HALTERES (ISSN 0973-1555 Print; ISSN 2348-7372 Online) is an International, non-profit, peer reviewed open access journal, with no article processing charges. The journal provides a platform to biologists who are work in the field of Insect taxonomy, biodiversity, biology, evolution, biogeography, ecology, ethology, genetics, physiology and conservation. We encourage submissions on natural history observations, species range extension, checklists, new species records, taxonomic descriptions, taxonomic reviews and reports, phylogenetic relationships and zoogeographical patterns of species. The journal also offers space for short communications, opinion pieces, letters, commentaries and to budding entomologists/environmentalists/citizens scientists to publish their research.

The journal is published by Organisation for Conservation and Study of Biodiversity (CSBD) in collaboration with ANeT-India {regional concern of ANeT-International Network for Study of Ants, Head Office:Institute for Tropical Biology & Conservation University Malaysia, Sabah Locked Bag 2073, 88999 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia}.