
JONGOK LIM, SANGCHUL SHIN & SEUNGHWAN LEE (Republic of Korea)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2047: 63-68 (20 Mar. 2009) 2 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 19 Feb. 2009
Description of a new species of Bradynobaenus (Hymenoptera: Bradynobaenidae) from Argentina, with a key to the females of the genus
JAVIER TORRÉNS & ARTURO ROIG-ALSINA (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2046: 1-25 (20 Mar. 2009) 14 plates; 26 references                            Accepted: 16 Feb. 2009
 Taxonomic Revision of the Southeast Asian Ant Genus Euprenolepis
JOHN S. LAPOLLA (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2041: 1-242 (16 Mar. 2009) 206 plates; 467 references                      Accepted: 24 Nov. 2008
Orchid bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae) of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
ANDRÉ NEMÉSIO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2034: 49-55 (13 Mar. 2009) 1 plates; 19 references                             Accepted: 9 Feb. 2009
Taxonomic notes on Neotropical Anthidiini, with description of the male of Chrisanthidium adornatum Urban (Hymenoptera: Megachilinae) 
DANIELE R. PARIZOTTO (Brasil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2034: 56-60 (13 Mar. 2009) 1 plates; 9 references                             Accepted: 16 Feb. 2009
A new subfamily, genus, and species of Cephidae (Hymenoptera) from Australia
DAVID R. SMITH (USA) & STEFAN SCHMIDT (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2032: 1-38 (11 Mar. 2009) 14 plates; 82 references                            Accepted: 20 Feb. 2009
Integrative taxonomy identifies new (and old) species in the Lasioglossum (Dialictus) tegulare (Robertson) species group (Hymenoptera, Halictidae)
JASON GIBBS (Canada)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2031: 1-20 (9 Mar. 2009) 6 plates; 73 references                             Accepted: 6 Jan. 2009
Fossil ants of the genus Gesomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Eocene of Europe and remarks on the evolution of arboreal ant communities
GENNADY M. DLUSSKY (Russia), TORSTEN WAPPLER (Germany) & SONJA WEDMANN (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2010: 16-30 (13 Feb. 2009) 3 plates; 31 references                             Accepted: 18 Dec. 2008
Notes on the bee genus Alloscirtetica Holmberg, 1909 in northern Chile with the description of two new altiplanic species and a key for the Chilean species of Eucerini (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
FELIPE VIVALLO (Chile)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2009: 27-34 (11 Feb. 2009) 3 plates; 9 references                             Accepted: 21 Jan. 2009
A colorful new species of the digger wasp genus Pseudoplisus Ashmead from the Southwestern United States (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Crabronidae)
MICHAEL OHL (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2004: 49-58 (5 Feb. 2009) 3 plates; 24 references                             Accepted: 19 Jan. 2009
Ants of the Genus SOLENOPSIS Westwood, 1840 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Egypt with a description of the worker castes of S. cooperi Donisthorpe, 1947
MOSTAFA R. SHARAF (Egypt) , BRIAN TAYLOR (UK) & CHRISTIANA KLINGENBERG (Germany)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2003: 1-45 (5 Feb. 2009) 21 plates; 33 references                             Accepted: 17 Dec. 2008
Identity and synonymy of Dicroscelio Kieffer and description of Axea, a new genus from tropical Africa and Asia (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea: Platygastridae)
MATTHEW J. YODER (USA), ALEJANDRO A. VALERIO (USA), LUBOMÍR MASNER (Canada) & NORMAN F. JOHNSON (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1985: 34-42 (21 Jan. 2009) 3 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 4 Dec. 2008
 Pheidole bilimeki Reconsidered (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
JOHN T. LONGINO & DANIEL J. COX (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1983: 23-44 (19 Jan. 2009) 6 plates; 120 references                             Accepted: 1 Dec. 2008
Neotropical Meliponini: the genus Leurotrigona Moure — two new species (Hymenoptera: Apidae, Apinae)
SILVIA R. M. PEDRO & JOĂO M. F. CAMARGO (Brasil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1979: 16-28 (14 Jan. 2009) 24 plates; 43 references                           Accepted: 25 Nov. 2008
 Ants of the genus Lordomyrma Emery (1) Generic synonymy, composition and distribution, with notes on Ancyridris Wheeler and Cyphoidris Weber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
ROBERT W. TAYLOR (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1974: 31-50 (9 Jan. 2009) 6 plates; 62 references                              Accepted: 17 Nov. 2008
 A key to species of the genus Hylaeus (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) from mainland of China with descriptions of new species and new records
XUAN CHEN & HUANLI XU (P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1968: 39-44 (22 Dec. 2008) 8 plates; 9 references                          Accepted: 7 Nov. 2008
Rediscovery of Gryon chrysolaum (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)—an egg parasitoid of Holhymenia rubiginosa Breddin and Anisoscelis foliacea Fabricius (Heteroptera: Coreidae)
ANDREW POLASZEK (UK) & ROBERTA KOLBERG (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1966: 1-52 (17 Dec. 2008) 26 plates; 21 references                          Accepted: 31 Oct. 2008
Revision of the world species of the genus Fusicornia Risbec (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae, Scelioninae)
CHARUWAT TAEKUL (USA), NORMAN F. JOHNSON (USA), LUBOMÍR MASNER (Canada) , RAJMOHANA K. (India) & CHEN SHU-PEI (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1964: 40-68 (15 Dec. 2008) 15 plates; 57 references                          Accepted: 22 Oct. 2008
Parasitism of Entedon costalis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in Glocianus punctiger (Coleoptera: Curculionidae): an example of intentional discovery of the parasitoid-host association
ALEX V. GUMOVSKY(Ukraine)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1958: 51-60 (8 Dec. 2008) 6 plates; 6 references                       Accepted: 29 Oct. 2008
A new species of the ant genus Forelius (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) from the dry forest of Colombia
ROBERTO J. GUERRERO & FERNANDO FERNÁNDEZ (Colombia)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1958: 61-64 (8 Dec. 2008) 3 plates; 7 references                       Accepted: 3 Nov. 2008
Cheiloneurus pistaciae sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) a facultative hyperparasitoid of Kermania pistaciella Amsel (Lepidoptera: Tineidae), a pest of pistachio trees in Iran
S. MANICKAVASAGAM (India), M.R. MEHRNEJAD (Iran) & JOHN S. NOYES (UK)
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Zootaxa 1949: 1-29 (3  Dec. 2008) 11 plates; 45 references                            Accepted: 8 Oct. 2008
A new Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from Argentina, with taxonomic notes and molecular data on the G. tuberculifemur species complex
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN (USA), GUILLERMO A. LOGARZO(USA), JESSE H. DE LEÓN (USA) & EDUARDO G. VIRLA (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1946: 42-54 (1 Dec. 2008) 10 plates; 14 references                         Accepted: 22 Oct. 2008
Description of mature larvae of Allodynerus rossii (Lepeletier), Ancistrocerus auctus (Fabricius), Euodynerus dantici (Rossi) and Symmorphus murarius (Linnaeus) (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
JOSÉ TORMOS (Spain), CARLO POLIDORI (Italy), JOSEP DANIEL ASÍS (Spain) & S.F. GAYUBO (Spain)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1937: 39-50 (19 Nov. 2008) 5 plates; 44 references                         Accepted: 3 Jul. 2008
First record of anaxyelid woodwasps (Hymenoptera: Anaxyelidae) in Lower Cretaceous Spanish amber
J. ORTEGA-BLANCO (Spain), A.P. RASNITSYN (Russia) & X. DELCLŇS (Spain)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1935: 1-80 (17 Nov. 2008) 0 plates; 520 references                         Accepted: 16 Oct. 2008
Catalog of the Indo-Malayan/Australasian stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini)
CLAUS RASMUSSEN (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1934: 30-39 (17 Nov. 2008) 4 plates; 13 references                          Accepted: 8 Oct. 2008
Phylogeny and reclassification of Distictus Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae), with description of a new species
BERNARDO F. SANTOS & ALEXANDRE P. AGUIAR (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1934: 63-68 (17 Nov. 2008) 1 plate; 11 references                                Accepted: 7 Oct. 2008
Redescription of Crassomicrodus fulvescens (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae), with new distributional data and revised taxonomic status
JOSÉ ISAAC FIGUEROA (Mexico), MICHAEL J. SHARKEY (USA), JESÜS ROMERO NÁPOLES (Mexico), VICTOR LÓPEZ-MARTÍNEZ (Mexico), JOSÉ ANTONIO SÁNCHEZ GARCÍA (Mexico), ANA MABEL MARTÍNEZ (Mexico), & SAMUEL PINEDA (Mexico)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1933: 43-58 (14 Nov. 2008) 12 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 16 Oct. 2008
Umbothynnus, a newly recognised genus for the Rhagigaster alexius Guérin group of species (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae: Thynninae: Rhagigasterini) from northern Australia
