Klapalekiana in an open access journal publishing research focused on insect systematics and faunistics. It was established in 1965 under the title Zprávy Československé společnosti entomologické při ČSAV (ISSN 0862–478X) renamed and reshaped in 1993 to Klapalekiana
The journal is named in honour of Prof. František Klapálek (1863–1919), the first chairman of the Czech Entomological Society during 1904–1919.
Klapalekiana is published biannually, accompanied with irregular Supplements, with financial support of Academy of Science of the Czech Republic and the Český literární fond Foundation, Prague. From 2026, papers are published on-line first, and subsequently printed in two volumes published at the end of December.
ISSN: 1210–6100 (print), 3029–9136 (online)
Registered at the Public Periodicals Database by the Czech Ministry of Culture under number: E 24422.
Publisher: Česká společnost entomologická, Viničná 7, 128 00 Praha 2, e-mail: entospol@gmail.com
Digital archive compliant with ICZN requierements: biotaxa.org
Covered by: Entomology Abstracts, Zoological Record.
Editorial board: Maxwell V. L. Barclay, David Sommer (Executive Editor), Aleš Bezděk, Petr Bogush, Libor Dvořák, Petr Kment, Igor Malenovský, Jan Růžička (Editor-in-Chief), Jaroslav Šťastný
Scope:
Klapalekiana is publishing papers on:
(1) insect systematics, taxonomy and nomenclature
(2) morphology of adult and immature stages and/or their biology with possible
applications in taxonomy
(3) insect faunistics, bionomy and ecology with particular focus on Central
Europe and the Czech Republic
(4) biographies, bibliographies and other personalia of entomologists associated
with relevance to the Czech Republic
(5) various topics associated with the Czech entomological society