VACELET, JEAN (France)

VACELET, J. (France)
A new genus of carnivorous sponges (Porifera: Poecilosclerida, Cladorhizidae) from the deep N-E Pacific, and remarks on the genus Neocladia
Zootaxa 1752: 57-65 (18 Apr. 2008) 
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VACELET, JEAN & PEREZ, THIERRY (France)
Phorbas topsenti and Phorbas tailliezi (Demospongiae, Poecilosclerida), new names for the Mediterranean 'Phorbas paupertas' and 'Phorbas coriaceus'
Zootaxa 1873: 26-38 (10 Sept. 2008) 
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VACELET, JEAN (France), KELLY, MICHELLE (New Zealand) & SCHLACHERHOENLINGER, MONIKA (Australia)
Two new species of Chondrocladia (Demospongiae: Cladorhizidae) with a new spicule type from the deep south Pacific, and a discussion of the genus Meliiderma
Zootaxa 2073: 57-68 (16 Apr. 2009) 
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VACELET, JEAN  (France) - see ERESKOVSKY, ALEXANDER V.  (France), LAVROV, DENNIS V.  (USA), BOURY-ESNAULT, NICOLE  (France) & VACELET, JEAN  (France)

Zootaxa 2812: 41–62 (8 Apr. 2011) 9 plates; 44 references                            Accepted: 3 Mar. 2011
Revised description of a poorly known Mediterranean Dictyoceratid bath sponge, Spongia (Spongia) zimocca (Schmidt, 1862) (Porifera: Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida)
JEANNE CASTRITSI-CATHARIOS (Greece), ROB W. M. VAN SOEST (The Netherlands), EFTHIMIOS KEFALAS (Greece) & JEAN VACELET (France)
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Zootaxa 2976: 55–68 (26 Jul. 2011) 6 plates; 17 references                         Accepted: 29 Jun. 2011
Three new remarkable carnivorous sponges (Porifera, Cladorhizidae) from deep New Zealand and Australian (Macquarie Island) waters
MICHELLE KELLY (New Zealand) & JEAN VACELET (France)
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Zootaxa 3131: 52–62 (15 Dec. 2011) 5 plates; 13 references                     Accepted: 08 Nov. 2011
Cercicladia australis, a new carnivorous sponge with novel chelae from the Tasman Basin and the Argentine Patagonian Margin (Porifera, Cladorhizidae)
PILAR RIOS (Spain), MICHELLE KELLY (New Zealand) & JEAN VACELET (France)
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VADER, W. - see BERGE, J., VADER, W.  & JOHNSEN, J.R. (Norway)

VADER, WIM (Norway) - see TANDBERG, ANNE HELENE S. & VADER, WIM (Norway)

VAFAEI, R. (Iran ) - see PESIC, V. (Serbia and Montenegro), SABOORI, A. (Iran), ASADI, M.  (Iran) & VAFAEI, R. (Iran )

VAFAEI, R. (Iran ) - see PESIC, V. (Serbia and Montenegro), SABOORI, A. (Iran), ASADI, M. (Iran), VAFAEI, R. (Iran) & SANATGAR, E. (Iran)

VAGLIA, THIERRY (France), HAXAIRE, JEAN (France), KITCHING, IAN J. (UK), MEUSNIER, ISABELLE (Canada) & ROUGERIE, RODOLPHE (Canada)
Morphology and DNA barcoding reveal three cryptic species within the Xylophanes neoptolemus and loelia species-groups (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae)
Zootaxa 1923: 18-36 (5 Nov. 2008) 
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VAHTERA, VARPU (Finland) - see PALACIO, EDGARD (Colombia), SAAKSJARVI, ILARI E. (Finland) & VAHTERA, VARPU (Finland)

VAINOLA, R. (Finland) - see DANELIYA, M.E., AUDZIJONYTE, A. & VAINOLA, R. (Finland)

VÄINÖLÄ, RISTO (Finland) - see DANELIYA, MIKHAIL E. (Finland), KAMALTYNOV, RAVIL M. (Russia), KONTULA, TYTTI  (Finland) & VÄINÖLÄ, RISTO (Finland)

VAIRA, MARCOS & FERRARI, LILIANA (Argentina)
A new species of Oreobates (Anura: Strabomantidae) from the Andes of northern Argentina
Zootaxa 1908: 41-50 (17 Oct. 2008) 
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JEANCLAUDE VALA (France)

Zootaxa 3102: 50–68 (18 Nov. 2011) 10 plates; 46 references                         Accepted: 11 Oct. 2011
Biology of the Afrotropical Sepedonella nana (Diptera: Sciomyzidae), whose larvae feed only on freshwater Aulophorus furcatus (Oligochaeta: Naididae)
JEANCLAUDE VALA & LOUIS GHÉLUS GBEDJISSI (France)
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VALENTICH-SCOTT, PAUL  (USA) - see COAN, EUGENE V.  & VALENTICH-SCOTT, PAUL  (USA)

VALÉRIO-BERARDO, MARIA TERESA (Brazil) - see SOUZA-FILHO, JESSER F. , SOUZA, ANA MARIA T.  &  VALÉRIO-BERARDO, MARIA TERESA (Brazil)

VALLE, IGNACIO DEL , GABRIEL DE LA FUENTE & MANUEL FONDEVILA (Spain)
Ciliate protozoa of the forestomach of llamas (Lama glama) and alpacas (Vicugna pacos) from the Bolivian Altiplano
Zootaxa 1703: 62-68 (13 Feb. 2008)
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VELÁSQUEZ-ÁLVAREZ, Á.A. - see RUEDA-ALMONACID, J.V. , RADA, M. , SÁNCHEZ-PACHECO, S.J. , VELÁSQUEZ-ÁLVAREZ, Á.A. & QUEVEDO, A. (Colombia) 

VALDES, P.R.(Cuba)
Ardistomis quixotei (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Clivinini), a new species from Cuba and Mexico: structural and habitat features of adults, larvae and pupae, comparisons with previously described species, and notes about classification and biogeography
Zootaxa 1497: 23-33 (4 Jun. 2007) 
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VALDECASAS, ANTONIO G. (Spain)

VALDECASAS, ANTONIO G. (Spain)
Revision of the genus Rutacarus (Acari, Parasitengona, Hydrachnidia) with the description of a new species from Central America
Zootaxa 1693: 62-68 (31 Jan. 2008) 
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VALDECASAS, ANTONIO G. (Spain)
Confocal microscopy applied to water mite taxonomy with the description of a new genus of Axonopsinae (Acari, Parasitengona, Hydrachnidia) from Central America
Zootaxa 1820: 41-48 (9 Jul. 2008) 
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Zootaxa 2925: 57–62 (21 Jun. 2011) 0 plates; 29 references                         Accepted: 26 May 2011
An index to evaluate the quality of taxonomic publications
ANTONIO G. VALDECASAS (Spain)
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VALDESALICI, S. (Italy)
A new species of the genus Nothobranchius (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae) from the coastal area of northeastern Mozambique
Zootaxa 1587: 61-68 (17 Sep. 2007)  
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VALDEZ-MONDRAGÓN, ALEJANDRO  (Mexico)
Two new species of spiders of the genus Selenops Latreille, 1819 (Araneae: Selenopidae) and redescription of Selenops scitus Muma, 1953 from Mexico
Zootaxa 2334: 47–58 (13 Jan. 2010) 
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VALDEZ-MORENO, M. E. , POOL-CANUL, J.  & CONTRERAS-BALDERAS, S. (Mexico)
A checklist of the freshwater ichthyofauna from El Petén and Alta Verapaz, Guatemala, with notes for its conservation and management
Zootaxa 1072: 43-60 (28 Oct. 2005) 
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VALDEZ-MORENO, MARTHA (Mexico) - see ELIAS-GUTIERREZ, MANUEL (Mexico), JERONIMO, FERNANDO MARTINEZ (Mexico), IVANOVA, NATALIA V. (Canada), VALDEZ-MORENO, MARTHA (Mexico) & HEBERT, PAUL D. N.  (Canada)

VALDEZMORENO, MARTHA (Mexico) - see VICTOR, BENJAMIN C. (USA), VASQUEZ-YEOMANS, LOURDES  (Mexico), VALDEZMORENO, MARTHA (Mexico), WILK, LESLIE (Canada), JONES, DAVID L. (USA), LARA, MONICA R. (USA), CALDOW, CHRIS (USA) & SHIVJI, MAHMOOD (USA)

VALDUJO, PAULA H. - see RODRIGUES, MIGUEL TREFAUT; CAMACHO, AGUSTÍN; NUNES, PEDRO MURILO SALES; RECODER, RENATO SOUSA; TEIXEIRA, MAURO JR.; VALDUJO, PAULA H. ; GHELLERE, JOSÉ MÁRIO B. ; MOTT, TAMÍ & NOGUEIRA, CRISTIANO (Brazil)

VALENCIA, D.M. & CAMPOS, M.R. (Colombia)
Freshwater prawns of the genus Macrobrachium Bate, 1868 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Palaemonidae) of Colombia
Zootaxa 1456: 1-44 (25 Apr. 2007)
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VALENTICH-SCOTT, PAUL  & COAN, EUGENE V. (USA)
A new species of Chama (Bivalvia, Chamidae) from Mexico
Zootaxa 2446: 65–68 (6 May 2010)
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VALENTICH-SCOTT, PAUL  & COAN, EUGENE V. (USA)
Three new species of Periploma (Bivalvia, Periplomatidae) from the Panamic Province
Zootaxa 2673: 65–68 (10 Nov. 2010) 
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VALENTICH-SCOTT, PAUL & GARFINKLE, ELIZABETH A. R. (USA)
A new species of Tucetona (Bivalvia: Glycymerididae) from Mexico
Zootaxa 2769: 65–68 (21 Feb. 2011) 
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VALENTE,  V.L.S. (Brazil) - see DÖGE, J.S. , GOTTSCHALK, M.S. , DE TONI, D.C. , BIZZO, L.E.M., OLIVEIRA, S.C.F. , VALENTE,  V.L.S. & HOFMANN, P.R.P. (Brazil)

VALENTIN, J.L. (Brazil) - see AGUIAR, A.A., GALLO, V. & VALENTIN, J.L. (Brazil)

VALENZUELA, J. (Mexico) - see FEITOSA, R.M. (Brazil), HORA, R.R. (France), DELABIE, J.H.C. (Brazil), VALENZUELA, J. (Mexico) & FRESNEAU, D. (France)

VALERA, NEICY & DÍAZ, FRANCISCO (Venezuela)
Nine new Zonopimpla Ashmead (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae) and key to species from Venezuela
Zootaxa 2438: 37–51 (27 Apr. 2010) 
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VALERIO, A.A.  & WHITFIELD, J.B.  (USA)
Epsilogaster faviolae, a new species of Mendesellinae from Colombia (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Zootaxa 41: 1-7 (28 May 2002) 
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VALERIO, ALEJANDRO A.  (USA) - see YODER, MATTHEW J.  (USA), VALERIO, ALEJANDRO A.  (USA), MASNER, LUBOMÍR  (Canada) & JOHNSON, NORMAN F.  (USA)

VALERIO, A.A. (Costa Rica) & WHITFIELD, J.B. (USA)
A new species of the enigmatic genus Teremys Mason, T. hanniae, from Costa Rica (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)
Zootaxa 364: 1-9 (21 November 2003) 
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VALERIO, A.A. (Costa Rica), DEANS, A.R. (USA) & WHITFIELD, J.B. (USA)
Review of the microgastrine braconid wasp genus Exoryza, with description of a new species, E. monocavus, from Central America
Zootaxa 526: 1-11 (26 May 2004)  
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VALERIO, A. A. (Costa Rica) , WHITFIELD, J. B. (USA) & KOLE, M. (The Netherlands)
Parapanteles rooibos, n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae): the first record of the genus from the African continent
Zootaxa 855: 1-8 (11 Feb. 2005) 
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VALERIO, A. A. (Costa Rica) & WHITFIELD,  J. B. (USA)
Two new species of the genus Austrocotesia Austin & Dangerfield (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from the Andean region of South America
Zootaxa 888: 1-11 (7 Mar. 2005) 
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VALERIO, A.A. (Costa Rica) , RODRIGUEZ, J.J. (USA), WHITFIELD, J.B. (USA) & JANZEN,  D.H. (USA)
Prasmodon zlotnicki, a new Neotropical species of the genus Prasmodon Nixon (Braconidae: Microgastrinae) from Costa Rica, with the first host records for the genus
Zootaxa 1016: 29-38 (8 Jul. 2005) 
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VALERIO, A.A. (Costa Rica) , WHITFIELD, J.B. (USA) & JANZEN,  D.H. (USA)
Review of world Parapanteles Ashmead (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae), with description of fourteen new Neotropical species and the first description of the final instar larvae
Zootaxa 2084: 1-49 (27 Apr. 2009) 
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VALERIO, ALEJANDRO A. (USA), MASNER, LUBOMÍR (Canada), AUSTIN, ANDREW D.  (Australia) & JOHNSON, NORMAN F. (USA)
The genus Neuroscelio Dodd (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae s.l.) reviewed: new species, distributional update, and discussion of relationships
Zootaxa 2306: 29-43 (8 Dec. 2009) 
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VALERIO, ALEJANDRO A. (USA), MASNER, LUBOMIR (Canada) & AUSTIN, ANDREW D. (Australia)
Systematics of Cyphacolus Priesner (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae s.l.), an Old World genus of spider egg parasitoid
Zootaxa 2645: 1–48 (14 Oct. 2010)
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VALÉRIO-BERARDO, M.T. & WAKABARA, Y. (Brazil)
Ampeliscidae from the Brazilian coast. Record of Ampelisca burkey Barnard & Thomas, 1989 and descriptions of two new species of Ampelisca (Crustacea, Amphipoda)
Zootaxa 1286: 1-14 (11 Aug. 2006) 
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VALERIO-BERARDO, M.T. (Brazil)
Description of three new species of Ampelisca (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Ampeliscidae) from Southwestern Atlantic, with a key of the genus for Brazilian species
Zootaxa 1626: 25-37 (31 Oct. 2007) 
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VALERIO-BERARDO, M.T., DE SOUZA, A.M.T. & RODRIGUES, C.W. (Brasil)
A new species of Cheiriphotis (Crustacea : Amphipoda: Corophiidae: Protomedeiinae) from the coast of Southeastern Brazil, with a key to species in the genus
Zootaxa 1646: 41-49 (26 Nov. 2007) 
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VALERIO-BERARDO, MARIA TERESA (Brazil)
Six new species of deep water Ampeliscidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Brazilian Coast
Zootaxa 1844: 1-24 (6 Aug. 2008) 
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VALÉRIO-BERARDO, MARIA TERESA., DE SOUZA, ANA MARIA THIAGO & RODRIGUES, CARINA WAITEMAN  (Brasil)
Description of two new species of Ischyroceridae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the coast of Southeastern Brazil
Zootaxa 1857: 55-65 (27 Aug. 2008) 
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VALÉRIO-BERARDO, MARIA TERESA  & SOUZA, ANA MARIA THIAGO DE  (Brazil)
Description of two new species of the Corophiidae (Amphipoda, Crustacea) and register of Laticorophium baconi (Shoemaker, 1934) from Brazilian waters
Zootaxa 2215: 55-68 (31 Aug. 2009) 
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VALETTI, JULIÁN A., SALAS, NANCY E.  & MARTINO, ADOLFO L.  (Argentina)
A new polyploid species of Pleurodema (Anura: Leiuperidae) from Sierra de Comechingones, Córdoba, Argentina and redescription of Pleurodema kriegi (Müller, 1926)
Zootaxa 2073: 1-21 (16 Apr. 2009) 
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VÉLEZ, A. (Colombia), WOLFF, M. (Colombia) & GUTIÉRREZ, E. (Cuba) 
Blattaria of Colombia: List and distribution of genera
Zootaxa 1210: 39-52 (24 May 2006) 
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VÉLEZ, ANDRÉS (Colombia) & GUTIÉRREZ, ESTEBAN (Cubia)
The Neotropical genus Schistopeltis (Blattaria: Blaberidae, Zetoborinae) with a new species from Colombia
Zootaxa 2411: 53–58 (26 Mar. 2010) 
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VALIM,  M. P. (Brazil) - see HERNANDES, F. A. & VALIM,  M. P. (Brazil)

