Book Synopsis
The International Congresses of Dipterology have been consistently held every four years since the First one in 1986 held in Budapest. This Tenth congress has broken that mold, being postponed for a year due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. Although this extra year has seen a great improvement in this regard worldwide, certain factors have led to this being the smallest (I say coziest) one yet. Our delegation consists of 200 dipterists, 48 of which are students, from 35 countries from all continents except Antarctica (unfortunately no one came who could collect Belgica antarctica in their backyard). This volume consists of 222 abstracts. The 190 oral presentations are arranged into 20 symposia, a General session, Plenary (5) and Banquet (1) addresses, and the launch event (3) for Volume 3 of the Manual of Afrotropical Dipterology. The Poster session consists of 32 posters. In total, students are giving 39 of the oral presentations and 10 of the posters.