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2013

Article
Zootaxa 3652 (2): 277–288 (16 May 2013)
Idionyx (Odonata: Corduliidae) of the Western Ghats
with a description of a new species
K. A. SUBRAMANIAN, PARAG RANGNEKAR & ROHAN NAIK

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Article
Zootaxa 3646 (1): 023–038 (01 May 2013)
Description of three females of the genus Acanthagrion (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) with a key to the females of Argentina 
FEDERICO LOZANO
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Article 
Zootaxa 3620 (2): 223–244 (6 Mar. 2013)
Descriptions of the final instar larvae of seven Chinese Chlorogomphidae species, with taxonomic notes on adults (Odonata: Anisoptera)
HAOMIAO ZHANG & XIAOLI TONG

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Article 
Zootaxa 3619 (5): 589–594 (4 Mar. 2013)
The larva of the genus Palaeosynthemis Förster, 1903 (Odonata: Anisoptera: Synthemistidae) and a generic key to the larvae of non-New Caledonian Synthemistidae
GÜNTHER FLECK & MARINE EL ADOUZI

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 3616 (6): 597–600 (25 Feb. 2013)
A new Frenguelliidae (Insecta: Odonata) from the early Eocene of Laguna del Hunco, Patagonia, Argentina
JULIÁN F. PETRULEVIČIUS & ANDRÉ NEL

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 3609 (6): 589–592 (4 Feb. 2013)
Teinobasis fatakula sp. nov. (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae), found on ‘Eua Island, Kingdom of Tonga
MILEN MARINOV & THOMAS DONNELLY

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Article 
Zootaxa 3609 (1): 96–100 (25 Jan. 2013)
The larvae of Heteragrion majus Selys and H. atrolineatum Donnelly, with a key to known species from Costa Rica (Odonata: Megapodagrionidae)
ALONSO RAMÍREZ & PABLO E. GUTIÉRREZ-FONSECA

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Article
Zootaxa 3599 (3): 229–245 (7 Jan. 2013)
Larval taxonomy of Macrothemis Hagen, 1868 (Odonata: Libellulidae), with descriptions of four larvae and a key to the fourteen known species
LUIZ GUSTAVO VARGAS SALGADO, ALCIMAR DO LAGO CARVALHO & ÂNGELO PARISE PINTO

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Article 
Zootaxa 3599 (1): 19–36 (3 Jan. 2013)
The true identity of Neoneura bilinearis Selys, 1860, with the synonymy of N. gaida Rácenis, 1953, and the description of N. confundens sp. nov. (Odonata: Protoneuridae)
MARCEL T. WASSCHER & JOHAN G. VAN ’T BOSCH

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2012

Correspondence
Zootaxa 3597: 53–56 (24 Dec. 2012)  1 plates; 9 references           Accepted: 9 Nov. 2012
Redescription of the damsel-dragonfly Parafleckium senjituense on the basis of a more complete specimen (Odonata: Isophlebioptera: Campterophlebiidae)
YONGJUN LI, ANDRÉ NEL, DONG REN & HONG PANG

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Article
Zootaxa 3590: 73–78 (18 Dec. 2012)  4 plates; 4 references            Accepted: 19 Nov. 2012
An interesting new species of Nososticta Hagen from southern New Guinea (Odonata, Disparoneuridae) 
JOHN MICHALSKI (USA), STEPHEN RICHARDS (Australia) & GUNTHER THEISCHINGER (Australia)

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Article
Zootaxa 3582: 64–68 (12 Dec. 2012)  3 plates; 19 references       Accepted: 16 Nov. 2012
A new genus and species of Sieblosiidae from the Middle Miocene of Germany (Odonata: Epiproctophora) 
ANDRÉ NEL & GUNTHER FLECK (France)

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Article
Zootaxa 3545: 59–66 (9 Nov. 2012)  3 plates; 8 references              Accepted: 8 Oct. 2012
Description of the final stadium larva of Erythrodiplax bromeliicola Westfall 2000 (Odonata: Libellulidae) with notes on variation in adults from Cuba 
ADRIAN TRAPERO-QUINTANA (Cuba) & RODOLFO NOVELO-GUTIÉRREZ (Mexico)

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Article
Zootaxa 3526: 72–78 (25 Oct. 2012)  3 plates; 16 references            Accepted: 1 Oct. 2012
Periaeschna yazhenae sp. nov. from Fujian, China (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) 
QI-HAN XU (China)

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Article
Zootaxa 3514: 84–88 (11 Oct. 2012)  2 plates; 13 references               Accepted: 19 Sept. 2012