VALIM, M.P. (Brazil) & PALMA, R.L. (New Zealand)
A new species of Brueelia Keler, 1936 (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from the blue-black grassquit (Aves: Passeriformes: Emberizidae) in Brazil
Zootaxa 1153: 27-32 (17 Mar. 2006)
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VALIM, M.P. & LINARDI,  P.M. (Brazil)
Two new species of Picicola Clay & Meinertzhagen, 1938 (Phthiraptera: Philopteridae) from Piciformes (Bucconidae and Galbulidae) in Brazil
Zootaxa 1172: 21-29 (13 Apr. 2006) 
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VALIM, M.P. (Brazil)
Craspedorrhynchus linardii, a new species of chewing louse (Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) from the Gray-headed Kite (Aves: Falconiformes: Accipitridae)
Zootaxa 1173: 57-62 (13 Apr. 2006) 
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VALIM, M.P. & LINARDI, P.M. (Brazil)
Description of the male of Mayriphilopterus nystalicus Mey, 2004 (Phthiraptera, Ischnocera, Philopteridae)
Zootaxa 1604: 47-51 (1 Oct. 2007)  
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VALIM, MICHEL P. & LINARDI, PEDRO MARCOS (Brazil)
A taxonomic catalog, including host and geographic distribution, of the species of the genus Gyropus Nitzsch (Phthiraptera: Amblycera: Gyropidae)
Zootaxa 1899: 1-24 (15 Oct. 2008) 
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 VALIM, MICHEL P. (Brazil) - see CICCHINO, ARMANDO C. (Argeninta) & VALIM, MICHEL P. (Brazil)

Zootaxa 3038: 59–60 (22 Sep. 2011) 0 plates; 9 references                  Accepted: 17 Aug. 2011
Georgeiella, a new name for the louse genus Hopkinsiella Clay and Meinertzhagen, 1939 (Phthiraptera, Philopteridae), junior homonym of Hopkinsiella Baba, 1938 (Opisthobranchia, Goniodorididae) 
MICHEL P. VALIM (USA) & RICARDO L. PALMA (New Zealand)
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Zootaxa 3097: 1–19 (14 Nov. 2011) 11 plates; 13 references                  Accepted: 03 Oct. 2011
New host records and descriptions of five new species of Myrsidea Waterston, 1915 (Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from passerine birds (Aves: Passeriformes)
MICHEL P. VALIM, ROGER D. PRICE & KEVIN P. JOHNSON (USA)
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VALKIUNAS, G. (Lithuania) - see PALINAUSKAS, V. (Lithuania), KOSAREV, V. (Russia), SHAPOVAL, A. (Russia), BENSCH, S. (Sweden) & VALKIUNAS, G. (Lithuania)

VALLADARES, LUIS F. (Spain) & JACH, MANFRED A. (Austria)
Revision of the Paleartic species of the genus Ochthebius Leach (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) XXIV. Description of Ochthebius (Asiobates) sanabrensis n. sp. from northwestern Spain
Zootaxa 1818: 65-68 (7 Jul. 2008) 
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Zootaxa 3021: 63–68 (12 Sep. 2011) 4 plates; 10 references                  Accepted: 02 Aug. 2011
Revision of the Ochthebiinae of Venezuela (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) 
LUIS F. VALLADARES (Spain) & ANDREW EDWARD Z. SHORT (USA)
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VALQUI, THOMAS (USA)

Zootaxa 3002: 52–58 (24 Aug. 2011) 3 plates; 25 references                         Accepted: 15 Jul. 2011
A distinctive new subspecies of the Royal Sunangel (Aves: Trochiliformes; Heliangelus regalis) from the Cordillera Azul, northern Peru 
GARY R. GRAVES, DANIEL F. LANE, JOHN P. O’NEILL & THOMAS VALQUI (USA)
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VALVERDE, ALEJANDRA DEL CARMEN (Argentina) - see CRESPO, FRANCISCO ANTONIO., VALVERDE, ALEJANDRA DEL CARMEN & IGLESIAS, MONICA SANDRA (Argentina)

  VAN ACHTERBERG, CORNELIS  (The Netherlands)

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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VAN DAMME, KAY  (Belgium)

Zootaxa 2875: 1–64 (11 May 2011) 30 plates; 51 references                       Accepted: 28 Feb. 2011
Separation of Anthalona gen.n. from Alona Baird, 1843 (Branchiopoda: Cladocera: Anomopoda): morphology and evolution of scraping stenothermic alonines
KAY VAN DAMME (Belgium), ARTEM YU SINEV (Russia) & HENRI J. DUMONT (Belgium)
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VANDENSPIEGEL, D.  - see SAMYN, Y. , VANDENSPIEGEL, D. & MASSIN, C. (Belgium)

VANDENBERG, N.J. (USA) - see FORRESTER, J.A. & VANDENBERG, N.J. (USA)

VANDENBERG, NATALIA J. (USA) - see FORRESTER, JUANITA A. (Georgia), VANDENBERG, NATALIA J. (USA), & MCHUGH, JOSEPH V. (Georgia)

VANDENBERG, NATALIA J. (USA) & GONZAlEZ, GUILLERMO (Chile)
A new Chilean species of Cycloneda Crotch (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Coccinellinae: Coccinellini)
Zootaxa 1772: 63-68 (19 May 2008)
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VANDENBERG, NATALIA J. (USA) - see RABAGLIA, ROBERT J. , VANDENBERG, NATALIA J. & ACCIAVATTI, ROBERT E.  (USA)

VANDENBERG, NATALIA J. (USA) - see SHOCKLEY, FLOYD W. & VANDENBERG, NATALIA J. (USA)

VAN BAKEL, B.W.M.  (The Netherlands) - see KORNICKER, L.S. (USA), VAN BAKEL, B.W.M.  (The Netherlands), FRAAIJE,  R.H.B. (The Netherlands) & JAGT,  J.W.M. (The Netherlands) 

VAN BAKEL, BARRY  (The Netherlands) - see  ARTAL, PEDRO (Spain), GUINOT, DANIÈLE (France), VAN BAKEL, BARRY  (The Netherlands) & CASTILLO, JUAN (Spain)

Zootaxa 3029: 1–96 (15 Sep. 2011) 61 plates; 64 references               Accepted: 06 Apr. 2011
A taxonomic review of the Night Frog genus Nyctibatrachus Boulenger, 1882 in the Western Ghats, India (Anura: Nyctibatrachidae) with description of twelve new species 
S. D. BIJU, INES VAN BOCXLAER, STEPHEN MAHONY, K. P. DINESH, C. RADHAKRISHNAN, ANIL ZACHARIAH, VARAD GIRI & FRANKY BOSSUYT

Van Dam, M.H. (USA) - see Rogers, R. & Van Dam, M.H. (USA)

VAN DAMME, KAY & HENRI J. DUMONT (Belgium)
The 'true' genus Alona Baird, 1843 (Crustacea: Cladocera: Anomopoda): position of the A. quadrangularis-group and description of a new species from the Democratic Republic of Congo
Zootaxa 1943: 1-25 (26 Nov. 2008) 
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VAN DAMME, KAY & HENRI J. DUMONT (Belgium)
Further division of Alona Baird, 1843: separation and position of Coronatella Dybowski & Grochowski and Ovalona gen.n. (Crustacea: Cladocera)
Zootaxa 1960: 1-44 (10 Dec. 2008) 
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VANDENBERG, NATALIA J.  (USA)

Zootaxa 2868: 62–68 (5 May 2011) 3 plates; 24 references                          Accepted: 25 Mar. 2011
Notes on the taxonomic identity of Bystus hirtulus (Kirsch) and transfer from Endomychidae to Coccinellidae (Coleoptera: Cucujoidea), with designation of a lectotype for Alexia hirtula Kirsch
FLOYD W. SHOCKLEY & NATALIA J. VANDENBERG (USA)
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Zootaxa 3031: 1–13 (16 Sep. 2011) 4 plates; 23 references                  Accepted: 15 Aug. 2011
A revision of the genus Stictobura Crotch and description of a new species of Sticholotis Crotch (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae: Sticholotidinae) 
J. POORANI (India), NATALIA J. VANDENBERG (USA) & R.G. BOOTH (UK)
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VAN DEN BUSSCHE, R. A. (USA) - see MARES, M. A., BRAUN, J. K., COYNER, B. S. & VAN DEN BUSSCHE, R. A. (USA)

VAN DER ZEE, J.R.  (Belgium) - see AKUM, C. (Cameroon), SONNENBERG, R. (Germany), VAN DER ZEE, J.R.  (Belgium) & WILDEKAMP, R.H. (Belgium)

VAN DER ZEE, JOUKE R.  (Belgium) - see SONNENBERG, RAINER (Germany) & JOUKE R. VAN DER ZEE (Belgium)

VAN DER ZEE, JOUKE R. (Belgium) & SONNENBERG, RAINER (Germany)
Aphyosemion teugelsi (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species from a remote locality in the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Zootaxa 2724: 58–68 (16 Dec. 2010) 
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Zootaxa 2966: 1–12 (14 Jul. 2011) 7 plates; 38 references                         Accepted: 26 May 2011
Description of Fenerbahce devosi (Cyprinodontiformes: Nothobranchiidae), a new species of dwarf killifish from the eastern Congo Basin in the Democratic Republic of Congo
RAINER SONNENBERG (Germany), TONNIE WOELTJES (Belgium) & JOUKE R. VAN DER ZEE (Belgium)
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VAN DOVER, C.L.  (USA) - see KOMAI, T. (Japan), SHANK, T.M. (USA) & VAN DOVER, C.L.  (USA)

VANHARA, J. (Czech Republic) - see TKOC, M. & VANHARA, J. (Czech Republic)

VANHARA, J. (Czech Republic) - see ROHÁČEK, JINDŘICH. , TÓTHOVÁ, ANDREA  & JAROMÍR VAŇHARA (Czech Republic)

VAN HARTEN, A.  (United Arab Emirates) - see LELEJ, A.S. (Russia) & VAN HARTEN, A.  (United Arab Emirates) 

van HARTEN, A. (United Arab Emirates) - see RHEIMS, C.A. (Brazil), SANTOS, A.J. (Brazil) & van HARTEN, A. (United Arab Emirates)

 van Harten, Antonius (Cape Verde) - see  SABOORI, ALIREZA (Iran), EDWARD A. UECKERMANN(South Africa) & Antonius van Harten (Cape Verde)

VAN HOOREBEKE, L. (Belgium) - see HENDERICKX, H., CNUDDE, V., MASSCHAELE, B., DIERICK, M., VLASSENBROECK, J. & VAN HOOREBEKE, L. (Belgium)

VAN NIEUKERKEN, E. J.  (The Netherlands), LASTUVKA,  A. (Czech Republic) & LASTUVKA, Z. (Czech Republic) 
The Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of mainland France and Corsica: an annotated catalogue (Lepidoptera: Nepticuloidea)
Zootaxa 1216: 1-114 (26 May 2006) 
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VAN NIEUKERKEN, ERIK J. (The Netherlands)
Acalyptris Meyrick: revision of the platani and staticis groups in Europe and the Mediterranean (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)
Zootaxa 1436: 1-48 (29 Mar. 2007) 
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Zootaxa 3148: 212–221 (23 Dec. 2011) 
Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness
ERIK J. VAN NIEUKERKEN, LAURI KAILA, IAN J. KITCHING, NIELS P. KRISTENSEN, DAVID C. LEES, JOËL MINET, CHARLES MITTER, MARKO MUTANEN, JEROME C. REGIER, THOMAS J. SIMONSEN, NIKLAS WAHLBERG, SHEN-HORN YEN, REZA ZAHIRI, DAVID ADAMSKI, JOAQUIN BAIXERAS, DANIEL BARTSCH, BENGT Å. BENGTSSON, JOHN W. BROWN, SIBYL RAE BUCHELI, DONALD R. DAVIS, JURATE DE PRINS, WILLY DE PRINS, MARC E. EPSTEIN, PATRICIA GENTILI-POOLE, CEES GIELIS, PETER HÄTTENSCHWILER, AXEL HAUSMANN, JEREMY D. HOLLOWAY, AXEL KALLIES, OLE KARSHOLT, AKITO Y. KAWAHARA, SJAAK (J.C.) KOSTER, MIKHAIL V. KOZLOV, J. DONALD LAFONTAINE, GERARDO LAMAS, JEAN-FRANÇOIS LANDRY, SANGMI LEE, MATTHIAS NUSS, KYU-TEK PARK, CARLA PENZ, JADRANKA ROTA, ALEXANDER SCHINTLMEISTER, B. CHRISTIAN SCHMIDT, JAE-CHEON SOHN, M. ALMA SOLIS, GERHARD M. TARMANN, ANDREW D. WARREN, SUSAN WELLER, ROMAN V. YAKOVLEV, VADIM V. ZOLOTUHIN,
ANDREAS ZWICK
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VAN NOORT, S. (South Africa) & RASPLUS, J.-Y. (France)
Revision of the Papua New Guinean fig wasp genus Robertsia Boucek (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea: Pteromalidae: Sycoecinae)
Zootaxa 929: 1-35 (31 Mar. 2005)
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VAN NOORT, S. (South Africa), PENG, Y.-Q. (China), & RASPLUS, J.-Y. (France)
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
Zootaxa 1337: 39-59  (19 Oct. 2006)  
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VAN NOORT, S. (South Africa) - see BUFFINGTON, M.L. (USA) & VAN NOORT, S. (South Africa)

VAN NOORT, SIMON (South Africa) - see SHAW, SCOTT RICHARD (USA) & VAN NOORT, SIMON (South Africa)

VAN OFWEGEN, L.P.  (The Netherlands), HÄUSSERMANN, V. (The Netherlands) & FÖRSTERRA, G. (Chile) 
A new genus of soft coral (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Clavulariidae) from Chile
Zootaxa 1219: 47-57 (30 May 2006) 
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VAN OFWEGEN, L.P. (The Netherland), HAUSSERMANN, V. (Chile) & FORSTERRA, G. (Chile)
The genus Alcyonium (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Alcyoniidae) in Chile
 zootaxa 1607: 1-19 (3 Oct. 2007) 
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VAN OOSTERHOUT, C. (UK) - see BRAY, R.A. (UK), VAN OOSTERHOUT, C. (UK), BLAIS, J. (Canada) & CABLE, J. (UK)

VAN ROOIJEN, JOHAN (The Netherlands)  

VAN ROOIJEN, J. (The Netherlands) - see Vogel, G. (Germany) & VAN ROOIJEN, J. (The Netherlands)

Zootaxa 3111: 67–68 (28 Nov. 2011) 0 plates; 6 references                         Accepted: 18 Oct. 2011
The name-bearing type of Oligodon quadrilineatus (Jan & Sordelli, 1865) (Squamata: Colubridae)
PATRICK DAVID (France) , GERNOT VOGEL (Germany), JOHAN VAN ROOIJEN (The Netherlands) & LAURE PIERRE (France)
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VANREUSEL, ANN (Belgium) - see GHEERARDYN, HENDRIK (Belgium), SEIFRIED, SYBILLE (Germany) & VANREUSEL, ANN (Belgium)

VAN SLUYS, MONIQUE  (Brazil) - see GEISE, LENA , BERGALLO, HELENA G. , ESBÉRARD, CARLOS E. L. , ROCHA, CARLOS F. D. & VAN SLUYS, MONIQUE  (Brazil)

VAN SOEST, ROB W.M. (The Netherlands)

VAN  SOEST, R.W.M. (The Netherlands) - see HELMY, T. (Egypt) & VAN  SOEST, R.W.M. (The Netherlands)

VAN  SOEST, R.W.M. (The Netherlands) - see CAMPOS, M. (Brazil), MOTHES, B. (Brazil), ECKERT,  R. (Brazil) & VAN SOEST, R.W.M.  (The Netherlands)

VAN  SOEST, R.W.M. (The Netherlands) - see DIAZ, M.C. (Venezuela), VAN SOEST, R.W.M  (The Netherlands), RUTZLER,. K. (USA) & GUZMAN, H. M. (Panama)

VAN SOEST, R. W.M.  (The Netherlands) - see MOTHES, B. (Brazil), CAMPOS, M. (Brazil) , LERNER , C. (Brazil), CARRARO, J. L. (Brazil) & VAN SOEST, R. W.M.  (The Netherlands)

