Gallery Links
Users Online
· Guests Online: 18

· Members Online: 0

· Total Members: 4,953
· Newest Member: Adam Poole
Forum Threads
Theme Switcher
Switch to:
Last Seen Users
· Juergen Peters01:31:19
· Joerg Schneider02:13:55
· John Carr02:18:09
· Mario Renden02:22:57
· Jann Wuebben...02:52:10
· smol03:30:26
· Tony Irwin03:52:17
· olep04:32:28
· Jan Maca05:36:48
· Nacho Cabellos05:38:04
Latest Photo Additions
View Thread
Diptera.info :: Miscellaneous :: The Lounge
Who is here? 1 guest(s)
 Print Thread
Peter Skidmore
Tony Irwin
#1 Print Post
Posted on 25-07-2009 12:00
User Avatar

Member

Location: Norwich, England
Posts: 7192
Joined: 19.11.04

For those who haven't heard - Peter Skidmore died last weekend, aged 73. Peter was a well-known British Dipterist who specialised in insects on dung, amongst other things. In 1985 he published a classic work on immature Muscidae - The biology of the Muscidae of the world. (Ser. Entomol. 29).
Tony
----------
Tony Irwin
 
Nikita Vikhrev
#2 Print Post
Posted on 25-07-2009 16:15
User Avatar

Member

Location: Moscow, Russia
Posts: 9220
Joined: 24.05.05

A sad news indeed.
Nikita Vikhrev - Zool Museum of Moscow University
 
ChrisR
#3 Print Post
Posted on 26-07-2009 09:53
User Avatar

Administrator

Location: Reading, England
Posts: 7699
Joined: 12.07.04

Very sad - a big name in Diptera
Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London.
 
http://tachinidae.org.uk
Paul Beuk
#4 Print Post
Posted on 01-06-2012 11:40
User Avatar

Super Administrator

Location: Netherlands
Posts: 19225
Joined: 11.05.04

Just bringing it to your attention, the Peter Skidmore Appeal: http://www.gomde.org.uk/peat-skid-moor-the-peat-appeal-n-8.html
Paul

- - - -

Paul Beuk on https://diptera.info
 
diptera.info
Jump to Forum:
Similar Threads
Thread Forum Replies Last Post
<Macquartia tessellum (male)> ID by Peter Diptera (adults) 3 03-01-2009 10:04
Tachinidae > Minthodes diversipes - ID by Dr. Hans-Peter Tschorsnig Diptera (adults) 8 06-08-2008 16:07
Identified as 'Carcelia sp.' by Hans-Peter Tschorsnig Diptera (adults) 1 03-07-2008 16:18
Identified as 'Microphthalma europaea' by Peter Diptera (adults) 1 03-07-2008 16:12
Tachinidae > Chetogena acuminata - ID by Dr. Hans-Peter Tschorsnig Diptera (adults) 5 01-07-2008 19:20
Date and time
19 April 2024 23:30
Login
Username

Password



Not a member yet?
Click here to register.

Forgotten your password?
Request a new one here.
Temporary email?
Due to fact this site has functionality making use of your email address, any registration using a temporary email address will be rejected.

Paul
Donate
Please, help to make
Diptera.info
possible and enable
further improvements!
Latest Articles
Syrph the Net
Those who want to have access to the Syrph the Net database need to sign the
License Agreement -
Click to Download


Public files of Syrph the Net can be downloaded HERE

Last updated: 25.08.2011
Shoutbox
You must login to post a message.

07.03.24 00:01
Some flies preserved in ethanol and then pinned often get the eyes sunken, how can this be avoided? Best answer: I usually keep alcohol-collected material in alcohol

17.08.23 15:23
Aneomochtherus

17.08.23 13:54
Tony, I HAD a blank in the file name. Sorry!

17.08.23 13:44
Tony, thanks! I tried it (see "Cylindromyia" Wink but don't see the image in the post.

17.08.23 11:37
pjt - just send the post and attached image. Do not preview thread, as this will lose the link to the image,

16.08.23 08:37
Tried to attach an image to a forum post. jpg, 32kB, 72dpi, no blanks, ... File name is correctly displayed, but when I click "Preview Thread" it just vanishes. Help!

23.02.23 21:29
Has anyone used the Leica DM500, any comments.

27.12.22 21:10
Thanks, Jan Willem! Much appreciated. Grin

19.12.22 11:33
Thanks Paul for your work on keeping this forum available! Just made a donation via PayPal.

09.10.22 17:07
Yes, dipterologists from far abroad, please buy your copy at veldshop. Stamps will be expensive, but he, the book is unreasonably cheap Smile

Render time: 0.74 seconds | 191,255,482 unique visits