Citation of Lepiforum - English / deutsch

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://forum.lepiforum.org/post/677085

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://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Tineola_Bisselliella

Chapter of a species page

• Rennwald, E. (2019): Phyllocnistis extrematrix, Faunistik. — In: Lepiforum e.V. [ed.] (2019): Phyllocnistis extrematrix Martynova, 1955. Visited on March 3rd, 2019. https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Phyllocnistis_Extrematrix#Weitere_Informationen-Faunistik

Family page

• Lepiforum e.V. [ed.] (2019): Tineidae (Echte Motten) in Mitteleuropa. — Lepiforum e.V. [ed.] (2008-2019): LepiWiki. Visited on March 3rd, 2019. https://lepiforum.org/wiki/taxonomy/Tineoidea/Tineidae

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://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Schuetze
• Steiner, A. (2008): Leben und Werk von Karl Traugott Schütze = Korla Bohuwěr Šěca. Visited on March 3rd, 2019. https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/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. [PDF]