Euscorpius

Occasional Publications in Scorpiology

Between 2000 and 2013, International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN; 4^th Edition, 1999) did not accept online texts as published work (Article 9.8). At this time, Euscorpius was produced in two identical versions: online (ISSN 1536-9307) and CD-ROM (ISSN 1536-9293) (laser disk) in archive-quality, read-only format. Both versions will carry the identical date of publication, as well as identical page and figure numbers. For a CD-ROM version of this publication contact the Editor by email: fet@marshall.edu.

Only copies distributed on a CD-ROM from Euscorpius in 2001-2012 reprsented published work in compliance with the ICZN, i.e. for the purposes of new names and new nomenclatural acts. The following excerpts from the ICZN was relevant to the CD-ROM form of publishing: ICZN Article 8. 8.1. Criteria to be met. A work must satisfy the following criteria: ...8.1.2. "it must be obtainable, when first issued, free of charge or by purchase"; 8.1.3. "it must have been produced in an edition containing simultaneously obtainable ...numerous identical and durable copies"; 8.6. Works produced after 1999 by a method that does not employ printing on paper: "... it must contain a statement that copies (in the form in which it is published) have been deposited in at least 5 major publicly accessible libraries which are identified by name in the work itself".   

In September 2012, ICZN Article 8. What constitutes published work, has been amended and allowed for electronic publications, disallowing publication on optical discs. From January 2013, Euscorpius discontinued CD-ROM production; only online electronic version (ISSN 1536-9307) will be published.

For further details in the new ICZN amendment, see http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/article/3944/.

DEPOSITORIES: Euscorpius recognizes that the ICZN recommends (but not requires) deposition of type specimens in public collections (museums or universities). It is indeed preferred that types, as well as other specimens, would be accessible to all experts in the field.

However, Euscorpius also recognizes value and importance of unique specimens deposited in private collections.

We encourage private collectors to donate, or sell, their specimens to the museums.
However, in many cases public depositories often cannot afford to acquire the specimens of high market value (e.g. fossils). This should not exclude privately held specimens from being studied.

Thus, Euscorpius does accept research papers based on privately held specimens.
 
 

List of libraries archiving CD-ROM version of Euscorpius (2001-2012)

All Euscorpius publications in 2001-2012 were deposited on a CD-ROM medium to the following libraries and zoological museums:

• Zoological Record, c/o BIOSIS UK, York, UK
• Library of Congress, Washington, DC, USA
• United States National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian Institution), Washington, DC, USA
• American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA
• California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, USA
• Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA
• Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, MA, USA
• Natural History Museum, London, UK
• Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford, UK
• Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
• Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria
• Museo Zoologico "La Specola" dell’Universita de Firenze, Florence, Italy
• Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
• Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
• Western Australian Museum, Perth, Australia

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