GRAHAM BROWN (Australia)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1933: 59-62 (14 Nov. 2008) 1 plate; 3 references                          Accepted: 8 Oct. 2008
A new species of Caenohomalopoda (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from India
ANKITA GUPTA & JANAKIRAMAN POORANI (India)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1929: 1-37 (10 Nov. 2008) 4 plates; 58 references                              Accepted: 3 Oct. 2008
Afrotropical ants of the ponerine genera Centromyrmex Mayr, Promyopias Santschi gen. rev. and Feroponera gen. n., with a revised key to genera of African Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
BARRY BOLTON (London) & BRIAN L. FISHER (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1926: 1-19 (7 Nov. 2008) 6 plates; 36 references                            Accepted: 3 Oct. 2008
Review of the ant genus Aenictus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Australia with notes on A. ceylonicus (Mayr)
STEVEN O. SHATTUCK (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1923: 37-54 (5 Nov. 2008) 7 plates; 47 references                           Accepted: 26 Sept. 2008
Morphology of the eggs and larvae of Cyphomyrmex transversus Emery (Formicidae: Myrmicinae: Attini) and a note on the relationship with its symbiotic fungus
Lucimeire de S. Ramos Lacau, CLAIRE Villemant , Odair C. Bueno,
Jacques H.c. Delabie & SEbastien Lacau (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1920: 51-60 (31 Oct. 2008) 3 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 18 Jul. 2008
A new species of Megadineura Malaise (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae) and a key to the known species of the genus
MEICAI WEI & HAIYAN NIE (China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1912: 45-58 (22 Oct. 2008) 3 plates; 27 references                           Accepted: 25 Sept. 2008
Synopsis of Prosierola (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae)
CELSO O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1910: 1-20 (20 Oct. 2008) 5 plates; 45 references                           Accepted: 3 Sept. 2008
Taxonomy, biology, and efficacy of two Australian parasitoids of the eucalyptus gall wasp, Leptocybe invasa Fisher & La Salle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae)
IL-KWON KIM (Australia), ZVI MENDEL (Israel), ALEXEY PROTASOV (Israel), DANIEL BLUMBERG (Israel) & JOHN LA SALLE (Australia)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1902: 1-118 (15 Oct. 2008) 63 plates; 119 references                             Accepted:4 Jun. 2008
A revision of Northern Vietnamese species of the ant genus Pheidole (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
KATSUYUKI EGUCHI (Japan)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1898: 1-33 (13 Oct. 2008) 12 plates; 27 references                              Accepted: 3 Oct. 2008
Description of Khamul, gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eurytomidae), with a hypothesis of its phylogenetic placement
M. W. GATES (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1892: 35-52 (6 Oct. 2008) 7 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 13 Oct. 2008
The Afrotropical ponerine ant genus Phrynoponera Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
BARRY BOLTON (UK) & BRIAN L. FISHER (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1891: 1-24 (3 Oct. 2008) 5 plates; 107 references                              Accepted: 3 Sept. 2008
Revised species checklist of the Paracolletinae (Hymenoptera, Colletidae) of the Australian Region, with the description of new taxa
EDUARDO A. B. ALMEIDA (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1891: 25-30 (3 Oct. 2008) 3 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 28 Aug. 2008
A new species of the genus Plumaroides Brothers (Hymenoptera, Chrysidoidea, Plumariidae) from Santiago del Estero, Argentina: male and female description
PATRICIA A. DIEZ (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1890: 1-49 (1 Oct. 2008) 24 plates; 36 references                                 Accepted: 6 Aug. 2008
A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical myrmicine ant genus Lachnomyrmex Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
RODRIGO M. FEITOSA & CARLOS ROBERTO F. BRANDĂO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1889: 1-79 (1 Oct. 2008) 1 plate; 319 references                              Accepted: 21 Jul. 2008
The genus-group names of Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) and their type species, with a new genus, new name, new synonymies, new combinations and lectotypifications
ARKADY S. LELEJ (Russia) & DENIS J. BROTHERS (S. Africa)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1871: 56-62 (8 Sept. 2008) 3 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 18 Aug. 2008
Biology and description of a new species of Lophyrocera Cameron (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae) from Argentina
JAVIER TORRéS (Argentina), JOHN M. HERATY (USA) & PATRICIO FIDALGO (Argeninta)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1865: 1-253 (3 Sep. 2008) 3 plates; 576 references                            Accepted: 26 May 2008
A taxonomic catalogue of the Palaearctic bees of the tribe Osmiini (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae)
 STEFAN UNGRICHT, ANDREAS MÜLLER & SILVIA DORN (Switzerland)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1855: 1-40 (22 Aug. 2008) 20 plates; 30 references                              Accepted: 23 Jun. 2008
 A monograph of the genus Westwoodia (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)
ROBERT A. WHARTON, KARL ROEDER, MATTHEW J. YODER (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1854: 45-54 (20 Aug. 2008) 2 plates; 26 references                              Accepted: 5 Aug. 2008
 The acasta conundrum: Polymorphism and taxonomic confusion within the parasitoid genus Melittobia (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
ROBERT W. MATTHEWS & JORGE M. GONZALEZ (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1854: 55-62 (20 Aug. 2008) 2 plates; 5 references                              Accepted: 21 Jul. 2008
 Liphanthus Reed, 1894 (Hymenoptera, Andrenidae, Protandrenini): Two new Argentine species and keys to the species of the subgenera Liphanthus s. str. and Melaliphanthus Ruz & Toro, 1983
FELIPE VIVALLO (Chile)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1854: 16-32 (20 Aug. 2008) 7 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 5 Aug. 2008
 New species of herb gallwasps from the Middle East (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae, Aylacini)
Y. KARIMPOUR (Iran), M. TAVAKOLI (Iran) & G. MELIKA (Hungary)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1851: 1-28 (18 Aug. 2008) 9 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 16 Jul. 2008
 A new species-group of Dissomphalus (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae), with description of thirteen new species
I. D. C. C. ALENCAR & C. O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1846: 21-34 (11 Aug. 2008) 5 plates; 21 references                              Accepted: 21 Jul. 2008
 Revision of the ant genus Prionopelta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Indo-Pacific region
STEVEN O SHATTUCK (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1846: 35-46 (11 Aug. 2008) 4 plates; 70 references                              Accepted: 11 Jul. 2008
 The systematics and biology of Cotesia nonagriae (Olliff) stat. rev. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), a newly recognized member of the Cotesia flavipes species complex
KATE MUIRHEAD, ANDREW AUSTIN & MOHAMED SALLAM (Australia)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1842: 66-68 (4 Aug. 2008) 1 plates; 2 references                              Accepted: 10 Jun. 2008
 New records of Erythmelus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) from the Neotropical region, with description of a new species from Argentina
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1842: 56-62 (4 Aug. 2008) 3 plates; 23 references                              Accepted: 3 Jul. 2008
 Description of a new fossil Anthoxyela species (Hymenoptera, Xyelidae) from Yixian Formation of Northeast China
TAIPING GAO & DONG REN (P.R. China)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1833: 1-118 (30 Jul. 2008) 3 plates; 92 references                              Accepted: 11 Jun. 2008
 Heinrich Friese (1860–1948): Names proposed and notes on a pioneer melittologist (Hymenoptera, Anthophila)
CLAUS RASMUSSEN & JOHN S. ASCHER (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1831: 1-530 (30 Jul. 2008) 2 plates; 4557 references                              Accepted: 12 Feb. 2008
 Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): A checklist and bibliography
DANIEL E. PEREZ-GELABERT (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1827: 53-61 (23 Jul. 2008) 2 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 19 Jun. 2008
 The Afrotropical ponerine ant genus Asphinctopone Santschi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
BARRY BOLTON (UK) & BRIAN L. FISHER (USA)
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 Erratum 
Zootaxa 1819: 68 (9 Jul. 2008)  
Erratum ( Fox, E.G.P et al. (2007) On the immature stages of the crazy ant Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille 1802) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa, 1503, 1-11.)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1818: 56-64 (7 Jul. 2008) 4 plates; 12 references                              Accepted: 10 Jun. 2008
