[Syrphidae] request from Bastiaan Wakkie

[Francis Gilbert]

Reply to:   bwakkie at syrphidae.com<mailto:bwakkie at syrphidae.com>



Dear all,

Below some requests:

Checklist:

I have been working hard to get the "Syrphidae checklist of the world" more presentable with the current knowledge. (There are some weird order problems with the subgenus and groups I am already working on). We are nearing 7000 species! ...prove me wrong.

Can you please have a critical look at the list en spot errors and report them back to me (including the source if aiding)? I´d like to add sources to name changes, synonyms etc. too.



Photos:

If you have nice photos of species in their life cycle: Habitat, Egg, Larvae, Pupa, Oviposition, Copula, Female and Male and the photo is better than already on syrphidae.com I would love to add them. I normally use the following format...

Xylota_jakutorum+F+BE+CCNC:Bastiaan_Wakkie.jpg

... but anything will do (even with data in spreadsheets, databases etc.).

Photos on pins, types, images etc are also welcome. I am working on integrating all syrphidae.myspecies.info content into the website as this website reached an end of live (e.g read-only mode). So I will be adding specie descriptions as well.



Spelling and other errors:

My English is far from perfect, I am a little dislectic and a visual person, so textual or any suggestions are welcome too ;-)



Projects:

If you have a Syrphidae project anywhere in the world (websites, groups, links) and like to add it on the website I encourage you to contact me so we can work something out.


Thanks and happy 2024/reading,

Bastiaan

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