Editorial

Volume 39 of Systematic Entomology comprises 48 original papers, a methods paper, an editorial, three opinion pieces, two book reviews, and a review of Grylloblattodea systematics, occasioned by the 100th anniversary of the original description of the type species, Grylloblatta campodeiformis Walker. In addition, a virtual issue comprising a selection of papers dealing with Diptera systematics was released in August 2014 to coincide with the 8th International Congress of Dipterology in Potsdam, Germany. We will continue to solicit overviews of the systematics of specific groups, and produce timely virtual issues under the guidance of Peter Cranston. Last year Systematic Entomology switched to handling manuscripts in ScholarOne. This is now running fairly smoothly. Indeed, it seems that there has been a distinct increase in copy flow since the editorial site went live, to the extent that there is now a substantial backlog of accepted papers waiting to go into print. Papers are made available electronically through Early View as soon as they have been produced, but authors should expect some delay before the printed version of their publications are available. After changes made to the ICZN in 2013, the editors and publishers were of the understanding that nomenclatural actions made in Early View conformed to the ICZN for purposes of valid dating of such actions (Cranston et al., 2013). Unfortunately, the situation has become again unclear and we sought clarification. Papers published electronically in Early View represent the Version of Record for archival purposes with unchanged digital object identifier (DOI) to the paper production. With permission of authors of nomenclaturally sensitive papers, we will to continue to make them available in Early View, taking the date of electronic appearance and archiving – whether or not the printed version appears at the same time or later (Cranston et al., 2015). Between January 1st and mid-October 2014, 110 submissions were received for the journal, and as with previous years, a significant number were rejected either before, or after review. As editors of Systematic Entomology, we will continue to be highly selective among submissions as we strive to attract and publish only the finest papers on insect systematics. The geographical breakdown by corresponding author of the 48 original papers published is as follows: USA (13), Germany (5), France, Italy (4 each), Poland, P.R. China (3 each), Czech Republic, Mexico, The Netherlands (2 each), Australia, Brazil, Canada, Finland, Hungary, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland (1 each). We thank all contributors for the effort they put into their papers, and all reviewers and board members for helping to improve the quality of the journal. Here we announce some changes to the editorial team. Lars Vilhelmsen has decided to step down as co-editor for the journal. This comes after more than a decade of doing editorial work, the last six years for Systematic Entomology. Lars will continue as an editorial board member. His replacement has been recruited from the board: Dr. Christiane Weirauch, born and educated in Germany, but for about a decade based in the US and since 2007 employed at University of California, Riverside. Christiane specializes in Heteroptera, assassin bugs in particular, but has broad ranging skill base and interests in systematic entomology. She already is integrated fully in the workflow of the journal and forming an excellent complement to the editorial oversight of the journal.

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