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Hi,

i have started to collect flies from Retezat National Park and interested to do a similar thing like Gordon.
( http://www.dipter...orum_id=26 )

some information about this area can be found here: www.retezat.ro

all will/are collected with the net (at leas for now i don't have any trap) so more likely will no be hundred and hundred of specimens and tubs.

please let me know who is interested in material (this will no be sended very often because the mail will be paid from my pocket and my 300 euro salary is not to much).

for now:
Syrphidae will go to amalia_raluca
Mycetophilidae and Empididae to Paul Beuk
Dolichopodidae i will try to do myself, if is the case (and will be) maybe someone want to give some help.
Bombyliidae, Mythicomyiidae and Pipunculidae to David Gibbs
Tachinidae to Chris Raper and Theo (?)
Faniidae, Muscidae (Hydrotea) & Sciomyzidae to Nikita Vikhrev
Lauxaniidae and Heleomyzidae to Katerina Dvorakova
Ephydridae to Tony Irwin
Chamaemyiidae to Steve Gaimari
Opomyzidae and Clusiidae to Jan Willem
Lonchaeidae to Iain MacGowan
Agromyzidae to Milos Cerny
Tephritidae, Pallopteridae, Otitidae and Platystomatidae to Petr Herman
Tabanidae to Libor Dvorak
Psychodidae to phil withers
Calliphoridae to Susan R Walter

Will be very good if you will be interested to publish all the data, i will try to find all article from the area on subject.

Paul later if will be he case and will be interest can you make from this a section? Thanks

cosmln

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I will, at the background for the moment, start to create a usergroup and a subforum (hidden for those who are not in the usergroup) for the Retezat NP Survey. Let me know when you are ready to make announcements for the selected usergroup alone and I will activate the forum.

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I'm sure Theo would like to do the tachinids but if he doesn't mind I would be interested to see some. I don't see enough material from Central Europe so it would be good fun :)

On the subject of postage, have you thought of setting up something liek a PayPal account for people to send you donations? I know if I can keep the specimens I would be happy to send you some money for postage - it's not fair that you have to pay for everything just because you are running the scheme :)

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I'd take Fanniidae with a pleasure, Sciomyzidae if you want. Muscidae - several groups - Hydrotaea, for example.

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Hi Chris & Nikita,

i will update the post.
Chris i will keep tachinids for you and Theo (you think he will be interested also in Tabanidae?).
About creating a PayPal, i think i will manage without (is for science and for Retezat :) ).

Nikita i think i cans split Scyomizidae, but to split Muscidae/Faniidae/Anthomiidae or Hydrotea i'm not sure if i will know how.

just started to learn something here ;)

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OK, it is even better, I'll choise out of Muscidae/Faniidae/Anthomiidae myself :D

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OK Nikita, thanks.

cosmln

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Hello, if you have some Lauxaniidae and Heleomyzidae, I want it.
Katka

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Hi Katerina,

i have added you on the first post.

cosmln

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Hi Cosmin
I'll tackle any ephydrids - you could send them to David Gibbs (who may be interested to see them anyway) and who could then pass them on to me - it may save a bit on postage!

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Hi Tony,

i will do so.
thank you,
cosmln

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Happy to do the Chamaemyiidae, like for Kerkini. Not very common, but you'll probably get some. Also, happy to help with lauxaniids if needed.
Cheers,
Steve

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Hi Cosmin,

though not related to diptera: Two years ago I?ve spent some days with L. Krieglsteiner, a german mycologist, in Muntii Retezatului. Result was a large list of Retezat fungi-species. If you?re interested, I?ll send you his mail-adress via "PM" to contact him.

Ralph
One of these days I?ll visit this great region again. Greetings to the donkeys and the young (at that time) white dog at casa academiei.

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Hi Steve,

i updated the list.
will keep that for you. but i will have o learn them, just make a look through the gallery and they don't look very ... at least in my eyes.

cosmln

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Hi Ralph,

nice to hear about that and off course that i'm interested in the list, specially if something was published.

please let me know when you will come in Retezat and also if you will need any permit si i can help you that. i will try to send your greetings. until then here i'm with a horse (young one) with blue eyes (first time for me to see blue eyes on a horse). (photo made by my girlfriend, Gabriela). all around there is Retezat, more or less in the middle, near the Bucura lake.

cosmln

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Hi Cosmin,

If you would like me to identify the Opomyzidae for you, please let me know. I would be very interested. I'm also interested in identifying Clusiidae.

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Hi Jan,

i was hoping that you will come on this.
thank you,
cosmln

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Cosmin

happy to do any Lonchaeidae (males mainly) ....... Iain

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I suppose that you know work of Constantineanu and al. (Iasi:)) which determined many Ichneumonidae de Retezat! ;)

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Hi,

seen some notes only in the big Fauna volumes. if you have some Retezat article as pdf i will like o have hem or at least the reference title.

by the way: are you interested in Hymenoptera from there (a least now i collect only Torymidae and related for a friend from Iasi, Irinel Popescu).

cosmln

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Hi Iain,

i have added you in the first post.

cosmln

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Hi,
my husband Libor Dvorak can determine Tabanidae, if nowbody else dont want it and if they are only tens (no hundreds) specimens and if is enough time to results.
Katka

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Hi,

no interest in them until now so i will put his name there, but send the specimens in the same place when will be the case.
if remember well it is a paper regarding Retezat tabanids (if you need that please let me know, i will search for that and send as pdf... but in romanian).

cosmln

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I'd be happy to look at the Psychodidae: so long as they are in alcohol. Will also take Heleomyzidae if no-one else will.

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Hi Phil,

i added you on the first post.
thanks for your interest,

cosmln

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These two are no members at the site yet and could not be added to the relevant usergroup.

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Hi Cosmin,

as I don?t know whether one gets a separate e-mail-information by this site: I?ve sent a private message to you!

Ralph

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As a rule, people should. However, it is a site setting that can be overruled by a user's personal setting, and when users have changed their addresses and did not change it in their profiles, it is possible the messages bounce.

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Hi Ralph,

received, check your private message.

cosmln

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If you need help with the Calliphorids and no one else wants them, I would be happy to help. You just need to be aware that my experience is limited and I am still learning a lot, so I would like them for the practice it will give me - but maybe you want to practice too. :D Also my time is quite limited, so like Katerina's husband - 10s, not 100s please :D

Re the blue-eyed foal - horses do sometimes have pale eyes (some breeds much more than others) - always makes them look slightly mad once they are adult. It doesn't seem to affect their sight I don't think.

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Hi Susan,

thanks a lot for your interest in helping this.
will put away calliphorids for you.

cosmln

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Hi !,
I've made a short break in my holidays. The material from Retezat Mts regarding Trixoscelididae and Heleomyzidae is very interesting for me too :).
Andrzej

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HI Cosmin,

I'm happy to help with Tachi's, Rhino's and Miltogramminae, not to forget Oestridae.
At your convenience, you can send the material to Chris, He'll pass on to me where he needs me.


Theo

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Hi,

thanks to all for the help.
just started to put away/split material, print label...

hope that next week i will start to send material.

Paul can you start the Retezat section? but keep this open/public maybe some other persons will be interested.

cosmln

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Hi cosmln,

I can identify Sarcophagidae, if you like.

Liekele