title: FOREWORD: EDITORS' INTRODUCTION.
abstract: Since its establishment ZOOTAXA has become not only a rapid journal for zoological systematics but also a respected forum for discussions of all taxonomic matters, and it has gradually attained a distinguished position among other zoological journals by its special issues. These collections of papers treat varied themes such as the Carl Linnaeus legacy (Zhang & Shear 2007, Minelli et al. 2008), cataloguing metazoan life (Zhang 2011, 2013), and promoting and discussing the future of taxonomic sciences, for example modification of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN 2008). For these reasons we offer this special issue to celebrate the fruitful career of the eminent Brazilian researcher Dr. Angelo Barbosa Monteiro Machado ("Professor Angelo" to his friends and colleagues).
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Biologia e Sistemática de Odonata (LABIOSIS), Departamento de Entomologia, Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista s/nº, São Cristóvão 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.; Email: odonata_angelo@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Ângelo Parise
authors.initials: ÂP
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.affiliation: Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.; Email: mlmonne2@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Marcela L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Monné
authors.affiliation: Slater Museum of Natural History, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA 98416, U.S.A.; Email: dennispaulson@comcast.net.
authors.forename: Dennis R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Paulson
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Entomologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Caixa Postal 68044, 21941-971 Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil.; Email: takiya@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Daniela M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Takiya
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal da Bahia, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Zoologia, PPG Diversidade Animal, Laboratório de Entomologia Aquática - LEAq. Rua Barão de Jeremoabo, 147, Campus Ondina, Ondina 40170-115, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil.; Email: acalor@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Adolfo R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Calor
authors.affiliation: Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Nazaré 481, 04263-000, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.; Email: mduartes@usp.br.
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Sistemática e Ecologia de Insetos, Departamento de Ciências Agrárias e Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, São Mateus, ES, Brazil.; Email: ffsalles@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Frederico F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Salles
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo, Rua do Matão, Travessa 14, n.101, São Paulo, SP, 05508-090, Brazil.; Email: silvionihei@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Silvio S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Nihei
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D004772:Entomology / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D063191:Odonata / Q000145:classification*; D011643:Publishing