Taxonomy ICZN . Rules and recommendations of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature must be followed. Multiple authors . In the view of the Editorial Committee, a scientific name with more than two authors is unwieldy and should be avoided. It follows that in papers with three or more authors, the one or two authors responsible for any name should be clearly stated.
Keys are desirable.
They must be dichotomous and not serially indented. A period and dash must separate taxon and author except in the case of reference to the original description. Type repository . Where new taxa are described the location of all type material must be indicated un-ambiguously. Manuscripts will not be accepted for publication until unique registration numbers are supplied for the type specimens.