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BULLETIN OF THE Dipterists Forum Bulletin No. 62/63 Autumn 2006 + Spring 2007 Affiliated to the British Entomological and Natural History Society Bulletin No. 62/3 Autumn 2006 + Spring 2007 Scheme Organisers Tipuloidea & Ptychopteridae - Cranefly Workshops Mr A E Stubbs 181 Broadway Peterborough PE1 4DS Please notify Dr Mark Hill of changes: David Heaver BRC (CEH) [][] 5 Albert Road, Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 2DN Monks Wood, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, co-organiser: John Kramer [email protected] Cambridgeshire PE28 2LS (Tel. 01487 772413) 31 Ash Tree Road Field Meetings [email protected] Oadby, Leicester, LE2 5TE Recording Schemes Sciomyzidae - Snail-killing Flies Mr. R.K.A.Morris 7 Vine Street, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 1QE This year will see some substantial changes in the [email protected] ways in which some Recording Scheme Organisers Dr I F G McLean Membership archive and exchange records. Whilst all will read- 109 Miller Way, Brampton, Huntingdon, Cambs ily accept records in written form the following PE28 4TZ symbols are used to indicate some of the known (or [email protected] Mr M. Parker surmised) methods by which Scheme Organisers [email protected] 9 East Wyld Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 0RP may currently receive records electronically: [][] [email protected] / BAP Recorder Darwyn Sumner Hoverflies MapMate Barbara Schulten [email protected] Microsoft Access [][][] Dipterists Digest Spreadsheet (Excel) Dr S G Ball Square brackets indicate that the organiser can 255 Eastfield Road Peterborough PE1 4BH Peter Chandler handle records in the format indicated. [email protected] 606B Berryfield Lane, Melksham, Wilts SN12 6EL Potential recorders really need to know your Mr R K A Morris 01225-708339 preferred recording format so please inform [email protected] [email protected] the Bulletin Editor in time for an update of this Newsletter editor - Dipterists Bulletin guide in the future issues David Iliff Conopidae, Lonchopteridae, Ulidiidae & Green Willows, Station Road, Woodmancote, Darwyn Sumner Pallopteridae Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 9HN 122, Link Road, Anstey, Charnwood, Leicester- [email protected] shire LE7 7BX. 0116 212 5075 Tephritid Flies Mr D K Clements [email protected] Representative 7 Vista Rise, Radyr Cheyne, Llandaff, Cardiff CF5 3.x [][] 2SD Mr Laurence Clemons [email protected] 14 St John’s Avenue Ken Merrifield [email protected] Culicidae - Mosquitoes Sittingbourne Publicity Prof. K Snow Kent ME10 4NE Dept. Environmental Sciences University of East Stilt & Stalk Fly Judy Webb [email protected] London Romford Road London E15 4LZ 01865 377487 [email protected] [ ][ ][ ] Secretary Dixidae - Meniscus midges Darwyn Sumner 122, Link Road, Anstey, Charnwood, Leicestershire Acting scheme organiser LE7 7BX. 0116 212 5075 John Kramer Dr R H L Disney [email protected] 31 Ash Tree Road, Oadby, Leicester, Leicester- University department of Zoology, Downing Street Study groups shire, LE2 5TE. Cambridge CB2 3EJ [email protected] Drosophilidae - Fruit Flies Anthomyiidae Dr B Pitkin Mr Michael Ackland Dept of Entomology, Natural History Museum, Jon Cole [email protected] 5 Pond End, Pymore, Bridport, Dorset, DT6 5SB Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD Web Manager [email protected] Sepsidae Empid & Dolichopodid vacant Stuart Ball [] 255 Eastfield Road Peterborough PE1 4BH Tachinid Dr Adrian Plant [email protected] Curator of Diptera Website www.dipteristsforum.org.uk/ [3.3][][][] Department of Biodiversity and Systematic Chris Raper Biology 22 Beech Road, Purley-on-Thames, Reading, National Museum & Galleries of Wales Berks RG8 8DS Cathays Park, CARDIFF [email protected] Matthew Smith CF10 3NP 24 Allnatt Avenue, Winnersh, Berks RG41 5AU Tel. 02920 573 259 [email protected] [email protected] Larger Brachycera Chironomidae Dr P.P. Roper South View Sedlescombe Battle East Sussex TN33 Simon Hayhow 0PE 15 Brookfield Road, Thornton Cleveleys, Lanca- Pipunculidae shire FY5 4DR [email protected] Mr A E Stubbs (see Tipulids) Mycetophilidae and allies - Fungus gnats Mr Michael Ackland (see Anthomyiidae) Simulidae Mr Peter J Chandler (see Dipterists Digest) Dr R. Crosskey c/o Dept of Entomology Natural History Museum Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD BULLETIN OF THE Dipterists Forum Affiliated to the British Entomological and Natural History Society Bulletin Nos. 62 + 63 Autumn 2006, Spring 2007 ISSN 1358-5029 Bulletin Editor Darwyn Sumner Chairman John Ismay Secretary John Kramer Treasurer Jon Cole Membership Sec. Mick Parker Field Meetings Sec. Roger Morris Contents Indoor Meetings Sec.David Heaver Publicity Officer Judy Webb BAP species Officer Barbara Schulten