<DIV>CORRECTION :</DIV>
<DIV> My paper describing 2 new genera and 40 new species of Indian sub-continent Syrphini is dated 1994 not "1974" as wrongly keyed in (<EM>vide infra</EM>). The following info on my publications and collections may interest some on this discussion group.</DIV>
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<P>Dr Kumar Ghorpadé</FONT><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4> : </FONT><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=4>PUBLICATIONS ON DIPTERA</P></B></FONT><FONT size=2>
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<LI>1973b. ^ The hover-fly<I> Allograpta javana</I> (Wiedemann), predacious on the Jowar Shoot-bug <I>Peregrinus maidis</I> (Ashmead) together with its recorded hosts from India. <I>Science &Culture,</I> 39(9): 400-401.</LI></OL>
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<LI>1974k. ^ A faunistic study of the hover-flies (Diptera: Syrphidae) of Bangalore, southern India.</FONT><FONT size=1>ABSTRACT</FONT><FONT size=1>. <I>Mysore Journal of Agricultural Sciences</I>, 8(4): 636.</LI></OL>
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<LI>1979g. ^ A Review of Oriental Syrphidae (Diptera). </FONT><FONT size=1>ABSTRACT</FONT><FONT size=1>.<I> Souvenir</I>, <I>Workshop on Advances in</I> <I>Insect Taxonomy in India and the Orient</I>. Manali, October 9-12, 1979. pp. 60-61. Association for the study of Oriental Insects, Delhi.</FONT><FONT size=1> </FONT></LI>
<LI><FONT size=1>37. 1981a. ^ Insect prey of Syrphidae (Diptera) from India and neighbouring countries: A review and bibliography. <I>Tropical Pest Management</I>, 27 (1): 62-82.</FONT></LI>
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<LI><FONT size=1>39. 1981c. ^ On a new species of<I> Scenopinus</I> (Diptera: Scenopinidae) from south India.<I> Colemania</I>, 1(1): 53-54, 3 figs.</LI></OL>
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<LI>1981h. ^ An anomalous new <I>Episyrphus</I> (Diptera : Syrphidae) from Madagascar. <I>Colemania</I>, 1(2): 89-94, 5 figs.</LI></OL>
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<LI>1982a. ^ A new<I> Callicera</I> (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the northwest Himalaya. <I>Colemania</I>, 1(3): 163-167, 2 figs.</LI></OL>
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<LI>1982b. ^ </FONT><FONT size=1>BOOK REVIEW.</FONT><FONT size=1> "Fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) systematics of the Indian subcontinent" by V.C. Kapoor, D.E. Hardy, M.L. Agarwal & J. S. Grewal. vii+113 pp. 99 figs. Export India Publications, Jullundur (1980 ?). <I>Colemania</I>, 1 (3): 172-173.</LI></OL>
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<P>53. 1984. ^ A Taxonomic Revision of Syrphini (Diptera: Syrphidae) from the Indian subcontinent.</FONT><FONT size=1> ABSTRACT</FONT><FONT size=1>. <I>Mysore Journal of Agricultural Sciences</I>, 16(3): 363.</P></DIR>
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<LI>1985c. ^ Studies of Parydrinae (Diptera: Ephydridae), I: A Review of the genus<I> Brachydeutera</I>Loew from the Oriental, Australian, and Oceanian regions.<I> Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology</I>, No. 406, iii+25 pp. <B>[ with W. N. Mathis ]</LI></OL></B>
<P>59. 1986c. ^ Identity of the <I>Exorista</I> (Diptera: Tachinidae) species parasitic on Mulberry Silkworm,<I> Bombyx mori</I> (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) in India. <I>Colemania</I>, 2: 55-56, fig.</P>
