From j.mallet at ucl.ac.uk  Thu May 19 00:21:18 2011
From: j.mallet at ucl.ac.uk (James Mallet)
Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 00:21:18 +0100
Subject: [TABD] Type photos of Tropical Lepidoptera
Message-ID: <mailman.17.1718113444.1072377.tabd@ucl.ac.uk>

 >!Ultimas noticias!<

From: Keith Willmott <kwillmott at flmnh.ufl.edu>
Subject: ithomiine type photos

Hola Ithomiinologos,

Some of you know that as part of our tropical Andean butterfly 
project we scanned most of Gerardo's type photos of neotropical 
butterflies - some time ago, actually. The delay in them appearing 
online has been largely technical, but through a new and inspired 
collaboration with the Butterflies of America project it seems they 
could finally be available very shortly, in the next few weeks, after 
we've dealt with a few of the more obvious problems. In fact, you can 
see the progress we've made here (the website design and programming 
is by Nick Grishin), which is a publicly accessible site that is just 
not linked anywhere yet - please keep the link to yourselves until 
we, and in particular the BoA people, deem it sufficiently ready for 
public release:

http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Neotropical.htm

Anyway, no doubt you navigated immediately to the ithomiines (even 
you people who pretend to be more interested in Heliconius), and were 
dismayed to find nothing there. Ithomiines and dismorphiines were two 
of the main groups not completed (in addition to skippers), so we are 
now looking for extra funding to get these done. I estimate about 
$1000 should be sufficient for ithomiines and dismorphiines. Since 
TABDP finished a while back, we are trying to raise the money through 
small (or larger, if you prefer, and want to see the skippers 
there...) contributions from anyone with any spare funds and an 
interest in seeing this project completed, if we all contribute 
$1-200 we'll get there almost immediately. Please let me know if you 
think you might be able to contribute - absolutely any amount would 
be appreciated.

Thanks,

Keith






From B.Huertas at nhm.ac.uk  Mon May 23 18:28:05 2011
From: B.Huertas at nhm.ac.uk (Blanca Huertas )
Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 18:28:05 +0100
Subject: [TABD] La investigacion en mariposas neotropicales ha cambiado para
	siempre
Message-ID: <9DD76E9E44DAF941829720CFBF9D8E806BA4A7@HOMER.nhm.ac.uk>

Butterfly People, please see english message below. For information on Neotropical Butterflies please register to TABDP NETWORK  http://www.mailinglists.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/tabd 

Amigos de la Red TABDP, ( y quienes aun no lo sean, por favor registrarse http://www.mailinglists.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/tabd <http://www.mailinglists.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/tabd> )

Como quiza algunos de ustedes ya se han enterado, gracias a la colaboracion entre el proyecto TABD Diversidad de las Mariposas Andinas Tropicales (www.mariposasandinas.org <http://www.mariposasandinas.org/> ) y el proyecto Mariposas de America (BoA) www.butterfliesofamerica.com <http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/> , podran consultar en linea, un  archivo unico de las fotografias de los tipos de las mariposas tropicales:

 

http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Neotropical.htm <http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Neotropical.htm> 

 

Este inigualable recurso, es producto de la digitalizacion de las fotos tomadas por nuestro colega (y maestro) Gerado Lamas durante muchos a?os de trabajo e investigacion en innumerables museos en el mundo. Estamos muy agradecidos por su generosidad en permitirnos hacerlos disponibles en linea y para el uso de todos. La digitalizacion y digitacion de las fotografias se completo gracias al proyecto TABD, apoyado por el Darwin Initiative. Dr Nick Grishin en sus Mariposas de America (BoA, y otros colaboradores) han disenado y escrito las paginas web en donde se encuentran las imagenes. Muchisimas otras personas merecen nuestros mas sinceros agradecimientos, incluyendo todos las instituciones y curadores de los museos donde se guardan los ejemplares tipos, todos los colaboradores del proyecto BoA y el TABDP por su tiempo y colaboracion. Todos los agradecimientos en: http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Credits.htm <http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Credits.htm> 

 

Estamos buscando financiacion y su colaboracion para completar la digitalizacion de los demas grupos (Ithomiini, Dismorphinae y Hesperiidae). Por favor comuniquense con nosotros si les gustaria colaborar con este proyecto que desde hoy cambiara la historia de la investigacion de las mariposas neotropicales. 

