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BULLETIN OF THE Dipterists Forum Bulletin No. 57 Affiliated to the British Entomological and Natural History Society Spring 2004 Scheme Organisers Mr A E Stubbs Dr. R.K.A.Morris 181 Broadway Peterborough PE1 4DS 7 Vine Street, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 1QE [email protected] [][] Please notify Dr Mark Hill of changes: co-organiser: John Kramer Summer 2003: BRC (CEH) 31 Ash Tree Road Ivan Perry Monks Wood, Abbots Ripton, Huntingdon, Oadby, Leicester, LE2 5TE 27 Mill Road, Lode, Cambridge, CB5 9EN. Cambridgeshire PE28 2LS (Tel. 01487 772413) Sciomyzidae - Snail-killing Flies Tel: 01223 812438 [email protected] Schemes Autumn 2003, Summer 2004: Peter Chandler Dr I F G McLean Symposium This year will see some substantial changes in the 109 Miller Way, Brampton, Huntingdon, Cambs Graham Rotheray ways in which some Recording Scheme Organisers PE28 4TZ National Museums of Scotland, Chambers Street, archive and exchange records. Whilst all will read- [email protected] Edinburgh EH1 1JF, 0131.247.4243 ily accept records in written form the following [email protected] [email protected] symbols are used to indicate some of the known (or Membership surmised) methods by which Scheme Organisers Mr A.P. Foster may currently receive records electronically: 23 The Dawneys, Crudwell, Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 9HE Mr M. Parker Recorder [][][] 9 East Wyld Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 0RP MapMate Darwyn Sumner [email protected] Microsoft Access Hoverflies Spreadsheet (Excel) Square brackets indicate that the organiser can [][][] Malcolm Smart handle records in the format indicated. Dr S G Ball ‘Southcliffe’, Pattingham Road, Perton, Wolver- Potential recorders really need to know your 255 Eastfield Road Peterborough PE1 4BH hampton WV6 7HD. Tel: 01902 700228. preferred recording format so please inform [email protected] [email protected]. the Bulletin Editor in time for an update of this Mr R K A Morris Dipterists Digest guide in the next issue [email protected] Conopidae, Lonchopteridae and Otitidae Newsletter editor - Peter Chandler Mr D K Clements David Iliff 606B Berryfield Lane, Melksham, Wilts SN12 6EL 7 Vista Rise, Radyr Cheyne, Llandaff, Cardiff CF5 Green Willows, Station Road, Woodmancote, 01225-708339 2SD Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 4HW [email protected] Bulletin [email protected] Tephritid Flies Culicidae - Mosquitoes 3.x [][] Prof. K Snow Mr Laurence Clemons Darwyn Sumner Dept. Environmental Sciences University of East 14 St John’s Avenue 122, Link Road, Anstey, Charnwood, Leicester- London Romford Road London E15 4LZ Sittingbourne shire LE7 7BX. 0116 212 5075 [email protected] Kent ME10 4NE [email protected] Representative Dixidae - Meniscus midges Stilt & Stalk Fly Acting scheme organiser [][][] Ken Merrifield Dr R H L Disney Darwyn Sumner [email protected] University department of Zoology, Downing Street 122, Link Road, Anstey, Charnwood, Leicestershire Publicity Cambridge CB2 3EJ LE7 7BX. 0116 212 5075 Drosophilidae - Fruit Flies [email protected] Study groups Patrick Roper Dr B Pitkin South View, Churchland Lane, Sedlescombe, East Dept of Entomology, Natural History Museum, Sussex TN33 0PF Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD Anthomyiidae Secretary Sepsidae Mr Michael Ackland Mr. Adrian C. Pont 4 The Moors Kidlington Oxfordshire OX5 2AJ John Kramer 38 Gatehampton Road, Goring on Thames RG8 [email protected] 31 Ash Tree Road, Oadby, Leicester, Leicester- 0EP Empid shire, LE2 5TE. [email protected] [email protected] Tachinid [] Web Manager Mr Adrian Plant 3.3 [ ][][][] [email protected] Chris Raper Chironomidae Chris Raper 22 Beech Road, Purley-on-Thames, Reading, 22 Beech Road, Purley-on-Thames, Reading, Berks RG8 8DS Dr P.P. Roper Berks RG8 8DS [email protected] South View Sedlescombe Battle East Sussex TN33 [email protected] Matthew Smith 0PE Website www.dipteristsforum.org.uk/ Pipunculidae 24 Allnatt Avenue, Winnersh, Berks RG41 5AU Would the individuals listed above please [email protected] Mr A E Stubbs (see Tipulids) check that I have all their details correct Larger Brachycera Mr Michael Ackland (see Anthomyiidae) and contact me if there is anything they Simulidae wish to be added or amended. Simon Hayhow Dr R. Crosskey 15 Brookfield Road, Thornton Cleveleys, Lanca- c/o Dept of Entomology Natural History Museum shire FY5 4DR Cromwell RoadWorkshops London SW7 5BD [email protected] Mycetophilidae and allies - Fungus gnats Mr Peter J Chandler (see Dipterists Digest) David Heaver 5 Albert Road, Ledbury, Herefordshire HR8 2DN Tipuloidea & Ptychopteridae - Cranefly Field Meetings BULLETIN OF THE Dipterists Forum