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phil withers 06 May 2009 22:53:55
I have a new psychodid I'm thinking of naming Abba mammamia...
Jan Willem 06 May 2009 08:01:49
What about Aha ha? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aha_ha
Tony Irwin 02 May 2009 06:19:45
Mops mops is the Malayan Free-tailed Bat
pwalter 29 April 2009 22:55:41
What about Mops mops? Dunno what kind of animal... Here are others: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1 200/is_21_159/ai_75563131/
Andrzej 29 April 2009 21:38:12
maybe someone should describe another one, called ab ba ? Pfft
Roger Thomason 29 April 2009 14:58:48
Well not unless siht means something in Hungarian Grin Now if it was called Tihs... Wink
pwalter 28 April 2009 22:45:46
This reverse-thing like Xela alex and Anu una wouldn't sound good with the genus 'This'... Grin
Nikita Vikhrev 21 April 2009 16:21:34
My test, This canus McAlpine get grand prize
Dmitry Gavryushin 20 April 2009 18:34:42
This one is hard to beat Christian Angry
Christian Kehlmaier 18 April 2009 13:31:45
What about Anu una Thompson, 2008 - a syrphid from New Zealand. Pfft
Roger Thomason 16 April 2009 08:20:18
Far too clever for your own good Black. Cool
Dmitry Gavryushin 16 April 2009 08:06:54
And non-dipteran winner among binomial names is Ia io Thomas, 1902 (bat from China)
Dmitry Gavryushin 16 April 2009 08:05:06
Well, how about Xela alex Thompson, 1999 (Syrphidae) or This canus McAlpine, 1991 (Coelopidae)?
Roger Thomason 16 April 2009 01:01:21
OK Black, Which fly has the shortest name?
Dmitry Gavryushin 14 April 2009 19:57:16
Longest fly name: Parastratiosphecomyia stratiosphecomyioides Brunetti, 1923
Andre 14 April 2009 18:23:00
The link to faunaeur.org was working again today.
Andrzej 11 April 2009 22:55:47
So, we should be patient ! Nothing to do Frown
Cor Zonneveld 11 April 2009 20:17:46
I looked at this PESI, but so far very little useful. Fauna Europea is in the links, but the link is as dead as a Dodo.
Andrzej 10 April 2009 14:42:22
A new project has been made (PESI), so probably a new site is coming soon Wink
Paul Beuk 10 April 2009 14:02:39
DNS issue, apparently (or the account was cancelled Wink).
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Canada plans to eliminate the Diptera group at the CNC. See post in the News section of the main page.

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Anyone have scans of the Genus Semaranga in: 1)Kanmiya, K. (1983) A systematic study of the Japanese Chloropidae (Diptera). 2) Andersson, H. (1977 Taxonomic and Phylogenetic studies on Chloropid

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07.01.26 15:52
Pipunculidae from Mongolia! I am looking for specialist who is committed to ID these. There will be a lot of material coming from my expeditions.

06.12.25 21:37
He last posted here in April, identifying some Chloropidae.

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Dr Michael von Tschirnhaus, a leading expert on Chloropidae and Agromyzidae, died on 16 September 2025 at the age of 86. He will be greatly missed by the international community. R.I.P.

03.12.25 12:46
Anyone has the scan of "Harkness, R. D.; Ismay, J. W. 1976: A new species of Trachysiphonella (Dipt., Chloropidae) from Greece, associated with an ant Cataglyphis bicolor (F.) (Hym., Formicidae)

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