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Editor, Dr Peter J. Schwendinger (peter.schwendinger@ville-ge.chCyphophthalmi, Dyspnoi and Eupnoi
Department of Arthropodology and Entomology I, Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 6434, CH-1211, Geneva 6, Switzerland
Editor, Dr Abel Pérez González (abelaracno@gmail.comLaniatores
Grupo de Sistemática e Biologia Evolutiva (GSE), Núcleo em Ecologia e Desenvolvimento Sócio-Ambiental (NUPEM), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
CP 119331, CEP 27910-970 Macaé RJ BRAZIL

2009

 Article 
Zootaxa 2270: 39-52 (22 Oct. 2009) 8 plates; 18 references                          Accepted: 1 Oct. 2009
Review of the Brazilian harvestman genus Roeweria Mello-Leitão, 1923
(Opiliones: Gonyleptidae)
CIBELE BRAGAGNOLO & RICARDO PINTO-DA-ROCHA (Brazil)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2269: 65-67 (21 Oct. 2009) 1 plates; 10 references                          Accepted: 6 Oct. 2009
On the enigmatic Heterolacurbs ovalis Roewer, 1912
(Opiliones, Laniatores, Biantidae)
ABEL PÉREZ-GONZÁLEZ (Brazil) & AYLIN ALEGRE BARROSO (Cuba)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2247: 51-67 (6 Oct. 2009) 0 plates; 76 references                          Accepted: 10 Sep. 2009
Catalogue of type specimens of invertebrates in the collection of the Instituto
Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Brazil. V. Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones and Scorpiones
REGIANE SATURNINO, ANA LÚCIA TOURINHO, CLARISSA SALETTE DE AZEVEDO, RENNER
L. C. BAPTISTA & CÉLIO MAGALHÃES (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 2241: 33-46 (28 Sep. 2009) 5 plates; 25 references                          Accepted: 1 Sep. 2009
New familial assignments for three species of Neotropical harvestmen based on
cladistic analysis (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores)
RICARDO PINTO-DA-ROCHA & MARCOS RYOTARO HARA (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2176: 48-56 (5 Aug. 2009) 3 plates; 10 references                            Accepted: 8 Jul. 2009
Cladistic analysis of the Stygninae and description of a new species of
Protimesius Roewer, 1913 (Opiliones: Stygnidae)
RICARDO PINTO-DA-ROCHA (Brazil) & OSVALDO VILLARREAL MANZANILLA (Venezuela)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2130: 41-59 (11 Jun. 2009) 10 plates; 36 references                            Accepted: 12 May 2009
New genus of Megalopsalidinae (Arachnida: Opiliones: Monoscutidae) from north-eastern Australia
CHRISTOPHER K. TAYLOR & GLENN S. HUNT (Australia)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2059: 1-22 (1 Apr. 2009) 9 plates; 28 references                           Accepted: 3 Mar. 2009
Three new Assamiidae (Arachnida: Opiliones) from Cameroon, with a
redescription of Chilon robustus and comments on related species
CHRISTIAN BAUER & CARLOS E. PRIETO (Spain)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 2057: 63-68 (30 Mar. 2009) 2 plates; 9 references                           Accepted: 7 Mar. 2009
A new genus of Stygninae from a relictual rainforest in Ceará, northeastern
Brazil (Opiliones, Laniatores, Stygnidae)
ADRIANO B. KURY (Brazil)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 2045: 65-68 (18 Mar. 2009) 0 plates; 24 references                           Accepted: 17 Feb. 2009
A new generic homonym in the Agoristenidae (Arachnida: Opiliones)
OSVALDO VILLARREAL MANZANILLA (Venezuela) & ADRIANO BRILHANTE KURY (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1981: 43-56 (16 Jan. 2009) 4 plates; 23 references                           Accepted: 27 Nov. 2008
Some southern African species of the genus Rhampsinitus Simon
(Opiliones: Phalangiidae)
WOJCIECH STARÊGA (Poland)