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<P>73. 1992. ^ A new Coffee aphid predator, with notes on other Oriental species of <I>Paragus</I> (Diptera: Syrphidae). <I>Colemania,</I> 5: 1-24, 19 figs, 7 maps. <STRONG>[ with F. C. Thompson ]</STRONG></P></DIR>
<P><STRONG>77. 1994b. ^ Diagnostic keys to new and known genera and species of Indian subcontinent Syrphini (Diptera: Syrphidae). <I>Colemania, Insect Biosystematics</I>, No. 3, pp. 1-15.</STRONG></P>
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<P align=justify>127. 1998o. ^ A provisional, anecdotal appraisal of Diptera taxonomy in the Indian sub-continent. <I>Colemania: Insect Biosystematics</I>, No. 6, pp. 1-24.</P>
<P align=justify>148. 1999u. ^ <I>Steyskalina picta</I>, new genus and species of Tetanocerini (Diptera, Sciomyzidae) from the Oriental Region. <I>Revista brasiliera de Zoologia</I>, 16(3): 835-839. <B>[ with L. Marinoni & L. Knutson ]</P></B>
<P align=justify>202. 2004c. ^ Insecta : Diptera, Sciomyzidae. pp. 832-845, 2 figs. <I>In:</I> C.M. Yule and Y.H. Sen [Eds] <I>Freshwater Invertebrates of the Malaysian Region. </I>868 pp. Academy of Sciences Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. <B>[ with L. Knutson ]</P>
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<P>32. 1979e. A Decade of <I>Oriental Insects </I>: Trends in Insect Systematics in the region. <I>Souvenir</I>,</P>
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<P>9-12, 1979. pp.7-19. Association for the study of Oriental Insects, Delhi.</P>
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<P>34. 1979f. Taxonomic Entomology in Bangalore. <I>Souvenir, Workshop on Advances in Insect Taxonomy in India and the Orient. </I>Manali, October 9-12, 1979. pp. 31-33. Association for the study of Oriental Insects, Delhi. </P>
<P align=justify>62. 1986f. Section on </FONT><FONT size=1>INSECTS.</FONT><FONT size=1> 109 pp., 125 figs, 83 photos (18 coloured). <I>In</I>: <I>Encyclopedia of Indian Natural History</I>. General Editor: R. E. Hawkins. xiv+620 pp., several figs & photos. Oxford University Press, Delhi, for Bombay Natural History Society, Bombay (Centenary Publication, 1883-1983).</P>
<P>74. 1993a. </FONT><FONT size=1>EDITORIAL</FONT><FONT size=1>. Insect Biosystematics: Classical, Omnispective and Modern Taxonomy. <I>Colemania</I>, <I>Insect Biosystematics</I>, No. 1, pp. 1-3.</P></DIR></DIR></DIR></DIR>
<P align=justify>102. 1997p. The status of Insect diversity in the Indian sub-continent. Introduction and Overview Part One. <I>Indian Journal of Biodiversity,</I> 1(1+2): 49-89, map.</P>
<P>105. 1997s. The literature on Oriental Biogeography – A preliminary list. <I>Indian Journal of Biodiversity, </I>1(1+2): 141-169.</P>
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<P align=justify>189. 2003b. ¶ Invertebrate biodiversity (Ants, Bees, and others) associated with stem domatia of the Indian myrmecophyte <I>Humboldtia brunonis </I>Wallich (Magnoliophyta: Fabaceae). <I>Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington</I>, 105(1): 73-79 <B>[ with F.R. Rickson, M.M. Rickson, B.B. Norden & K.V. Krombein ]</P></B>
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<P align=right></FONT><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=1>[ DECEMBER 31, 2004 ]</FONT><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2> </P></FONT><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">
<P>Publications on Diptera now in preparation :</P></FONT><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2></B></FONT><FONT size=2>