VAN SOEST, R. (The Netherlands) - see LERNER, C. (Brazil), CARRARO, J.L. (Brazil) & VAN SOEST, R. (The Netherlands)

VAN SOEST, R.W.M. (The Netherlands) - see HOOPER, J.N.A. (Australia) & VAN SOEST, R.W.M. (The Netherlands)

VAN SOEST, R.W.M. (The Netherlands) - see DE VOOGD, N.J. & VAN SOEST, R.W.M. (The Netherlands)

VAN SOEST, ROB W.M. (The Netherlands)
New sciophilous sponges from the Caribbean (Porifera: Demospongiae)
Zootaxa 2107: 1-40 (15 May 2009) 
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Zootaxa 2812: 41–62 (8 Apr. 2011) 9 plates; 44 references                            Accepted: 3 Mar. 2011
Revised description of a poorly known Mediterranean Dictyoceratid bath sponge, Spongia (Spongia) zimocca (Schmidt, 1862) (Porifera: Demospongiae: Dictyoceratida)
JEANNE CASTRITSI-CATHARIOS (Greece), ROB W. M. VAN SOEST (The Netherlands), EFTHIMIOS KEFALAS (Greece) & JEAN VACELET (France)
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Zootaxa 2839: 1–46 (29 Apr. 2011) 19 plates; 118 references                  Accepted: 25 Mar. 2011
Sponges from Clipperton Island, East Pacific
ROB W.M. VAN SOEST (The Netherlands), KIRSTIE L. KAISER (USA) & ROBERT VAN SYOC (USA)
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Zootaxa 3148: 13–18 (23 Dec. 2011) 
Phylum Porifera Grant, 1826. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness 
JOHN N.A. HOOPER, ROB W.M. VAN SOEST & ANDRZEJ PISERA
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VAN STEENKISTE, NIELS  (Belgium), ODILE VOLONTERIO (Uruguay) ERNEST SCHOCKAERT (Belgium) & TOM ARTOIS (Belgium)

Zootaxa 3091: 1–32 (04 Nov. 2011) 8 plates; 125 references                         Accepted: 19 Sep. 2011
Freshwater Dalyelliidae from the Nearctic (Platyhelminthes, Rhabdocoela): new taxa and records from Ontario, Canada and Michigan and Alabama, USA
NIELS VAN STEENKISTE (Belgium), STEFAN GOBERT (Belgium), PAUL DAVISON (USA), JUREK KOLASA (Canada) & TOM ARTOIS (Belgium)
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ROBERT J. VAN SYOC(USA)

VAN SYOC, R.  (USA) - see GOMEZ-DAGLIO, L.  (Mexico) & VAN SYOC, R.  (USA)

Zootaxa 3103: 1–32 (18 Nov. 2011) 16 plates; 45 references                          Accepted: 26 Sep. 2011
Oxynaspididae (Crustacea, Cirripedia): phylogenetics and evolutionary ecology, with descriptions of three new genera and six new species
ROBERT J. VAN SYOC & ALLEN M. DEKELBOUM (USA)
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Zootaxa 2839: 1–46 (29 Apr. 2011) 19 plates; 118 references                  Accepted: 25 Mar. 2011
Sponges from Clipperton Island, East Pacific
ROB W.M. VAN SOEST (The Netherlands), KIRSTIE L. KAISER (USA) & ROBERT VAN SYOC (USA)
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VAN TASSELL, J.L.  & BALDWIN, C.C. (USA)
A review of the gobiid genus Akko (Teleostei: Gobiidae) with description of a new species 
Zootaxa 462: 1-15 (12 March 2004)
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VAN TRI, NGO  (Vietnam)

Zootaxa 2834: 33–46 (27 Apr. 2011) 5 plates; 54 references                      Accepted: 28 Mar. 2011
Cyrtodactylus martini, another new karst-dwelling Cyrtodactylus Gray, 1827 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Northwestern Vietnam
NGO VAN TRI (Vietnam)
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Zootaxa 2890: 53–64 (25 May 2011) 5 plates; 29 references                      Accepted: 21 Apr. 2011
Gekko canaensis sp. nov. (Squamata: Gekkonidae), a new gecko from Southern Vietnam
NGO VAN TRI (Vietnam) & TONY GAMBLE (USA)
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VANCE, D.J. (USA) - see PAWSON, D.L. & VANCE, D.J. (USA)

VANCE, D.J. (USA) - see PAWSON, D.L. & VANCE, D.J. (USA)

VENCES, M. (The Netherlands) - see PUENTE, M. (Spain), RASELIMANANA, A.P. (Madagascar) & VENCES, M. (The Netherlands)

VANDENBERG, N.J. (USA) - see GONZÁLEZ, G. (Chile) & VANDENBERG, N.J. (USA)

VANDENBERG, N.J. & PEREZ-GELABERT, D.E. (USA)
Redescription of the Hispaniolan ladybird genus Bura Mulsant (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) and justification for its transfer from Coccidulinae to Sticholotidinae
Zootaxa 1586: 39-46 (17 Sep. 2007)  
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VANDENSPIEGEL, D. (Belgium)

VANDENSPIEGEL, D. (Belgium) - see SAMYN, YVES (Belgium), THANDAR, AHMED S. (South Africa) & VANDENSPIEGEL, D. (Belgium)

Zootaxa 2940: 1–63 (05 Jul. 2011) 53 plates; 10 references                       Accepted: 16 May 2011
The millipede genus Plusioglyphiulus Silvestri, 1923 in Thailand (Diplopoda, Spirostreptida, Cambalopsidae)
SERGEI I. GOLOVATCH, JEAN-JACQUES GEOFFROY, JEAN-PAUL MAURIÈS & DIDIER VANDENSPIEGEL
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VANIN, SERGIO ANTONIO (Brazil)

VANIN, S. A. & GAIGER, F. (Brazil)
A cladistic analysis of the genera of the tribe Entimini (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), with description of a new genus and species from the Amazonian Region
Zootaxa 1053: 1-21 (23 Sept. 2005) 
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VANIN, S.A. & MERMUDES, J.R.M. (Brazil)
Two new Tachygonidius species from the Atlantic coast of Brazil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Zootaxa 1415: 57-64 (5 Mar. 2007)
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VANIN, SERGIO A. (Brazil) - see COSTA, CLEIDE , VANIN, SERGIO A.  & CARVALHO, THIAGO R. DE  (Brazil)

Zootaxa 2808: 57–63 (4 Apr. 2011) 5 plates; 7 references                             Accepted: 1 Mar. 2011
Description of the larva of Potamophilops cinereus (Blanchard) from Southeastern Brazil (Coleoptera, Elmidae, Larainae)
SERGIO ANTONIO VANIN & CLEIDE COSTA (Brazil)
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VANNE, S. (Cambodia) - see MA, Y.J. (P.R. China), VANNE, S. (Cambodia), LI, S.Z. (P.R. China) & YANG, P. (P.R. China)

VANS, GREGORY A. E(USA) - see MESA, NORA C. (Colombia), OCHOA, RONALD (USA), WELBOURN, W. CALVIN (USA), VANS, GREGORY A. E(USA) & DE MORAES, GILBERTO J. (Brazil)

HEGE VÅRDAL (Sweden)

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 VÅRDAL (Sweden) & ANDREAS TAEGER (Germany)
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VARDO-ZALIK , ANNE M. (USA)

Zootaxa 2838: 41–64 (29 Apr. 2011) 7 plates; 68 references                     Accepted: 21 Feb. 2011
Five new species of Acanthobothrium van Beneden, 1849 (Cestoda: Tetraphyllidea) in elasmobranchs from the northwest Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico with first records from smooth-hound sharks and guitarfish
ANNE M. VARDO-ZALIK & RONALD A. CAMPBELL (USA)
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Zootaxa 3051: 57–61 (07 Oct. 2011) 3 plates; 7 references                         Accepted: 14 Sep. 2011
A new species of Loxosomatidae (Entoprocta) from the Atlantic Ocean: Loxosomella cubana n. sp. CARLOS VARELA (Cuba), J. MANUEL TIERNO DE FIGUEROA (Spain) & LUIS SÁNCHEZ-TOCINO (Spain)
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VARKONYI, G. (Finland) & POLASZEK, A. (UK)
Rediscovery and revision of Foenobethylus Kieffer, 1913 (Hymenoptera, Bethylidae)
Zootaxa 1546: 1-14 (9 Aug. 2007) 
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VARGA, ZOLTÁN (Hungary)

Zootaxa 3094: 1–29 (09 Nov. 2011) 14 plates; 13 references                  Accepted: 03 Oct. 2011
Revision of the genus Xenophysa Boursin, 1969 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)
ZOLTÁN VARGA (Hungary)
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VARGAS, RITA (Costa Rica) - see DEAN, HARLAN K. (USA), SIBAJA– CORDERO, JEFFREY A.  (Costa Rica), CORTÉS, JORGE (Costa Rica), VARGAS, RITA (Costa Rica) & KAWAUCHI, GISELE Y. (USA)

Zootaxa 2911: 57–68 (9 Jun. 2011) 7 plates; 43 references                         Accepted: 14 May 2011
Johngarthia cocoensis, a new species of Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from Cocos Island, Costa Rica
ROBERT PERGER (Costa Rica), RITA VARGAS (Costa Rica) & ADAM WALL (USA)
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VARGAS, SERGIO (Costa Rica) - see BREEDY, ODALISCA (Costa Rica), GUZMAN, HECTOR M. (Panama) & VARGAS, SERGIO (Costa Rica)

VARGAS-FERNÁNDEZ, ISABEL  (Mexico) - see WARREN, ANDREW D. (USA), AUSTIN, GEORGE T. (USA), LLORENTE-BOUSQUETS, JORGE E.  (Mexico), LUIS-MARTÍNEZ, ARMANDO  (Mexico) & VARGAS-FERNÁNDEZ, ISABEL  (Mexico)

VARGOVITSH, ROBERT S.  (Ukraine)
New Cave Arrhopalitidae (Collembola: Symphypleona) from the Crimea (Ukraine)
Zootaxa 2047: 1-47 (20 Mar. 2009)
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VASCONCELOS, DANIELLE MENOR (Brazil), GEORGE, KAI HORST (Germany) & SANTOS, PAULO JORGE PARREIRA DOS (Brazil)
First record of the genus Pseudomesochra T. Scott (Harpacticoida: Pseudotachidiidae) in the South Atlantic with description of a deep-sea species: Pseudomesochra longiseta sp. nov.
Zootaxa 1866: 337-348 (3 Sep. 2008) 
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VASCONCELOS, EDUARDO G. (Brazil)
Notes on Geraecormobius clavifemur (Mello-Leitão, 1927) and description of Geraecormobius reitzi n. sp. (Arachnida: Opiliones: Gonyleptidae)
Zootaxa 1088: 1-10 (29 Nov. 2005) 
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VASCONCELLOS, F.M.D. (Brazil) - see CARVALHO, I.D.S., VASCONCELLOS, F.M.D. & TAVARES, S.A.S. (Brazil)

VASCONCELOS, MARCELO F. DE (Brazil) - see MAURÍCIO, GIOVANNI N. (Brazil), BORNSCHEIN, MARCOS R. (Brazil), VASCONCELOS, MARCELO F. DE (Brazil), WHITNEY, BRET M. (USA), PACHECO, JOSÉ FERNANDO (Brazil) & SILVEIRA, LUÍS FÁBIO (Brazil)

VASCONCELLOS, A. (Brazil) - see CONSTANTINO, R. (Brazil), ACIOLI, A.N.S. (Brazil), SCHMIDT, K. (Brazil), CUEZZO, C. (Argentina), CARVALHO, S.H.C. & VASCONCELLOS, A. (Brazil)

VASCONCELOS, DANIELLE MENOR  (Brazil), VEIT-KÖHLER, GRITTA (Germany), DREWES, JAN  (Germany), SANTOS, PAULO JORGE PARREIRA DOS  (Germany)
First record of the genus Kliopsyllus Kunz, 1962 (Copepoda Harpacticoida, Paramesochridae) from Northeastern Brazil with description of the deep-sea species Kliopsyllus minor sp. nov.
Zootaxa 2096: 327-337 (11 May 2009)
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VASILEIADOU, AIKATERINI. (Greece) - see FAULWETTER, SARAH., VASILEIADOU, AIKATERINI., PAPAGEORGIOU, NAFSIKA  & ARVANITIDIS, CHRISTOS  (Greece)

VASQUEZ-YEOMANS, LOURDES  (Mexico) - see VICTOR, BENJAMIN C. (USA), VASQUEZ-YEOMANS, LOURDES  (Mexico), VALDEZMORENO, MARTHA (Mexico), WILK, LESLIE (Canada), JONES, DAVID L. (USA), LARA, MONICA R. (USA), CALDOW, CHRIS (USA) & SHIVJI, MAHMOOD (USA)

VASSILENKO, S. & TZAREVA, L. (Russia)
New Cumacea species (Malacostraca, Peracarida) from the deepwater area of the Sea of Japan (Collections of the 52nd Cruise by the R/V «Vityaz», 1972)
Zootaxa 702: 1-16 (29 October 2004) 
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VASSILENKO, S. (Russia) - see TZAREVA, L. & VASSILENKO, S. (Russia)

VAUGHAN, DAVID  (South Africa), CHISHOLM, LESLIE  (Australia) & CHRISTISON, KEVIN  (South Africa)
Overview of South African Dendromonocotyle (Monogenea: Monocotylidae), with descriptions of 2 new species from stingrays (Dasyatidae) kept in public aquaria
Zootaxa 1826: 26-44 (21 Jul. 2008) 
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VAUGHAN, DAVID B. & CHRISTISON, KEVIN W. (South Africa)
A new species of Myxinidocotyle (Monogenea: Acanthocotylidae: Myxinidocotylinae) from captive sixgill hagfish, Eptatretus hexatrema (Chordata: Myxinidae), with amendment of the subfamily diagnosis
Zootaxa 2650: 47–56 (19 Oct. 2010) 
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VAZ-DE-MELLO, F.Z. (Mexico) - see GROSSI, P.C. (Brazil) & VAZ-DE-MELLO, F.Z. (Mexico)

VAZ-DE-MELLO, F.Z.  (Mexico)  & GENIER, F. (Canada)
Lectotype designations, new synonymies, and new species in the genera Trichillum Harold and Pedaridium Harold (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
Zootaxa 1038: 41-52 (19 Aug. 2005) 
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VAZ-DE-MELLO, F.Z.  & HALFFTER, G. (Mexico) 
A new dung beetle genus with two new species from Chile (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)
Zootaxa 1193: 59-68 (4 May 2006) 
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VAZ-DE-MELLO, FERNANDO Z.  (Brazil)
Synopsis of the new subtribe Scatimina (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Ateuchini), with descriptions of twelve new genera and review of Genieridium, new genus
Zootaxa 1955: 1-75 (5 Dec. 2008) 
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VAZ-DE-MELLO, FERNANDO Z.  (Brazil) - see OCAMPO, Federico C. & FERNANDO Z. VAZ-DE-MELLO (Brazil)

VANZANDT, PETER A. (USA) - see  TOWNSEND, VICTOR R. , JR. (USA), , VANZANDT, PETER A. (USA) & PROUD, DANIEL N. (USA)

Zootaxa 2854: 1–73 (29 Apr. 2011) 25 plates; 80 references                      Accepted: 22 Dec. 2010
A multilingual key to the genera and subgenera of the subfamily Scarabaeinae of the New World (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)
FERNANDO Z. VAZ-DE-MELLO (Brazil), W. D. EDMONDS (USA), FEDERICO C. OCAMPO (Argentina) & PAUL SCHOOLMEESTERS (Belgium)
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VAZ-SILVA, WILIAN  (Brazil)

Zootaxa 2826: 57–68 (20 Apr. 2011) 5 plates; 23 references                        Accepted: 2 Mar. 2011
A new cryptic species of Ameerega (Anura: Dendrobatidae) from Brazilian Cerrado
WILIAN VAZ-SILVA & NATAN MEDEIROS MACIEL (Brazil)
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VÁZQUEZ, MA. MAGDALENA  (Mexico) & KLOMPEN, HANS  (USA)
New species of New World Opilioacaridae (Acari: Parasitiformes) with the description of a new genus from the Caribbean region
Zootaxa 2061: 23-44 (3 Apr. 2009) 
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VÁZQUEZ, MA. MAGDALENA G. (Mexico) & KLOMPEN, HANS (USA)
The genus Salfacarus (Acari: Opilioacarida) in Madagascar
Zootaxa 2482: 1–21 (24 May 2010) 
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WILIAN VAZ-SILVA  - see RIBEIRO, SÍRIA , WILIAN VAZ-SILVA & ALFREDO P. SANTOS-JR (Brazil)

