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Published by the Entomological Society of Southern Africa
Language
Manuscripts should be submitted in concise and clear English.
Manuscripts
All authors must have seen and approved the manuscript prior
to submission and after revision. Three printed copies and a
diskette containing the manuscript must be submitted. The
manuscript must be typed in double spacing on A4-size paper with
a margin of 4 cm on the lefthand side. A short abstract must be
provided as well as keywords (not more than 10). Italics should
be indicated by underlining rather than by use of an italic font.
All pages of the manuscript must be numbered consecutively,
including those carrying references, tables and legends to
figures, all of which should be placed after the text.
Illustrations are to be numbered as figures in a common sequence.
Clearly annotated copies of line drawings and photographs must be
submitted with each manuscript. Lettering on graphs and figures
must be uniform and Helvetica (Swiss) typeface is recommended.
Original illustrations and a diskette containing the manuscript,
as well as a printed copy, must be submitted once the paper has
been accepted for publication. If possible, the manuscript should
be compiled in Microsoft Word or WordPerfect. Authors are advised
to note position of headings, tables and illustrations as in a
recent issue of African Entomology. The Système
International d'Unités (SI) must be used. A decimal point must
be used in preference to a comma when citing decimal numbers.
References
These should be cited in the text by author and date but must
not be numbered. All references in the text must be reflected at
the end of the paper, with the names of authors listed
alphabetically, and the author's initials should follow the
surname in all cases. In the text the names of two co-authors are
linked by an ampersand (&); for three or more the first
author's name is followed by et al. Examples in the text
are: Williams (1929); (Williams 1929); Johnson & Smith
(1950a,b,c, 1953); (Johnson & Smith 1950a; Thompson et al.
1963); Thompson et al. (1963) or (Thompson et al. 1963).
Unpublished references are to be cited as: Smith (pers. comm.);
(Smith, pers. comm.); Smith (unpubl.); (Smith, unpubl.); Smith
(in prep.); Smith (in press): only the last category must appear
in the references. The use of these terms must be restricted to
an absolute minimum. In the reference list, titles of periodicals
and books must not be abbreviated and all nouns and adjectives
should commence with an upper case letter. The following forms of
citation should be followed:
WILSON, D.M. 1966. Insect walking. Annual Review of
Entomology 11: 103–122.
WIGGLESWORTH, V.B. 1972. The Principles of Insect
Physiology. 7th Edition.Chapmanand Hall, London.
TAYLOR, L.R. & PALMER, J.P.M. 1972. Aerial sampling. In:
Van Emden, H.F. (Ed.) Aphid Technology. 63–76.
Academic Press, London.
Tables
Avoid giving the same information in both tables and figures.
Tables should be submitted on separate sheets, each with a
concise caption above, which is to be fully explanatory and
ordinarily without references to text or figures. Avoid elaborate
tables, they should be arranged to fit the page horizontally
within the dimensions of the printed pages (142 _ 202 mm) and the
number of columns kept to a minimum.
Illustrations
Original drawings and graphs in black ink on white board or
drawing film, which permit reduction to about one half or one
third of the original size, may be submitted. The dimensions
should ideally be 210 _ 297mm(A4) but must not exceed 270 _ 410
mm. If originals are larger than this they should be reduced to 210 _ 297 mm (A4) and high
quality bromide prints supplied as originals. Only good quality
photographic reproductions will be accepted. They must be
arranged to fit the page horizontally. Illustrations generated
electronically should be submitted in e.g. TIFF,CDR, EPS,
GEM, PLT or PIF format, preferably in one of the vector (not
bitmap) formats. Figures, numbered serially, should be attached
to rigid white card. The figures together with the legend may,
when printed, occupy a full page measuring 142 _ 202mm. Allowance
must be made to accommodate the legend on the same page after
reduction of the figures. Each sheet of figures must be clearly
identified by author/s name and figure number/s on the reverse
side. Figures will usually not be reproduced singly scattered
throughout the text. Lettering and numbering in graphs and
legends are not provided by the printer; sizes should be selected
for uniformity and easy reading after reduction. Magnifications
must be indicated as scale bars on the figures. Legends to figures must be typed on one or more
sheetsof paper, and should be clear, unambiguous and concise.
