John Carr 20 February 2026 13:31:46

Canada plans to eliminate the Diptera group at the CNC. See post in the News section of the main page.

Gnats2meetu 18 February 2026 09:33:34

Anyone have scans of the Genus Semaranga in: 1)Kanmiya, K. (1983) A systematic study of the Japanese Chloropidae (Diptera). 2) Andersson, H. (1977 Taxonomic and Phylogenetic studies on Chloropid

DedeLab 10 February 2026 19:36:05

Hello Moumoule !

Andre 07 January 2026 15:52:23

Pipunculidae from Mongolia! I am looking for specialist who is committed to ID these. There will be a lot of material coming from my expeditions.

John Carr 06 December 2025 21:37:47

He last posted here in April, identifying some Chloropidae.

Sundew 04 December 2025 20:02:57

Dr Michael von Tschirnhaus, a leading expert on Chloropidae and Agromyzidae, died on 16 September 2025 at the age of 86. He will be greatly missed by the international community. R.I.P.

nichilme 03 December 2025 12:46:53

Anyone has the scan of "Harkness, R. D.; Ismay, J. W. 1976: A new species of Trachysiphonella (Dipt., Chloropidae) from Greece, associated with an ant Cataglyphis bicolor (F.) (Hym., Formicidae)

John Carr 01 December 2025 22:29:17

I will try to fix the messages this month. We have to make some other configuration changes before software goes out of support at end of year.

rafael_carbonell 29 November 2025 21:57:03

I would prefer not to receive any more messages from diptera.info signed by Paul... (Thread reply notification)... Could they be signed by ‘The diptera.info team’?

Nikita Vikhrev 19 November 2025 12:31:28

It is with deepest sadness in my heart that I announce that on Saturday, November 15, one of the great minds of world dipterology, prof. Rudolf Rozkošny, left us forever. Please remember him with a

rvanderweele 15 August 2025 10:15:43

For those specialists not active on Facebook, I just ask to consider to join our group on FB. Please, be aware that it is not necessary at all to be active on FB outside the diptera group. Actually, n

rvanderweele 15 August 2025 10:13:45

We received requests to get permission to ask for ID in our Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/17989533 2035235/ Until now we pointed to diptera.info, but since Paul's passing we not

Tony Irwin 23 June 2025 18:10:41

If you have some spare money, there is a copy (together with keys to pupae and larvae) for sale by Hermann L. Strack, Loguivy Plougras, France

smol 23 June 2025 11:18:39

Appreciate it, Tony Irwin! I got the hint to use the key next to Langton and Pinder key for females of Chironomidae. So no specific queries, except the keys... I will keep this on my list and hope th

Tony Irwin 19 June 2025 15:33:06

I have the hard copy book, if you have any specific queries, but I'm not scanning the 500+ pages!

smol 02 June 2025 18:26:11

Anyone has "Chironomidae of the Holarctic region. Keys and diagnoses. Part 3. Adult Males Entomologica Scandinavica Supplement 34"? smolwaarneming@gmail.com

Nikita Vikhrev 28 May 2025 20:57:28

I have Russian Coenosia. nikita6510@ya.ru

smol 28 May 2025 12:25:12

Is someone able to share with me "A key to the Russian species of the genus Coenosia"?

Nikita Vikhrev 08 May 2025 18:22:15

I have

rvanderweele 03 May 2025 08:35:36

Does someone has a scan of Nartshuk E.P. 2003. Key to families of Diptera (Insecta) of the fauna of Russian and adjacent countries. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute Vol. 294: 1-252 for me?