August 7th - Reading and comprehension of dipteran scientific material

We're happy to announce another online meeting! Here are the details:

This week we'll be looking at the Manual of Nearctic Diptera to get some practice reading serious material and being able to understand scientific keys that aren't necessarily user friendly. We may also take some time to look at more recent publications like the Manual of Afrotropical Diptera, which have keys much like the MND, but with illustrations.

Just as a reminder: our meetings are entirely informal, and everyone is invited to speak their minds and ask questions to the group. Participation is key to learning!

If you want to follow along:

PDFs for all three volumes of the Manual of Nearctic Diptera

Please leave a comment either to let us know if you're planning to come or to subscribe to be notified of future events! Questions are also welcome.

The Zoom meeting will open at 8 PM EDT on Sunday the 7th.

Join the Zoom Meeting here: Meeting Link

Meeting ID: 874 5687 3015

Passcode: diptera

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Publicado el 03 de agosto de 2022 por zdanko zdanko

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Added manually. When I click the either of the two Google Calendar links, I get
"Could not find the requested event."

Publicado por xris hace más de 1 año

Will attempt to fix...

Publicado por zdanko hace más de 1 año

Hmmm... I can't get it to work - will take it off of this one, maybe we can troubleshoot on Sunday.

Publicado por zdanko hace más de 1 año

I added it manually to my calendar, so I'm good for Sunday!

Publicado por xris hace más de 1 año

Great! 👍

Publicado por zdanko hace más de 1 año

Great topic! The pdf versions of the Manual of Afrotropical Diptera are available at: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/our-work/biodiversity/manual-afrotropical-diptera.html
Thanks!

Publicado por catherine_g hace más de 1 año

Yep, just not sure how far we'll get so I didn't put them in the post :)

Publicado por zdanko hace más de 1 año

I downloaded the Manual of Nearctic Diptera pdf versions a long time ago but I did not know the Manual of Afrotropical Diptera has photographs. I had never looked at it. Therefore the first thing I did after reading your journal entry was to look for it online. It is a remarkable document. ;-)

Publicado por catherine_g hace más de 1 año

That's awesome!!

Publicado por zdanko hace más de 1 año

I plan to participate Sunday.

Publicado por judya hace más de 1 año

I plan to participate.

Publicado por judya hace más de 1 año

I have a question, if filters are removed there is also a revised Vol 2. Do we download the revised Vol 2 in lieu of the original Vol 2, Stick with original Vol 2, or are both volumes relevant?

Publicado por judya hace más de 1 año

Stick with the original Vol. 2 in my opinion. To be honest, I have no clue what the other one is, I never checked.

Publicado por zdanko hace más de 1 año

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