VEA, ISABELLE M. (USA)

Zootaxa 2965: 1–15 (13 Jul. 2011) 4 plates; 17 references                  Accepted: 1 Jun. 2011
Redescription of the genus Chlamydolecanium Goux, 1933 (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Coccidae) with a discussion of its affinities
ISABELLE M. VEA (USA)
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VEDEL, V. (Germany) - see JÄGER, P. & VEDEL, V. (Germany)

VEDEL, V. (Germany) - see JÄGER, P. & VEDEL, V. (Germany)

VEENAKUMARI, K. (India)

Zootaxa 3050: 1–36 (06 Oct. 2011) 1 plates; 80 references                  Accepted: 30 Aug. 2011
Butterflies of the Andaman and Nicobar islands: History of collection and checklist 
PRASHANTH MOHANRAJ & K. VEENAKUMARI (India)
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VEERURAJ, ANGUCHAMY   (India)

Zootaxa 3015: 1–12 (06 Sep. 2011) 12 plates; 20 references                         Accepted: 02 Aug. 2011
Distribution of Tetraodontiformes (Family: Tetraodontidae) along the Parangipettai Coast, Southeast coast of India 
ANGUCHAMY VEERURAJ, MUTHUVEL ARUMUGAM, THANGAPPAN AJITHKUMAR & THANGAVEL BALASUBRAMANIAN (India)
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VEGA-LUZ, RICARDO  (Spain) - see NEIBER, MARCO T.  (Germany), VEGA-LUZ, RICARDO  (Spain), VEGA-LUZ, RODOLFO  (Spain) & STEFAN KOENEMANN (Germany)

VEGA-LUZ, RODOLFO  (Spain) - see NEIBER, MARCO T.  (Germany), VEGA-LUZ, RICARDO  (Spain), VEGA-LUZ, RODOLFO  (Spain) & STEFAN KOENEMANN (Germany)

VEIGAMENONCELLO, ANA CRISTINA P.  (Brazil) - see TOLEDO, LUÍS FELIPE. , SIQUEIRA, SÉRGIO. , DUARTE, THIAGO C. , VEIGAMENONCELLO, ANA CRISTINA P. , RECCO-PIMENTEL, SHIRLEI M.  & HADDAD, CÉLIO F. B. (Brazil)

VEIT-KÖHLER, GRITTA  &  DREWES, JAN (Germany)
Kliopsyllus schminkei sp. n. (Copepoda, Harpacticoida, Paramesochridae) — a new copepod from the southeast Atlantic deep sea (Angola Basin)
Zootaxa 2096: 313-326 (11 May 2009) 9 plates; 21 references                       Accepted: 11 Mar. 2009
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VEIT-KÖHLER, GRITTA (Germany) see - VASCONCELOS, DANIELLE MENOR  (Brazil), VEIT-KÖHLER, GRITTA (Germany), DREWES, JAN  (Germany), SANTOS, PAULO JORGE PARREIRA DOS  (Germany)

VEITH, MICHAEL (Germany) - see RÖDEL, MARK-OLIVER (Germany), KOSUCH, JOACHIM  (Germany), GRAFE, T. ULMAR  (Brunei), BOISTEL, RENAUD  (Framce), ASSEMIAN, N. EMMANUEL  (Africa), KOUAMÉ, N’GORAN G.  (Africa), TOHÉ, BLAYDA  (Africa), GOURÈNE, GERMAIN  (Africa), PERRET, JEAN-LUC  (Switzerland), HENLE, KLAUS (Germany), TAFFOREAU, PAUL  (Framce), POLLET, NICOLAS  (France) & VEITH, MICHAEL (Germany)

VEJARANO, S. (the Netherlands), THOMAS, M. (Germany) & VENCES, M. (Germany)
Comparative larval morphology in Madagascan frogs of the genus Guibemantis (Amphibia: Mantellidae)
Zootaxa 1329: 39-57 (5 Oct. 2006)  
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VELASCO, JULIÁN ANDRÉS (Colombia) - see AYALA-VARELA, FERNANDO P. (Ecuador) & VELASCO, JULIÁN ANDRÉS (Colombia)

VELASQUEZ, C. M. R. (Brazil)  - see PESSOA, F. A. C. , VELASQUEZ, C. M. R. , PY-DANIEL, V. (Brazil)

Zootaxa 3015: 66–68 (06 Sep. 2011) 1 plates; 17 references                         Accepted: 02 Aug 2011
Misconceptions about the taxonomy and distribution of Caiman crocodilus chiapasius and C. crocodilus fuscus (Reptilia: Crocodylia: Alligatoridae) 
ARMANDO H. ESCOBEDO-GALVÁN, FABIO G. CUPUL-MAGAÑA & JULIÁN A. VELASCO (Mexico)
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VELAZCO, PAÚL M. (USA) 

Zootaxa 2962: 1–20 (11 Jul. 2011) 6 plates; 48 references                         Accepted: 14 Jun. 2011
On the identity of Lophostoma silvicolum occidentalis (Davis & Carter, 1978) (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae)
PAÚL M. VELAZCO (USA) & RICHARD CADENILLAS (Peru)
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VELÁZQUEZ, ERNESTO (Mexico) - see VILLALOBOS, JOSÉ LUIS. , GARCÍA, ANELLI J. & VELÁZQUEZ, ERNESTO (Mexico)

VEL;ZQUEZ-MARTQNEZ,  JOSI  (Mexico)  - see GONZ;LEZ-DQAZ, ALFONSO ;NGEL  (Mexico), QUIYONES,  REBECCA MARQA (USA), VEL;ZQUEZ-MARTQNEZ,  JOSI  (Mexico) & RODILES-HERN;NDEZ, ROCQO  (Mexico)

VÉLEZ, IMELDA (Colombia)

Zootaxa 3095: 49–62 (10 Nov. 2011) 7 plates; 32 references                         Accepted: 06 Oct. 2011
Digeneans in Trachemys callirrostris callirostris and Podocnemis lewyana (Testudinata) from the Magdalena River, Colombia: description of Pseudonematophila n. gen. and amendment of Nematophila Travassos, 1934 (Cladorchiidae: Schizamphistominae)
CAROLINA LENIS & IMELDA VÉLEZ (Colombia)
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VENEGAS, P. J. (Peru) - see DUELLMAN, W. E. (USA), LEHR, E. (Germany) & VENEGAS, P. J. (Peru)

VElez-Rodriguez, C.M. (Chile) - see Fouquet, A. (New Zealand), Gaucher, P. (Guyane), Blanc, M. (Guyane), VElez-Rodriguez, C.M. (Chile)

VELOZO, PABLO (Venezuela) - see ROJAS-RUNJAIC, FERNANDO J.M., INFANTE-RIVERO, EDWIN E., CABELLO, PEDRO & VELOZO, PABLO (Venezuela)

VELU, C. S & MUNUSWAMY, N. (India)
Updated diagnoses for the Indian species of Streptocephalus (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca)
Zootaxa 1049: 33-48 (13 Sept. 2005) 
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VELZEN, ROBIN VAN (the Netherlands), LARSEN, TORBEN B. (Denmark) & BAKKER, FREEK T. (the Netherlands)
A new hidden species of the Cymothoe caenis-complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from western Africa
Zootaxa 2197: 53-63 (13 Aug. 2009) 
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VENCES, M. (Germany) - see VEJARANO, S. (the Netherlands), THOMAS, M. (Germany) & VENCES, M. (Germany)

VENCES, M. (Germany) - see GLAW, F.,  HOEGG, S. & VENCES, M. (Germany)

VENCES, M. (Germany) - see RANDRIANIAINA, R.-D. (Madagascar), GLAW,  F. (Germany), THOMAS, M. (Switzerland), GLOS, J. (Germany), RAMINOSOA, N. (Madagascar), VENCES, M. (Germany)

VENCES, M. (Germany) - see GREENBAUM, E. (USA), BAUER, A.M. (USA), JACKMAN, T.R. (USA), VENCES, M. (Germany) & GLAW, F. (Germany)

VENCES, M. (Germany) - see RABEMANANJARA, F.C.E. (The Netherlands), CROTTINI, A. (Italy), CHIARI, Y. (USA), ANDREONE, F. (Italy), GLAW, F. (Germany), DUGUET, R. (La Reunion), BORA, P. (Madagascar), RAMILIJAONA, O.R. (Madagascar) & VENCES, M. (Germany)

VENCES, M. (Germany) - see GLAW, F. (Germany), NAGY, Z.T. (Belgium) & VENCES, M. (GERMANY)

VENCES, M. (Germany) - see RASELIMANANA, A.P. (Madagascar), GLAW, F. (Germany) & VENCES, M. (Germany)

VENCES, M. (Germany) - see GLAW,  F. (Germany), KOHLER, J. (Germany), BORA, P. (Madagascar), RABIBISOA, N.H.C.  (Madagascar), RAMILIJAONA, O. (Madagascar) & VENCES, M. (Germany)

VENCES, M. (Germany) - see KNOLL, A., KOHLER, J., GLAW, F., TESCHKE, M. & VENCES, M. (Germany)

VENCES, M. (Germany) - see HENDRIX, R., GAWOR, A., VENCES, M. & ZIEGLER, T. (Germany)

VENCES, M. (Germany) -see WOLLENBERG, K. C. (Germany), ANDREONE, F. (Italy), GLAW, F. (Germany) & VENCES, M. (Germany)

VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany) - see KOHLER, JORN., GLAW, FRANK & VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany)

VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany) - see GROSJEAN, STÉPHANE (France) & VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany)

VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany) - see SCHMIDT, HEIKE., STRAUß, AXEL., GLAW, FRANK., TESCHKE, MEIKE & VENCES, MIGUEL  (Germany)

VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany) - see SCHMIDT, HEIKE., GLAW, FRANK., TESCHKE, MEIKE & VENCES, MIGUEL  (Germany)

VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany) - see PUENTE, MARTA (Spain), GLAW, FRANK (Germany), VIEITES, DAVID R. (Spain) & VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany)

VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany) - see JOVANOVIC, OLGA., GLOS, JULIAN., GLAW, FRANK., RANDRIANIAINA, ROGER-DANIEL & VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany)

VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany) - see GLAW, FRANK., KÖHLER, JÖRN & VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany)

VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany) - see CHIARI, YLENIA (USA), VIEITES, DAVID R. (Spain), GUO, JERRY (USA), BORA, PARFAIT (Madagascar), VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany)

VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany) -see GLAW, FRANK (Germany), KÖHLER, JÖRN (Germany), RIVA, IGNACIO DE LA (Spain), VIEITES, DAVID R. (Germany) & VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany)

VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany) - see ROCHA, SARA (Portugal), RÖSLER, HERBERT (Germany), GEHRING, PHILIP-SEBASTIAN (Germany), GLAW, FRANK (Germany), POSADA, DAVID (Germany), HARRIS, D. JAMES (Portugal) & VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany)

VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany), FRANCO, ANDREONE (Italy), GLOS, JULIAN (Germany) & GLAW, FRANK (Germany)
Molecular and bioacoustic differentiation of Boophis occidentalis with description of a new treefrog from north-western Madagascar
Zootaxa 2544: 54–68 (21 Jul. 2010) 
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VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany) - see RATSOAVINA, FANOMEZANA M. (Germany), GEHRING, PHILIP-SEBASTIAN (Germany), RANAIVOARISOA, FREDDY J. (Madagascar), RAFELIARISOA, TSILAVO H. (Madagascar), CROTTINI, ANGELICA (Germany), LOUIS, EDWARD E. JR. (USA) & VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany)

VENCES , MIGUEL (Germany) - see HIOBIARILANTO, TAHIRY RASOLONJATOVO (Madagascar), RANDRIANIAINA, ROGER-DANIEL  (Madagascar), GLOS, JULIAN  (Germany), STRAUß, AXEL  (Germany) & VENCES , MIGUEL (Germany)

VENCES, MIGUEL  (Germany) - see PREEZ, LOUIS H. DU  (South Africa), RAHARIVOLOLONIAINA, LILIANE  (Madagascar), VERNEAU, OLIVIER  (France) & VENCES, MIGUEL  (Germany)

VENCES , MIGUEL (Germany) -see BORA, PARFAIT  (Madagascar), RAMILIJAONA, OLGA  (Madagascar), RAMINOSOA, NOROMALALA  (Madagascar) & VENCES , MIGUEL (Germany)

Zootaxa 2876: 1–16 (12 May 2011) 7 plates; 32 references                        Accepted: 25 Feb. 2011
A molecular phylogeny of the “Madascincus polleni species complex”, with description of a new species of scincid lizard from the coastal dune area of northern Madagascar
AURÉLIEN MIRALLES, JÖRN KÖHLER, FRANK GLAW & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)
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Zootaxa 2918: 47–67 (14 Jun. 2011) 8 plates; 37 references                         Accepted: 03 May 2011
A new large and colorful skink of the genus Amphiglossus from Madagascar revealed by morphology and multilocus molecular study
AURÉLIEN MIRALLES (Germany), ACHILLE P. RASELIMANANA (Madagascar), DOMOINA RAKOTOMALALA (Madagascar), MIGUEL VENCES (Germany) & DAVID R. VIEITES (Spain)
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Zootaxa 2942: 57–68 (06 Jul. 2011) 5 plates; 32 references                       Accepted: 30 May 2011
New species of Blaesodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Ankarafantsika National Park in north-western Madagascar
AARON M. BAUER (USA), FRANK GLAW (Germany), PHILIP-SEBASTIAN GEHRING (Germany) & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)
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Zootaxa 2978: 34–50 (28 Jul. 2011) 7 plates; 35 references                         Accepted: 2 Jun. 2011
A new microendemic frog species of the genus Blommersia (Anura: Mantellidae) from the east coast of Madagascar
MACIEJ PABIJAN (Germany), PHILIP-SEBASTIAN GEHRING (Ploand), JÖRN KÖHLER (Germany), FRANK GLAW (Germany) & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)
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Zootaxa 2982: 40–48 (02 Aug. 2011) 5 plates; 24 references                         Accepted: 23 May 2011
Deciphering the cryptic species diversity of dull-coloured day geckos Phelsuma (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Madagascar, with description of a new species 
ANGELICA CROTTINI (Germany), PHILIP-SEBASTIAN GEHRING (Germany), FRANK GLAW (Ger-many), D. JAMES HARRIS (Portugal), ALEXANDRA LIMA (Portugal) & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)
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Zootaxa 3022: 39–57 (12 Sep. 2011) 9 plates; 42 references                         Accepted: 01 Aug. 2011
A new leaf tailed gecko species from northern Madagascar with a preliminary assessment of molecular and morphological variability in the Uroplatus ebenaui group 
FANOMEZANA MIHAJA RATSOAVINA (Germany), EDWARD E. LOUIS JR. (USA), ANGELICA CROTTINI (Germany), ROGER-DANIEL RANDRIANIAINA (Germany), FRANK GLAW (Germany) & MIGUEL VENCES (Germany)
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Zootaxa 3147: 1–83 (23 Dec. 2011) 36 plates; 127 references                     Accepted: 17 Oct. 2011
Sorting out Lalos: description of new species and additional taxonomic data on megophryid frogs from northern Indochina (genus Leptolalax, Megophryidae, Anura)
ANNEMARIE OHLER *, KATHARINA C. WOLLENBERG , STÉPHANE GROSJEAN, RALF HENDRIX, MIGUEL VENCES , THOMAS ZIEGLER & ALAIN DUBOIS
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VENDRASCO, MICHAEL J. , HOARE, RICHARD D. & BELL, GORDEN L. , JR (USA)
The youngest rostroconch mollusc from North America, Minycardita capitanensis n. sp.
Zootaxa 2603: 61–64 (6 Sep. 2010) 
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PABLO J. VENEGAS  (Peru)

