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Posted on 28-06-2010 21:34
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 There is a big project that will begin finally to put all African Diptera families togethter soon. The manual will be : "Manual of Afrotropical Diptera" and the final production and publication, distribution of pdf chapter files and hard copies to authors will be done in 2015...

The official launch of the project will take place at 7th International Congress of Dipterology, San Jose, Costa Rica.

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 I am very curious for Andrzej contribution about the Heleomyzidae!
We should all start saving money now!
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 There will be two my chapters, Ctenostylidae and Pyrgotidae, and Ulidiidae by Elena, too. So you have to save more money!Cool
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 Well, I meant collecting money for the whole book. They tend to be b...y expensive. Frown
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rvanderweele wrote:
Well, I meant collecting money for the whole book. They tend to be b...y expensive. Frown
b...y -> beautifully, brightly? Grin

By the time we get there I will ask for some review copies.
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 LOL!
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 Ruud:

Have you already started?!? You still have five years left for saving money (cf. projected timeframe).... Pfft

so long,
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 Take it easy. Five years is the objective but whether that ambitious deadline can be kept...
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