Taxonomic considerations
The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature must be strictly followed. Author(s) of the species name must be provided when the scientific name of any insect (or other animal) species is first mentioned. If the year of publication is given, then a full reference should be provided in the reference list. Year of publication of the species should be given in taxonomic revisions that provide the original species description, and must be given in the list of references. The names of authors for plant species names need not be given. Papers including new taxonomic decisions on previously described taxa (synonymies, new combinations, lectotype, designations, etc.), must include bibliographic data of the original description of the taxon (including page number). Genus names should not be abbreviated at the beginning of a sentence. Special symbols should be avoided. The following symbols can be generally used for the indication of male and female: male – ♂; males – ♂♂; female –♀; females – ♀♀.
Descriptions and re-descriptions of taxa should be concise and uniform throughout the paper. Use standardized abbreviations in the text: gen. nov., sp. nov., ssp. nov., syn. nov., comb. nov., stat. nov., stat. restit. Authors are recommended to include habitat and host association for the type material as well as other recorded species. For the description of the new species, the following arrangement of data is required:
Name of new species
- Type material (Holotype, Paratype(s))
- Type locality
- Other material
The supplementary data, including ecology, biology, seasonal occurrence, and host associations, are welcome if they exist. An identification key with the necessary illustrations will greatly enhance the quality of papers for subsequent users/readers.
Type locality is the exact geographical place at which the specimens were collected. Additional locality information includes type of habitat, collecting method, date, name of collector(s)’, host plant, or host insect should be inserted here.
Type material is a different statement about specimen(s), including the exact quotation of its original label, accession number, condition of specimen (pinned, card mounted, slide mounted, alcohol preserved, fossil), and Depository (organization’s name and city). See the following example
Alloxysta kovilovicus Ferrer-Suay & Pujade-Villar sp. n.
Type locality: SERBIA, Kovilovo
Type material: Holotype female, pinned, deposited in UB. Original label: 14.6.2010, alfalfa field, complex landscape, Kovilovo, Serbia, Alloxysta brevis (Thomson) ♀ det. A.Setković. 2012.
Deposition of specimens
All recorded taxa, including type materials of the newly described genera and species, should be deposited in institutional collections and national or international museums. Subsequently, an accession (registration) number should be provided from those depositories before acceptance of papers to avoid unnecessary delay of publication. Holotype should not be deposited in private collections. If needed, the primary type specimens should be deposited in collections of the country of origin. Non-type materials listed in the manuscripts should also be deposited in permanent depositories to be accessible for subsequent examination. This should be clearly stated in the manuscripts.
Identification Keys: The second couplet of the key should start with a dash only (-). Each couplet should be typed simply as a separate paragraph as follows:
1 Tarsal claws with a distinct acute basal lobe. … 2
- Tarsal claws simple or with an indistinct basal lobe. … 3
2 The first submarginal cell large. … Species I Author
- The first submarginal cell small. … Species II Author
Subsequently, it can be converted to a proper format by the expert typesetter.