Skiallagma baueri Förster 1906, a geographically misplaced damselfly, is a junior synonym of Xiphiagrion cyanomelas Selys 1876 (Odonata: Coenagrionidae) 
ROSSER W. GARRISON (USA)

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Article
Zootaxa 3503: 55–60 (2 Oct. 2012)  4 plates; 11 references                Accepted: 18 Sept. 2012
Full description of Cordulagomphus primaerensis from Santana Formation (Lower Cretaceous of Brazil) (Odonata: Aeshnoptera: Proterogomphidae) 
JULIAN F. PETRULEVIČIUS (Argentina), RAFAEL G. MARTINS-NETO (Brazil), DANY AZAR (France), EDOUARD MAKHOUL (France) & ANDRÉ NEL (France)

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Correspondence
Zootaxa 3495: 79–82 (24 Sept. 2012)  1 plate; 12 references                 Accepted: 20 Aug. 2012
Description of the last instar larva of Forcepsioneura sancta (Hagen in Selys 1860) (Odonata: Protoneuridae) 
DANIELLE ANJOS-SANTOS & PABLO PESSACQ (Argentina)

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Article
Zootaxa 3488: 80–88 (18 Sept. 2012)  7 plates; 8 references                      Accepted: 14 Aug. 2012

The true larva and the female of Aeschnosoma marizae Santos, 1981 (Odonata: Anisoptera: Corduliidae s.s.) 

GÜNTHER FLECK (Brazil)

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Article
Zootaxa 3482: 77–81 (13 Sept. 2012)  2 plates; 12 references                     Accepted: 18 May 2012
Description of the larva of Mnesarete pudica (Hagen in Selys, 1853) (Odonata: Calopterygidae) and notes on known genera of South American Calopterygidae larvae 
RHAINER GUILLERMO-FERREIRA & PITÁGORAS C. BISPO (Brazil)
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Article
Zootaxa 3417: 64–68 (10 Aug. 2012)  1 plates; 20 references                       Accepted: 20 Jun. 2012
Reassessment of the Jurassic damsel-dragonfly genus Karatawia (Odonata: Campterophlebiidae)
YONG-JUN LI (China), ANDRÉ NEL (France), DONG REN (China), BING-LAN ZHANG (China) & HONG PANG (China)

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Article
Zootaxa 3412: 62–68 (7 Aug. 2012)  4 plates; 10 references                 Accepted: 20 Jun. 2012
The larva of the genus Paracordulia Martin, 1907 (Odonata: Corduliidae s.s.) and a generic key to the larvae of Corduliidae s.l. occuring in South America
GÜNTHER FLECK & ULISSES G. NEISS (Brazil)

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Article
Zootaxa 3318: 63–67 (21 May 2012) 2 plates; 13 references                 Accepted: 3 Apr. 2012
The larva of Neoneura ethela Williamson, 1917 (Odonata: Protoneuridae)
LUIZ ONOFRE IRINEU DE SOUZA, MATEUS PEPINELLI & ULISSES GASPAR NEISS (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3238: 64–68 (19 Mar. 2012) 4 plates; 14 references                 Accepted: 7 Feb. 2012
Description of the final stadium larvae of Polycanthagyna ornithocephala (McLachlan, 1896) from Taiwan, with a key to the known larvae of the genus (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae)
KWOK-CHING WONG, WEN-CHI YEH & TSUNG-WEI CHAN (Taiwan)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3218: 40–46 (1 Mar. 2012) 7 plates; 11 references                 Accepted: 20 Dec. 2011
A description of Echo perornata spec. nov. from Xizang (Tibet), China (Odonata: Calopterygidae) XIN YU (China) & MATTI HÄMÄLÄINEN (The Netherlands)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3202: 28–50 (22 Feb. 2012) 29 plates; 17 references                  Accepted: 29 Dec. 2011
Description of Protallagma hoffmanni sp. nov. from the Peruvian Andes (Odonata: Coenagrionidae), including description of its larva 
HOLGER HUNGER & FRANZ-JOSEF SCHIEL (Germany)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3186: 54–58 (8 Feb. 2012) 3 plates; 18 references                           Accepted: 20 Dec. 2011
Description of the final stadium larva of Telebasis obsoleta (Selys, 1876) (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
FEDERICO LOZANO, JAVIER MUZÓN & CELESTE SCATTOLINI (Argentina)
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Article 
Zootaxa 3164: 32–40 (18 Jan. 2012) 6 plate; 15 references                           Accepted: 17 Nov. 2011
The larva of Dicterias Selys, 1853 (Odonata: Heliocharitidae [= Dicteriadidae]), and taxonomic and phylogenetic notes on Heliocharitidae
GÜNTHER FLECK, ULISSES G. NEISS & NEUSA HAMADA (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 3159: 47–58 (13 Jan. 2012) 9 plate; 8 references                           Accepted: 16 Nov. 2011
A new species of the genus
Aeschnosoma Selys, 1870 (Odonata: Anisoptera:
Corduliidae s.s.)
GÜNTHER FLECK & ULISSES G. NEISS (Brazil)

