Heteroptera Poloniae – Acta Faunistica, published since 2009, is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal that features original research articles, review articles, and opinions across all areas of heteropterology (Hemiptera: Heteroptera).
These may include, for example:
• faunistic monographs on various groups of Heteroptera from Poland, Europe, and other regions of the world;
• comprehensive studies of the fauna of Heteroptera in specific areas of Poland, Europe, and the world (e.g. reserves, national parks, landscape parks, mountain ranges, urban areas, regions surrounding various towns, etc.);
• faunistic notes of any kind;
• new data on the biology and morphology of Heteroptera;
• results of research on the classification and taxonomy of Heteroptera based on analyses of classical and molecular characteristics;
• review articles on all aspects of heteropterology;
• reviews and comments on heteropterological literature;
• other interesting reports on Heteroptera.
Contributions are published either in Polish with an English abstract and summary, or solely in English.
Authors whose first language is not English are recommended to have their manuscripts reviewed linguistically before submission.
The manuscript should be prepared using „MS Word”. „Times New Roman” font should be used, and the font size should be 12pt.
All research articles should include the following sections: Title, Author(s) name(s), affiliation(s), and e-mail(s), Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Materials and Methods, Results, Discussion, Conclusion (or Discussion and conclusions), Acknowledgement (if any), and References.
In the “Short communication”, the sections: Introduction, Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion (or Discussion and conclusions) can be omitted and merged into a single section.
For the reference format, consult the papers in the latest issue of the journal.
Manuscripts should be submitted via e-mail to the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. hab. Jerzy Lis (e-mail: cydnus@uni.opole.pl).
The manuscripts will be assessed by two independent referees. Reviews are conducted anonymously on a single-blind peer-review basis.