Citation Guidelines

Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae provides online platform for the described names and the associated type specimen(s) metadata (original reference, type status, type depository), synonyms, classification, data management tools and photography library of geometrid moths. To ensure proper attribution and to maintain the integrity of scientific research, please follow these citation guidelines when referencing the database in your work.

I. For scientific publications introducing the Online Taxonomic Facility please cite both following papers:

• Rajaei, H., Hausmann, A., Scoble, M., Wanke, D., Plotkin, D., Brehm, G., Murillo-Ramos, L., & Sihvonen, P. (2022) An online taxonomic facility of Geometridae (Lepidoptera), with an overview of global species richness and systematics. Integrative Systematics: Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History, 5 (2), 145–192. https://doi.org/10.18476/2022.577933
• Rajaei H., Hausmann A., Lagha H., Löbel H., Noori S., Scoble M., Staude H.S., Wanke D., Sihvonen P. (2026) Interactive catalogue and online taxonomic facility of the geometrid moths of the world: updated taxonomy, enhanced infrastructure, and new tools. Zootaxa

II. For data citation:

• Rajaei H., Hausmann A., Lagha H., Löbel H., Noori S., Scoble M., Staude H.S., Wanke D., Sihvonen P. (2026) Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae: https://geometridae.smns-bw.org/geometridae/catalogue “[taxonomic unit, e.g., species, genus, tribe, subfamily]”. Data release dd.mm.2026 (accessed on dd.mm.yyyy).

Example: Rajaei H., Hausmann A., Lagha H., Löbel H., Noori S., Scoble M., Staude H.S., Wanke D., Sihvonen P. (2026) Online Taxonomic Facility of Geometridae: https://geometridae.smns-bw.org/geometridae/catalogue “Genus Timandra Duponchel, 1829”. Data release dd.mm.2026 (accessed 22.6.2026).