Zootaxa

A rapid international journal for animal taxonomists

12 papers on Coleoptera in September 2010

12 papers on Coleoptera were published in Sept 2010 in Zootaxa. Two of these are for open access. More papers in the Coleoptera collection in Zootaxa: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/taxa/Coleoptera.html

 Article 
Zootaxa 2629: 47–60 (29 Sep. 2010) 10 plates; 32 references                         Accepted: 21 Aug. 2010
Description of a new species of Pentarthrum Wollaston (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cossoninae) from China with an annotated checklist to species of the World
YOUSSEF M. OMAR (Egypt), RUNZHI ZHANG (P.R. China) & STEVEN R. DAVIS (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2629: 1–28 (29 Sep. 2010) 5 plates; 24 references                              Accepted: 16 Jul. 2010
Onthophagus (Palaeonthophagus) medius (Kugelann, 1792)—a good western
palaearctic species in the Onthophagus vacca complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Onthophagini)
ECKEHARD RÖSSNER (Germany), JOACHIM SCHÖNFELD (Germany) & DIRK AHRENS (UK)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2627: 39–56 (27 Sep. 2010) 8 plates; 27 references                             Accepted: 2 Sep. 2010
Phylogeny of the weevil genus Rhinusa Stephens based on adult morphological
characters and host plant information (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
ROBERTO CALDARA (Italy), DAVIDE SASSI (Italy) & IVO TOŠEVSKI (Switzerland)
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Correspondence
Zootaxa 2622: 65–67 (23 Sep. 2010) 0 plates; 10 references                             Accepted: 3 Sep. 2010
Nomenclatural changes within West Indian Acanthocinini (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Lamiinae)
CHARYN J. MICHELI (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2621: 45–62 (22 Sep. 2010) 4 plates; 2 references                              Accepted: 30 Aug. 2010
Review of Taophila, a genus endemic to New Caledonia
(Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae : Eumolpinae)
G. ALLAN SAMUELSON (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2620: 29–44 (22 Sep. 2010) 6 plates; 38 references                            Accepted: 17 Aug. 2010
A description of Promanodes serafini gen. et sp. nov. from Baltic amber,
with a review of related New Zealand Promanus Sharp, 1877 (Coleoptera: Trogossitidae)
JI
ŘÍ KOLIBÁČ (Czech Republic), HEIKO SCHMIED (Germany), TORSTEN WAPPLER (Germany) & DANIEL KUBISZ (Poland) 
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Article 
Zootaxa 2619: 27–38 (21 Sep. 2010) 7 plates; 21 references                           Accepted: 10 Aug. 2010
Taxonomy of the genus Indoquedius Blackwelder (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae:
Staphylininae) of China with description of four new species
ZONY-YI ZHAO & HONG-ZHANG ZHOU (P.R. China)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2610: 50–68 (13 Sep. 2010) 8 plates; 53 references                             Accepted: 5 Aug. 2010
Larval morphology, development, and notes on the natural history of
Cephaloleia “rolled-leaf” beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae)
CARLOS GARCÍA-ROBLEDO, CAROL C. HORVITZ & CHARLES L. STAINES (USA)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2610: 27–49 (13 Sep. 2010) 7 plates; 172 references                           Accepted: 5 Aug. 2010
Introduced leaf beetles of the Maritime Provinces, 9: Chaetocnema concinna (Marsham, 1802) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
LAURENT LESAGE & CHRISTOPHER G. MAJKA (Canada)
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Article 
Zootaxa 2602: 1–47 (3 Sep. 2010) 1 plates; 269 references                              Accepted: 21 Jul. 2010
An annotated synopsis of Taiwanese bark and ambrosia beetles,
with new synonymy, new combinations and new records (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
R. A. BEAVER (Thailand) & L. Y. LIU (R. China)
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Zootaxa 2601: 37–44 (2 Sep. 2010) 3 plates; 16 references                               Accepted: 6 Aug. 2010
Larval and pupal morphology of Pyractonema nigripennis Solier (Coleoptera: Lampyridae: Photinini) and comparative notes with other Photinini larvae
MIGUEL ARCHANGELSKY (Argentina)
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Zootaxa 2601: 28–36 (2 Sep. 2010) 3 plates; 15 references                                Accepted: 5 Aug. 2010
Sphaerocetum gen. n., a new genus of the Protosternini from Peninsular
Malaysia (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Sphaeridiinae)
MARTIN FIKÁ
ČEK (Czech Republic)
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