1. How to cite Lepiforum

(by Jürgen Rodeland)

There are several citation methods in scientific literature, depending on the customary practice of the respective publishing house, or journal. The handling of the author(s) first name initials; the exact sequence of author names and first name initials; the presence or lack of punctuation marks, round and square brackets; the usage of text formatting (bold, italics, small caps), etc.: All those details are quite variable as far as different publishing houses and journals are compared.

That's why the following examples how to cite Lepiforum might be understood merely as suggestions.

1.1. Forum postings

• Rennwald, E. (28/02/2019): Nymphalis polychloros im Bienwald natürlich wieder dutzendweise. — Lepiforum e.V. [ed.] (2002-2019): Lepiforum – Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Praeimaginalstadien. [https://www.lepiforum.de/2_forum_2017.pl?page=1;md=read;id=13409]

Remark: The date of visit does not need to be given here, because Lepiforum postings cannot be edited anymore after publication by the authors.

1.2. Pages of the “Bestimmungshilfe” (= Identification Aid)

Species page

• Lepiforum e.V. [ed.] (2019): Tineola bisselliella (Hummel, 1823). — Lepiforum e.V. [ed.] (2008-2019): Bestimmungshilfe für die in Europa nachgewiesenen Schmetterlingsarten. Visited on March 3rd, 2019. [https://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Tineola_Bisselliella]

Chapter of a species page

• Rennwald, E. (2019): Faunistik. — In: Lepiforum e.V. [ed.] (2019): Phyllocnistis extrematrix Martynova, 1955. Visited on March 3rd, 2019. [https://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Phyllocnistis_Extrematrix]

Family page

• Lepiforum e.V. [ed.] (2019): Tineidae (Echte Motten) in Mitteleuropa. — Lepiforum e.V. [ed.] (2008-2019): Bestimmungshilfe für die in Europa nachgewiesenen Schmetterlingsarten. Visited on March 3rd, 2019. [https://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Tineidae]
• Lepiforum e.V. [ed.] (2019): Tineidae (Echte Motten) in ganz Europa. — Lepiforum e.V. [ed.] (2008-2019): Bestimmungshilfe für die in Europa nachgewiesenen Schmetterlingsarten. Visited on March 3rd, 2019. [https://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Tineidae_Europa]

Photo plates (“Fotoübersichten”)

Examples: [https://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Fotouebersicht_Tineinae] and [https://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Fotouebersicht_Tineinae_Gespannt]

We strongly recommend not to cite our photo plates. Due to many reasons – as flexibility of taxonomy, descriptions of new species, new synonymies, new findings of species for Europe – the content of any photo plate is not stable. Also, citing Lepiforum's photo plates should not be necessary anyway.

1.3. Online edition (2008) of Karl Traugott Schütze's „Biologie der Kleinschmetterlinge“ (1931)

• Bryner, R., Buchner, P., Melzer, H., Rennwald, E., Rodeland, J., Steiner. A. & H. Strutzberg [ed.] (2008): Online-Neuausgabe der „Biologie der Kleinschmetterlinge“ von Karl Traugott Schütze (1931). Visited on March 3rd, 2019. [https://www.lepiforum.de/literatur/literatur.pl?Schuetze]
• Steiner, A. (2008): Leben und Werk von Karl Traugott Schütze = Korla Bohuwěr Šěca. Visited on March 3rd, 2019. [https://www.lepiforum.de/literatur/literatur.pl?Schuetze_Vita]

1.4. Downloads

• Rennwald, E. & J. Rodeland (2019): Lepiforums-Europaliste [Lepiforum's Checklist of European Lepidoptera]. Version 6, January 1st, 2019. 682 pp. [https://lepiforum.org/bh/downloads/2019-i-01/Lepiforums-Europaliste_der_Schmetterlinge_Version_6-Stand_2019_01_01_zum_download_fuer_ausdruck.pdf]