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Zhang, Z.-Q. (zhangz@landcareresearch.co.nz)
New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, 231 Morrin Road, St. Johns, Auckland 1072, New Zealand. Phone 0064-9-5744110. Fax 0064-9-5744101

 

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Acosta, Luis E. (luis.acosta@unc.edu.ar) Opiliones: Laniatores: Gonyleptidae and other Gonyleptoidea
Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal (IDEA-CONICET) and Cátedra de Diversidad
Biológica II, FCEFyN, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Av. Vélez Sarsfield 299,
X5000JJC Córdoba, Argentina.

Adrain, Jonathan M. (jonathan-adrain@uiowa.eduTrilobita
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 121 Trowbridge Hall, University of Iowa Iowa City IA 52242, USA

Adriano, Edson A. (adriano@unifesp.br) Protist: Myxozoa
Professor of Parasitology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Federal University of São Paulo-UNIFESP, Diadema - SP - Brazil.

Ahyong, Shane T. (shane.ahyong@australian.museum) Crustacea: Anomura & Stomatopoda, Brachyura
Marine Invertebrates, Australian Museum, 1 William St., Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia

Alonso, Miguel (malonso@ub.edu) Crustacea: Branchiopoda
Departament d'Ecologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona. Avinguda Diagonal 643, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Anderson, Robert (randerson@mus-nature.ca) Coleoptera:  CURCULIONOIDEA (excluding Scolytinae and Platypodinae)
Research Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, PO Box 3443, Station D Ottawa, ON. K1P 6P4 CANADA

Antić, Dragan (dragan.antic@bio.bg.ac.rs) Myriapoda: Diplopoda
University of Belgrade - Faculty of Biology, Institute of Zoology, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, SERBIA.

Arnedo, Miquel A. (marnedo@gmail.com) Araneae: Hypochiliidae, Leptonetidae, Synspermiata
(Dysderidae, Oonopidae, Orsolobidae, Segestriidae, Tetrablemmidae,
Caponiidae, Ochyroceratidae, Telemidae)

Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat, Departament de Biologia Animal, Facultat de Biologia Avinguda Diagonal, 643 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Arango, Claudia (claudia.arango@qm.qld.gov.au) Pycnogonida
Research Fellow, Natural Environments Program, Queensland Museum, PO BOX 3300 South Brisbane QLD 4101 & Griffith University Office for Research, Nathan, QLD Australia

Armbruster, Jonathan W. (armbrjw@auburn.edu) Pisces: Neotropical Catfishes, North American freshwater fishes (except Characiformes)
Department of Biological Sciences, 101 Life Sciences Building, Auburn University, AL 36849, USA

Arriaga-Varela, Emmanuel (arriagavarelae@gmail) Coleoptera: CUCUJOIDEA, EROTYLOIDEA, NITIDULOIDEA
Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, 00-679, Warsaw, Poland.

Avila, Luciano Javier (pleurodontazootaxa@gmail.com) Reptilia: Iguania
IPEEC-CENPAT-CONICET, Boulevard Almirante Brown 2915, U9120ACD, Puerto Madryn (Chubut), Argentina

Azevedo, Celso Oliveira (bethylidae@gmail.comHymenoptera: Chrysidoidea
Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Fernando Ferrari 514, Goiabeiras, 29.075-910, Vitória, ES, Brazil

Baldo, Diego (diegobaldo@gmail.com) Amphibia: Leptodactylidae, Alsodidae, 
Ceratophryidae, Hylodidae, Odontophrynidae & Telmatobiidae

Barrie G. M. Jamieson (bgmjamieson@uq.edu.au) Annelida
School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia

Bartz, Marie (bartzmarie@gmail.com) Annelida: Oligochaeta: earthworms, Latin America
Centre for Organic and Regenerative Agriculture (CARE-BIO), Portugal and Centre for Functional Ecology, Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra (CEF-UC), Portugal

Bauer, Aaron (aaron.bauer@villanova.edu) Reptilia: Gekkota
Department of Biology, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, Pennsylvania 19085, USA

Bellini, Bruno Cavalcante (bruno.bellini@ufrn.br) Collembola
Department of Botany and Zoology, Biosciences Center, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59078-970, Brazil

Bernard, Ernest C. (ebernard@utk.edu) Insecta: small orders not covered by others
The University of Tennessee, Entomology and Plant Pathology, 213 Plant Biotechnology Building, Knoxville, TN 37996-4560, USA

Bezděk, Aleš (bezdek@ENTU.CAS.CZ) Coleoptera: SCARABAEOIDEA (Palaearctic, Ethiopian, and Oriental regions)
Institute of Entomology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branisovska 31, CZ-370 05 Ceske Budejovice, CZECH REPUBLIC

Bickel, D.J. (dan.bickel@austmus.gov.au) Diptera: Phoroidea & Tephritoidea
Australian Museum, 6-8 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia

Bilton, David T. (d.bilton@plymouth.ac.uk) Coleoptera: Hydraenidae, Hydrophiloidea
Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre, School of Biological and Marine Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL4 8AA, UK.

Bird, Graham (apseudes@outlook.com) Crustacea: Tanaidacea
8 Shotover Grove, Waikanae, Kapiti, 5036, New Zealand

Blackburn, David C. (dblackburn@flmnh.ufl.edu) Amphibia: African frogs
Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville.

Blagoderov, Vladimir (v.blagoderov@nms.ac.uk) Diptera: Fossil Diptera & Bibionomorpha except Sciaroidea
Department of Entomology The Natural History Museum Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK

Blank, Stephan M. (sblank@senckenberg.de) Hymenoptera: Symphyta
Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches Institut/Senckenberg German Entomological Institute, Eberswalder Str. 90, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany

Bocak, Ladislav (ladislav.bocak@upol.cz) Coleoptera: Cantharoid (Lycidae & Cantharidae)
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Palacky University, 17. listopadu 50, 771 46, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Boivin, Myriam (mboivin@idgym.unju.edu.ar) Mammalia: Mammalian fossils
Laboratorio de Paleontología de Vertebrados, Instituto de Ecorregiones Andinas (INECOA), Universidad Nacional de Jujuy, CONICET, San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina

Bonaldo, Alexandre (bonaldo@museu-goeldi.br) Araneae: Cheiracanthiidae, Anyphaenidae, Clubionidae
Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Belém, PA, Brazil

Bond, Jason E.(jbond@ucdavis.edu) Araneae: Mygalomorphae
Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA

Botero, Juan Pablo (jp_bot@yahoo.com) Coleoptera: Cerambycidae (Neartic, Neotropical, Australian, Pacific regions)
Laboratorio de Coleoptera, Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Bowles, David (neuropterida@gmail.com) Neuroptera & Raphidioptera)
Department of Biology, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65897, USA

Branham, Marc (marcbran@ufl.edu) Coleoptera: CUCUJIFORMIA: ELATEROIDEA, in part ("Cantharoid" families only)
Dept. of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida, Natural Area Drive, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.