 Redescription of Polynemula, with description of a new species of Polynema (Doriclytus) from Argentina (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN (USA) & DANIEL A. AQUINO (Argentina)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1817: 39-48 (7 Jul. 2008) 2 plates; 47 references                              Accepted: 3 Jun. 2008
 North American species of Agrostocynips Diaz (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae), parasitoids of Agromyzidae (Diptera): bionomics and taxonomy
MATTHEW L. BUFFINGTON & SONJA J. SCHEFFER (USA)
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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1816: 61-64 (4 Jul. 2008) 2 plates; 7 references                              Accepted: 20 May 2008
 Taxonomic notes on Entedonomphale (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)
SERGUEI V. TRIAPITSYN (USA), Peter S. Boyadzhiev (Bulgaria) & ANTON K. ANTONOV (Bulgaria)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1796: 1-73 (16 Jun. 2008) 22 plates; 93 references                              Accepted: 6 May 2008
 A fully web-illustrated morphological phylogenetic study of relationships among oak gall wasps and their closest relatives (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae)
JOHAN LILJEBLAD (Sweden), FREDRIK RONQUIST (Sweden), JOSE-LUIS NIEVES-ALDREY (Spain), FELIX FONTAL-CAZALLA (Spain), PALMIRA ROS-FARRE (Spain), DAVID GAITROS (USA), AND JULI PUJADE-VILLAR (Spain)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1793: 47-64 (13 Jun. 2008) 8 plates; 46 references                           Accepted: 17 Apr. 2008
 Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) attacking aphids feeding on Prunoideae and Maloideae crops in Southeast Europe: aphidiine-aphid-plant associations and key
NICKOLAS G. KAVALLIERATOS (Greece), ZELJKO TOMANOVIC (Serbia), PETR STARY (Czech Rep.), & ANA MITROVSKI BOGDANOVIC (Serbia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1787: 28-44 (9 Jun. 2008) 6 plates; 20 references                              Accepted: 24 Apr. 2008
 Alobevania, a new genus of neotropical ensign wasps (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae), with three new species: integrating taxonomy with the World Wide Web
ANDREW R. DEANS (USA) & RICARDO KAWADA (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1785: 1-42 (6 Jun. 2008) 22 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 6 May 2008
 Catalog of the vespid wasps of Iran (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)
EBRAHIM EBRAHIMI (Iran) & JAMES M. CARPENTER (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1781: 20-30 (3 Jun. 2008) 4 plates; 48 references                              Accepted: 6 May 2008
Hieracium-associated aphid parasitoid guilds (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Aphidiinae) in Europe
ZELJKO TOMANOVIC (Serbia), PETR STARY(Czech Republic),NICKOLAS G. KAVALLIERATOS (Greece), ANDJELJKO PETROVIC (Serbia), MARIJAN NIKETIC (Serbia) & ANDJA VUCETIC (Serbia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1776: 1-51 (26 May 2008) 19 plates; 20 references                              Accepted: 8 Apr. 2008
Revision of world species of the genus Heptascelio Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Platygastroidea, Platygastridae)
NORMAN F. JOHNSON (USA), LUBOMIR MASNER (Canada), LUCIANA MUSETTI (USA), SIMON VAN NOORT (South Africa), RAJMOHANA K. (India), D. CHRISTOPHER DARLING (Canada), ANTONIA GUIDOTTI (Canada) & ANDREW POLASZEK (England)
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 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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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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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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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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 
 Zootaxa 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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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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 Article 
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
Definition of Doriclytus, stat. rev. as a subgenus of Polynema and redescription of its type species, P. (Doriclytus) vitripenne (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)
S.V. TRIAPITSYN (USA) & P. FIDALGO (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1357: 61-68 (13 Nov. 2006) 1 plate; 4 references                              Accepted: 6 Oct. 2006
The Brazilian Holepyris (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae), with description of a new species from Amazonian forest
F.T. GOBBI & C.O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1355: 1-37 (9 Nov. 2006) 16 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 21 Sept. 2006
Revision and phylogenetic analysis of Chilicola sensu stricto (Hymenoptera: Colletidae) with the description of a new species
J. GIBBS & L. PACKER (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1344: 59-62 (26 Oct. 2006)  2 plates; 15 references                       Accepted: 22 Sept. 2006
The oldest Vespinae from the Paleocene of Menat (France) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)
A. NEL & F. AUVRAY (France)
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Zootaxa 1340: 51-55 (23 Oct. 2006) 2 plates; 7 references                        Accepted: 21 Sept. 2006
The genus Ortholaba (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Diacritinae) with description of a new species
S.-P. SUN & M.-L. SHENG (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1337: 39-59  (19 Oct. 2006)   10 plates; 18 references                    Accepted:  20 Sept. 2006
First record of the fig wasp genus Diaziella Grandi (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Sycoecinae) from the Asian mainland with description of two new species from China
S. VAN NOORT (South Africa), Y.-Q. PENG (China), & J.-Y. RASPLUS (France)
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Zootaxa 1331: 1-30 (9 Oct. 2006)  9 plates; 16 references                       Accepted:  29 Aug. 2006
Revision of the bee genus Thectochlora Moure (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Halictinae)
R.B. GONCALVES & G.A.R. MELO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1330: 59-68 (9 Oct. 2006)  4 plates; 2 references                       Accepted:  18 Sept. 2006
Review of the ant genus Rogeria (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Guyana
J.S. LAPOLLA & J. SOSA-CALVO (USA)
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Zootaxa 1330: 43-50 (9 Oct. 2006)  3 plates; 7 references                       Accepted:  6 Sept. 2006
A new species of Protandrena Cockerell from Brazil (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Andreninae)*
K.S. RAMOS & G.A.R. MELO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1330: 1-26 (9 Oct. 2006)  3 plates; 13 references                       Accepted:  28 Aug. 2006
Definition of the coronatus species-group (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae, Dissomphalus) with description of thirteen new species
I.D.C.C. ALENCAR & C.O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1329: 1-27 (5 Oct. 2006)  7 plates; 6 references                       Accepted:  24 Aug. 2006
Revision of the genus Amputoearinus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) with fourteen new species
C. LINDSAY & M. SHARKEY (USA)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1323: 1-118 (28 Sept. 2006) 12 plates; 55  references                          Accepted:  3 Jul. 2006
 Review of the Nearctic species of Leiophron and Peristenus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Euphorinae) parasitizing Lygus (Hemiptera: Miridae: Mirini)
H. GOULET & P.G. MASON (Canada)
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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 1321: 1-108 (28 Sept. 2006) 7 plates; 74  references                          Accepted:  6 Jun. 2006
 Revision of the subgenus Kappa de Saussure of Mischocyttarus de Saussure (Hym.; Vespidae, Polistinae, Mischocyttarini)
O.T. SILVEIRA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1320: 49-55 (25 Sept. 2006) 2 plates; 17  references                          Accepted: 30 Aug. 2006
The male gonostylus of the orchid bee genus Euglossa (Apidae: Euglossini)
 R. OSPINA-TORRES (Colombia), A. PARRA-H (Colombia) & V.H. GONZALEZ (USA)
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Zootaxa 1314: 1-30 (14 Sept. 2006) 6 plates; 21  references                             Accepted:  24 Aug. 2006
Revision of Nearctic Aleiodes Wesmael (Part 8): the coxalis (Spinola) Species-Group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Rogadinae)
 S.R. SHAW, P.M. MARSH & J.C. Fortier (USA)
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Zootaxa 1310: 1-35 (7 Sept. 2006) 8 plates; 96  references                             Accepted:  22 Feb. 2006
Redescription of Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a western Mediterranean ant species
 R. GÜSTEN, A. SCHULZ & M. SANETRA (Germany)
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Monograph 
Zootaxa 1301: 1-60 (24 Aug. 2006)   145 references                                      Accepted:  10 Jul. 2006
Catalogue of parasitoids and inquilines in galls of Aylacini, Diplolepidini and Pediaspidini (Hym., Cynipidae) in the West Palaearctic
R. R. ASKEW (UK), O. PLANTARD (France), J. F. GÓMEZ (Spain), M.H. NIEVES (Spain) & J.L. NIEVES-ALDREY (Spain)
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Zootaxa 1298: 29-36 (17 Aug. 2006) 4 plates; 16 references                              Accepted:  7 Jul. 2006
