Zootaxa

Vol. 5831 No. 2

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A special volume published today adds 99 new species from Mêdog and other parts of China 2026-04-01

In today's 677-page special volume on beetle diversity of Mêdog, a new genus and 99 new species are described, with 53 new records. The entire volume is for open access: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5786.1

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Checklist of the Iranian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): additions and updates
- ARSALAN KHALILI-MOGHADAM
- SEBASTIAN SALATA
Published : 2026-06-18
Review of fungus gnats (Diptera, Sciaroidea, excl. Sciaridae and Cecidomyiidae) from Baltic amber
- VLADIMIR BLAGODEROV
- NEAL L. EVENHUIS
Published : 2026-06-18
Review of Agaocephala LePeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae), with description of one new subtribe of Agaocephalini
- RAFAEL SOBRAL
- PAULO ROBERTO M. DUARTE
- PASCHOAL C. GROSSI
Published : 2026-06-18
A new species of the family Saturniidae from Hainan Island (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)
- QI-LE HE
Published : 2026-06-17
Revision of the Lethrus (Heteroplistodus) crenulatus-species group (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Lethrinae). Part 1: species similar to L. tschitscherini Semenov, 1894
- ANDREY M. SHAPOVALOV
- OLIVER HILLERT
- DAVID KRÁL
- SERGEY V. KOLOV
- MIKHAIL F. BAGATUROV
- GEORGY V. NIKOLAJEV
Published : 2026-06-17
Praying Mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) of the Eastern Himalayas: A Systematic Review of Diversity and Range Extensions from Arunachal Pradesh
- P.M. SURESHAN
- C. BINOY
- S.D. GURUMAYUM
Published : 2026-06-17
Review of the genus Silusa Erichson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from Japan, with notes on species described from India
- TAKUTO HASHIZUME
- MUNETOSHI MARUYAMA
Published : 2026-06-17
Review of the Palaearctic species of Dicopomorpha Ogloblin, 1955 (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)
- FILIP PAWLUK
- DAWN PAINTER
Published : 2026-06-17

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Crustacean classification: on-going controversies and unresolved problems*
- GEOFF A. BOXSHALL
Published : 2007-12-21
A Checklist of the Aspidogastrea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) of the World
- PHILIPPE V. ALVES
- FABIANO M. VIEIRA
- CLÁUDIA P. SANTOS
- TOMÁŠ SCHOLZ
- JOSÉ L. LUQUE
Published : 2015-02-12
A molecular phylogeny of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with a review of tribe and subfamily classification
- DAVID C. MARSHALL
- MAX MOULDS
- KATHY B. R. HILL
- BENJAMIN W. PRICE
- ELIZABETH J. WADE
- CHRISTOPHER L. OWEN
- GEERT GOEMANS
- KIRAN MARATHE
- VIVEK SARKAR
- JOHN R. COOLEY
- ALLEN F. SANBORN
- KRUSHNAMEGH KUNTE
- MARTIN H. VILLET
- CHRIS SIMON
Published : 2018-05-28
Catalog of Recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)
- JOHN K. TUCKER
Published : 2004-10-12
New species, new synonymy, taxonomic notes and new records of bark and ambrosia beetles from the southwestern United States and northern Mexico (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae and Scolytinae)
- THOMAS H. ATKINSON
Published : 2024-03-13
A new species of Microeledone from Galápagos Islands and an amended diagnosis of the Megaleledonidae (Octopoda: Incirrata)
- JANET R. VOIGHT
- STEPHANIE M. SMITH
- SALOME BUGLASS
- ALEXANDER ZIEGLER
Published : 2026-05-25
Family-group names of Recent fishes
- RICHARD VAN DER LAAN
- WILLIAM N. ESCHMEYER
- RONALD FRICKE
Published : 2014-11-11
A new species of Tinamus (Aves: Tinamiformes) from the western Amazon, Brazil
- LUIS A. MORAIS
- MARCO A. CROZARIOL
- FERNANDO I. GODOY
- RICARDO A. A. PLÁCIDO
- MARCOS A. RAPOSO
Published : 2025-12-02

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Announcements

A special volume published today adds 99 new species from Mêdog and other parts of China 2026-04-01

105 new species of crickets (Orthoptera) from the United States and Mexico 2026-03-18

New wishbone spider species described in Zootaxa featured in a story by Miami Herald 2025-10-06

862-page monograph revised Australian Thynnidae and Tiphiida with 18 new genera and 116 new species 2025-08-19

latest

Checklist of the Iranian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): additions and updates

Review of fungus gnats (Diptera, Sciaroidea, excl. Sciaridae and Cecidomyiidae) from Baltic amber

**Review of Agaocephala LePeletier & Audinet-Serville, 1828 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae), with description of one new subtribe of Agaocephalini**

A new species of the family Saturniidae from Hainan Island (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)

**Revision of the Lethrus (Heteroplistodus) crenulatus-species group (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Lethrinae). Part 1: species similar to L. tschitscherini Semenov, 1894**

Praying Mantises (Insecta: Mantodea) of the Eastern Himalayas: A Systematic Review of Diversity and Range Extensions from Arunachal Pradesh

**Review of the genus Silusa Erichson (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) from Japan, with notes on species described from India**

**Review of the Palaearctic species of Dicopomorpha Ogloblin, 1955 (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae)**

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Crustacean classification: on-going controversies and unresolved problems*

A Checklist of the Aspidogastrea (Platyhelminthes: Trematoda) of the World

A molecular phylogeny of the cicadas (Hemiptera: Cicadidae) with a review of tribe and subfamily classification

Catalog of Recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

New species, new synonymy, taxonomic notes and new records of bark and ambrosia beetles from the southwestern United States and northern Mexico (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae and Scolytinae)

**A new species of Microeledone from Galápagos Islands and an amended diagnosis of the Megaleledonidae (Octopoda: Incirrata)**

Family-group names of Recent fishes

**A new species of Tinamus (Aves: Tinamiformes) from the western Amazon, Brazil**

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