African Entomology — Guide for Authors Black and white
glossy photographs of high quality and good contrast may be
submitted. Colour illustrations are acceptable, provided the cost is borne by the author.
Proofs
Page proofs are provided for the purpose of checking printer's
errors, and not for author's corrections such as adjustments to
language, style and punctuation. Author's corrections will be
charged to authors. Page charges are levied on all papers on a
sliding scale from 25% to 100% depending on the length of the
paper.Papers of 8 pages or less are calculated at 25 % of the current cost of each page to the Society (i.e. R300).
Aneight-page paper will cost R600 (i.e. R75 _ 8). An
additional R10 per page (cumulative) is levied for each page
exceeding eight pages up to a maximum of R300 per page. Page
charges may be waived in exceptional circumstances at the
discretion of the editor.
Reprints
Twenty five free reprints are provided. No extra reprints will
be provided, but reprints inCDRom format can be provided upon
request.
Taxonomic papers
Should constitute a comprehensive treatment of a group
delimited on taxonomic, geographic, ecological or other
biologically meaningful criteria. Papers dealing with
miscellaneous species having no such natural association will
only be accepted if there are special circumstances. Such
circumstances could include a paper that is additive or
supplementary to a previously published comprehensive paper or
that the description of one, or a small number of unrelated
species is important for economic or other sound reasons.Authors
must comply with the requirements of the
Third Edition of the International Code of Zoological
Nomenclature (1985) and with the published opinions of the
International Commission.
Style
The name of a genus or higher category should be preceded by
the name of the category, e.g. `Genus', `Family' and
followed by the unabbreviated name of the author. Species-group
names should also be followed by the author of the taxon. The
abbreviations gen. n., sp. n., syn. n., comb. n. should be used for
distinguishing new taxa, synonymies or new combinations.
Telegraphic style must be used in descriptions which should be
accompanied by a short summary of the principal diagnostic
characters and a comparison of thenew taxon with its closest
relatives and other taxa with which it may be confused.
Descriptions should be subdivided by appropriate subordinate
headings. The `discussion' or `remarks' section should be placed
last. The use of figures to illustrate descriptions is encouraged and should
permit some reduction in the length of the description of the
parts illustrated. Reference to the original description of a
taxon should always appear immediately below the heading.
References listed under the heading, whether to the accepted name
or synonyms, should always include the author, date and page
number but not the title of the publication as this is provided
in the reference section. This section should only include
original references to nomenclatural changes or synonymies and
should not be seen as a bibliography to the taxon. If, for a
given taxonomic unit, adequate synonymies and references are already accessible in the literature, they should not be
repeated, but a reference to the source should be given. Other
important references pertaining to the taxon can be provided in
the `remarks' section. The type species, with author and date,
should be cited immediately beneath each genus treated (including
synonyms). For each species treated, the museum in which the
primary type (holo-, lecto- or neotype) is deposited, should be
stated and listed in the Material examined section. If a type cannot be traced the
reasons for this should be stated.
Concise lists of specimens examined should be presented for
each species but, except in the case of types, label data should
not be cited verbatim but should include the following
information: Country, Province, numbers and sexes (symbols)
of specimens, locality, latitude and longitude
coordinates, altitude, date, collector and depository (in
brackets).Mapcoordinates should be given for all localities and
follow the degrees-minutes convention, e.g. 26º13'S
29º41'E. Coordinates can instead be listed in a gazetteer at the
end of the paper, especially where there is repetition or many
localities. For large numbers of specimens, dates and names of
collectors can be arranged at the end of the Material examined section.
Localities should be arranged in alphabetical order or some other
logical sequence within Countries or Provinces.
Keys
Dichotomous keys giving precise diagnostic characters should
be used to distinguish taxa.
Address of Editor
Dr M.A. McGeoch
Department of Conservation Ecology
University of Stellenbosch
Private Bag X01, Matieland
7602 South Africa
E-mail: [email protected]
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