Zootaxa Coleoptera 2004 collection

Zootaxa 790: 1-20 (22 December 2004) 14 plates; 26 references                  

The beetle family Carabidae of Costa Rica: The genus Epikastea Liebke of the Plochonida Group, with new Neotropical species and notes on their way of life (Insecta: Coleoptera, Lebiini, Agrina)

T.L. ERWIN (USA)

Zootaxa 789: 1-26 (22 December 2004) 2 plates, 104 references                  

Synopsis on Passalidae family (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) of Brazil with description of a new species of Veturius Kaup, 1871

C.R.V.D. FONSECA (Brazil) & P. REYES-CASTILLO (Mexico)

Zootaxa 787: 1-7 (22 December 2004) 4 plates; 8 references                       

Ceraspis jaliscoensis, a new species from México (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae)

L. DELGADO & J.L. NAVARRETE-HEREDIA (Mexico)

Zootaxa 783: 1-45 (20 December 2004) 21 plates; 8 references                      

A revision of Oocyclus Sharp of Mexico and Central America (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)

A.E.Z. SHORT & P.D. PERKINS (USA)

Zootaxa 782: 1-10 (20 December 2004) 4 plates; 7 references                      

A new Argentinian species of Bembidion (Chilioperyphus) (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Bembidiini) with accessory setae

S. ROIG-JUÑENT & E. SCHEIBLER (Argentina)

Zootaxa 781: 1-15 (20 December 2004) 4 plates; 46 references                       

Phloeocharis subtilissima Mannerheim (Staphylinidae: Phloeocharinae) and Cephennium gallicum Ganglbauer (Scydmaenidae) new to North America: a case study in the introduction of exotic Coleoptera to the port of Halifax, with new records of other species

C. MAJKA & J. KLIMASZEWSKI (Canada)

Zootaxa 777: 1-10 (17 December 2004) 1 plate; 12 references                       

The Xixuthrus species of Fiji (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Prioninae)

D. YANEGA (USA), D. OLSON (Fiji), S. SHUTE (UK) & Z. KOMIYA (Japan)

Zootaxa 775: 1-12 (17 December 2004) 2 plates; 1 reference                      

New or rare Madagascar tiger beetles—9. Two new species of the genus Physodeutera Lacordaire, with revised keys to the species of subgenera Diarrhiza Jeannel and Minideutera Moravec (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae)

J. MORAVEC (Czech Republic)

Zootaxa 771: 1-8 (14 December 2004) 2 plates; 5 references                         

Two new species of Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 from the A. salicis (Fabricius, 1776) species-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

S. BÍLÝ & V. KUBÁN (Czech Republic)

Zootaxa 769: 1-14 (14 December 2004) 6 plates; 16 references                 

Description of immature stages of three species of American Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)

J. OROZCO & L.C. PARDO-LOCARNO (Colombia)

Zootaxa 768: 1-11 (14 December 2004) 3 plates; 26 references                      

Description of pleural defensive organs in three species of firefly larvae (Coleoptera, Lampyridae)

E. TRICE, J. TYLER & J.C. DAY (UK)

Zootaxa 767: 1-8 (14 December 2004) 3 plates; 2 references                           

A revision of Callicerus Gravenhorst, Pseudosemiris Machulka, and related genera. III. A new genus and species from China, and additional records (Insecta: Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)

V. ASSING (Germany)

Zootaxa 758: 1-9 (10 December 2004) 3 plates; 8   references                     

A remarkable new species of Trirammatus Chaudoir (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini) from the Valdivian Forest of Chile

K.W. WILL (USA)

Zootaxa 749: 1-12 (1 December 2004) 4 plates; 3 references                     

Limnebius acupunctus, a new species of water beetle from Australia and Papua New Guinea (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)

P.D. PERKINS (USA)

Zootaxa 748: 1-4 (1 December 2004) 9 references                                  

Yosiityphlus Sawada, 1971, a new synonym of Thinobius Kiesenwetter, 1844 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae)

V.I. GUSAROV (Norway) & G. MAKRANCZY (USA)

Zootaxa 747: 1-36 (1 December 2004) 18 plates; 31 references                     

A revision of the genus Lypoglossa Fenyes, 1918 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae)