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Erratum 
Zootaxa 3152: 68 (6 Jan. 2012)
Erratum: YU, X. & BU, W.-J. (2011) Chinese damselflies of the genus Coenagrion (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae). Zootaxa, 2808, 31–40.
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2011

Article
Zootaxa 3137: 64–68 (20 Dec. 2011) 3 plates; 5 references                      Accepted: 14 Nov. 2011
Description of the larva of Gynacantha auricularis Martin, 1909 (Odonata: Aeshnidae)
JÜRG DE MARMELS (Venezuela) & ULISSES GASPAR NEISS (Brazil)

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Article
Zootaxa 3093: 35–46 (08 Nov. 2011) 6 plates; 21 references                  Accepted: 05 Oct. 2011
Mortonagrion indraneil spec. nov. from Borneo, and a redescription of M. arthuri Fraser (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)
RORY A. DOW (The Netherlands)

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Article
Zootaxa 3049: 64–68 (05 Oct. 2011) 2 plates; 12 references                  Accepted: 13 Sep. 2011
The last-stadium larva and systematic status of Planaeschna suichangensis Zhou &Wei, 1980 (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae) 

QI-HAN XU & HAO-MIAO ZHANG (China)

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Article
Zootaxa 3049: 59–63 (05 Oct. 2011) 2 plates; 7 references                  Accepted: 13 Sep. 2011
The larva of Palaemnema mutans Calvert, 1931 (Odonata: Platystictidae) 

VANESSA AMAYA-VALLEJO (Colombia) & RODOLFO NOVELO-GUTIÉRREZ (Mexico)

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Article
Zootaxa 3019: 51–62 (09 Sep. 2011) 3 plates; 64 references                  Accepted: 09 Aug. 2011
The true Dythemis multipunctata Kirby, 1894, from the West Indies and proposed new taxonomic status (Odonata: Anisoptera: Libellulidae)

FRANÇOIS MEURGEY & CELINE POIRON (France)

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Article
Zootaxa 3017: 46–50 (07 Sep. 2011) 2 plates; 10 references                  Accepted: 11 Aug. 2011
Two new damselfly species from Polillo Island, Philippines (Odonata: Platystictidae) 
REAGAN JOSEPH T. VILLANUEVA (Philippines) & MARTIN SCHORR (Germany)
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Erratum 
Zootaxa 2970: 68 (19 Jul. 2011
Erratum: PHAN, Q.T. & HÄMÄLÄINEN, M. (2011) Matrona taoi spec. nov., a new damselfly species from northern Vietnam (Odonata: Calopterygidae). Zootaxa, 2927, 63–68.

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Article
Zootaxa 2927: 63–68 (22 Jun. 2011) 3 plates; 5 references                       Accepted: 2 Jun. 2011
Matrona taoi spec. nov., a new damselfly species from northern Vietnam (Odonata: Calopterygidae)
QUOC TOAN PHAN (Vietnam) & MATTI HÄMÄLÄINEN (The Netherlands)

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Article
Zootaxa 2927: 57–62 (22 Jun. 2011) 3 plates; 10 references                       Accepted: 31 May 2011
A new genus and species of hawker dragonfly of uncertain affinities
from the Middle Jurassic of China (Odonata: Aeshnoptera)
YONGJUN LI (P.R. China), ANDRÉ NEL (France), DONG REN (P.R. China) & HONG PANG (P.R. China)

