Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Neotropical Dipterology

Posted by bbrown on 15-09-2009 21:31
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Are there other members of this group who are interested in Neotropical Dipterology (besides Marc, I know)? I have been involved in some big projects in South and Central America, and it always disturbs me how few people work on this vast, fascinating, and little-known fauna. I wrote a paper about the "crisis" in Neotropical Dipterology a few years ago (available for free at:

http://www.phorid.net/publications/publications_files/CrisisNeotrDipt.pdf

Also, maybe some list members have expeditions they are planning for which they would like companions to share expenses. I don't have anything planned right now, but next year's Diptera Congress is in Costa Rica, where we are planning to do an All Diptera Biodiversity Inventory (see the bottom of my web site www.phorid.net)

Or maybe some people know some great collecting sites. I documented one such site, Cumbre Alto Beni in Bolivia, on my web site:

http://www.phorid.net/melaloncha/cab/cab_index.htm

I'd like to see anything anyone would like to post.

Brian