Article
Zootaxa 3109: 39–48 (24 Nov. 2011) 06 plates; 14 references                         Accepted: 17 Oct. 2011
A distinctive new species of wood lizard (Hoplocercinae, Enyalioides) from the Yanachaga Chemillen National Park in central Peru
PABLO J. VENEGAS, VILMA DURAN, CAROLL Z. LANDAURO & LESLY LUJAN (Peru)
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VENEKEY, V. , LAGE,  L. M. & DA FONSECA-GENEVOIS, V. (Brazil)
Draconema brasiliensis and Draconema fluminensis (Chromadorida, Draconematidae): two new species of free living nematodes from a rocky shore affected by upwelling on the Brazilian coast
Zootaxa 1090: 51-64 (2 Dec. 2005) 
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VENEKEY, VIRÁG., FONSECA-GENEVOIS, VERÔNICA G. & SANTOS, PAULO J. P. (Brazil)
Biodiversity of free-living marine nematodes on the coast of Brazil: a review
Zootaxa 2568: 39–66 (16 Aug. 2010) 
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VENKATESH, A.  - see TEWARI, S.C., MUNIRATHINAM, A. , VENKATESH, A. , HIRIYAN J. & REUBEN, R. (India)

VENTICINQUE, EDUARDO M.  (Brazil) - see NOGUEIRA, ANDRÉ A. , PENA-BARBOSA, JOÃO P.P. , VENTICINQUE, EDUARDO M.  & BRESCOVIT, ANTONIO D.  (Brazil)

VERNON, P. (France) - see CRAIG, D.A. (Canada), CURRIE,  D.C. (Canada)  & VERNON, P. (France)

VERA, E.I. (Argentina) - see MARTINELLI, A.G. & VERA, E.I. (Argentina)

VERANI, N.F. (Brazil) - see SEVERI, W. & VERANI, N.F. (Brazil)

VÉRAS, DRÁUSIO P. (Brazil) - see DE ARAÚJO, MARIA ELISABETH., MARANHÃO, HENRIQUE A., VÉRAS, DRÁUSIO P. & HAZIN, FÁBIO (Brazil)

VERBURG, P. (USA) & BILLS, R. (South Africa)
Two new cichild species Neolamprologus (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from Lake Tanganyika, East Africa
Zootaxa 1612: 25-44 (10 Oct. 2007)  
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VERDADE, VANESSA K. (Brazil) - see CASSIMIRO, JOSE., VERDADE, VANESSA K. & RODRIGUES, MIGUEL T. (Brazil)

VERDADE, VANESSA KRUTH (Brazil) - see  WEBER, LUIZ NORBERTO , VERDADE, VANESSA KRUTH , SALLES, RODRIGO DE OLIVEIRA LULA , FOUQUET, ANTOINE  & CARVALHO-E-SILVA, SERGIO POTSCH DE  (Brazil)

VERDEJO, LEYLA M. (Chile) - see FAÚNDEZ, EDUARDO I. & VERDEJO, LEYLA M. (Chile)

VERDES, AIDA (Spain)

Zootaxa 3095: 27–38 (10 Nov. 2011) 5 plates; 47 references                         Accepted: 07 Oct. 2011
A new species of Odontosyllis Claparède, 1863 (Annelida, Syllidae) with re-descriptions of O. liniata Hartmann-Schröder, 1962 and O. gymnocephala Hartmann-Schröder, 1965
AIDA VERDES (Spain), FREDRIK PLEIJEL (Sweden) & M. TERESA AGUADO (Spain)
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VERESHCHAKA, ALEXANDER L. (Russia) - see LUNINA, ANASTASIA A. & VERESHCHAKA, ALEXANDER L. (Russia)

VERHAAGH, M. (Germany) - see BIHN, J.H. & VERHAAGH, M. (Germany)

VERHEYEN, ERIK (Belgium) - see COLYN, MARC (France), HULSELMANS, JAN (Belgium), SONET, GONTRAN (Belgium), OUDÉ, PASCAL (Benin), WINTER, JAN DE (Germany), NATTA, ARMAND (Benin), NAGY, ZOLTÁN TAMÁS (Belgium) & VERHEYEN, ERIK (Belgium)

Zootaxa 3024: 1–66 (13 Sep. 2011) 17 plates; 119 references               Accepted: 13 Sep. 2011
Specific limits and emerging diversity patterns in East African populations of laminate-toothed rats, genus Otomys (Muridae: Murinae: Otomyini): Revision of the Otomys typus complex 
PETER J. TAYLOR, LEONID A. LAVRENCHENKO, MICHAEL D. CARLETON, ERIK VERHEYEN, NIGEL C. BENNETT, CAREL J. OOSTHUIZEN & SARITA MAREE
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Zootaxa 3059: 1–35 (14 Oct. 2011) 10 plates; 52 references                         Accepted: 04 Aug. 2011
Contribution to the systematics and zoogeography of the East-African Acomys spinosissimus Peters 1852 species complex and the description of two new species (Rodentia: Muridae) 
WALTER VERHEYEN (Belgium), JAN HULSELMANS (Belgium), WIM WENDELEN (Belgium), HERWIG LEIRS (Belgium), MARCO CORTI (Italy) THIERRY BACKELJAU (Belgium) & ERIK VERHEYEN (Belgium)
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VERHEYEN, WALTER (Belgium)

Zootaxa 3059: 1–35 (14 Oct. 2011) 10 plates; 52 references                         Accepted: 04 Aug. 2011
Contribution to the systematics and zoogeography of the East-African Acomys spinosissimus Peters 1852 species complex and the description of two new species (Rodentia: Muridae) 
WALTER VERHEYEN (Belgium), JAN HULSELMANS (Belgium), WIM WENDELEN (Belgium), HERWIG LEIRS (Belgium), MARCO CORTI (Italy) THIERRY BACKELJAU (Belgium) & ERIK VERHEYEN (Belgium)
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VERMEULEN, F.B.M. (Aruba) & HRBEK, T. (Puerto Rico) 
Kryptolebias sepia n. sp. (Actinopterygii: Cyprinodontiformes: Rivulidae), a new killifish from the Tapanahony River drainage in southeast Surinam
Zootaxa 928: 1-20 (31 Mar. 2005) 
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VERNEAU, O. (France) - see DU PREEZ, L.H. (South Africa), VERNEAU, O. (France) & GROSS, T.S. (USA)

VERNEAU, OLIVIER  (France) - see PREEZ, LOUIS H. DU  (South Africa), RAHARIVOLOLONIAINA, LILIANE  (Madagascar), VERNEAU, OLIVIER  (France) & VENCES, MIGUEL  (Germany)

VERNOUX, JULIEN., GARROUSTE, ROMAIN & NEL, ANDRE (France)
The first psallopinous bug from Lowermost Eocene French amber (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae)
Zootaxa 2499: 63–68 (9 Jun. 2010) 
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VERON, G. (France) - see GAUBERT, P. (France) , TRANIER, M. (France) , VERON, G. (France), KOCK, D. (Germany), DUNHAM, A.E. (USA), TAYLOR, P. J. (South Africa), STUART, C. (South Africa), STUART, T. (South Africa) & WOZENCRAFT, C. W. (USA)

VETS, V. (Belgium) - see HENDERICKX, H. & VETS, V. (Belgium)

VETTORAZZO, MARCO (Italy) - see FACCOLI, MASSIMO. , FRIGIMELICA, GABRIELLA. , MORI, NICOLA. , TOFFOLO, EDOARDO PETRUCCO. , VETTORAZZO, MARCO  & SIMONATO, MAURO  (Italy)

VEY, AIDAN  (The Netherlands) & BRIX, SASKIA  (Germany)
Macrostylis cerritus sp. nov., a new species of Macrostylidae (Isopoda: Asellota) from the Weddell Sea, Southern Ocean
Zootaxa 2096: 356-370 (11 May 2009) 
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VI, J.R.C. (Philippines) - see CHAVEZ, J. M. , DE LA PAZ, R.M. , MANOHAR, S. K. , PAGULAYAN,  R.C. & VI, J.R.C. (Philippines)

VIANA, G.F.S., RAMOS-PORTO, M., TORRES, M.F.A. & SANTOS, M.D.C.F. (Brazil)
Distribution of Heterocarpus laevigatus Bate, 1888 and Plesionika escatilis (Stimpson, 1860) along the Atlantic coast of South America (Crustacea: Caridea: Pandalidae)
Zootaxa 1577: 33-39 (7 Sep. 2007)
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VIANA, GIRLENE FáBIA SEGUNDO (Brasil) - see ALVES, MARIA DE LOURDES , RAMOS-PORTO, MARILENA  & VIANA, GIRLENE FáBIA SEGUNDO (Brasil)

VICENTE, CARLOS SAN (Spain)
Hansenomysis sorbei n. sp., a new suprabenthic mysid (Crustacea: Mysida: Petalophthalmidae) from the Bellingshausen Sea (Southern Ocean)
Zootaxa 2240: 31-40 (25 Sep. 2009) 
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VICENTE, LUÍS (Portugal) - see BARROS, FLÁVIO BEZERRA (Brazil), PELOSO, PEDRO L. V. (USA), VICENTE, LUÍS (Portugal), PEREIRA, HENRIQUE MIGUEL (Portugal) & STURARO, MARCELO JOSÉ (Brazil)

VICKERMAN, D.B. - see TRIAPITSYN,S.V. , VICKERMAN, D.B. , HERATY, J.M. & LOGARZO, G.A. (USA)

VICTOR, B.C. (USA)
Coryphopterus kuna, a new goby (Perciformes: Gobiidae: Gobiinae) from the western Caribbean, with the identification of the late larval stage and an estimate of the pelagic larval duration
Zootaxa 1526: 51-61 (12 Jul. 2007) 
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VICTOR, BENJAMIN C.  (USA), HANNER, ROBERT (Canada), SHIVJI, MAHMOOD  (USA), HYDE, JOHN  (USA) & CALDOW, CHRIS  (USA)
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Identification of the larval and juvenile stages of the Cubera Snapper, Lutjanus cyanopterus, using DNA barcoding

VICTOR, BENJAMIN C. (USA), VASQUEZ-YEOMANS, LOURDES  (Mexico), VALDEZMORENO, MARTHA (Mexico), WILK, LESLIE (Canada), JONES, DAVID L. (USA), LARA, MONICA R. (USA), CALDOW, CHRIS (USA) & SHIVJI, MAHMOOD (USA)
The larval, juvenile, and adult stages of the Caribbean goby, Coryphopterus kuna (Teleostei: Gobiidae): a reef fish with a pelagic larval duration longer than the post-settlement lifespan
Zootaxa 2346: 53–61 (28 Jan. 2010) 
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VICTORJERALD LEO, S. (India) - see TYAGI, B.K., HIRIYAN, J., TEWARI, S.C., AYANAR, K., PHILIP SAMUEL, P., ARUNACHALAM, N., PARAMASIVAN, R., KRISHNAMOORTHY, R., DHANANJEYAN, K.J., VICTORJERALD LEO, S. & RAJENDRAN, R. (India)

VIDAL, MARCELA A.  (Chile)

Zootaxa 2880: 20–30 (17 May 2011) 4 plates; 44 references                      Accepted: 25 Feb. 2011
Taxonomic identity of the patagonian frog Atelognathus jeinimenensis (Anura: Neobatrachia) as revealed by molecular and morphometric evidence
HELEN DÍAZ-PÁEZ (Chile), MARCELA A. VIDAL (Chile), JUAN C. ORTIZ (Chile), CARMEN A. ÚBEDA (Argentina) & NÉSTOR G. BASSO (Argentina)
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VIDAL, NICOLAS (France), WILLIAM R. BRANCH (South Africa), OLIVIER S.G. PAUWELS (Belgium), S. BLAIR HEDGES (USA), DONALD G. BROADLEY (Zimbabwe), MICHAEL WINK (Germany), CORINNE CRUAUD (France), ULRICH JOGER (Germany) & ZOLTÁN TAMÁS NAGY (Belgium)
Dissecting the major African snake radiation: a molecular phylogeny of the Lamprophiidae Fitzinger (Serpentes, Caenophidia)
Zootaxa 1945: 51-66 (28 Nov. 2008) 
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VIDAL, N. (France) - see DAVID, P. (France), VOGEL, G. (Germany), VIJAYAKUMAR, S.P. (India) & VIDAL, N. (France)

VIDAL, N. (France) - see VOGEL, G. (Germany), DAVID, P. (France), LUTZ, M. (Philippines), ROOIJEN, J.V. (The Netherlands) & VIDAL, N. (France)

VIDAL, NICOLAS (France) - see HEDGES, S. BLAIR (USA), COULOUX, ARNAUD (France) & VIDAL, NICOLAS (France)

VIDANAPATHIRANA, DULAN RANGA. (Sri Lanka) - see WICKRAMASINGHE, L. J. MENDIS., VIDANAPATHIRANA, DULAN RANGA., WICKRAMASINGHE, NETHU & RANWELLA, P. NAYANAKA (Sri Lanka)

VIDIGAL, TEOFÂNIA H. D. A. (Brazil)

Zootaxa 2975: 47–58 (25 Jul. 2011) 8 plates; 6 references                  Accepted: 22 Jun. 2011
Trichoptera — the newest insect order host of temnocephalans (Platyhelminthes, Temnocephalida) and the description of a new species of Temnocephala from Brazil
JOSÉ F. R. AMATO, SUZANA B. AMATO, SAMANTHA A. SEIXAS, TEOFÂNIA H. D. A. VIDIGAL & CYNTHIA DE PAULA ANDRADE (Brazil)
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VIDOVIĆ, BILJANA (Serbia)

Zootaxa 2796: 56–66 (21 Mar. 2011) 4 plates; 24 references                         Accepted: 1 Mar. 2011
A new Aceria species (Acari: Eriophyoidea) on Echinops ritro L. subsp. ruthenicus (M.Bieb.) Nyman (Asteraceae) from Serbia and a supplement to the original description of Aceria brevicincta (Nalepa 1898)
BILJANA VIDOVIĆ (Serbia)
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Zootaxa 2828: 38–50 (21 Apr. 2011) 8 plates; 18 references                     Accepted: 24 Mar. 2011
Three new species of eriophyoid mites (Acari: Prostigmata: Eriophyoidea) from Montenegro
IVONA JOČIĆ (Montenegro), RADMILA PETANOVIĆ (Serbia) & BILJANA VIDOVIĆ (Serbia)
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Zootaxa 3035: 1–56 (20 Sep. 2011) 2 plates; 77 references                         Accepted: 11 Aug. 2011
A checklist of Foraminifera of the Eastern Shelf of the Adriatic Sea 
VLASTA ĆOSOVIĆ, DUŠAN ZAVODNIK, ADRIANA BORČIĆ, JELENA VIDOVIĆ, SANDRA DEAK & ALAN MORO (Croatia)
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VIDRINE, MALCOLM F. (USA) - see EDWARDS, DALE D. , VIDRINE, MALCOLM F. & ERNSTING, BRIAN R. (USA)

VIDTHAYANON, C. (Thailand) & NG, H.H. (USA)
Acrochordonichthys gyrinus, a new species of akysid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from Thailand
Zootaxa 183: 1-7 (16 April 2003) 
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VIDTHAYANON, CHAVALIT (Thailand) - see HAVIRD, JUSTIN C. (USA), PAGE, LAWRENCE M. (USA), TANGJITJAROEN, WEERAPONGSE (Thailand), VIDTHAYANON, CHAVALIT (Thailand), GRUDPAN, CHAIWUT (Thailand) & UDDUANG, SURIYA (Thailand)

Zootaxa 3037: 45–50 (21 Sep. 2011) 2 plates; 10 references                         Accepted: 26 Aug. 2011
Pseudeutropius indigens, a new species of schilbeid catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from peninsular Thailand 
HEOK HEE NG (Singapore) & CHAVALIT VIDTHAYANON (Lao)
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VIEIRA, F.M., LUQUE, J.L. & MUNIZ-PEREIRA, L.C. (Brazil)
Checklist of helminth parasites in wild carnivore mammals from Brazil
Zootaxa 1721: 1-23 (7 Mar. 2008) 
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VIEGAS, DINIZ CORREA PAONE (Brazil)

