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Welcome to the Diptera.info site
This is an interactive site for dipterists from all continents dealing with all aspects of dipterology (the study of Diptera: flies and midges) and dipterists. Here you can submit all your links to dipterological websites and events, post your dipterological queries in the forum, submit articles and news on Diptera, and contribute pictures for the Diptera Gallery. Submissions are open for members and members can contribute to the forums.
Enjoy the site and help to build it up to a significant entry point for dipterological research.
Paul
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International Symposium on the Asian Tiger |
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The Center for Vector Biology at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New
Jersey will be hosting “The International Symposium on the Asian Tiger
Mosquito: Ecology, Evolution, Epidemiology and Control”, 12-13 February
2009.
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The Schlinger Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in Diptera Systematics |
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The Diptera Unit of the Smithsonian Department of Entomology (USNM) is pleased to announce the Schlinger Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in support of the BioSystematic Database of World Diptera. The recipient will conduct collections-based systematics research on flower flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) and will contribute to the development of the BioSystematic Database of World Diptera as well as other Smithsonian-lead initiatives, such as the Encyclopedia of Life (EoL) and the Consortium for the Barcodes of Life (CBoL).
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First Announcement: 5th International Symposium on Syrphidae |
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This is the first announcement on the 5th International Symposium on Syrphidae.
The 5th International Symposium on Syrphidae will be held in Serbia, near Novi Sad (the capital city of Province Vojvodina), in the National Park Fruška gora (http://www.npfruskagora.co.yu/english/turizam/kako-stici.htm), from the 18th to the 21st of June 2009.
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Some forum troubles |
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Yesterday we had some troubles with the forum and, I am partly pleased to say, this was due to the popularity of the site. The other part of me is slightly embarrassed, because I knew the problem would arise at one point but a logical error prevented me from anticipating it now. The content management system (CMS), by default, has a database structure that allows 65536 posts. As we are 'only just' 64000 I though I did not need to take action yet, hoping that it would not be needed before the CMS is upgraded later this year. I overlooked that the database numbers each post individually and the maximum ID number would be reached earlier. SO yesterday evening I changed the setting for the posts table in the database and we should not have any problems anymor in this century. I did not realise that the attachments table carried the same setting for post ID and no attachments were allowed. I changed the setting in that table, too. W should not have problems anymore.
I apologise for not anticipating this issue in the proper way and for any posts/images that may have been lost in this way.
Paul
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Unexpected down-time |
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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
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New article |
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A new article by Martin Suvák (on the behaviour of Coenosia attenuata [Muscidae]) was added today.
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Dedicated papers |
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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'.
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on 28 August 2008 00:08:39
Not enough vodka I think
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on 23 August 2008 01:32:11
one day.. 
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on 22 August 2008 23:57:09
Thank you, friends. Wellcome Sochi to observe this fly 
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on 21 August 2008 23:38:33
I know. I have a very good knowledge on geography. I'm just saying that I loved to be in those cities because besides this bombyliid (they have too this one), I can see mythicomyiids, nemestrinids, cryptochetids easily.
And Caceres is very near from Castelo Branco city (2 hours trip from Viseu to Castelo Branco, and about one hour and half to Caceres). Yes, really Caceres is not far from Serra da Estrela (Mountain Star).
One day I will go to Soest
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on 21 August 2008 21:12:41
Jorge, it is Caceres, actually not so far from Sierra Estrella.
Theo
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on 21 August 2008 19:01:00
beautiful photo for a "grandis" fly.
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on 21 August 2008 19:00:05
Spectacular bombyliid!! I wish to be near Granada/Murcia!
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on 21 August 2008 18:57:10
Dear Guillermo, It is Heteralonia, not Heterolonia.
And this is another amazing bombyliid! I found it once. 
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on 13 August 2008 15:08:56
Truly awesome!
What camera equipment did you use?
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on 06 August 2008 22:41:39
My God, what a fly !!
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