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eISSN: 1175-5334pISSN: 1175-5326

Aims and Scope of Zootaxa

Zootaxa is a peer-reviewed scientific mega journal for animal taxonomists. It is published by Magnolia Press (Auckland, New Zealand). The journal was established by Zhi-Qiang Zhang in 2001 and new issues are published multiple times a week. From 2001 to 2020, more than 60,000 new species have been described in the journal accounting for around 25 % of all new taxa indexed in The Zoological Record in the last few years. Print and online versions are available. Less

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CiteScore
2
Impact Factor
< 5
SJR
Q3Animal Science and Zoology
SNIP
0.86
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Zootaxa Journal Specifications

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Publisher MAGNOLIA PRESS
Language English
Frequency Irregular
General Details
LanguageEnglish
FrequencyIrregular
Publication Start Year2002
Publisher URLVisit website
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First Indian record of Phrynocaria laeta (Mulsant, 1850) comb. nov. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), a poorly known Oriental species, with a redescription and distribution notes
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Three new species of the genus Microlaimus de Man, 1880 (Nematoda, Microlaimida, Microlaimidae) from the sublittoral of the Northwest Pacific
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A new species of Hyalella Smith, 1874 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Hyalellidae) from Serrana Region of the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil
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A new species and a new synonym of spotted-winged Bombylius Linnaeus (Diptera: Bombyliidae: Bombyliinae) from China, with an updated distribution
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A brief biography of Professor Zizhong Li
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A new species of the genus Eupteryx Curtis, 1831 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from Thailand
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First Indian record of Phrynocaria laeta (Mulsant, 1850) comb. nov. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), a poorly known Oriental species, with a redescription and distribution notes
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Three new species of the genus Microlaimus de Man, 1880 (Nematoda, Microlaimida, Microlaimidae) from the sublittoral of the Northwest Pacific
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A new species of Hyalella Smith, 1874 (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Hyalellidae) from Serrana Region of the state of Santa Catarina, southern Brazil
  • 30 Jul 2026
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A new species and a new synonym of spotted-winged Bombylius Linnaeus (Diptera: Bombyliidae: Bombyliinae) from China, with an updated distribution
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A brief biography of Professor Zizhong Li
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A new species of the genus Eupteryx Curtis, 1831 (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from Thailand
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