<P>The following projected papers are those on which research is being carried out presently based on collections made (and borrowed) of these taxa. The collaborating co-authors cited in <B>boldface</B> below are both those who are working with me or who will be requested to share work (indicated by a "<B>?</B>") on the appropriate individual papers in the near future. </P></FONT><B><FONT size=1>
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<LI>Several papers on each genus of the Tribe Syrphini (Diptera : Syrphidae) from the Indian sub-continent (some 30+) and also from other parts of the Oriental Region. <B>[ some with</B> <B>F.C. Thompson, J.R. Vockeroth</B>, <B>and others ]</B> The first paper : "The genus <I>Agnisyrphus</I> Ghorpade (Diptera—Syrphidae), peculiar to the Oriental Region, with notes on its phylogeny, evohistory and panbiogeography" is now nearing completion. </LI>
<LI>Several papers (about 6+) on revisions of genera of Oriental and Oceanian Sciomyzidae (Diptera). <B>[ with L. Knutson and others ] </B>Two more (after my publ. # 148 and 202 listed above) now being completed are : "First Key to the Genera of Oriental Sciomyzidae (Diptera—Acalyptratae), with an Annotated Checklist of known and undescribed species" and "Two new species of <I>Pelidnoptera</I> Rondani (Diptera—Phaeomyiidae ?), with an analysis of its family status." </LI>
<LI>Some new Indian <I>Dacus</I> (Diptera : Tephritidae), with an Annotated List of the Dacini in the Indian sub-continent. <B>[ with A. Freidberg or another ? ]</LI></B>
<LI>Some observations on the biology and behaviour of species of <I>Sepedon</I> (Diptera : Sciomyzidae) in peninsular India. <B>[ with L. Knutson and K. Durga Prasad ]</LI></B>
<LI>Syrphidae from Ceylon. Results of the Lund University Expedition.</LI>
<LI>A new species of <I>Acemya</I> (Diptera : Tachinidae) parasitic on <I>Cyrtacanthacris ranacea</I> (Orthoptera : Acridoidea) in southern India.</LI>
<LI>A Review of Oriental <I>Dichetophora </I>(Diptera : Sciomyzidae). <B>[ with L. Knutson and M. Sueyoshi ]</LI></B>
<LI>A Review of Oriental <I>Platycheirus</I> (Diptera : Syrphidae). <B>[ with F.C. Thompson and T. Nielsen ]</LI></B>
<LI>Species of <I>Colobaea </I>(Diptera : Sciomyzidae) from the Oriental Region. <B>[ with L. Knutson ]</LI></B>
<LI>A Review of Indian <I>Exorista</I> (Diptera : Tachinidae). <B>[ with B.K. Cantrell ? ]</LI></B>
<LI>A Review of Oriental <I>Leucozona</I> (Diptera : Syrphidae), with a key to World species. <B>[ with F.C. Thompson</B> ]</LI>
<LI>Discovery of a second new <I>Fergusonina </I>(Diptera : Fergusoninidae) in southern India. </LI>
<LI>Three new species of <I>Euthycera</I> (Diptera : Sciomyzidae) from Asia. <B>[ with R. Rozkošný & L. Knutson ]</LI></B>
<LI>Two new species of <I>Sphegina</I> (Diptera : Syrphidae) from south India. <B>[ with F.C. Thompson & I. Yarom ]</LI></B>
<LI>On collections of Syrphidae (Diptera) from southern China. <B>[ with F.C. Thompson ]</LI></B>
<LI>A new <I>Volucella</I> (Diptera : Syrphidae) from the Western Ghats in peninsular India , with notes on other Indian sub-continent species. <B>[ with F.C. Thompson ]</LI></B>
<LI>A new species of <I>Temnostoma</I> (Diptera : Syrphidae) from the Western Himalaya. <B>[ with F.C. Thompson ]</LI></B>
<LI>On Himalayan <I>Ferdinandea</I> (Diptera : Syrphidae). <B>[ with F.C. Thompson ]</LI></B>
<LI>A List of the Natural Enemies of Indian Syrphidae, with new records (Diptera). </LI>