Euglossa natesi n. sp., a new species of orchid bee from the Chocó region of Colombia and Ecuador (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
A. PARRA-H (Colombia), R. OSPINA-TORRES (Colombia), S. RAMÍREZ (USA)
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Zootaxa 1284: 1-27 (11 Aug. 2006) 5 plates; 16 references                             Accepted:  26 Jun. 2006
New palearctic species of the bee genus Andrena (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Andrenidae)
A. DUBITZKY (Germany)
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Zootaxa 1282: 49-58 (7 Aug. 2006) 3 plates; 21 references                              Accepted:  10 Jul. 2006
Three new species of Percnobracon Kieffer & Jörgensen (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from Argentina, reared from cecidomyiid (Diptera) and eurytomid (Hymenoptera) galls
J.J. MARTINEZ (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1279: 43-51 (3 Aug. 2006) 2 plates; 19 references                              Accepted:  10 Jul. 2006
On the morphology of the juvenile stages of Ampulex compressa (Fabricius 1781) (Hymenoptera, Ampulicidae)
E.G.P. FOX, S.C. BUYS, J. D.S. MALLET & S. BRESSAN-NASCIMENTO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1273: 9-54 (27 Jul. 2006) 12 plates; 62 references                              Accepted: 31 May 2006
The circumscription of the generic concept of Aximopsis Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eurytomidae) with the description of seven new species
M. W. GATES, M. A. METZ & M. E. SCHAUFF (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1272: 61-68 (27 Jul. 2006) 3 plates; 20 references                                Accepted: 5 Jul. 2006
Euglossa samperi n. sp., a new species of orchid bee from the Ecuadorian Andes (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
S. RAMÍREZ (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1259: 55-59 (14 Jul. 2006)  5 plates; 15 references                               Accepted: 25 May 2006
A new species of Cryptalyra (Hymenoptera, Megalyridae) from Brazil with a key to species of the genus
C.O. AZEVEDO & M.T. TAVARES (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1249: 37-45 (3 Jul. 2006) 5 plates; 11 references                                 Accepted: 2 Jun. 2006
Pediobius sasae (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a new species from galls on dwarf bamboo (Sasa nipponica) in Japan
C. HANSSON (Sweden) 
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Zootaxa 1248: 1-20 (29 Jun. 2006) 4 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 31 May 2006
Review of the Sphaeropthalma imperialis species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with descriptions of females and taxonomic notes
J.P. PITTS (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1241: 51-59 (23 Jun. 2006) 3 plates; 29 references                              Accepted: 1 Jun. 2006
Closterocerus oryzamyntor (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae: Entedoninae), a larval parasitoid of the rice hispa Dicladispa armigera in Bangladesh (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Hispinae)
A. GUMOVSKY (Ukraine), A. POLASZEK (UK), S.T. MURPHY (UK), M.F. RABBI (Bangladesh) & C.-D. ZHU (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1239: 1-17 (21 Jun. 2006) 2 plates; 52 references                              Accepted: 10 May 2006
The genus Coeloides Wesmael of subfamily Braconinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in China
Y.-P. WANG, X.-X. CHEN, H. WU & J.-H. HE (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1237: 61-68 (19 Jun. 2006) 2 plates; 7 references                               Accepted: 8 May 2006
The description of Moritiella Buffington, new genus (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae)
M.L. BUFFINGTON (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1229: 33-40 (12 Jun. 2006) 2 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 11 May 2006
A new species of Hexantheda Ogloblin (Hymenoptera, Colletidae), a genus of bees with labial palpi of variable number of segments
A. ROIG-ALSINA (Argentina) 
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Zootaxa 1228: 25-34 (9 Jun. 2006) 1 plate; 6 references                                  Accepted: 16 May 2006
A new subgenus and three new species of leafcutter bees, Megachile (Austrosarus) (Hymenoptera, Megachilidae) from central Brazil
A. RAW (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1226: 1-50 (9 Jun. 2006) 5 plates; 55 references                                 Accepted: 2 May 2006
A review of the Mutillidae (Hymenoptera) of Yemen
A.S. LELEJ (Russia) & A. VAN HARTEN (United Arab Emirates) 
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Zootaxa 1226: 51-60 (9 Jun. 2006) 5 plates; 18 references                                Accepted: 4 May 2006
Description of the larval instars of Gonatopus bartletti Olmi, 1984 (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae)
A. GUGLIELMINO (Italy), C. BÜCKLE (Germany) & G. MOYA-RAYGOZA (Mexico) 
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Zootaxa 1220: 1-18 (30 May 2006) 2 plates; 24 references                              Accepted: 12 Apr. 2006
Bees of Santa Catarina Island, Brazil—a first survey and checklist (Insecta: Apoidea)
J. STEINER (Brazil), B. HARTER-MARQUES (Brazil), A. ZILLIKENS (Germany) & E.P. FEJA ( Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1211: 21-34 (24 May 2006) 2 plates; 17 references                          Accepted: 17 Mar. 2006
Competing Taxonomies: Reexamination of the female-based genera of Brachycistidinae (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae)
L.S. KIMSEY (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1210: 53-67 (24 May 2006) 3 plates; 30 references                          Accepted: 15 Mar. 2006
Description of a new species of Euglossa (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) with notes on comparative biology
C. RASMUSSEN & C. SKOV (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1209: 49-60 (22 May 2006)  5 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 30 Mar. 2006
New species and records of the genus Chelonus Panzer, 1806 (Braconidae: Cheloninae) from China
H.-Y. ZHANG, X.-X. CHEN & J.-H. HE (P.R. China) 
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Zootaxa 1203: 1-38 (15 May 2006)  13 plates; 53 references                          Accepted: 18 Apr. 2006
A key to the Mymaridae (Hymenoptera) egg parasitoids of proconiine sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in the Nearctic region, with description of two new species of Gonatocerus
S.V. TRIAPITSYN (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1201: 47-62 (15 May 2006)  4 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 21 Jan. 2006
Three new species of Leptanilloides Mann from Andean Ecuador (Formicidae: Leptanilloidinae)
D.A. DONOSO  (Ecuador) , J.M. VIEIRA (Ecuador) & A.L. WILD (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1197: 55-63 (8 May 2006) 2 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 10 Feb. 2006
The species of Chalcididae (Hymenoptera) parasitoids of Parides ascanius (Cramer), an endangered Papilionidae (Lepidoptera) from restingas of Southeastern Brazil
M.T. TAVARES, A.B. NAVARRO-TAVARES & G.D.S.S. DE ALMEIDA (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1195: 39-60 (8 May 2006) 3 plates; 178 references                           Accepted: 26 Jan. 2006
A history of systematic studies of the bees of Cuba (Insecta: Hymenoptera, Anthophila)
JULIO A. GENARO (Canada) 
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Zootaxa 1194: 49-55 (4 May 2006) 4 plates; 8 references                             Accepted: 9 Dec. 2005
A third species in the rare Australian ant genus Peronomyrmex Viehmeyer (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
S.O. SHATTUCK (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 1191: 39-47 (1 May 2006) 3 plates; 22 references                              Accepted: 22 Mar. 2006
Two new genera of Sclerodermini (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae; Epyrinae) with large, scolebythid-like prosternums
C.O. AZEVEDO (Brazil) 
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Zootaxa 1189: 55-68 (1 May 2006) 3 plates; 25 references                              Accepted: 24 Mar. 2006
A new wood-nesting Neocorynura (Hymenoptera: Halictidae: Augochlorini) from Costa Rica, with notes on its biology
B.J. BROSI, A. SMITH-PARDO & V.H. GONZALEZ (USA) 
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Zootaxa 1186: 1-56 (28 Apr. 2006) 16 plates; 56 references                            Accepted: 10 Feb. 2006
The Stephanidae (Hymenoptera) of Mexico, with description of six new species and key to western Foenatopus Smith
A.P. AGUIAR (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1185: 37-51 (24 Apr. 2006) 3 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 10 Feb. 2006
Two new genera of Agathidinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) with a key to the genera of the New World
M. SHARKEY (USA)
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Zootaxa 1174: 63-68 (19 Apr. 2006) 1 plate; 11 references                              Accepted: 14 Mar. 2006
A new species of Apenesia (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from India, a parasitoid of coffee white stem borer Xylotrechus quadripes (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae)
C.O. AZEVEDO & C. WAICHERT (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1171: 47-68 (10 Apr. 2006) 3 plates; 94 references                             Accepted: 23 Jan. 2006
