About

Virginia Museum of Natural History
Scientific Publications Series

The Virginia Museum of Natural History produces scientific publications in six series, with each issue published as suitable material becomes available and each numbered consecutively within its series. Topics consist of original research by museum staff or affiliated investigators based on the museum’s collections or on subjects relevant to the museum’s areas of interest. All are distributed on an exchange basis to museums and libraries around the world.

Memoirs
This series is intended for works of monographic scope for which a large page format (8.5 x 11 inches) is desirable for illustrations. Each issue is produced to a standard format and layout, but covers are individualized to reflect the subject matter.

Jeffersoniana, Contributions from the Virginia Museum of Natural History
Accepting mostly short papers (10-30 pages, occasionally longer), this serial is printed in a 6 x 9 inch page size, single column. Guidebooks are publications designed to assist readers on a particular subject in a particular region (e.g., to accompany members of an excursion associated with a conference) or may serve as field guides for a specific geographic area.

Special Publications
Special Publications include contributions, usually of substantial length, not suitable for any of the other series such as popular handbooks, bibliographic catalogs and checklists, and edited volumes of symposium proceedings. The format varies in page size and layout, and hardcover is sometimes used.

Myriapodologica
Myriapodologica accepts papers on the taxonomy and evolution of the four classes of “myriapod” arthropods. Originally published at Radford University, this series was adopted and redesigned by VMNH in 1991, and is produced by the Department of Recent Invertebrates. A volume consists of 10 to 15 separate papers, numbered and paged consecutively. Individual parts, single volumes, or complete sets are available for purchase.

The Insects of Virginia
The Insects of Virginia, also produced by the Department of Recent Invertebrates, describes the state insect fauna in standardized treatments of individual taxa, usually a family or group of small families. The emphasis is on identification and geographic and seasonal distribution, but information on systematics and biology is included wherever possible and relevant.

Ordering Publications

To order publications, or for more information about VMNH scientific publications, please call 276-634-4141 ext. 4319 or email books@vmnh.virginia.gov