Zootaxa 2883: 39–51 (19 May 2011) 8 plates; 37 references                       Accepted: 12 Apr. 2011
How features of the hinge plate aid in discriminating among three Yoldiella (Pelecypoda, Protobranchia) species from the Campos Basin, Brazil
NATALIA PEREIRA BENAIM, DINIZ CORREA PAONE VIEGAS & RICARDO SILVA ABSALÃO (Brazil)
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VIEIRA, FABIANO M.  (Brazil) - see LUQUE, JOSÉ L. , MUNIZ-PEREIRA, LUÍS C. , SICILIANO, SALVATORE , SIQUEIRA, LIEGE R. , OLIVEIRA, MAGDA S. & VIEIRA, FABIANO M. (Brazil)

VIEIRA, FABIANO M. (Brazil) - see MUNIZ-PEREIRA, LUÍS C., VIEIRA, FABIANO M. & LUQUE, JOSÉ L. (Brazil)

Zootaxa 3082: 1–88 (28 Oct. 2011) 0 plates; 362 references                   Accepted: 03 Oct. 2011
Checklist of Nematoda associated with the fishes of Brazil
JOSÉ L. LUQUE, JULIO C. AGUIAR, FABIANO M. VIEIRA, DAVID I. GIBSON & CLÁUDIA PORTES SANTOS
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Vieira, L.M. (Brazil), Gordon, D.P. (New Zealand) & Correia, M.D. (Brazil)
First record of a living ditaxiporine catenicellid in the Atlantic, with a description of Vasignyella ovicellata n. sp. (Bryozoa)
Zootaxa 1582: 49-58 (12 Sep. 2007)  
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Vieira, Leandro M.  (Brazil), Migotto, Alvaro E.  (Brazil), Winston, Judith E.  (USA)
Synopsis and annotated checklist of Recent marine Bryozoa from Brazil
Zootaxa 1810: 1-39 (25 Jun. 2008) 
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VIEIRA, LEANDRO M. (Brazil), MIGOTTO, ALVARO E. (Brazil) & WINSTON, JUDITH E. (USA)
Marcusadorea, a new genus of lepralioid bryozoan from warm waters
Zootaxa 2348: 57–68 (1 Feb. 2010) 
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Zootaxa 2395: 68 (10 Mar. 2010) 
Erratum—Vieira, L.M., Migotto, A.E. & Winston, J.E. (2010) Marcusadorea, a new genus of lepralioid bryozoan from warm waters. Zootaxa, 2348, 57–68.
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VIEIRA, LEANDRO M. (Brazil), MIGOTTO, ALVARO E. (Brazil) & WINSTON, JUDITH E. (USA)
Shallow-water species of Beania Johnston, 1840 (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from the tropical and subtropical Western Atlantic 
Zootaxa 2550: 1–20 (27 Jul. 2010) 
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VIEIRA, LEANDRO M.  (Brazil), GORDON, DENNIS P.  (New Zealand), SOUZA, FACELUCIA B.C.  (Brazil) & HADDAD, MARIA ANGÉLICA  (Brazil)
New and little-known cheilostomatous Bryozoa from the south and southeastern Brazilian continental shelf and slope
Zootaxa 2722: 1–53 (15 Dec. 2010) 
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VIEIRA, R. , CASTRO, I. & BRAVO, F. (Brazil)
Two new species of Ommatius Wiedemann (Diptera: Asilidae) from Brazil
Zootaxa 764: 1-7 (14 December 2004) 
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VIEIRA, R. , CASTRO, I. & BRAVO, F. (Brazil)
A new species of Ommatius Wiedemann (Diptera: Asilidae) from Brazil
Zootaxa 1017: 19-24 (12 Jul. 2005) 
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VIEIRA, J.M. (Ecuador) - see DONOSO,  D.A. (Ecuador) , VIEIRA, J.M. (Ecuador) & WILD, A.L. (USA) 

VIEIRA, K.D. S., SILVA, A.P.Z. & ARZABE, C. (Brazil)
Cranial morphology and karyotypic analysis of Ceratophrys joazeirensis (Anura: Ceratophryidae, Ceratophrynae): taxonomic considerations
Zootaxa 1320: 57-68 (25 Sept. 2006) 
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VIEIRA, LEANDRO M. (Brazil)

Zootaxa 2962: 49–62 (11 Jul. 2011) 3 plates; 47 references                         Accepted: 14 Jun. 2011
Molecular and morphological characterization of Amathia distans Busk and Amathia brasiliensis Busk (Bryozoa: Ctenostomata) from the tropical and subtropical Western Atlantic
KARIN H. FEHLAUER-ALE (Brazil), LEANDRO M. VIEIRA (Brazil) & JUDITH E. WINSTON (USA)
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VIEIRA, RODRIGO , BRAVO, FREDDY & RAFAEL, JOSÉ ALBERTINO (Brazil)
Ommatius Wiedemann, 1821, normus species-group (Diptera, Asilidae): description of two new species and comments on Brazilian species
Zootaxa 2344: 39–51 (26 Jan. 2010) 
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VIEIRA, RONY ROBERTO RAMOS (Brazil) - see FERREIRA, RODRIGO SIMÕES., VIEIRA, RONY ROBERTO RAMOS & D’INCAO, FERNANDO (Brazil)

VIEIRA, WASHINGTON L. S., SANTANA, GINDOMAR G., SANTOS, SÔNIA CRISTINA DA NÓBREGA CARNEIRO DOS., ALVES, RÔMULO R. N. & PEREIRA-FILHO, GENTIL A. (Brazil)
Description of the tadpoles of Phyllodytes brevirostris (Anura: Hylidae)
Zootaxa 2119: 66-68 (27 May 2009) 
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VIEITES, DAVID R. - see MCCRANIE, JAMES R., DAVID R. VIEITES, & DAVID B. WAKE (USA)

VIEITES, DAVID R. (Spain) - see PUENTE, MARTA (Spain), GLAW, FRANK (Germany), VIEITES, DAVID R. (Spain) & VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany)

VIEITES, DAVID R. (Spain) - see CHIARI, YLENIA (USA), VIEITES, DAVID R. (Spain), GUO, JERRY (USA), BORA, PARFAIT (Madagascar), VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany)

VIEITES, DAVID R. (Germany) -see GLAW, FRANK (Germany), KÖHLER, JÖRN (Germany), RIVA, IGNACIO DE LA (Spain), VIEITES, DAVID R. (Germany) & VENCES, MIGUEL (Germany)

VIEL, SIL-VIO ROGÉRIO (Brazil)

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 INÊS 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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VIENNA, P. (Italy) - see PENATI, F. & VIENNA, P. (Italy)

Zootaxa 2918: 47–67 (14 Jun. 2011) 8 plates; 37 references                         Accepted: 03 May 2011
A new large and colorful skink of the genus Amphiglossus from Madagascar revealed by morphology and multilocus molecular study
AURÉLIEN MIRALLES (Germany), ACHILLE P. RASELIMANANA (Madagascar), DOMOINA RAKOTOMALALA (Madagascar), MIGUEL VENCES (Germany) & DAVID R. VIEITES (Spain)
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 VIET, BUI TUAN(Vietnam) 

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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VIETTE, P. (France), BELLAMY, C.L. (USA) & ABERLENC, H.-P. (France)
Catalogue of Madagascan and adjacent islands Buprestidae (Bellamy 2006): Addenda & Corrigenda
Zootaxa 2197: 64-68 (13 Aug. 2009) 
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VIGGIANI, G. (Italy) - see RASPI, A. & VIGGIANI, G. (Italy)

VIGGIANI, GENNARO (Italy), ALBARRACIN , ERICA LUFT (Argentina) & VIRLA,  EDUARDO (Argentina)
The species of Megaphragma Timberlake (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) from Argentina
Zootaxa 2308: 65-68 (10 Dec. 2009) 
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VIGLIOTTA, T.R. (USA) - see FRIEL, J.P. & VIGLIOTTA, T.R. (USA)

Zootaxa 3063: 1–21 (20 Oct. 2011) 7 plates; 21 references                         Accepted: 21 Sep. 2011
Three new species of African suckermouth catfishes, genus Chiloglanis (Siluriformes: Mochokidae), from the lower Malagarasi and Luiche rivers of western Tanzania
JOHN P. FRIEL & THOMAS R. VIGLIOTTA (USA)
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VIGNE, J.-D. (France) - see CUCCHI, T. (France), ORTH, A. (France), AUFFRAY, J.-C. (France), RENAUD, S. (France), FABRE, L. (France), CATALAN, J. (France), HADJISTERKOTIS, E. (Cyprus), BONHOMME, F. (France) & VIGNE, J.-D. (France) 

VIIDALEPP, JAAN  (Estonia)
Revision of the genus Pyrochlora Warren, 1895 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Geometrinae)
Zootaxa 1989: 55-65 (27 Jan. 2009) 
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Zootaxa 3105: 1–46 (22 Nov. 2011) 25 plates; 73 references                  Accepted: 03 Oct. 2011
A review of the species of Lithostege Hübner, [1825] 1816 (Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Larentiinae), occurring in Iran and adjacent countries, with description of two new species from Iran and Pakistan
HOSSEIN RAJAEI SH. (Germany), DIETER STÜNING (Germany) & JAAN VIIDALEPP (Estonia)
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Zootaxa 3136: 1–44 (19 Dec 2011) 31 plates; 71 references                        Accepted: 03 Nov. 2011
A morphological review of tribes in Larentiinae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)
JAAN VIIDALEPP (Estonia)
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VIITASAARI, MATTI (Finland) - see BLANK, STEPHAN M. (Germany), TAEGER, ANDREAS (Germany), LISTON, ANDREW D. (Germany), SMITH, DAVID R. (USA), RASNITSYN, ALEXANDR P. (UK), SHINOHARA, AKIHIKO (Japan), HEIDEMAA, MIKK (Estonia) & VIITASAARI, MATTI (Finland)

VIJAYAKUMAR, S.P. (India) - see  DAVID, P. (France), VOGEL, G. (Germany), VIJAYAKUMAR, S.P. (India) & VIDAL, N. (France)

VIJAYAKUMAR, S.P. (India) - see  DAS, INDRANEIL  (Malaysia) & VIJAYAKUMAR, S. P.  (India)

VIKBERG, VELI (Finland) & LISTON, ANDREW D. (Germany)
Taxonomy and biology of European Heptamelini (Hymenoptera, Tenthredinidae, Selandriinae)
Zootaxa 2112: 1-24 (20 May 2009) 
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VIKBERG, VELI (Finland)
European species of Tubpontania gen. nov., a new genus for species of the Pontania crassispina group (Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae: Nematinae)
Zootaxa 2620: 1–28 (22 Sep. 2010) 
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VIKHREV, NIKITA E. (Russia) - see GRICHANOV, IGOR YA. & VIKHREV, NIKITA E. (Russia)

VILA, C. (Venezuela) - see CASTROVIEJO-FISHER, S. (Sweden), AYARZAGUENA, J.(Spain) & VILA, C. (Venezuela)

VILÀ, CARLES  (Sweden) - see GUAYASAMIN, JUAN M. (Ecuador), CASTROVIEJO-FISHER, SANTIAGO (Sweden), TRUEB, LINDA (USA), AYARZAGÜENA, JOSÉ (Spain), RADA, MARCO (Colombia) & VILÀ, CARLES  (Sweden)

CARLES VILÀ (Spain)

Zootaxa 3132: 1–55 (15 Dec. 2011) 11 plates; 131 references                   Accepted: 21 Oct. 2011
Species diversity of Hyalinobatrachium glassfrogs (Amphibia: Centrolenidae) from the Guiana Shield, with the description of two new species
SANTIAGO CASTROVIEJO-FISHER (USA), CARLES VILÀ (Spain), JOSÉ AYARZAGÜENA (Spain), MICHEL BLANC (French Guiana) & RAFFAEL ERNST (Germany)
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VILA, R. (USA), PIÑAS, F. (Ecuador) & CLAVIJO, J.A. (Venezuela)
A new species of Diaphania Hübner, 1818 from Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Spilomelinae)
Zootaxa 539: 1-8 (18 June 2004)  
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VILA-FARRE, M. (Spain), MATEOS, E. (Spain), SLUYS, R. (Netherlands) & ROMERO, R. (Spain)
Terrestrial planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida, Terricola) from the Iberian Peninsula: new records and description of three new species
Zootaxa 1739: 1-20 (2 Apr. 2008) 
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VILA-FARRÉ, MIQUEL  (Spain), SLUYS, RONALD  (The Netherlands), ALMAGRO, ÍO  (Spain), HANDBERG-THORSAGER, METTE  (Germany) & ROMERO, RAFAEL  (Spain)
Freshwater planarians (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida) from the Iberian Peninsula and Greece: diversity and notes on ecology
Zootaxa 2779: 1–38 
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VILAR, CIRO COLODETTI, SPACH, HENRY LOUIS  & SANTOS, LILYANE DE OLIVEIRA  (Brazil)
Fish fauna of Baía da Babitonga (southern Brazil), with remarks on species abundance, ontogenic stage and conservation status
Zootaxa 2734: 40–52 (7 Jan. 2011)
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VILELA, J.F. , OLIVEIRA, J.A. DE & BONVICINO, C.R. (Brazil) 
Taxonomic status of Brucepattersonius albinasus (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae)
Zootaxa 1199: 61-68 (11 May 2006)  
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VILELA, JÚLIO FERNANDO. , RUSSO, CLAUDIA AUGUSTA DE MORAES & OLIVEIRA, JOÃO ALVES DE (Brazil)
An assessment of morphometric and molecular variation in Monodelphis dimidiata (Wagner, 1847) (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) 
Zootaxa 2646: 26–42 (14 Oct. 2010) 
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VILHELMSEN, L. (Denmark)
Chalinus albitibialis, a new species of Orussidae (Insecta, Hymenoptera) from Morocco
Zootaxa 880: 1-7 (4 Mar. 2005) 
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VILHELMSEN, L. (Denmark) - see MIKO, I. (Hungary), VILHELMSEN, L. (Denmark), JOHNSON, N.F. (USA), MASNER, L. (Canada) & PENZES, Z. (Hungary)

VILHELMSEN, L. (Denmark) - see SCHONING, C. (Denmark), GOTWALD, W.H. JR. (USA), KRONAUER, D.J.C. (Denmark) & VILHELMSEN, L. (Denmark)

VILÍMOVÁ, JITKA (Czech Republic) - see KMENT, PETR & VILÍMOVÁ, JITKA (Czech Republic)

VILÍMOVÁ, JITKA (Czech Republic)- see KMENT, PETR &  VILÍMOVÁ, JITKA (Czech Republic)

VILÍMOVÁ, JITKA  (Czech Republic) - see JANŠTA, PETR  (Czech Republic), VILÍMOVÁ, JITKA  (Czech Republic) & HANSON, PAUL  (Costa Rica)

VILLAGRÁN-MELLA, ROMINA (Chile) - see PARRA, LUIS E., VILLAGRÁN-MELLA, ROMINA & MARQUET, PABLO A. (Chile)

VILLALOBOS, C. DE (Argentina) - see ZANCA, F. & VILLALOBOS, C. DE (Argentina)

VILLALOBOS, C. DE (Argentina) - see ZANCA,  F. (Argentina), SCHMIDT-RHAESA, A.  (Germany), DE VILLALOBOS, C.   (Argentina) & ACHIORNO, C. (Argentina) 

VILLALOBOS, CRISTINA DE (Argentina), ZANCA, FERNANDA (Argentina) & YANEZ, ALVARO BARRAGAN (Ecuador)
Three new species of Chordodes and new data on hairworms (Nematomorpha) from Ecuador
Zootaxa 2205: 37-52 (21 Aug. 2009) 
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VILLALOBOS, F. (Costa Rica), & CERVANTES-REZA, F. (Mexico)
Phylogenetic relationships of Mesoamerican species of the genus Sciurus (Rodentia: Sciuridae)
Zootaxa 1525: 31-40 (12 Jul. 2007) 
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VILLALOBOS, JAVIER BARRIENTOS (Mexico) - see PÉREZ, RAMÓN ANDRÉS LÓPEZ. , PÉREZ-MALDONADO, IMELDA LÓPEZ. , ORTIZ, ARIADNA MONTSERRAT LÓPEZ. , SERVIN, LINDA MARGARITA BARRANCO. , VILLALOBOS, JAVIER BARRIENTOS & MORALES, GERADO ESTEBAN LEYTE (Mexico)