Checklist and distribution patterns of apoid wasps (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Sphecidae and Crabronidae) of Cuba
J.A. GENARO (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1168: 31-41 (6 Apr. 2006) 7 plates; 30 references                              Accepted: 10 Jan. 2006
A dryinid wasp in Early Eocene amber from the Paris basin (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae)
J. PEINADO, A. NEL & A. WALLER (France)
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Zootaxa 1167: 1-16 (6 Apr. 2006) 5 plates; 34 references                                Accepted: 15 Feb. 2006
A new species of Brethesiella (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) from California, USA, a parasitoid of Steatococcus tabernicolus (Hemiptera: Margarodidae)
V.A. TRJAPITZIN (Russia) & S.V. TRIAPITSYN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1164: 57-61 (3 Apr. 2006) 1 plate; 7 references                                 Accepted: 2 Feb. 2006
Description of a new species of Anteon Jurine from the People’s Republic of China and of the male of Anteon fidum Olmi (Hymenoptera: Dryinidae)
Z.F. XU, M. OLMI & J.H. HE (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1162: 45-52 (30 Mar. 2006) 2 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 10 Feb. 2006
Two new species of Baeus (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) from South-eastern Brazil parasitoids of Anelosimus (Araneae: Theridiidae)
C.B. MARGARíA (Argentina), M.S. LOIáCONO (Brazil) & M.O. GONZAGA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1162: 65-68 (30 Mar. 2006) 1 plate; 3 references                               Accepted: 10 Feb. 2006
Review of the systematics of Trachagathis Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae)
M. SHARKEY (USA)
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Zootaxa 1158: 55-67 (23 Mar. 2006) 5 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 10 Feb. 2006
A new species of Gonatocerus (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) parasitic on proconiine sharpshooters (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) in the New World
S.V. TRIAPITSYN, D.B. VICKERMAN, J.M. HERATY & G.A. LOGARZO (USA)
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Zootaxa 1155: 61-68 (20 Mar. 2006) 2 plates; 9 references                               Accepted: 4 Feb. 2006
Two new species of Trimeria de Saussure from Brazil, with biological notes and a key to the Brazilian taxa (Hymenoptera, Vespidae, Masarinae)
M.G. HERMES & G.A.R. MELO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1148: 47-68 (10 Mar. 2006) 7 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 23 Jan. 2006
Review of the bee genus Eremaphanta Popov 1940 (Hymenoptera: Melittidae), with the description of a new species 
D. MICHEZ  & S. PATINY (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 1144: 1-94 (10 Mar. 2006) 44 references; 10 plates                           Accepted: 21 Nov. 2005
Revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Pholetesor Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
J.B. WHITFIELD (USA)
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Zootaxa 1142: 34-41 (8 Mar. 2006) 1 plate; 7 references                                   Accepted: 2 Feb. 2006
Two new species of Exallonyx Kieffer (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupidae) from China, with a key to the Chinese species
J.X. LIU, J.H. HE & Z.F. XU (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1142: 57-68 (8 Mar. 2006) 6 plates; 5 references                               Accepted: 13 Dec. 2005
Rediscovery of a fossil dolichoderine ant lineage (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) and a description of a new genus from South America
A.L. WILD (USA) & F. CUEZZO (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 1141: 1-54 (8 Mar. 2006) 14 plates; 39 references                              Accepted: 2 Feb. 2006
A taxonomic review of the genus Myrmelachista (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Costa Rica
JOHN T. LONGINO (USA)
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Zootaxa 1139: 35-62 (6 Mar. 2006)  49 references                                            Accepted: 30 Nov. 2005
A host-parasite catalog of world Dryinidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea): first supplement
A. GUGLIELMINO & M. OLMI (Italy)
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Zootaxa 1136: 39-48 (27 Feb. 2006) 4 plates; 9 references                             Accepted: 18 Jan. 2006
Notes on the Neotropical bee genera Agapostemonoides Roberts & Brooks and Rhinetula Friese, with description of a new species of Agapostemonoides (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Halictinae)
R.B. GONCALVES & G.A.R. MELO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1130: 35-41 (16 Feb. 2006) 2 plates; 20 references                             Accepted: 5 Jan. 2006
The relationship and taxonomic position of the genera Apolophus and Scolomus (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)
I.D. GAULD (UK) & D.B. WAHL (USA)
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Zootaxa 1114: 61-68 (27 Jan. 2006) 1 plate; 10 references                            Accepted: 10 Nov. 2005
Revision of the genus Heterocoelia Dahlbom from China, with a key to the Oriental species (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae)
Z.F. XU & J.H. HE (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1105: 27-35 (10 Jan. 2006) 2 plate; 11 references                                Accepted: 4 Nov. 2005
A new species of Exaerete Hoffmannsegg (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) from Brazil
E.J.D. ANJOS-SILVA  & J.M.M. REBELO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1104: 47-57 (5 Jan. 2006) 4 plates; 9 references                                Accepted: 22 Nov. 2005
A new Leioproctus with unique wing venation in males (Hymenoptera: Colletidae: Paracolletinae) with comments on unusual wing modifications in bees
L. PACKER (Canada)
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2005 (40 papers)

Zootaxa 1093: 35-43 (8 Dec. 2005) 1 plate; 32 references                                Accepted:12 Oct. 2005
A simple solution for accurate measuring of long and contorted ovipositors in pinned specimens of Hymenoptera
A. P. AGUIAR (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1090: 35-49 (2 Dec. 2005) 2 plates; 11 references                              Accepted: 12 Oct. 2005
A review of the Romanian Halticoptera Spinola (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea, Pteromalidae), with description of three new species
M.-D. MITROIU (Romania)
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Zootaxa 1084: 31-41 (22 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 19 references                            Accepted: 1 Nov. 2005
Notes on the type species of the subgenera Paratetrapedia (Lophopedia) and P. (Amphipedia) (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Tapinotaspidini)
A. J. C. AGUIAR  & G. A. R. MELO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1082: 45-55 (18 Nov. 2005) 2 plates; 25 references                         Accepted: 29 Sept. 2005
Nomenclatural changes in Neotropical Eulophidae, Eupelmidae and Torymidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) relating to parasitoids of Cecidoses eremita (Lepidoptera: Cecidosidae)
R.A. BURKS (USA), G.A.P. GIBSON (Canada) & J. LA SALLE (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1081: 33-46 (15 Nov. 2005) 3 plates; 16 references                      Accepted: 8 Sept. 2005
Neotropical Meliponini: Paratrigonoides mayri, new genus and species from western Colombia (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Apinae) and phylogeny of related genera
J. M. F. CAMARGO (Brazil & D. W. ROUBIK (Panama)
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Zootaxa 1073: 37-60 (1 Nov. 2005) 51 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 9 Sept. 2005
An illustrated key to the species of Trichogramma (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) of Brazil
R.B. QUERINO & R.A.ZUCCHI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1070: 43-47 (25 Oct. 2005) 2 plates; 3 references                             Accepted: 11 Oct. 2005
A new species of Agathirsia Westwood (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) from Mexico
M. J. SHARKEY  (USA)
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Zootaxa 1068: 1-25 (21 Oct. 2005) 10 plates; 34 references                           Accepted: 8 Sept. 2005
Taxonomy of Aphelinoidea (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) species attacking eggs of the beet leafhopper, Circulifer tenellus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), in California
G.P. WALKER, I.M. BAYOUN, S.V. TRIAPITSYN  & J.Y. HONDA (USA)
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Zootaxa 1067: 59-68 (21 Oct. 2005) 1 plate; 32 references                             Accepted: 8 Sept. 2005
On the status of some species of Braconidae (Hymenoptera) described by J. C. Fabricius and the synonymy of Dichelosus Szepligeti with Coccygidium De Saussure
C. E. SARMIENTO M.(Colombia) & M. SHARKEY  (USA)
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Zootaxa 1065: 51-60 (18 Oct. 2005) 3 plates; 20 references                             Accepted: 19 Sept. 2005
Euglossa paisa, a new species of orchid bee from the Colombian Andes (Hymenoptera: Apidae)
S. RAMIREZ (USA)
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Zootaxa 1064: 25-30 (14 Oct. 2005) 1 plate; 7 references                             Accepted: 10 Aug. 2005
