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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 sy ...

A book plume of reveal not expected to be found at this time on earth – plants a phenomenon…that shatters the word storms of misinformation about Evolution. This is not a write-off of Evolution but is rather a photo-translation of lost truths about the branching flower cluster of “Lattilution”. The lattice of reality is everywhere – in the universe, including the Bible; Jesus Christ said: The Kingdom of God is a net. Lattilution is a net, the internet is a net, the human body is a genetic net. This book is a readable science, profound with statements and information that will amaze every reader.

Profusely illustrated keys are provided to identify females for the known (68 spp.) and expected (5 spp.) tabanids of the Pacific Northwest (PNW), i.e., Apatolestes, 2 spp.; Stonemyia, 2 spp.; Silvius, 4 spp.; Chrysops, 15 spp.; Haematopota, 1 sp.; Tabanus, 12 spp. (11+1); Atylotus, 4 spp.; and Hybomitra, 33 spp. (29+4). A species-page that includes a dot-distribution map showing collection localities for known PNW species is provided for each of the species. A total of 2,766 specimens were examined and additional data were extracted from unpublished datasets. In total, we have records for 1,383 localities in the PNW. Also included is a brief history of tabanid studies in the PNW, commen ...

A current checklist of the species of Tabanidae known to occur and possibly occurring in Florida includes three subfamilies with the following genera. Pangoniinae: Asaphomyia Stone. Chrysopsinae: Merycomia Hine; Chrysops Meigen. Tabaninae: Agkistrocerus Philip; Anacimas Enderlein; Chlorotabanus Lutz; Diachlorus Osten Sacken; Haematopota Meigen; Hamatabanus Philip; Hybomitra Enderlein; Leucotabanus Lutz; Microtabanus Fairchild; Stenotabanus (Aegialomyia) Philip; Tabanus Linnaeus; Whitneyomyia Bequaert. Illustrated keys for females are provided to subfamilies, genera, and species of each genus. Individual species pages usually show four views of each taxon: dorsal habitus, lateral habitus, ...