Brunetti, R. (ric.brunetti@gmail.com) Ascidicea
Department of Biology, University of Padua (Italy), Via U. Bassi 58/b, 35131 Padova, Italy

Brunke, Adam J. (adam.j.brunke@gmail.com) Coleoptera: STAPHYLINOIDEA: Staphylinidae: Staphylininae only
Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Zoological Museum, Universitetsparken 15, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

Budd Ann (ann-budd@uiowa.edu) Coelenterata: Scleractinia (Triassic–Miocene)
University of Iowa, Department of Geoscience, Iowa City, United States of America

Büscher, Dr. Thies (tbuescher@zoologie.uni-kiel.de) Phasmatodea
Functional Morphology and Biomechanics, Zoological Institute, Kiel University, Am Botanischen Garten 1-9, 24118 Kiel, Germany

Byun, B.-K. (bkbyun@hnu.kr) Lepidoptera: Tortricidae
Department of Biological Sciences, College of Life Science and Nano Technology,
Hannam University, 461-6 Jeonmin-Dong, Yuseong-Gu Daejeon 305-811, Korea

Candioti , Florencia Vera (florivc@gmail.com) Amphibia:Tadpole descriptions
CONICET – Instituto de Herpetologia, Fundacion Miguel Lillo, 4000 Tucuman, Argentina

Cardenas, Paco (cardenas_paco@yahoo.fr) Porifera
Uppsala University,Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Uppsala, Sweden

Carranza, S. (salvador.carranza@ibe.upf-csic.es) Reptilia: all the other reptile groups not covered other editors
Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF) Passeig Marítim de la Barceloneta, 37-49 E-08003 Barcelona, Spain 

Carrijo, Tiago F. (tiagocarrijo@gmail.com) Isoptera
Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC, Rua Arcturus 03, Jardim Antares, 09606-070 São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil.

Carvalho, M. R. de (gogolia99@gmail.com) Pisces: Chondrichthyes; South American freshwater
Formerly of the Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Trav. 14, no. 101, São Paulo, SP, 05508-900, Brazil 

Castroviejo-Fisher, Santiago (zootaxa.treefrogs@gmail.com) Amphibia: Centrolenidae, Hemiphractidae, Hylidae

Cavalleri,  Adriano (cavalleri_adriano@yahoo.com.br) Thysanoptera & Psocoptera
Biological Sciences Institute, Universidade Federal do RioGrande, Itália Ave, km 8, 96.203-000,Rio Grande, Brazil Phone: +55 53 3293.5189

Chatzaki, Maria (maria.chatzaki@gmail.com) Araneae: Dionycha (Gnaphosoidea: Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, Gnaphosidae, Lamponidae, Prodidomidae, Trochanteriidae)
Democritus University of Thrace, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Alexandroupoli, 68100, EVROS, Greece

Chiba, Hideyuki (chiba.zootaxa@gmail.com) Lepidoptera: (Butterflies) Hesperiidae, Old World Papilionoidea
Research Associate, Bishop Museum, Hawaii.

Choong, Henry (hydrozoa.taxonomy@icloud.com) Coelenterata: Hydrozoa
Royal Ontario Museum, Trornto, Canada

Ciampor, Fedor (f.ciampor@savba.skColeoptera: DRYOPOIDEA
ZooLab, Institute of Botany, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, 84502 Bratislava, SLOVAKIA

Clarke, Dave J. (djclarke@memphis.eduColeoptera: CURCULIONOIDEA(Weevils)
Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Memphis, 321 Ellington Hall 3700 Walker Ave., Memphis, TN 38152-3530, USA 

Conradie, Werner (wernerconradie@gmail.com) Amphibia: African frogs
Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld), 23 Beach Rd, Humewood, Gqeberha, 6013, South Africa

Cordeiro, Danilo Pacheco (d.pacheco.c@gmail.com) Diptera: Psychodidae 
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia Av. André Araújo, 2936, Aleixo - CEP 69.060-001 - CP: 2223 Manaus, AM, Brazil

Cordeiro, Ralf T.S. (ralfts@gmail.comOctocorallia
Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, PE, Brazil

Curler, Greg R. (gcurler@gmail.com) Diptera: Tanyderidae, Blephariceridae, and Ptychopteridae
Mississippi Entomological Museum 100 Old Highway 12, Mississippi State University Box 9775, Mississippi State, MS 39762-9775

Daly, Marymegan (daly.66@osu.edu) Coelenterata: non-scleractinian hexacorals
Department of Evolution, Ecology & Organismal Biology, The Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio USA 43210

Danilov, Yuriy N. (prionyx@mail.ru) Hymenoptera: Apoidea WASPS
Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Science 11, Frunze Street, Novosibirsk, 630091, Russia

Datta-Roy, Aniruddha (datta.roy@niser.ac.inReptilia: Skinks
School of Biological Sciences, National Institute of Science Education & Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar 752050, Odisha, India

De Grave,  Sammy  (sammy.degrave@oum.ox.ac.uk) Caridea
Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PW, UK 

De Prins, Jurate (jurate.deprins@gmail.comLepidoptera
Department of Entomology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Belgium

De Smet, Willem H. (willem.desmet@uantwerpen.be) Rotifera
University of Antwerp, Campus Drie Eiken, Department of Biology, ECOBE,Universiteitsplein 1 B-2610 Wilrijk Belgium

Deepak, Veerappan (vdeepak.zootaxa@gmail.com) Reptilia: Asian and Australasian snakes
Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK.

de Voogd, Nicole (nicole.devoogd@naturalis.nl) Porifera
Department Marine Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Center, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.

DeWalt, Edward (dewalt@illinois.edu) Plecoptera
University of Illinois, Illinois Natural History Survey, 1816 S Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820, USA

Diaz, Maria Florentina (florentina.diaz@gmail.com) Diptera: Ceratopogonidae
Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores, (CEPAVE-CONICET-UNLP), Boulevar. 120 s/n entre Av. 60 y calle 64, CP1900, La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

di Martino, Emanuela (e.d.martino@nhm.uio.no) Bryozoa: marine Bryozoa
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo, Norway

Dietrich, Chris (chdietri@illinois.eduHemipteraAuchenorrhyncha: Cicadomorpha: Membracoidea
Center for Biodiversity, Illinois Natural History Survey, 1816 S. Oak Street, Champaign, IL 61820 U.S.A.

Dill Orrico, Victor Goyannes (zootaxa.hylids@gmail.com) Amphibia: Hylidae
Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Rodovia Jorge Amado, Km 16, 45662-900, Salobrinho, Ilhéus - Bahia - Brasil

Dubois, Alain (adubois@mnhn.fr) Zoological nomenclature
Reptiles & Amphibiens, USM 602, Taxonomie et Collections (Vertébrés), Département de Systématique et Evolution, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 25 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France

Duda, Thomas F., Jr. (tfduda@umich.edu) Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Toxoglossa
Museum of Zoology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079, USA

Dupérré, Nadine (n.duperre@leibniz-lib.de) Araneae: Amaurobioidea: Agelenidae, Amaurobiidae, Titanoecidae, Amphinectidae
Museum of Nature Hamburg, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany

Erlacher, Sven (erlacher@naturkunde-chemnitz.deGeometrid moths
Museum für Naturkunde, Moritzstraße 20, 09111 Chemnitz, Germany

Erpenbeck, Dirk (porifera.zootaxa.erpenbeck@gmail.com) Porifera
Department for Geo- and Environmental Sciences, Section Palaeontology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen, Richard-Wagner-Strasse 10, 80333 Muenchen, Germany