<LI>Studies on the Immatures of Indian Syrphidae (Diptera).</LI>
<LI>A Revision of Indian Bacchini (= Melanostomatini), excluding <I>Baccha </I>(Diptera : Syrphidae). <B>[ with J.R. Vockeroth ? ]</LI></B>
<LI>A Revision of <I>Asarkina</I> (Diptera : Syrphidae) in the Oriental Region.</LI>
<LI>A new Himalayan species of <I>Azpeytia</I> (Diptera : Syrphidae). <B>[ with F.C. Thompson ]</LI></B>
<LI>A contribution to the Syrphidae (Diptera) of Thailand.</LI>
<LI>On the Indian species of <I>Lycastris </I>(Diptera : Syrphidae). <B>[ with F.C. Thompson ]</B> </LI>
<LI>The genus <I>Spheginobaccha</I> (Diptera : Syrphidae) in the Indian sub-continent. <B>[ with F.C. Thompson ]</B> </LI>
<LI>Studies on Indian Pipizini (Diptera : Syrphidae). <B>[ with F.C. Thompson ]</LI></B>
<LI>Notes on <I>Psilota </I>(Diptera : Syrphidae ) and related genera from the Oriental Region. <B>[ with F.C. Thompson ] </LI></B>
<LI>Records and descriptions of Indian Xylotini (Diptera : Syrphidae).<B> [ with H. Hippa ]</B> </LI>
<LI>A new Himalayan <I>Takaomyia</I> (Diptera : Syrphidae). <B>[ with F.C. Thompson ]</LI></B>
<LI>The Indian species of<I> Rhingia </I>(Diptera : Syrphidae). <B>[ with F.C. Thompson ]</B> </LI>
<LI>A Review of the Oriental species of <I>Baccha</I> (Diptera : Syrphidae<B>). [ with J.R. Vockeroth ? ]</B> </LI>
<LI>Description of the female of <I>Stylogaster orientalis</I> (Diptera : Conopidae). </LI>
<LI>Taxonomic Notes on Indian Bee-flies (Diptera : Bombyliidae). <B>[ partly with D.J. Greathead & N.L. Evenhuis ? ]</B> </LI>
<LI>A Revision of Indian <I>Petrorossia</I> (Diptera : Bombyliidae). <B>[ with N.L. Evenhuis ? ] </LI></B>
<LI>New and little-known Indian <I>Cylindromyia</I> (Diptera : Tachinidae ) <B>[ with H. Shima ? ]</LI></B>
<LI>A Review of the Leptogastrinae (Diptera : Asilidae) of the Indian sub-continent. <B>[ with T. Dikow ]</LI></B>
<LI>On some Indian Pipunculidae (Diptera), with a key to World genera. <B>[ with F.C. Thompson ? ]</B> </LI>
<LI>A <I>Rivellia</I> of economic importance, with a Review of the Indian species (Diptera : Platystomatidae). <B>[with A. Whittington ]</LI></B>
<LI>A new species of <I>Empidideicus</I> (<I>Cyrtoides</I>) from southern India (Diptera : Bombyliidae). <B>[ with N.L. Evenhuis ]</B> </LI>
<LI>On some Nemestrinidae (Diptera : Brachycera) from India. </LI>
<LI>Some new and known Indian Tachinidae (Diptera), reared from their Insect hosts.<B> [ with H. Shima ? ]</B> </LI>
<LI>Studies on Indian Sarcophagidae, including Miltogramminae (Diptera : Sarcophagidae). <B>[ with T. Pape ]</B> </LI>
<LI>On Chamaemyiidae (Diptera) from the Indian sub-continent, with prey records. <B>[ with S. Gaimari ]</B> </LI>
<LI>On a collection of Celyphidae (Diptera) from India. <B>[ with S. Gaimari ]</B> </LI>
<LI>Taxonomic notes on Indian Acroceridae (Diptera : Brachycera). <B>[ with E.I. Schlinger ]</B> </LI>
<LI>Records and descriptions of some Conopidae (Diptera) from India. <B>[ with J.-H. Stuke ] </LI></B>
<LI>New and known <I>Philoliche</I> (Diptera : Tabanidae) from India. </LI>
<LI>Studies on Indian <I>Haematopota </I>(Diptera : Tabanidae). <B>[ with J.F. Burger & F.C. Thompson ? ] </LI></B>
<LI>On a collection of Therevidae (Diptera) from India. <B>[ with L. Lyneborg & M. Irwin ]</B> </LI>
<LI>On the Oriental species of <I>Toxophora</I> (Diptera : Bombyliidae). <B>[ with D.J. Greathead ? ]</LI></B>
<LI>A new <I>Odontomyia</I> (Diptera : Stratiomyidae) from peninsular India. <B>[ with R. Rozkošný ]</LI></B>
<LI>Hover-flies (Diptera : Syrphidae) of the Mysore Plateau in Peninsular India.</LI>