 V.I. GUSAROV (Norway)

Zootaxa 746: 1-25 (1 December 2004) 14 plates; 52 references                    

A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Halobrecta Thomson, 1858 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae) with notes on some Palaearctic species of the genus

 V.I. GUSAROV (Norway)

Zootaxa 745: 1-15 (1 December 2004) 6 plates; 26 references                    

Review of the genus Sableta Casey, 1910 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Aleocharinae: Athetini)

J.S. ASHE (USA) & V.I. GUSAROV (Norway)

Zootaxa 729: 1-19 (18 November 2004) 5 plates; 42 references                     

Lectotype designations in the New World Gymnetini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)

B.C. RATCLIFFE (USA)

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Zootaxa 717: 1-10 (8 November 2004) 4 plates; 9 references                           

Two new Brazilian species of Cis Latreille, 1796 (Coleoptera: Tenebrionoidea: Ciidae)

S.D.S. PINHEIRO DE ALMEIDA & C. LOPES-ANDRADE (Brazil)

Zootaxa 694: 1-22 (21 October 2004) 10 plates; 11 references                      

Revision of the Afrotropical species of the genus Trichodes HERBST, 1792 (Coleoptera, Cleridae)

R. GERSTMEIER & A. HUESMANN (Germany)

Zootaxa 683: 1-80 (12 October 2004) 31 plates; 73 references                

A revision of the genus Paratyndaris Fisher, 1919 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Polycestinae)

G.H. NELSON & C.L. BELLAMY (USA)

Zootaxa 676: 1-46 (8 October 2004) 28 plates; 19 references                     

Morphology of the prothorax and procoxa in the New World Cryptocephalini (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cryptocephalinae)

M.L. CHAMORRO-LACAYO & A.S. KONSTANTINOV (USA)

Zootaxa 672: 1-16 (6 October 2004)  9 plates; 1 reference                          

A revision of the Western Australian endemic humicolous beetle genus Tympallopatrum Perkins (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)

P.D. PERKINS (USA)

Zootaxa 667: 1-14 (1 October 2004)  5 plates; 8 references                       

Revision of the Microserica lineata Moser, 1915-group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericini)

D. AHRENS (Germany)

Zootaxa 662: 1-54 (1 October 2004) 40 plates; 38 references                     

The beetle family Carabidae of Costa Rica: The genera of the Cryptobatida group of subtribe Agrina, tribe Lebiini, with new species and notes on their way of life (Insecta: Coleoptera)

T.L. ERWIN (USA)

Zootaxa 631: 1-54 (6 September 2004) 13 plates; 25 references                     

A review of the Neotropical genus Prionodera Chevrolat (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae) with description of a new genus

R.W. FLOWERS (USA)

Zootaxa 610: 1-43 (18 August 2004) 14 plates; 10 references                       

Eugnamptine weevils of La Selva, Costa Rica (Coleoptera: Rhynchitidae)

R.W. HAMILTON & A.L. NOVINGER (USA)

Zootaxa 601: 1-16 (11 Aug. 2004) 7 plates; 9 references                        

Taxonomy of the Hister criticus group, with description of a new species (Coleoptera: Histeridae)

M.S. CATERINO (USA)

Zootaxa 591: 1-5 (3 August 2004) 1 plate; 8 references                     

A new species of Tribotropis Jekel, 1855 from Colombia (Coleoptera: Anthribidae, Anthribinae, Ptychoderini)

J.R.M. MERMUDES (Brazil)

Zootaxa 585: 1-39 (27 July 2004) 15 plates; 9 references

A revision of the Australian endemic water beetle genus Gymnanthelius Perkins (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)

P.D. PERKINS (USA)

Zootaxa 577: 1-11 (19 July 2004) 5 plates; 14 references 

Cryptopeniculus nigrosetus n.g., n. sp. (Coleoptera: Ptinidae) from the Namaqualand region of South Africa

T.K. PHILIPS & D.E. FOSTER (USA)

Zootaxa 575: 1-4 (19 July 2004) 3 plates; 4 references                                  

A new Brazilian stag beetle of the genus Sclerostomus Burmeister, 1847 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Lucanidae)