Evenhuis, Neal (neale@bishopmuseum.org) Diptera: Nomenclature
J. Linsley Gressitt Center for Entomological Research, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96817-2704, USA

Fabre, Pierre-Henri (mammalia.zootaxa@gmail.com) Mammalia: Old World Rodentia
Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (ISEM), Université Montpellier 2 - Place Eugène Bataillon, 34 095 Montpellier Cedex 5, France

Faille, Arnaud (arnaud.faille@smns-bw.de) Carabidae: Trechinae only

Department of Entomology, Stuttgart State Museum of Natural History, Rosenstein 1, 70191 Stuttgart, Germany

Fedosov, Alexander (fedosovalexander@gmail.com) Mollusca: Caenogastropoda (with focus on Neogastropoda)
Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, SE-10405 Stockholm, Sweden

Feijó, Anderson (mammalia.zootaxa@gmail.com) Mammalia: (All the other mammalia groups)
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, P.R. China

Ferreira, Vinicius S. (vinicius.ferreira@senckenberg.de) Coleoptera: ELATEROIDEA: various families except CANTHAROID ones
Senckenberg Deutsches Entomologisches InstitutEberswalder Straße 90, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany

Fery, Hans (hanfry@aol.com) Coleoptera: DYTISCOIDEA: Dytiscidae and Haliplidae
Raeuschstr. 73, D-13509 Berlin, GERMANY

Feitosa, Rodrigo Machado (rsmfeitosa@gmail.com) Hymenoptera: Formicidae
Rodrigo Machado Feitosa, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Zoologia, P.O. 19020, Postal Code 81531-980, Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

Freyhof, Jörg (joerg.freyhof@mfn.berlin) Pisces: Freshwater Fishes of Europe, Middle East and Maghreb
Museum für Naturkunde, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany

Fritz, Uwe (Uwe.Fritz@senckenberg.de) Reptilia: Testudines
Extraordinary Professor, University of Leipzig , Museum of Zoology (Museum fuer Tierkunde), Senckenberg Natural History Collections Dresden, A. B. Meyer Building, D-01109 Dresden, Germany

Gaimari, Stephen D. (sgaimari.diptera@gmail.com) Diptera: Acalyptratae (except Tephritoidea) 
Plant Pest Diagnostics Center California Department of Food and Agriculture 3294 Meadowview Road Sacramento, CA 95832, USA

Galea, Horia R. (horia.galea@gmail.comCoelenterata: Hydrozoa 
Hydrozoan Research Laboratory, France

Gerken, Sarah (sarah.gerken@uaa.alaska.edu) Crustacea: Tanaidacea & Cumacea
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska, Anchorage, 3211 Providence Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, USA

Gerstmeier, Roland (r.gerstmeier@tum.de) Coleoptera: CLEROIDEA
Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Lehrstuhl fuer Tieroekologie, Hans-Carl-von-Carlowitz-Platz 2, D-85350 Freising, GERMANY

Gibson, Gary A. P. (chalcidsrule@hotmail.com) Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea (Agaonidae, Chalcididae, Eucharitidae, Eupelmidae, Eurytomidae,Leucospidae, Mymaridae, Ormyridae, Perilampidae, Pteromalidae, Tetracampidae,Torymidae)
Biodiversity and Integrated Pest Management, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 960 Carling Avenue, K. W. Neatby Bldg., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1A 0C6

Goldschmidt, Tom (tomgoldschmidt@web.de) Acari: water mites (Americas & Caribbean)
Zoologische Staatssammlung München, Sektion Arthropoda varia, Münchhausenstraße 21, 81247 München, Germany

Goldstein, Paul (paul.goldstein@ars.usda.gov) Lepidoptera: Noctuidae
USDA, National Museum of Natural HIstroy, Washigton, DC, USA

Gower, David (d.gower@nhm.ac.uk) Amphibia: Gymnophiona; Reptilia: Asian snakes
Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum,Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK

Grubbs, Scott (scott.grubbs@wku.edu) Plecoptera
Department of Biology and Center for Biodiversity Studies, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101, USA

Gu, Jianfeng (jeffgu00@qq.com) Nematoda
Ningbo Customs Technical Center,No.8, Huikang Road, Yinzhou District,Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

Gustafsson, Daniel R. (kotatsu@fripost.org) Phthiraptera
Institute of Zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, 105 Xingang West Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, 510260, Guangdong Province, China.

Gustafson, Grey (gtgustafson@gmail.com) Coleoptera: Myxophaga (excluding Hydroscaphidae)
Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA

Hájek, Jiří (jiri_hajek@nm.cz) COLEOPTERA: DASCILLOIDEA
Dept. of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ-193 00 Praha 9 - Horní Počernice, Czech Republic

Haddad, Charles (haddadcr@ufs.ac.za) Araneae: Dionycha (Gnaphosoidea: Corinnidae, Liocranidae, Phrurolithidae, Trachelidae)
Dept. of Zoology & Entomology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

Hajdu, E. (eduardo.hajdu@gmail.com) Porifera
Museu Nacional, UFRJ, Quinta da Boa Vista, s/n, 20940-040, s/n Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

Harms, Danilo (d.harms@leibniz-lib.de) Pseudoscorpiones
Dept. of Arachnology, Centrum für Naturkunde (CeNak) - Center of Natural History, Universität Hamburg - Zoological Museum, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg – Germany

Harzhauser, Mathias (mathias.harzhauser@NHM-WIEN.AC.AT) Mollusca: Caenogastropoda
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Geologisch-Paläontologische Abteilung, Burgring 7, A-1010 Wien, Austria

Haseyama, Lica (zootaxa.muscoidea@gmail.com) Diptera: Muscoidea
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade, Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, 31270-901, Belo, Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Hall, Wesley E. (wehall@email.arizona.edu) Coleoptera: STAPHYLINOIDEA (excluding Staphylinidae and Hydraenidae); MYXOPHAGA: Hydroscaphidae
Department of Entomology, 1140 E. South Campus Dr., University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721

Halliday, R. Bruce (Bruce.Halliday@csiro.au) Acari: Mesostigmata
CSIRO Division of Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia

Harbach, Ralph E. (R.Harbach@nhm.ac.uk) Diptera: Nematocera (Culicidae)
Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK 

Heinicke , Matthew P. (heinicke@umich.edu) Reptilia: Geckos (New World)
Department of Natural Sciences, 125 Science Buildingm 4901 Evergreen Roadm Dearborn, Michigan 48128, USA

Heller, Kai (kaiheller@gmx.de) Diptera: Sciaroidea (Cecidomyiidae and Sciaridae)
Stückenberg 58, D-24226 Heikendorf, Germany

Henrard, Arnaud (arnaud.henrard@africamuseum.be) Araneae: Zodarioidea
Department of Biology, Royal Museum for Central Africa, Belgium

Hernandez-Triana, Luis M. (lhernandt@gmail.com) Diptera: Nematocera (non Culicoidea) - Simuliidae
Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Virology Department,Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey KT153NB United Kingdom

Hodda, Mike (mike.hodda@csiro.au) Nematoda
CSIRO Division of Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia 

Hodgson, Chris J. (Chrishodgson.coccids@gmail.com) Hemiptera: Coccomorpha
Department of Biodiversity and Biological Systematics, The National Museum of Wales, Cathay's Park, Cardiff, CF1 3NP, UK

