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 .
Events
- 2008, 19-25 October - Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) - Fremantle, Australia
- 2008, 15-16 November - Entomological Collections Network, Reno, Nevada USA
- 2008, 16-19 November - Entomological Society of America and North American Dipterists Society, Reno, Nevada USA
Societies
- Council for International Congresses of Dipterology
- Arbeitskreis Diptera, Germany
- Dipterists' Forum
- Malloch Society
- North American Black Fly Association
- North American Dipterists' Society
- The Dipterist's Club of Japan
Journals
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Studia Dipterologica
- Zootaxa
- Diptera Data Dissemination Disk
- Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- New Zealand Entomologist
- Dipterists' Digest
- Mosquito News & Mosquito Systematics
- European Mosquito Bulletin
- Myia
- Drosophila Information Service
Newsletters
- Fly Times
- Bulletin of the Dipterists' Forum
- Tachinid Times
- Ceratopogonidae Information Exchange
- Chironomus Newsletter
- Phorid Newsletter
- The British Simuliid Group Bulletin
- Volucella
Digital Libraries
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- Sherborn's Index Animalium
- Biologia Centrali-Americana
- Neave's Nomenclator Zoologicus
- American Museum of Natural History Scientific Publications
Opportunities
- Partnerships for Enhancing Expertise in Taxonomy (PEET)
- Samual W. Williston Diptera Research Fund
- Dipterology Fund
Other Places
This list of sources is not comprehensive, only the major sites are listed. The site at Colorado State University maintains a comprehensive list of entomological sites, the Biology Browser maintains one for all of biology. For a list of museum with Diptera collections click here.
- Entomology WWW Sites (Colorado State University, Fort Collin)
- Zoological Record
- Thomson Index to organism names
- uBio Taxonomic Names Server
- Biology Browser
- GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- Species2000
- ITIS (Integrated Taxanomic Information System)
- INBio (National Institute of Biodiversity)
- Fauna Europaea
- Tree of Life (University of Arizona, Tucson)
- AToL - Assembling the Tree of Life
- BIN21 (Biodiversity Information Network, Campinas)
- ERIN (Environment Resource Information Network, Canberra)
- Catalog of the Diptera of the Australasian and Oceanian Regions. N.L. Evenhuis
- Catalog of the Fossil Flies of the World. N.L. Evenhuis
- Iowa State Resources
- Biological Collection Access Services (BioCASE)
- FlyView Home (Drosophila Image Database)
- FlyBase: A database of Drosophila Genes & Genomes
- BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)
- National Insect Week
- iSpecies.org - a species search engine
Content by F. Christian Thompson
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