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TZETZE (or TSETSE) FLY, n. An African insect (Glossina morsitans) whose bite is commonly regarded as nature's most efficacious remedy for insomnia, though some patients prefer that of the American novelist (Mendax interminabilis).
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Publication Notice: New Simuliidae Inventory
World Blackflies (Diptera: Simuliidae): a comprehensive revision of the taxonomic and geographical inventory [2009]

Peter H. Adler & Roger W. Crosskey

Available only via the internet at the following URL:

http://entweb.clemson.edu/biomia/pdfs/blackflyinventory.pdf

Read more...
Dr Brian Stuckenberg of the Natal Museum passed away
With great sadness I have to inform you that the most adorable and beloved friend and colleague of ours, Dr Brian Stuckenberg, passed away yesterday. Brian joined the Natal Museum staff in 1953, and has been deeply involved in all aspects of Museum life since then and until his last day. After his retirement in 1994, he became an Honorary Research Associate and Director emeritus of the Natal Museum, and continued with his research and editorial commitments at African Invertebrates.

You may forward your words of condolescence to me; I'll print your messages out and forward them to Brian's family.

Kind regards,
Mike Mostovski

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Dr Mikhail (Mike) B. Mostovski
Department of Natural Sciences
Natal Museum, P. Bag 9070,
Pietermaritzburg 3200, South Africa
www.nmsa.org.za
mmostovski@nmsa.org.za
Recent down-time
Due to a server that was giving up (motherboard was failing) the site had been giving errors for a while before it was completely gone for the last day or so. We have now been moved to a new server and we should be okay again.

I apologise for any inconvenience and hardship this may have caused you.

Paul
V International Symposium on Syrphidae, on 18-22 June 2009, Novi Sad, Serbia
This is the second announcement with more details on the V International Symposium on Syrphidae, on 18-22 June 2009 in Novi Sad (Fruska gora-Andrevlje), Serbia.

The symposium will be held in Northern Serbia, near Novi Sad (the capital city of Province Vojvodina), in the National Park Fruška gora,
http://www.npfruskagora.co.yu/english/ostalo/o_nama.htm
from the 18th to the 21st of June 2009 (excursion on 22nd of June).
All presentations will be in the Center for Economical and Technological Development of Province Vojvodina, Andrevlje on the mountain Fruška gora, as well as accommodation.
Amendment of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature
The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature proposes the following amendment of the fourth edition of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (hereafter "the Code"), to allow electronic publishing coupled with archiving of works and registration of new scientific names. In addition to electronic publication, the proposal perforce addresses methods of publication in general. It is followed by an explanation of the procedure for amendment and adoption, and discussion of the reasoning behind the proposal. Comments from the community of zoologists are sought, whether to oppose, support, or suggest improvements and alternatives for the various parts of this proposal.
Full text of the proposed amendment
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Everyone is kindly invited to make reprints available through the Downloads section at Diptera.info. Any reprint that is available on the internet can be added to the Downloads section, as long as the link is permanent. If so desired, I am willing to host reprints in electronic format (preferably as PDF's) on the Diptera.info server and include the links in the Downloads section. This may be of interest to dipterists who do not have any webspace available to host their own reprints.

Please, use the site's contact email to send any (links to) reprints you would like to have included.
I have the possibility to scan printed versions and created searchable pdf's but this is time consuming and creates rather large files when the number of pages increases. You can also contact me about converting such reprints to pdf.
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profile Andre on 01 July 2009 09:17:37
This indeed is a great species.
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profile Kahis on 29 June 2009 19:44:14
This is a pretty nice find. Given the (relatively) large size and the conspicuous colour, this species should be easy to record if present. But I've seen it only three times in the hundreds or sweepnet and Malaise trap samples I've examined, and always only single specimens.
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 romunov on 13 May 2009 00:57:11
I like the way wings are folded. Would you mind describing the technique used?
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profile Sundew on 29 April 2009 23:36:57
I should add that the species was identified by Igor Shamshev.
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 Bastiaan Wakkie on 28 April 2009 20:22:36
Whow, nice photo!

Where is the photo taken?
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profile conopid on 27 April 2009 13:44:28
Beautiful!
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profile Susan R Walter on 24 April 2009 09:26:24
I expect the mosquito thinks the same of you Grin
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 Giovanna on 23 April 2009 15:16:25
A very beautiful photo! And a delicious mosquito.
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 Zeegers on 22 April 2009 22:32:59
Clearly a male


Theo
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profile Andre on 17 April 2009 11:42:35
Wow, great ugly fly!
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02.07.09 00:43
thanks, Andrzej and Jarif! Smile

01.07.09 11:21
yesterday I almost fell out on the small waterfall we have near here. Not so high like it happened with Roger, though. Just to photograph two beauties!

01.07.09 09:52
Welcome back to our "angels" Smile

01.07.09 07:32
Welcome Jorge Smile

01.07.09 02:58
back to the Earth... Grin

29.06.09 11:50
The Unanswered Threads link just lists those threads without any replies. Putting in a second image and no replies still means 'Answered'.

29.06.09 11:31
I don't think so, but it takes me over a minute to load each thread so I didn't check many.

29.06.09 11:09
Does that include threads where you reply with another image? Not complaining, just curious.

29.06.09 09:11
@Gordon: It is 1200 minus in the whole forum now. Please note that some are just announcements not requiring a reply.

28.06.09 18:50
I think alll the dipterists are out doing field work, rather than browsing the forum? Wink

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