Probably due to a flood in search bot visits (I can not imagine a DOS attack on Diptera.info) one of the panel scripts on the opening page of the site caused an overload on the database server. As a result the host decided to make the database unavailable until I had sorted the problem. Well, I had sorted the problem but next it took them more than 24 hours to get things back. Anyway, the panel was disabled and another panel is now presented in a more simple version to also reduce the server load. Hopefully everything will keep on moving normally now.

I apologise for any frustration this may have caused you. You can count on it that I was frustrated...

Paul

A new article by Martin Suvák (on the behaviour of Coenosia attenuata [Muscidae]) was added today.

Elena Kameneva dedicated a paper on Herina (Ulidiidae) to Bob van Aartsen, who passed away last year at the age of 87. The paper can be downloaded HERE. The downloads are listed alphabetically so you need to scroll down to 'K'.

I added a new forum Misidentifications in Gallery to report any errors you might find in the Gallery. Admittedly, you can report such in the Comments as well but these go unnoticed by many members. So, please, use the forum when ever necessary. (I hope not too often.)

David Hunt would like to draw your attention to the 2007/2008 short-course programme in Environmental Palaeoecology and Aquatic Ecology being offered by the Environmental Change Research Centre, University College London. This programme is in collaboration with Queen Mary College (QMUL) and the Centre of Ecology and Hydrology (CEH). Registration is now open and the courses available include: [See: Read more]