The manuscript must be carefully proofread using a spell checker. Papers written in foreign languages must be corrected by native speakers before submission.
Latin names of genera and species must be printed in italics.
The first mention of the name of an organism must be accompanied by its Latin name with the author's name (please do not abbreviate!) and the year of publication as follows:
Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1758.
Subsequent references must omit the author's name and year, and abbreviate the genus name to one letter::
М. domestica.
If different genus names mentioned in the text begin with the same letter, they should be abbreviated to TWO or THREE letters..
The authors of genera, tribes, subfamilies, families and suprafamilial categories should be omitted (except in catalogues and monographs, where the nomenclature is occasionally concerned)..
The spelling of geographical names in papers written in English must follow Google Maps. It is recommended to use the terms "region" and "district" for "область" та район" accordingly. The preferred translation of «Лісостеп» is «Wood-and-Steppe», and that of «Полісся» is «Polissia (Forest Zone)».
Please refer to the source (comprehensive catalogues, monographs, internet databases), which are followed in the systematics and nomenclature of the mentioned taxa, e.g:
"Nomenclature of beetle taxa follows the Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera (Löbl & Smetana, 2007)".
Source citations include the author's name and year without initials:
Spencer (1949 a, b), Johnson & (2010), Balachowsky & Mesnil (1939) or (Кришталь, 1959 а, 1974 а, б, в, г).
You can give also the reference to page or figure/plate number: Некрутенко (1990: 51; рис. 12; табл. 1, 3); Kotsch (1935: 12; Abb. 2).
Manuals, handbooks, books and pamphlets, the authors of which are not mentioned, are cited in the form of an abbreviated title (only the first word): (Catalogue..., 1980)..
Descriptions of new taxa are accepted. They are immediately validated by the assignment of a DOI and registration in ZooBank, in accordance with the recommendations of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
Only sources mentioned in the text should be included. References should be listed in their original spelling and in alphabetical order (Cyrillic letters first, then Roman letters). Works by the same author should be listed in chronological order. We use a simplified Harvard bibliographic format for references:
1. Articles in journals, periodicals, continuing publications and book/monograph chapters:
Name and initials of the author(-s). (Year) Title of the article. Title of the journal or book (no abbreviations!), volume(number in parentheses, if necessary), pages + numbers of plates (if separately numbered).
Nadein, K. S. 2008. New taxa of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Galerucinae) from Rovno amber, Late Eocene). Acta Geologica Sinica, 84(4), 872–882.
Johnson, J. R. & Johnson P. R. 2007. Tyrannonasemyia antennalis (Siphonaptera), a fossil flea from extant Rhinogradentia. Vestnik zoologii, 41(5), 404-424.
Hendel, F. 1914. Diptera. Fam. Muscaridae. Subfam. Platystomidae. In: Wytsman P., Ed. Genera Insectorum, Bruxelles, (157), 1–179 + I–XV.
Korneyev, V. A. 1999 c. Phylogeny of the subfamily Tephritinae: relationships of the tribes and subtribes. In: Aluja M., Norrbom A.L., eds. Fruit Flies (Tephritidae): Phylogeny and Evolution of Behavior, CRC Press, Boca Raton, 549–580.
2. Books:
Name, and initials of the author(-s). (Year). Title of the book (entirely). Publisher, City, volume, pages+ numbers of plates or separate parts (Introduction, Foreword, etc.) (if separately numbered).
Кириченко, А. Н. 1951. Настоящие полужесткокрылые европейской части СССР (Hemiptera). Определитель и библиография. Изд-во АН СССР, Москва, Ленинград, 1–423. (Определители по фауне СССР, издаваемые Зоологическим институтом АН СССР; Вып. 42.)
de Lattin, G. 1967. Grundriss der Zoogeographie. Gustav Fischer, Stuttgart, 1–602.
Meigen, J. W. 1826. Systematische Beschreibung der bekannten europaischen zweiflugeligen Insekten. Funfter Theil. Schulz, Hamm, i–xii + 1–412.
Figures should be mounted on plates no larger than 170x210 mm (600-1200 dpi black & white tif, 300-600 dpi colour jpg file). Please send them separately and do not insert them directly into a doc / docx file.
If the figures are to be mounted on plates, please send them as separate high-resolution images (1200 dpi black & white tif, 600 dpi colour jpg file): this way they will be included without loss of quality.
must be as follows:
Figs 1–6. Butterflies of the family Papilionidae in vicinity of Kiev: total view, dorsally (1, 3, 5) and ventrally (2, 4, 6): 1–2. Papilio machaon. 3–4: Zerynthia polyxena; 5–6. Parnassius mnemosyne.
Figs 7–15. Biotopes of Papilionidae: 7–9. Papilio machaon; 10–12. Zerynthia polyxena; 13–15. Parnassius mnemosyne.
Fig. 16. Papilio machaon.
The manuscripts must be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief or publishing editors
by e-mail.
Volume of manuscripts is unlimited.
Illustrations must be submitted as jpg (85-95% compression or 9-11 quality) or tif (LZW compression) files.
All manuscripts will be reviewed by minimum two referees, selected by the Editorial Board.
Title (with the Latin name of the order and/or family)
First Name, Patronym or Second Given Name (if any, abbreviated) and Surname(-s) of the author(-s)
Official name of the institution, address and
e-mail (for each author),
Summary in English and Ukrainian, which clearly states the subject, results and conclusions of the paper.
Key words in English and Ukrainian.
Text of the paper with the following headings:
Introduction
Material and Methods
Results
Discussion
Conclusions
Acknowledgements
References
Examined material please list with the syntax as in the example below (grouping by localities, collectors' names and abbreviation of depositaries):
Material. Ukraine: Kyiv.: Boyarka, 50°19'N 30°17' E, 12.05.1934, 2 ♂, 2 ♀ (Kryshtal); idem, 10.07.2004, 2 ♂, 2 ♀; idem, 12.06.2009, 16 ♂, 1 ♀ (Pushkar) (SIZK); Cherkas.: Kaniv Nature Reserve, 12.05.1974, 2 ♂, 2 ♀ (Kryshtal); Velykyi Bukryn, 49.9500, 31.3333, 12.08.1980, 4 ♂, 2 ♀ (Verves) (ZMUK).
or:
Kherson.: Chornomorskyi (the Black Sea) Biosphere Reserve, 46°27'N 31°59' E, 10.05.2001, 2 #, 1 $ (Petrenko) (ZMUM); Askania Nova, 46°27'N 31°59' E, 12.05.1934, 2 #, 2 $ (Ter-Minassian) (ZISP).
decimal coordinates are preferred
you may use #$ instead of ♂♀ chars
If you know the localicty well, better give its geographical coordinates (e.g., after «Google Map») than mention its district, name of a farm or a locality, which is not included into any common modern maps. An old/incomplete label, which cannot be turned into coordinates, must be quoted in parentheses :
"Kaniv Nature Reserve, Zaricchia Is., 1947" (Kryshtal).
Please provide a list of abbreviations of the institutions, where the material is deposited :
SIZK - I.I.Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences, Kyiv,
ZMUK - Zoological Museum, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv,
ZISP - Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, etc.