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Correspondence
Zo
otaxa
2916: 65–68 (14 Jun. 2011) 1 plates; 12 references                        Accepted: 17 May 2011
Description of the last instar larva of Neoneura kiautai Machado (Odonata: Protoneuridae)
DANIELLE ANJOS-SANTOS (Brazil), PABLO PESSACQ (Argentina)
& JANIRA MARTINS COSTA (Brazil)
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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2915: 66–68 (13 Jun. 2011) 5 plates; 5 references                        Accepted: 17 May 2011
Perigomphus angularis spec. nov. from central Ecuador (Odonata: Gomphidae)
K. J. TENNESSEN (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2899: 60–68 (31 May 2011) 3 plates; 18 references                       Accepted: 9 May 2011
Cordulegaster sarracenia, n. sp. (Odonata: Cordulegastridae) from east Texas and western Louisiana, with a key to adult Cordulegastridae of the New World
JOHN C. ABBOTT & TROY D. HIBBITTS (USA)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2872: 58–62 (9 May 2011) 2 plates; 5 references                            Accepted: 5 Apr. 2011
The larva of Progomphus lambertoi Novelo-Gutiérrez, 2007 (Odonata: Gomphidae)
RODOLFO NOVELO-GUTIÉRREZ & JOSÉ ANTONIO GÓMEZ-ANAYA (Mexico)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2836: 44–50 (28 Apr. 2011) 5 plates; 15 references                       Accepted: 26 Mar. 2011
The larva of Allopodagrion brachyurum De Marmels, 2001 (Odonata: Zygoptera: Megapodagrionidae) from Southern Brazil
ULISSES GASPAR NEISS (Brazil), GELSON LUIZ FIORENTIN (Brazil)
& JÜRG DE MARMELS (Venezuela)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2832: 63–68 (26 Apr. 2011) 2 plates; 4 references                        Accepted: 22 Mar. 2011
Coeliccia southwelli sp. nov. (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platycnemididae)
from Mount Dulit, Sarawak
RORY A. DOW (The Netherlands) & GRAHAM T. REELS (P.R. China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2832: 44–50 (26 Apr. 2011) 2 plates; 13 references                       Accepted: 22 Mar. 2011
Description of the final instar larvae of Acanthagrion gracile (Rambur) and Acanthagrion lancea Selys (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
DANIELLE ANJOS-SANTOS, CÉSAR CARRIÇO, JANIRA MARTINS COSTA & TATIANA CHRYSOSTOMO
SANTOS (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2831: 63–68 (26 Apr. 2011) 5 plates; 10 references                       Accepted: 22 Mar. 2011
Nihonogomphus schorri sp. nov. from Huu Lien Nature Reserve, Lang Son Province, Vietnam (Odonata: Gomphidae)
MANH CUONG DO (Vietnam) & HARUKI KARUBE (Japan)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2830: 20–28 (22 Apr. 2011) 6 plates; 25 references                        Accepted: 14 Mar. 2011
Descriptions of Matrona oreades spec. nov. and Matrona corephaea spec. nov. from China (Odonata: Calopterygidae)
MATTI HÄMÄLÄINEN (The Netherlands), XIN YU (P.R. China) & HAOMIAO ZHANG (P.R. China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2810: 63–68 (6 Apr. 2011) 2 plates; 8 references                           Accepted: 2 Mar. 2011
Heteropodagrion croizati sp. nov. (Odonata: Megapodagrionidae) with a key to the known species of the genus
LEÓN A. PÉREZ-GUTIÉRREZ (Colombia) & JENILEE M. MONTES-FONTALVO (Venezuela)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2808: 31–40 (4 Apr. 2011) 3 plates; 32 references                            Accepted: 2 Mar. 2011
Chinese damselflies of the genus Coenagrion (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)
XIN YU & WENJUN BU (P.R. China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2802: 51–57 (28 Mar. 2011) 3 plates; 17 references                      Accepted: 14 Feb. 2011
A new Chinese Mesozoic dragonfly clarifies the relationships between
Rudiaeschnidae and Cymatophlebiidae (Odonata: Aeshnoptera)
YONGJUN LI (P.R. China), ANDRÉ NEL (France), DONG REN (P.R. China), BINGLAN ZHANG (P.R. China) & HONG PANG (P.R. China)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2762: 56–60 (10 Feb. 2011) 2 plates; 14 references                        Accepted: 24 Dec. 2010
Description of the final instar larva of Progomphus joergenseni Ris (Epiprocta: Gomphidae)
JAVIER MUZÓN & FEDERICO LOZANO (Argentina)

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2756: 65–68 (3 Feb. 2011) 2 plates; 8 references                               Accepted: 6 Dec. 2010
Description of the larva of Archilestes exoletus (Hagen in Selys) (Odonata: Lestidae)
MARINA SCHMIDT DALZOCHIO & MARCIEL ELIO RODRIGUES (Brazil)

