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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Dear syrphid
friends,<BR>Shortly before Christmas </SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">I was glad to receive the just
published <STRONG>second volume of the Swedish book about Hoverflies</STRONG>.
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">The first volume did cover
</SPAN></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">all known species of
<U>Syrphinae</U> in Fennoscandia incl. </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Iceland with species accounts, distribution maps, keys
and illustrations. This second volume covers all remaining species in the area.
</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT face="Times New Roman">I
want to take this opportunity to express my thanks to all of you who have helped
me with information or specimens or have encouraged me in other ways to perform
my part of the book. </FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">For more information about the Swedish book please go to
</FONT><A href=""><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#0000ff>www.nationalnyckeln.se</FONT></A></SPAN><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> <FONT
color=#000000>(or</FONT> google eg. ”Nationalnyckeln hoverflies” or <FONT
face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4>"the Encyclopedia of the
Swedish flora and fauna"</FONT> </FONT>) and choose Swedish or English
information. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">The book can now be ordered
there or from various book shops. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">And do not hesitate to visit
</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><A href=""><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">www.artportalen.se</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"> (or google on
”Artportalen”), click on ”rapportsystemet för småkryp” (with the
butterfly-ilustration) and on next page click on ”landskapskatalog för
blomflugor” – and you will see a <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">time window based province catalogue for
Swedish hoverflies</B> covering the days from Linnaeus on to 2008. On the same
site you can also find more than 10.000 observations of Swedish
Syrphidae amongst other observations of Swedish fauna & flora.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Best wishes for New Year 2010</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Hans Bartsch
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p><FONT size=2>P.S. </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p><FONT size=2>Just before the book was published we
have been aware of another Syrphidae species that apparently has been
overlooked for long time. If you google </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p><FONT size=2>"Cryptopipiza notablila Bartsch" you
will find my paper on that species (in Swedish with a tiny English
summary).</FONT></o:p></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>