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BioSystematic Database of World Diptera (BDWD)

The BioSystematic Database of World Diptera (BDWD) is a source of names and information about those names and the taxa to which they apply. The BDWD is a set of tools to aid users in finding information about flies. The two main components of the BDWD are the Nomenclator and the Species database.

The Diptera Site

Flies (Diptera) are one of the most abundant and important groups of
animals. Flies are found everywhere and do just about everything. The health of our world is in part dependent on these wonderful creatures. For an introduction to flies and links to the different family pages, click here.

Introduction to Carnidae

Carnus hemapterus, female, dorsal viewThe Carnidae are quite small (1-2 mm) black flies and probably due to their small size, they have not attracted a great degree of study.

EDIT Diptera exemplar group

The European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT) is a five-year, EU-funded Network of Excellence, the purpose of which is to encourage better integration of effort in taxonomy across Europe. It has long been felt that support for taxonomy will be much improved if taxonomists can unify their effort and ‘work as one’. That is a demanding aim, but we can at least try to move towards it.

Activities, Groups and Opportunities

Links to information about events, societies, journals, newsletters, and working groups devoted to Dipterology and their up and coming activities, as well as to opportunities for those interested in flies are below. For links to taxon pages click here.

The Diptera Site

Asilidae: Lampria dives. © Steve MarshallA community driven site for authoritative information on Diptera. 

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Carnidae of the Lake Kerkini region in Greece

Introduction

The Carnidae fauna of Greece is poorly known, with only Meoneura graeca Hennig, 1972, M. obscurella Fallén, 1823, M. prima Becker 1905, and ?M. vagans Fallén, 1823 recorded (Strobl, 1902, Hennig 1937 & 1972, Sabrosky 1959, Papp, 1984). However, thanks to the efforts of Gordon Ramel, who maintained several Malaise as well as other traps near Lake Kerkini in northern Greece, close to the border to Bulgaria, this has now changed.

Diptera group

The group for general information on Diptera. This group contains the pages linked to the menu on the upper left side (the one starting with Home). This is also the right group for you if you want to add species pages which don't fit into one of the other groups.

Subscribe to this group stating your interest, wait for your subscription to be activated, and use the menu on the right side to post new pages, etc.

Check out recent posts to this group.

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