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Thank you! This years donations so far covered 85% of the costs for the running the website this year. Such a pity the hosting company has to raise prices for some of the licenses on the site management software. :S We will manage. ;) [9 December 2019]
A work of skill, surpassing sense,
A labor of Omnipotence;
Though frail as dust it meet thine eye,
He form\'d this gnat who built the sky. -- James Montgomery (The Gnat)
Two exciting PhD positions are open at Staatliches Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart on integrative taxonomy of Diptera Sciaridae and Phoridae, part of the GBOL III: Dark Taxa project funded by Bundesministeriums für Bildung und Forschung. Details HERE.
Flower Flies of Northeastern North America
In mid-May this year, our Field Guide to the Flower Flies of Northeastern North America was published (https://press.princeton.edu/titles/14224.html). This book covers all syrphids found from Tennessee north to the high Arctic (including Greenland) and west to roughly the Mississippi River. All 413 known species from this region are included in the guide. In addition to providing identification information on the species, it includes many previously unpublished things (new synonyms, new combinations, undescribed species, DNA evidence for taxonomic decision making, etc.). The book includes many photos of each species (both lab and field photos), maps that include dots for the exact records as well as predictive ranges, silhouettes showing the actual size of the animals, ecological information, etc. There is also an extensive morphology section, glossary, checklist and bibliography.
It is published by Princeton and available from most book sellers (including Amazon, Indigo, Veldshop, Pemberly, etc.).
We hope that you enjoy it and help fill in the many gaps in our knowledge before a second edition.
Jeff
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Jeff Skevington, Research Scientist
Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
German Diptera Meeting 2019
The 36th meeting of the German Diptera study group (AK DIPTERA) is going to take place from 31.05.2019 to 02.06.2019 in southwestern Germany, near the Danube Sinkhole near Tuttlingen (state of Baden-Württemberg). The meeting consists of a scientific symposium on Friday, a Diptera collecting field trip on Saturday, and an optional historic excursion on Sunday (castle Granegg and Beilstein cave). As the venue is located close to the FRENCH and SWISS border, we would be delighted to welcome some of our neighbouring colleagues! If you are interested to participate, send me a PM and I will send you an English version of the registration form with additional details.
Kind regards,
Christian
New book: The robberflies of Germany
Finally it is done! The nature guide "The robberflies of Germany" has just been published (in German language):
Many thanks to all of you, who contributed to this book with their faunistic data of asilid findings (pictures) from Germany.
Greetings,
Danny
Simuliid Bulletin Number 49
The Simuliid Bulletin Number 49 (January 2018) is now available for download at the usual site: simuliidbulletin.blogspot.co.uk. You find it by clicking on the link to go to the Simuliid Bulletin Archives.
The main article is an obituary for Dr. Roger Crosskey, but there is also an obiturary for Michael Service and a notice about the forthcoming Symposium in Birmingham.
Andrzejon 06 June 2020 15:22:25
The letter i lost at the end of the name... Please correct it. :-) View Photo Comment
Darwyn Sumneron 15 February 2020 22:20:05
The male claspers are directed posteriorly. Andersson H. 1989. Taxonomic notes on Fennoscandian Micropezidae (Diptera). Notulae Entomologicae 69: 153–162. illustrates them pointing anteriorly. He additionally describes the metathoracic process, a finger-like process arising between the hind coxae from the metasternum. Which this does not appear to possess.
See http://www.microp...my/term/17
P.S. The advised link for reporting gallery errors merely directs me to the home page. View Photo Comment
Zeegerson 10 January 2020 22:01:51
Given the date and locality, this specimen has been reared from a greenhouse, right ? In that case, it could be several other species. The wing tip is darkened, highly conspicuous.
Leifon 11 December 2019 20:43:07
I wasn't notififed when you made your comment. If you have comments to other pictures of mine, please let me know.
The tail shrinks when out of water. I would like to insert two pictures, but don't know how to. View Photo Comment
Iain MacGowanon 23 September 2019 20:24:53
I don't think that this is Blera the tail is much too short - Blera larvae have very long breathing tubes similar to Myathropa View Photo Comment
