From B.Huertas at nhm.ac.uk Wed Jun 8 16:21:08 2011 From: B.Huertas at nhm.ac.uk (Blanca Huertas ) Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 16:21:08 +0100 Subject: [TABD] Interesado tambien en mariposas africanas? interested in african butterflies too? Message-ID: <9DD76E9E44DAF941829720CFBF9D8E806BA5C9@HOMER.nhm.ac.uk> Workshop on Lepidoptera Research in the Afro-tropical region 18-21 November 2011; Field trip 21-25 November 2011 Organised by the Butterfly Conservation Society, Ghana in collaboration with Societas Europea Lepidopterologica. The event is also supported by the Lepidopterists' Society of Africa Programmes: Workshop: (16)-18-21 November 2011. Excursion and collecting trip: 21-25 November 2011. Day 00-0. (16-17th November) Arrival in Accra. Day 1. (18th November) Travel to Hans Cottage Botel (Central Region), opening, informal discussion in the evening. Day 2. (19th November) Morning: Lectures: Taxonomy, fauna research and DNA studies. Afternoon: field trip to "The Forest, conservation and ecotourism site" Evening (optional): Moth trapping in "The Forest" Day 3. (20th November) Morning: Lectures: Ecological studies and conservation. Afternoon: visiting Kakum Canopy Walkway. Evening (optional): Moth trapping on the Canopy Walkway. It is an exceptional occasion to trap 30 metres above the ground! Day 4. (21st November) Closure of workshop, travel to Accra. Day 1 of Field trip to Kakum National Park. Day 5-9 Field excursion to Kakum National Park and Assin Attandanso Resource Reserve. The venue and accommodation are arranged at Hans Cottage Botel. www.hanscottagebotel.com Early bird registration (until 15th of July 2011): 300 euro/person that includes transfer from Accra to Hans Cottage Botel and back, accommodation for three nights + all meals during the workshop. It also includes snacks and coffee (tea) during breaks. Late registration (after 15th of July 2011): 450 euro/person. The registration fee does not include transfer from and to the airport to the accommodation in Accra, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, tips etc. The participation in the field trip-excursion is on daily basis, participants should calculate with a 150 euro/day cost that includes accommodation, meals, transport to and from the field, contribution in the use of equipment (generators etc.) and research permit. Collecting of butterfly and moth specimens are allowed on the research permit of the Butterfly Conservation Society, Ghana. Identification of specimens should be sent back to BCGHANA for the inclusion of the research report. BCGHANA will collaborate in the preparation of subsequent publications, which should be acknowledged to BCGHANA and the Wildlife Division of Forestry Commission, Ghana The presentations of the workshop are planned to be published in a supplement issue of the Metamorphosis. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society of Africa. Enquires and applications should be addressed to: Bernadett Kormos: kormosbetti at bcghana.org David Agassiz: agassiz at btinternet.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From B.Huertas at nhm.ac.uk Thu Jun 9 20:01:30 2011 From: B.Huertas at nhm.ac.uk (Blanca Huertas ) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 20:01:30 +0100 Subject: [TABD] Neotropical Butterfly Papers Message-ID: <9DD76E9E44DAF941829720CFBF9D8E806BA5E2@HOMER.nhm.ac.uk> Dear all, Please check this month's Zootaxa issue with quite a few neotropical butterflies papers there: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/taxa/Lepidoptera.html Regards, Amigos de la Red TABDP La revista Zootaxa trae este mes varios articulos sobre mariposas neotropicales, el link abajo: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/taxa/Lepidoptera.html Un saludo ----------------------------- Blanca Huertas FLS DIC MSc Curator (Lepidoptera) Entomology Department The Natural History Museum Cromwell Road SW7 5BD London, UK. Tel. +44 (0) 20 7942 6215 Museum Website www.nhm.ac.uk TABDProject www.andeanbutterflies.org Electronic archive of Neotropical Butterflies Types http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Neotropical.htm P please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From B.Huertas at nhm.ac.uk Fri Jun 10 13:59:58 2011 From: B.Huertas at nhm.ac.uk (Blanca Huertas ) Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:59:58 +0100 Subject: [TABD] Neotropical host-plant book Message-ID: <9DD76E9E44DAF941829720CFBF9D8E806BA5F7@HOMER.nhm.ac.uk> Dear all, amigos del TABDP [por favor no contactarme sobre el siguiente email /please do not contact me about the email below] Please see the announcement below about the book: Beccaloni, G. W., Hall, S. K., Viloria, A. L. & Robinson, G. S. Host-plants of the Neotropical Butterflies: A Catalogue / Cat?logo de las Plantas Hu?sped de las Mariposas Neotropicales. S.E.A., RIBES-CYTED, The Natural History Museum & Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cient?ficas. Dr Beccaloni is selling copies of his Neotropical hostplant book for only ?10 - a bargain!! People can order by sending an email to blaberus1 at ntlworld.com and can pay using PayPal. Postage should be discussed with him directly. Una buena oportunidad para todos! **************************************************************************** George Beccaloni PhD Curator of orthopteroid insects (cockroaches [including termites], mantids, earwigs, stick insects, grasshoppers, crickets etc) & Director of the A. R. Wallace Correspondence Project (http://wallaceletters.info/ ), Entomology Department, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD, UK. Tel. +44 (0)20 7942 5361 Fax. +44 (0)20 7942 5229 My Web CV:- http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/staff-directory/entomology/cv-3534.html **************************************************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: