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. Please contact me if you want to submit pictures.
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One day an Englishman, a Scotsman, and an Irishman walked into a pub together. They each bought a pint of Guinness Beer. Just as they were about to enjoy their creamy beverage, three flies landed in each of their pints, and were stuck in the thick head.
The Englishman pushed his beer away in disgust.
The thrifty Scotsman fished the fly out of his beer, and continued drinking it, as if nothing had happened.
The Irishman, too, picked the fly out of his drink, held it out over the beer, and started yelling, "SPIT IT OUT, SPIT IT OUT YOU LITTLE FLY!!!!" -- Joke
The abstract volume contains the abstracts of 280 oral and poster presentations submitted to the Organizing Committee of the Seventh International Congress of Dipterology, ICD7. This publication summarizes the many impressive recent advances in the field of dipterology. Additionally, 20 Videos of assorted presentations and sessions are available online:
At the International Congress of Dipterology in San José, Costa Rica I just heared that Paul Freeman, former Keeper of Entomology at the British Museum (Natural History) died a few days ago. Besides a lot of work on Chironomidae het worked on several other groups of Nematocera. Many of the NW European dipterists will be most acquainted with 'Freeman and Lane', the Handbook for the Identification of British Insects on Bibionida and Scatopsidae.
4th International Simuliidae Symposium: Important reminder
Dear All,
We would like to kindly remind you that registration forms for the 4th International Simuliidae Symposium (12-15 Oct. 2010) are still online at http://www.simuliid10.hacettepe.edu.tr/.
In order not to have a problem with the hotel and to decide to number of student participants to support, we need to reach a critical number of reservations before September. Abstract submissions should not necessarily be done with registrations and can be done later. If you fill the registration form and send us, we will book your room at the hotel. Please note that payments will be done later, too; but making only the reservations in August is crucial.
Kind regards,
Kahraman Ipekdal
Thyreophora cynophila is found after 160 years not to be extinct
We have managed to find a fly, Thyreophora cynophila (Panzer, 1794) (Diptera: Piophilidae: Thyreophorini) in La Rioja mountains (Spain). This Dipteron was thought to be extinct for 160 years, but a photograph returned it to the life. Available article and video in www.libellulasman.com.
simuliid2010 web page is online
Dear All,
Web page of the 4th International Simuliidae Symposium wtih the address given below is online now. It is time to fill the registration forms and send them back to us; only after that we will be able to start to make hotel reservations.
Daniel Whitmoreon 24 August 2010 16:39:16
That's really sad. I met Vasily in September 2010 during a stay in St. Petersburg. He was a very nice man, always smiling. I'm glad I was able to meet him. Rest in peace. View News Comment
Seems a problem of link generating. [cf. bottom browser line while hovering over link ---> http://diptera.info/www.libellulasman.com]. www.libellulasman.com itself works fine.....
All photo submissions were dealt. Most pictures not approved were just adding more duplicates. A few were deleted because of poor quality or identification.
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