VILLALOBOS, JOSÉ LUIS. , GARCÍA, ANELLI J. & VELÁZQUEZ, ERNESTO (Mexico)
A new species of freshwater crab of the genus Odontothelphusa Rodríguez, 1982, (Crustacea: Decapoda: Pseudothelphusidae) from Chiapas, Mexico
Zootaxa 2414: 52–58 (30 Mar. 2010) 
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VILLALOBOS, JOSE LUIS (Mexico) - see ALVAREZ, FERNANDO (Mexico) , VILLALOBOS, JOSE LUIS (Mexico) & ILIFFE, THOMAS M. (USA)

VILLALOBOS, W. (Costa Rica) - see GODOY, C. & VILLALOBOS, W. (Costa Rica)

VILLAMIZAR, JORGE  (Colombia) see - GARCIA-PEREZ, ALFREDO  (USA) & VILLAMIZAR, JORGE  (Colombia)

VILLEGAS-GUZMAN, GABRIEL A., PÉREZ, TILA M. & REYES-CASTILLO, PEDRO (Mexico)
New species of the genus Klinckowstroemia Baker &Wharton from Mexico (Acari: Mesostigmata: Trigynaspida: Klinckowstroemiidae)
Zootaxa 2248: 1-46 (6 Oct. 2009) 
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VILLEMANT, C. (France) - see LACAU,  S. (France), VILLEMANT, C. (France) & DELABIE, J.H.C. (Brazil)

Villemant, CLAIRE - see Lacau, Lucimeire de S. Ramos , CLAIRE Villemant , Odair C. Bueno, Jacques H.c. Delabie & SEbastien Lacau (Brazil)

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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VILKAMAA, P. (Finland) & HIPPA, H. (Sweden)
The genus Xenosciara gen. n. and the phylogeny of the Sciaridae (Diptera) 
Zootaxa 699: 1-24 (25 October 2004) 
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VILKAMAA, P. (Finland), KOMAROVA,  L.A. (Russia) & HIPPA, H. (Sweden)
The genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera: Sciaridae) in a biodiversity hot spot: new sympatric species from Kambaiti, Burma
Zootaxa 1123: 39-55 (8 Feb. 2006) 
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VILKAMAA, P. (Finland) & HIPPA, H. (Sweden)
Corynoptera vagula Tuomikoski and allied species (Diptera: Sciaridae)
Zootaxa 1150: 31-42 (14 Mar. 2006) 
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VILKAMAA, P. (Finland) - see HIPPA, H. (Sweden), MATTSSON, I. (Sweden) & VILKAMAA, P. (Finland)

VILKAMAA, P. (Finland) - see HIPPA, H, (Sweden & VILKAMAA, P. (Finland)

VILKAMAA, P. (Finland) - see HIPPA, H. (Sweden) & VILKAMAA,  P. (Finland)

VILKAMAA, P. (Finland) & HIPPA, H. (Sweden)
Review of the Nearctic Claustropyga Hippa, Vilkamaa & Mohrig (Diptera, Sciaridae) with the description of three new species
Zootaxa 1552: 53-68 (17 Aug. 2007)
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VILKAMAA, P. (Finland) - see HIPPA, H. (Sweden) & VILKAMAA, P. (Finland)

VILKAMAA, P. (Finland) - see HIPPA, H. (Sweden) & VILKAMAA, P. (Finland)

VILKAMAA, PEKKA (Finland), MENZEL, FRANK (Germany) & HIPPA, HEIKKI (Sweden)
Review of the genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera: Sciaridae), with the description of eleven new species
Zootaxa 2272: 1-20 (23 Oct. 2009) 
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VILKAMAA, PEKKA (Finland) - see HIPPA, HEIKKI (Sweden), MATTSSON,† INGEGERD & VILKAMAA, PEKKA (Finland)

VILKAMAA, PEKKA  (Finland) - see HIPPA, HEIKKI  (Sweden), VILKAMAA, PEKKA  (Finland) & HELLER, KAI  (Germany)

VILKAMAA, PEKKA  (Finland) & HIPPA, HEIKKI  (Sweden)
Phylogeny of Pnyxiopalpus Vilkamaa & Hippa, with the description of P. persimplex sp. n. (Diptera, Sciaridae)
Zootaxa 2743: 56–62 (18 Jan. 2010)
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VILKAMAA, PEKKA  (Finland), HIPPA, HEIKKI  (Sweden) & MOHRIG, WERNER  (Germany)
The genus Keilbachia Mohrig (Diptera, Sciaridae) in New Caledonia, with the description of five new species
Zootaxa 2771: 53–61 (22 Feb. 2011)
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VILLALOBOS, W. (Costa Rica) - see GODOY, C. , GARITA-CAMBRONERO, J. , RIVERA, C. & VILLALOBOS, W. (Costa Rica)

VILLANUEVA, REAGAN JOSEPH T. (Philippines) 

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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VILLA-VERDE, L.  & COSTA, W.J.E.M. (Brazil)
A new glanapterygine catfish of the genus Listrura (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from the southeastern Brazilian coastal plains
Zootaxa 1142: 43-50 (8 Mar. 2006) 
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VILLARREAL-MANZANILLA, O. (Venezuela) & PINTO-DA-ROCHA, R. (Brazil)
Five new species of Protimesius from Brazil (Opiliones: Stygnidae)
Zootaxa 1325: 219-233 (28 Sept. 2006) 
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VILLAVICENCIO, J. (Argentina)- see MONGUILLOT, J.C., CABRERA, M.R., ACOSTA, J.C. & VILLAVICENCIO, J. (Argentina)

VILLEGAS-GUZMÁN, GABRIEL A. , REYES-CASTILLO, PEDRO  & PÉREZ, TILA M.  (Mexico)
New species of Klinckowstroemia Baker & Wharton, 1952 (Acari: Klinckowstroemiidae), associated with passalid beetles from Mexico and Panama
Zootaxa 2747: 19–36 (24 Jan. 2011)
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VILLEGAS-RÍOS, DAVID. (Spain) - see BAÑON, RAFAEL. , VILLEGAS-RÍOS, DAVID. , SERRANO, ALBERTO. , MUCIENTES, GONZALO & ARRONTE, JUAN CARLOS (Spain)

VILORIA, ANGEL L. (Venezuela), PYRCZ, TOMASZ W. (Poland) & ORELLANA, ANDRÉS (Venezuela)
A survey of the Neotropical montane butterflies of the subtribe Pronophilina (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Venezuelan Cordillera de la Costa
Zootaxa 2622: 1–41 (23 Sep. 2010) 
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VIOLANTE-GONZALEZ, J. & AGUIRRE-MACEDO, M.L. (Mexico)
Metazoan parasites of fishes from Coyuca Lagoon, Guerrero, Mexico
Zootaxa 1531: 39-48 (23 Jul. 2007) 
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VINARSKI, MAXIM V.  (Russia)

Zootaxa 2817: 55–58 (13 Apr. 2011) 1 plates; 17 references                      Accepted: 23 Mar. 2011
A new species of stagnicoline snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Lymnaeidae) from the extreme North of Western Siberia
MAXIM V. VINARSKI (Russia)
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BENOIT VINCENT (France)

Correspondence
Zootaxa 3108: 64–68 (24 Nov. 2011) 04 plates; 06 references                  Accepted: 20 Oct. 2011
Two new species of Arctiidae (Lepidoptera) from Peru
BENOIT VINCENT (France)
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VINCIGUERRA, MARIA T. (Italy)

Zootaxa 3022: 58–68 (12 Sep. 2011) 2 plates; 24 references                         Accepted: 04 Aug. 2011
Description of Dorylaimoides alborzicus sp. n. (Dorylaimida: Nematoda) from Iran, with updated compendium and key to the species of Dorylaimoides 
MAJID PEDRAM (Iran), EBRAHIM POURJAM (Iran) & MARIA T. VINCIGUERRA (Italy)
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VINÇON, GILLES (France) - see FOCHETTI, ROMOLO (Italy) & VINÇON, GILLES (France)

VINCX, M. - see GHEERARDYN, H., FIERS, F., VINCX, M. & DE TROCH, M. (Belgium)

VINH, DAU QUANG (Vietnam) - see ROWLEY, JODI J. L. (Australia), HUY, HOANG DUC (Vietnam), DUONG, LE THI THUY (Vietnam), VINH, DAU QUANG (Vietnam) & TRUNG, CAO TIEN (Vietnam)

VINK, COR J. (New Zealand), DUPÉRRÉ, NADINE (USA), PAQUIN, PIERRE (USA), FITZGERALD, BRIAN M. (New Zealand) & SIRVID, PHIL J. (New Zealand)
The cosmopolitan spider Cryptachaea blattea (Urquhart 1886) (Araneae: Theridiidae): Redescription, including COI sequence, and new synonymy
Zootaxa 2133: 55-63 (16 Jun. 2009)
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VINK, COR J.  (New Zealand), FITZGERALD, BRIAN M.  (New Zealand), SIRVID, PHIL J.  (New Zealand) & DUPÉRRÉ, NADINE  (USA)
Reuniting males and females: redescriptions of Nuisiana arboris (Marples 1959) and Cambridgea reinga Forster & Wilton 1973 (Araneae: Desidae, Stiphidiidae)
Zootaxa 2739: 41–50 (13 Jan. 2011) 
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VINOD, K.V. (India)

VINOD, K. V.  (India) - see LATHA, MATHEWS  (India), CUCCODORO, GIULIO  (Switzerland), SABU, THOMAS K.  (India) & VINOD, K. V.  (India)

Zootaxa 2830: 29–38 (22 Apr. 2011) 1 plates; 31 references                          Accepted: 7 Mar. 2011
Faunal survey, endemism and possible species loss of Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in the western slopes of the moist South Western Ghats, South India
THOMAS K. SABU, S. NITHYA & K.V. VINOD (India)
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VINOKUROV, NIKOLAY N. (Russia)
Labops kerzhneri sp. n., a new species of Halticini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae: Orthotylinae) from Eastern Siberia
Zootaxa 2689: 63–68 (26 Nov. 2010) 
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VINOKUROV, NIKOLAI N.  (Russia), CAI, WANZHI  (China) & LUO, ZHAOHUI  (China)
Microphysidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) newly found from China
Zootaxa 2729: 51–52 (23 Dec. 2010) 
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Zootaxa 2836: 27–43 (28 Apr. 2011) 6 plates; 23 references                       Accepted: 25 Mar. 2011
New species and new records of Plant Bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miridae) from Northwestern China
FEDOR V. KONSTANTINOV & NIKOLAY N. VINOKUROV (Russia)
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Zootaxa 2909: 57–63 (8 Jun. 2011) 3 plates; 14 references                        Accepted: 11 May 2011
A new species of the genus Macrosaldula Leston et Southwood, 1964 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Saldidae) from Northwestern China
ZHAOHUI LUO & NIKOLAI N. VINOKUROV (P.R. China)
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VIQUEZ, C. (Costa Rica) & DE ARMAS, L.F. (Cuba)
A new species of Mastigoproctus Pocock, 1894 (Thelyphonida: Thelyphonidae) from Venezuela
Zootaxa 1463: 39-45 (30 Apr. 2007) 
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VÍQUEZ, CARLOS (Costa Rica) - see  TOWNSEND, VICTOR R. , JR. (USA), , VANZANDT, PETER A. (USA) & PROUD, DANIEL N. (USA)

VIRAKTAMATH, C.A. (India) - see WEBB, M.D. (UK) & VIRAKTAMATH, C.A. (India)

VIRAKTAMATH, C.A. & MOHAN, G.S. (India)
A revision of the deltocephaline leafhopper genus Scaphoideus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Indian  subcontinent
Zootaxa 578: 1-48 (21 July 2004)  
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VIRAKTAMATH, C.A. (India)
A revision of the Varta-Stymphalus generic complex of the leafhopper tribe Scaphytopiini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Old World
Zootaxa 713: 1-47 (4 November 2004) 
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VIRAKTAMATH, C.A. & SRINIVASA, Y.B. (India)
Canopyana vateriae gen. nov. and sp. nov.—A leafhopper breeding on Vateria indica and a new record of Bhatia distanti (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Selenocephalinae) from south India
Zootaxa 1307: 35-39 (4 Sep. 2006)  
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VIRAKTAMATH, C.A.  (India)
Revision of the leafhopper tribe Krisnini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Iassinae) of the Indian subcontinent
Zootaxa 1337: 1-32  (19 Oct. 2006)   
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VIRAKTAMATH, C.A. (India) - see PRATHAPAN, K. D. & VIRAKTAMATH, C. A. (India)

VIRAKTAMATH, C.A. (India) - see PRATHAPAN, K.D. & VIRAKTAMATH, C.A. (India)

VIRAKTAMATH,  C.A. (India) - see WEBB, M.D. (UK) & VIRAKTAMATH,  C.A. (India)

VIRAKTAMATH, C.A. (India) - see DAI, W. (P.R.China), ZHANG, Y.L. (P.R.China), VIRAKTAMATH, C.A. (India) & WEBB, M.D. (UK)

VIRAKTAMATH, CHANDRASEKHARA. A. (India) - see KRISHNANKUTTY, SINDHU. M. (USA) & VIRAKTAMATH, CHANDRASEKHARA. A. (India)

VIRAKTAMATH, C.A. (India) & WEBB, M.D. (UK)
Review of the leafhopper genus Pythamus Melichar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Evacanthinae) in the Indian subcontinent
Zootaxa 1546: 51-61 (9 Aug. 2007) 
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VIRAKTAMATH, C.A. (India), WEBB, M.D. (UK), DAI, W. (P.R. China) & ZHANG, Y.L. (P.R. China)
A review of the Oriental grassland leafhopper genus Platyretus Melichar (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Deltocephalinae)
Zootaxa 1696: 37-47 (1 Feb. 2008) 
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VIRAKTAMATH, C.A. (India) & GNANESWARAN, R. (Sri Lanka)
Three new species of Goniagnathus (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from the Indian subcontinent with description of a new subgenus
Zootaxa 2224: 51-59 (8 Sep. 2009) 
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VIRAKTAMATH, CHANDRA A. (India) - see WEBB, MICHAEL D. (UK) & VIRAKTAMATH, CHANDRA A. (India)

VIRAKTAMATH, C. A. (India) - see ZHANG, B. (China) & VIRAKTAMATH, C. A. (India)

VIRAKTAMATH, C.A. & MURTHY, M. SHANKARA (India)
Two new species of the genus Bhatia (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) from south India with new locality records of other species
Zootaxa 2245: 47-53 (2 Oct. 2009) 
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VIRAKTAMATH, C.A. (India) - see ZHANG, BIN (P.R. China) & VIRAKTAMATH, C.A. (India)

Zootaxa 2844: 1–118 (29 Apr. 2011) 58 plates; 83 references                   Accepted: 15 Dec. 2010
Revision of the Oriental and Australian Agalliini (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Megophthalminae) 
C.A.VIRAKTAMATH (India)
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Zootaxa 2931: 1–7 (27 Jun. 2011) 3 plates; 7 references                        Accepted: 18 May 2011
A remarkable new genus of Dikraneurini (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from Southeast Asia
C. A. VIRAKTAMATH (India) & C. H. DIETRICH (USA)
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VIRLA, E. (Argentina) - see OLMI, M. (Italy) & VIRLA, E. (Argentina)

VIRLA,  EDUARDO (Argentina) - see VIGGIANI, GENNARO (Italy), ALBARRACIN , ERICA LUFT (Argentina) & VIRLA,  EDUARDO (Argentina)

VIRLA, E.G. (Argentina) - see TRIAPITSYN, S.V. (USA), LOGARZO, G.A. (USA), VIRLA, E.G. (Argentina) & DE LEON, J.H. (USA)

VIRLA, E.G. (Argentina) - see  - see TRIAPITSYN, SERGUEI V. (USA), GUILLERMO A. LOGARZO(USA), JESSE H. DE LEÓN (USA) & EDUARDO G. VIRLA (Argentina)

VIRLA, EDUARDO G. (Argentina) - see ALBARRACIN, ERICA LUFT (Argentina), TRIAPITSYN, SERGUEI V. (USA) & VIRLA, EDUARDO G. (Argentina)

