Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability

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)