Affiliated to the British Entomological and Natural History Society Bulletin No. 57 Spring 2004 ISSN 1358-5029 Bulletin Editor Darwyn Sumner Chairman Stuart Ball Secretary John Kramer Treasurer Jon Cole Membership Sec. Mick Parker Field Meetings Sec. Roger Morris Contents Indoor Meetings Sec.David Heaver Publicity Officer vacant Conservation Officer Malcolm Smart Forum News ............................................................4 Editorial ................................................................................4 Ordinary Members News from the schemes........................................................5 Chris Spilling, Alan Stubbs Obituaries ...........................................................................9 Maurice Waterhouse 9 Unelected Members Dave Phillips 9 BENHS rep. Ken Merrifield National Schemes & Societies (NBN & CEH) ................10 Dip. Digest Editor Peter Chandler Record achievements .......................................................14 co-opted Alan Stubbs Review ...................................................................18 JCCBI representative John Dobson Meetings ................................................................19 Recording Scheme Organisers Reports ..............................................................................19 Cranefly Alan Stubbs Autumn Field Meeting in Wiltshire .................................19 Fungus Gnats Peter Chandler Annual Meeting 2003 ......................................................20 Hoverflies S.Ball & R.Morris Dipterists Forum Day Lectures 20 Larger Brachycera Simon Hayhow Secretary’s Report 23 Tephritid Laurence Clemons Treasurer’s Report 24 Sciomyzid Ian McLean Membership Secretary 24 Conopid David Clements Dipterists Digest Editor 24 Empid & Dollies Adrian Plant Bulletin Editor 25 Anthomyiid Michael Ackland Forthcoming ......................................................................26 Dixidae R.H.L. Disney Two-way Family Favourites Workshop ...........................26 Culicidae K. Snow Summer Field Meeting - Wiltshire...................................26 Sepsidae Adrian Pont Autumn Field Meeting - Sussex ......................................27 Tachinid Chris Raper Possible options for Dipterists Field Meetings in 2005 & 200627 Stilt & Stalk Darwyn Sumner Fly sheets ...............................................................28 Larger Brachycera Recording Scheme Newsletter #23 Articles submitted should be in the form of a word-processed Tephritidae Provisional Atlas file on disk or E-mail [email protected] Please submit in native format and Rich Text Format (.rtf). An accompanying print-out would also be useful. Line artworks are encouraged. Darwyn Sumner: 122, Link Road, Anstey, Charnwood, Leicestershire LE7 7BX. 0116 212 5075; Biological Records Officer at Leicestershire Environmental Resources Centre (Leicestershire County Council), 0116 267 1950 ext 24. PUBLISHED TWICE YEARLY Obtainable via subscription to Dipterists Forum. Contact Mr M. Parker, 9, East Wyld Road, Weymouth, Dorset, DT4 0RP D IPTERISTS FORUM BULLETIN Forum News Editorial Darwyn Sumner Delivery problems Apologies to members who had difficulty with delivery of the last Bulletin. There were quite a few of them and its probably no coinci- dence that this happened around the time of a postal strike, especially since several of the lost packages were sent to people with surnames beginning with “P”. Should you experience difficulty in the future the following points might help you work out who to contact. I wash my hands of it all once I’ve sent the copy to the printers (so I can help out only with electronic copies), John Kramer then does all the envelope stuffing and travelling to and from Monks Wood (who provide the free postage and other goodies like the Starter Pack which came with the last issue). Excess stock is then passed on to Mick Parker who now maintains the address list and can then deal with enquiries over copies lost in the post or requests for copies for new members. Invertebrate Site Register Jon Webb (Invertebrate Ecologist, Terrestrial Wildlife Team, English Nature) asked me if it would be acceptable to add the 1999 Field Week records to the Invertebrate Site Register. I asked him what form this is in and whether it was publicly available. It is currently a Recorder 3.3 database, presumably held by English Nature, and will be converted to Recorder 2002 “as and when”. It is a “mish mash of all sorts of data put onto the system over the years” and plans are afoot to make this available via the Gateway as well. Gateway Anyone worried about security for sensitive records which are made available via the Gateway should be reassured that this aspect is managed by the groups that own and