Hormiga, Gustavo (hormiga@gwu.edu) Araneae: Araneoidea + Deinopoidea
Department of Biological Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 20052, USA

Hörnschemeyer, Thomas (thoerns@icloud.com) Coleoptera: Archostemata
Tannenweg 12, 63322 Rödermark, Germany

Hutchings, Pat (pat.hutchings@austmus.gov.au) Annelida: Polychaeta (all, but particularly Terebellida)
Marine Invertebrates, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney 2010, Australia

Ivie, M. A. (mivie@montana.edu) Coleoptera: BOSTRICHOIDEA
Department of Entomology, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717-0002 USA

Jacobus, Luke M. (luke.jacobus @gmail.com) Ephemeroptera: (Leptophlebioidea) (North America, Europe, Africa, Australia-Oceana, and global studies)
Division of Science, Indiana University Purdue University Columbus, 4601 Central Avenue, Columbus, Indiana 47203, USA

Jäger, Peter (Peter.Jaeger@Senckenberg.de) Araenae: Araneomorphae (non-Lycosoidea)
Arachnologie, Senckenberg Museum, Senckenberganlage 25, D-60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Jennings, John T. (J_JENNINGS@bigpond.com) Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea, Evanioidea
Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity and School of Biological Sciences, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA5005, AUSTRALIA

Jørgensen, Aslak (aslakjorgensen@gmail.com) Tardigrada
Aslak Jørgensen (Guest Researcher) Department of Biology, University of
Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 13, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark

Jones, Diana S. (Diana.Jones@museum.wa.gov.au) Crustacea: Thecostraca (Cirripedia and others)
Western Australian Museum, Francis Street, Perth, Western Australia 6000

Jones, Joshua R. (doc.jonesresearch@gmail.com) Mecoptera
Department of Biology, Blinn College, Bryan, TX 77805, USA 

Kadej, Marcin (marcin.kadej@uwr.edu.pl) Coleoptera: Bostrichoidea
Department of Invertebrate Biology, Evolution and Conservation, Institute of Environmental Biology, Faculty of Biological Science, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, office #210, PL-51-148 Wrocław, Poland

Kaiser, Stefanie (isopoda@senckenberg.de) Crustacea: Isopoda
Department Marine Zoology, Section Crustacea, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt, Germany

Kanzaki, Natsumi (nkanzaki@ffpri.affrc.go.jp) Nematoda: Plant and insect nematodes (mainly Aphelenchoididae and Diplogastridae)
Forest Pathology Laboratory, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, 1 Matsunosato, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8687, Japan

Karaman, G.S. (karaman@t-com.me) Crustacea: Amphipoda
P.O. Box 40, 81000 Podgorica, Montenegro, Yugoslavia

Katlav, Alihan (A.Katlav@westernsydney.edu.auAcariformes
Hawkesbury Institute for the EnvironmentWestern Sydney University, G55, R2, Hawkesbury Campus, Locked Bag 1797 Penrith, NSW 2751, Australia

Kathirithamby, Jeya (jeyaraney.kathirithamby@zoo.ox.ac.uk) Strepsiptera 
Research Group, Department of Zoology, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS, UK

Kawauchi, Gisele Yukimi (gykawauchi@ufmg.br) Sipuncula
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade. Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Kitahara, Marcelo (mvkitahara@yahoo.com.br) Coelenterata: Scleractinia (Pliocene–Recent)
Centro de Biologia Marinha, Universidade de São Paulo, Rodovia Manoel Hyppólito do Rego, km 131,5, Praia do Cabelo Gordo, 11600-000 - São Sebastião, SP - Brasil

Kirkendall, Larry (lawrence.kirkendall@bio.uib.no) Coleoptera: CURCULIONOIDEA: Curculionidae: Platypodinae only
University of Bergen, Institute for Biology, Allegaten 41, N-5007, Bergen, NORWAY

Klautau Michelle (mklautau@biologia.ufrj.br) Porifera
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Biology Institute - Zoology; Department, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 791 - TaxoN Laboratory - Ilha do Fundão; - Rio de Janeiro - RJ - BRAZIL - CEP: 21941-599

Klimaszewski, Jan (jan.klimaszewski@hotmail.com) Coleoptera: STAPHYLINOIDEA: Staphylinidae only
René Martineau Insectarium, Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Laurentian Forestry Centre, 1055, rue du P.E.P.S., Case postale 10380, succ./Stn. Sainte-Foy Québec (Québec) Canada G1V 4C7

Kodada, Ján (jan.kodada@uniba.sk) Coleoptera: DRYOPOIDEA
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University in Bratislava, Bratislava, Ilkovičova 65, 84215 Slovakia

Kroh, Andreas (andreas.kroh@nhm-wien.ac.atEchinodermata
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Geologisch-Paläontologische Abteilung, Burgring 7,1010 Vienna, Austria

Kurina, Olavi (olavi.kurina@emu.ee) Diptera: Sciaroidea (excluding Cecidomyiidae and Sciaridae)
Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Kreutzwaldi st 5D, 51014 Tartu, Estonia.

Lahey, Zachary (Zachary.Lahey@usda.gov) Hymenoptera: Ceraphronoidea, Diaprioidea, Platygastroidea, and Proctotrupoidea
USDA-ARS, U.S. Vegetable Laboratory, 2700 Savannah Highway, Charleston, South Carolina 29414, USA

Lamas, Carlos José Einicker (einicker@usp.br) Diptera: Lower Brachycera
Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo. Av. Nazaré, 481, Ipiranga, São Paulo, SP. 04263-000, Brazil.

Landry, J.-F. (landryjf@agr.gc.ca) Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea
Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Canadian National Collection, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada

Leavengood, John M. Jr. (John.M.Leavengood@aphis.usda.gov) Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreoidea, Pyrrhocoroidea.
United States Department of Agriculture, APHIS, PPQ, Pharr International Bridge 9901 S. Cage Boulevard, Suite B, Pharr, TX 78577, USA

Lee, Bee Yan (tmslby@nus.edu.sg) Crustacea: Brachyura
National University of Singapore

Letardi, Agostino (neuropterida@gmail.com) Neuroptera & Raphidioptera
ENEA C.R. Casaccia, STUDI-IDR, Via Anguillarese, 30100123, Rome, Italy

Levey, Brian (brianlevey47@gmail.com) Coleoptera: BUPRESTOIDEA
Department of Biodiversity & Systematic Biology, National Museum Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NP, U.K.

