To ensure a content of high quality and a harmonious course of editorial work and formatting of the series "Fauna Helvetica" and "Miscellanea Faunistica Helvetiae", the authors are requested to respect strictly the directives of the document INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS.  This document clearly describes the nature of the contacts which must be established with the editors of these series as well as all the useful technical details:  formats of exchange the texts, the figures, the tables and the images; style and contents of the references, the bibliography itself and the appendices; management of the copyrights etc.