18 April 2006

GEORGE R. ZUG, HERRICK H.K. BROWN, JAMES A. SCHULTE III, AND JENS V. VINDUM: Systematics of the Garden Lizards, Calotes versicolor Group (Reptilia, Squamata, Agamidae), in Myanmar Central Dry Zone Populations

BRIAN HETERICK: A Revision of the Malagasy Ants Belonging to Genus Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

JAMES R. LABONTE: Pterostichus lattini LaBonte, a New Species of Carabid Beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini) from Oregon

DAVID H. KAVANAUGH AND JAMES R. LABONTE: Pterostichus brachylobus Kavanaugh and LaBonte, A New Species of the Carabid Beetle Subgenus Hypherpes Chaudoir, 1838, from the Central Coast of Oregon (Insecta: Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini)

C. BRUSCHI, C. CORTI , M.A. CARRETERO, D.J. HARRIS, B. LANZA, AND A.E. LEVITON: Comments on the Status of the Sardinian-Corsican Lacertid Lizard Podarcis tiliguerta

JENNIFER L. TRUSTY, HERBERT C. KESLER, AND GERMAN HAUGDELGADO: Vascular Flora of Isla del Coco, Costa Rica

SANDRA V. MILLEN: A New Species of Adalaria (Nudibranchia: Onchidorididae) from the Northeastern Pacific

NORMAN D. PENNY: A Review of Our Knowledge of California Mecoptera

JOHN E. MCCOSKER: A New Species of Sand Eel, Yirrkala moorei (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from the South Pacific

TOMIO IWAMOTO AND ALEXEY ORLOV: Paracetonurus flagellicauda Koefoed, 1927 (Macrouridae, Gadiformes, Teleostei), a Rare Grenadier from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Madagascar Plateau

LIHUA ZHOU, PETER W. FRITSCH, AND BRUCE BARTHOLOMEW: The Symplocaceae of Gaoligong Shan

TOMIO IWAMOTO, DANIEL GOLANI, ALBERT BARANES, AND MENACHEM GOREN: Two New Species of Grenadiers (Teleostei: Macrouridae) from the Seychelles and Mascarene Ridge, Western Indian Ocean

HAMID BOSTANCHI , STEVEN C. ANDERSON, HAJI GHOLIKAMI, AND THEODORE J. PAPENFUSS: A New Species of Pseudocerastes with Elaborate Tail Ornamentation from Western Iran (Squamata: Viperidae)

MÁRCIA S. COURI AND NORMAN D. PENNY: On Palpibracus Rondani (Diptera: Muscidae) with Descriptions of New Species

MÁRCIA S. COURI AND ADRIAN C. PONT: Eggs of Stylogaster Macquart (Diptera, Conopidae) on Madagascan Muscids (Diptera, Muscidae)

JOHN E. MCCOSKER AND ROBERT N. LEA: White Shark Attacks Upon Humans in California and Oregon , 1993–2003

AARON M. BAUER, TODD JACKMAN, ROSS A. SADLIER, AND ANTHONY H. WHITAKER: A Revision of the Bavayia validiclavis group (Squamata: Gekkota: Diplodactylidae), a Clade of New Caledonian Geckos Exhibiting Microendemism

FRANK ALMEDA AND L.J. DORR: Miconia amilcariana (Melastomataceae: Miconieae), a New Species from the Venezuelan Andes with Notes on the Distribution and Origin of Dioecy in the Melastomataceae

DONALD G. BROADLEY: A New Species of Typhlacontias (Reptilia: Scincidae: Feylininae) from Western Tanzania

J.P. KOCIOLEK: Some Thoughts on the Development of a Diatom Flora for Freshwater Ecosystems in the Continental United States and a Listing of Recent Taxa Described from U.S. Freshwaters

RICARDO KRIEBEL: A Widespread New Species in the Neotropical Berry-fruited Genus Clidemia and Range Extension of Ossaea quadrisulca (Melastomataceae: Miconieae)

AARON M. BAUER, TRIP LAMB, AND WILLIAM R. BRANCH: A Revision of the Pachydactylus serval and P. weberi Groups (Reptilia: Squamata: Gekkonidae) of Southern Africa, with the Description of Eight New Species

DAVID H. KAVANAUGH AND HONGBIN LIANG: Three Additional New Species of Aristochroa Tschitschérine (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Pterostichini) from the Gaoligongshan of Western Yunnan Province , China

GARY C. WILLIAMS: Replacement Name Proposed for the Genus Simpsonella Stiasny, 1940 (Octocorallia: Chrysogorgiidae), Preoccupied by Simpsonella Cockerell, 1903 (Bivalvia: Unionidae)

JOHN E. MCCOSKER: Notes and Comments on Some Eastern Atlantic Snake Eels (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae)

JEREMY A. MILLER: Web-sharing Sociality and Cooperative Prey Capture in a Malagasy Spitting Spider (Araneae: Scytodidae)

WILSON R. LOURENÇO, STEVEN M. GOODMAN, AND BRIAN L. FISHER: A Reappraisal of the Geographical Distribution of the Endemic Family Microcharmidae Lourenço (Scorpiones) in Madagascar and Description of Eight New Species and Subspecies

EDWARD S. ROSS: Paedembiidae, a Remarkable New Family and Infraorder of Embiidina from Afghanistan

A.V. GOROCHOV AND L.N. ANISYUTKIN: A New Genus and Species of Paedembiidae from Turkmenistan

MÁRCIA S. COURI, ADRIAN C. PONT, AND NORMAN D. PENNY: Muscidae (Diptera) from Madagascar: Identification Keys, Descriptions of New Species, and New Records

SANDRA MILLEN AND JEFFREY C. HAMANN: A New Nudibranch Species, Genus Flabellina (Opisthobranchia: Aeolidacea) from the Caribbean with Redescriptions of F. verta (Marcus 1970), and F. dushia (Marcus and Marcus, 1963)

BRUCE B. COLLETTE, DAVID W. GREENFIELD, AND JOSÉ LINO COSTA: Are There One or Two Species of Halobatrachus Toadfishes (Teleostei: Batrachoididae) in the Eastern Atlantic?

DAVID W. GREENFIELD: Two New Toadfish Genera (Teleostei: Batrachoididae)

JAMES F. PARHAM, OGUZ TÜRKOZAN, BRYAN L. STUART, MARINE A RAKELYAN, SOHEILA SHAFEI, J. ROBERT MACEY, AND THEODORE J. PAPENFUSS: Genetic Evidence for Premature Taxonomic Inflation in Middle Eastern Tortoises

FRANK PEZOLD, TOMIO IWAMOTO, AND IAN J. HARRISON: The California Academy of Sciences Gulf of Guinea Expedition (2001) V. Multivariate Analysis of Sicydiines of São Tomé & Príncipe with Redescription of Sicydium brevifile and S. bustamantei (Teleostei: Gobiidae) and a Key to West African Sicydiines

JAMIE M. CHAN AND TERRENCE M. GOSLINER: Description of A New Species of Thordisa (Nudibranchia: Discodorididae) from Panamá

OLAF BREIDBACH AND MICHAEL T. GHISELIN: Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680) on Noah’s Ark: Baroque “Intelligent Design” Theory

TERRENCE M. GOSLINER AND DAVID W. BEHRENS: Anatomy of an Invasion: Systematics and Distribution of the Introduced Opisthobranch Snail, Haminoea japonica Pilsbry, 1895 (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia: Haminoeidae)

THOMAS F. DANIEL: Synchronous Flowering and Monocarpy Suggest Plietesial Life History for Neotropical Stenostephanus chiapensis (Acanthaceae)