A new species of Allobethylus (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) from Australia, with a key to world species
C. O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1054: 1-14 (27 Sept. 2005) 6 plates; 6 references                               Accepted: 8 Sept. 2005
A revision of the genus Xenochilicola (Hymenoptera: Apoidea, Colletidae), with the description of a new species 
J. A. GENARO & L. PACKER (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1051: 55-64 (20 Sept. 2005) 2 plates; 12 references                           Accepted: 23 Aug. 2005
A new species of Neocorynura from Ecuador (Hymenoptera: Halictidae), with notes on taxonomy of the genus 
ALLAN H. SMITH-PARDO (USA)
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Zootaxa 1050: 39-43 (16 Sept. 2005) 2 plates; 6 references                           Accepted: 1 Sept. 2005
Description of a new species in the Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica species-group (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)
J. P. PITTS (USA)
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Zootaxa 1044: 27-34 (2 Sept. 2005) 3 plates; 22 references                           Accepted: 4 Aug. 2005
A new species of Neochrysocharis Kurdjumov (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a parasitoid of serpentine leafminers (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in Southeast Asia
NICOLE FISHER & JOHN LA SALLE (Australia)
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Zootaxa 1037: 37-48 (19 Aug. 2005) 8 plates; 12 references                             Accepted: 5 Jul. 2005
A review of Panurgus (Pachycephalopanurgus), with the description of a new species from Spain
S. PATINY (Belgium), F.J. ORTIZ-SANCHEZ (Spain) & D. MICHEZ (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 1033: 1-62 (11 Aug. 2005) 7 plates, 31 references                               Accepted: 7 Jul. 2005
 The world species of Balcha Walker (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae), parasitoids of wood-boring beetles
G.A.P. GIBSON (Canada)
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Zootaxa 1028: 49-60 (2 Aug. 2005) 4 plates; 18 references                             Accepted: 15 Jun. 2005
A new species of gregarious Meteorus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) reared from caterpillars of Venadicodia caneti (Lepidoptera: Limacodidae) in Costa Rica
S.R. SHAW (USA) & K. NISHIDA  (Costa Rica)
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Zootaxa 1022: 37-56 (25 Jul. 2005) 7 plates; 28 references                               Accepted: 8 Jun. 2005
The genus Diachasmimorpha Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Opiinae) from China
Q. WU, X.-X. CHEN , J.-H. HE  (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1018: 47-54 (15 Jul. 2005) 2 plates, 10 references                               Accepted: 19 Jun. 2005
 Two new species of Aphanogmus (Hymenoptera: Ceraphronidae) of economic importance reared from Cybocephalus nipponicus (Coleoptera: Cybocephalidae)
G.A. EVANS (USA) , P. DESSART (Belgium) & H. GLENN (USA)
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Zootaxa 1016: 29-38 (8 Jul. 2005) 3 plates; 16 references                               Accepted: 8 Jun. 2005
Prasmodon zlotnicki, a new Neotropical species of the genus Prasmodon Nixon (Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from Costa Rica, with the first host records for the genus
A.A. VALERIO (Costa Rica) , J.J. RODRIGUEZ (USA), J.B. WHITFIELD (USA) & D.H. JANZEN  (USA)
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Zootaxa 1011: 55-64 (24 Jun. 2005) 3 plates; 9 references                               Accepted: 3 Jun. 2005
Description of the female, redescription of the male, and host associations of the Nearctic species Sphaeropthalma jacala Schuster (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)
J.P. PITTS & F.D. PARKER (USA)
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Zootaxa 1010: 25-35 (21 Jun. 2005) 3 plates; 7 references                               Accepted: 21 May 2005
Generic definition, key, and two new species of Polyphrix Townes (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae) from the Atlantic Forest
L.K. NOGUEIRA & A.P. AGUIAR  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1008: 21-29 (14 Jun. 2005) 3 plates, 16 references                             Accepted: 17 May 2005
 Report of a novel biological association for Paracrias huberi Gumovsky (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) with redescription of the female and description of the unknown male
M.A. METZ, M.W. GATES & M.E. SCHAUFF (USA)
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Zootaxa 1008: 30-38 (14 Jun. 2005) 2 plates; 12 references                               Accepted: 21 May 2005
An accurate procedure to describe colors in taxonomic works, with an example from Ichneumonidae (Hymenoptera)
A.P. AGUIAR (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1007: 1-60 (14 Jun. 2005) 12 plates; 100 references                           Accepted: 16 May 2005
 The taxonomy and biogeography of Cuban Ophioninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)
J.L. FERNÁNDEZ-TRIANA  (Cuba)
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Zootaxa 1002: 44-58 (1 Jun. 2005) 1 plate; 6 references                               Accepted: 11 May 2005
 Review of Sesioctonus Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Agathidinae) from Colombia with descriptions of five new species
M. J. SHARKEY (USA) & R.A. BRICEŃO G. (Venezuela)
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Zootaxa 1001: 1-16 (30 May 2005) 3 plates; 13 references                               Accepted: 11 May 2005
 First record of Stephanidae (Hymenoptera) from New Caledonia, with descriptions of four new species of Parastephanellus Enderlein
A.P. AGUIAR (Brazil)  & J.T. JENNINGS (Australia)
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Zootaxa 989: 1-10 (23 May 2005) 2 plates; 22 references                                 Accepted: 9 May 2005
Moona, a new genus of tetrastichine gall inducers (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) on seeds of Corymbia (Myrtaceae) in Australia
I.-K. KIM, M. McDONALD & J. LA SALLE (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 959: 1-4 (26 Apr. 2005) 1 plate; 6 references                                   Accepted: 13 Apr. 2005
A new species of Formosiepyris Terayama, 2004 (Hymenoptera: Bethylidae) from China
Z. XU & J. HE  (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 955: 1-8 (26 Apr. 2005) 2 plates; 21 references                                 Accepted: 13 Apr. 2005
A new genus and species of Australian pergid sawfly (Hymenoptera: Symphyta, Pergidae) causing damage on grass (Poaceae)
S. SCHMIDT (Germany) & G. BROWN (Australia)
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Zootaxa 936: 1-68 (12 Apr. 2005) 9 plates; 468 references                                 Accepted: 22 Mar. 2005
A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
P.S. WARD (USA) 
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Zootaxa 929: 1-35 (31 Mar. 2005) 19 plates; 25 references                              Accepted: 14 Mar. 2005
Revision of the Papua New Guinean fig wasp genus Robertsia Boucek (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Sycoecinae)
S. VAN NOORT (South Africa) & J.-Y. RASPLUS (France)
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Zootaxa 903: 1-20 (18 Mar. 2005) 10 plates; 10 references                                Accepted: 21 Feb. 2005
Review of the Camponotus aureopilus species-group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), including a second Camponotus with a metapleural gland
S. SHATTUCK (Australia) 
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Zootaxa 888: 1-11 (7 Mar. 2005) 3 plates;  12 references                                  Accepted: 26 Feb. 2005
 Two new species of the genus Austrocotesia Austin & Dangerfield (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Andean region of South America
A. A. VALERIO (Costa Rica) & J. B. WHITFIELD  (USA)
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Zootaxa 880: 1-7 (4 Mar. 2005) 3 plates; 8 references                               Accepted: 12 Feb. 2005
Chalinus albitibialis, a new species of Orussidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) from Morocco
LARS VILHELMSEN (Denmark)
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Zootaxa 855: 1-8 (11 Feb. 2005) 2 plates, 10 references                                  Accepted: 31 Jan. 2005
Parapanteles rooibos, n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae): the first record of the genus from the African continent
A. A. VALERIO (Costa Rica) , J. B. WHITFIELD (USA) & M. KOLE (The Netherlands)
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Zootaxa 838: 1-7 (27 Jan. 2005) 2 plates, 13 references                              Accepted: 19 Jan. 2005
Two new species, and additional records, of aphelinids from Egypt (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae)
G.A. EVANS (USA) & S. ABD-RABOU (Egypt)
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Zootaxa 834: 1-25 (24 Jan. 2005) 12 plates, 47 references                              Accepted: 14 Jan. 2004
Taxonomic revision of the Pachycondyla apicalis species complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
A.L. WILD (USA)
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Zootaxa 798: 1-7 (7 Jan. 2005) 3 plates, 9 references                                    Accepted: 17 Dec. 2004
