Chief Editor & Founder

Alain Dubois
ISYEB, MNHN, CP 51, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France
<sapo421@gmail.com>

Deputy Editor

Alessandro Minelli 
Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via Ugo Bassi 58 B, 35131 Padova, Italy
<alessandro.minelli@unipd.it>

Managing Editor

Zhi-Qiang Zhang 
New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Landcare Research, 231 Morrin Road, St. Johns, Auckland 1072, New Zealand 
<zhangz@landcareresearch.co.nz>

Members of the Editorial Board

Erna Aescht, Linz, Austria 
Biologiezentrum des Oberösterreichischen Landesmuseums, J.-W.-Klein-Str. 73, 4040 Linz, Austria
<ernaaescht@gmail.com>  

Aaron M. Bauer, Villanova, USA 
Department of Biology, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085, USA
<aaron.bauer@villanova.edu>

Frédéric Chérot, Gembloux, Belgium 
Service public de Wallonie, DGO3, Agriculture Ressources naturelles Environnement, Département de l’Etude du Milieu naturel et agricole, Direction de la Nature et de l’Eau, Avenue Maréchal Juin, 23, 5030 Gembloux, Belgium
<frederic.cherot@spw.wallonie.be>

Vivien Cosandey, Genève, Switzerland
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Département de la Culture et de la Transition Numérique, C. P. 6434, Route de Malagnou 1, 1211 Genève 6, Switzerland
<vivien.cosandey@geneve.ch>

Mario Cupello, College Station, USA
Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, College Station, 77843-2475 Texas, USA
<mcupello@gmail.com>

Alain Dubois, Paris, France
ISYEB, MNHN, CP 51, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France
<sapo421@gmail.com>

Omar M. Entiauspe-Neto, São Paulo, Brazil
Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão, 321, Travessa 14, 05508-090, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
<entiauspe@gmail.com>

Thierry Frétey, Saint Maugan, France
Association RACINE, 5 allée des cygnes, 35750 Saint-Maugan, France
<fretey.thierry@wanadoo.fr>

Michel Laurin, Paris, France
CR2P, UMR 7207, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Bâtiment de Géologie, Case postale 48, 43 rue Buffon, F-75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
<michel.laurin@mnhn.fr>

Ivan Löbl, Genève, Switzerland
Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, Route de Malagnou 1, 1208 Genève, Switzerland
<ivan.lobl@bluewin.ch>

Olivier Lorvelec, Rennes, France
UMR ESE, INRA, Agrocampus Ouest, 65 rue de Saint-Brieuc, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France
<olivier.lorvelec@inrae.fr>

Valéry Malécot, Angers, France
L’Institut Agro Rennes-Angers & UMR IRHS, 2 rue le Nôtre, 49045 Angers Cedex, France
<valery.malecot@agrocampus-ouest.fr>

Alessandro Minelli, Padova, Italy 
Department of Biology, University of Padova, Via Ugo Bassi 58 B, 35131 Padova, Italy
<alessandro.minelli@unipd.it>

Annemarie Ohler, Paris, France
ISYEB, MNHN, CP 51, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France
<annemarie.ohler@gmail.com>

Elie Mario Saliba, Paris, France
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, EPHE, 57 rue Cuvier, 75005 Paris, France
<eliemariosal.97@gmail.com>

Renata Stopiglia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Av. Bartolomeu de Gusmão, 875, São Cristóvão, 20941-160, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
<stopiglia@mn.ufrj.br>

Lars Vogt, Bonn, Germany 
TIB Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology, Welfengarten 1B, 30167 Hanover, Germany
<lars.m.vogt@googlemail.com> 

Editors listed by main sections and subjects

(1) Nomenclature of taxa

Nomenclature: botany
Valéry Malécot; Elie Mario Saliba

Nomenclature: cultivated plants
Valéry Malécot; Elie Mario Saliba

Nomenclature: paleontology, paleobotany, paleozoology
Valéry Malécot; Elie Mario Saliba

Nomenclature: phylogenetic, Phylocode, other systems alternative to the current Codes
Michel Laurin

Nomenclature: theory
Alain Dubois; Mario Cupello; Ivan Löbl; Alessandro Minelli; Elie Mario Saliba

Nomenclature: viruses
Elie Mario Saliba

Nomenclature: zoology
Alain Dubois; Alessandro Minelli; Erna Aescht; Aaron M. Bauer; Frédéric Chérot; Vivien Cosandey; Mario Cupello; Omar Entiauspe-Neto; Thierry Frétey; Ivan Löbl; Olivier Lorvelec; Milen Marinov; Annemarie Ohler; Elie Mario Saliba; Renata Stopiglia

 

(2) Terminology in other biological fields

Biogeography
Aaron M. Bauer; Mario Cupello; Thierry Frétey; Valéry Malécot

Developmental biology
Alessandro Minelli

Ecology, ethology, conservation biology
Thierry Frétey; Olivier Lorvelec

Evolutionary biology
Mario Cupello; Alessandro Minelli; Elie Mario Saliba

Morphology
Alessandro Minelli; Aaron M. Bauer; Valéry Malécot; Renata Stopiglia

 

(3) Conceptual, philosophical and historical issues

History and sociology of scientific language
Elie Mario Saliba

Philosophy of (scientific) language
Elie Mario Saliba

Phylogenetics
Mario Cupello

Scientific illustration
Aaron M. Bauer

Taxonomic concepts
Alain Dubois; Alessandro Minelli; Mario Cupello; Annemarie Ohler; Elie Mario Saliba; Renata Stopiglia

Theories and systems of terminology, standardisation, semantic transparency
Lars Vogt