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<DIV>Frank:</DIV>
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<DIV>For those foreigners, etc, would you give some more details,</DIV>
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<DIV>dates of birth and passing?</DIV>
<DIV>Maybe education, regular work, etc.</DIV>
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<DIV>And mostly importantly a list of his major papers or those with new
species.</DIV>
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<DIV>I suspect that I may be missing some as I only have a single species listed
in our Systema Dipterorum (Pipizella speighti Verlinden 1999)</DIV>
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<DIV>Obviously, I do have his major 1994 (Hoverflies ...of Beligum) done with
Decleer and his 1994 (Faune de Belgique) work</DIV>
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<DIV>Sincerely</DIV>
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<DIV>Chris Thompson</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=Frank.VandeMeutter@bio.kuleuven.be
href="mailto:Frank.VandeMeutter@bio.kuleuven.be">Frank Van de Meutter</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, November 06, 2013 10:04 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=syrphidae@lists.nottingham.ac.uk
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> [Syrphidae] passing of Luc Verlinden</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Dear all, the news has been spread before
locally, however, it has not reached the community outside Belgium I think. This
spring Luc Verlinden passed away. Luc was the true pioneer of expert Belgian
Syrphidae faunistics, however, he soon also specialised in Alpine Syrphidae. He
probably is best known for its contributions – several excellent taxonomic
papers eg on <I>Cheilosia</I> and <I>Pipizella</I> with the description of a new
taxon. People that study the Western European fauna will remember his books too,
with their magnificent drawings. These books have educated and inspired many of
the people that do study syrphids today, including me. He was unable to continue
his valuable work the past ten years due to a most unfortunate accident – his
merits cannot be underestimated though. Above all he was a true gentleman loved
by all people that have cooperated with him. He will be
missed.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN lang=EN-GB>Frank<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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