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2010

Article 
Zootaxa 2721: 55–61 (14 Dec. 2010) 4 plates; 8 references                            Accepted: 2 Nov. 2010
Epipleoneura angeloi (Odonata: Protoneuridae), a new species from the central region of Brazil
P. PESSACQ (Argentina) & J. M. COSTA (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2716: 53–63 (8 Dec. 2010) 8 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 18 Nov. 2010
Descriptions of the final instar larvae of three Chinese Idionyx species (Odonata: Anisoptera: Corduliidae)
HAOMIAO ZHANG & XIAOLI TONG (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2685: 51–56 (24 Nov. 2010) 2 plates; 8 references                           Accepted: 28 Oct. 2010
Neocordulia pedroi sp. nov. (Odonata: Corduliidae) from southeastern Brazil
J.M. COSTA, C. CARRIÇO & T.C. SANTOS (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2674: 51–60 (11 Nov. 2010) 5 plates; 20 references                          Accepted: 16 Oct. 2010
Descriptions of two new species of the genus Planaeschna from China (Odonata: Anisoptera: Aeshnidae)
HAO-MIAO ZHANG, WEN-CHI YEH & XIAO-LI TONG (China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2614: 53–58 (16 Sep. 2010) 3 plates; 6 references                            Accepted: 17 Aug. 2010
The larva of Perilestes attenuatus Selys, 1886 (Odonata: Perilestidae)
from Amazonas, Brazil
ULISSES GASPAR NEISS & NEUSA HAMADA (Brazil)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2605: 45–55 (8 Sep. 2010) 8 plates; 20 references                             Accepted: 10 Aug. 2010
A review of the genus Amphicnemis in Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, with descriptions of two new species (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)
RORY A. DOW (The Netherlands), CHEE YEN CHOONG (Malaysia) & YONG FOO NG (Malaysia)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2531: 29–38 (9 Jul. 2010) 5 plates; 17 references                              Accepted: 17 Jun. 2010
The madicolous nymph of Heteropodagrion sanguinipes Selys (Odonata: Megapodagrionidae)
KENNETH J. TENNESSEN (USA)
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Zootaxa 2531: 15–28 (9 Jul. 2010) 7 plates; 13 references                              Accepted: 22 Jun. 2010
A synopsis of the genus Amphipteryx Selys 1853 (Odonata: Amphipterygidae)
ENRIQUE GONZÁLEZ-SORIANO (Mexico)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2517: 44–52 (24 Jun. 2010) 4 plates; 7 references                             Accepted: 25 May 2010
Four new species of Phoenicagrion von Ellenrieder, 2008 from Brazil (Odonata, Coenagrionidae)
ANGELO B.M. MACHADO (Brazil)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 2506: 65–68 (15 Jun. 2010) 1 plates; 12 references                           Accepted: 12 May 2010
Description of the final instar of Macrothemis heteronycha (Calvert)
(Anisoptera: Libellulidae)
JANIRA M. COSTA, CÉSAR CARRIÇO, TATIANA C. SANTOS & BERNARDO. J. A.
MASCARENHAS (Brazil)

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2502: 65–68 (11 Jun. 2010) 4 plates; 6 references                                Accepted: 6 May 2010
Elattoneura mauros sp. nov. (Odonata: Zygoptera: Protoneuridae) from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo
RORY A. DOW (The Netherlands), CHEE YEN CHOONG (Malaysia) & YONG FOO NG (Malaysia)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2484: 61–67  (26 May 2010) 2 plates; 9 references                            Accepted: 13 Apr. 2010
Description of the larva of Aeshna persephone Donnelly, 1961 (Odonata: Aeshnidae)
RODOLFO NOVELO-GUTIÉRREZ (Mexico) & KENNETH J. TENNESSEN (USA)

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Zootaxa 2438: 1–36 (27 Apr. 2010) 19 plates; 106 references                         Accepted: 27 Mar. 2010
Redefinition of Leptobasis Selys with the synonymy of Chrysobasis Rácenis and description of L. mauffrayi sp. nov. from Peru (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
ROSSER W. GARRISON (USA) & NATALIA VON ELLENRIEDER (Argentina)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2425: 45–68 (13 Apr. 2010) 9 plates; 81 references                      Accepted: 1 Mar. 2010
A new species of Lauromacromia (Odonata: Corduliidae) from Southeastern Brazil, with a cladistic analysis of the genus and comments on Neotropical dragonfly biogeography
ÂNGELO PARISE PINTO & ALCIMAR DO LAGO CARVALHO (Brazil)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2412: 63–68 (29 Mar. 2010) 2 plates; 14 references                          Accepted: 18 Feb. 2010
Two new Platystictidae (Odonata: Zygoptera) from Sarawak, Malaysian
Borneo
RORY A. DOW (The Netherlands)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2388: 44–48 (4 Mar. 2010) 3 plates; 15 references                           Accepted: 29 Jan. 2010
Sinahemeroscopus magnificus, new genus and species of ‘libelluloid’ dragonfly
from the Chinese Mesozoic (Odonata, Anisoptera: Nannogomphidae?)
DI-YING HUANG (P.R. China) & ANDRÉ NEL (France)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2387: 57–62 (3 Mar. 2010) 2 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 29 Jan. 2010
Protoliupanshania wangi, a new genus and species from the Chinese Early Cretaceous (Odonata: Aeshnoptera: Liupanshaniidae)
DI-YING HUANG (P.R. China) & ANDRE NEL (France)