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2008

 Article 
Zootaxa 1945: 67-68 (28 Nov. 2008) 0 plates; 12 references                    Accepted: 14 Nov. 2008
Deletions from the North American harvestman (Opiliones) faunal list:
Phalangomma virginicum Roewer, 1949 is a synonym of Erebomaster weyerensis (Packard, 1888) (Travunioidea: Cladonychiidae), and a note on "Crosbycus" goodnightorum Roewer, 1951 (Nemastomatidae)
WILLIAM A. SHEAR (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1932: 61-68 (14 Nov. 2008) 3 plates; 12 references                       Accepted: 16 Oct. 2008
On the systematic position of Dino Loman and Toccolus Roewer (Opiliones, Laniatores, Epedanidae), with the description of a new species from western Java, Indonesia
ADRIANO B. KURY (Brazil)
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 Article 
Zootaxa 1841: 53-60 (4 Aug. 2008) 3 plates; 25 references                              Accepted: 26 Jun. 2008
A new species of the genus Tithaeus from China (Arachnida: Laniatores: Epedanidae)
WEI-GUANG LIAN (P.R. China), MING-SHENG ZHU (P.R. China) & ADRIANO B. KURY (Brazil)

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 Correspondence 
Zootaxa 1809: 67-68 (25 Jun. 2008) 0 plates; 15 references                              Accepted: 20 May 2008
Nomenclatorial changes in Triaenonychidae: Sclerobunus parvus Roewer is a junior synonym of Paranonychus brunneus (Banks), Mutusnonychus Suzuki is a junior synonym of Paranonychus Briggs, and Kaolinonychinae Suzuki is a junior synonym of Paranonychinae Briggs (Opiliones: Triaenonychidae)
WILLIAM A. SHEAR & SHAHAN DERKARABETIAN (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1744: 50-58 (9 Apr. 2008) 4 plates; 25 references                              Accepted: 11 Mar. 2008
A new species of Brazilian troglobitic harvestman of the genus Iandumoema (Opiliones: Gonyleptidae)
MARCOS RYOTARO HARA & RICARDO PINTO-DA-ROCHA (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1687: 51-59 (23 Jan. 2008) 6 plates; 10 references                              Accepted: 28 Dec. 2007
A review of Soaresia H. Soares, 1945, with the description of a new species from Serra da Mantiqueira, Brazil (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae, Pachylinae)
ADRIANO B. KURY (Brazil)
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2007

 Article 
Zootaxa 1558: 29-37 (24 Aug. 2007) 3 plates; 22 references                            Accepted: 20 Jul. 2007
A remarkable new species of Multumbo showing sexual dimorphism, with the transfer of Multumbo and Piassagera to the Hernandariinae (Opiliones, Gonyleptidae)
Marcio B. daSilva & Adriano B. Kury (Brazil)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1509: 1-15 (18 Jun. 2007) 7 plates; 32 references                            Accepted: 3 May 2007
An illustrated catalogue of the South American species of the cyphophthalmid family Neogoveidae (Arthropoda, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) with a report on 37 undescribed species
LIGIA BENAVIDES & GONZALO GIRIBET (USA)

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 Article 
Zootaxa 1471: 43-51 (10 May 2007) 4 plates; 8 references                              Accepted: 7 Mar. 2007
Two new species of the enigmatic genus Stenophareus (Opiliones: Laniatores: Stygnidae) from the Venezuelan Guiana Shield
OSVALDO VILLARREAL MANZANILLA, CARLOS DONASCIMIENTO & CARLOS J. RODRIGUEZ (Venezuela)

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2006

Zootaxa 1367: 63-68 (30 Nov. 2006) 1 plate; 6 references                            Accepted: 3 Nov. 2006
First record of the genus Euepedanus from China, with the description of a new species (Opiliones: Laniatores: Epedanidae)
M.-S. ZHU & W.-G. LIAN (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 1330: 27-42 (9 Oct. 2006)  9 plates; 36 references                       Accepted:  29 Aug. 2006
A new species of Cyphophthalmi (Arachnida, Opiliones, Sironidae) from Eastern Slovenia
T. NOVAK (Slovenia) & G. GIRIBET (USA)
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Zootaxa 1325: 267-276 (28 Sept. 2006)  1 plate; 46  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
A review of harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) in Slovenia

T. NOVAK, S.L. DELAKORDA & L.S. NOVAK (Slovenia)

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Zootaxa 1325: 255-266 (28 Sept. 2006)  5 plates; 18  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
A taxonomic revision of the family Oncopodidae VI. Martensiellus, a new genus from Borneo, and the discovery of a tarsal pore organ in Oncopodidae (Opiliones: Laniatores)
P.J. SCHWENDINGER (Switzerland)

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Zootaxa 1325: 235-254 (28 Sept. 2006)  5 plates; 72  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
On the family Fissiphalliidae Martens, 1988, with descriptions of two new Amazonian species (Arachnida: Opiliones: Laniatores)

