International Congresses of Dipterology

Current Council Members

The Council is composed of up to 15 dipterists who represent as diverse a group as possible both geographically and by dipterological discipline. Election and duties of Council members are detailed in the Constitution of the International Congresses of Dipterology.

The last meetings of the Council were held during the 6th International Congress of Dipterology in Fukuoka, Japan, 23-28 September 2006. The next meeting of the Council will take place during the XXIII International Congress of Entomology, to be held in Durban, South Africa, 6-12 July 2008.

View the Periods of Service of Council Members

	David K. Yeates, Chairman Division of Entomology CSIRO P.O. Box 1700 Canberra, ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA E-mail: david.yeates@csiro.au Interests: Classification, phylogeny (Brachycera), behaviour, computer-based identification, morphology and molecular sequence data.
	Neal L. Evenhuis, Vice Chairman Department of Natural Sciences Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street Honolulu, Hawai'i 96817-2704 USA E-mail: neale@bishopmuseum.org Interests: Systematics (especially Bombyliidae, Mythicomyiidae, Dolichopodidae), nomenclature, bibliography, history.
	Adrian C. Pont, Secretary/Treasurer Oxford University Museum of Natural History Parks Road Oxford OX1 3PW UNITED KINGDOM E-mail: pont.muscidae@btinternet.com Interests: Systematics (Fanniidae, Muscidae).
	David A. Barraclough School of Biological and Conservation Sciences George Campbell Building University of KwaZulu-Natal Durban 4041, SOUTH AFRICA E-mail: barracloughd@ukzn.ac.za Interests: Systematics of African Diptera (especially acalyptrates, Acroceridae, Nemestrinidae).
	Irina Brake European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT) Department of Entomology Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road London SW7 5BD, UNITED KINGDOM E-mail: i.brake@nhm.ac.uk Interests: Systematics (acalyptrate Diptera) and disseminating Diptera information on the Internet.
	Márcia Couri Museu Nacional Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro UFRJ, Quinta da Boa Vista 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro BRAZIL E-mail: mcouri@attglobal.net Interests: Systematics (especially Muscoidea), biogeography.
	Marion Kotrba Zoologische Staatssammlung München Münchhausenstrasse 21 D-81247 Munich GERMANY E-mail: marion.kotrba@zsm.mwn.de Interests: Morphology (especially reproductive tract), phylogeny (Schizophora).
	Rudolf Meier Department of Biological Sciences National University of Singapore 14 Science Drive 4 Singapore, 117543, SINGAPORE E-mail: dbsmr@nus.edu.sg Interests: Evolutionary biology, numerical phylogenetics, quantitative biodiversity research, Diptera systematics.
	Thomas Pape Zoological Museum Entomology Department Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, DENMARK E-mail: tpape@snm.ku.dk Interests: Systematics (Calyptrate phylogeny, Sarcophagidae, Rhinophoridae, Oestridae), evolution, nomenclature.
	Marc Pollet Institute for the Promotion of Innovation through Science and Technology in Flanders (IWT-Vlaanderen) Bischoffsheimlaan 25, B-1000 Brussels BELGIUM E-mail: mp@iwt.be Interests: Systematics, phylogeny, zoogeography, ecology, ethology (Dolichopodidae); biodiversity, databases.
	James E. O'Hara Invertebrate Biodiversity Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada 960 Carling Avenue Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6 CANADA E-mail: oharaj@agr.gc.ca Interests: Systematics (especially Tachinidae).
	Masaaki Suwa Hokkaido University Museum Kita 10 Nishi 8, Kita-ku Sapporo 060-0810 JAPAN E-mail: suwa@museum.hokudai.ac.jp Interests: Systematics (Anthomyiidae).
	Brian M. Wiegmann Department of Entomology 104 Research Annex West-A Box 7630, North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7630 USA E-mail: bwiegman@unity.ncsu.edu Interests: Molecular systematics (Brachycera, Cyclorrhapha).
	Shaun Winterton Entomology Collection Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries Indooroopilly, Queensland AUSTRALIA E-mail: wintertonshaun@gmail.com Interests: Molecular and morphological systematics of Neuroptera and Diptera (lower Brachycera), plant pest diagnostics.
	Manuel A. Zumbado Unidad de Atrópodos Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio) P.O. Box 22-3100 Santo Domingo Heredia COSTA RICA E-mail: mzumbado@inbio.ac.cr Interests: Inventories, taxonomy (Tachinidae, Syrphidae), natural history.

First published on the Internet in June 2003
Last update: 5 July 2007
J.E. O'Hara