Liang, Ai-Ping (liangap@ioz.ac.cn) Hemiptera: Cercopoidea, Derbidae, Kinnaridae, Meenoplidae, Dictyopharidae, Tropiduchidae, Delphacidae and Lophopidae
Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, P.R. China

Libonatti, María Laura (libonatti.marialaura@gmail.com) COLEOPTERA: SCIRTOIDEA
Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Lillig, Martin (martin.lillig@t-online.de) Coleoptera: TENEBRIONOIDEA (Tenebrionidae only)
Ackerstraße 18, 66125 Saarbrücken, Germany

Lima, Flávio C.T. (fctlima@gmail.com) Pisces: Characiformes and South American freshwater bony fishes (except catfishes)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia, Museu de História Natural Prof. Adão José Cardoso, Rua Albert Einstein, s/n, Barão Geraldo, 13083-863 - Campinas, SP - Brasil

Liu, Xingyue (neuropterida@gmail.comMegaloptera, Neuroptera, Raphidioptera
Department of Entomology, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China

Loktionov, Valery M. (pompilidaefer@mail.ru) Hymenoptera: Vespoidea
Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladivostok, 690022, Russia

Lourenço, A. C. C. (calijorne.lourenco@gmail.com) Amphibia
Universidade do Estado de Minas Gerais, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Campus Ubá, 36502-000 Ubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Lyu, Zhi-Tong (lvzht@foxmail.com) Amphibia: Chinese frogs
The Museum of Biology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, P.R. China

Magalhães, Ivan L. F.(magalhaes@macn.gov.ar) Araneae: Filistatidae, Synspermiata (Pholcidae, Diguetidae, Plectreuridae, Sicariidae, Drymusidae, Scytodidae, Periegopidae, Trogloraptoridae)
División Aracnología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino
Rivadavia" — CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Magalhaes, Wagner F. (wagnerfm@hawaii.eduAnnelida
Universidade Federal da Bahia, Instituto de Biologia, Salvador - BA, Brazil

Malchus, Nikolaus (bivalvia.zootaxa@gmail.com) Mollusca: Bivalvia 
Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont Carrer de l'Escola Industrial, 23 ES--08201 Sabadell Catalunya, Spain

Malipatil, M. B. (malipatil@bigpond.com) Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea, Enicocephalomorpha
Biosciences Research Division, AgriBio, Department of Economic Development JTR, Ring Road, Bundoora , Vic 3183, Australia

Mantovani, Barbara (barbara.mantovani@unibo.it) Phasmatodea
Dip. Biologia E. S., Via Selmi 3, Bologna, Italy

Marek, Paul (pmarek@vt.edu) Myriapoda: Millipede
Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech, Price Hall, 216A, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA

Marinov, Milen G. (milen.marinov@mpi.govt.nzOdonata
Diagnostic and Surveillance Services, Ministry for Primary Industries, 231 Morrin Rd, Auckland 1072, New Zealand

Mariño-Pérez, Ricardo (pselliopus@yahoo.com.mx) Orthoptera: CAELIFERA
Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, Research Museum Center (RMC), Ann Arbor, MI 48108, U.S.A.

Mah, Christopher (brisinga@gmail.com) Echinodermata
Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, PO Box 37012, MRC-163, Smithsonian institution, Washington D.C. 20013-7012, USA

Marchán, Daniel Fernández (danief01@ucm.es) Annelida: Oligochaeta: earthworms, mainly families Lumbricidae and Hormogastridae
Department of Biodiversity, Ecology and Evolution, Faculty of Biology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain

Matzke-Karasz, R. (r.matzke@lrz.uni-muenchen.de) Crustacea: Ostracoda
Department of Environmental and Earth Sciences, Section Palaeontology and GeoBioCenter, LMU Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Richard-Wagner-Str. 33 D, 80333 Muenchen, Germany 

Mayer, Georg (gmayer@onychophora.com) Onychophora
Onychophora Department of Zoology, University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40, D-34132 Kassel, Germany

Mayoral, Jaime G.(jgmayoral@hotmail.com) Palpigradi
Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, 11200 S.W. 8th Street, Miami, FL, 33199, USA

McInnes, Sandra J. (sjmc@bas.ac.uk) Tardigrada
British Antarctic Survey, Madingley Road, Cambridge, CB3 0ET, UK

McMahan, Caleb (cmcmahan@fieldmuseum.org)  Marine and Estuarine fishes, Fossil fishes 
Zoology Collections at The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois US

Meland, Kenneth (Kenneth.Meland@bio.uib.no) Crustacea: Mysidacea & Crustacea not cover others
University of Bergen, Department of Biology, PO Box 7800, N-5020 Bergen, Norway

Menard, Katrina (kmenard2@gmail.com) Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Miroidea

University of Oklahoma, 660 Parrington Oval, Norman, OK 73019, United States

Michalczyk, Łukasz (LM@tardigrada.net) Tardigrada
Institute of Zoology and Biomedical, Research, Jagiellonian University,Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, Poland.

Mielke, Carlos G. C. (cmielke1@uol.com.br) Lepidoptera: Microlepidoptera, Hepialidae
University of Florida, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Gainesville, Florida, USA.

Minelli, A. (minelli@bio.unipd.it) Zoological Nomenclature
Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via Ugo Bassi 58 B, 35131 Padova, Italy

Mironov, Sergei (sergei.mironov@zin.ru) Acari: Acariformes
Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Universitetskaya embankment 1,
199034, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Moir, Melinda (Melinda.Moir@agric.wa.gov.au) Hemiptera: Achilidae, Issidae and Caliscelidae
Western Australian Department of Agriculture & Food, Australia

Monks, Scott (monks.scott@gmail.com) Acanthocephala
Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, Apdo. Postal 1-10, Pachuca, C.P. 42001, Hidalgo, México

Morandini, André Carrera (acmorand@ib.usp.br) Coelenterata: Scyphozoa, Cubozoa and Staurozoa
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Trav.
14, no. 101, São Paulo, SP, 05508-900, Brazil

Morrone, Juan J. (juanmorrone2001@yahoo.com.mx) Cladistics & Biogeography
Museo de Zoología "Alfonso L. Herrera, Departamento de Biología Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Apartado Postal 70-399, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico.

Morse, John C. (jmorse@clemson.edu) Trichoptera
Clemson University Arthropod Collection (CUAC), Department of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences, Clemson University, Long Hall, Box 340315, Clemson, SC 29634-0315, USA

Molineri, Carlos (carlosmolineri.ephemeroptera@gmail.com) Ephemeroptera (Caenoidea, Ephemerelloidea, Ephemeroidea) (South American taxa)
Neotropical Biodiversity Institute, Argentine Council of Scientific Research, National University of Tucumán, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Tucumán, Argentina

Mottern, Jason (jmott002@ucr.edu) Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea (Aphelinidae, Encyrtidae)
USDA-APHIS, PPQ, NIS, 10300 Baltimore Ave., BARC-W, Bldg. 003, Rm. 116, Beltsville, MD 20705, U.S.A

Moulton, Kevin (jmoulton@utk.edu) Diptera: Chaoboridae, Corethrellidae, Dixidae, & Thaumaleidae)
University of Tennessee, Entomology and Plant Pathology Department, 2505 E. J. Chapman Drive, 432 Biotechnology Bldg, Knoxville, TN 37996-4560

Mound, Laurence A.  (laurence.mound@csiro.au) Thysanoptera
CSIRO Entomology, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia

Mullin, Peter (mullin.peter@gmail.com) Nematoda
5136 14th Avenue S Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA

Murányi, Dávid (d.muranyi@gmail.com) Plecoptera
Department of Zoology, Eszterházy Károly University, Leányka u. 6, H-3300 Eger, Hungary

Muster, C. (cm@christoph-muster.de) Araneae: Dionycha part 2 (Laterigradae: Philodromidae, Selenopidae, Sparassidae, Thomisidae)
Neukamp.29, 18581 Putbus, Germany

Nascimento, Francisco Eriberto de L. (franciscoe@alumni.usp.br) Coleoptera: Cerambycidae (Paleartic, Ethiopian, and Oriental regions)
Laboratorio de Coleoptera, Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.