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Article 
Zootaxa 2384: 53–64 (1 Mar. 2010) 4 plates; 18 references                            Accepted: 21 Jan. 2009
Seven new species of Telebasis from Brazil (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
ANGELO B.M. MACHADO (Brazil)

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Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2359: 61–64 (15 Feb. 2010) 2 plates; 17 references                            Accepted: 23 Jan. 2010
Sinaktassia tangi, a new Chinese Mesozoic genus and species of Aktassiidae (Odonata: Petaluroidea)
QI-BIN LIN (China), ANDRÉ NEL (France) & DI-YING HUANG (China)

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2009

 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2286: 65-68 (10 Nov. 2009) 1 plates; 7 references                          Accepted: 11 Sep. 2009
Description of the final instar nymph of Homeoura nepos (Selys, 1876)
(Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
KENNETH J. TENNESSEN (USA)

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Zootaxa 2272: 54-62 (23 Oct. 2009) 3 plates; 15 references                          Accepted: 29 Sep. 2009
Redescription of Argia concinna (Rambur), with a description of Argia
telesfordi spec. nov. from Grenada, West Indies (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)
FRANÇOIS MEURGEY (France)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2245: 54-58 (2 Oct. 2009) 2 plates; 17 references                          Accepted: 3 Sep. 2009
Description of two new damselflies, Protosticta zhengi and Sinosticta sylvatica,
from China (Odonata: Zygoptera: Platystictidae)
XIN YU & WENJUN BU (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2239: 62-68 (24 Sep. 2009) 3 plates; 12 references                          Accepted: 1 Sep. 2009
A new species of Leptobasis from Costa Rica (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
DENNIS R. PAULSON (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2231: 47-54 (15 Sep. 2009) 4 plates; 9 references                          Accepted: 26 Aug. 2009
Description of the final instar larva of Homeoura lindneri (Ris, 1928) and
redescription of the larva of H. chelifera (Selys, 1876) (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
FEDERICO LOZANO, JAVIER MUZÓN & SABRINA TORRES (Argentina)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2216: 22-36 (1 Sep. 2009) 5 plates; 72 references                          Accepted: 15 Jul. 2009
Biogeography and divergence time estimation of the relict Cape dragonfly
genus Syncordulia: global significance and implications for conservation
JESSICA L. WARE (USA), JOHN P. SIMAIKA (South Africa) & MICHAEL J. SAMWAYS (South
Africa)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2202: 59-68 (19 Aug. 2009) 8 plates; 24 references                           Accepted: 15 Jul. 2009
A Revision of Mesopodagrion McLachlan, 1896
(Odonata: Zygoptera: Megapodagrionidae)
XIN YU & WENJUN BU (China)

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 Monograph 
Zootaxa 2177: 1-62 (6 Aug. 2009) 29 plates; 107 references                           Accepted: 18 May 2009
Gomphidae of Guangdong & Hong Kong, China
(Odonata: Anisoptera)
KEITH DUNCAN PETER WILSON (UK) & ZAIFU XU
(P.R. China)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2145: 47-68 (30 Jun. 2009) 14 plates; 19 references                           Accepted: 13 May 2009
Redefinition of Mesoleptobasis Sjöstedt 1918 with the inclusion of Metaleptobasis cyanolineata (Wasscher 1998) comb. nov. and description of a new species, Mesoleptobasis elongata (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
ROSSER W. GARRISON (USA) & NATALIA VON ELLENRIEDER (Argentina)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2108: 1-36 (15 May 2009) 18 plates; 41 references                           Accepted: 25 Mar. 2009
Denticulobasis and Tuberculobasis, new genera close to Leptobasis, with
description of ten new species (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
ANGELO B.M. MACHADO (Brasil)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2089: 65-68 (4 May 2009) 1 plates; 13 references                           Accepted: 9 Apr. 2009
Description of the bromeliad-dwelling final instar larva of
Leptagrion andromache Hagen in Selys (Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)
JAVIER MUZÓN, SOLEDAD WEIGEL MUÑOZ & RAÚL CAMPOS (Argentina)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2074: 61-64 (16 Apr. 2009) 2 plates; 8 references                           Accepted: 28 Feb. 2009
What is Amphipteryx agrioides Selys 1853 (Odonata: Amphipterygidae)?
ENRIQUE GONZÁLEZ-SORIANO (Mexico) & N. VON ELLENRIEDER (Argenitna)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2034: 61-64 (13 Mar. 2009) 4 plates; 9 references                             Accepted: 11 Feb. 2009
Description of the last instar larva of Cannaphila insularis funerea (Carpenter,
1897) (Anisoptera: Libellulidae), with notes on the habitat of the species
ADRIAN D. TRAPERO-QUINTANA & NILIA CUÉLLAR ARAÚJO (Cuba)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1985: 52-56 (21 Jan. 2009) 5 plates; 16 references                            Accepted: 15 Dec. 2008
The oldest Calopterygidae in the Eocene Baltic amber (Odonata: Zygoptera)
GÜNTHER FLECK (France), ALAIN WALLER (France), JACEK SERAFIN (Poland) & ANDRÉ NEL (France)