P.C. GROSSI & F. RACCA-FILHO (Brazil)

Zootaxa 559: 1-12 (7 July 2004) 4 plates; 3 references                                 

A revision of the South African endemic humicolous beetle genus Nucleotops Perkins and Balfour-Browne (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)

P.D. PERKINS (USA)

Zootaxa 556: 1-10 (2 July 2004)  3 plates; 31 references                                 

The egg morphology of some species of Sennius Bridwell (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae) based on scanning electron micrographs

E. CARON, C.S. RIBEIRO-COSTA & A.M. LINZMEIER (Brazil)

Zootaxa 555: 1-11 (2 July 2004) 41 references                                   

Taxonomic studies on Anthaxiina Gory & Laporte de Castelnau and Curina Holynski (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

S. BÍLY (Czech Republic)

Zootaxa 553: 1-16 (28 June 2004) 9 plates; 12 references                             

Cicindis horni Bruch (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Cicindini): The Fairy Shrimp Hunting Beetle, its way of life on the Salinas Grandes of Argentina

T.L. ERWIN (USA) & V. ASCHERO (Argentina)

Zootaxa 549: 1-18 (25 June 2004) 7 plates; 11 references                              

New flightless Eumolpinae of the genera Apterodina Bechyné and Brachypterodina n. gen. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from the Neotropics

R.W. FLOWERS (USA)

Zootaxa 538: 1-38 (14 June 2004) 24 plates, 2 references  

A revision of the South African endemic water beetle genus Pneuminion Perkins (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae)

P.D. PERKINS (USA)

Zootaxa 537: 1-18 (14 June 2004) 3 plates; 1 2 references  

The beetle family Carabidae of Costa Rica and Panamá: Descriptions of four new genera and six new species with notes on their way of life (Insecta: Coleoptera)

T.L. ERWIN (USA)

Zootaxa 507: 1-19 (7 May 2004) 4 plates; 20 references                              

Revision of Agrilus acutus (Thunberg, 1787) and related species (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

E. JENDEK (Slovakia)

 Monograph

Zootaxa 502: 1-66 (4 May 2004) 17 plates; 28 references    

Revision of the genus Peltonotus Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) from Southeastern Asia

M.L. JAMESON (USA) & K. WADA (Japan)

Zootaxa 498: 1-11 (30 April 2004) 7 plates; 9 references                              

New species of Stizocera (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Bolivia

S.W. LINGAFELTER (USA)

Zootaxa 496: 1-48 (27 April 2004) 10 plates; 20 references       

Phylogeny of the tribe Erotini (Coleoptera, Lycidae), with descriptions of new taxa

S.V. KAZANTSEV (Russia )

Zootaxa 494: 1-14 (27 April 2004) 9 plates; 4 references                             

Omniops gen. n. and two new species of Hydrophilini from Papua New Guinea (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)

P.D. PERKINS & A.E.Z. SHORT (USA)

Zootaxa 493: 1-32 (21 April 2004) 10 plates; 19 references                             

Contribution to the knowledge of Macrolycini with description of Calcaeron, new genus (Coleoptera, Lycidae)

S.V. KAZANTSEV (Russia)

 Monograph

Zootaxa 463: 1-90 (16 March 2004) 203 references                             

Catalogue of Diplotaxini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae) of the Old World

A. BEZDEK (Czech Republic)

Zootaxa 447: 1-18 (1 March 2004) 7 plates; 7 references              

Revision of Phaelota Jacoby (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) with descriptions of three new species

K.D. PRATHAPAN & C.A. VIRAKTAMATH (India)

Zootaxa 440: 1-6 (25 February 2004) 1 plate; 4 references              

A new species of the genus Psylliodes Latreille (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Turkey

A. GÖK & E.G. ÇILBIROGLU (Turkey)

Zootaxa 427: 1-6 (6 February 2004) 1 plate; 7 references                 

Lampyroidea maculata (Coleoptera: Lampyridae): A new species of lampyrid from Iran

M. GEISTHARDT (Germany) & J.C. DAY (Poland)