Nazari, Vazrick (vazrick.nazari@unipd.it) Lepidoptera: microlepidoptera of the Middle East and Central Asia
Dipartimento di Biologia, Università Degli Studi di Padova, Via U. Bassi, n. 58/B, 35131 - Padova, Italy.

Nekola, Jeff (jnekola@unm.edu) Mollusca:  Land Snails—Pulmonata
Biology Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87131 USA

Neuhaus, Birger (Birger.Neuhaus@mfn.berlin) Kinorhyncha: Loricifera and Kinorhyncha
Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, Invalidenstr. 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany

Nguyen, Anh D. (ducanh410@yahoo.com) Annelida: Oligochaeta: Megascolecidae, pheretimoids
Department of Soil Ecology, Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources, Hanoi City, Vietnam.

Mulieri, Pablo R. (mulierii@yahoo.com) Diptera: Oestroidea & Hippoboscoidea
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", Av. Angel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Nützel , Alexander (nuetzel@snsb.de) Mollusca: "Archaeogastropods" and smaller Molluscan groups
Bayerische Staatssammlung, Munich, Bavaria

Oceguera Figueroa, Alejandro Francisco (aoceguera@ib.unam.mx) Annelida: Hirudinea
Laboratorio de Helmintología "Eduardo Caballero y Caballero". Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Tercer Circuito s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Copilco, Coyoacán. A.P. 70-153. México, Distrito Federal. C.P.14510 Mexico.

Chan, Kin Onn (zootaxa.asianfrogs2@gmail.com) Amphibia: South-East Asian frogs
Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore.

Ouvrard, David (david.ouvrard@anses.frHemiptera: Aphidoidea (aphids), Psylloidea (psyllids) & Aleyrodidae (whitefly)
ANSES, Laboratoire de la Santé des Végétaux [Plant Health Laboratory], 755 avenue du campus Agropolis, CS 30016, FR-34988 Montferrier-sur-Lez Cedex, FRANCE

Padula, Vinicius (padula.zootaxa@gmail.com) Mollusca: Heterobranchia (marine)
National Museum, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20940-040, Brazil.

Palma, R.L. (ricardop@tepapa.govt.nz) Phthiraptera
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, P.O. Box 467, 169 Tory Street, WELLINGTON 6140, NEW ZEALAND

Passos, Paulo (neotropicalsnakes@gmail.com) Reptilia: New World snakes 
Setor de Herpetologia, Departamento de Vertebrados, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristovão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20940-040, Brasil

Pánek, Tomáš (mistrpanek@seznam.cz) Protista, especially heterotrophic flagellates and amoebae
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Vinicna 7, Prague 2, 128 00, Czech Republic

Pérez González, Abel (abelaracno@gmail.comOpiliones: Laniatores: non-Gonyleptoidea
División Aracnología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", Av. Angel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Perkins, Philip D. (perkins@oeb.harvard.edu) Coleoptera: POLYPHAGA: STAPHYLINOIDEA: Hydraenidae only
Department of Entomology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

Perez, Kathryn (perezke@gmail.com) Mollusca: Caenogastropoda
Department of Biology, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, Texas 78542, USA

Perry, Ryan (rkperry@calpoly.edu) Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea (Eulophidae, Signiphoridae, Tanaostigmatidae, Trichogrammatidae)
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Plant Sciences Department

Pesic, Vladimir (vladopesic@gmail.com) Acari: Acariformes: water mites (Palaearctic and Afrotropical region)
Department of Biology, University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro.

Pethiyagoda, Rohan (rohanpet@gmail.com) Pisces: Freshwater Fishes of Asia (except China) (On leave of absence)
Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia

Pfingstl, Tobias (dr.tobias.pfingstl@gmail.com) Acari: Oribatida
Karl-Franzens-Universität Gratz, Austria

Pinto-da-Rocha, Ricardo (ricrocha@usp.brRicinulei
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Trav. 14, n.101, 05508-900, São Paulo/SP, Brazil

Pinto Utz, Laura Roberta (laura.utz@pucrs.br) Protist
Faculdade de Biociências - PUCRS, Av. Ipiranga, 6681, prédio 12, Porto Alegre, RS 90619-900, Brazil

Plotkin, David (plotkindelta@gmail.com) Lepidoptera: Geometridae, Microlepidoptera, molecular systematics and phylogeny
University of Florida, McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity,
Gainesville, Florida, USA.

Prendini, Lorenzo (lorenzo@amnh.org) Scorpiones, Thelyphonida, Amblypygi, Schizomida, Solifugae
Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, New York 10024-5192, USA

Proud, Daniel N. (proudd@moravian.edu) Opiliones: Laniatores: Cosmetidae and other Gonyleptoidea
Department of Biological Sciences, Moravian University, 1200 Main St, Bethlehem, PA
18018 USA

Podenas, Sigitas (sigitas.podenas@gamtc.lt) Diptera: Tipulomorpha
Department of Zoology of Vilnius University, Sauletekio str. 7 and Nature Research Centre, Akademijos str. 2, LT–10222 Vilnius, Lithuania.

Prieto, Carlos (prieto.zootaxa@gmail.comLepidoptera: Butterflies
Departamento de Biología, Universidad del Atlántico, Barranquilla, Colombia 

Psomadakis, Peter Nick (Peter.Psomadakis@fao.org - Temporarily unvaiable untill 8Jan.24, use: peter.psomadakis@gmail.comPisces: Marine Fishes
Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy and Research Associate, Ichthyology, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB), Makhanda, South Africa

Quah, Evan (zootaxa.asianfrogs2@gmail.com) Amphibia: South-East Asian frogs
Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Jalan UMS, 88400, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

Raghavan, Rajeev (rajeevraq@hotmail.com) Pisces: Freshwater Fishes of Asia (except China)
Department of Fisheries Resource Management, Kerala University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies, Kochi, India.

Rasmussen, P. (rasmus39@msu.edu) Aves
Michigan State University Museum, West Circle Drive, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA 

Raven, Robert J. (RobertR@qm.qld.gov.au) Araneae: Mesothelae, Mygalomorphae
Queensland Museum, Grey St, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane, 4101, Queensland, Australia 

Redei, David (david.redei@gmail.com) Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Cimicomorpha except Miroidea, Aradoidea
Department of Entomology, National Chung Hsing University, 250 Kuo Kuang
Rd., Taichung 40227, Taiwan

Rentz, D. (antipodectes@yahoo.com) Orthoptera: ENSIFERA
AM19 Butler DrKuranda, Queensland 4881, Australia

Ricarte, Antonio (ricarte24@gmail.comDiptera: Syrphoidea & Conopoidea
Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad (CIBIO), University of Alicante, Carretera San Vicente del Raspeig s/n, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain

Rider, David (david.rider@ndsu.edu) Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea, Dipsocoromorpha, General (Faunal studies, List of Types, etc.)
Department of Entomology, 1300 Albrecht Blvd., 202 Hultz Hall, Fargo, ND 58102, USA

