Hints for Entomologists

Nomenclature & Handling of Types

If you plan a new description or a revision, you must know the following papers. A basis for discussion of the new Internatinal Code of Zoological Nomenclatur is installed at the internet.

Kraus, O. [ed.] (1970): Internationale Regeln für die Zoologische Nomenklatur, beschlossen vom XV. Internationalen Kongress für Zoologie, 2.Aufl.: 92 pp.; Frankfurt: Kramer.

Kraus, O. (1973): Internationale Regeln für die Zoologische Nomenklatur, Bericht über Änderungen, gültig ab dem 1.Januar 1973. - Senckenbergiana biologica 54(1/3): 219-225; Frankfurt a.M.

Kraus, O. (2000): Internationale Regeln für die Zoologische Nomenklatur, 4. Aufl., offizieller deutscher Text. - Keltern-Weiler: Goecke & Evers (Abhandlungen des naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 34); 232 pp. [ISBN: 3-931374-36-X].

Geisthardt, M. (1982): Das Typusverfahren - der Typus. Erläuterungen zu den Nomenklaturregeln. - Mitteilungen des Internationalen Entomologischen Vereins 7(1-2): 1-5; Frankfurt a.M.

Evers, A.M.J. (1994): Über Spezialisten, Museen, Sammlungen, Typenmaterial und den Internationalen Code of Zoological Nomenclature. - Entomologische Blätter 90: 5-15; Krefeld.

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1999): International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Fourth Edition. - London: The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature; 306 pp. [ISBN: 0 85301 006 4].

The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. The Official Periodical of the International Commission Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN); London.

If you plan the description of a new genus and you are not willing to produce a homonym, the following catalogs list all known genera.

Neave, S. A. [ed.] (1939): Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758, to the end of 1935. Published for the proprietors by the Zoological Society of London, Vol. I-IV (A-C; D-L; M-P; Q-Z); London.

Neave, S. A. [ed.] (1950): Nomenclator Zoologicus, 1936-1945. Published for the proprietors by the Zoological Society of London, Vol. V; London.

Edwards, M. A. & Hopwood, A. T. [eds.] (1966): Nomenclator Zoologicus, 1946-1955. Published for the proprietors by the Zoological Society of London, Vol. VI; London.

Edwards, M. A. & Hopwood, A. T. & Vevers, H. G. [eds.] (1975): Nomenclator Zoologicus, 1956-1965. Published for the proprietors by the Zoological Society of London, Vol. VII; London.

Edwards, M. A. & Hopwood, A. T. & Tobias, M. A. [eds.] (1993): Nomenclator Zoologicus, 1966-1977. Published for the proprietors by the Zoological Society of London, Vol. VIII; London.

Mauly, P. & Tobias, M. A. [eds.] (1996): Nomenclator Zoologicus, 1978-1994. Published for the proprietors by the Zoological Society of London, Vol. IX; London.

Cladistic & Taxonomy

Rieppel, O. (1999): Einführung in die computergestuetzte Kladistik. - München: Pfeil; 120 pp. [ISBN 3-931516-57-1]

Quicke, D.L.J. (1993): Principles and Techniques of Contemporary Taxonomy. - London: Chapman & Hall; 311 pp. [ISBN 0 7514 0019 X (HB) or 7514 0020 3 (PB)]