VIS, R.M.J. DE  & MORAES, G.J. DE  (Brazil)
A new species of Panonychus (Acari: Tetranychidae) from Peru 
Zootaxa 48: 1-6 (5 July 2002) 
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VISHWANATH, W. (India) - see LINTHOINGAMBI, I.  & VISHWANATH, W. (India)

VISHWANATH, W. (India) -see DARSHAN, A. , ANGANTHOIBI. N. & VISHWANATH, W. (India)

VISHWANATH, W. (India) - see ANGANTHOIBI, N. & VISHWANATH, W. (India)

Zootaxa 2901: 52–58 (1 Jun. 2011) 4 plates; 14 references                        Accepted: 21 Apr. 2011
Batasio convexirostrum, a new species of catfish (Teleostei: Bagridae) from Koladyne basin, India
A. DARSHAN, N. ANGANTHOIBI & W. VISHWANATH (India)
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GIEDRE VISINSKIENE (Lithuania)

Zootaxa 3020: 60–68 (09 Sep. 2011) 3 plates; 13 references                  Accepted: 10 Aug. 2011
Description of two new species of Noctuidae from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea) 
AIDAS SALDAITIS (Lithuania), BALÁZS BENEDEK (Hungary) & GIEDRE VISINSKIENE (Lithuania)
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VIT, S. (Germany) - see MEYBOHM,  H. & VIT, S. (Germany)

VITHEEPRADIT, A. & SITES, R.W. (USA)
A review of Eotrechus Kirkaldy (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Gerridae) of Thailand with descriptions of three new species
Zootaxa 1478: 1-19 (21 May 2007) 
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VITHEEPRADIT, A. (USA) - see SITES, R.W. & VITHEEPRADIT, A. (USA)

VITHEEPRADIT, AKEKAWAT  (Thailand) - see SITES, ROBERT W. (USA) & VITHEEPRADIT, AKEKAWAT  (Thailand)

VITT, LAURIE J. (USA) - see ADALSTEINSSON, SOLNY A. (USA), BRANCH, WILLIAM R. (South Africa), TRAPE, SÉBASTIEN (France), VITT, LAURIE J. (USA) & HEDGES, S. BLAIR (USA)

VIVALLO, FELIPE (Chile)
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
Zootaxa 1854: 55-62 (20 Aug. 2008) 
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VIVALLO, FELIPE  (Chile)
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)
Zootaxa 2010: 16-30 (13 Feb. 2009) 
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VIVALLO, FELIPE  & MELO, GABRIEL A. R.  (Brazil)
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
Zootaxa 2075: 33-44 (17 Apr. 2009) 
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VIVALLO, FELIPE (Brazil) - see ZANELLA, FERNANDO CÉSAR VIEIRA & VIVALLO, FELIPE (Brazil)

VIVEKANANDAN (India) - see JAYASANKAR, P. (India), ANOOP, B. (India), VIVEKANANDAN (India), RAJAGOPALAN, M. (India), YOUSUF, K.M.M. (India), REYNOLD, P. (India), KRISHNAKUMAR, P.K. (Saudi Arabia), KUMARAN, PL. (India), AFSAL, V.V. (India) & KRISHNAN, ANOOP A. (India)

VIZCAÍNO, SERGIO F. (Argentina) - see COSTA, FABIANA R. (Brazil) & VIZCAÍNO, SERGIO F. (Argentina)

VLASSENBROECK, J. - see HENDERICKX, H., CNUDDE, V., MASSCHAELE, B., DIERICK, M., VLASSENBROECK, J. & VAN HOOREBEKE, L. (Belgium)

VLASSENBROECK, J. (Belgium) - see PENNEY, D. (UK), DIERICK, M. (Belgium), CNUDDE, V. (Belgium), MASSCHAELE, B. (Belgium), VLASSENBROECK, J. (Belgium), HOOREBEKE, L.V. (Belgium) & JACOBS, P. (Belgium)

VOGEL, GERNOT (Germany) 

VOGEL, G. (Germany)- see DAVID, P. (France), BAIN, R.H. (USA), TRUONG, N.Q. (Vietnam), ORLOV, N.L. (Russia), VOGEL, G. (Germany), THANH, V.N. (Vietnam) & ZIEGLER, T. (Germany)

VOGEL, G. (Germany), DAVID, P. (France) & PAUWELS, O.S.G. (Belgium)
A review of morphological variation in Trimeresurus popeiorum (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae), with the description of two new species
Zootaxa 727: 1-63 (15 November 2004) 
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Vogel, G. (Germany) & VAN ROOIJEN, J. (The Netherlands)
A new species of Dendrelaphis (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Southeast Asia
Zootaxa 1394: 25-45 (18 Jan. 2007)  
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VOGEL, G. (Germany)- see DAVID, P. (France), VOGEL, G. (Germany), VIJAYAKUMAR, S.P. (India) & VIDAL, N. (France)

VOGEL, G. (Germany), DAVID, P. (France), LUTZ, M. (Philippines), ROOIJEN, J.V. (The Netherlands) & VIDAL, N. (France)
Revision of the Tropidolaemus wagleri-complex (Serpentes: Viperidae: Crotalinae). I. Definition of included taxa and redescription of Tropidolaemus wagleri (Boie, 1827)
Zootaxa 1644: 1-40 (23 Nov. 2007)  
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VOGEL, GERNOT (Germany) - see DAVID, PATRICK (France), GERNOT VOGEL (Germany) & OLIVIER S. G. PAUWELS (Belgium)

VOGEL, GERNOT (Germany) - see DAVID, PATRICK (France), VOGEL, GERNOT (Germany) & ROOIJEN, JOHAN VAN (The Netherlands)

Zootaxa 2799: 1–14 (24 Mar. 2011) 5 plates; 61 references                       Accepted: 14 Feb. 2011
On some taxonomic and nomenclatural problems in Indian species of the genus Oligodon Fitzinger, 1826 (Squamata: Colubridae)
PATRICK DAVID (France), INDRANEIL DAS (Malaysia) & GERNOT VOGEL (Germany)
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Zootaxa 2807: 29–40 (1 Apr. 2011) 5 plates; 21 references                        Accepted: 15 Feb. 2011
A new species of the genus Lycodon (Boie, 1826) from the southwestern mountains of China (Squamata: Colubridae)
GERNOT VOGEL (Germany) & JIAN LUO (P.R. China)
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Zootaxa 2982: 59–68 (02 Aug. 2011) 5 plates; 17 references                         Accepted: 30 Jun. 2011
A new species of the genus Lycodon (Squamata, Colubridae) from Sichuan Province, China 
JUN ZHANG (China), KE JIANG, GERNOT VOGEL (Germany) & DINGQI RAO (China)
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Zootaxa 2992: 1–51 (11 Aug. 2011) 4 plates; 83 references                     Accepted: 3 May 2011
On the need to follow rigorously the Rules of the Code for the subsequent designation of a nucleospecies (type species) for a nominal genus which lacked one: the case of the nominal genus Trimeresurus Lacépède, 1804 (Reptilia: Squamata: Viperidae) 
PATRICK DAVID (France), GERNOT VOGEL (Germany) & ALAIN DUBOIS (France)
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Zootaxa 3111: 67–68 (28 Nov. 2011) 0 plates; 6 references                         Accepted: 18 Oct. 2011
The name-bearing type of Oligodon quadrilineatus (Jan & Sordelli, 1865) (Squamata: Colubridae)
PATRICK DAVID (France) , GERNOT VOGEL (Germany), JOHAN VAN ROOIJEN (The Netherlands) & LAURE PIERRE (France)
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VOIGHT , JANET R. (USA) see - STRUGNELL, JAN  (UK), VOIGHT , JANET R. (USA), COLLINS, PATRICK C.  (USA), & A. ALLCOCK, LOUISE  (Ireland)

VOGT, LARS (Germany)
Learning from Linnaeus: towards developing the foundation for a general structure concept for morphology
Zootaxa 1950: 123-152 (5 Dec. 2008) 
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VOGT, M. (Vietnam) - see ZIEGLER, T. (Germany), HENDRIX, R. (Germany), THANH, V.N. (Vietnam), VOGT, M. (Vietnam), FORSTER, B. (Vietnam) & KIEN, D.N. (Vietnam)

VOIGT, OLIVER - see DIRK ERPENBECK, OLIVER VOIGT, MEHMET GÜLTAS & GERT WÖRHEIDE (Germany)

VOIGTLANDER, K. (Germany) - see AKKARI, N. (Tunisia) & VOIGTLANDER, K. (Germany)

VOISIN, JEAN-FRANÇOIS (France) - see CARLOS, CAIO J. (Brazil) & VOISIN, JEAN-FRANÇOIS (France)

VOLLARO, MASSIMO  (Italy)

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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VOLOCH, CAROLINA M., FREIRE, PABLO R & RUSSO , CLAUDIA A M (Brazil)
Molecular phylogeny and divergence time estimates of Penaeid Shrimp Lineages (Decapoda: Penaeidae)
Zootaxa 2107: 41-52 (15 May 2009) 
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VOLONTERIO, ODILE (Uruguay) - see VAN STEENKISTE, NIELS  (Belgium), ODILE VOLONTERIO (Uruguay) ERNEST SCHOCKAERT (Belgium) & TOM ARTOIS (Belgium)

VOLPE, HAROLDO XAVIER LINHARES (Brazil)

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 INÊS 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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A.V. VOLYNKIN (Russia)

Correspondence
Zootaxa 3110: 46–52 (25 Nov. 2011) 05 plates; 05 references                  Accepted: 10 Oct. 2011
A new Syngrapha Hübner, [1821] from the Altai Mountain Country (Lepidoptera Noctuidae)
A.V. VOLYNKIN & A.YU. MATOV (Russia)
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R. VONK (The Netherlands) - see V. IANNILLI (Italy), J.R. HOLSINGER (USA), S. RUFFO (Italy) & R. VONK (The Netherlands) 

VONK, RONALD (The Netherlands) & JAUME, DAMIÀ (Spain)
Glyptogidiella omanica gen. et sp. nov., an inland groundwater bogidiellid from Oman with enlarged coxal plate V (Crustacea, Amphipoda)
Zootaxa 2657: 55–65 (26 Oct. 2010) 
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VON MAY, RUDOLF (USA)

Zootaxa 3083: 1–120 (28 Oct. 2011) 45 plates; 149 references                   Accepted: 03 Oct. 2011
A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical poison frog genus Ranitomeya (Amphibia: Dendrobatidae)
JASON L. BROWN, EVAN TWOMEY, ADOLFO AMÉZQUITA, MOISÉS BARBOSA DE SOUZA, JANALEE P. CALDWELL, STEFAN LÖTTERS, RUDOLF VON MAY, PAULO ROBERTO MELO-SAMPAIO, DANIEL MEJÍA-VARGAS, PEDRO PEREZ-PEÑA, MARK PEPPER, ERIK H. POELMAN, MANUEL SANCHEZ-RODRIGUEZ & KYLE SUMMERS
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VOOREN, C.M. (Brazil) - see ODDONE, M.C. , MARÇAL, A.S. & VOOREN, C.M. (Brazil)

VOOREN, C.M. (Brazil) - see SOTO, J.M.R. & VOOREN, C.M. (Brazil)

VOLPI, LORENA N. & COSCARÓN, MARIA DEL CARMEN (Argentina)
Catalog of Nabidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) for the Neotropical Region
Zootaxa 2513: 50–68 (21 Jun. 2010) 
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VORIS, HAROLD K. (USA) - see KARNS, DARYL R., LUKOSCHEK, VIMOKSALEHI., OSTERHAGE, JENNIFER., MURPHY, JOHN C. & VORIS, HAROLD K. (USA)

VORST, O. (The Netherlands)
Ptiliola flammifera (MIynarski) reinstated as a species distinct from P. kunzei (Heer) (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae)
Zootaxa 1546: 63-68 (9 Aug. 2007) 
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VORST, OSCAR  (The Netherlands)
Cercyon castaneipennis sp. n., an overlooked species from Europe (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)
Zootaxa 2054: 59-68 (27 Mar. 2009) 
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Zootaxa 2148: 68 (3 Jul. 2009) 
Erratum— OSCAR VORST (2009) Cercyon castaneipennis sp. n., an overlooked species from Europe (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) Zootaxa, 2054, 59–68.
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VRCIBRADIC, DAVOR - see POMBAL, JOSÉ P. JR., CARLA C. SIQUEIRA, THIAGO A. DORIGO, DAVOR VRCIBRADIC & CARLOS FREDERICO D. ROCHA (Brazil)

VRCIBRADIC, DAVOR (Brazil) - see COSTA, PAULO NOGUEIRA., SIQUEIRA, CARLA COSTA., VRCIBRADIC, DAVOR., WEBER, LUIZ NORBERTO & ROCHA, CARLOS FREDERICO D. (Brazil)

VRCIBRADIC, DAVOR  (Brazil) - see BURSEY, CHARLES R.  (USA), ROCHA, CARLOS FREDERICO D.  (Brazil), MENEZES, VANDERLAINE A.  (Brazil), ARIANI, CRISTINA V.  (Brazil) &VRCIBRADIC, DAVOR  (Brazil)

VREVEN, EMMANUEL J. (Belgium)

Zootaxa 2998: 48–65 (18 Aug. 2011) 9 plates; 28 references                         Accepted: 15 Jul. 2011
Description of Barbus teugelsi sp. nov. (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from the Little Scarcies basin in Guinea, Africa 
MAMADOU BAMBA (Côte d’Ivoire), EMMANUEL J. VREVEN (Belgium) & JOS SNOEKS (Belgium)
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VRŠANSKÝ, PETER (Russia)
Central ocellus of extinct cockroaches (Blattida: Caloblattinidae)
Zootaxa 1958: 41-50 (8 Dec. 2008) 
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VRŠANSKu, PETER (Slovakia) - see LIANG, JUN-HUI  (P.R. China), VRŠANSKu, PETER (Slovakia), REN, DONG  (P.R. China) & SHIH, CHUNGKUN  (P.R. China)

VRŠANSKÝ, PETER (Slovakia)
A new genus and species of cockroach (Blattida: Phyloblattidae) from the Permian/Triassic boundary beds of Tunguska Basin in eastern Siberia, Russia
Zootaxa 2353: 55–61 (8 Feb. 2010) 
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VU, NGOC THANH (Vietnam)  - see NGUYEN QUANG TRUONG (Vietnam), RALF HENDRIX (Germany), WOLFGANG BÖHME (Germany), VU NGOC THANH (Vietnam) & THOMAS ZIEGLER (Germany)

VU, THANH NGOC (Vietnam) - see ZIEGLER, THOMAS (Germany), NAZAROV, ROMAN (Russia), ORLOV, NIKOLAI (Russia), NGUYEN, TRUONG QUANG (Vietnam), VU, THANH NGOC (Vietnam), DANG, KIEN NGOC (Vietnam), DINH, TRI HUY (Vietnam), SCHMITZ, ANDREAS (Switzerland)

VUCETIC, ANDJA (Serbia) - see TOMANOVIC, ZELJKO (Serbia), STARY, PETR (Czech Republic), KAVALLIERATOS, NICKOLAS G. (Greece), PETROVIC, ANDJELJKO (Serbia), NIKETIC, MARIJAN (Serbia) & VUCETIC, ANDJA (Serbia)

VUJIC, A.  - see MENGUAL, X. (Spain), STAHLS, G. (Findand), VUJIC, A. (Serbia and Montenegro) & MARCOS-GARCIA, M. (Spain)

VUJIC, ANTE (Serbia) - see LUDOSKI, JASMINA., FRANCUSKI, LJUBINKA., VUJIC, ANTE & MILANKOV, VESNA (Serbia)

VUJIC, ANTE., RADENKOVIC, SNEZANA & POLIC, DUBRAVKA (Serbia)
A review of the luteitarsis group of the genus Pipiza Fallen (Diptera: Syrphidae) with description of a new species from the Balkan Peninsula
Zootaxa 1845: 33-46 (8 Aug. 2008) 
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VUJIĆ, ANTE  (Serbia)  -see RADENKOVIĆ, SNEŽANA (Serbia), VUJIĆ, ANTE  (Serbia), STÅHLS, GUNILLA  (Finland), PÉREZ-BAÑÓN, CELESTE  (Spain), ROJO, SANTOS  (Spain), PETANIDOU, THEODORA  (Greece) & ŠIMIĆ, SMILJKA  (Serbia)