Riehl, Torben (isopoda@senckenberg.de) Crustacea: Isopoda
Department Marine Zoology, Section Crustacea, Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt, Germany

Rivera-Correa, Mauricio (zootaxa.terrarana@gmail.com) Amphibia: Brachycephaloidea (terraranas): Brachycephalidae, Craugastoridae, Eleutherodactylidae
Universidad de Antioquia, Dirección de Regionalización e Instituto de Biología, Medellín, Colombia

Robinson, Jeffrey (jeffreyhrobinson@yahoo.co.nz) Brachiopoda
Department of Geology, University of Otago, 360 Leith Walk, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand

Rossaro, Bruno (zootaxachiro@gmail.com) Diptera: Chironomidae
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Celoria 26 Milano, Italy

Rowley, Jodi (jodi.rowley@gmail.com) Amphibia: Oceanian anurans
Australian Museum, Sydney

Ruiz, Gustavo R.S. (gustavoruiz86@hotmail.com) Araneae: Salticidae
Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Pará, Rua Augusto Corrêa, 01, CEP 66075-110, Belém, PA, Brazil.

Ruzzier, Enrico (symphyla@gmail.com) Coleoptera: TENEBRIONOIDEA (excluding Tenebrionidae)
Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural Resources, Animals and the Environment (DAFNAE), University of Padova, Viale dell’Università 16, Legnaro, 35020 Padova, Italy.

Sanamyan, Karen (karen@sanamyan.com) Ascidiacea
Kamchatka Branch of Pacific Geographical Institute, Partizanskaya Str. 6, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, 683000, Russia

Sanborn, Allen F. (asanborn@barry.edu) Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadoidea
Biology Department, Barry University, Miami, Florida, USA

Sanchez, Marcia Ramírez (ramirezsanchezmarciam@gmail.com) Acari: Acariformes: water mites (Oriental region (incl. China) and Australian region)
Laboratorio de Biometría y Biología Pesquera, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, UNAM.

Sánchez, Nuria (nurisanc@ucm.es) Xenoturbellida, Acoelomorpha, Nemertea, Hemichordata, and Ascidiacea
Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Departamento de Biodiversidad, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ecología y Evolución, José Antonio Novais, 12. Planta 10, 28040 Madrid, Spain.

Santos, Adalberto J. (oxyopes@yahoo.com) Araneae:  Lycosoidea (Lycosidae, Pisauridae, Trechaleidae, Oxyopidae, Psechridae, Ctenidae, Miturgidae, Zoropsidae, Tengellidae, Senoculidae, Zoridae)
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Antônio Carlos, 6627, 31270-901, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Saucède, Thomas (thomas.saucede@u-bourgogne.fr) Echinodermata
UMR CNRS/uB/EPHE 6282 Biogéosciences, Université de Bourgogne, 6 bd Gabriel, 21000 DIJON, France

Schmidt, Ray C. (rschmidt@tulane.edu) Pisces: African freshwater fishes Biology Department, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA 23005, USA; and Smithsonian Research Associate, National Museum of Natural History, Division of Fishes, Washington, DC 20560, USA

Schmelz, Rüdiger M. (ruedigermschmelz@gmail.com) Annelida: Oligochaeta: mainly Enchytraeidae and aquatic families
Universidad de A Coruña, GIBE, Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva. CICA, Centro de Investigaciones Científicas Avanzadas. 15071 A Coruña, Spain.

Schwab, Julia (julia.schwab@manchester.ac.uk) Reptilia: Fossil reptile
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Manchester, M13 9PL, Manchester, United Kingdom

Schwendinger, Peter J. (peter.schwendinger@ville-ge.chOpiliones: Cyphophthalmi
Department of Arthropodology and Entomology I, Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 6434, CH-1211, Geneva 6, Switzerland

Seeman, Owen (owen.seeman@gmail.com) Acari: Ixodida, Holothyrida, Opilioacariformes
Arachnida Collection, Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane 4101, Australia

Segers, Hendrik (hendrik.segers@naturalsciences.be) Rotifera
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium

Seldon, David (d.seldon@auckland.ac.nz) Coleoptera: Carabidae
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Auckland, 5 Symonds St, Auckland 1010, New Zealand

Shin, Mann Kyoon (mkshin@ulsan.ac.kr) Protist
Department of Biological Science, University of Ulsan, Ulsan 44610, Korea

Short, Graham (gshort@calacademy.org) Pisces: Marine Fishes
Fish Section Research Associates, The Australian Museum

Shultz, Jeffrey W. (jshultz@umd.edu) Opiliones: Dyspnoi & Eupnoi
4112 Plant Sciences Bldg. University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-4454, USA.

Sinclair, Bradley (bradley.sinclair@inspection.gc.ca) Diptera: Empidoidea
Ontario Plant Laboratories, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, 960 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0C6

Sites, Robert W. (SitesR@missouri.edu) Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Nepomorpha,Gerromorpha, Leptopodomorpha
Enns Entomology Museum, Division of Plant Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA

Smid, Jiri (jirismd@gmail.com) Reptilia: all the other reptile groups not covered by other editors
Department of Zoology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, Prague 193 00, Czech Republic

Smith, Andrew B.T. (frickius@gmail.com) Coleoptera: SCARABAEOIDEA (Nearctic, Neotropical, Australian, and Pacific regions)
Canadian Museum of Nature, P.O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6P4, CANADA

Smith, Robin (podocopida@gmail.com) Crustacea: Ostracoda
Lake Biwa Museum, 1091 Oroshimo, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-0001, Japan.

Smith, Sarah M. (camptocerus@gmail.com) Coleoptera: Cucujiformia: Curculionoidea, Scolytinae and Platypodinae only
Department of Entomology, Michigan State University, Natural Science Building, 288 Farm Lane, room 243, East Lansing, MI 48824-1115 U.S.A.

Sola, Eduard (eduardsola@ub.edu) Platyhelminthes
Departament de Genètica, Facultat de Biologia and Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Stroiński, Adam (astroinski@miiz.waw.pl) Hemiptera: Flatidae, Fulgoridae, Hypochthonellidae, Nogodinidae and Ricaniidae
Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 64, Wilcza Street, PL00-679 Warsaw, Poland.

Song, Hojun (hsong@tamu.edu) Orthoptera: CAELIFERA
Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2475, U.S.A.

Sparks, John S. (jsparks@amnh.org) Pisces: Marine and Estuarine Fishes
Department of Ichthyology, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024, USA

Suárez-Morales, Eduardo (esuarez@ecosur.mx) Crustacea: Copepoda
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR), Unidad Chetumal, P.O. Box 424, Chetumal, Quintana Roo 77014

Szawaryn, Karol (k.szawaryn@gmail.com) Coleoptera: Coccinelloidea
Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, 00-679, Warsaw, Poland

Szwedo, Jacek (jacek.szwedo@biol.ug.edu.pl) Hemiptera: Acanaloniidae, Achilixiidae, Cixiidae, Eurybrachidae, Gengidae, Tettigometridae and Fossil families
Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 64, Wilcza Street, PL00-679 Warsaw, Poland.