Forum News ............................................................4 Editorial ................................................................................4 Ordinary Members News from the schemes........................................................5 Chris Spilling, Alan Stubbs, John Ismay Northants and Peterborough Dipterists Group ...................8 Notice board ...........................................................9 Unelected Members Flies from fungi .................................................................9 BENHS rep. Ken Merrifield Atylotus rusticus records ..................................................10 Dip. Digest Editor Peter Chandler The Hope Library .............................................................11 co-opted Alan Stubbs News on BAP and other species in need of action ...........12 JCCBI representative John Dobson Review ...................................................................15 Recording Scheme Organisers Microscopy ......................................................................15 Cranefly Alan Stubbs NBN Gateway matters .....................................................18 Fungus Gnats Peter Chandler Membership Matters ........................................................18 Hoverflies S.Ball & R.Morris Meetings ................................................................19 Larger Brachycera Simon Hayhow Reports ..............................................................................19 Tephritid Laurence Clemons A Dipterists Ramblings 2006 19 Sciomyzid Ian McLean The Spring Meetings ........................................................21 Conopid David Clements Field Trip - France ...........................................................21 Empid & Dollies Adrian Plant Annual Meeting 2006 - Oxford ........................................25 Anthomyiid Michael Ackland Forthcoming ......................................................................26 Dixidae R.H.L. Disney Verrall lecture ...................................................................26 Culicidae K. Snow Spring Workshop 2007 .....................................................26 Sepsidae vacant Spring Field Meetings ......................................................28 Tachinid Chris Raper Summer Field Meeting 2007 ...........................................29 Stilt & Stalk Darwyn Sumner Autumn Field Meeting 2007 ............................................29 Annual Meeting 2007 ......................................................30 Website Summer Field Meeting 2008 ...........................................31 www.dipteristsforum.org.uk/ And now ... .........................................................................32 Forum www.dipteristsforum.org.uk/index.php Fly sheets Cranefly Recording Scheme Newsletter #14 Articles submitted should be in the form of a word-processed Tephritidae Recording Scheme Newsletter file on disk or E-mail [email protected] Please submit in native format and Rich Text Format (.rtf). An Hoverfly Recording Scheme Newsletter #42 accompanying print-out would also be useful. Line artworks Larger Brachycera Recording Scheme Newsletter #26 are encouraged. Darwyn Sumner: 122, Link Road, Anstey, Charnwood, Leicestershire LE7 7BX. 0116 212 5075 PUBLISHED TWICE YEARLY Obtainable via subscription to Dipterists Forum. Contact Mr M. Parker, 9, East Wyld Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 0RP [email protected] Chironomidae Scheme Organisers Mycetophilidae and allies - Fungus Please notify Dr Mark Hill of changes: gnats Dr P.P. Roper BRC (CEH) South View Sedlescombe Battle East Sussex TN33 Monks Wood, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, Mr Peter J Chandler (see Dipterists 0PE Cambridgeshire PE28 2LS (Tel. 01487 772413) Digest) Pipunculidae [email protected] Tipuloidea & Ptychopteridae - Mr A E Stubbs (see Tipulids) Cranefly Recording Schemes Mr Michael Ackland (see Anthomyiidae) This year will see some substantial changes in the Mr A E Stubbs Simulidae ways in which some Recording Scheme Organisers 181 Broadway Peterborough PE1 4DS archive and exchange records. Whilst all will readily [][] Dr R. Crosskey accept records in written form the following symbols co-organiser: John Kramer c/o Dept of Entomology Natural History Museum are used to indicate some of the known (or surmised) Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD methods by which Scheme Organisers may currently 31 Ash Tree Road receive records electronically: Oadby, Leicester, LE2 5TE Workshops Recorder Sciomyzidae - Snail-killing Flies David Heaver MapMate 5 Albert Road, Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 2DN Microsoft Access [email protected] Dr I F G McLean Spreadsheet (Excel) 109 Miller Way, Brampton, Huntingdon, Cambs PE28 Field Meetings Square brackets indicate