<LI>Two new species of <I>Xiria</I> (Diptera : Platystomatidae) with a review of Oriental species. <B>[ with A. Whittington ]</LI></B>
<LI>Studies on Oriental Ephydridae (Diptera : Acalyptratae). <B>[ with W.N. Mathis ]</LI></B>
<LI>The Hover-flies (Diptera : Syrphidae) of Nepal. <B>[ with C. Claussen and M. Hauser ? ]</LI></B>
<LI>The Indian species of Curtonotidae (Diptera : Acalyptratae).<B> [ with W.N. Mathis ? ]</LI></B>
<LI>Studies on Indian Diopsidae (Diptera). </LI>
<LI>More new species of Indian Scenopinidae (Diptera). </LI>
<LI>A List of workers, deceased or living, on the taxonomy and bio-ecology of Diptera of India and neighbouring countries. <B>[ with N.L. Evenhuis ]</LI></B><I>
<LI>Diptera of the Indian sub-continent: History, Catalogue, Bibliography and Index. </I><B>[ with collaborating Dipterists ]</B><I> </LI></OL></I></FONT><FONT size=2>
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<P>DIPTERA IN THE GHORPADE COLLECTION, BANGALORE (INDIA) : 1968—2005</P></B></FONT><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=1>
<P>Acroceridae 56</P>
<P>Anthomyiidae 23 </P>
<P>Asilidae 1709+</P>
<P>Bombyliidae 4589+ </P>
<P>Celyphidae 108</P>
<P>Chamaemyiidae 191</P>
<P>Conopidae 64</P>
<P>Curtonotidae 17</P>
<P>Diopsidae 119</P>
<P>Dolichopodidae 826</P>
<P>Empididae 76</P>
<P>Ephydridae 448+</P>
<P>Nemestrinidae 19+</P>
<P>Neriidae 25</P>
<P>Phoridae 96</P>
<P>Pipunculidae 553</P>
<P>Platypezidae 98</P>
<P>Platystomatidae 34+</P>
<P>Pyrgotidae 16 </P>
<P>Rachiceridae 2</P>
<P>Rhagionidae 98</P>
<P>Sarcophagidae 748+</P></FONT><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=1>
<P>(Miltogramminae 129)</P></FONT><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=1>
<P>Scenopinidae 31+</P>
<P>Sciomyzidae 538+</P>
<P>Stratiomyidae 930</P><B>
<P>Syrphidae 15,629</B>+</P></FONT><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=1>
<P>( Syrphinae 10,758 +</P>
<P>Eristalinae 4414 +]</P></FONT><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=1>
<P>Tabanidae 457+</P>
<P>Tachinidae 1425</P>
<P>Tephritidae 1692+</P>
<P>Therevidae 44+</P><B>
<P>Unsorted Collection :</P></B>
<P>NEMATOCERA 1076</P>
<P>ACALYPTRATAE 2446</P>
<P>CALYPTRATAE 3659</P>
<P>DIPTERA (India) 2310</P>
<P>DIPTERA (U.S.A.) 144</P><B>
<P>MECOPTERA 70 </P></B></FONT><FONT size=2></FONT><B>
<P>TOTAL = 40,290</P>
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<P align=justify>N</FONT><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=1>OTE</FONT><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=1>:</B> These are numbers of fully processed (pinned, pointed, labelled, sorted) Diptera specimens, of selected target families, in my collection. Other collected/trapped specimens, still in papers or alcohol phials, are being processed and may number more than 60,000+ additional specimens, when added to the above processed material, and will be updated regularly, month by month, from now on. </P></FONT><B><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=1>
<P align=right>[ June 1, 2005 ]</P></DIR></DIR></B></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV> <BR><BR></DIV><BR><BR>Dr Kumar Ghorpade, B.Sc.(Agri.),M.Sc.,Ph.D (Entomol.)<br>Smithsonian Institution (U.S.A.) Postdoc Fellow (1982-1983)<br>Systematic Entomologist & P.-G. Teacher, Dept Entomology, Univ. Agril Sci., Dharwar, Karnataka (India)<br>Post to: C/o Azman Farm, Doddagubbi P.O., Bangalore 562 149, INDIA<p>
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