Revision of the Panurgus dargius Warncke, 1972 interpretation (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), comparison with the morphologically close species
S. PATINY (Belgium)
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2004 (32 papers)

Zootaxa 776: 1-10 (17 December 2004) 5 plates; 17 references                       Accepted: 7 Dec. 2004
A new species of the genus Bothriomyrmex Emery, 1869 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) from Costa Rica
D.A. DUBOVIKOFF (Russia) & J.T. LONGINO (USA)
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Zootaxa 766: 1-4 (14 December 2004) 22 references                                   Accepted: 5 Dec. 2004
Nomenclatural changes in leafcutter bees of the Americas: Megachile Latreille 1802 (Hymenoptera; Megachilidae)
A. RAW (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 753: 1-120 (3 December 2004)  276 references                      Accepted: 28 Oct. 2004
World catalog of the Stephanidae (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea)
A.P. AGUIAR (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 716: 1-7 (8 November 2004) 2 plates; 7 references                         Accepted: 28 Oct. 2004
Epsilogaster fullertoni, a new species of Epsilogaster Whitfield and Mason (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Mendesellinae) from Florida, USA
K.M. PITZ (USA)
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Zootaxa 715: 1-7 (8 November 2004) 2 plates; 7 references                          Accepted: 26 Oct. 2004
Two new panurgine bee (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) species from the Near- and Middle East
S. PATINY (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 709: 1-7 (1 November 2004) 4 plates; 6 references                          Accepted: 19 Oct. 2004
Description of two new species of Dryinidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) from Argentina
M. OLMI (Italy) & E. VIRLA (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 679: 1-16 (8 October 2004) 4 plates; 4 references                             Accepted: 23 Sept. 2004
New species and notes on Apenesia (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from the Brazilian Amazon
G. O. LANES & C. O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 678: 1-23 (8 October 2004) 5 plates; 35 references                             Accepted: 4 Sept. 2004
Typhlomyrmex meire, a remarkable new species endemic to Southern Bahia, Brazil (Formicidae: Ectatomminae)
S. LACAU (France) C. VILLEMANT (France) & J.H.C. DELABIE (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 677: 1-6 (8 October 2004) 3 plates; 11 references                             Accepted: 15 Sept. 2004
Redescription of Trichogrammatoidea annulata De Santis (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae)
R.B. QUERINO & R.A. ZUCCHI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 669: 1-12 (4 October 2004)  5 plates; 5 references                        Accepted: 18 Sept. 2004
Descriptions of the males of two recently described South African Panurginae (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae), with updated keys to the African species of Melitturga and Meliturgula
S. PATINY (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 664: 1-8 (1 October 2004) 4 plates; 6 references                      Accepted: 16 Sept. 2004
Pachamama, an uncommon and distinctive new genus of Trichogrammatidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from tropical America
A.K. OWEN & J.D. PINTO (USA)
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Zootaxa 663: 1-8 (1 October 2004)  2 plates; 9 references                        Accepted: 6 Sept. 2004
Taxonomic studies on Indian Tropobracon Cameron (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Braconinae), with descriptions of two new species
A.A. HAIDER, Z. AHMAD & SHUJAUDDIN (India)
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Zootaxa 661: 1-22 (29 September 2004)  5 plates; 5 references                   Accepted: 16 Sept. 2004
Fourteen new species of Pseudisobrachium (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae) from Atlantic rain forest of Espírito Santo, Brazil
C. WAICHERT & C.O. AZEVEDO (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 656: 1-10 (27 September 2004)  2 plates; 21 references                   Accepted: 15 Sept. 2004
Two new Eastern North American species of the Aleiodes coxalis (Spinola) species-group (Hymenoptera: Braconidae, Rogadinae) reared from Geometridae
S.R.  SHAW & P.M. MARSH (USA)
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Zootaxa 655: 1-12 (27 September 2004)  5 plates; 17 references                   Accepted: 14 Sept. 2004
A revision of the Aphaenogaster phalangium complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
J.T. LONGINO & S. COVER (USA)
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Zootaxa 641: 1-4 (13 September 2004) 1 plate; 5 references                        Accepted: 18 Aug. 2004
A new species of Brachystegus A. Costa (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicinae) from Nepal
P.G. NEMKOV (Russia)
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Zootaxa 607: 1-6 (13 Aug. 2004) 3 plates; 6 references                                 Accepted: 30 Jul. 2004
A new species of Emersonella (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), parasitoid on weevil eggs (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), from Costa Rica
C. HANSSON (Sweden)& K. NISHIDA (Costa Rica)
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Zootaxa 606: 1-20 (13 August 2004) 4 plates; 16 references                              Accepted: 6 Aug. 2004
New species of Pteromalidae and Torymidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from California, with taxonomic notes
R.A. BURKS & R.A. REDAK (USA)
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Zootaxa 602: 1-4 (11 August 2004) 1 plate; 4 references                               Accepted: 29 July 2004
A new species of Pedinotus (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) from Brazil
F.C. FÉLIX & A. M. PENTEADO-DIAS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 598: 1-5 (9 August 2004) 3 plates; 6 references                              Accepted: 27 July 2004
Protopolybia aliciae, a new polistine social wasp from Brazilian Amazonia (Hym.; Vespidae, Polistinae, Epiponini)
O.T. SILVEIRA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 548: 1-16 (25 June 2004) 6 plates; 29 references                               Accepted: 26 May 2004
 Horismenus species (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) in a bruchid beetle parasitoid guild, including the description of a new species
C. HANSSON (Sweden), A. AEBI (Switzerland) & B. BENREY (Switzerland)
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Zootaxa 544: 1-10 (21 June 2004)  4 plates, 11 references                               Accepted: 8 June 2004
A new stingless bee species of the genus Scaura (Hymenoptera, Apidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic forest, with notes on S. latitarsis (Friese)
G.A.R. MELO & M.A. COSTA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 526: 1-11 (26 May 2004)  2 plates, 8 references                               Accepted: 13 May 2004
Review of the microgastrine braconid wasp genus Exoryza, with description of a new species, E. monocavus, from Central America
A. A. VALERIO (Costa Rica), A. R. DEANS (USA) & J. B. WHITFIELD (USA)
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Zootaxa 517: 1-6 (21 May 2004)  1 plate, 9 references                                  Accepted: 13 May 2004
Bees of the subgenus Allocoelioxys Tkalcu of the genus Coelioxys Latreille (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Megachilidae) from the Russian Far East
M. YU. PROSHCHALYKIN & A.S. LELEJ (Russia)
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Zootaxa 512: 1-10 (14 May 2004) 3 plates; 20 references                               Accepted: 21 April 2004
 A new phytophagous species of Eurytoma (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae) attacking Werauhia gladioliflora (Bromeliales: Bromeliaceae)
M.W. GATES (USA) & A. CASCANTE-MARIN (The Netherlands)
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Zootaxa 500: 1-6 (30 April 2004) 2 plates; 11 references                               Accepted: 14 April 2004
Embolemus kheeli: a new species of Embolemidae (Hymenoptera: Chrysidoidea) from the Dominican Republic
M. OLMI (Italy )
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Zootaxa 497: 1-10 (27 April 2004) 3 plates; 11 references                            Accepted: 15 April 2004
 Three new species of Gollumiella Hedqvist (Hymenoptera: Eucharitidae)
J. HERATY (USA)
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Zootaxa 491: 1-6 (21 April 2004) 1 plate; 5 references                                   Accepted: 9 April 2004
A new species of Tracheliodes Morawitz (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae) from Colombia and a key to the Neotropical species
F. FERNÁNDEZ C. (Colombia) & S.T.P. AMARANTE (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 484: 1-4 (2 April 2004) 1 plate; 10 references                              Accepted: 30 March 2004
Discothyrea sringerensis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) a new ant species from India
M. ZACHARIAS & P.D. RAJAN (India)
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Zootaxa 474: 1-27 (25 March 2004) 4 plates; 10 references                       Accepted: 15 March 2004
A revision of Lomachaeta Mickel, with a new species of Smicromutilla Mickel (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae)
