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BULLETIN OF THE Dipterists Forum Bulletin No. 72 Autumn 2011 Affiliated to the British Entomological and Natural History Society Bulletin No. 72 Autumn 2011 ISSN 1358-5029 Editorial panel Bulletin Editor Darwyn Sumner Assistant Editor Judy Webb Dipterists Forum Officers Chairman Martin Drake Vice Chairman Stuart Ball Secretary John Kramer Treasurer Howard Bentley Membership Sec. Mick Parker Field Meetings Sec. Roger Morris Indoor Meetings Sec. Malcolm Smart Publicity Officer Judy Webb Conservation/BAP Officer Barbara Ismay Ordinary Members Chris Spilling, John Showers, Erica McAlister, John Ismay Unelected Members Dip. Digest Editor Peter Chandler Annual Subscription Recording Scheme Organisers Obtainable via subscription to Dipterists Forum: Cranefly Alan Stubbs & John Kramer Annual Membership (N.B. Overseas = £20 total) Fungus Gnats Peter Chandler Forum - £6 (includes Dipterists Bulletin) Hoverflies S.Ball & R.Morris Subscription to Dipterists Digest - £9 Larger Brachycera S. Hayhow Contact Mr M. Parker, 9, East Wyld Road, Weymouth, Dorset, Tephritid Laurence Clemons DT4 0RP Email: [email protected] to whom all enquiries regarding delivery of this Bulletin should be Sciomyzidae Ian McLean addressed Conopid & Platystomatid David Clements Empid & Dollies Adrian Plant & Martin Drake Contributions Anthomyiidae Michael Ackland Chloropidae John Ismay Please refer to later in this Bulletin for details of how to contribute and Culicidae Jolyon Medlock send your material to both of the following: Sepsidae Steve Crellin Bulletin Editor: Darwyn Sumner Tachinid Chris Raper & Matt Smith 122, Link Road, Anstey, Charnwood, Leicestershire LE7 7BX. Stilt & stalk Darwyn Sumner 0116 212 5075 [email protected] Pipunculid David Gibbs Assistant Editor: Judy Webb Oestridae Andrew Grayson 2 Dorchester Court, Blenheim Road, Kidlington, Oxon. OX5 2JT. 01865 377487 [email protected] Dipterists Forum Website Dipterists Forum Forum www.dipteristsforum.org.uk/ www.dipteristsforum.org.uk/index.php Photographs: Front cover Pocota personata, Syrphidae from the New Forest this April, by Paul Brock, Criorhina floccosa also by Paul Brock & Callicera rufa by Bob Kemp, above; Eustalomyia hilaris by Roger Morris (det. Michael Ackland) on page 31. Other photographs as supplied by the authors or the editorial panel who would be pleased to receive illustrations for general purposes - many thanks for those already sent. If you want to catch the next front cover, please note that the orientation must be upright (portrait) BULLETIN OF THE Dipterists Forum Contents Editorial ....................................................................................... 4 Notice board .............................................................................. 5 Dipterists Forum in the NBN ....................................................................................... 5 Explaining range changes: from county to continent .................................................. 7 Saint Narcissus of the Flies .......................................................................................... 8 BAP & Conservation ..................................................................................8 BAP update for England ............................................................................................... 8 New officer needed ...................................................................................................... 9 News from the Conservation and BAP Officer ............................................................. 9 ADOPT A SPECIES ...................................................................................................... 11 Conservation .............................................................................................................. 14 Members.................................................................................... 16 Membership Matters .................................................................................................. 16 Training new Dipterists .............................................................................................. 17 Why not join the BENHS? .......................................................................................... 18 Obituary ..................................................................................................................... 19 Review ....................................................................................... 21 On the road to Mendeley ........................................................................................... 21 Publications ................................................................................................................ 21 Books .......................................................................................................................... 21 Checklist updates ....................................................................................................... 23 Websites ..................................................................................................................... 23 Reports ....................................................................................................................... 23 Meetings .................................................................................... 24 Reports .....................................................................................................24 Spring Field Meeting .................................................................................................. 24 Summer Field Meeting .............................................................................................. 25 Forthcoming ............................................................................................28 The future of Dipterists Forum field meetings ........................................................... 28 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ..................................................................31 Diptera Identification Workshops 2011 ..................................................................... 33 Autumn Field Meeting ............................................................................................... 34 Spring Field Meeting ................................................................................................. 34 Summer Field Meeting .............................................................................................. 34 Autumn Field Meeting ................................................................................................ 34 Events Calendar 2011/12 ........................................................................................... 35 Booking your place at events ..................................................................36 Contributing Bulletin items ......................................................................36 And now ... ............................................................................... 38 Bananas ..................................................................................................................... 38 Outside the saloon ..................................................................................................... 38 Fly sheets Hoverfly Newsletter #51 Fungus Gnat Newsletter #21 Empid & Dolichopodid Newsletter #16 Cranefly Newsletter #22 Desktop publishing: Records from the Dipterists field meetings 1987 to 2011 Darwyn Sumner A risk assessment Planning disaster: “I am not alone in concluding that the NPPF (National Planning Framework) is a disasterous document - a blatant developer’s charter that will allow many developments to go ahead that would otherwise not Forum News have passed strict sustainability tests under previous planning guidance.” Sue Everett, British Wildlife, V22 No 6. Editorial Planning for Diptera Many colleagues over the years have been very keen to emphasise The public consultation which allows comment on the draft is at the importance of the Planning system when it came to protecting http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/planningandbuild- the environment. I recall one huge meeting held in county hall ing/draftframeworkconsultation and ends on October 17th. following a rather unfortunate Dipterists Forum isn’t really incident with some bats. The constituted to campaign on such broad message to the contrac- issues but we do play our part tors, and all those concerned quite often by adding our voice with hiring them and giving as a very active member of the them permission to spray a loft the Biodiversity community (i.e. space was that “It’s the Law, part of the NBN) and have good making appropriate allowances links to NFBR, Buglife, NBNT for protected species is as man- and others who do campaign datory as wearing a hard hat very effectively. on a building site”. Outside of Biodiversity Duty Statutory sites (such as SSSIs, Ramsars etc.) the Planning That’s the term that needs to be system is the only protection on your lips if you have concerns for Local Sites (www.defra.gov. about species and habitats on uk/rural/protected/nationally/ your local patch. Your Local local-sites/). Authority has a legal obligation to deliver their “Biodiversity The bat people have it easy Duty”. If you want to know compared to us Dipterists, all more, Defra have it on their their creatures enjoy maximum website at http://www.defra. protection whilst for us it’s been gov.uk/publications/2011/03/30/ a very labour-intensive process pb12584-biodiversity-duty/ to select out the