 

Al usar este recurso, por favor usen cautela, pues existen errores con los archivos de imagenes que esperamos se vayan corrigiendo. Igualmente, esperamos un buen codigo de practica, con profesionalismo de parte de todos al usar las imagenes. Por favor lean las recomendaciones: http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Cautions.htm <http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Cautions.htm> 

 

Esperamos este recurso unico sea una fuente util de consulta y una gran oportunidad para todos. 

 

Un cordial saludo y nuestros mejores deseos,

 

Equipo TABD 

 

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Dear friends,

As you may have seen, thanks to a collaboration between the Tropical Andean Butterfly Diversity Project (TABDP) (www.andeanbutterflies.org <outbind://238/www.andeanbutterflies.org> ) and the Butterflies of America project (BoA) (www.butterfliesofamerica.com <outbind://238/www.butterfliesofamerica.com> ), we now have an online archive of photographs of the type specimens of neotropical butterflies:

http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Neotropical.htm <http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Neotropical.htm> 

The great majority of these images are scans of print photographs taken by Gerardo Lamas over many years of research in museums throughout the world, and we are very grateful for his generosity in allowing them to be made available here. Scanning and initial databasing of the prints was completed by TABDP, supported by the Darwin Initiative, and then given to BoA to be made available online. 

BoA's Nick Grishin designed and wrote the web pages which now display the images. Numerous other people deserve acknowledgement, including the curators of the museums where these types are housed and many other members of TABDP, BoA and other lepidopterists who contributed images, time and encouragement. Please see the acknowledgements: http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Credits.htm <http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Credits.htm> 

We are currently seeking funding to complete scanning of the remaining groups (Ithomiini, Dismorphinae and Hesperiidae). There are certainly errors within this image archive and we make no guarantees about the reliability of the data, so please read the caveats in the web page introduction. Please also read the guidelines and codes of practise on this unique opportunity: http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Cautions.htm <http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/Cautions.htm> 

We hope this will prove to be a useful resource.

 

Kind regards, 

 

TABDP team

 

 

<http://www.mailinglists.ucl.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/tabd>  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Acting Collections Manager & Curator (Lepidoptera)

Entomology Department

 

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From B.Huertas at nhm.ac.uk  Sun May 29 14:14:28 2011
From: B.Huertas at nhm.ac.uk (Blanca Huertas )
Date: Sun, 29 May 2011 14:14:28 +0100
Subject: [TABD] 8th Systematics Association Biennial
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Dear Colleagues, 

 

8th Systematics Association Biennial, 4-8 July 2011, Queen's University Belfast

 

***** EARLY REGISTRATION EXTENDED TO 1ST JUNE 2011*****  

 

Early bird registration for the 8th Systematics Association Biennial, 4-8 July 2011 at Queen's University Belfast, has been extended to June 1st 2011.  All details can be found at http://www.systass.org/biennial 2011/ <https://webmail.nhm.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.systass.org/biennial%25202011/> 

 

*	We have a very exciting scientific programme  

 

       Scheduled symposia include:

- Next Generation Systematics - Studying Evolution and Diversity in an Era of Ubiquitous Genomics
      - Arthropod Systematics: are Morphology, Palaeontology and Molecules Coming Together?
      - Algal Systematics: Where Next?
      - Advances in Using Museum Specimens and Ancient DNA in Systematics Research.

*	The Biennial also presents excellent opportunities for contributed papers on any aspect of systematics. 
*	It is a great forum for students and young researchers to present their work and compete for prizes.   
*	We are also offering a number of student bursaries (see http://www.systass.org/ <https://webmail.nhm.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.systass.org/>  for details of how to apply for a student bursary). 
*	You can attend on a daily basis if you wish. 

 

*	Details of the biennial, how to register, submit your abstract (deadline 1st June 2011) and how to apply for a bursary can be found at http://www.systass.org/biennial2011/ <https://webmail.nhm.ac.uk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.systass.org/biennial2011/>  and details are below. 

 

 

On behalf of the conference organisers, we hope to see you there!

Juliet Brodie, President
James Cotton, Programme Officer
Peter Olson, Treasurer
Christine Maggs, Local Organiser

Sponsors: The Linnean Society of London, British Phycological Society, Cambridge University Press,
Genetics Society, Queen's University Belfast