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2008

 Article 
Zootaxa 1968: 23-32 (22 Dec. 2008) 9 plates; 10 references                          Accepted: 28 Nov. 2008
Angelagrion gen. nov. with description of A. nathaliae sp. nov. and A. fredericoi sp. nov. from Brazil (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
FREDERICO A. A. LENCIONI (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1896: 45-50 (10 Oct. 2008) 2 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 9 Sept. 2008
Description of the final instar larvae of Erythrodiplax atroterminata Ris and E. corallina (Brauer) (Odonata: Libellulidae)
ANALÍA GARRÉ JAVIER MUZÓN & DIEGO M. ARDOHAIN (Argentina)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1876: 29-34 (15 Sept. 2008) 2 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 13 Aug. 2008
Description of the larva of Paraphlebia zoe Selys in Hagen, 1861(Odonata: Megapodagrionidae)
RODOLFO NOVELO-GUTIÉRREZ (Mexico)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1848: 57-65 (13 Aug. 2008)  3 plates; 22 references                              Accepted: 17 Jun. 2008
Description of the larva of Lauromacromia picinguaba Carvalho, Salgado & Werneck-de-Carvalho 2004, with a key to the genera of Corduliidae larvae occurring in South America (Odonata: Anisoptera)
ALCIMAR L. CARVALHO (Brazil), LUIZ GUSTAVO V. SALGADO (Brazil) & GUNTHER FLECK (France)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1842: 1-34 (4 Aug. 2008) 14 plates; 33 references                              Accepted: 26 Jun. 2008
Drepanoneura gen. nov. for Epipleoneura letitia and Protoneura peruviensis, with descriptions of eight new Protoneuridae from South America (Odonata: Protoneuridae)
NATALIA VON ELLENRIEDER (Argentina) & ROSSER W. GARRISON (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1805: 1-51 (18 Jun. 2008) 29 plates; 44 references                              Accepted: 15 May 2008
Oreiallagma gen. nov. with a redefinition of Cyanallagma Kennedy 1920 and Mesamphiagrion Kennedy 1920, and the description of M. dunklei sp. nov. and M. ecuatoriale sp. nov. from Ecuador (Odonata: Coenagrionidae)
NATALIA VON ELLENRIEDER & ROSSER W. GARRISON (USA)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1787: 63-68 (9 Jun. 2008) 2 plates; 9 references                              Accepted: 7 May 2008
Description of the female and nymph of Philogenia mangosisa from southern Ecuador (Odonata: Megapodagrionidae)
SETH. M. BYBEE & KEN J. TENNESSEN (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1704: 64-68 (15 Feb. 2008) 2 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 10 Dec. 2007
Description of a new species of Neocordulia Selys, 1882 (Odonata: Libellulidae, Corduliinae) from southern Brazil
J. M. COSTA, C. T. RAVANELLO & G. M. SOUZA-FRANCO (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1696: 57-62 (1 Feb. 2008) 5 plates; 14 references                              Accepted: 6 Dec. 2007
Larval redescription of Microstigma maculatum Hagen in Selys, 1860 (Odonata: Pseudostigmatidae) from Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
ULISSES GASPAR NEISS, FREDERICO A. A. LENCIONI, NEUSA HAMADA & RUTH LEILA FERREIRA-KEPPLER (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1688: 66-68 (23 Jan. 2008) 1 plate; 4 references                                  Accepted: 10 Dec. 2007
Description of the last instar larva of Erythrodiplax fervida (Erichson, 1848) (Anisoptera: Libellulidae), with notes on the biology of the species
ADRIAN D. TRAPERO-QUINTANA & BERNARDO REYES-TUR (Cuba)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1681: 62-68 (16 Jan. 2008) 3 plates; 18 references                             Accepted: 28 Nov. 2007
Telmaeshna paradoxica gen. et sp. nov., a new fossil dragonfly (Insecta: Odonata:
Anisoptera) from the Yixian Formation, Liaoning, China
BINGLAN ZHANG, DONG REN & HONG PANG (China)
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2007

