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I´m working in a research project focusing on Ecology and Biodiversity of Venezuelan caves fauna. We are collected a lot of invertebrates but the information of tropical cavse invertebrates is too scarce. It´s impossible to me to deal with the classification of all the invertebrates collected, indeed, i have classificated most of them upto orders, families and morphospecies.
I have contacted some specialist in terrestrial isopods, spiders, Opiliones, Abmblypigida,Ants, etc., but i need help with many other groups.
I need help with the following gruups:

Diptera: Anisopodidae, Ceratopogonidae, Chironomidae, Sciaridae, Chloropidae, Drosophilidae, Dixidae, Sciaridae, Tipulidae, Startiomyiidae, Asteiidae, Psilidae, Phoridae, Psychodidae, Streblidae and Dolichopodidae.

Coleoptera: Biphyllidae, Carabidae, Coccinelidae, Cryptophagydae, Curculionidae, Dryopidae, Elateridae, Endomychidae, Histeridae, Hybosoridae, Latridiidae, Leiodidae, Limnichidae, Nitidulidae, Ptilliidae, Ptilodactylidae, Scydmaenidae and Staphylinidae

Diplura: Campodeidae

Thysanura: Nicoletidae

Thysanoptera: Thripidae and Phlaeothripidae.

Demaptera

Psocoptera

Embioptera

Collembola: Poduroidea and Entomobryoidea (Isotomidae, Tomoceridae, Entomobrydae).

Acari

Diplopoda

Chilopoda

Blattodea: Blattelidae, Blaberidae, Blattidae and Polyphagidae

Lepidoptera: Moth larva

Orthoptera: Gryllidae (Gryllinae and Phalangopsinae)


If any of you know specialists, keys of any information please let me now. I coul take pictures, send samples and we can work together. Meanwhile I will keep working for myself.

Best Regards,


Miguel L.
Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research

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Hi!
Ceratopogonidae - try to contact with Gustavo Spinelli (spinelli@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar), Florentina Díaz (hpicado@inbio.ac.cr), Marcela Ronderos (ronderos@fcnym.unlp.edu.ar) or Annia Picado (hpicado@inbio.ac.cr).
Regards,
Patrycja

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Estimado Miguel,

Bien a ver que en Venezuela se investiga moscas de largas patas tambien. Me interesa mucho. Ademas, estoy estudiando esta familia desde hace 1994 y he participado a algunas expediciones en Costa Rica (ALAS) y Ecuador y he collaborado a la inventorio de varios sitios en Colombia.

Hay una posibilidad enviarme sus muestras para investigar? My direccion es:

dr Marc Pollet
Head Information and Data Center
Research Institute for Nature and Forest
B-1070 Brussels
Belgica

Muchas gracias de antemano.
Atentamente,
Marc

marc.pollet@inbo.be

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Estimado Miguel,

Una falta: moscas de largas patas son Dolichopodidae.

!Desculpeme!

Atentamente,
Marc

marc.pollet@inbo.be

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English only! :@

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Thank you very much Patrycja. I will contact them.
Best regards,

Miguel