J.P. PITTS & D.G. MANLEY (USA)
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Zootaxa 438: 1-15 (23 February 2004) 6 plates; 25 references             Accepted: 13 February 2004
 Andesipolis, a puzzling new genus of cyclostome Braconidae (Hymenoptera) from the Chilean Andes, with descriptions of three new species
J.B. WHITFIELD, W.-Y. CHOI & K.-I. SUH (USA)
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Zootaxa 411: 1-6 (22 January 2004) 1 plate; 5 references                      Accepted: 10 January 2004
Redefinition of genus Tarasco Marsh (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Doryctinae) and description of two new Brazilian species
S.M. BARBALHO , D. SCATOLINI & A.M. PENTEADO-DIAS (Brazil)
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2003 (22 papers)

Zootaxa 408: 1-11 (16 January 2004) 1 plate; 7 references                      Accepted: 13 January 2004
The description of Preseucoela Buffington, new genus, with notes on the status of Nearctic species of Agrostocynips Diaz (Hymenoptera: Figitidae: Eucoilinae)
M.L. BUFFINGTON (USA)
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Zootaxa 407: 1-10 (16 January 2004) 1 plate; 9 references                      Accepted: 9 January 2004
Dermatopelte Erdös & Novicky (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) newly recorded from the Nearctic region, with description of two new species
R.A. BURKS (USA)
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Zootaxa 375: 1-8 (4 December 2003) 2 plates; 15 references                Accepted: 26 November 2003
 Myrmica afghanica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a new ant species from Afghanistan
A. RADCHENKO (Poland) & G.W. ELMES (UK)
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Zootaxa 364: 1-9 (21 November 2003) 3 plates; 11 references             Accepted: 14 November 2003
A new species of the enigmatic genus Teremys Mason, T. hanniae, from Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
A.A. VALERIO (Costa Rica) & J.B. WHITFIELD (USA)
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Zootaxa 361: 1-52 (19 November 2003) 12 plates; 32 references        Accepted: 10 November 2003
Revision of the myrmicine ants of the Adelomyrmex genus-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
F. FERNÁNDEZ C. (Colombia)
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Zootaxa 341: 1-6 (28 October 2003) 2 plates; 6 references                      Accepted: 17 October 2003
A new myrmicine ant genus from Malaysia with uncertain affinities (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
F. FERNÁNDEZ C. (Colombia)
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Zootaxa 338: 1-74 (24 October 2003) 12 plates; 28 references                   Accepted: 4 October 2003
Synopsis of the Neotropical Dissomphalus (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae)
C.O. AZEVEDO  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 333: 1-7 (21 October 2003) 1 plate; 5 references                        Accepted: 15 October 2003
Schusterphotopsis, a new genus of Sphaeropthalminae (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae) from California, with notes on the closely related genera Acrophotopsis Schuster and Dilophotopsis Schuster
J.P. PITTS (USA)
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Zootaxa 320: 1-7 (7 October 2003) 2 plates; 9 references                           Accepted: 1 October 2003
 A new platygastrid wasp from Florida (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)
M.W. MACGOWN & G.A. EVANS  (USA)
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Zootaxa 286: 1-4 (5 September 2003) 1 plate, 15 references                      Accepted: 31 August 2003
A new species of the bee genus Chlerogella from Panama (Hymenoptera: Halictidae)
M.S. ENGEL (USA)
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Zootaxa 278: 1-23 (29 August 2003) 8 plates, 36 references                      Accepted: 19 August 2003
Eucoilinae species (Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea: Figitidae) parasitoids of fruit-infesting dipterous larvae in Brazil: identity, geographical distribution and host associations
J. A. GUIMARĂES (Brazil), F. E. GALLARDO (Argentina) , N. B. DIAZ (Agentina) & R. A. ZUCCHI (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 264: 1-6 (11 August 2003) 1 plate, 7 references                               Accepted: 4 August 2003
A new Costa Rican species of Leptanilloides (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: doryline section: Leptanilloidinae)
J.T. LONGINO (USA)
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Zootaxa 255: 1-8  (4 August 2003) 4 plates, 4 references                                 Accepted: 11 July 2003
Revision of the subgenus Dufourea (Flavodufourea) Ebmer, 1984 (Hymenoptera, Halictidae, Rophitinae) and description of a new species D.(Flavodufourea) ulkenkalkana sp.nov. from Kazakhstan
S. PATINY (Belgiun )
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Zootaxa 248: 1-4  (25 July 2003) 2 plates; 6 references                                   Accepted: 21 July 2003
A new Cryptalyra species from Colombia (Hymenoptera: Megalyridae)
S. R. SHAW  (USA)
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Zootaxa 238: 1-12 (16 July 2003) 5 plates; 25 references                                  Accepted: 3 July 2003
 New data on the European species of three genera Scelionidae (Hymenoptera)
BERNARD PINTUREAU & MOUNIR AL-NABHAN  (France)
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Zootaxa 197: 1-18 (19 May 2003) 10 plates, 9 references                                Accepted: 12 May 2003
 A new genus and six new species of the tropical Camptotypusgenus-group (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae; Pimplinae) from northern South America
I.E. SÄÄKSJÄRVI (Finland), E. PALACIO (Colombia), I.D. GAULD UK), R.  JUSSILA (Finland)  & J. SALO (Finland)
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Zootaxa 163: 1-10 (17 March 2003) 4 plates; 4 references                            Accepted: 7 March 2003
New species of Trichogramma Westwood (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) associated with lepidopterous eggs in Brazil
R.B. QUERINO & R.A. ZUCCHI  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 151: 1-150 (5 March 2003)  16 plates; 120  references               Accepted: 6 February 2003
The Crematogaster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae) of Costa Rica
JOHN T. LONGINO (USA)
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Zootaxa 144: 1-4 (20 February 2003) 1 plate; 2 references                      Accepted: 4 February 2003
A new species of Nysson Latreille (Hymenoptera: Crabronidae: Bembicinae) from Turkmenistan
P.G. NEMKOV (Russia) & S. F. GAYUBO (Spain)
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Zootaxa 137: 1-10 (24 January 2003) 2 plates; 9 references                    Accepted: 17 January 2003
 Description of the female and larval stage of Odontophotopsis succinea Viereck (Hymenoptera: Mutillidae), with new synonymy and notes 
J.P. PITTS & F.D. PARKER (USA)
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Zootaxa 136: 1-6 (24 January 2003) 2 plates; 5 references                      Accepted: 17 January 2003
Panurgus platymerus Pérez, 1895 (Hymenoptera: Andrenidae) synonymy, status of the Warncke lectotype
S. PATINY (Belgium)
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Zootaxa 134: 1-11 (17 January 2003) 2 plates; 4 references                      Accepted: 7 January 2003
Six new species of Trichogramma Westwood (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) from a Brazilian forest reserve
R.B. QUERINO  & R.A. ZUCCHI (Brazil)
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2002 (4 papers)

Zootaxa 97: 1-16 (8 November 2002)  6 plates; 15 references                  Accepted: 30 October 2002
Revision of the ant genus Streblognathus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae)
H. G. ROBERTSON (South Africa)
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Zootaxa 95: 1-8 (5 November 2002)  3 plates; 19 references                     Accepted: 31 October 2002
Papatuka alamunyiga Deans, a new genus and species of apterous ensign wasp (Hymenoptera: Evaniidae) from Kenya
A. R. DEANS (USA)
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Zootaxa 71: 1-43 (26 September 2002)  114 references                         Accepted: 15 September 2002
New combinations and synonymies of leafcutter and mason bees of the Americas (Megachile, Hymenoptera, Megachilidae)
A. RAW (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 41: 1-7 (28 May 2002) 2 plates; 8 references                                      Accepted: 17 May 2002
Epsilogaster faviolae, a new species of Mendesellinae from Colombia (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
A.A. VALERIO & J.B. WHITFIELD (USA)
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2001 (2 papers)

Zootaxa 20: 1-20 (20 December 2001) 4 plates; 30 references              Accepted: 14 December 2001
The socially parasitic ant genus Strongylognathus Mayr in North Africa (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
M. SANETRA (Australia) & R.  GÜSTEN (Germany)
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Zootaxa 6: 1-4 (29 August 2001) 1 plate; 7 references                                 Accepted: 22 August 2001
Aphidius linosiphonis sp. n. (Hymenoptera; Braconidae; Aphidiinae), a new member of the aphid parasitoid guild associated with Galium
Z. TOMANOVIC (Yugoslavia) & P. STARÝ (Czech Republic)
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