Tang, Kevin L. (kltang@umich.edu) Pisces: Marine Fishes
Department of Biology, University of Michigan-Flint, 303 E. Kearsley St., Flint, MI 48502

Tamar, Karin (karintamar.zootaxa@gmail.com) Reptilia: all the other reptile groups not covered other editors
Department of Zoology, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv 6997801, Israel

Teta, Pablo (mammalia.zootaxa@gmail.com) Mammalia: New World Rodentia
Colección Nacional de Mastozoología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias
Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia", Avenida Ángel Gallardo 470, C1405DJR Buenos Aires, Argentina

Thoma, Jana (jthoma@mc.edu) Coelenterata: Anthozoa
Mississippi College, Department of Biological Sciences, PO Box 4045, Clinton, Mississippi 39058, United States of America

Thuy, Ben (bthuy@mnhn.lu) Echinodermata
Musée national d'histoire naturelle de Luxembourg, Department of Palaeontology
25, rue Münster, 2160 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Tiunova, Tatyana M. (tiunova@biosoil.ru) Ephemeroptera (Heptageniidae, Baetidae, pisciform families other than Baetidae) (Asian taxa)
Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022, Russia

Toledo, M. (toledo.pinguicula.mario3@gmail.com) Coleoptera: ADEPHAGA: DYTISCOIDEA: Noteridae only
via Ferrari 16, 43052 Colorno (PR), ITALY

Tomikawa, Ko (tomikawa@hiroshima-u.ac.jp) Crustacea: Amphipoda
Department of Science Education, Graduate School of Education, Hiroshima University, 1-1-1 Kagamiyama, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8524, Japan

Tuf, Ivan (ivan.tuf@upol.cz) Myriapoda: Chilopoda
Department of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Palacky University Olomouc, Slechtitelu 27, CZ-77900 Olomouc, CZECH REPUBLIC

Twomey, Evan (zootaxa.dendrobatidae@gmail.com) Amphibia: Dendrobatidae, Aromobatidae
Pontifica Universidade Catolica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

van Noort, Simon (svannoort@iziko.org.za) Hymenoptera: Cynipoidea
Iziko South African Museum, 25 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town, PO Box 61, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa

Vaughan, David B. (d.b.vaughan@cqu.edu.au) Platyhelminthes
School of Access Education / Tertiary Education Division, CQUniversity Australia, 32/G.29, Bruce Highway, North Rockhampton, Qld 4701, Australia

Vences, Miguel (zootaxa.amphibians@gmail.com) Amphibia
Division of Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstr. 4, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany

Velazco, Paul (mammalia.zootaxa@gmail.com) Mammalia: Chiroptera
Department of Mammalogy, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA

Venekey, Virag (virag_venekey@yahoo.com.br) Nematoda
Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Av. Augusto Corrêa, 01-Guamá, CEP: 66075-110. Belém-PA, Brasil

Vidlicka, Lubomir (lubomir.vidlicka@savba.skBlattodea
Institute of Zoology. Dúbravská cesta 9, 845 06 Bratislava. Slovak Republic

Watson, Gillian (gillianwatson32@gmail.comHemiptera: Coccomorpha
Insects Division Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London Sw7 5BD, U.K.

Weiner, Wanda M. (weiner@isez.pan.krakow.pl) Collembola
Department of Invertebrates, Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences, Slawkowska 17, Pl- 31 016 Krakow, Poland

Wells, S. (samuelwells@suu.edu) Coleoptera: ELATEROIDEA: Elateridae only
Dept. Biology (SC 303), Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah 84720

Wesener, Thomas (twesener@uni-bonn.deMyriapoda: Diplopoda
Head of Section Myriapoda Zoologisches, Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig Leibniz Institute for Animal Biodiversity Adenauerallee 160, D-53113 Bonn, GERMANY

Wiklund, Helena (helena.wiklund@marine.gu.se) Annelida
Life Sciences Dept., Natural History Museum Cromwell Rd, London SW7 5BD, UK

Williams, Jason D. (Jason.D.Williams@hofstra.edu) Annelida: Polychaeta
Department of Biology, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549-1140

Williams, Kevin (Kevin.Williams@cdfa.ca.gov) Hymenoptera: Vespoidea
Plant Pest Diagnostics Center, California Department of Food and Agriculture, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA 95832, USA

Winterton, Shaun L. (wintertonshaun@gmail.com) Diptera (orthorrhaphous Brachycera); nomenclature
California State Collection of Arthropods, California Department of Food & Agriculture, Sacramento

Wood, Thomas (thomas.wood@naturalis.nl) Hymenoptera: Bees
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, The Netherlands

Wood, Timothy S. (tim.wood@wright.eduBryozoa: freshwater Bryozoa
Dept. of Biological Sciences, Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton OH 45435 USA

Worthy, Trevor H. (trevor.worthy@flinders.edu.au) Aves
School of Biological Sciences, Flinders University, GPO 2100, Adelaide 5001, SA, Australia

Wright, Andre-Denis G. (agwright@uvm.edu) Protist
Department of Animal Science, The University of Vermont, 570 Main Street, Burlington, VT 05405-0148, USA

Yen, Shen-Horn (shenhornyen@gmail.com) Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea and Pyraloidea
Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, 70 Lien-hai Rd, Kaohsiung City 804, Taiwan, Republic of China

Yin, Xiang-Chu (yxch@hbu.edu.cn) Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea and Pyraloidea Orthoptera: ORTHOPTERA FROM ASIAN FAUNA
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Hebei 071002, China.

 

Yin, Zi-Wei (pselaphinae@gmail.com) Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pselaphinae
Lab of Environmental Entomology, 323, the First Teaching Building, Department of Biology, College of Life & Environmental Sciences, Shanghai Normal University, 100 Guilin Road, Xuhui District, Shanghai, 200234, P. R. China

Young, Mark (marktyoung1984@gmail.com) Reptilia: Crocodylia 
Grant Institute, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, James Hutton Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3FE, United Kingdom

Zaher, Hussam (hussam.zaher@gmail.com) Reptilia: New World snakes
Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Nazaré 481, Ipiranga, 04263-000, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Zahiri, Reza (reza.zahiri@gmail.com) Lepidoptera: Macro moths in general
(From 1st Jul. 23) Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Erbprinzenstr. 13, D – 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany

Zamani, Alireza (zamani.alireza5@gmail.com) Araneae: Dionycha (Phrurolithidae)
Zoological Museum, Biodiversity Unit, FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland

Zhang, Junxia (jxzhang1976@163.com) Araneae: Salticidae
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University

Zhao, Yahui (zhaoyh@ioz.ac.cn) Freshwater Fishes of China 
Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1-5 Beichen Xilu Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101 P. R. China

Zhou, Hong-zhang (zhouhz@ioz.ac.cn) Coleoptera: STAPHYLINOIDEA: Staphylinidae only 
Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution Institute of Zoology, CAS 1 Beichen West Rd., Chaoyang 100101 Beijing, P.R. China Tel.: 010 64807252; Fax.: 010 64807099 

Zonstein, Sergei (serzon56@gmail.com) Araneae: Eresoidea and Palpimanoidea
Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, 12 Klausner Str., POB 39040, Tel Aviv, 6139001, Israel

Żyła, Dagmara (zyladagmara@gmail.com) Coleoptera: Staphylinidae (minus Staphylininae, Pselaphinae)
Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wilcza 64, 00-679 Warsaw, Poland