A.L. TOURINHO & A.P. GONZÁLEZ (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1325: 219-233 (28 Sept. 2006)  7 plates; 5  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
Five new species of Protimesius from Brazil (Opiliones: Stygnidae)
O.VILLARREAL-MANZANILLA (Venezuela)& R. PINTO-DA-ROCHA (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1325: 211-217 (28 Sept. 2006)  3 plates; 4  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
A new Tricommatinae from the montane savanna of São Paulo (Opiliones: Laniatores: Gonyleptidae) 

A.B. KURY (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 1325: 199-210 (28 Sept. 2006)  3 plates; 18  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
Marayniocus martensi, a new genus and a new species of Peruvian harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones: Gonyleptidae)

L. E. ACOSTA (Argentina)

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Zootaxa 1325: 191-198 (28 Sept. 2006)  2 plates; 14  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
Martensolasma jocheni, a new genus and species of harvestman from Mexico (Opiliones: Nemastomatidae: Ortholasmatinae)

W.A. SHEAR (USA)

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Zootaxa 1325: 157-190 (28 Sept. 2006)  18 plates; 34  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
Geographic variation of chromosomes and somatic morphology in the Japanese polymorphic species Leiobunum hiraiwai (Arachnida: Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae)

N. TSURUSAKI (Japan)

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Zootaxa 1325: 147-156 (28 Sept. 2006)  2 plates; 19  references                      Accepted:  25 Jul. 2006
A new Umbopilio species from Assam, NE India (Opiliones: Sclerosomatidae: Gagrellinae)

L. KLIMEŠ (Czech Republic)

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Zootaxa 1242: 21-36 (23 Jun. 2006) 6 plates; 18 references                              Accepted: 16 May 2006
Natural history and distribution of the enigmatic southern Appalachian opilionid, Fumontana deprehendor Shear (Laniatores: Triaenonychidae), with an assessment of morphological variation
S.M. THOMAS & M. HEDIN (USA) 
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2005

Zootaxa 1088: 1-10 (29 Nov. 2005) 4 plates; 5 references                                 Accepted: 29 Aug. 2005
Notes on Geraecormobius clavifemur (Mello-Leitão, 1927) and description of Geraecormobius reitzi n. sp. (Arachnida: Opiliones: Gonyleptidae)
EDUARDO G. VASCONCELOS (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1087: 45-52 (29 Nov. 2005) 4 plates; 4 references                              Accepted: 16 Aug. 2005
A new species of Metavononoides from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Arachnida: Opiliones: Cosmetidae)
C. P. FERREIRA, D. R. PEDROSO  & A. B. KURY  (Brazil)
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Zootaxa 1053: 47-60 (23 Sept. 2005) 7 plates; 14 references                           Accepted: 7 Sept. 2005
A new Troglosiro species (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Troglosironidae) from New Caledonia
P. SHARMA & G. GIRIBET (USA)
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2004

Zootaxa 640: 1-6 (13 September 2004) 2 plates; 4 references                        Accepted: 30 Aug. 2004
A new species of Fissiphalliidae from Brazilian Amazon Rain Forest (Arachnida: Opiliones)
R. PINTO-DA-ROCHA (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 405: 1-16 (12 January 2004) 4 plates; 37 references                Accepted: 24 December 2003
The third South American species of the genus Pectenobunus Roewer, with a new synonymy for the genus (Opiliones, Eupnoi, Sclerosomatidae, Gagrellinae)
A.L. TOURINHO-DAVIS  (Brazil)

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2003

Zootaxa 363: 1-8 (21 November 2003) 6 plates; 10 references             Accepted: 12 November 2003
A new species of Pherania Strand, 1942 from southern Brazil (Arachnida: Opiliones: Gonyleptidae)
A.B. KURY (Brazil)

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Zootaxa 329: 1-18 (15 October 2003) 11 plates; 14 references                   Accepted: 7 October 2003
A new Afrotropical Ogovea (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) from Cameroon, with a discussion on the taxonomic characters in the family Ogoveidae
G. GIRIBET (USA) & C.E. PRIETO  (Spain)

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Zootaxa 133: 1-14 (17 January 2003) 10 plates; 12 references            Accepted: 3 January 2003
A new Rakaia species (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Pettalidae) from Otago, New Zealand
S. L. BOYER & G. GIRIBET (USA)

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