 Article 
Zootaxa 1668: 381-394 (21 Dec. 2007) 3 plates;  63 references                          Accepted: 21 Nov. 2007
A brief history of the classification and nomenclature of Odonata
John W. H. Trueman (Australia)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1664: 55-59 (17 Dec. 2007)  2 plates; 14 references                            Accepted: 21 Nov. 2007
Two new species of Coenagrion Kirby, 1890, from China (Odonata: Zygoptera: Coenagrionidae)
XIN YU & WENJUN BU (P.R. China)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1642: 13-22 (21 Nov. 2007)  3 plates; 7 references                            Accepted: 24 Oct. 2007
A new genus of isophlebioid damsel-dragonflies (Odonata: Isophlebioptera: Campterophlebiidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China
A. NEL (France), D.-Y. HUANG (P.R. China) & Q.-B. LIN (P.R. China)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1542: 68 (6 Aug. 2007) 0 plates; 3 references                            Accepted: 19 Jul. 2007
Replacement name for a homonymous dragonfly generic name (Odonata)
GUNTHER FLECK & JANIRA COSTA (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1469: 59-64 (10 May 2007) 3 plates; 12 references                             Accepted: 4 Apr. 2007
A new family of Cavilabiata from the Lower Cretaceous Yixian Formation, China (Odonata: Anisoptera)
QI-BIN LIN (P.R. China), DI-YING HUANG (P.R. China) & A. NEL (France)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1467: 19-34 (7 May 2007) 11 plates; 53 references                             Accepted: 13 Feb. 2007
Two new relict Syncordulia species found during museum and field studies of threatened dragonflies in the Cape Floristic Region (Odonata: Corduliidae)
KLAAS-DOUWE B. DIJKSTRA (The Netherlands), MICHAEL J. SAMWAYS (South Africa) and JOHN P. SIMAIKA (South Africa)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1453: 33-40 (23 Apr. 2007) 5 plates; 5 references                             Accepted: 5 Dec. 2006
Garrisonia aurindae gen. and spec. nov. from the State of Bahia, Brazil (Anisoptera: Libellulidae)
R. PENALVA & J. M.COSTA (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1438: 27-48 (2 Apr. 2007) 12 plates; 100 references                             Accepted: 23 Feb. 2007
Gone with the wind: westward dispersal across the Indian Ocean and island speciation in Hemicordulia dragonflies (Odonata: Corduliidae)
KLAAS-DOUWE B. DIJKSTRA (The Netherlands)
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2006

Zootaxa 1339: 51-68  (19 Oct. 2006)   9 plates; 24 references                       Accepted: 27 Sept. 2006
New isophlebioid dragonflies (Odonata: Isophlebioptera: Campterophlebiidae) from the Middle Jurassic of China
B.-L. ZHANG (P.R. China), G. FLECK (France), D.-Y. HUANG (P.R. China), A. NEL (France), D. REN (P.R. China), X.-D. CHENG (P.R. China) & Q.-B. LIN (P.R.China)
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Zootaxa 1300: 37-50 (21 Aug. 2006)  8 plates; 23 references                              Accepted:  6 Jul. 2006
A revised checklist of Odonata (Insecta) from Marambaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with eight new records
D. ANJOS-SANTOS & J. M. COSTA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1296: 19-28 (17 Aug. 2006) 2 plates; 7 references                              Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
Description of the larvae of Castoraeschna colorata (Martin, 1908) and C. longfieldae (Kimmins, 1929) (Insecta: Odonata: Aeshnidae), with a key to the known larvae of the genus
A. L. CARVALHO, P.H. R. SOUZA & E.R. CALIL (Brazil)

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2004

Zootaxa 666: 1-11 (1 October 2004)  3 plates; 10 references                        Accepted: 29 Aug. 2004
Description of a new species of Lauromacromia Geijskes, 1970 (Odonata: Corduliidae) from Southeastern Brazil
A.L. CARVALHO, L.G.V. SALGADO & P.C.
WERNECK-DE-CARVALHO (Brazil)
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2002

Zootaxa 87: 1-18 (24 October 2002)  1 plate; 30 references                Accepted: 1 October 2002
Phylogeny of Libellula Linnaeus (Odonata: Insecta)
F.L. CARLE & K.M. KJER (USA)

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